Corrupted Nation

It was already dusk when Lin Wu woke up, and the rain had not abated. According to the radio weather forecast, this weather would continue for at least two more days. However, the radio only announced the intensity of the rain and did not mention the South Reservoir, which meant that it understood everything.

Xuedan made three diesel lamps, which are upgraded versions of kerosene lamps. They are not really bright, but they are better than nothing. Dinner is self-heating rice, just pour it into the pot and cook it together. The energy used is cloth strips, and the kitchen is located in the office bathroom. The original owner of this office was a smoker, so it was not only equipped with a high-power exhaust fan, but also had a special convection structure between the bathroom and the windows to facilitate the rapid elimination of smoke.

Everyone sat down and discussed the direction of retreat while eating. As the boss, Shi Tou made a review. Although there were objective reasons, he should have established a city-centered strategy from the beginning and specialized in running a shelter.

Lin Wu accepted Shitou's apology on behalf of everyone. Shitou glared at him, almost slapping a bowl of rice on Lin Wu's face.

Shana said: "There are shelters in the northern desert, the eastern plains, the western peninsula, and the southern mountains."

Shitou said: "I arranged for people to hide some supplies in various directions, but we should not hold out hope. The scale of the refugees is too large."

"What is our retreat direction?"

Lin Wu saw everyone looking at him, holding a mouthful of rice in his mouth, and pointed at himself: "Me? You are so courageous."

Shitou: "Young Master Ji Ji Wai Wai Wai Wai, say."

Lin Wu had nothing to fear and said: "First of all, exclude the shelter. The survivors know that there is such a place. If a large number of people move towards the shelter, something will happen sooner or later. The Western Peninsula is the choice of smart people. Compared with the mountains, ocean food is inexhaustible." Yes, but there are too many smart people, so I don’t think it’s a good direction. It’s difficult to survive in the mountains, it’s difficult to obtain food, and ferocious beasts, poisonous snakes, and insects also pose great security risks.”

Lin Wu said: "I think there are the fewest people in the north, which is the desert."

Xiaodao: "That's because ten kilometers out of Beicheng, we reach Sha Town. Sha Town is the last town entering the desert. Not to mention food, even water is a problem."

Lin Wudao: "We previously obtained information that a few kilometers further north of Sha Town, someone spent many years building a permanent shelter. I speculate that an important reason for choosing this location is the presence of underground water."

Xiao Wu interjected: "But we can't guarantee that the woman is telling the truth. This is a dead end. If we don't find this shelter, we won't be able to survive in the desert landscape for a long time. Secondly, even if the shelter is real, the owner is Doomsday survival maniacs must also have means to deal with human invasion."

Lin Wu asked, "What do you think?" Since someone answered, he was just offering some advice. If no one answers, it's done.

Xiaowu said: "Southwest."

Lin Wu said: "The southern dam is about to break." The terrain of Houtian City is high in the southwest and low in the northeast.

Xiao Budao: "After the embankment breaks, the southwest will definitely suffer losses first. From the topography, the flood will move from the southwest to the northeast, submerging most of the city. The first area to lose water is the southwest. This flood can still be eliminated Or wash away the zombies and... some survivors in this area. I think the southwest is the safest after the flood."

Xiao Budao: "In addition, the southwest is an industrial area with complex railway lines. The biggest damage to railways caused by floods is the stones, wood, etc. My idea is this, if we can operate the train, we can make ourselves move, even if it is only A few kilometers away, it is very convenient to collect resources. Even if the train cannot move, the train carriage is a natural shelter."

Xiao Wu: "To say the least, if there are no suitable carriages or usable tracks, we can still walk along the railway tracks. Or go into the mountains, or move west and south. In addition, more than 40% of the supplies in Houtian City pass through Railway line transportation, followed by water transportation, land transportation and aircraft. There is a freight distribution center in the Northeast Seaport with a large area of ​​material warehouses. The Southwest Distribution Center is the largest train distribution center in Houtian City, and its rails lead to Greater Houtian City. 500,000 people visit it every day Tons of supplies are being loaded and unloaded here.”

Xiao Budao: "Residents in the southwest of Houtian City will immediately think of the Southwest Freight Distribution Center and the nearby Southwest Warehouse. Under normal circumstances, there will be a lot of people here, but the flood caused by the South Dam breach will greatly reduce the number of survivors and zombies. Quantity. There are no high-rise buildings in this area, and the flood may cause the death of all survivors in the southwest distribution center."

Xiao Wu finally added: "There is no escape."

The landform structure shown on the map is similar to what Xiao Wu said. Once the embankment breaks, the southern prison will be the first to bear the brunt, and then the flood will pour in from the southwest, easily submerging the entire southwestern suburbs, including distribution centers, railway tracks, and many factories. The flood water then flowed northeast through the city and finally merged into the sea. As for the extent of the damage, it is currently impossible to estimate.

