Chapter 577 Explosion in the wind
Another team that suddenly emerged made everyone in the club tense all night. However, until it was dawn, except for the strong wind that started to blow before dawn and the sand that covered the sky and the sun, there was no accident at all.
In the medical car with good sealing, salted fish looked at the rocket launcher outside the window and glanced at the radar screen from time to time. He didn't sleep all night last night to wait for the enemy that might appear, but the enemy that should appear did not appear, and the sandstorm that should not appear seemed to be getting worse and worse.
Although the weather changes completely ruined his idea of "firing a cannon", it did not affect the overall itinerary. Their original plan today was to stay for a daytime "time difference" so that he could travel at night.
In the RV that was slightly shaken by the wind, Shi Quan sat cross-legged on the sofa in only a pair of big shorts. On the table between him and Elena, there was a map used in the last time he came to the Sahara Desert. This map clearly marked a set of detailed coordinates and a small area circled with a red pen.
The detailed coordinates were naturally found from Professor Logan, and they were also obtained by Daniel, a professional liar, several times and repeatedly. The area circled with a red pen was the speculative information obtained from Daniel when he first met him in the desert.
The two points are less than 100 kilometers apart, but Daniel's speculation is in the desert closer to the border between Mali and Algeria, while the coordinates left by Professor Logan are closer to the mountains.
After calculating the specific location of the white arrow that had been left for a long time in the map view, Shiquan drew a five-pointed star heavily near the coordinates left by Professor Logan. There is still more than 200 kilometers away. As long as the sandstorm passes, you can go over and dig up the secret under the yellow sand.
Looking up at Elena, who was sitting opposite him with headphones listening to music, Shi Quan pulled away the rock candy that was lying beside him, squinting his eyes and taking a nap, and lay on the soft sofa under the other party's dissatisfaction gaze.
Although there are sandstorms outside the car windows, it is not dangerous except for moving the car from time to time to avoid being buried.
Just as Shi Quanwan was about to fall asleep on the sofa, the intercom placed on the table sounded Awa's voice, "Boss, the convoy of the car had just set off toward Mali last night."
"Leave at this time?" Shi Quan sat up in shock, thought for a while, and said, holding his hand table, "Since they are leaving, you can come back too."
Elena, who was sitting opposite her listening to music, took off her headphones, "What's wrong?"
"It's okay, the convoy I met last night has set off at this time." Shi Quan explained simply.
"So anxious?" Elena was a little surprised. There were only two types of people rushing in the desert in this kind of weather. They were either really in a hurry or were really familiar with the route and environment.
"No matter what they are, it's better to leave." Shi Quan lay down again, "Go away from us, just save your thoughts."
"What do you think the convoy is from?" Elena stood up and poured a cup of coffee. When she sat down again, she put her long legs on Shiquan's legs.
"What else can you have?"
Shi Quan expressed his guess without thinking, "70% may be smuggling arms, half of them may be planning to smuggle through Algeria, and 10% may be tourists who are full and come to the desert to play in the sand and find excitement."
Elena also lay on the sofa, lifted up the tablecloth and asked, "What else could be half a day?"
Shi Quan thought about it, lifted up the tablecloth, looked at the smiling girl opposite and said, "It's still half possible that we have met our competitors, but this is a bit too low, so don't think about it."
Elena smiled and moved the topic to something else. Although the probability of meeting peers is low, it is not impossible, but even if you really encounter them, you don’t have to worry too much.
While everyone was waiting patiently, the sandstorm stopped until after four o'clock in the afternoon, and the scenery outside the window also changed drastically in the sandstorm.
There was no time to pay attention to the scenery outside the window, so everyone put up the put away the disguised net and cleaned up the fine sand accumulated in the air filter.
Until the sun sets, everyone who had dinner sets and led by the Tuaregs sets off again and continues to move towards their destination.
The remaining 200 kilometers of road was not easy to walk, especially when those pickup trucks were stuck from time to time, they delayed the arrival of their destination until after five in the morning the next day.
After carefully comparing the current location with the coordinates left by Professor Logan, everyone parked the car in a flat sandy field surrounded by mountains on three sides.
The border between Mali, Algeria and Niger is only more than 60 kilometers away, and the location Daniel speculated was less than 80 kilometers away.
