Chapter 300 Plateau Island
Solang Tsering said to Chu Qian: "I've walked halfway here. The next section from Polongon to Motuo County is not easy to walk. You have to be mentally prepared. If you follow the normal speed, the remaining sixty kilometers of roads will take more than three hours to complete. The speed limit is the same as the one I just walked, and the speed is 20 kilometers per hour."
"Ah? I've only run halfway..." Chu Qian's face turned even more bitter.
Several big men laughed, and Liu Mo'ang even said, "You didn't want to stay in the county before, and you insisted on following me. Is it a pain now?"
Chu Qian was stunned for Liu Mo'ang.
Wang Hongtao pointed to the vehicles lined up by the checkpoint in front and bought tickets at the same time and said, "This is the second checkpoint on the Zamo Highway. The car will be persuaded to withdraw, and even a two-wheel drive car will not be able to get there."
Solang Tsering added: "Actually, at the first checkpoint, you can't get through two-wheel drive cars or sedans. This is just the second insurance."
Liu Mo'ang thought about the twenty-eight kilometers he had just run over, nodding with lingering fear to show his understanding. With Xiaolong's off-road ability, he ran for nearly forty minutes. It is estimated that Wan Lei, who was behind, had only half of the journey at most.
Even Prado has to drive carefully in such a road condition, and he can't get through the car or something. Even an ordinary SUV can't get through the slightly lower terrain. Driving this kind of road section is simply abusing his beloved car.
Solang Tsering continued: "There is a ticket station in front of you, with 211 and one person, but this includes insurance for fifty yuan. When buying a ticket, you can tell the ticket seller that you don't have insurance, and you can go there with one hundred and six people."
Wang Hongtao whispered: "Damn it, let's do it last time we were killed? It took two hundred yuan for us to come alone last time..."
Solang Tsering obviously knew the trick here, so he pulled the corner of his mouth without saying a word.
In fact, many tourists have a lot of opinions about the charges for Motuo. It is not that they can’t afford to pay the money, but whether they should pay the money!
Many scenic spots on the plateau are charged, but there is nothing wrong with this. However, you have to charge for entering a county town, which many tourists cannot understand.
A very simple truth is that the charging incident of the ancient city of Phoenix in the past few years caused a lot of controversy, and tourists across the country have very much objection to the charging of the ancient city of Phoenix in disregard of public opinion. Now Motuo has started charging again. Many tourists heard that it is necessary to charge for entering the city, so they simply stopped coming...
The explanation from Motuo is also very reasonable. The maintenance cost of Zamo Highway is too high and the scenic spot charges are needed to supplement it.
But what the tourists said is reasonable. The maintenance cost of the Sichuan-Tibet South Line is not much higher than that of your 180-kilometer highway? Why don’t you tell me that the Sichuan-Tibet South Line charges? Besides, I have paid all the fuel surcharges, how should I calculate the money?
This matter cannot be said to be who is right or wrong, it is just that the starting point is different.
Although Solang Tsering was from Medog, he could not explain who was right and who was wrong about this matter...
Of course, Liu Mo'ang's car does not need to buy tickets or issue a speed limiter.
Solang Tsering got out of the car and negotiated a few words, and the person immediately let it go. As for Wan Lei's car behind, there was no need to worry, there was also a police officer in his car.
"Xiao Liu, take a break, how about I drive the next road?" Solang Ciren said to Liu Mo'ang.
"Brother Solang, are you used to driving this car? This car is much wider than an ordinary car."
"Haha, there's no big problem. There's a warrior in our bureau, I drive it often."
"Okay, Brother Solang will be burdened next."
After giving up the driver's seat, Liu Mo'ang sat in the passenger seat. Of course, during the middle handover process, he looked up at the sky. A big bird could be seen flying at a high altitude not far away.
Now Liu Mo'ang is relieved again.
The following sections of the road were still accompanied by the rushing Galongqu, and the road conditions were not much better than the previous section between 52K and 80K. Some parts of this section of the road were very narrow and could only accommodate one car to pass. If it weren't for the roof of Liu Mo'ang, the police lights flashing all the time, such sections alone would have been delayed.
The drivers who can drive here by themselves are of high quality. Sometimes when they meet a car opposite, people will take the initiative to avoid the fire when they see the Foxconn flashing police lights.
However, the road here is indeed very difficult to walk. Sometimes some iron bridges are maintained, and the car has to walk on the temporary pavement, and even walk from the bottom to the bottom of the valley and then through the temporary bridge.
Even if the off-road capability of the JF-11 is strong, it is a vehicle driving on the ground, not an aircraft, so the speed inevitably drops.
Large stones and broken wood rushing down from the mountain can be seen on the roadside at any time, which looks terrifying.
However, the scenery on this section of the road is better. As the altitude drops rapidly, you can even see tropical plants like banana trees on the roadside. Moreover, along the way, there are dozens of waterfalls of all sizes, making people look from the initial surprise to the final numbness.
Liu Mo'ang dares to bet that he has never seen so many waterfalls in his life...
When we approached Motuo County, the road conditions were completely improved. There were no dirt roads or wading roads, and they all turned into concrete roads!
When the car entered the Motuo County town on the hillside, Liu Mo'ang discovered that this 117-kilometer journey had lasted for nearly three hours at the speed of the Xiaolong.
