This shouting fell, and all the people who were preparing to cook by the fire immediately moved quickly to pack up the things they had just brought down from the car, and quickly packed all the food and ran towards the car like crazy.

Li Ping'an's reaction was not slow, he grabbed She Qingliang, who was still in a daze, picked up his briefcase full of materials, got up and quickly followed the driver's footsteps and ran towards the bus.

"Comrade Li, come and help me fix the shed"

When the three of them rushed to the side of the truck, the driver was desperately pulling the rope that fixed the goods, and after seeing Li Ping'an's figure, the movements of his hands did not stop, and he shouted loudly to Li Ping'an to help.

Stuffing the things in his hands to the two weak technicians, he didn't have time to ask for blessings, Li Ping'an's long legs had already run in the direction of the driver.

Reaching out to grab the fixed rope on the car, Li Ping'an and the driver used their strength to pull and reinforce, holding on to the whirring wind and carrying the pain of the grit blowing on their faces, and the two finally completed the reinforcement of the whole car when the sandstorm arrived at the convoy.

When he got back into the cab, Li Ping'an felt that his two arms were no longer his own, and the palms of his hands were blood-red, but fortunately there was no blood, otherwise this hand would not be able to do anything next.

The two technicians who had been hiding in the car and did not get down, only after seeing the two of them getting into the car, they let go of the heart they had been carrying, She Qingliang handed over the briefcase that Li Ping'an had just handed over to him: "Section Chief Li, this is your briefcase"

Li Ping'an, whose palms were still hot and painful, did not pick it up directly, but asked She Qingliang to throw the briefcase on his lap, forcibly endured the pain in his hand and opened the briefcase, and after checking the internal archives and materials, Li Ping'an turned around and smiled at She Qingliang reluctantly: "She Gong, thank you"

She Qingliang hurriedly waved his hand, saying that it was a matter of incident, and he should not be thanked.

Without continuing to pay attention to the two shivering technicians behind him, Li Ping'an turned his head to look out of the car window, at this time there was already a world of yellow sand outside, and the sandstorm covering the sky covered the entire sky, and the visibility was less than one meter.

Listening to the sound of the violent wind outside sweeping the small stones hitting the car body, he solemnly turned his head to look at the driver who was calmly drinking water: "Comrade, the storm outside is so big, it won't bury our convoy, right?" ”

"It's hard to say, no one can say this kind of thing, but looking at the situation, according to past experience, although the sandstorm is big, the probability of burying our team is not large" The driver put down the kettle and said calmly.

The driver has rich experience in the desert, and seeing the calm appearance of the driver's master, Li Ping'an also has a bottom in his heart, and he no longer continues to think about these bad things.

"Let's take a break in the car, this sandstorm is estimated to blow for several hours, try not to drink more water before the sandstorm stops"

The driver put the kettle in the storage box and leaned against the driver's seat to squint his eyes and prepare to rest.

Li Ping'an saw that the driver was so stable, and his heart was completely relieved, it happened that he didn't sleep well last night, and he was fine now anyway, so he simply fell asleep leaning on the seat like the driver

The two technicians are experiencing such a big sandstorm in the desert for the first time, naturally they are not as calm as the driver, and they do not have Li Ping'an's big heart, and they have been thinking about whether they will die in their minds, and they can still sleep in the whirlpool of the sandstorm, but they saw that the two people in front of them had closed their eyes, and the two of them couldn't say anything, so they could only lean on the car door and observe the situation outside through the car glass.

The sandstorm lasted for a long time, and it did not gradually weaken until eight o'clock in the evening.

After seeing that the strong wind outside would not blow people away, the driver, who had already woken up, took out a scarf and wrapped his head tightly, revealing only one eye, picked up a flashlight, pushed the car door, got out of the car to check the situation of the vehicle.

Li Ping'an, who slept all afternoon, had nothing to do in the car, and after seeing the driver get out of the car, he also shook off the sand on his body, took out a towel from his package, covered his mouth and nose tightly, and opened the door and walked down from the cab.

As soon as Li Ping'an's feet landed, he entered a foot of sand, through the light pillar of the flashlight, Li Ping'an clearly saw that the sand had submerged half of the tire, if the sandstorm continued to blow for another night, it is estimated that the sand can block the car door.

