Rebirth 1975: Tore up the call-back order at the beginning

On the barren beach in the northeast of Haizhen, a convoy of more than a dozen vehicles was moving forward slowly.

Since there is no road in this barren beach, the car moves very slowly. After all, if you are not careful, the car will get stuck in the soft sand, and it will take a little effort to drive out.

In less than half an hour, four of their vehicles were in trouble.

So much so that it took an hour and a half from Haizhen, and the convoy had only driven less than 15 kilometers forward.

In the jeep, Zhou Yang looked helplessly at the desolate environment in front of him.

According to the old herdsman Ha Rigui, this barren beach was considered a good grassland a few years ago. Although the wind blows and the grass is low and the cattle and sheep are low, after summer, it will become green and shady with fragrant grass.

However, due to the lack of rain in the past few years, and this year there was no rain in the whole summer. Not only did the small river dry up, but most of the grass died before even sprouting.

The vast and boundless grassland in the past is just the loess all over the place, there is no greenness in the eyes, and the breeze is no longer the fragrance of grass, but only the yellow dust in the sky...

The car drove forward for more than ten kilometers, and finally arrived at a resident activity point under the guidance of old man Harigui.

However, when they got off the car, they discovered that the settlement had been completely abandoned.

Except for a few dilapidated adobe buildings, nothing remains.

Fortunately, they prepared drinking water, food, and enough oil by themselves, and they didn't need any supplies. It's just that the endless desolation and silence made people feel a little depressed.

Looking at the scene in front of him, the old man Ha Rigui sighed and muttered a few words in Mongolian.

Professor Tao immediately translated: "Originally there were three or four herdsmen staying here, but it hasn't rained for a long time, and people and livestock have nothing to eat. They have moved away in the past two years. I don't know if they will Move back!"

Zhou Yang couldn't help sighing after hearing this. He knew that this severe drought lasted for a very long time, and the situation would not change much in the next five or six years.

Thinking of their mission this time, Zhou Yang didn't think too much about it, and then asked, "Professor Tao, ask Uncle Ha, how far is it from the place he mentioned?"

That's right, although Zhou Yang is in charge of today's prospecting operation, it is up to old man Ha Rigui to specify where to go.

After they invited the old man Ha Rigui to the Haizhen guest house last night, with the help of Professor Tao, Zhou Yang had a long and detailed talk with the old man.

After some exchanges, the old man made it clear that there is no place called Changshanhao nearby, but there are several places with similar names in the northwest of the county.

But Zhou Yang knew that that place must be in the northeast of Haizhen, and it was absolutely impossible to go to the northwest.

Seeing that he was so sure, the old man Harigui then inquired in detail about the geographical features near him.

When he learned that there was a small stream surrounded by a half-circle of hills, the old man immediately said that the topographic features of a place he had been to before were similar to what Zhou Yang described, and that place happened to be in the northeast of Haizhen .

After getting the news, Zhou Yang was overjoyed, and immediately begged the old man to take him there.

The person from Harigui immediately said that there is no problem, so today's itinerary is almost there!

Professor Tao knew that Zhou Yang was anxious, so he nodded immediately, and then had a few conversations with old man Ha Rigui in Mongolian.

Then he said to Zhou Yang: "Lao Ha said that we have only walked less than half of the way now, and the road ahead will be even more difficult."

"Don't be afraid of difficult walks, prospecting is hard work, as long as you can find a place!" Zhou Yang said.

"Hehe, with Lao Ha here, you don't need to worry about this!"

Then Professor Tao changed his voice and said again: "However, you have to be mentally prepared. The matter of finding ore is not as simple as you imagined. It is rare to succeed once or twice. Many times you need to come three or five times." Sometimes, some even stay in the wild for several months.”

"It's impossible for you to find the gold mine just by coming here like this!"

Zhou Yang smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true, maybe my luck is better!"

"Hehe, there is such a possibility, but the probability is too small..."

Zhou Yang didn't say much. If ordinary ore hunters search aimlessly, it may take months or even years.

But he is different, Zhou Yang's purpose is very clear, he is looking for a gold mine, and that place is tens of kilometers northwest of Haizhen.

Although it sounds general, compared to our country's land of nearly tens of millions of square kilometers, this range is already very small.

Even if it is turned inch by inch, it will not take long.

What's more, knowing that they are nearby, with the rich mining experience of Professor Tao and others, they can judge whether there is a gold mine or not.

But he didn't say these things clearly, he just knew it in his heart.

At this moment, Old Professor Tao's voice sounded in my ears again: "Comrade Xiao Zhou, according to what Old Ha said, it will be about seven or eight o'clock in the afternoon when we arrive at that place. Overnight!"

"Haven't we already walked half the way? The rest is only [-] to [-] kilometers away. How can we make it to seven or eight o'clock?" Zhou Yang frowned.

"This is Lao Ha's original words. It should be that the road ahead is more uncomfortable, so..."

Zhou Yang thought for a while and said, "It shouldn't be that late, but even if we really need to spend the night in the wild, it's okay. We have so many cars and a lot of tents, so it shouldn't be a problem to make do for one night!"

Old Professor Tao wanted to say something else, but after looking at the guards and soldiers with live ammunition around him, he finally didn't say anything.

Zhou Yang looked at his watch and found that it was almost 11:30. He unscrewed the military water bottle and took a few sips, then said to Chen Beixuan: "Let the comrades rest here for a while, eat some dry food before leaving!"

"Yes!"

As the order was issued step by step, the soldiers soon got out of the car in this abandoned residential area, and then ate the dry food with cold water.

After eating and resting for a while, Zhou Yang ordered the troops to move on.

Sure enough, the next road was even more difficult. Not to mention that there were no roads in many places, and there were deep ditches several feet wide everywhere. Cars couldn't go through it at all, and had to go around slowly.

In the end, the car couldn't move at all. There were stones the size of a washbasin and big pits half a person's depth everywhere, and the car couldn't move forward smoothly at all.

Only then did Zhou Yang realize what the old man Ha Rigui meant by saying that he would arrive at seven or eight o'clock. It turned out that there was no need for a car for the rest of the way.

In desperation, Zhou Yang could only leave some soldiers behind to guard the supplies, while he himself led the large troops forward on foot.

Due to carrying a large amount of supplies and equipment, and there are old people like Professor Tao and Ha Rigui in the team, the speed is really not fast.

They could have arrived at the place at three or four o'clock, but they didn't arrive at the place until after seven o'clock in the evening.

At this time, the sun was already westward, and they could only vaguely see a series of small hills.

At this time, the old man Harigui pointed to the small hill in the distance, and babbled a series of Mongolian words.

Professor Tao immediately translated: "Lao Ha said that the place we are going to is those small hills. There used to be a water pool at the foot of the mountain. I don't know if it is there. If it is, we can replenish fresh water there!"

Zhou Yang stood in front of a small dirt slope, looking into the distance.

Visually, the place was less than five kilometers away from their position, and then he said to Professor Tao, "Professor Tao, can you still hold on?"

"It's okay, walking to that place shouldn't be a problem!"

"Okay, let's move on!"

"it is good!"

However, after walking less than two kilometers forward, a young man who was exploring the road in front of the team suddenly uttered an exclamation, and the whole team was completely confused because of his cry...

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ps: Chapter 1 is delivered!