Shana agreed with Xiao Wu's point of view, and after her planning, she came up with a plan: "After the embankment breaks, wait for the peak of the flood to pass before taking action. Assuming that the city is flooded for 48 hours, we only have 48 hours to get to the southwest distribution center by boat. This is The optimal route in my opinion is a straight-line distance of 40 kilometers.”

Su Shi said: "Our ship can store supplies, and a maximum of two people can board it. Others can only support the ship. Going to the southwest is against the current. Even if the current is not fast, it is estimated that we can only move one kilometer per hour. Left and right. People definitely can’t stand it.”

Shitou said: "We still have a lot of tarps and tapes. Can we redesign the hull?"

Xue Dan said: "Our ship has no keel and cannot withstand wind and waves at all. Even sharp objects may pierce the hull. It is very difficult to go against the current to the southwest."

Lin Wu had a sudden thought and asked, "Where's the downstream flow?"

"It's easier to go with the current, but it will be carried into the sea by the current."

Lin Wu said: "Maybe we can get a real ship while entering the sea?"

"You really dare to think about it." Shana said: "Without a serious boat, we can't reach the southwest. The best time for us to leave the city is when the city is soaked in water."

While everyone was thinking hard, Lin Wu asked: "Xiao Wu, why is the station called a fire station?"

Xiao Wu replied: "Because the fire station is nearby."

Lin Wu said: "Should the fire station have an assault boat?"

"Yes, there are also inflatable rubber lifeboats, etc. But it is impossible for us to go to the fire station through the original route."

Xiaowen raised his hand and said: "There are rubber lifeboats in the Galaxy Hotel, and there are quite a few of them."

Lin Wu was puzzled: "Why is there a lifeboat in the hotel?"

Xiaowen replied: "There are many freshwater fishing spots around Houtian City."

In addition to the reservoir mentioned before, the fish resources in Houtian River are also very rich. All this is due to the low water temperature of Houtian River in winter and the enforcement of laws and regulations. Low water temperatures can effectively prevent the flooding of tropical fish such as scavengers and tilapias. The law only allows fishing by one person with a single hook, and does not allow fishing in nests or nets.

Therefore, there are not only many local people who are keen on fishing, but also many fishing friends from other places. The hotel provides small lifeboats to guests for this purpose. This type of lifeboat usually seats two people and is equipped with a detachable diesel engine propeller. The lifeboat is not large. After it is inflated, it can be placed on the top of the station wagon and then pulled away. It can also be placed in the trunk of the car and then inflated again at the destination.

Tourists can rent a lifeboat and drive to any river section, put on a life jacket, and after a simple lesson, they can control the lifeboat and enter the river. Tourists can choose their own fishing spots. They can fish on the boat, or they can dock the lifeboat to the stranded and abandoned sand dredger and board the boat for fishing. Due to excessive sand washing in the early years, the Houtian River is wide and deep, and the current is very calm. Large cargoes that are rare in ordinary freshwater rivers can often be seen.

"Which floor is it on?"

"I don't know, I just know that the hotel's warehouse is on the 30th floor." Xiaowen added: "But the lifeboat is not big, about the same size as a common drift boat. I don't know if it can withstand the test of floods."

Shitou made the decision: "A dead horse is a living horse, and work will start tomorrow morning."

…

Searching for lifeboats is less difficult than everyone thinks. Lin Wu hung up the rope and borrowed the electric rope to pull a rope bridge to the 30th floor of the east side of the Galaxy Building. Observing through the window along the 30th floor, I quickly discovered the warehouse where the lifeboats were placed. I opened the window and entered, got rid of the two zombies, tied the warehouse door with cloth ropes, and finally moved the supplies slowly.

It is said to be a lifeboat, but in fact it is more like a rubber boat used for rafting. This thing has an advantage, it has strong resistance to sharp objects. Weighing about 15 kilograms, there is a holder at the stern of the rubber boat where a propeller engine can be installed.

After Lin Wu called through the intercom, Shadow Shelter turned the halyard, and the improved halyard pulled the rubber boat tied to the rope through the directional wheel. After sending the seven rubber boats over, Lin Wu used on-site materials to package the engine and hang it on the halyard. This thing could not withstand the friction and collision of the wall.

The biggest problem is the air pump. There is an atmospheric pump weighing more than 100 kilograms in the warehouse. After being connected to the power supply, it is estimated that it will take less than a minute to fill a rubber boat. In addition, there are four manual air pumps, some are foot-operated and some are hand-operated. The weight of the air pump does not exceed two kilograms.

Given the objective circumstances, we can only choose the latter. In addition to rubber boats and air pumps, the warehouse also has a lot of fishing gear. There is a row of lure fishing rods on one side of the wall. There are large and small boxes on the wall cabinets, which contain large and small line groups, various bionic baits, etc. . Of course a life jacket is indispensable. In addition, there are hundreds of water pattern geography books on Houtian City.

You don’t know it by looking at it, but you realize that the waterway in Houtian City is not as simple as one or two rivers, but three rivers. The first river is River No. 1 that goes down the Nanshan Mountains, which is the river at the Nan Reservoir Dam. This river brought countless disasters to Houtian City in its hundreds of years of history until the dam was built.

