Chapter 106 Chapter Eighteen

Under the rendering of the scorching sun, the ancient city of Yuequan was covered with a layer of gold, and there was a trace of solemnity in the desolation.Houses built of earth bricks and towers carved with huge stones can be seen everywhere in the ancient city. The most eye-catching one is the crooked golden stone tower in the center of the ancient city.That stone pagoda may not have been golden in the first place, but after being blown by wind and sand for two thousand years, it gradually merged with the yellow sand desert.An ancient city of this size can accommodate at least 30,000 to 40,000 people. Those ancient countries in the Western Regions had a maximum of 10,000 to 20,000 people in their heyday.

I was still marveling at the grandeur of the ancient city of Yuequan. Juan pointed to the left side of the ancient city and asked me that there was something that did not belong to the ancient city.I am a little impatient, the ancient city of Yuequan was not known to the world, it only exists in myths and legends, even if there are some strange things in the ancient city, that is normal.I wanted to tell Uncle An not to make a fuss, but when my eyes fell on the direction Uncle An was pointing at, I couldn't help being shocked. On the left side of the ancient city, there is a plane wreckage, which has been broken into two pieces, and it is difficult to see the origin of the plane from a distance.Others came in from the sand barrier and felt incredible when they saw the wreckage of the plane.In my opinion, this plane should have crashed during World War II. If it crashed into the desert after liberation, the relevant departments would definitely not let it go.Uncle Chen recalled from the sidelines, and heard old people say that foreign troops came near the desert in the 1930s and 1940s, and maybe the plane crashed here at that time.

We were standing on the side of the ancient city, and the city gate was tens of kilometers away. When the little cousin came in, she ran to the city gate at night, and asked Zhao Shuai to take out the camera to help take pictures.Although I thought this kind of behavior was naive, I was also moved and couldn't help following.Xiao Nongyun also took pictures in the ancient city of Yuequan before, and Mu Qingxiang also took out a very clear photo of the ancient city. Now that I am here, there is no reason not to take a picture to show off. The city walls of the ancient city are all wave-shaped, which is different from ordinary ancient cities. Perhaps it is this weird style that makes the city walls stand for thousands of years.We trotted all the way, raising a string of yellow dust and smoke, throwing the threat of the wolves out of sight.The copper gate of the city gate is gone. We stood far away and took turns taking pictures, as if we were here for sightseeing.Mu Qingxiang was not interested in taking pictures, so I forced her to stand beside her, putting on a dumb expression.

Uncle An likes to take pictures very much. He told his little cousin that after the photos are developed, she must send a copy to him and Chen Yepeng.We all took pictures except Nan Gongxiong, who has been working tirelessly to help with the filming, but no one asked him if he wanted to take pictures.I wanted to ask Nan Gongxiong if he wanted to take pictures, but the little cousin put away the camera and walked towards the ancient city bouncing around. At this moment, the yellow sand that I stepped on was probably stepped on by my father decades ago.Unexpectedly, I would also embark on the same journey. What my father experienced in the ancient city can only be known after entering the ancient city.Thinking of this, I slowed down, not because I didn't want to know the truth, but because I was afraid that the truth would be ugly. My father might be, as my uncle said, a villain with deep roots.

Zhao Shuai and his little cousin walked in the front. They have always been passionate and eager to run a hundred and eight thousand miles.When Uncle Chen saw it, he yelled, the ancient city is a den of wolves, don't leave alone.I shook the backpack on my body, trying to catch up with them, but I heard a clatter under my feet amidst the whistling wind.The voice was so fucking familiar, I looked down curiously, and my heart sank for the most part. I cursed: "Fuck your mother, there are landmines! Don't run too fast!" In this life, the one thing I regret the most is that I yelled too late. When the voice fell, there was a bang in front of me, and a strong explosion came suddenly.I had already stepped on a land mine and was forced to bend over when the explosion occurred, but the shock wave caused by the explosion almost knocked my body apart.For a moment, my ears hurt so badly that I couldn't hear anything.The explosion in front had blown up a thick cloud of dust. I couldn't identify who had the accident, but there were only two people walking in front just now—little cousin and Zhao Shuai.

Nan Gongxiong was directly stunned, only Uncle Chen and Uncle An were still awake, and Mu Qingxiang was a little unsteady.I desperately asked them to go ahead and have a look, but they would be disabled if they were not killed by that kind of explosion, so it would be better to die happily.Uncle An found that I was not moving, so he asked me if I was injured. I shook my head helplessly and pointed to something under my feet.This finger scared Uncle An so that he jumped several feet away, only Mu Qingxiang was still beside me, and told me with gestures, don't lift your foot. Finally, the dust and mist cleared, and the calm in front of the city gate gradually returned.I took a deep breath and there I saw a leg and a big pool of blood.Looking forward, the little cousin didn't know whether she was alive or dead, she fell to the ground motionless; but Zhao Shuai was not so lucky, his right leg had been blown off, and now he was trembling all over, unable to say a word Out.

