Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Danger of Stampede

The vast number of captives were gathering outside the south gate of the city at this time, and most of them were supporting each other to reach the city gate. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info at the gate of the city at this time, a long and large porridge shop is lined up, and many large vats are boiling porridge. Of course, these porridges are not only rice porridge, but also corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, millet and other grains.

On the tower of the city at this time, the head of the former grain official was hanging, this grain official can be described as bold, and among the grain in the 10,000 stones, he and his grain officials stole almost 300 stones of grain with soil, and more than 1,000 stones of grain have been completely rotted and inedible. After the grain of 3,000 stone was divided into people, there were only more than 5,000 stone of grain left, which was completely insufficient, and if you opened your stomach for people to eat, I am afraid that you can only survive until three or four months. The enraged princess knew at this time why the grain officer had repeatedly tried to stop the negotiation with the Nanban grain for people, and in her anger, she ordered that the grain officer be severely punished...... This severe punishment will only leave the head to be cut off. At this time, the grain officer's head was wide open and his mouth was rolling his eyes, and he looked terrible, and he should have looked quite annoyed, but no one was worried about his feelings, because everyone's attention was focused on these big vats of porridge.

There are a lot of pickled seafood in these porridges, and the fish pieces floating in them make these ordinary people who have not eaten anything for a few days be shocked, and they are all hurriedly trying to squeeze forward to eat. However, there was a human wall between them and the middle of the food, and the officers and soldiers were required to stand in a long row in front of the porridge shop, and a wooden fence was piled up in front of them, so that ordinary people could not break through such protection. The elders of several sniper teams were ready to shoot on the city tower at this time, and if anyone tried to incite the common people to riot or something, they would be resolutely killed, and this group of people was ready to be used to devote themselves to future construction work, and if they were not obedient, it would be better to kill them directly.

Shen Bin on the city tower now has a calm face, looking at the crowd swarming at this time, it is not as good as being in the city at this time, when the city is in the city, these ordinary people are divided into several places and placed separately, and they are not crowded together. But now in this suburb, there is no way to separate them, and they can only be arranged according to the order of registering names and so on. At this time, the refugees looked at the mountains of wooden bowls and spoons piled up by the human wall, they were a little stunned, they didn't know why they were preparing so many wooden bowls, could they be preparing to eat for themselves? The people in front were blocked in front of the human wall and couldn't move forward, and the people in the back were shouting and shouting for the front to go faster. Shen Bin was a little nervous, he knew that if it was not controlled in this situation, a stampede would likely occur, and it would be even more difficult to say what would happen if there were a few more incitements with ulterior motives in the middle.

Xue Ziliang beside him was also a little nervous, and couldn't help biting his ear with him, "Shen Bin, this situation must be taken care of, otherwise, if there is a stampede, it is likely that it will not be able to end." ”

"Yes," Shen Bin couldn't help but rub his index finger on the tip of his nose, "You send the marines down first, and if there is a stampede, you will fire shots from both sides to deter these refugees and prevent the incident from escalating." He was very depressed at this time, and he couldn't help complaining in his heart about Qian Longzhou's replacement plan.

"At present, these ordinary people are all yellow and thin, swaying when walking, and they can't wait for a gust of wind to blow down a large area, even if they are sent to Dongfang Port, at least it will take more than ten days before they can be put into use. Not to mention the purification work, the purification camp can only accommodate about 2,000 people, and the purification time is relatively long, each time it takes 14 days, almost half a month. At present, there are more than 5,300 refugees in the city, and this is another large area outside the city, and the clean-up work will be completed at least until the end of February next year. He couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head, for so long, these refugees still haven't found accommodation or food, and I don't know how many people will die in more than two months. Xue Ziliang shook his head as he said on the side.

"Yes," Shen Bin sighed as he looked at the crowded crowd below, "This is the place where the battle has just ended, and the dead bodies must be dealt with quickly, otherwise the epidemic will start soon, and at that time, there will be a large number of dead people, if the plague really breaks out among the refugees, it will be really a crime." ”

Xue Ziliang had already given orders to his two platoon commanders at this time, and the platoon commanders nodded and saluted. Then the assembly whistle sounded from below the tower, and the Marines began to line up at the city gate, and then ordered the line to run to the flanks of the refugee crowd.

"Shen Bin, I think we may not be able to achieve the effect of doing this, if the people see the shooting, they may think that we are going to kill them, what if there is a commotion?" Xue Ziliang was very worried about this, he only had two platoons under him, and now the two companies of the new army in Zhanchenggang were under the jurisdiction of Qian Longzhou, and if he didn't speak, the new army would not obey the command. "I think we'd better go find Qian Longzhou and ask him to transfer the two companies of the new army over as well, just in case."

