Chapter 47: Ostrich Beast Patrol
The sound of "moo", the huge bull's four hooves forcefully, dragging the five cargo compartments behind, more than 100 tons of grain, easily pulled by the bull, under the control of the animal trainer, slowly left the compound of the Ning Chamber of Commerce. Two brute oxen, ten freight cars, like a train, and on each cargo compartment, there are two new guards with guns.
In the midst of many surprised and incredulous eyes of the Ministry of Transport, the caravan left the station in the early afternoon.
The location of the Chamber of Commerce is the most convenient area to enter and exit, like a wild bull will generally drag a cargo compartment between 2 and 10 cars, which is already like a train. If it is inconvenient to enter and exit, it becomes very troublesome to unload the goods.
Outside the station, there is a 120-meter-wide avenue, which connects to the Shacheng City Gate at one end and leads directly to the Langping Transfer Station in the other direction.
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On the loading platform on the back of the bull, Zhang Jianyang leaned comfortably on it, next to Chen Zhuangping, who was smoking, and Wang Hanguang was on another bull behind.
The loading platform is larger than the space of a car, and there is no problem with accommodating five or six people, but now there are only two people, Zhang Jianyang and Chen Zhuangping, which is very spacious. The platform was also loaded with some drinking water and food, enough to ensure ten days' supply, and a few boxes of ammunition were placed in the corners, providing the basic needs of the entire caravan.
Chen Zhuangping just came back from the dry lake, and he dragged him on the road before he even went home, and Zhang Jianyang was a little reluctant to go.
"What, you're still worried about this transportation mission?"
Chen Zhuangping lowered his face, constantly wiped the gun in his hand, heard Zhang Jianyang's question, looked up at the patches of emerald green that were left behind, and if he went further, he would be out of the scope of Shacheng, and it would be a long yellow sand. He shook his head and said, "Worry doesn't count, I'm sure you're not a reckless person. Do you know why I'm going crazy with you, I just want to finish this ticket, and then find a job in Shacheng and quit the job in the Ministry of Transportation. ”
His face was a little embarrassed: "I have been doing this for ten years, how many colleagues either can't stand the pressure to resign, or never come back, I can live until now, it is God's favor for me, but how long will this favor last?" I have a family burden, a wife and children, and it's time to retire from a risky career like this. ”
Zhang Jianyang was silent and patted Chen Zhuangping's shoulder, of course he understood Chen Zhuangping's psychology.
No matter what, this world is a crazy world, Chen Zhuangping was also crazy and hot-blooded, but when he experienced more and became numb, he naturally wanted to escape from his current life. But in this world, there will be more people joining in and exploring this world together.
In a hundred years, human beings have not had a comprehensive understanding of this strange world, and there are still many unknown things.
In the illusion, Zhang Jianyang stood on the pinnacle of the Star Warrior, but he didn't fully understand this world, at best, he only had more contact with and understood some of this magical world than others.
Most of the caravans on the highway were returning and heading to Shacheng, and on the right were the ranks of the barbarian cattle of the Ning Chamber of Commerce, which seemed a little lonely. In the face of this kind of caravan that violates common sense, many people have shocked expressions, and very few people who are familiar with Chen Zhuangping asked loudly, and Chen Zhuangping waved his hand to answer.
The reason why the world after the nuclear war feels strange to mankind is because there are so many things that subvert people's understanding of the world.
On the endless sea of sand on the side of the road, a patrol force appeared, and the running ostrich beasts raised a puff of dust.
The ostrich beast is a mutant of the ostrich, which can be ridden by people before the nuclear war, and after the mutation, it is even more terrifying, its body has suddenly become more than three times larger, and the speed of running is far higher than that of a car. In particular, its endurance and adaptability to the environment make it the most suitable means of transportation whether it appears in the desert, jungle, or grassland.
Naturally, its flexible surname became a domesticated mutant beast, and eventually became one of the best species to be used for military patrols.
The army is equipped with a fixed frame for soldiers to ride on this small platform, which has some stretch positions, which can be used to set up machine guns, and is equipped with some mobile recoilless guns, rocket launchers and other heavy weapons, making the ostrich beast look like a moving all-terrain combat vehicle.
In order to strengthen patrols within the safe area of Sand City, there are more than thirty such patrol forces patrolling the area, trying to ensure that there are no mutant beasts.
The patrol only showed up for a moment, and then disappeared into the vast sea of sand, and if you didn't pay attention, you wouldn't have known that they had ever been here.
The Langping Transit Station, just at the end of this road, is a branch to several cities and the last supply station to reach them.
The bull doesn't move fast, and the trainer must make sure to calm the bull's temper as it drags the wagon, lest the bull suddenly run wild, which would be fatal to the caravan dragging five wagons. However, as long as it is found in time, it is completely possible to appease the temper of the brute bull first, and if it fails, the tractor can be disconnected.
At a distance of almost forty kilometers, the caravan walked for two and a half hours, and at about five o'clock in the afternoon, arrived at the Langping transit station.
In the transit station, there are many caravans that are in a hurry to go to Shacheng, like caravans composed of trucks, which can arrive in Shacheng within half an hour, without worrying about the night.
In fact, the night in the safe zone is still very safe, and mutant beasts rarely appear.
In the transit station, Chen Zhuangping was the most familiar, commanding the caravan to stop at a familiar docking station, and then jumped off the loading platform.
The stations inside the station were empty, except for a few caravans, vehicles and cattle parked here. Caravans that spend the night at transit stations are almost always going to distant cities, staying in transit stations, and can leave early the next morning, like other caravans, crowded on crowded roads, forty or fifty kilometers, and it takes one or two hours to pass.
Langping Transit Station is more like a small town, with many hotels and small restaurants, as well as some residents who have relocated here.
Zhang Jianyang stayed on the loading platform and didn't go down, looking at Chen Zhuangping arranging the caravan in an orderly manner, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
It is extremely difficult to reach the Tamu Basin safely, as it is now, and some preparations must be made. Taking over this transportation task, Zhang Jianyang still has a plan, first, because of his familiarity with the Tamu Basin, he can have a great confidence in bringing the caravan to its destination. Second, he also has some selfish intentions, and he can use the transportation task as a trickster to improve his star rating.
The strength of 2 stars is really too weak, relying on the cultivation method, the improvement is too slow, and Zhang Jianyang can only take some extreme routes.
In the Tamu Basin, Zhang Jianyang just knew that there was a mutant beast that could increase his star power, and there were several mutant herbs that made star power elixirs.
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