sinovels Chapter 81 chapter 80
Chapter 81 chapter 80
The straight road stretches on the open grassland, like green silk cloth inlaid with silver belts, with endless grasslands on both sides, and a blue sky above, with clouds as soft as cotton floating.
The off-road vehicle that can hold a few people is speeding on this spacious road, but Yan Xiao still feels that it walks like a slow cow. There is no reason. When you are used to driving, you will feel that riding a bicycle is slow, and you have learned to drive an aircraft Racing speed, you will feel that racing is not fun.
They are now walking on the road more than 1000 years ago, experiencing the way of life more than 1000 years ago. People at that time, from the city to the depths of the grassland, just wanted to drive off-road vehicles like them.The veteran who came to pick up Yan Xiao said that this road is more than 1000 kilometers long. Judging by the current weather, they will not be able to reach the barracks today, and they can only deal with it halfway through the night.
Isn't it slow like a cow? For an aircraft, more than 1000 kilometers is just a matter of ten minutes. How can it take so much trouble?However, Yan Xiao was not bored by this. On the contrary, it was such a boring car journey that aroused his interest. Nature is turbulent seas, surging rivers, calm lakes, lush green mountains...
The largest piece of grass he has ever seen is the green grass in someone's yard. It is spread piece by piece with pieces of turf that have just grown and tender green sprouts can be seen, just like spreading tofu pieces in a plate. .
He has never seen such a grassland with such a large area. It is pure natural, and the grass is also different from the green grass. Their leaves are much darker in color, but they are not like the green grass. , is a naturally laid bed.Yan Xiao couldn't help wanting to roll around on the grass, but he was just thinking about it. The veteran didn't seem to want to stay here any longer, and as soon as he picked him up, he drove back to the camp in a hurry.
He said: "People and vehicles are most afraid of staying overnight on the road, and must drive forward without stopping for a moment."
Yan Xiao withdrew his gaze from the blue-green junction in the distance, looked at the snake-like road ahead, and said, "Will there be any beasts attacking the car when it is parked on the road?"
"That's not it." Speaking of this, the veteran's tone was a little excited, he said: "This land is desolate, unlike the pasture where there are fat sheep running around all day long, the wolves here are rampant, and they are not afraid of people. It's smart, it knows that you humans don't dare to do anything to them, so they hide in the hole and lie down in the caravan, even if you cook some delicious beef and mutton on the main road, they won't come out.
But as long as they encounter a single car, the wolves will follow the car like a relay. When the car stops, they will stop too, hiding in the grass and watching you quietly. A few wolves rushed up immediately. If you didn't have a gun in your hand, you would have no time to draw it out. "
Wolves eat sheep raised by humans, and humans kill wolves that steal sheep. Humans and wolves are the two most intensely war-fighting species on this grassland. Wolves steal sheep and horses raised by humans. Shouldn't people hate wolves to the bone?Why did the old soldier become excited when he talked about wolves, as if he was not discussing wolves, but some rare treasures.
Yan Xiao, who has raised Mengzi for three years and has become a wolf lover, doesn't mind talking about wolves with the veteran. He thought of his little wolf soldier, and couldn't help but smile and asked: "This wolf is so smart, how would you know?" Won't you train wolves to become wolf warriors?"
Hearing this, the veteran shook his head quickly and said, "No way, no way, wolves belong to the grassland, how can they be raised by humans? Even if they grow up, they will bite back and flee back to the grassland. Even if the wolf dies, it won't be a wolf. Human captives will not eat food given by humans.”
Yan Xiao turned to look at the old soldier, and said, "I heard that there is an army in which there are two wolf warriors, and they have made a lot of contributions."
The veteran's serious expression relaxed, and he said clearly, "You mean General Xiu's wolf team, right? Those two are god wolves, who have become gods. The wolves here can only be regarded as guardian wolves, specially guarding the grassland. Yes, humans are also guardians of the grasslands. Both wolves and humans are guardians of the grasslands. But the two wolves are different. They have been promoted to godhood, and they are not raised by humans. They earn their own food. Like our human comrades-in-arms, they don’t want money, and food is their reward.”
At this time, Yan Xiao still didn't understand why people regarded such wild wolves as the guardians of the grassland just like humans. He thought that humans didn't kill wolves because the law stipulated that they couldn't kill wolves in large numbers.It is said that thousands of years ago, the number of prairie wolves was no less than that of humans. At that time, the wolf disaster was the most serious disaster faced by human beings. It was endless all year round. Human combat effectiveness was trained when fighting wolves.
Yan Xiao glanced back and forth on the green grassland through the window of the car, trying to discern the shadow of the prairie wolf among the gray-yellow stones in the grassland. His eyes were not idle as he searched for his mouth. He asked the veteran, "More than 1000 years ago, The people here are fighting against wolves every day, and the strong fighting power of grassland people is based on fighting with wolves, but after humans have weapons, there is no place for wolves to survive."
