Chapter 236: Plateau Transportation
When Uncle Yang said that Lao Chang was a child at all, he showed a warm smile on his face reminiscing about the past, but then, Uncle Yang's expression was a little solemn.
"I say weird because Xiao Chang believes in ghosts and gods, although many rural soldiers or national soldiers in the army are also in awe of these, but Xiao Chang is different, it can be said that Xiao Chang has some strange preferences and excessive understanding of ghost things.
You know, this is very dangerous, at that time, believing in cows, ghosts, snakes and gods was a great thing, although many people in the barracks were in awe of these, but no one dared to say it on the surface, so Xiao Chang said this, I knew that the matter was a little serious.
Xiao Chang was originally treated special by others because of the problem of ideological consciousness, if others knew that this Xiao Chang still believed in cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods, then Xiao Chang's future life would not be easy.
At that time, when I heard Xiao Chang say this, I criticized and educated him, and told Xiao Chang all the little bit of Marxism-Leninism and materialism I had learned.
At that time, when he saw that I had taught him this, he did not refute it, but became dull again. I know he definitely didn't listen, and not only didn't he listen, he didn't believe it at all.
Later, there was no way, and our relationship returned to its usual cold feeling. However, there were a few events that made me change my opinion of Xiao Chang, and even changed my perspective on the world I originally believed in.
On that occasion, our squad was responsible for the task of transporting supplies, that is, receiving supplies in logistics and transporting them to troops stationed in the mountains of Tibet for training. There will be no train, so naturally it can only be transported by car, and our class naturally received such a task of automobile transportation.
The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau at that time was not like now, the conditions were much more difficult, not to mention the altitude sickness, strange weather changes, just the road into Tibet at that time, it was simply a dirt road with no construction. But we had to drive on such a dirt road, through the mountains and valleys, sometimes in winter the road was frozen, the car skidding, the danger was indescribable, and the death on this line was no less than a small local war.
And at that time, it was very fatal that the road into Tibet passed through a no-man's land. If something happens, there will be no rescue. Many people did not have an accident driving down the valley, but suffered from altitude sickness or some other illness, and were dragged to death without effective treatment.
So on that line, the most common thing to see was the dead, and the car at that time also had a habit, that is, if you saw a dead person covered with a tarpaulin on the side of the road while driving, then you must bring it, no matter who it is, you must not let the corpse be left in the wilderness and no one will collect it.
At that time, our class was given the task of transporting supplies to Tibetan areas by such a route. At that time, we were not the only ones who received the task together. Our class was only responsible for two trucks.
At that time, all the convoys carrying supplies did not enter Tibet together, so the two vehicles in charge of our squad and the other two vehicles formed a four-vehicle convoy and drove to the Tibetan area in the head. The vehicles behind re-entered Tibet the next day.
There were indeed some dangers along the way before, but with caution, there were no accidents, and many dangers passed without danger. Although the soldiers in the car were driving in turns, day and night, after all, the road conditions were limited, and the driving speed was not fast.
In fact, when you really walk into Tibet, you will know why the weather is a child's face that changes, and even I think that using a child's face to describe it is still underestimating the weird climate.
Sometimes it is a sunny day when driving, and the road condition is good, but when you are winding up the mountain, suddenly a dark cloud comes, and as soon as this dark cloud passes, it immediately becomes dark and black that day, and even this is not counted, just now the sun is shining, and the dark cloud is bringing, and it will immediately rain and hail.
This hail rain, the road can not be walked, in a mud, the car began to sink in the wet mud and could not walk, which will require us to get out of the car, put a wooden board or tarpaulin on the place where it has sunken, and let the car drive out.
Although there is still a way to deal with this road, you must know that people can't stand it. When the sky was clear, everyone was still wearing short sleeves, but immediately when the hail hit, the temperature would suddenly drop below 10 degrees, and we had to get out of the car to work, so naturally many people's bodies could not stand it.
Many people start to catch a cold, and you know, it is an extremely dangerous thing to catch a cold in the altitude. We are not locals, we already have altitude sickness, and we usually rely on our bodies to resist it, and this cold will immediately step down.
People with a good foundation are okay, stick to the medical station, and get treatment immediately and have hope of getting better, but if the physical foundation is not good, this will immediately turn into pneumonia or emphysema when you catch a cold on the plateau, which is fatal.
But fortunately, we are all lucky, although everyone is extremely tired along the way, and even some people have symptoms of a cold, but they can survive with medicine.
At that time, Xiao Chang and I were in a car, Xiao Chang caught a cold because he was not used to such strange weather, but fortunately, his body was good, the symptoms were not obvious, and he was worried along the way, but there was no trend of deterioration of his condition.
We went on and on, going and stopping until one night, a strange thing happened.
At that time, I was driving, Xiao Chang and another soldier in the squad, Qiangzi, were sleeping in the back seat, and the convoy was very slow at night, but I had to concentrate extra on the road.
It was a strange atmosphere along the way that night. In the past, when the convoy drove at night, it was common to hear some wolf howls or strange animal calls in the grasslands or mountains on the roadside. Although these voices don't sound very good, they are still living creatures.
But that night, the road was surprisingly quiet, there was no wolf howling around, not even a single other animal was seen, the headlights shone on the road ahead, and it was really dark on both sides. Coupled with the silence around me, I always felt a little uneasy.
The car has been driving, during which Xiao Chang woke up a few times, maybe because the weird Xiao Chang around also felt it, so every time Xiao Chang woke up, his expression was extraordinarily solemn, and he kept looking around from the window, but Xiao Chang was sick after all, and after all, he couldn't sleep sleepily.
I know that Xiao Chang believes in those things, so Xiao Chang's weird behavior makes me even more nervous.
The car had been driving in the silent darkness, and suddenly, behind the car, there was a faint noise, and I listened carefully, and I was sure that the sound was definitely not from our convoy. ”