Chapter 653: Search
The National Guard felt the damage within five hours of the tornado, and the huge tornado raged for two and a half hours, which was unusual because the average tornado could survive for about an hour. So this time it's very destructive.
The town of Lecce is a narrow escape, and many people keep drawing crosses on their chests after the tornado to thank God for His favor, but the people in the neighboring villages are not so lucky. Fortunately, there were no fatalities, but more than 20 people were injured, and the loss of cattle and sheep in the pasture was very severe. In the neighboring cities, after the tornado, there was a rain of cattle and sheep, and from time to time a sheep fell or something, and six people were injured because of the airborne cattle and sheep, and one was dying.
The convoy of the Storm Chasers was housed in the town of Lecce, the only town that was not damaged, and the people were all taken to their homes for the night, of course...... It's still time to spend the night, and a lot of people gather at Old Jack's bar to drink and talk about their boss, Tia? Caladan, while Rachel and Anthony's family were saddened by Zhen Fan, after all, this huge force of nature was something that no one could contend with.
As the sky gradually darkened, the rescuers of the National Guard Brigade also arrived here, and began to set up camp, set up military tents, and took in some of the homeless people who were affected by the disaster nearby, and a total of about three or four hundred people came here one after another, and purchased some food nearby!
Originally, the storm chasers were to stay in the homes of the residents of the small town of Lecce, but the nearby military camp provided them with another place to live. So they changed their minds on the spur of the moment. So they sent people to contact the National Guard, and the rest sat in the bar and waited for news.
"Hey, another rum!" A black man raised his hand. Calling for a drink in the bar, he raised his hand at Jack, "Add to everyone here, I'm in for a treat!" But the behavior of the black people did not win the cheers that they should have on a regular basis, because many people were silent, they had lost their partners, and it made everyone feel unhappy.
Old Jack comes here. He poured wine on them, then looked at the black man and asked, "Are you their head now?" ”
"No...... Perhaps, we need someone to lead us on! The black man shook his head. Then he looked at Old Jack, "My name is Max, by the way, I disappeared with our leader." Is it your friend? ”
"Yes. A good guy! Old Jack shook his head, judging from the news from the reaction of the National Guard, so far, the bodies of Zhen Fan and the woman have not been found, and the hope continues to be slim, so he also lost interest in talking, shook his head and walked to his counter again.
Rachel was entertaining the guests and was not in a good mood. She finally looked at Old Jack, and then said to him, "I want to go outside to find Zhen." I hope to find him! ”
"I'd love to be able to go to him, but ...... It's already dark, tomorrow, tomorrow morning, I'll go with you, and...... I want more people to go to them, and along the trail of the tornado, we will find him. God bless him—" Old Jack wanted to say something, but held back. At this point, it doesn't make much sense to say anything.
"No, Dad, I want to go now!" Rachel was a little stubborn, "I can now act with the people of the National Guard, don't worry, I'll take care of myself, all the while, it's me who takes care of myself!" ”
Old Jack was stunned for a moment, then nodded. When Rachel turned around, he stopped her: "Hey, wait! ”
When Rachel turned around, he bent down and pulled out a box from the counter, then carefully opened the box, took out a Colt pistol from it, and handed it over: "It's a little bulky, but it'...... Take it, I hope you don't need this, just in case! ”
"I see!" Rachel nodded, took the pistol, stuck it in her lower back, covered it with her clothes, and turned around and walked out of the bar. Pushing open the door, it was already dark outside, and with a flashlight, she walked all the way down the town to the tent of the National Guard stationed outside.
Pairs of GIs were getting ready to go, and from time to time vehicles were moving in and out of the camp. Rachel walked over, but was stopped by the guards, and the two guards pointed guns at Rachel and said: "I'm sorry, we are temporarily denied civilians here, if you need rescue, please go to the rescue camp next to it, there are many people who have lost their homes, maybe you will find your relatives, please cooperate!" ”
Rachel had no choice, so she went to the rescue camp, and the tents in the whole camp were full of people, some of whom looked familiar, as if they knew each other, people from a nearby town. She asked next to each other if she had seen a single Chinese, but everyone looked blank and shook their heads blankly.
