Chapter 2: Alive (Part II)

In a half-collapsed side house in an abandoned courtyard,

Zhou Huai'an listened to the shouts, shouts and roars in the distance, and couldn't help but feel a sense of happiness and fear in his heart, but fortunately he got out of and stayed away from the area in time; Otherwise, the follow-up raid and killing will be difficult to escape and escape.

Although there is still some uncertainty and suspicion about the misery of the armed men who attacked him, it is obviously dangerous to remain there; Neither the unknown force that tore apart half the street, nor the companions of the unidentified armed men, will not end well for me.

Despite this, Zhou Huai'an still understands that he has not been able to get out of danger; Because as long as you are trapped in this huge city for a day, there is a risk of being searched and caught one day.

Compared with the hustle and bustle of the coastal area, the further you go inside, the more deathly silent, and all kinds of signs of ruin and desertion, which also represent a temporary relative safety and seclusion.

To this end, he carefully avoided the houses and courtyards that looked too ornate or a little more presentable (who knows if there were any armed men in them who were looting or resting), and chose the shantytowns with dilapidated facades and seemingly worthless ones as his hiding place and to collect the survival materials he wanted.

And those houses that seem to have movement and human voices, or buildings with obvious traces of activity, should also be avoided as much as possible, and would rather bypass them.

Therefore, Zhou Huai'an spent a lot of effort and hurriedly searched more than a dozen houses and courtyards; I found a small piece of bacon that was almost the same color as the mud under the eaves and dried salted fish that I don't know how long it had been placed, and the vermicelli that was drying in half a sieve, picked two crooked loofahs, one large and one small, and it was all the harvest.

Although they are stained with a lot of black ash, the similar activated carbon components that float out after the fire are temporarily harmless to the human body.

In the end, he even found a tofu shop nearby, but unfortunately he abandoned the messy courtyard and shop outside, and the various soy products that survived in the house were almost moldy or sour; Although he was still hungry, after thinking about it for a long time, he gave up trying the method and used his stomach and intestines to test these semi-finished bean curd that had not been artificially processed and was left to be fermented naturally.

But then a small vat of salted tempeh buried under the wall surprised him a little; Although this thing smells baked, it can be used as a seasoning to dry and then melt with water, which can replenish the salt and minerals needed by the human body in time, and can be stored for a long time in a high temperature and humid environment.

You must know that when walking on the African continent, the tempeh sauce, dry hot sauce and mustard buns brought by China are known as the three artifacts of the medical team's diet and appetite, whether it is the hard-to-eat tapioca paste or sourdough cake, or the strange taste of toasted bread and lettuce.

Pour out all the tempeh sauce, spread it on a stone slab and wait until it is almost dried in the sun, then scrape off the whole piece and wrap it in paper.

And before there was a suitable stove and pots, Zhou Huai'an didn't even dare to use the fire to cook further, but could only wash it with the well water he found, and chopped it with a knife and chewed a little bit and swallowed the tea first, which barely alleviated the burning hunger.

After resting for a while, he took off his soaked shirt and shorts, put them outside on the sun-heated stone trough to dry slowly, and wrapped his body in a dry cloth and began to count the bits and pieces found on his body.

Paper documents that have been soaked and badly damaged and passes issued by East African peacekeepers, two personal signet rings, a domestic three-proof multi-function watch (solar with positioning function), insect anti-insect ointment and hemostatic patches, water purification tablets in the emergency kit, as well as a small bottle of special pills for the treatment of dysentery, and a tube of artesunate for malaria prevention; A few small denominations of African currency, a key to a storage box, a UnionPay card。。。。。。

By the way, there is also a small stack of five-star red flags in the back trouser belt, in some cases in this black continent, these things are even more useful than passports, and they are also Zhou Huai'an's biggest fetters from that era, as well as for his distant relatives and family life, faintly tearful concern and nostalgia.

It's just that the original mobile phone and a shared maritime satellite phone were left on the car, along with the personal belongings and consignments in the car and the car body, if they all passed through with them, they could only sink underwater and temporarily unable to land.

