Chapter 2 Night Camp
Platoon Commander Hu and his team came with the car company of the Logistics Department, but the big trucks had to wait for the loading and unloading of the materials transported by the military train before they could set off. According to the usual time, they had to wait at least two days at Yingtai. So, on the way back, they only had a 212 Jeep, namely Su Yichen and Wan Changchun, plus Platoon Commander Hu and four soldiers named Gudamai.
I only found out after getting in the car that the heavy rain a few days ago caused a mudslide to occur in a part of the way. It turned out that the road back to base 781 could no longer be taken. This time they had to cross the grassland and take a detour from the other side. In this way, they would definitely not be able to get back tonight. If everything goes well, it is estimated that they will not be able to reach the base tomorrow at noon.
Because they took a detour, they had to spend a night on the grassland and wait for dawn the next day before continuing their journey. They explained to Su Yichen and the others with apologies. Wan Changchun was nothing, but just nodded with a smile, but Su Yichen asked whether there would be dangerous questions in the wild camping.
"Of course not. Actually, the grassland is not as dangerous as you imagine." Hu Zhijun smiled cheerfully, reached out to touch the driver and asked to pat the rifle: "Gudamai is a herdsman and is very familiar with the road. And... see, the latest equipment of Bayi Bar is much stronger than the previous 56 and 63 automatic rifles. If you have it, you won't be afraid of anything."
"Is this the Bayi Bar?" Su Yichen's eyes lit up. This rifle was developed in 1979, officially established in 1981, and was only officially produced in 1983, which was not yet officially produced this year. Su Yichen had only heard people mention it before, but had never seen it with his own eyes. Looking at the new gun in Hu Zhijun's hand, he wished he could get started and touch it.
Hu Zhijun smiled and nodded, and also saw the desire in Su Yichen's eyes. As men, there are no ones who don't like guns, let alone such a new gun. As the guard force of the 781 base, Hu Zhijun and his troops were the first to change their clothes. When they got and tried this new gun, even Hu Zhijun, who had been in the army for more than ten years and was proficient in various light and heavy weapons, could not help but admire that this was indeed a good gun.
However, now is not a good time to introduce this gun. It is a very dangerous move to fiddle with such weapons on bumpy roads and narrow carriages. But Hu Zhijun agreed to Su Yichen that after he settled at the base, he would take Su Yichen to shoot the target, whether it was the Bayi Bar or the Type 63, or even the squad machine gun could make him beat enough.
There is no road on the vast grassland. If you really want to talk about roads, at most, it is the marks pressed by some cars passing through the grassland. Compared with the big Dongfeng, the 212 Jeep is of course a good car, but the speed on the grassland is difficult to increase. Moreover, because the muddy road surface is very bumpy, it can barely maintain a speed of 40 kilometers.
Hu Zhijun was right. Gudamai, who was a herdsman, was indeed very familiar with the road. He didn't know what he used to distinguish the direction. He drove the car with the steering wheel, and was familiar to the destination as if he was going home. Along the way, he would also introduce the surrounding scenery to the two noble experts in Chinese.
After chatting for a while, everyone gradually lost their previous restraints. Wan Changchun suggested that Hu Zhijun and others should not call him old experts and just call him Lao Wan. As for the young Su Yichen, of course, it is Xiao Su. Hu Zhijun was not polite, and nodded in agreement with a smile and asked them to call him Lao Hu. At this time, Su Yichen asked Hu Zhijun curiously why he said thank you to Gudamai before when he was standing on the platform.
When Hu Zhijun heard this question, he couldn't help laughing again, and Gudamai was embarrassed to get up. After Hu Zhijun explained to them, Su Yichen and others suddenly realized that the name of Amir came from a movie called "The Visitor on the Iceberg". The protagonist, a Tajik People's Liberation Army soldier, was called Amir, and "Amir, go!" said the most classic plot in this movie.
Gudama is not a People's Liberation Army soldier of the Tajik tribe, but he is also a minority soldier. He looks handsome and looks a bit similar to the protagonist in the movie. More importantly, he is good at singing and dancing. The theme song of this movie "Why is Flowers So Red" is even more amazing, so comrades in the army often joke about him.
While talking and laughing, Hu Zhijun asked Gudamai to show off his skills to everyone and sing a song. After a little shy Gudamai smiled, he started singing at the top of his throat. The song was shocking. Gudamai did have a rare good voice, which made the song so touchingly that it was lingering.
After singing the song, both Wan Changchun and Su Yichen couldn't help but clap and praise her loudly, which made Gudamai feel a little embarrassed. Su Yichen asked Gudamai to sing another song with great enthusiasm. Gudamai thought about it and sang a song of their national song. Although the lyrics of the vicissitudes of life cannot understand the meaning of it, they are not inferior to the previous song, and they are also intoxicated by everyone.
