At around five o'clock the next morning, the four of us were waiting under the sign for the Wild Camel Nature Reserve.
It was very cold in the morning, and there was saline-alkali land under this sign.
There was no wind and sand, which made it a lot easier.
Then a group of camels came not far away.
They were not very fast.
There was a person sitting on the top.
The camels behind had all their reins tied together with a rope.
We hurried to meet them.
"Mamaiti old man."
"Hey" Maimaiti said, and all the camels knelt down.
Several camels carried a lot of supplies on their backs.
Maimaiti said: "Each of you get on a camel.
After getting on, just hold on to the reins and the hump, and don't fall off."
"OK."
The four of us got on a camel one by one.
Each of us carried a bag, and now we were fully armed.
I dare not say that we were armed to the teeth, but we were all bundled up tightly and wore sand-proof glasses on our eyes. , wearing a mask on his mouth, military leather boots on his feet, and leather gloves on his hands, all issued by the army.
We also prepared a set for Maimaiti.
After all, we have to travel long distances and fight against the desert, so we are well prepared.
The feeling of riding a camel is more stable than riding a horse, and the feeling on the buttocks is also different.
Maybe when I rode an old horse, there was no saddle or anything to pad the buttocks, and the skin on the buttocks was worn out, leaving a very bad bruise. impression.
But in addition to their thick fur pads, these camels also have a leather blanket cushion, which is very soft and comfortable.
After Maimaiti put on his sand-proof glasses and mask, he gave us a thumbs up: "This thing is very useful.
In the past, when we went into the desert, sand would get into our eyes, mouth and nose, and it wouldn't work even if we wrapped it with a scarf." , This feels good.”
"Of course it's good for the army.
Let's go now."
I said to Maimaiti with a smile.
"Then where are you going?"
Maimaiti suddenly asked me.
I was startled and turned to look at Wang Chuan.
Wang Chuan picked up the mobile phone, then drove a camel to Maimaiti.
He gave the mobile phone to Maimaiti and said, "Old man, look at this map.
This Point location, you take us here.”
The old man took the phone, looked at it carefully for a while, and then held the phone horizontally, and then said: "I remember this place.
I have been there before, but it has been decades and the impression is not so deep.
Let's look for it as we walk." , I have a rough impression in my mind.”
"That's good."
We were all excited.
We were originally afraid of getting lost, but now that Maimaiti said he was impressed, it should be a sign.
Walking in for about dozens of kilometers, you will see the continuous Yadan style, the vast Gobi, and the endless desert as far as the eye can see.
In such an environment, people's minds and horizons will be extremely broad.
No wonder many people like to come here to relax.
If you have been under high-pressure work pressure for a long time, come here now to see the empty desert or grassland, then your body and mind will be fine.
Get greatly relaxed and soothed.
However, this sense of freshness only lasted for four or five hours.
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At ten o'clock, the sun rose, and the temperature suddenly soared from about zero degrees in the morning to more than thirty degrees, and I felt that this was just the beginning.
Moreover, we have passed the Gobi Desert, and the desert is everywhere, which has caused aesthetic fatigue.
There is nothing but sand.
There is also an inexplicable panic in my heart, a panic I have never experienced before.
At this moment, I can no longer distinguish between east, west and north.
Moreover, there are sand dunes in front, back, left and right, and the key is that they are all very similar.
And at the beginning, there was a sense of novelty and freshness, or it could be said to be a sense of expectation.
I had never been to a desert, and after encountering high sand dunes, I would think about what was behind the dunes and have an urge to climb up and have a look. .
But after painstaking reading, behind the dunes are more dunes, higher dunes, and endless desert.
Watching the strong wind sweeping across the sky from a distance and the yellow sand filling the sky, it is the first time you see it, and you will find it very beautiful.
But if you see it several times, or even experience it once under the attack of flying sand, your mentality will definitely change.
It’s different.
Along the way, we have experienced it no less than ten times.
The strong wind blew the sand towards us, and then all the camels would lie down, closing their eyes and ears.
A gust of wind and sand blew for a few minutes.
After the wind and sand passed, my head and body were covered with heavy sand and dust, as if I had just been dug out of the soil.
When we arrived at noon, Mr.
Maimaiti found a place in the shadow of a huge wind-eroded mushroom for us to rest and replenish water.
It had only been one morning, and all four of us, who we called special forces, were all limp and thirsty, and then we drank water like crazy.
Yuelan and I have our own saline and glucose water in our backpacks to replenish the salt and sugar in our bodies.
Apart from this, we cannot eat anything else.
Moon Orchid doesn’t need to be eaten, but I’ll be hungry if I don’t eat.
My idea at the time was that I might be able to catch some game in the desert and drink some blood.
But now everything you see is just sand, and there are scattered poplar trees dotted on the desert.
This poplar tree is legendary.
Legend has it that it survives a thousand years of life, survives a thousand years of death, and survives a thousand falls.
Year.
Maybe it's an exaggeration, but being able to survive in such a harsh desert shows how powerful it is.
We sat on the ground, all limp.
After drinking water, we looked at each other, and then laughed at the same time.
I said, "We shouldn't be that bad, right?"
"This is what happens when you first come into contact with the desert."
Uncle Maimaiti said: "This is an adaptation process.
After two days, when you have adapted, you will know how to save energy and will not do more things that waste energy.
Take action, drink more water, stay hydrated, and avoid heat stroke.”
Wang Chuan held his mobile phone and continued to look at the red dot.
He said: "We are still more than 80 kilometers away from this place.
If nothing unexpected happens, we can reach it by walking for half a day in the afternoon and another half day tomorrow morning."
Maimaiti waved his hands with a smile and said: "It's not that easy.
The temperature of the sand outside is at least forty degrees now.
People definitely can't step on it.
Although camels can, it's still very uncomfortable.
I feel bad for it."
Camels, after all, we have to rely on them for the next few days, so we have to take care of them.”
"Then when will we arrive?"
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Wang Chuan looked at Maimaiti in surprise.
"It's past one o'clock now.
We have to rest until four o'clock in the afternoon before we start walking.
When it's past seven o'clock in the evening, when the sun sets, we have to find a place to camp.
Find a place to spend the night and continue walking the next day."
Maimaiti took a sip of water and said, "According to my previous estimates, we can only reach this place in the afternoon of the day after tomorrow at the earliest
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