Chapter 171: The Tunnel
"Why haven't you seen anyone carrying soil from the inside?" Squatting at the entrance of the dark cave and looking inside for a while, Qin Feng was very surprised when he heard a sound coming from the cave but did not see a human figure. In Qin Feng's understanding, there will be a lot of floating soil when digging a hole, why did he wait here for a long time, and he only heard the sound of digging in the hole, but he didn't see any floating soil transported out of the hole?
Qin Feng's question made Smith laugh very arrogantly, "When I first dug the shaft, there was soil transported out, but when the people below began to dig horizontally and expand the working face, they found that they accidentally dug through the soil layer between it and the dry well in the backyard. Now all the excavated floating soil in the cave has only been hoisted out of the dry well in the backyard, and there is no soil being transported here, and we will use the necessary camouflage here later. ”
Listening to Smith's answer, Qin Feng couldn't help but be overjoyed, the entrance to the cave here and the dry well in the backyard meant that the hole under his feet suddenly had two entrances, which was very good. "No matter what, there must be a support frame in the hole, I don't want to be buried alive in the collapsed hole and can't get out." After going to the backyard with Smith to see the floating soil that had been hoisted, Qin Feng was very satisfied with the progress of the excavation of the hole.
There are sewers in Nanjing City, which Qin Feng heard from the old Nanjing people in later generations, and in the few days of leisurely days after arriving in Nanjing, Qin Feng not only spent money to get the sewer pipe network drawings of Nanjing, but also personally took the big cow into the sewer to see. The burrow was connected to the sewer, not only to facilitate the free entry and exit of armed men to the safe zone, but also to allow the young women in the safe zone to escape in the burrow when the Japanese army was conducting a large-scale search of the safe zone.
Qin Feng took the trouble to make all the preparations that he thought he could, but these were just his wishful thinking, and everything could not be verified until the Japanese army really broke through the city. Qin Feng was a little expectant, looking forward to his preparations being verified, but at the same time, he was a little worried, worried that the preparations he had made were still not enough, after all, there were too many refugees in the safe zone.
When Qin Feng was awakened, the sky had already appeared white, listening to Angel's teasing Susan in the room, Qin Feng, who had already woken up, couldn't help frowning, reaching out and rubbing his bloodshot eyes, Qin Feng couldn't remember how he fell asleep. "Angel's mother, he's awake." Although Qin Feng hadn't gotten up from the bed yet, his action of reaching out and rubbing his eyes was seen by Susan, who immediately gave the report he saw to Angel, who was ironing his shirt for Qin Feng.
Qin Feng, who heard the child's voice, turned his head and happened to look at the little girl with curious eyes, Qin Feng, who had only slept for less than 2 hours, was still a little groggy at this time, but he still made a grimace at the little girl's teeth, causing the little girl to giggle and laugh. "Why are you here? Aren't they helping Mr. Smith with Miss Catherine register supplies? Qin Feng, who got up from the bed, reached out and grabbed the herbal tea on the table and poured it hard, and then asked Angel, who was ironing clothes outside the room.
"It's pretty much enough to have Catherine over there to help, I'm back to prepare breakfast, and Mr. Smith says you need clean clothes today." Angel's injuries have already healed, but Smith still doesn't allow Angel to do heavy work, so she can take care of Susan at most every day, or help with chores or something, and she has plenty of time.
Following Angel's line of sight, he glanced at the clothes that had been neatly stacked, but Qin Feng shook his head, "No need, I'll just wear yesterday's clothes, and if I wear a clean one, it will be dirty." Ignoring Angel's muttering, Qin Feng put down the water cup and picked up the bloody clothes that he took off last night from the corner of the room and went behind the screen, and when he came out again, the smell of blood emitted from the bloody clothes made the little girl who was still very alive just now hide behind Angel early.
Angel didn't care much about the smell of blood in the room, just reached out and took the pajamas that Qin Feng had changed out of and hung them on the screen, and dragged a large bag from under the table to Qin Feng and signaled, "Your things are in the bag, Mr. Smith said that when you go out of the safe zone, it's best not to take out the things in the bag, he is afraid that the civilians in the safe zone will panic." Qin Feng opened the box and took a look, and found that the bag contained the weapons and equipment he had put on the table last night, so he directly took the weapon out of the bag.
While checking the firearm in his hand, he whispered to Angel, "Go and tell Smith that this is a safe zone, but it also needs to make the civilians in the safe zone nervous." This is just a temporary place to house them, not a foolproof place to retire, once the Japanese army breaks through the city defenses, there will definitely be Japanese soldiers in the safe area to search for soldiers. Therefore, it is better for the civilians in the security zone to get used to seeing people with guns as early as possible, so as not to have an accident when facing the Japanese soldiers. ”
Qin Feng's answer made Angel speechless, especially Qin Feng's act of inspecting the firearm in front of Susan, which made Angel frown, she didn't think it was a good move to fiddle with a firearm in front of a child. "I advise you not to care about these things, Susan's family died at the hands of the Japanese army, and maybe what she has experienced has not happened to us. She's still young, and if she could, I'm guessing she'd love to kill a few Japanese soldiers to avenge her family. ”
The first half of Qin Feng's words were to persuade Angel, but the second half of his words were pure nonsense, the little girl who quietly probed out from behind Angel and looked at Qin Feng secretly was obviously only four or five years old, how could such a big child know how to avenge his family. Angel, who knew that he couldn't talk about Qin Feng, didn't go to answer the conversation, but just stared and brought breakfast to Qin Feng.
There was bound to be a fierce battle today, so Qin Feng didn't want Da Niu to follow him, but no matter how he persuaded him, Da Niu, who was stubborn, just shook his head. "Da Niu, it's okay if you have to, but let's talk about it first, when I say I want you to come back, no matter what the situation is, you must come back here immediately, even if it's just you." Da Niu didn't understand what Qin Feng meant at all, but when he heard Qin Feng promise to follow him, he happily nodded and agreed.
"Boss, it's a good day." Smith, who hurried to see him off, tried to change the topic so that the slightly depressing atmosphere would be a little better, but his words made Qin Feng's brows furrow even tighter. Indeed, today's weather is very good, but unfortunately the weather with good visibility is also a good time for the Japanese army to attack the city, and today is December 13th, and the city of Nanjing was broken by the Japanese army in a few days.