If you look at it from the enlarged map, this mountain range with only a little head in the desert is more like a fragment of a crater, but in fact, there are large areas of barren deserts on the east and west sides of this mountain range.
But in fact, after actually arriving here, Shiquan discovered that the white arrow in the map view was still nearly 20 kilometers away from here.
This reality also made him a little worried about what excuse to use to take everyone to dig at the white arrow and take a look.
"The coordinates left by Professor Logan are here." Ivan walked over happily, "Yuri, when will we start?"
"Don't be anxious first"
Shi Quan yawned deliberately. After the people around him were infected by yawning, he said calmly, "I have been driving all night. Everyone should rest first. By the way, I will set up the spare radar on the surrounding mountains. After two days, we will find clues after we make sure that no one is here."
"Are you worried about that convoy?" said Ivan, "This is Sahara, and it is impossible for us to be active here at such a large area."
"You're right, it's really impossible that we are the only ones."
Shi Quan wrapped his clothes tightly, "But it's too strange to meet other convoys in such a large desert, so wait first, there's still time anyway."
Ivan spread his hands helplessly, and he naturally knew that no matter how cautious he was at this time, it was impossible to be too cautious, but after all, there might be treasures of the Ghanaian Golden Empire. If he could find it earlier, he would not want to wait stupidly to waste time.
While He Tianlei and others were busy, the three mountains around the camp were each equipped with radars with solar charging panels and large-capacity batteries. In the middle of the three mountains, a convoy camped on a flat sandy land with a length of more than 500 meters and a width of more than 300 meters can monitor the detection results of the radar in real time through wireless signals.
After taking early warning measures, Yanyu re-installed the Type 63 107 rocket launcher in a direction directly south of the open space with no mountains blocking it.
Everyone parked the car in circles again and fixed the disguised net, and then arranged the duty situation and went back to the RV to rest.
As the scorching sun rises to the highest point from the horizon, the originally cold yellow sand is also heated to more than 50 degrees in the scorching sun.
However, as the temperature got higher and higher, before I could not sleep, Da Yiwan made a decision whether to get two eggs to cook the yellow sand outside and cook the food. When the wine and food were in the desolate desert, the wind began to blow again. The fine sand on the surface was sent to the air by the dry and hot wind. After the temperature dropped slightly, the sky was dyed with yellow sand drifting into a choking yellowish color.
"Why is it windy again?"
Asak, who had ski goggles on his face, looked up at the burnt yellow sky. After hesitating for a moment, he still called Deng Shuxiang, who was watching with him, into the car.
The Tuaregs, who were not far away from them, were not affected at all. When they were parked, they had already put the four pickup trucks together, and then set up an extra firm double-layer tent with thick canvas. At this time, they were hiding in the cool and comfortable tent and listening alertly to the situation outside, without relaxing their guard because of the resurgence of the sandstorm.
I don’t know if I have spent all my luck on the way. The sandstorm has not stopped at all since it started. Although the wind power of this sandy land surrounded by mountains on three sides is not high due to the blocking of the mountains, everyone is trapped in the car and has no way to get off the car to explore or excavate.
This situation was orderly until the evening of the next day, and the situation finally changed a little. The people who were hiding in Shiquan's room were eating hot pot immediately turned on the radar display after receiving Awa's reminder. At the edge of the screen, a series of light spots were rapidly advancing south from the north. If the direction of these light spots did not change, the straight-line distance from the camp where they were stationed would not exceed 200 meters!
"It seems that this hot pot is not enough."
Shi Quan took out a tissue and wiped his mouth, "I inform everyone to prepare. If someone breaks in, leave the other party first."
"The sandstorm has not stopped now. Could it be the convoy that was in a hurry to go?" Elena guessed while checking the gun on her body.
However, before Shiquan and others could express their speculation, Bashi, among the Tuareg people, suddenly said something on the radio channel in French.
He Tianlei frowned after hearing this, "It's bad. Just now, Bashi said that they heard an explosion coming from the north."
Everyone looked at the radar screen again. At this time, the string of light spots were still five or six kilometers away from them.
"Although the explosion is leeing now, the explosion can travel so far, and it is probably very powerful. It seems that our rocket can be used." The salted fish excitedly took off the hand table hanging on his shoulder and greeted the Nenets men who were having dinner in the dormitory car to prepare for the enemy.
Chapter completed!