No wonder the two checkpoints passed along the way have access time limits. With this road condition, it is really more than five hours to travel for an ordinary car, and if this kind of road is almost impossible to drive at night, if there is no access time limit, it is really dangerous for tourists to drive on such roads at night.
After passing Modog, Liu Mo'ang became a driver again. Driving fifty kilometers on such a road is even more tiring than driving two hundred kilometers on the expressway.
The car did not stop in the county town, but went straight through the county town and drove along the only road to the front of the buckling. As soon as I left the county town, I saw the famous Guoguotang turn. Not to mention, this turn is indeed like a lollipop from the hillside...
Solang Tsering called and said with regret: "The colleagues who went to support told me that forty-two people have been buried now, and the rescue team that arrived early is searching for possible surviving mine workers. But..."
Solang Tsering didn't continue to say anything, but everyone understood his tone, and probably there was little hope.
Liu Mo'ang received a call from Li Junyi at around 9:30 in the morning. It took more than an hour to get from Yigong to Bomi, and another half an hour to find people to pack supplies. When they set off from Bomi, it was almost 11:30 noon.
It took me three hours to get here, and it was already 2:30 p.m.
Fortunately, there were some snacks on the car, and all four of them matted it on the way, but they were not hungry.
But more than five hours have passed since the landslide. If people have not been rescued yet, the possibility of those buried mine workers is almost zero.
Liu Mo'ang drove the car and continued to go straight to his back at the maximum speed allowed by the road conditions. Not long after he turned around the Guoguotang, he received a call from Li Junyi. Liu Mo'ang turned on the hands-free, and Li Junyi's voice immediately came from inside.
"Xiao Liu, where have you been?"
"I have passed Motuo County and am rushing towards my back. Brother Yi, where have you been?" It has been five hours since I received the first call from Li Junyi, and they must be on the way.
"Oh, your speed is fast enough. This is already past Modo? We have just crossed the Sejila Pass. It will take more than an hour to get to Bomi. If we arrive in Modo, we will probably get eight o'clock in the evening."
"Brother Yi, is it okay to run Zamo Highway at night? Isn't it too dangerous?"
"There is no big problem. In addition to you, our Sunshine City Blue Sky Rescue Team has brought a total of seven cars and thirty-four people this time. Many of them are very familiar with the Zamo Highway, and it is not a big problem to run night trains. By the way, how is the road conditions of the Zamo Highway?"
Liu Mo'ang looked at Solang Ciren, and Solang Ciren immediately said, "Captain Li, I am Solang Ciren of the Bomi County Public Security Bureau. I am now following Xiao Liu to Bomi. The road conditions here are pretty good today, and after ten o'clock, the rain in Motuo stopped. However, there are several bridges in the section from 80K to Motuo County. They need to walk on the sidewalk, which is a bit difficult to walk on."
"Okay, we know, we will rush there as soon as possible. Xiao Liu, you must pay attention to safety."
After hanging up the phone, Liu Mo'ang breathed a sigh of relief. A landslide caused 42 people to be buried, which touched the hearts of many people.
Chu Qian asked curiously behind, "Liu Mo'ang, Brother Yi and others have to walk from Bomi? Is there no road elsewhere?"
Liu Mo'ang shook his head. He really didn't know if there was any other way. Solangciren turned his head and explained: "Since ancient times, there were only six mature routes to enter Modo from outside. The first is the traditional Pai Mo line, which is the hiking route from Paizhen through the Duoxongla Pass to Modo..."
Chu Qian suddenly realized, "I remembered that when I went to Zangbo Grand Canyon along the road last year, I seemed to have heard of this route, but I didn't walk. I hiked in the Yajiang River."
Solang Tsering looked at Chu Qian in surprise, "Are you still hiking along Yajiang?"
Chu Qian nodded embarrassedly, "I just walked in for more than a day and came out."
"Haha, then you are also very awesome. In fact, the route you are taking is the second route to Motuo. It is to walk along the Ya River from Paizhen. Like the first route, it will take at least three days to reach Motuo. The third route is to enter the Palong Zangbo Valley from National Highway 318, follow the Mule and Horse Road to Bayu Village by the river, and then descend from Bayu Village along the river to Motuo.
The fourth route is to walk south from Guxiang, cross the Suila Pass at an altitude of 4,400, reach Garessa, and then arrive in Motuo after joining the third route. This road is difficult to walk, and it takes five or six days to hike. The fifth route is called the back garden route of Motuo. It is to cross the Jinzhula Pass at an altitude of 5,030 from Daxing, not far east of Bomi, and walk down the Jinzhuque to Gedang, then pass through the Levitra Mountain, Damu to the Grand Canyon River. It usually takes four or five days to walk. As for the last route, it is the Zamo Line we are taking today.
The Paimo Line, the Zhamo Line, and the four routes that cross the Jinzhula Pass and the Suila Pass all need to cross the snow mountain to enter Modo. Although the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon Line and the Palon Zangma Line do not need to cross the snow mountain, they travel in the Grand Canyon along the way, and the danger level is even higher. It is precisely because of this that Modo is called an isolated island on the plateau and is isolated from the world.
Now that the Zamo Highway has been repaired, no matter which city you want to enter Motuo, it is the fastest to take this road. So even if Captain Li and others go far away, they have to take this road to enter Motuo."
Chapter completed!