Step over the Gobi Desert

Gobi Desert, cihai interpreted as Mongolian, that is, "the land of difficult grass and trees"...

The Gobi Desert is very beautiful, it is a primitive beauty that spans the ancient and sleeping for thousands of years, and it is also a kind of rugged and heroic and majestic beauty unique to the northwest!

By the time the stars flickered, more than a dozen of our colleagues in charge of acceptance had broken through the silence of the Gobi Desert and arrived at the designated work area in the cold morning breeze and entered their respective work sites.

Just as we were preparing all kinds of tools and checking safety equipment, the East was already showing a faint fish belly white. Moments later, as the sun slowly rose from the distant Qilian Mountains, and the light penetrated through the thick clouds to the vast Gobi, we had all climbed the tall 750 kV transmission tower and began the day's work. Say it's a day, but the real time to work is only half a day in the morning. Whenever it was close to noon, baked by the scorching sun, the Gobi Desert was almost unable to stand.

"Poor and desolate, desert birds do not fly, thousands of moraines and thousands of mountains are lazy", this desolate Gobi Desert!

Standing on a towering tower, you can see the scene from near and far. The vast Gobi Desert is devastated, the long-dried river channels and grassless hills crisscross each other, and in the distance, there are several lonely graves lying on the slopes formed by quicksand. Except for the rows of towers that extend into the distance, the power employees working on the towers, and the power engineering vehicles parked under the towers, there is no sign of life around the gobi.

Our task for the day was to inspect and accept the 750kV transmission line that had just been completed. On the silver shining sextant wire, while moving forward, while carefully checking the surface of the wire for wear marks, broken strands, loose strands, drum bags; whether the installation of various types of fittings is compliant and reasonable; whether the accessories are leaked or defective. The work tasks are not complicated, but they require a patient and meticulous, serious and serious work attitude and a work style that is not afraid of hardships and hard work. We inspected the wire inch by inch in the extra long gear distance, with the aim of identifying hidden dangers that needed to be eliminated and replacing missing accessories.

Time passed slowly unconsciously, the sun had just jumped out of the distant Qilian Mountains, and the air immediately became dry and hot. The heat wave struck silently, the horizon gradually became blurred, the cold night of the Gobi Desert began to steam, the air inhaled in the mouth became more and more dry and hot, and the nasal cavity and tongue were dry and numb and stiff. The mineral water poured into the mouth is like pouring into a hot iron pot, the stimulating throat is extremely uncomfortable, and the water that drinks into the stomach will immediately turn into sweat and seep out of the skin; sitting on the wire in mid-air, I feel itchy, lift my pants legs, and see beads of sweat slowly rolling down my calves...

The overalls on his body were instantly soaked, and they were quickly dried by the sun, over and over again... In the end, it is particularly uncomfortable to form a white alkali and stick it hard to the body. The whole work site is like being wrapped in a huge stove and has nowhere to hide. In the face of the constant heat, I prayed that there would be a gust of wind blowing, and even the hot wind could make people feel a little relieved!

Near noon, the sun burned the tower and the wires hot, and the sunlight overhead burned the bare skin, which was unbearable. Fortunately, we have completed the day's work task and left the work site as required.

When we left the tower and stepped on the hot ground with our feet, the air-conditioned construction vehicle had stopped under the tower and waited for us, and we got into the car to pour a little warm mineral water into the stomach, and then urged the drivers to leave the hot Gobi at their feet and run to a looming oasis in the distant sky.

The sunset outside the Yumen Gate is picturesque, and the gobi sunset is picturesque...

In the evening, the boiling Gobi Desert finally calmed down after the sunset had put away the last rays of afterglow, the heat of the day gradually left, everything in front of me became blurred again, and the Gobi wasteland was lost in the deep darkness.

Sudden high winds drove away the rolling heat wave, and the temperature quickly dropped. The wind swept up the sand and dust, and people couldn't help but shudder. Colleagues picked up some discarded wood, lit a bunch of bonfires in the dry river, and the flames rose in an instant, and the orange-red flames reflected the figures of big and small, far and near, and constantly jumping. In front of me, there seems to be a silhouette of history - a camel caravan full of goods, a monk who travels west to seek the Law, an emissary who shoulders a heavy responsibility, a warrior who opens up the territory and expands the territory... And now, there are those of us who are not afraid of hardships, brave to shoulder heavy burdens, as strong and tenacious as an iron tower, and as ordinary and tenacious as sand willows!

The Gobi moon is full, and the mountains are silent. Looking at the endless Gobi Desert surrounded by mountains and mountains, I suddenly felt a lot of emotion in my heart!

In the july fire, we walked through the continuous Qilian Mountains and stepped through the vast Gobi of this red land.