After circling the truck and checking the goods loaded on the truck, Li Ping'an was in the mood to observe the surrounding situation after finding that there was no damage at all.

At this time, the convoy camp was full of flashlight pillars of light, and Li Ping'an walked forward along the convoy, wanting to see the loss of the convoy.

Most of the items transported by the convoy were heavy items such as steel or building materials, and the damage was not very large, except for a few vehicles that were blown away by the sandstorm and some goods.

Seeing a large number of people gathered in front of him, Li Ping'an hurriedly ran over to check the situation, and when he got close to the crowd, he found that the driver of his car was also there, so Li Ping'an asked the driver about the situation: "Comrade driver, what's going on in front?" ”

"The jeep was blown over, and the driver of the jeep was also unlucky, he twisted his neck when he overturned, and now he is out of gas," the driver said slowly, smoking a cigarette.

Hearing that there was a dead person, Li Ping'an couldn't continue to chat with the driver, and hurriedly squeezed through the crowd and walked in.

When Li Ping'an came in, the jeep had already been helped up, and the driver's body was placed in the open space on the side, and I don't know where to find a white cloth to cover the driver's body.

The leader of the team also heard the news and rushed over from behind, and when he saw the situation in front of him, the leader sighed deeply, and arranged for someone to come forward to sort out the body of the sacrificed driver.

Looking at the skillful movements of the staff who handled the aftermath, Li Ping'an felt very uncomfortable, and was not in the mood to continue to stay here, so he squeezed through the crowd and returned to the truck he was in.

"Section Chief Li, what's going on outside? How can I vaguely hear that someone has been sacrificed? Fang Fanping saw Li Ping'an coming back, and hurriedly stretched his head to the front row and asked Li Ping'an what happened outside.

took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it and took a deep breath, Li Ping'an told the two of them what happened outside.

After listening to what happened, there was silence in the carriage, and only the sound of Li Ping'an smoking could be heard.

Due to the sacrifice of people, the atmosphere of the convoy tonight was very depressing, the silence of the whole camp was terrible, the drivers were repairing the vehicles without saying a word, and Li Ping'an was silently setting up a tent to make a fire and cook.

After eating in the evening, Li Ping'an learned from other people's mouths the name of the sacrificial comrade, called Liu Yong, a very common name, only 28 years old this year, locals, parents, wife and children at home are waiting for him to go back, before the convoy departed, his daughter-in-law just checked out the news of pregnancy.

Before the convoy set off the next day, the leaders of the convoy organized all members to conduct a small memorial ceremony for Liu Yong, and then put Liu Yong's body in the coffin that was urgently prepared and left in the local area, and when the convoy returned from the destination, they would pick up Liu Yong's body and go home.

The next driving cab was very silent, and the driver, who had been particularly able to talk all the way, was also silent this time.

After driving silently for a while, She Qingliang in the back seat couldn't help the question in his heart, and asked the driver: "Why did Comrade Liu Yong's body stay where he was and wait for him to come back before he could take it?" With such a large convoy, it shouldn't be difficult to carry the body of Comrade Liu Yong, right? ”

The driver held the steering wheel and said without looking back: "That's a person, not the cargo this time."

Hearing the driver say this, She Qingliang fell silent and stopped talking.

Li Ping'an took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit one and stuffed it into the driver's mouth, and then lit it for himself: "Did the comrades who died on the road do the same before?" ”

"Yes, driving in the desert, this kind of thing often happens, and over the years, it has always been like this" The driver took a deep breath of cigarette, opened the window and flicked the cigarette ash and continued: "In fact, people like Liu Yong are quite good, at least there can be a corpse left to send to the home, in the early years, the route was not familiar, and there were many comrades who could not even find a corpse after they died."

Li Ping'an is not a person who can comfort people, he opened his mouth to comfort the driver, but after opening his mouth, he didn't know what to say, and finally he could only say a word: "Thank you for your hard work"

The driver waved his hand, and said with a light expression in his eyes: "What is this, everything we do is for the country to be strong, and we will no longer be bullied by foreign devils in the future."

