Chapter 155: Christmas Eve
The rocky mountains are crumbling, and the earth is shaking. From time to time, red-hot stones fell on the protective film of the tractor's shell, causing ripples.
Although it is isolated by the protective film, the temperature in the cab is still rising. Shen Hao held the direction with both hands, sweat rolled down the corners of his forehead, and Su Yue on the side raised his sleeves from time to time to wipe the sweat that was about to drip into the corners of his eyes for him, but he didn't dare to make another sound.
The tractor had already run over the wreckage of the tanker, and it could be seen from the position of the front of the car that one of the two tankers had overturned on its side on the side of the road and the other had it been in the middle of the road, and if it had not been for the previous explosion that broke their bodies, one tractor would not have been able to break through their interception.
Daylight has already appeared at the exit ahead, and the collapse in the tunnel has become even more severe, so in such a tense and dangerous situation, the driver must have a strong ability to resist pressure and a good attitude of not being able to stand in front of the collapse. And Shen Hao happens to have such a talent. Although it was a desperate shot, in the end, their tractor still managed to break out of this tunnel of death without danger.
Looking back at the exit of the tunnel, which slowly collapsed in the billowing smoke and dust, and was finally completely buried by the falling rocks, the three people who were still awake in the car breathed a sigh of relief. Even if I was a little slower just now, I guess I would be a part of those rocks. Think about being buried alive by those red-hot boulders, even if it is protected by the holy protective film that is dyed with bitterness, it is estimated that it will die a very ugly death.
There are also many scrapped vehicles on the road outside the tunnel exit, but the road congestion is not particularly bad, and the power of the tractor can barely squeeze out a passage. Dried BM can be seen everywhere on the side of the road, and if it falls in the middle of the road, Shen Hao will naturally run over it mercilessly, but in most cases, he can only ignore it.
After a few more kilometers, there were fewer and fewer wrecked vehicles in the surrounding area, and it was almost impossible to see behind them, apparently at the time of the incident, the pedestrians in the vicinity had not had time to evacuate to a safe position. However, there is still not a trace of vegetation on either side of the road, and it is obvious that the BMs have spread to this area now, if it weren't for the fact that it is daytime and the sun is strong, it is estimated that there are those things crawling all over the ground now.
There were no more accidents on the road after that, until the sun set, and the Laichuan Bridge, the destination of this trip, had appeared in front of everyone's eyes.
The total length of the bridge is 798m, and the span of the main bridge is 570m. The bridge is divided into two levels, spanning the east and west sides of the raging Laichuan River. Construction of the bridge began in April 1987 and was completed in March 1999. The Great Sakajin Earthquake, the world's strongest earthquake, was not able to shake it, demonstrating its excellent design and construction skills. There are 6 lanes on the bridge deck, and at this moment, when the sun is setting and the sun is no longer violent, you can see that there are scattered BMs on the east bank of the bridge deck that they are on, and they are beginning to climb up from the shadows on the side of the bridge, and gradually begin to converge.
And just on the west bank of the bridge, the government of country R has indeed set up a seemingly solid blockade line. By the way, to deal with the pervasive, vital and extremely tenacious terrible creatures of the BM, the government army adopted a defensive method of laying a large area of power grids to intercept and distributing flamethrowers to snipe locally. This method seems to be very effective at the moment, at least from a distance, behind the four-meter-high power grid wall, there are human figures, and the crazy BM Kuroshio is resolutely blocked from the wall.
"Come on, time is running out." Shen Hao glanced at the distant sunset, decisively started the engine, and the crawler tractor drove resolutely towards the bridge with a dull roar. Such a loud noise immediately attracted the attention of nearby BMs, and almost all the BMs on the bridge deck turned their spearheads and swarmed towards the bulky tractor.
It's a pity that this iron bump is covered with metal is glass, although the BM climbed a body, but there is no way to get down, coupled with the strong power and heavy fuselage of the tractor, only countless attempts to block the front of the BM is constantly twisted into the rolling tracks, crushed, into a puddle of mud, and then swallowed by the same kind in the rear.
They were apparently spotted by the people inside the opposite wall, as if someone was shouting orders and others were running back and forth. Only then did Shen Hao realize that there was a gate that was also composed of electrified iron fences at the position of the bridgehead on the west bank, which was different from the fence next to it, the fence of this gate was double-layered, and there was a square space about five meters deep in the middle, and the shape looked a bit like the urn city of the ancient city.
