Chapter 140: Falling into the River
Dazhang and I sat in the back seat, listening to the sound of bullets flying against the roof of the off-road vehicle. I turned around and looked behind me, and a pickup truck was coming after me. What scared me the most was the 14.5 caliber high-speed machine gun on the pickup truck, which had just turned into the straight, and if he had stabilized the body, a bullet hitting our off-road vehicle would have been enough to scrap the car. The fat man and the kidnapper Liu also saw the pickup truck behind, and the two of them scolded at the same time, "Grass." ”
The kidnapper Liu cursed loudly in his mouth, and suddenly slammed the direction, and the off-road vehicle drove off the road and rushed down the bumpy and steep riverside slope. There is also an improvised road under our highway, which is very close to the river and should be an abandoned road. Now we can't care so much, on this flat road, our car is too obvious a target, as long as the gunman behind is not blind, sweeping can also make this car into a sieve.
There are a lot of rocks on the slopes, more dense bushes, there is no road in sight, and the buggy jumps down like a rabbit. The hands of the crutch Liu holding the steering wheel were shocked and cracked a few times, even so, the steering wheel was thrown uncontrollably and rotated sharply, and I was worried that his arm would be broken when I looked at it. Fortunately, the kidnapper Liu is a ruthless person, although he has never let go of his grip on the steering wheel.
In the blink of an eye, the off-road vehicle rushed down more than ten meters, and the speed became faster and faster, and I was so anxious that I shouted: "It's too fast, slow down." ”
If you rush down at this speed, you will probably not be able to stop the car and go straight into the river.
The fat man sees clearly in front. shouted: "No brakes." Be prepared. ”
When I heard this, my head hurt even more, and I couldn't stop at all, except for the headache and the car. At this time, the gunshots rang out again, and with the gunshots, a small tree with a thick bowl mouth not far from our car was interrupted by a bullet, and the sawdust flew out all the way.
I looked back and saw the pickup rushing down the slope, and it looked like it wasn't going to stop until we were killed. We couldn't sit still in the buggy, we clutched the handlebars with both hands, wishing we could grab something. In this way, the meat and vegetables that are still thrown away may be rushed down with their heads and feet on top of them in the next moment. The gunman in the pickup truck behind was even more conceivable, and after firing this row of bullets, the gunman had no time to shoot. I saw his body bounce off the seat behind the high-speed machine gun, then fly out and crash into a row of bushes, while the pickup followed the trail we rolled out and headed straight at us.
I naturally wouldn't be scared without the sought-after pickup, but I was relieved. At this time, I suddenly felt that the soles of my feet were empty, which is not accurate, because I was still in the car, but I suddenly felt this weightlessness.
I withdrew my gaze behind me, only to realize that our off-road vehicle had flown towards the Nu River, which in Myanmar should be called the Salween River. At this time, we were at least ten meters away from the river, and I pulled the door suddenly, but it didn't open it, and it seemed that I crashed down the slope and broke the door. Dazhang banged the car door twice, opened it, and the cold air with moisture poured in, and woke me up at once. At the same time as the car door opened, Dazhang turned upside down and rolled out, and I kicked the door on this side and jumped out from the opposite side.
I almost jumped out of the car into the water, there seemed to be no gap in between, and afterwards I felt like I was really dead. If the time to jump out of the car was a few seconds at night, I would have followed the off-road vehicle to the bottom of the river.
The temperature in Myanmar is very high, and it is not cold to wear short-sleeved clothes during this season, but the water of this river is very cold. The moment I got into the river, I was a little numb by the cold and biting water. The entry into the water was not well prepared, and the current of this section of the Salween River was so strong that I was swept away by the current and tumbling down uncontrollably. The fear in my heart at this moment made me desperately swim towards the water, my lungs were already holding open and the rushing water made me unable to make out the direction, or even find the direction of the water. What's worse is that my body is uncontrollable, I can see the glowing light on the surface of the river, but I can't stabilize my body, and every time I try to paddle, I will be swept away by the ensuing undercurrent.
The more anxious people are, the more they will lose their bearings, my limbs are already struggling aimlessly, my mind is blank, and although I am extremely unwilling, I also know that my life will end in the next moment.
At that moment, I felt my hair being grabbed by a hand, and then I rushed out of the water like a cannonball. I grabbed something with both hands, and the water running down my hair covered my eyes, and I couldn't see anything clearly. I didn't even have the strength to wipe a handful of water, the only strength I had was to gasp, and the damp cold air of the river water slashed through my airways like a knife, stimulating my brain. After a while, I realized that I was holding a piece of dead wood nearly 20 centimeters thick with both hands.
The piece of wood was more than three meters long, and I grabbed it at one end of the wood, and there was a person at the other end controlling the angle at which the dead wood was drifting. It was Dazhang, who was trying to make the wood float in the direction of the current. I understood at a glance that if we let this log turn sideways, it would probably roll under the current and sweep us underwater.
Da Zhang only has one hand, and it is difficult to do this, but he is very good at water, and he can avoid even the most turbulent whirlpools. I regained a little strength and immediately helped him adjust the angle of the dead wood, and with my help the wood finally kept going straight.
I climbed the log and moved a little over and shouted, "You saved me just now?" Thank you. ”
Dazhang smiled and didn't speak.
"Where's the fat man?" I asked again.
"Song Gang is in front, chasing the box." Da Zhang shouted equally loudly.
"Isn't he looking for death, why don't you stop him?" I shouted like crazy.
The waves set off by the river kept pouring down from the top of my head, and I could still wipe the water on my face with one hand, but Dazhang could only let the river water flow on his face, which affected his vision very much, and at the same time made me unable to see his expression clearly. "Can you stop it? It's not like you don't know his temper. However, we are familiar with this river, and it is difficult to say whether he can catch up with the box, at least he will not die here. We'll wait for him at Duck Turnback, and if he's not there, we'll go to the old pit first. When Dazhang spoke, Jiang Shui poured into his mouth and was squirted out by him. I see that he said it so hard, and I can't let him say anything anymore, don't choke to death without squirting out a mouthful of water.
I looked up and down the river for a while, but I didn't see a single figure except for the white waves. I thought that the kidnapper Liu was also messing around by the river, so he shouldn't be drowned. But soon I didn't have the heart to think about it, my body temperature dropped quickly, the waterway was very steep and there were many curves, and I had to concentrate on controlling the direction of the wood.
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