Touching the hard object on the side of his thigh, he suddenly had a thrill, and actually forgot this important thing, which was a pistol in the leg cover;

As a need to walk on the fringes of war-torn areas in Africa, many of the medical corps have in fact experienced the need for simple use of firearms; As a fan of military houses and weapons in a sense, Zhou Huai'an, who has subscribed to many military weapons magazines including light weapons and weapons knowledge since he was a child, has also taken advantage of the relaxed environment abroad to live a real gun addiction.

Although he can only get cheap second-hand goods in war-torn areas, he still uses all his leisure time, from familiar modern film and television classics such as AK47/56/Remington/M4, to early old antiques such as Gardland, Touching the Anal, Li Enfei, Butter Gun, Grandpa Stern, and even a wide range of all kinds of road goods flowing out of the foreign market, and playing all kinds of long guns and short cannons well.

And this pistol used for self-defense, although it is far inferior to Glock, Sig Sauer, Beretta and other popular series in terms of forced style, but it is also a legendary gun that has fought all over World War I and World War II, and is still widely used in the majority of third world countries - the 1911 Extended Demon Revision;

That's right, it's a magic version, a shortened alloy high-hardness barrel and an extended twelve-round magazine, as well as parts that have been greatly weighted with lightweight titanium, and it is said that the previous owner was a South American smuggler who came to Africa to develop business, and the metal skeleton on the grip was his mark, and then, without knowing what happened, it fell into the hands of a certain tribal chieftain, and was given as a gift as a witness to the goodwill and personal friendship between China and Africa;

Because everyone in the medical team has their own self-defense weapons, this extra souvenir will be temporarily kept and maintained in my name before returning to China and handed it in.

Although the appearance has been worn and scratched very badly, it has not affected the internal structure, and the directivity and accuracy of actual use are quite satisfactory; Therefore, under a certain squirrel control complex, I took it with me for a moment, and took it out for adjustment and test firing whenever I had time.

Now, such a short firearm with a full magazine, plus a pack of 20 rounds in a waterproof bag, can be used for emergency and life-saving purposes at least at critical times. Compared with the unknown ghost thing that died in a flash in the pan on his body, it also gave him a little more confidence and confidence in the next situation.

Of course, Zhou Huai'an is not arrogant enough to think that he can rely on this thing to open a matchless and face the siege of the brigade of cold weapons and be unharmed, that is, when facing an unexpected situation, such as a rat or a pretender who is not long-eyed, he will take a cold breath unexpectedly.

Later, when he checked the surrounding environment, he found the information he wanted in the street at the entrance of the alley not far away, which was a piece of burnt wooden billboard, a corner of hemp paper stickers, and a few words at the place of payment could be vaguely seen:

"Lingnan XXX Strategy... Guangzhou City X Mansion... Six years of dry fu, Jihai"

This is the Guangzhou of this era? The legendary city of thousands of sails, the most brilliant pearl of the South China Sea, China's oldest foreign port and sea route, and the most prosperous and prosperous place in Lingnan.

But this large, bustling city has been reduced to the color of blood and fire, and everywhere there is a thick smoke and an all-pervasive clamor of cries.

As for what was Guangzhou in that era, and what year the name of Qianfu was, he was a little blind, although as a fan of military history with a wide range of interests, he had not been less than debating the details and possibilities of various historical events with people on the forum, but it was really a little difficult to distinguish a specific era name and era in the vast history of the long river of dynasties.

After all, Guangzhou's history as an ancient city and port port can even be traced all the way back to the Qin and Han dynasties. From the point of view of architectural style and degree of development, it has been far away from the Qin and Han dynasties and overlapping arches, and it is at the peak of the feudal era in a sense.

After all, compared to the long years that have run through the entire history of China, this is a fairly international city and one of the earliest cities to open up to the outside world; However, there are obviously only a handful of massacres that can occur in a large city like Guangzhou in history.

After comparing them one by one, Zhou Huai had a few candidate conjectures, but the best way was to get more empirical evidence such as government announcements, or find a local resident to obtain information, so as to provide some kind of reference and comparison for his next move.

Well, this inexplicable crossing at least didn't throw itself into a foreign country where birds don't and don't speak the same language; It's just that this ancient Cantonese or Nanyin is not more intelligible than bird language.