While on the road, Xu Jianguo directly marked the location of the Davari base on the map in his mind, so he didn't need to look at the map on the passenger seat at all.
However, since leaving the city, the road conditions have become increasingly worse, and most of the time the car speed can only be maintained at around 40 kilometers per hour.
He could speed up, but he was worried that the two old men in the back seat wouldn't be able to handle it, and he was also afraid that something might happen to the car.
The map in his mind showed that after leaving the Ice City, there was still about 850 kilometers to the Dawali Base. At the current speed, Xu Jianguo would need to drive for more than 20 hours to arrive.
Taking into account the physical condition of the two elderly people, Xu Jianguo planned to find a few places to stay on the road.
His first target was a small village called Qiankan Village, nearly 300 kilometers away from his current location.
Qiankan Village is located in the northeast of Bingcheng and is under the jurisdiction of Yizhou City. According to Xu Jianguo's route plan, he needs to pass through Yizhou City, go straight to the border line, and then go north along the border line and finally reach the Dawali base.
Based on the current driving speed, we expect to arrive at Qiankan Village before 10 o'clock in the evening.
After Xu Jianguo told his plan to Su Dingshan and Wu Tianlong, he immediately received the support of the two elders. They didn't want Xu Jianguo to work too hard, and now that they knew there was a chance to rest, how could they refuse?
In this way, the three of them rushed all the way without stopping except to eat and go to the toilet. Finally, they arrived at Qiankan Village at 9:40 in the evening.
As we all know, people in this era had few entertainment activities. They worked from sunrise to sunset and rested from sunset to sunrise. On their wedding night, they could at most have a baby-making activity, and everyone else would go to bed early as soon as the sun went down.
So when Xu Jianguo's car drove into Qiankan Village, the whole village was pitch black, and there was no other sound except for the occasional barking of dogs.
When he was first reborn, he was a little uncomfortable with the fact that no one in the village kept dogs. It was not until later when Li Mancang saw what he said to Xiao Hei when he picked him up that he came to his senses.
"Jianguo, I'm not trying to discourage you, but these days we can barely feed ourselves, so how can we afford to raise a dog? They say dogs are meant to guard the house, but look at the situation in our village right now. They don't even need guarding. If thieves come, they'll have to leave in tears."
Therefore, when Xu Jianguo's jeep drove into Qiankan Village, he didn't hear much barking of dogs, so he roughly guessed what life was like for the villagers in this village, which was probably extremely difficult.
After parking the car in front of a small courtyard at the entrance of the village, Xu Jianguo told the two old men not to get out of the car first, and then he went down first.
Before entering the village, Xu Jianguo had already informed Fu Bo and others in advance and asked them to hide around the village.
It has been more than half an hour since Fu Bo and others entered the village, and there has been no feedback so far, which means that no danger has been found for the time being.
"Knock knock knock!" Xu Jianguo came to the gate of the courtyard and knocked on the door.
After waiting for a long time, he finally heard the creaking of a wooden door. At the same time, a somewhat old voice rang out from the yard: "Who is it?"
"Hello, fellow villager. I am a soldier on a mission. I passed by your village. It's getting late, and I would like to stay overnight in the village. Can you give me some convenience?" Xu Jianguo said.
When the people in the yard heard that there were soldiers outside the door, they immediately took two quick steps, opened the door a crack, and looked outside.
With the help of moonlight, Xu Jianguo saw the figure of the person who opened the door and found that it was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties or fifties.
The man was not tall, had a dark complexion and a strong build. His weather-beaten face showed that he was a typical farmer.
Xu Jianguo saw the middle-aged man staring at him warily. Under the gaze of the Eye of Time and Space, he also discovered that he was holding a wooden stick in his hand hidden behind the door, so he took out his ID from his pocket and handed it over.
The middle-aged man took Xu Jianguo's ID and opened it to take a look. However, as a third-generation poor peasant, even after attending literacy classes in the commune, he still couldn't understand the words on the ID.
However, when he saw Xu Jianguo in his military uniform, looking righteous, he relaxed his guard a little. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Wait a moment. I'll have my son go get the captain!"
"Okay, thank you for your help, uncle!" Xu Jianguo smiled and nodded in agreement.
As the gate closed, a middle-aged man's voice rang out from the courtyard: "Erzhuzi, get up quickly and go to your third uncle's house and tell him that someone from the army is coming."
After a long while, the wooden door creaked and a young man's voice rang out: "Here I come!"
A moment later, the gate was opened and a teenager in his teens walked out with sleepy eyes. After looking at Xu Jianguo and the jeep parked nearby, he was stunned for a moment and then trotted away.
After waiting for about ten minutes, Xu Jianguo heard hurried footsteps coming from not far away. Judging from the sound, there were quite a few people coming.
As several flashlights lit up from the corner, an old man in his fifties or sixties wearing a cotton-padded jacket walked quickly over with seven or eight people.
As they approached, they spotted Xu Jianguo, dressed in military uniform, standing next to a jeep. The leader immediately extended his hand and said with a broad smile, "Comrade, I'm Ma Sanchun, the captain of the Qiankanzi Brigade. May I ask which unit you're from? What brings you to our village so late at night?"
At this time, the middle-aged man in the courtyard, after hearing the noise outside, opened the gate and walked out. He stood beside Ma Sanchun, handed him Xu Jianguo's ID and said, "Captain, look, this is his ID. I don't understand it. Can you take a look at it?"
Upon hearing this, Ma Sanchun immediately took the certificate from his hand and angrily scolded him, "You idiot! I told you to study hard, but you just wouldn't listen. Aren't you ashamed?"
After saying that, he opened Xu Jianguo's ID and looked at it carefully.
The certificate Xu Jianguo handed over to them was from the Dawali Base, and he did not take out the certificate from the Guard Bureau.
When Ma Sanchun saw Xu Jianguo's military rank, his brows frowned slightly. He really couldn't believe that the young man in front of him was actually a colonel.
For him, who had served in the army for several years, this was really unbelievable.
"Commander, you are already a colonel at such a young age?" Ma Sanchun closed his ID and asked.
Xu Jianguo looked at him helplessly and said, "Yes!"
"Do you have any other materials to prove your identity?" Ma Sanchun continued to ask.
Xu Jianguo thought for a while, took out a letter of introduction that Ma Guoliang had prepared for him from his bag, and the organization membership certificate and handed them to Ma Sanchun.
"Here is my letter of introduction and my membership ID. Please take a look, sir."
After Ma Sanchun took the thing and looked at it carefully, his doubts were dispelled a lot.
"What's the matter that brings you to our village so late?" Ma Sanchun asked.
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