"Without wolves, humans can truly understand the benefits of wolves. When you arrive at the camp, you can see the large desert in the west. Those places were more fertile grasslands than here thousands of years ago. Our ancestors used to be there After being stationed, many fat sheep and horses graze leisurely there. Sometimes we can dig deep into the depths and find the bones of wolves, broken bones of sheep and cattle. It is estimated that there is a wolf den. It was discovered and the hole exploded. The wolf did not escape, and was buried with the sheep and cattle that had not finished eating."
Such an imperfect and full of loopholes inference made Yan Xiao feel sad, whether it was because of the wolf who was inexplicably buried in the cave, or because of the fat grassland that has now turned into a desert.
The two just walked and chatted all the way, stopping from time to time to look at the shadow of a wolf passing by in the distance. Yan Xiao also learned that the veteran is the child of an old herdsman born in the grassland, one of the millions of children of the grassland mother, It is also the purest descendant of the ancestor who worshiped the wolf.
Veteran Baruya threw a piece of dry food cake to Yan Xiao and said, "Eat first, and you will drive later. You know how to drive?"
Yan Xiao hurriedly caught the cake. This piece of cake was bigger than his two palms, and some minced meat could be seen on the surface of the cake. Yan Xiao didn't know what they usually ate, but at the edge of the desert where resources are so scarce It must be impossible to eat well, maybe it takes a month to eat one or two pancakes occasionally.
He wanted to return it to Baluya, but as if he had seen through his thoughts, Baluya said: "This is the food allocated to me in the battalion when I set off. They know that recruits who have never been to the border will not Prepare food in advance, even if you have prepared it, you will not be full, you eat quickly, you will eat me, but don’t keep it, driving at night is no better than during the day, so you have to be more careful.”
After hearing this, Yan Xiao knew that if she pushed it further, she would appear hypocritical. She thanked Baruja, and then began to chew. It turned out that not only was there minced meat on the surface of the cake, but there was also a large piece of meat wrapped in the cake, which tasted like grassland. , is the hot and sunny taste, just eating the dried meat, Yan Xiao can already feel the heroism of the prairie people.
Listening to Yan Xiao's endless praise, Baruya's face, which had always maintained a serious expression, also opened a big smile at this time, and his small eyes became two lines.
He said: "This mutton is my family's mutton, and the meat is also dried by my daughter-in-law. Is it delicious?"
Yan Xiao nodded repeatedly, chewing unceasingly.Baluya said again: "My wife is very good at cooking. Her roasted meat and milk skin are so good, you will never be able to eat other people's food after eating it once."
Swallowing the meat in her mouth, Yan Xiao smiled slightly and said to Ba Luya: "Then the elder brother cannot do without the elder sister?"
Baruya didn't speak, but smiled happily, and there was a deep love in his eyes, as if he wanted to pour all the love of his life into it.Yan Xiao looked at Baluya's eyes and was in a trance for a while. At that moment, it seemed that something rushed into his mind, and when he wanted to catch it, it passed by in a flash, leaving no trace.
He felt as if he had forgotten something, which seemed to be very important, but he couldn't remember anything. This feeling was like suddenly throwing him into a void, with no focus, and nothing for him to hold on to.
In the first half of the night, Yan Xiao was driving, and Baruya sat beside him to sleep on time. When the time came, he opened his eyes suddenly as if he had set the time. His eyes, which were no less than those of wolves, wandered in the dark. Yan Xiao said, "Xiao Xiao, just stop by the side of the road and don't turn off the lights."
Yan Xiao is also very sleepy. Driving at night is indeed much more exhausting than during the day. Many animals that are only active at night have come out, and they will not hide when they see the car. They stare at you with lantern-like eyes. They know whether the car is You will hit them, because they are national protected animals, and the penalty for killing one is worse than killing a person.
Yan Xiao and Baluya switched places, leaned on the flat seat and fell asleep. When he woke up again, it was broad daylight, and he could see yellow sand when he looked towards the end of the road. The sky here is not so blue, the clear sky seems to be covered with a layer of veil, the grass is not as plump as before, it is sparse, and some are withered and yellow.
Following the direction of Baruya's finger, Yan Xiao saw the border area between the dark green grassland and the desert yellow desert, where several army green tents for marching stood.
Baruja said, "It's just in time for breakfast, you're in luck."
The big pancake I ate last night was indeed very filling, but after one night, the energy had long been used up. As soon as Baluya finished speaking, Yan Xiao's stomach growled. He had heard that the milk tea in the grassland is the most authentic , has the most original taste.