"Go and help him stop the bleeding!" I shouted to the people around me, Mu Qingxiang told me not to act rashly, and then ran over with the first aid kit. Uncle An and Uncle Chen looked in front of them, unbelievable that there was a sudden change, and they walked slowly when they walked over, fearing that there would be other mines lying in the sand.When I stepped on a landmine just now, I didn't reflect it at first, but when I was in military training at the university, I not only practiced with guns, but also played with landmines and grenades.There are many kinds of landmines, some explode when stepped on, and some explode when stepped on.

The ones that explode when you step on them are pressure mines and trip mines. There is no time to deal with that kind of mines, and it will be over as soon as you step on them.The one that explodes after lifting your foot is the Songfa mine. This kind of mine is simple in crafting, and it depends on how you deal with it if you want to survive.I reacted a little too late, if I shouted faster, perhaps Zhao Shuai's right leg would not have been blown off.I couldn't bear to watch the bloody scene. I really wanted to run over, but I couldn't move. In just one minute, I thought about how to go back and explain to his parents if Zhao Shuai really died.In fact, these things have nothing to do with Zhao Shuai, it is because of his loyalty that he traveled all over the world with me, and I did not expect him to end up in such a situation.I always only considered that Uncle Chen and Uncle An were innocent, and advised them not to come, but I forgot that Zhao Shuai and the little cousin were also innocent, so I didn't seriously persuade them not to come.

The ancient city of Yuequan was built by the remnants of the Guishuang Empire. They lived two thousand years ago, and they would never have invented such a murderous thing as landmines.In addition to my grief, I thought of that plane. During World War II, only military planes flew here, and nine out of ten were landmines planted by those foreign devils.We were too careless. If someone survived at that time, they would probably ambush some institutions in order to eliminate the wolves in the ancient city or prevent others from getting involved in the ancient city. During World War II, apart from Japan, there were other powers raging in the land of China. Sometimes it was too late to transport weapons by railway, so they would use fighter planes to transport them to solve the urgent need.If that plane carried a large number of weapons, there might be landmines everywhere in the ancient city. The wolves have been bombed several times, and they probably have learned how to behave. Hired.Landmines are effective if buried underground for 50 to 60 years. The environment in the desert is dry and there is little rain, so corpses can be preserved, let alone the mines under the yellow sand.

Now I don't have the heart to think so much, I just want to know whether Zhao Shuai and the little cousin are still alive, when I heard Mu Qingxiang gesturing to me, telling me that the two are still alive, I finally got some comfort.Mu Qingxiang tried her best to bandage Zhao Shuai, but it didn't have much effect, the bleeding was hard to stop.To put it bluntly, Zhao Shuai can only live for one day at most, even if Hua Tuo survives, there is nothing he can do. I told Uncle An and Uncle Chen to carry the unconscious little cousin and Nan Gongxiong to a cool place, be careful not to walk too far along the road, and sit under the city gate first.Mu Qingxiang also carried Zhao Shuai to the city gate, and then turned around to look for me. I was worried that the mine would explode at any time, so I quickly told Mu Qingxiang not to approach.However, Mu Qingxiang ignored my words, walked straight over, and then squatted down to look at the mines under my feet.

Because the ancient city has a sand-retaining wall, the sand in the city is not thick, otherwise I would not step on a landmine.Thanks to the loose-fired thunder, this kind of mine is designed to cause greater casualties to the opponent. The loose-fired fuze can blow up the troops behind the vanguard, unlike the explosive force of the suppressed thunder that is concentrated on the thunder-walker himself.Otherwise, Zhao Shuai would have been dead for a long time, how could he lose only one leg. None of us has ever cleared mines, and I don't know what to do now. My feet are already sweating when I step on the mines, even though the temperature in the desert has soared to more than 60 degrees.Mu Qingxiang is just a girl and has never been a soldier, so she definitely can't help her.During my military training at the university, I learned how to lay mines, but not mine clearance. Uncle Chen put the three unconscious people away and asked Uncle An to watch over them, and then he also ran over to ask me what was going on.Worryingly, I told them to go a little farther away. I will be weak and trigger the mines later. Don't blame me for hurting them.But Uncle Chen looked very relaxed. He said that he had encountered this kind of landmine when he hunted wolves in the desert before, and the soldier had taught him how to deal with it.In the eyes of the local people, the sand wolf is not a disaster, but exists like a god, so Uncle Chen has been plotted against, including ambush landmines. That's when I realized that Uncle Chen was so persistent in killing wolves. He was intimidated and lured before and refused to give up. The wolves and Uncle Chen formed a relationship, and the wolves should be in trouble.Uncle Chen told me not to despair, landmines are not easy to eliminate, but it is not impossible.I blankly asked Uncle Chen if he was bluffing me. Seeing how careless he is, he would be thankful if he didn't blow me up. After just over ten minutes, my legs felt numb, and my whole body felt cold in the hot weather.Uncle Chen told me not to move, then ran back to the city gate, found something and ran back.I thought that Uncle Chen was going to hold down a mine with a rock and tell me to jump away quickly, just like a movie, but what he brought over were a few very ordinary things.