Chapter 16: Grow Up!
"From today onwards, you're going to be trained by us until you can go on a mission with us." When Guo Zijiang woke up, Zhao Qiang left a sentence and left, in front of him was a very unfamiliar environment, it looked like a prison, yes, this is a prison!
The importance of the Jianglu Machinery Factory is far greater than everyone thinks, in addition to the known weapons production line, a magnificent and hidden underground bunker - the bomb shelter, its strategic value far exceeds that of the prison here.
After repairing the perimeter of the Jianglu Machinery Factory, the team has been working hard to explore how much space the bomb shelter has, and in the past 48 hours, the team equipped with flamethrowers has finally given up on exploring the entire bomb shelter at once.
At the end of the 60s, our fathers built such an impregnable underground fortress with their own blood and sweat under the slogan of "digging deep holes and accumulating grain", and no one could imagine how such a magnificent underground building could have been completed under the conditions of that time, without large machinery and equipment, and everything was carried by shoulder-to-shoulder.
The area that the team has explored is enough to accommodate the living and living of tens of thousands of people, and the labyrinth-like underground road network almost makes the team lost in this underground labyrinth, warehouses, hospitals, residential areas, and the entire air-raid shelter is like a dungeon, quietly spending a long time in the dust, until the moment when people arrive, it shows the feats of their fathers to today's young people.
"We can consider moving here!" At the regular meeting, Zhao Qiang told everyone about his decision, the environment of Jianglu Machinery Factory is almost on the basis of the prison, and the area is expanded several times and then a dungeon is added, everyone can live freely on the ground at ordinary times, and a large area of land can even be developed for agricultural production, once there is danger, you can also calmly retreat to the underground city.
"Have you ever thought about sandworms?" Meng Longwei was also very satisfied with the environment of the Jianglu Machinery Factory, but after experiencing a terrifying scene in the subway line, he had to re-examine the plan.
"We've already thought about it." Zhao Qiang said: "In the past 48 hours, we have not found any abnormalities in this bomb shelter, and at the same time, we can also set up a listening station to monitor the surrounding underground environment, so that we have enough time to warn and evacuate before the sandworms approach here." ”
"Dunson, what do you think?" Zhao Qiang looked at Deng Sen, in fact, Jianglu Machinery Factory is Deng Sen's territory in a sense, Deng Sen became a little silent after the role change, the base did not embarrass him and his brother, and solved the mess he left behind regardless of his previous suspicions, and even let him attend, which made Deng Sen grateful, but still a little embarrassed.
Deng Sen wanted to know what kind of reaction the base would have if he said "no", but the sense of justice and generosity shown by the base made him blurt out without the slightest hesitation: "Me? I have no opinion. He never thought that he would be able to attend the meeting of the management of the base, and after the Jianglu Machinery Factory became an empty city, he would ask for his opinion here, think about the bomb shelter, if he had noticed it earlier, everyone's losses might not be so heavy.
Looking at Deng Lei on the side, he nodded secretly, with a relieved look on his face, Zhao Qiang knew that the last possible obstacle had disappeared, he clapped his hands lightly, and said: "That's it, Lao Meng, you are responsible for conveying this news and organizing everyone to prepare for moving, Brother Wei, the Tiger Team will be commanded by you from now on, responsible for the safety and security work during the entire relocation process." ”
Zhao Qiang arranged everyone's work in an orderly manner, everything was so natural, no one was the slightest disgusted with Zhao Qiang giving orders here, Meng Longwei and Wei Tao were even very happy, this Zhao Qiang always avoided before, except for the tasks necessary every day, he didn't care about anything else, which gave Meng and Wei a headache for a long time.
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Two hours ago.
"Brother, go all the way." In the corner of the prison, Zhao Qiang stood in front of a simple tombstone with his head bowed solemnly, holding a bouquet of unknown yellow wildflowers in his hand, and on the ground in front of the tombstone, three cigarettes that had burned to the end were neatly placed.
"Have you been here for a long time?" Wei Tao's voice sounded from behind Zhao Qiang, here, the comrades who died before are buried, and under the new tombstone, Ah Wei, who died a few days ago, is sleeping quietly.
Zhao Qiang didn't move, Wei Tao also lit three cigarettes, and gently placed them in front of Ah Wei's tombstone: "If it were me, I would do the same." ”
Zhao Qiang understood what Wei Tao meant, and under the circumstances at that time, the only thing he could do was to help his brother end his pain and prevent his comrades-in-arms from eventually becoming inhumane zombies. This is something that the team members have agreed on a long time ago, rather than becoming a zombie, it is better to die at the hands of their own brothers and die with human dignity.
It's one thing to make an engagement, but it's another thing to implement it. Killing his closest comrades-in-arms with his own hands, Zhao Qiang almost used all his strength to pull the trigger that only needed a slight press to fire, whenever it was quiet, Zhao Qiang would always come here alone, silently accompanying Ah Wei.
"If it weren't for my underestimation, none of this would have happened." Zhao Qiang still didn't move, and said lightly.
"Rather than die and become a senseless walking corpse, where the soul can never rest in peace, I would rather choose to leave this world as a human being." Wei Tao's tone was still cold: "If you really feel self-blame, then you should think about the people who are still alive and what to do in the future so that they can live better and never live in the shadow of death." ”
"Someone alive?"
"That's right, all the living people in the base! Your wife, your comrades-in-arms, all the people in this base, we are still living under the threat of zombies, we need you, we need you to cheer up, if Ah Wei has a spirit in the sky, I don't want to see you like this! Grow up, Zhao Qiang, don't run away anymore. ”
After being silent for a long time, Zhao Qiang finally raised his head, his eyes looked firmly into the distance, Wei Tao was right, if he collapsed from now on, Ah Wei's death would have no meaning, as long as there was still a zombie in this world, the battle would not stop, and he would fight for those who were still alive around him!
"Thank you, Wei Tao. Could you please help me call a meeting, I have something to announce, and I'll be there later! ”