Ye Zhiqiu didn't know what to say about these things. The 211th Regiment participated in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, and only came here later.
This time, not only did the experts come, but everyone's letters were also brought along! From now on, my mailing address will need to be changed to P.O. Box 6, Urumqi City, and I can't send anything here.
Because of the shortage of fuel, now whether it is transporting supplies in or transporting water back, it all depends on camels and manpower.
Ye Zhiqiu looked at the two packages that were delivered to him. Actually, alcohol wasn't allowed to be sent to the army. In principle, soldiers had strict rules about when they could drink. But Ou Jiahao and his men always kept some for Ye Zhiqiu to take back to the dormitory.
Looking at these fine wines, Ye Zhiqiu felt it was a pity that the man would never be able to drink them again!
Digging sand day after day, Ye Zhiqiu gradually adapted to the difficult environment here. He became thinner, but his eyes became brighter and brighter.
That morning, a commander came over and asked, "Do you have anyone willing to go out and dig for wild vegetables? It would be best if we could send enough people to dig up enough wild vegetables and camel thorns for your team to eat."
Ye Zhiqiu frowned. The food had been getting less and less recently, and he suspected they were running low on food. But he hadn't expected it to be so scarce that he had to dig up wild vegetables to fill his stomach.
He asked in confusion, "Commander, is there a problem with our supply? What's going on?"
"Comrade, a sandstorm has hit the supply route, and the camel convoy has been blocked. Our food reserves are already very low, and we are running out of food today, but the sandstorm is still raging.
So the commander-in-chief asked us to find ways to survive these few days using local resources. Experts have confirmed that the sandstorm won't affect us. We can go out and pick camel thorns and wild vegetables to help us get through this sandstorm..."
The issue of food reserves is understandable due to the difficulties caused by reduced grain production. However, it is really unreasonable to have no food reserves at all, as this is the food for thousands of people!
Ye Zhiqiu looked at his teammates and said to them, "I'll go! I'm good at digging wild vegetables, so there's no need for everyone to go. I'll be responsible for digging enough wild vegetables for our team."
Fang Wenhai nodded, then remembered something and warned, "Xiaoye, you can go back, but be careful to bring your gun with you! Although the area has been cleared, I'm worried that the sandstorm will drive wolves here."
Ye Zhiqiu nodded, implying that he knew very well that he still had to bring weapons, and he had to bring more bullets this time!
The work here is physical labor, and a little wild vegetables will not last long, so he plans to shoot all the wild wolves in the space with a gun and bring them back to the base as prey.
There weren't many wild wolves, and after all this time, they'd only managed to capture thirty-seven. But it was still meat, and combined with the broth made from wild vegetables, it would at least help the base survive for a day or two.
Carrying his water bottle and gun, Ye Zhiqiu also brought a sack with his bullets. He didn't even bother to make the vegetable soup for breakfast, and set off alone.
Many people walked in groups of two or three along the way, and some even called out to Ye Zhiqiu, saying it was safer to have company. However, he refused, lying that he had teammates and that they had simply gone ahead.
I came out this time to cheat, so what's the point of being with them?
What surprised Ye Zhiqiu was that he actually came across a piece of wild onion. This wild vegetable is much more delicious than camel thorn!
Ye Zhiqiu began to use the space to collect them, and then put them in the bag, not forgetting to leave some space for planting.
Soon he harvested a whole sack of various wild vegetables, and he stored the rest in his space. He also encountered a few wild rabbits, which were different from the ones he raised in his space. They were Tarim rabbits, which were quite different.
After thinking about it, Ye Zhiqiu got firewood from the space, caught seven or eight rabbits, quickly processed them using the space, and then roasted them!
He planned to bring some back to give his brothers a snack. Lately, they couldn't even get enough to eat, let alone meat.
But everyone was the same, even the commander-in-chief was no exception, they were all hungry.
Of course, the experts here are construction experts. They came here to plan the entire construction site, and now they have started building houses. With the houses, there will be no need for a group of people to squeeze into tents.
The Gobi Desert experiences extreme temperature swings, from scorching hot during the day to cooler at night. In this environment, humans are like steel being forged, forged by alternating heat and cold.
Ye Zhiqiu had a rabbit roasting next to the fire. He slipped into the space and began to arrange the wolves one by one, shooting them with his gun until he had shot all thirty-seven of them.
The bubbles in the space are still able to preserve freshness. At least after he shot the wolves, the blood would still flow out.
So when Ye Zhiqiu released the wolves to the east and west, the blood flowed on the ground, forming traces of being hunted.
Ye Zhiqiu rubbed his chin and muttered, "Damn it! Killing thirty-seven wolves by himself? Isn't that a bit exaggerated? Never mind. I drank wild vegetable soup this morning. I don't know how I'm going to make it through today!"
Ye Zhiqiu found the wild camels in the distance. These were the three he had stored in his space back in Hami. These creatures were not raised by humans, they were very alert and would run away at the slightest movement.
He had already thought it through. This time, the wolves would only last for a day or two. If supplies could not be delivered, he would use these three wild camels to improve his hunting record!
There were actually two species of animals, goitered gazelles and argali, that could be used as prey, but there were only a few of them in the space. With nearly three thousand people in the base, even a bowl of broth would be too bland for such a small amount of food!
Ye Zhiqiu started looking for people. After walking for half an hour, he met a small group of three people who were out digging wild vegetables.
He waved his hands and shouted, "Comrade! Stop digging wild vegetables. Come here, come here quickly!"
Although they didn't know why, Ye Zhiqiu looked like a comrade from the base. So the three of them quickly put down their work and walked over to him.
"Comrade, what happened? Do you need our help?"
Ye Zhiqiu grinned and explained, "Comrade, I encountered a pack of wild wolves half an hour ahead, and I killed thirty-seven of them!
I need your help to notify someone to come over, and we should all get these wolves back to the base. It took me half an hour to find you, it was really not easy! "
The three of them were so excited that they immediately asked for directions. Then one of them left with Ye Zhiqiu to guard the prey, while the other two went to find someone to help carry the wolf.
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