At this time, a convoy of three vehicles drove out from the side of the military camp next to it, and it was heading towards the outside of the camp. Rachel felt that this opportunity could not be missed, so she immediately ran over and stopped the car just as she was driving to the camp. The convoy stopped, and a second lieutenant officer jumped out of the car at the head, who looked at Rachel and frowned.
"If you don't get out of the way, we'll open fire!" The second lieutenant said in a somewhat stern tone.
"I know, but I need to go with you to find my friends! He's missing in this tornado, I need to find him, please, sir, get me in the car! Rachel pleaded to the ensign.
The ensign looked at him, and then looked around, there were already refugees looking at them, he finally nodded, shook his head at Rachel and said: "Get in the car, I'll take you with me, our search range is only three hundred kilometers, if you can't find it, we will return, you know?" ”
"Yes, I see!" Rachel nodded, and then sat at the back of the military vehicle at the signal of the second lieutenant, and when Rachel climbed into the military vehicle, she found eight soldiers sitting behind her, and they also looked at the woman who had just climbed up in some surprise, expressionless.
Rachel sat down next to a soldier, who was a little thin, looked at Rachel, and smiled, finally his face made people look a lot more comfortable.
"I want to get my friend back!" Rachel spread her hands out at him, shrugged her shoulders and said, "He's a nice guy, I don't want him to just disappear in a tornado, I need to find him...... That's it! ”
The soldier hesitated for a moment, then said carefully, "You...... Have you ever considered a situation where you might be able to find your boyfriend, but he might be a corpse or ...... Worse? ”
"I know, I just want to find him, that's all!" Rachel didn't have a good impression of this guy for a moment, but she also knew deep that the soldier was telling the truth, and the hopes she had in her heart were nothing more than self-deception, but ...... So what? I need to find Zhen, just like I said, that's all.
The car moved forward, and the horn was constantly broadcasting, calling the people along the way to move closer to the truck, and a few more people were taken in along the way, but they were all loaded on the trucks behind, and the trucks were empty. Facilitate the transportation of refugees collected along the way, and that is their task tonight. If not, there may be a time of wild beast attack on a night like this, and there will be more refugees killed and injured in the follow-up, which the US government cannot afford.
"Luke, Luke? Rigel! The soldier held out his hand to Rachel, "Get to know!" ”
Rachel stretched out her hand, the two shook it, and quickly let go, Rachel said, "Rachel? Hartnett! Then he stopped talking, and cast his eyes into the darkness of the night. Every time she collects some refugees, Rachel always jumps out of the car full of hope to carefully identify those people, if there is no Zhen Fan, she has to ask several times, if she has seen an Asian, and when she gets a negative answer, she looks very disappointed.
"You care a lot about your boyfriend, he's Asian?" Riegel always spoke to Rachel without words, "I rarely see Asians in Montana, they are generally short, I have seen Japanese, I have been to Japan, and South Korea, it seems that Asians are small!" ”
Rachel looked at him unhappily, and then said, "No, he's not Japanese, he's not Korean, he's Chinese, and he's ...... He's taller and stronger than you, don't talk to me about him in such a discriminatory tone in the future, and ...... He's not my boyfriend either! ”
Rachel switched positions and sat down across from him, causing several soldiers in the car to laugh, and someone jokingly whistled: "Luke, you're still too tender, go home and grow taller!" Immediately the people in the car burst into laughter, and Luke laughed too.
"Hey, Miss Hartnett, you can consider him, he's a nice guy and he's very capable!" Someone was making a fuss, but Rachel didn't take it at all, just looked out of the car, as if she wanted to suddenly see the figure she wanted to see on the way.
The convoy continued to drive in the dark, even though the truck was full of rescuers, but Zhen Fan was still nowhere to be seen, not even the corpse, which made people have to be very regretful.
Where did Zhen Fan go? Rachel was thinking about it.
Where did Zhen Fan go? When the tornado swept towards Tia, Zhen Fan just grabbed her hand, and Tia only felt an irresistible force that swept herself, and then rose into the air.
God, when Tia swept up, she couldn't help but say silently, she wasn't worried about what would happen to her in the wind, unless a sharp weapon would hurt her, the key was that she would encounter a sharp weapon that could hurt her during the process of being carried by a tornado, and then when she fell, she would be thrown from a high altitude. (To be continued......)