The second river is in the northwest of Houtian City. It is formed by the confluence of mountains. There is a dam in the northwest, called No. 2 Reservoir. This reservoir is the drinking water reservoir of Houtian City. The third river is a canal, connecting Greater Houtian City to Houtian City, and going down from the northeast to the Northeast Seaport without entering the urban area.

River No. 1 flows through the city from the southwest to the northeast of Houtian City, and River No. 3 flows from the northeast of Houtian City. The two rivers merge at the northeast of Houtian City, and then flow for more than ten kilometers into the sea.

Shana improved the city map through the hydrological map brought back by Lin Wu, and re-corrected the waterway route she had previously planned. On the other side, after half an hour, the first rubber boat was filled with air.

The rubber boat was placed in the conference room. Xue Dan explained the situation: "As long as the inner bladder of the rubber boat is not broken, the rubber boat will not sink even if the hull is filled with water. The outside of the rubber boat is made of PVC material. , there is a wire mesh sandwich inside, which is similar to the technology used inside tires. Even if it is punctured with a dagger, it is still difficult. There is a circle of mesh rope on the body of the boat, which is very tough. After inflating, it is equivalent to being fixed on the body of the boat, which can be used for people on the boat. People provide some stability.”

Xue Dan concluded: "This is a rubber boat that can only capsize but not sink. The biggest problem is capsizing. The draft is very shallow, and a wave may capsize the boat. Once the boat capsizes, the people on the boat must get the boat out as soon as possible. Flip back and use the net rope to climb back into the boat."

Shitou asked: "Is the whole process difficult?"

"Assuming that the feet cannot touch the ground, the difficulty is still relatively high." Xue Dan said: "First of all, turning the boat over requires a lot of strength and requires the cooperation of two people to complete. Then the process of returning to the boat also requires two people to work at the same time. Help each other, otherwise it will easily capsize again."

Su Shi said: "Without feet touching the ground, people have nowhere to rely on."

"Yes. If you only pull one side, it will easily cause the hull to capsize again, so two people need to pull the boat at the same time and get on the ship at the same time." Xue Dan said: "The key is that we still have supplies." Put the supplies on the ship, and if one capsizes, the supplies will Basically gone. Carrying supplies on your back will greatly increase the difficulty of getting back to the ship.

Su Shi said: "There are four people in a ship and the waterline is deep. As long as we cooperate properly, we should be able to handle emergencies."

Xuedan shook his head: "No, no, this is not a four-person boat, it is a two-person boat, or a family boat. From the perspective of space, it is more suitable for two adults. It will be uncomfortable for one more person. You will know when you sit on it. "

Su Shi and Shitou got on the boat and sat down on the left side facing each other. After the two people straightened their legs, there was only 30 centimeters of space between them and the opposite boat wall. The two of them were leaning against the wall of the boat, with their legs close to the left side and only 30 centimeters wide in between. It can barely hold some items, but it can't hold another person.

It's not impossible for four people, they can sit face to face with their knees bent, but over time, the legs with no room to move can't bear it. After trying it, everyone agreed with Xuedan’s point of view: two people per boat is the most suitable.

Finally a plan was drawn up: a chain link chain. To put it simply, four boats are used to tow a homemade boat.

The two ships are a unit, and the planks are punched through holes and fixed by cloth ropes and the net ropes of the rubber boats, which greatly reduces the risk of capsizing and avoids collisions between the ships. However, true knowledge can only come from practice as long as you can withstand the storm.

The boats of the two units are connected to the homemade boat through ropes, and the homemade boat is towed.

The route was prepared, the plan was made, and the modification of the ship was in full swing. However, except for Lin Wu and Lin Meng, everyone was not very optimistic. Because they know that both the route and the plan are just words on paper, and they are the result of discussions among a group of people who are not familiar with ships at all. Not to mention ships, Shitou and the others have only seen floods in movies and TV shows, and have no actual concept at all.

Lin Wu hammered Shitou's chest and encouraged everyone: Whoever is afraid of whom, just do it. After all, there is no other way to do it. Could it be that the two of them were left to eat supplies while playing wild ball boxing?

The team lacked Lin Wu and had no momentum. Without Shana, there is a lack of planning. Without Maya, there is a lack of practicality. Lin Sha's combination has a direction, a strategy, and a tortuous process. The Linma combination has strong action ability, lacks long-term planning, and takes things one step at a time. In addition to Moji, the Shama combination is still Moji.

Everyone looked at the rubber boat and didn't speak for a long time after listening to Shana and Xuedan's explanations. They always felt something was wrong, but they couldn't say it. Since everyone has no objection, we started to dismantle the windows to build a rappel platform, inflate the rubber boat, pack the materials and send them to the homemade boat.

Everyone worked together for a whole day and basically completed the work.

At three o'clock in the morning, the South Dam broke and floods rushed down, filling the river and pouring into the city from the west.