![]() Working together to maintain control, the truck veered away from a building under construction, but plowed through much of the scaffolding and ladders, knocking down several Arab construction workers, one of whom landed briefly on the hood of the truck and caught a glimpse of the two men struggling for the steering wheel. The driver hit the accelerator, pushing the Ark back into its proper place and causing it to knock a soldier out of the back and through the windshield of Gobler's car. A hit on the brakes and the truck decelerated quickly, sliding the Ark forward in the cargo area, and causing Major Gobler's vehicle to rear end the truck. The two men grappled with each while also trying to control the vehicle. Opening the passenger door, Jones reached in and threw out the Nazi soldier sitting on the passenger side, and then tackled the driver. René Belloq, in the lead staff car, watched in shock as Jones leapt from his horse to the side of the truck. The gunner stopped when his bullets got dangerously close to the soldiers guarding the Ark in the back of the truck. The gunner in the troop car opened fire, until Jones pulled ahead to the safety of beside the truck. Jones' Arabian stallion closed in on the truck. ![]() Cutting across the gullies, he soon caught up with the convoy, and riding down a steep hill, pulled along side the cargo truck. Jones acquired an Arabian stallion from the camp and head out after the Nazi convoy, riding past the Arab workers. Jones instructed Sallah and Ravenwood to meet him in Cairo at Omar's Garage, and get transport to England arranged, while he went after the Ark. Jones, Sallah, and Marion Ravenwood watched the convoy depart from a nearby mound. The Arab diggers were displeased with the Ark being loaded up, since it was an extremely important religious artifact, and Nazi soldiers had to fire in the air to prevent the diggers from storming the convoy. A convoy was assembled outside Dietrich's command tent to safely transport the Ark to Cairo, consisting of a staff car, an armed troop car, a motorbike and a cargo truck onto which the Ark was loaded. After the destruction of the Flying Wing, Colonel Herman Dietrich decided that moving the Ark to Cairo by truck was the next safest option.
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