Lar is indeed a very beautiful place. The Tarim River runs across the east and west. You can see the Tianshan Mountains to the north by looking up. A few kilometers south of the Tarim River is the famous Takramakan Desert.

And between the Tianshan Mountains and the Great Desert, around the north and south sides of the Tarim River, hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians used their hands to open up a vast farm of millions of acres on this wasteland that was originally the Gobi Desert, making it a granary for Xinjiang Province.

If it weren't for the large yellow desert in the south that reminding people that this place was actually a Gobi Desert before, no one would have thought that the farm with crisscrossing and dense rivers in front of him had been reclaimed for several years after hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians.

Although the roaring Tarim River brings sufficient water vapor to this place, without these hard-working military and civilians, this place would not have become a fertile land of harvest. It can be said that this land full of vitality is a miracle.

Yang Jing and the others stayed here for a day. Of course, because of the consent of the superiors, the commander of the First Division also met Yang Jing again with Political Commissar Lu, and on behalf of all the soldiers and civilians of the First Division, thanked Yang Jing for his donations.

Early the next morning, Yang Jing and his group of seven continued on the journey and continued south along National Highway 217 on the south side of the Tarim River.

Starting from Aral, you can reach Hotan in more than 400 kilometers. National Highway 217, which runs through the Taklamakan Desert, extends southward on the west bank of the Hotan River.

The entire highway extends in the desert, and the road conditions are good, but the surrounding scenery is really very monotonous. At a glance, you can't see anything except the yellow sand in the sky.

The spectacular scenery of "solate smoke in the desert, the sun sets in the long river" that Yang Jing didn't see. Anyway, he saw only the undulating sand dunes, and then the undulating sand dunes and the continuous undulating sand dunes...

When they were about to arrive in Hotan in the afternoon, Yang Jing and the others finally saw an incredible scene.

A large area of ​​yellowish-colored "clouds" suddenly surged from the desert to the west. You said this was a cloud, but this color was wrong, but if you said it was a sandstorm, this large area of ​​"clouds" looked motionless, as if it was really a large area of ​​clouds falling from the sky and then dyed into yellow by the desert.

This large area of ​​clouds is hundreds of meters high, and it is also continuous and looks extremely spectacular.

Austin and the others have never seen such amazing scenery. They all clamored to get out of the car and take photos.

Yang Jing had seen videos posted on WeChat in later generations, including one of which was a video of such a scenery. However, the video was so shocking that he saw such a spectacular scenery with his own eyes. Even Yang Jing wanted to go down and take photos.

But Director Wang, who followed, was frightened and quickly stopped these guys who didn't know how to get off the car.

"Mr. Smith, this view looks very spectacular, and this dust storm does not seem to move, but in fact, the dust storm is still moving very fast. Look, the dust storm just now seems to be quite far away. Do you feel that it is suddenly close to you now? Mr. Smith, this is not a strange sight. This is an absolute dust storm, and it is a very powerful sand storm! Don't get out of the car, we need to avoid this sand storm in the car."

After hearing Director Wang’s seriousness, Yang Jing realized the danger.

The more beautiful the things are, the more dangerous it is. If Director Wang hadn't told me about this strange and spectacular scenery, even Yang Jing would not have known that it would have been a very dangerous sandstorm.

Sure enough, the large area of ​​"clouds" that were originally strange and magnificent, seemed to be still, soon came to everyone. At this time, everyone was frightened to find that it was indeed a violent sandstorm that covered the sky and the sun.

Yang Jing later watched the cult movie "The Road of Furious" and was shocked by the earth-shaking sandstorm in the movie. Although he had never experienced the kind of sandstorm in the movie, Yang Jing felt that the sandstorm in front of him was definitely no worse than the sandstorm in the movie.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the world was filled with black and yellow wind and sand. In the sight, it was no longer an unchanging sand dunes, but a wind and sand sky.

There was violent wind and sand everywhere. Under the strong wind, the sand and gravel were like a big slap that killed gods and Buddhas, and it flashed violently from the sky. The sand and gravel hit the glass and body of the car, and the crackling sound could scare people.

Looking out from the cab, you can't even see anything three meters away, as if at this moment, the whole world had become what the chaos had first opened.

The Pajero, which weighs more than two tons, is like a weak child in this violent wind and sand, rinsing and shaking. Whenever a strong wind blows, accompanied by a dense crackling sound, the car will shake violently, making people worry about whether the car will be blown away...

Although Austin and the others are tall and big, they have never seen such a scene? Paul Bathir, who was born in Oklahoma, has always cut crosses on his chest. In his words, the tornadoes that often occur in Oklahoma every summer are actually almost the same as this doomsday scene.

Of course, sandstorms are not as destructive as tornadoes, but the consequences of sandstorms are comparable to those of tornadoes.

After the tornado passed, there was a mess everywhere, and after the sandstorm passed, the eyes were filled with yellow sand.

Even the originally clear Hotan River became turbid, while the originally flat National Highway 217 was simply unseen - it was covered by thick yellow sand.

Fortunately, the shape of the roadbed can be identified, so the car will not be driven into the roadside ditch. Of course, the two originally brand new Mitsubishi Pajeros should be replaced at this time - from green to yellow.

In fact, the place where the sandstorm was encountered was not far from Hotan. Although it took about half an hour to wait, when Yang Jing and his friends arrived in Hotan, it was only around 3:00 in the afternoon. And when they approached Hotan, there were many more people on the road, and they were cleaning National Highway 217, which was covered by yellow sand.

In fact, the people of Hotan, who are in the depths of the desert, have long been familiar with this violent sandstorm, so they can come out to clear the highway as soon as the sandstorm has passed. This highway is a very important highway, connecting Aksu and Wushi.

When Yang Jing and his friends arrived in Hotan, senior officials from the Hotan area and the administrative commissioners were waiting for Yang Jing and his group to come.
Chapter completed!