After experiencing the painful lesson of Ou Jiahao and others' lives, a defense plan to prevent quicksand pits has been developed, and everyone is very clear about Ye Zhiqiu's arrangements.
So everyone started preparing things, then lined up and moved forward according to the prevention manual.
Quicksand pits look like ordinary sand, but once someone enters, their weight disrupts the balance, causing the entire dune to collapse. Those trapped are drawn into the quicksand, unable to escape.
Ou Jiahao and his group were on top at the same time, breaking their balance and causing everyone to fall in. When people in the distance noticed, before they could rush over, they had already disappeared without a trace.
But this time everything went smoothly. The group did not encounter any quicksand pits and arrived near the wild donkey herd.
It was then that everyone discovered that there were wild onions growing here. No wonder these wild donkeys have been here for so long, as they can travel dozens of kilometers every day to find food!
No one made a sound, for fear of alarming the herd of wild donkeys. Instead, they gestured to assign targets and fired at the same time, trying to keep as many wild donkeys as possible!
Ye Zhiqiu looked at the gesture and fired several shots, knocking the target assigned to him to the ground. Then everyone started to charge forward and completely killed the wild donkey that was still struggling on the ground!
You have to know that each of these guys weighs nearly 500 kilograms, and fourteen of them weigh at least 7,000 kilograms. For a base short of food, every wild donkey is too important and cannot afford to make any mistakes!
The wild donkey had been shot, but transporting it back was a major problem. So, after some discussion, they decided to kill a wild donkey and cut off several dozen pounds of meat. The driver drove over and loaded the remaining wild donkey and meat onto the truck.
Only the driver took one person back, while everyone else continued on their way. After all, even with this batch of meat, the base could only sustain itself for a few more days. As long as the food transportation channel was blocked, the base wouldn't be able to survive.
Ye Zhiqiu and his companions did not move forward immediately. Instead, they found various dry grass and saxaul branches that could be burned and started roasting meat. They filled their stomachs before continuing on their journey.
"If only there were salt!"
"I do!"
“It would be better if it had cumin!”
"I have this too!"
Everyone looked at Ye Zhiqiu, who was taking out two paper bags from his pocket, one bag of salt and the other bag of cumin powder!
"No, Comrade Ye, why do you carry these things with you?"
Ye Zhiqiu explained with a smile, "Hehe, I was planning to go digging for wild vegetables today. If I happen to come across a lizard or a rabbit, I can have a delicious feast. I'll need these seasonings, so I brought them with me."
"Hey, it's better to be prepared than to be caught off guard. The ancients were right!"
"Thanks to Xiaoye, even without salt, I can still enjoy my food when I'm hungry, but salt is naturally better!"
In this way, half of the meat was roasted, and the remaining sixteen people ate it happily. After eating, they continued to move forward.
Maybe it’s because of the sandstorm, today’s temperature is only 27 or 28 degrees Celsius. Compared with the usual temperature of almost 40 degrees Celsius, today’s temperature is considered suitable.
It took three hours to drive here, and at least seven hours to go back and come back. So everyone knew that tonight they might have to sleep outdoors.
Starting at 11 a.m., at 5 a.m., Ye Zhiqiu said to everyone, "It's time to go. We need to find a suitable place to stay overnight. Gathering firewood will take some time."
After discussing it, everyone felt that it made perfect sense, so they immediately found a place with weathered boulders and began collecting various combustible materials.
No matter how cold it is at night, the fire must be lit, because without a fire, you won’t even know you are surrounded by wolves.
This is a must for safety reasons.
As time passed, around 6:30, everyone came back from collecting firewood. Some even brought back dried dung from wild donkeys or camels, which was quite durable.
After a busy day of roasting the meat, everyone started to arrange their shifts. In a place like this, people have to take turns to keep watch.
They were divided into three groups, with Ye Zhiqiu in the first. The base's vehicles couldn't travel at night, as they could only tell the direction during the day.
So there might be cars coming tomorrow. Speaking of which, it's pretty windy here too. It's probably the effect of the sandstorm. Although we can't feel it here, the residual wind is causing it to be quite strong.
Fortunately, we prepared a lot of firewood, so we don’t have to worry about catching a cold due to the drop in temperature caused by the wind.
After eating the barbecue, the rest of the people went to sleep, just sleeping on the floor.
Ye Zhiqiu and the others were chatting in low voices, looking around vigilantly until the time came. Then they woke up the people in the second shift, and then they lay down on the ground and fell asleep.
When Ye Zhiqiu was woken up the next day, it was already seven o'clock in the morning and everything was safe and sound.
The group was out of food and had no breakfast, so they decided to keep going. After all, they had eaten two meat meals yesterday, so even though they hadn't had breakfast, they still had the energy to keep going.
"Brother, do you think there are any hares on the road here?"
Ye Zhiqiu asked with a smile: "What's wrong? Are you hungry again?"
"Hey, how can I not be hungry? I haven't had a full meal in the past few days."
"Okay, I'll see if there are any wild rabbits around. If there are, we can kill a few to fill our stomachs!"
In fact, I didn't encounter any hares, because there was not much grass in this area, not even many camel thorn trees or saxaul trees. Without plants, hares cannot survive.
But after walking for a while, the sound of a car was heard. It was a car sent from the base!
Everyone was happy. Finally, they didn't have to keep walking, which was too tiring.
"Comrades, you must be hungry! I brought you some wild vegetable and donkey meat soup. Let's eat some and fill our stomachs!"
"Hey, I'm hungry and thirsty too. Did you bring us some water?"
"Of course we did. We killed so many wild donkeys this time, which made the commander-in-chief very happy. I'm going to commend everyone when we get back!"
Ye Zhiqiu was also happy to hear this. A group of people started pouring the water they brought from the car into kettles, then took lunch boxes and started eating the donkey meat and wild vegetable soup.
There wasn't much meat, about half the size of a fist per person. There were also several kinds of wild vegetables mixed together, and there was quite a bit of soup.
Anyway, after Ye Zhiqiu finished eating the meat and wild vegetables and drank half of the lunch box of soup, he finally felt much better!
With so many people together, it was difficult to steal food from the space, so he also went hungry.
After eating here, we continued on our journey. After driving for three hours, we met a camel transport team coming towards us.
After talking to each other, we found out that the sandstorm finally subsided yesterday evening, so they rushed here overnight.
Finally receiving the good news, the two carts were reloaded with food and headed back to the base. Ye Zhiqiu and the others walked back to the base with the camel transport team.
"Brothers, I'm back!"
"Xiao Ye, you're finally back. You've made a great contribution this time!"
"The commander-in-chief said that since you've achieved two consecutive meritorious services, you'll be admitted to the Party and promoted immediately!"
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