The next trip was very smooth, and there were no more extreme natural disasters such as sandstorms, and the convoy continued to drive along the saline-alkali road left by the previous troops, and after two days, Li Ping'an finally saw the Yadan landform in the Lop Nur area through the car window.

When the convoy stopped to rest at noon, Li Ping'an just wanted to take out his camera to take two photos, but was stopped by the driver: "Comrade Section Chief Li, now that you have entered the secret area, you can't continue to take pictures, you can take a look at the scenery here, keep it in mind."

"Okay, then I'll take a look at it, keep the terrain and landforms here in mind, and tell my daughter-in-law when I go back" Hearing that this side had entered the secret area, Li Ping'an hurriedly put the camera back in his bag and said with a smile.

Hearing Li Ping'an mention his daughter-in-law, the driver asked curiously: "Comrade Li, you are so handsome, your daughter-in-law should also be very beautiful, right?" What do you do? ”

"My daughter-in-law, she's a doctor, as for whether she's pretty or not, um.." Li Ping'an touched his chin and pretended to think, and after a while before he continued to speak: "In my opinion, she looks average, and she is definitely not worthy of me in terms of appearance."

The driver didn't believe what Li Ping'an said, and said with a suspicious face: "It's really fake, Section Chief Li, don't lie to me"

Before Li Ping'an could speak, She Qingliang, who was roasting naan by the fire, rushed to say: "Of course I lied to you, Dr. Ding is very beautiful, and that is recognized by all the workers in our factory."

"I'll just say, with the appearance of your Comrade Section Chief Li, no matter how you are, you will never find an ordinary-looking woman to marry, and now it will be exposed by the comrades in your factory."

"This... I'm blind, I can't tell if a woman is beautiful or not, she looks very ordinary in my eyes."

As soon as Li Ping'an's words came out, the three of them laughed one after another.

Once in Lop Nur, the convoy traveled much faster than in the desert and continued to drive for a day, arriving at its destination at noon the next day.

At this time, Lop Nur became a large construction site, and many soldiers of the army were busy working on the construction site. The convoy entered the camp after a strict inspection by the guards on this side.

After Li Ping'an and the others got out of the car, they followed the arrangement and came to a tent to settle, and it didn't take long for a middle-aged black-faced man in a military uniform to walk in, and said to Li Ping'an: "Hello comrade, I am the person in charge of materials here, my surname is Jiang, you can call me Director Jiang, you are the person in charge of the transportation team of Sijiucheng Hongxing Rolling Mill, right?" ”

"Hello comrade, I am the person in charge of the rolling mill, my name is Li Ping'an" Li Ping'an hurriedly stood up from the stool, and for a while he didn't know whether to salute or shake hands with others.

"Don't be nervous, I'm here to hand over to you, the materials of your factory this time should be on you, right?"

"On me, did you give this information?" Li Ping'an said that he was about to take the information from his briefcase.

Director Jiang stretched out his hand to stop Li Ping'an's movements: "Comrade Li, you don't need to give me this document first, you come with me, go to our office to do the handover."

Instructed the two technicians who came to wait here, Li Ping'an and Director Jiang came to the first office in the camp together.

In the office, after Li Ping'an handed over all the documents and materials in the briefcase to the other party, he waited at the door for a while, and Director Jiang came out with a piece of paper from it and took Li Ping'an to the vehicle where the materials were located in the rolling mill for one-on-one reception.

After receiving all the supplies, Director Jiang gave Li Ping'an a receipt list, and then asked the gun-wielding guards around him to take Li Ping'an back to the tent where he was.

Seeing that the camp was full of soldiers with guns, Li Ping'an secretly said in his heart, this is just an explosion range, and it is so tightly guarded, and he can't imagine what kind of vigilance the manufacturing base has reached.

"Comrade, in the next period of time, please stay in the tent as much as possible, do not walk around the camp at will, if necessary, you can find our staff to solve it" At the door of the tent, the guard who led Li Ping'an left such a sentence and left here.

Back in the tent, the tent was empty at the moment, She Qingliang and Fang Fanping, the two technicians, didn't know where they went, Li Ping'an hurriedly walked out of the tent and asked the soldiers at the door: "Comrade, may I ask, where did the two comrades in this tent go?" How is it not in a tent? ”

(End of chapter)