There was also a surge among the refugees at this time, they had been used as one-time consumption livestock after they were captured, and they didn't dare to say much when their lives were in the hands of others, and when they saw that they had returned to Annan's arms and were still blocked outside the city, they couldn't help but start to complain.

"What are the people up front doing? Hurry up! ”

"Why are you pushing me if the front one doesn't go?"

"That's it, you have the ability to fly over!"

"Don't tell me that! Lao Tzu's ancestors went out from Champa Port, and I have relatives here, so I will let them come out and kill you with a word. ”

"Go and scream!"

The person who was already a little irritable because of hunger was squeezed, and he couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, and waved his hand and hit him. The refugees at the moment, who had not been hungry for several days, were moved, and before they could be moved, a group of people fell down with a grunt. The people nearby didn't know what was going on, they all struggled to push and shove to the sides, and the already crowded crowd suddenly became even more crowded.

Shen Bin secretly said in his heart that it was not good, as long as the crowd of thousands of people fell, it was almost a dead end, if he didn't stop the chaos quickly, the casualties would be expanded in a short period of time.

Xue Ziliang also knew that this was the prelude to a stampede, and hurriedly pulled out his Glock pistol from the holster and prepared to shoot at the sky. According to the plan just agreed, the Marines would fire into the sky on both sides of the crowd to deter the people, and then split the crowd to prevent casualties from expanding. However, he also secretly complained in his heart, there were only two platoons of dozens of people under him, how could he be deterred? Not to mention dividing the crowd.

At this time, a burst of singing came abruptly, "You are my little apple, I can't love you too much......" This song was accompanied by a strong rhythm, which made everyone present stunned on the spot, and almost all the elders laughed out loud, and couldn't help but turn their heads to look in the direction where the voice came from.

At this time, I don't know when a square dance sound was placed on the highest part of the city tower, and the "Little Apple" was playing in the open space in front of the city gate.

"I'll go, who is this?"

"Damn, that's amazing, this is the first time square dancing has broken out in this plane, right?"

"Damn, isn't that Zhao Yong from the Ministry of Information?" The sharp-eyed patriarch saw Zhao Yong at a glance, and at this time, Zhao Yong was holding a microphone in his hand, standing on the tower with his head held high in a heroic and fearless posture, looking down at these refugees and the elders who were helpless in the face of these refugees. At this time, his face was full of compassion, and he had heard from his own parents about the hard times and how the Japanese slaughtered ordinary people back then, but in front of him was a live version of hell.

Instead of shouting through loudspeakers, he uses the strong rhythmic music of "Little Apple" to attract the refugees' attention first, so that they don't pay too much attention to the situation around them. At this time, seeing that the effect had been achieved, all the people looked up at him, he quickly turned off the music, raised the microphone and said in a relatively slow voice with an extremely clear pronunciation: "Folks, we are friends, we are the squadron that is here to help you." ”

"The Imperial Army doesn't grab food!" Ren Xuefeng next to him couldn't help but whisper a word, and was immediately quietly pushed by Li Yuan on the side, "Don't make noise, this is a serious matter." ”

"Everyone, please don't panic, there is so much porridge here, don't worry!" As he spoke, he waved his hand in the direction of the soup kitchen, and the common people quickly turned their heads to that side, and sure enough, the porridge was still steaming in the distance. "Please help your companions who accidentally fell down around you, you all came back alive from the chaos of the Southern Barbarians, you are all brothers and sisters who went to the tribulation together, you should help each other and tide over the difficulties together!"

Ren Xuefeng couldn't help but be a little dazed, but these ordinary people all looked around at this time and helped their companions who fell to the ground up.

"Don't worry, everyone eats these foods, and no one will go hungry." Zhao Yong said and pointed to the registration office, "But before that, please support our work, register your name at the registration office, and then you can get a bowl and a spoon to the soup kitchen to get food." ”

As if to confirm his claim, the first people at the registry had already received the bowl with cheers, and walked towards the soup kitchen with each other in their arms.

"Because we didn't foresee so many people at the beginning, we will open another registration office, please be calm, do not crowd, do not fight and push, and obey the instructions of the staff, so that you can eat faster."

Talking about a group of people moving tables, carrying chairs, or holding pencils in their hands, and a few guys holding cloth, there is not enough time to carve wooden signs, so they can only mark their names with cloth strips and send them to each refugee. These people came to the other side of the previous registration office, and then began to set up tables and chairs, and waved at them, "Come here, folks, you can register here!" ”