Baluya also heard Yan Xiao's stomach growling, and laughed unkindly: "Today, the herdsmen just brought the fresh milk that was just squeezed out this morning, as well as milk skin made of fresh milk, mutton steamed buns, at noon There is also a feast of cattle and sheep, this is the once-a-month gluttony relief day for the soldiers, and you just happened to catch up with the gluttony relief day when you first arrived."
As Baruja said, the soldiers had just finished shouting and sat down before moving their mouths. They arrived at the camp. The patrolling soldiers sitting outside saw Baruja and asked him to sit down and have breakfast together. When he got up, the young soldier immediately stood up, took two bowls and ran to the side of the pot to fill the mutton buns and served them to Ba Luya and Yan Xiao, so Yan Xiao stayed by the way.
After eating the breakfast in a harmonious atmosphere, Baluya took Yan Xiao to the tent where the battalion commander was, reported his work, and then left. Only then did Yan Xiao know that Baluya was not in the same team as him, he was Part of the patrol with the most work, but also the easiest.
The battalion commander looked very serious, his dark red face was covered with blue stubble, but he was a nice person, and he personally took Yan Xiao around the camp.
The military camp was much bigger than Yan Xiao imagined. What he saw in the car were only the dormitory tents for the patrol team and the cooking class, and a tent dedicated to storing all kinds of cooking utensils and cooking.The tents are set up directly on the grass. There are big ones that can accommodate a dozen people, and there are also small ones, such as the battalion commander and deputy battalion commander, who can only accommodate two people and can be used as an office.
In a blink of an eye, he came to the tent where the cooking team was cooking. The battalion commander opened the curtain first and walked in. After saying hello to the comrades inside who were sweating profusely and busy preparing lunch, he walked to the corner and pointed to the black box in the corner. It looked like a lump, and said to Yan Xiao, "Take this."
Yan Xiao hurriedly stepped forward to pick up the heavy, stick-like thing. Yan Xiao felt it with his hands, and there was a hard support frame inside. He instantly understood what he was going to do next.
The battalion commander took him back to the place where he had just started. Several tents had already been set up in the open space. Put up a tent, will you?"
The battalion commander patted him on the shoulder and threatened with a smile: "If not, then go to the grassland to feed the wolves."
After breakfast, the veterans took the recruits to the mission. Except for the leaders, logistics and night patrol comrades, no one stayed in the camp. Some even stayed outside for a few days, but they will all be back at noon today.
Yan Xiao set up the tent after three times, five times and two times. This is a tent that can accommodate two people, which is enough for Yan Xiao alone.
The logistics department came to send him quilts and the like. Seeing him so fast, I was very surprised. They all asked him how to do it so fast. You must know that they have to move every few months. And every relocation is a time-consuming and labor-intensive job. If Yan Xiao can build as fast as Yan Xiao, it can save a lot of time.
Yan Xiao didn't keep it private either, and readily told them the building skills he had learned in field training.Yan Xiao learned the skills of special forces at school, and the assessment standards were also formulated according to the standards of special forces. It can be said that he is the soldier with the most special skills here, but his skills are good or bad. A school student who has been on the battlefield, among these fighters who have been fighting against extreme environments all year round, he can only be regarded as a recruit.
Soon, the sound of the trumpet was heard not far away, and a pair of soldiers in camouflage walked towards the camp with neat steps, and stood at the cooking stove that had been prepared, one by one standing upright, even if they were hungry Horrible, greedy to death, their eyes could fly into the pot, they still stood upright, waiting for the captain to give the order to sing.
When every team finished shouting, sat down neatly, and pounced on the meat in the pot like hungry wolves, the battalion commander arrived late, and there was a man in military uniform behind him, which was very strange. Ordinary military uniforms for recruits, Yan Xiao also wore the same clothes when he came here.
Yan Xiao couldn't help but take a second look. Soldiers in the battalion don't know how to wear military uniforms, and they are the lowest-level soldier uniforms. She didn't expect that there would be people like herself who would choose such a barren place as their first internship.
Just as he was thinking about it, the battalion commander waved to him. After Yan Xiao walked over, the battalion commander loudly introduced the two new special fighters to the whole battalion. meal.
After eating, Yan Xiao went back to the tent, just sat down, and glanced out of the corner of her eye, there was supposed to be only one person in the tent, but at some point there was another person. Drinking is not allowed in the camp, so no one will appear drinking. If you get drunk and go to the wrong tent, take a closer look, hey, isn’t that the recruit who just arrived today?
The author has something to say:
I will take a day off tomorrow, and I will make up for it later, and the update will resume on Sunday.
This is a new stage, and it is also the last stage of this volume. In fact, many mysteries have been solved before, and some of the remaining ones will be found here. The little cutie may ask, what does this have to do with the topic? Woolen cloth?
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