It is almost summer now, and it is dark in the northwest. By 7 o'clock in the evening, Gudamai drove the 212 Jeep to a more suitable camping place to stop. Hu Zhijun got out of the car, took off the tent and some tools he had prepared long ago from the rear of the car, and placed it on the spot. Wan Changchun and Su Yichen were not idle either, so they helped to set up the tent together. Gudamai went to pick up some dead branches nearby and quickly raised a bonfire. After finishing these, the sky gradually darkened. He sat around the bonfire, and heard the sound of the wind blowing in his ears, and the gentle chirping of some unknown animals in the distance.
Hu Zhijun prepared very well when he set off. He brought enough dry food and supplies, opened a few cans, and cooked a sumptuous dinner on the bonfire. After using it, everyone went into the tent to chat. Gudamai also cooked milk tea for them with the tea leaves he brought and the goat milk in the kettle. Drinking the sweet milk tea, the fatigue along the way seemed to be gone at this moment.
Relying on the entrance of the tent, he looked up at the sky outside. The sky in the northwest was clearer than the city, and the starry sky in the sky seemed so brilliant and charming. Looking at the twinkling stars, Su Yichen couldn't help but be confused for a moment, and it was not until Wan Changchun called him a few times before he could react.
"What are you thinking?" Wan Changchun asked with a smile on his hands.
"No... nothing." Su Yichen suddenly turned red and he shook his head subconsciously.
Wan Changchun patted his shoulder and smiled, "You miss Xiaoyan, right? I'm not embarrassed. If it weren't for your teacher's illness, you would set off together. But it's nothing. She might come in a few days when we arrive at the base. By the way, how are your affairs arranged? When can I drink your wedding wine?"
Xiaoyan, also known as Luo Yan, the only beloved daughter of the mentor Luo Shaohua, is the youngest lecturer at the University of Science and Technology, and is also Su Yichen's fiancée.
Su Yichen and Luo Yan have been in love for many years. If this mission had not come suddenly, they might have already obtained a marriage certificate. Thinking of the scene when Luo Yan came to the station to see him off after receiving the mission, as one of the first two people to set out in advance, Su Yichen felt an indescribable happiness and expectation in his heart. He reached out and touched the scarf around his neck. This was woven for him by Luo Yan. The temperature difference between day and night in the northwest was very large. She was worried that Su Yichen would not be able to take good care of herself, so she tied the scarf to him when she broke up.
"It's almost!" Su Yichen smiled happily, "Don't forget to promise our witness. How could this cup of wedding wine be less than your old age?"
"Haha, just remember it." Wan Changchun was very happy. To be honest, he envied his old friend Professor Luo Shaohua. Not only did he have an outstanding disciple like Su Yichen, but he also had an outstanding daughter who was outstanding. Luo Yan graduated from Princeton University, one of the Ivy League universities in the United States. When she was studying for a graduate student in the United States, she specialized in the research of fuzzy mathematics. Fuzzy mathematics is a new type of mathematical theory proposed by the West after 1965. It is a collective name for mathematical fields such as fuzzy topology and fuzzy measurement theory developed on the basis of fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic. The main research objects are many problems with unclear boundaries and even very fuzzy in the real world, and it has wide applications in pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, etc.
After returning to China, she first worked as an assistant professor at the University of Science and Technology, and was promoted to lecturer in the third year. Luo Yan was already at the forefront of the international level of research on fuzzy mathematics and was even one of the best in China. If Luo Shaohua had not deliberately suppressed his daughter as the dean, and Luo Yan's own request, it would be possible even if she was awarded an associate professor.
This sentence is fully reflected in Su Yichen and Luo Yan, not to mention that Luo Yan is also a talented woman, a promising expert in fuzzy mathematics.
How could Wan Changchun not envy this kind of union between the two? Wan Changchun couldn't help but shook his head and sigh when he thought that none of his students could compare with Su Yichen or Luo Yan. In fact, a few years ago, Wan Changchun dug up Luo Shaohua's corner and tried to make Su Yichen his disciple, but in the end this effort failed. But even so, he still cared and guided Su Yichen like his personal disciple. This is also one of the reasons why Su Yichen particularly respected Professor Wan Changchun and invited him as his witness.
Speaking of Luo Yan, he naturally talked about their Galaxy Machine Project Team, and then talked about the tasks and work of the 781 base this time. Just as Su Yichen and Wan Changchun were sitting in the tent whispering about computer issues, a very slight and crisp sound suddenly sounded from somewhere. The sound was actually not loud, much weaker than setting off firecrackers during the Chinese New Year. If you don’t pay attention, you can’t hear clearly. But who would have thought that Hu Zhijun, who was dozing beside him, was shocked and jumped up like a cheetah, turned over and jumped out of the tent and squatted his body, and looked at his waist with his right hand, and in a blink of an eye he took out his gun.
Chapter completed!