The tractor slowly approached with a large mass of BMs, and the soldiers above the gate gestured to them to slow down. Then the red light above the gate flashed, and when the tractor drove only three or four meters away from the gate, the outermost iron gate began to slowly rise.
There are a lot of BMs gathered on the outside of the fence, and they have been trying to climb over the wall that prevents them from eating, but the seemingly ordinary iron fence wall has actually been connected with thousands of volts of high-voltage electricity.
At this moment, the gate on the outside opened, and suddenly a lot of BMs took the opportunity to rush in. However, they don't know that behind this gate is still an iron fence filled with high-voltage electricity, and after rushing in, they just change the position of the scorched place.
Shen Hao drove the tractor slowly through the first gate and stopped in the open space in the center of the two gates. At this time, the outer gate fell again, cutting off the tide of BMs that were happily pouring in, and at this time, more than a dozen soldiers with flamethrowers gathered around the iron grate, and the scorching flames besieged the BMs isolated in the center of the clearing.
Although BM is not afraid of ordinary firearms, its resistance to flames is not strong, and under the back and forth strafing of more than a dozen pillars of fire, hundreds of BMs that poured into the clearing were quickly incinerated. Then, the inner gate slowly opened, and another team of flamethrower-wielding soldiers rushed in, and began to clear the BMs clinging to the tractor's shell with flames reduced to some power.
Although the soldiers had minimized the power of the flamethrower, the metal casing of the tractor was not insulated at all, and the three people sitting in the cab were once again sweating profusely. However, they didn't protest anything, after all, the other party's way of handling it was very reasonable, and it was obviously not the first time they cooperated.
When the last BM also turned into coke, the two soldiers stepped forward to carefully inspect it again, and then they made a gesture to Shen Hao in the cab to let him go, and the inner gate was raised again.
Finally passed the defense line, Shen Hao drove the tractor to a clearing lot under the guidance of a soldier and parked it, then picked up the unconscious Xin Suran and took the two girls off the tractor.
The area was apparently built as a makeshift shelter, and all survivors who escaped from the quarantine were taken to a makeshift barracks to rest. The room was a quadruple room, and there was no separation between men and women, so Shen Hao and the four of them successfully chartered a single room.
However, communication was restricted, not only was all communication equipment temporarily confiscated, but the entire barracks seemed to have signal shielding devices turned on. It seems that the government of country R is still trying to control the spread of the situation, after all, such a major accident is not a shame for the people in power, once all the people know the truth, I don't know what kind of moth will be made.
However, Shen Hao and the others didn't care about this, originally for them, there was no one who needed to be contacted immediately. The most important thing right now is to eat a little hot food, get a good night's sleep, and of course, take a hot shower. Although they have escaped into the safe zone for the time being, they are well aware that as long as they have not escaped this nightmare realm, danger may come again at any time, so recovering their strength is the most important thing at the moment.
What's more, Xin Suran is still in a severe coma. He was diagnosed with a medical staff who had collapsed from overwork and a large amount of blood loss. At this time, the nutrient solution and blood pack have been hung up, which can help his recovery to a certain extent.
This night, Shen Hao and the others slept quite soundly, but it was obviously another sleepless night for the garrison in the camp. After night fell completely, the intensity of the BM's attack increased significantly. In front of the iron net, I don't know how many black monsters are crowded, although the high-voltage electricity on the iron net continues to kill these guys, but the BM in the rear is still fearless to launch fierce attacks again and again. Behind them, searchlights swept by, and the entire Raicheon Bridge was almost completely blackened. Somehow, these creatures learned that behind this deadly wall were their delicious rations, and their thirst for food made them fearless, charging the human defenses with countless lives.
The number of BMs impacted was so large that the speed at which scorched corpses were piling up in front of the wall was faster than the devouring speed of BM's kind. So in front of the wall, a wall of black flesh was accumulating and forming, and if they were to be taller than the grid in front of them, then the BMs at the top would be able to easily cross the death moat.
As a result, the garrison troops immediately went into action, and a large number of flamethrowers were pulled to the front line, and tongues of fire frantically devoured the BMs who tried to get closer, and some fuel was thrown out, plunging the BM group on the other side of the wall into a sea of fire.
All the lights near the perimeter were turned on, and a large number of weapons and fuel were brought to the front line. Anyone who has seen the horror of BM knows that even if this of life cracks a half-meter-long crack, everything behind the wall will be wiped out.