In the vast Gobi Desert in the northwest of Gansu Province, a huge convoy of more than ten vehicles was driving slowly on a gravel road.
There are no decent roads in the Gobi Desert, and cars can only drive on gravel roads.
In addition, it had only snowed a few days ago, and this place was deserted, so the roads were covered with snow.
In desperation, Zhou Yang could only let a jeep clear the way in front, and the other cars followed closely.
As a result, even though there were no cars coming from behind or behind them, their speed could never increase.
More importantly, except for Zhou Yang, none of them had ever been to the Malan Mountain Base.
Their only reliance now is a map and a radio in their hands. With these two things, whether they can find the Malan Mountain base deep in the Gobi Desert and when they can find it all depends on luck.
Fortunately, Director Yang selected Zhou Yang with experienced auto soldiers who had been driving in the Gobi stalls all year round. They were fully able to control such terrain.
If it were the car soldiers in the plain area, such bad road conditions would probably scare everyone away.
The original distance is less than 200 kilometers, but if you drive on flat ground, you can get there in three hours at most.
But the current environment is really too bad. After Zhou Yang and others came out of the research base of Kongliu Institute, they walked for more than 7 hours, but still could not find the Malanshan base.
Of course, this was partly because the road conditions were bad, and partly because they were lost.
After they entered the Gobi Desert, they took the wrong path three times.
Every time I walked, I found that there was no way ahead, so I had no choice but to back out again and continue to find the way.
Going back and forth like this greatly affected the itinerary.
Seeing that the sun was already setting in the west, the car in front of us suddenly stopped.
Then, Zhu Junfeng, the security section chief in charge of the transportation task, got out of the car and strode towards Zhou Yang's car.
When Zhou Yang saw this, he immediately got out of the car!
"Chief Zhu, why don't you leave?"
"Chief, it will be dark in about an hour. It seems that we will not be able to reach the Malan Mountain base today. Should we consider looking for a campsite?"
After hearing Zhu Junfeng's words, Zhou Yang frowned immediately.
Camping on a Gobi stall is a very dangerous thing.
After all, this is the coldest season of the year in the Northwest. At night, the outdoor temperature can reach minus 30 degrees.
Just a thin tent and cotton clothes may not be enough to withstand it. If it doesn't come back, it will be troublesome.
But if you don’t camp, you have to continue driving, and walking on the Gobi stalls at night is really dangerous. One mistake may result in a car crash and death.
"Chief Zhu, do you know how far our current location is from the Malan Mountain base?" Zhou Yang asked in a deep voice.
"According to the coordinates sent over there, it should be about forty kilometers away, but this is not particularly accurate!"
Then Zhu Junfeng said again: "And we took the wrong route several times along the way. It's really hard to determine how far we still have to go!"
Zhou Yang thought for a while and said: "Chief Zhu, forget about camping. Not to mention the danger, there are still people at the base who need us to rescue. Time is life!"
"Chief, are you planning to travel all night?" Zhu Junfeng frowned.
"Yes, I guess our current location is not too far from the Malan Mountain base!"
Then Zhou Yang said again: "It's just that the roads are buried under heavy snow right now. We can't find the way to the base. If we can determine the exact location of the base, it shouldn't take long to get there!"
Zhu Junfeng said hurriedly: "Chief, walking at night is very dangerous. Besides, we can't determine the location of the base!"
"We don't know, but the base must know. Wouldn't it be enough to let them send planes to guide us in the air!"
Zhou Yang remembered that the airport at the Malanshan base always had one or two Z-5 helicopters, so now he could only bother to let them come.
"But the base doesn't know our location now unless we can send them our coordinates!"
"Then send them the coordinates!"
"But we don't know our exact coordinates either!" Zhu Junfeng said.
"It's easy!"
Then Zhou Yang didn't say much and went directly to the open space.
He looked at the sky first, then found a piece of dead wood and inserted it directly into the ground.
After observing for a while, Zhou Yang immediately said to Zhu Junfeng who was confused: "Chief Zhu, bring a ruler here!"
Although Zhu Junfeng didn't understand what Zhou Yang was doing, he immediately returned to the car and took a tape measure.
After getting the tape measure, Zhou Yang first measured the length of the dead wood stick, and then measured the length of the shadow.
Immediately afterwards, Zhou Yang returned to the car, took out a paper and pen, leaned on the hood of the car, and started writing and calculating.
After a while, he was done.
Afterwards, Zhou Yang handed the piece of paper filled with numbers to Zhu Junfeng's hand.
"Chief..."
Before he could finish speaking, Zhou Yang pointed to the two numbers below and said, "These are the coordinates of where we are currently!"
"ah..."
"Chief Zhu, now ask the radio operator to send a report to the Malan Mountain base immediately and report our coordinates to them, so that they can send a helicopter to guide us immediately!" Zhou Yang said.
"Is this...is this okay?" Zhu Junfeng said with doubt on his face.
Is it possible to determine the coordinates of their location with just a wooden stick and a ruler?
"Excuting an order!"
Zhou Yang did not explain it to Zhu Junfeng. After all, even if he explained it, he would not be able to understand it with his cultural level.
"yes!"
Soon, the radio operator contacted the Malanshan base, and the other party replied that the plane would arrive soon.
Twenty minutes later, just when Zhu Junfeng and others were doubting whether the so-called coordinates calculated by Zhou Yang were accurate, there was a sudden buzz in the sky.
Everyone looked up into the sky, and sure enough they saw a black spot approaching from far away, which turned out to be a helicopter.
In an instant, everyone cheered, and everyone looked at Zhou Yang with admiration.
"Chief Zhu, fire a signal flare into the air immediately!"
"yes!"
As the signal flare took off, the helicopter in the air quickly spotted Zhou Yang and others, and then flew straight towards their position.
After the plane flew over the convoy, the cabin door suddenly opened, and then a soldier rappelled directly from the plane.
After the soldier landed, he immediately hurried to the front of Zhou Yang and others.
Seeing the strong soldier in front of him, Zhou Yang felt quite excited.
Although he didn't know the soldier's name, he had seen him many times at the Malan Mountain base in his previous life.
When the soldier came to Zhou Yang, he first saluted with a military salute, and then said loudly: "Report to the chief, Wang Mingyuan of the Malanshan Base Guard Battalion is reporting to you!"
"Comrade Wang Mingyuan, how far is it from the base?"
"Report to the chief, less than 20 kilometers!"
"Do you know the road? If you do, you don't need a plane to guide you in the sky!" Zhou Yang said.
"know!"
"Then let the plane go back, let's get on the road quickly and try to reach the base before dark!"
"yes!"
Subsequently, Wang Mingyuan immediately sent a signal to his comrades on the helicopter, and then he got into the car of Zhu Junfeng and others.
Soon, the convoy set off east again and headed straight for the Malan Mountain base!
(Gobi Desert: Urad Front Banner)
(Gobi Desert)
(Gobi Desert in winter)
(Gobi Desert in winter)
PS: The third chapter has been sent, please remind me to update it. It would be better if there is another "power generation for love"!
