On July 31, 2020, at 19:43 Huaxia time, the train slowly entered the Dongpu Railway Freight Station escorted by three military jeeps.

Dongpu, the most famous super city in China, at 8 o'clock in the evening should be the beginning of the drunken nightlife, but at this moment, the city street lights are dim, the atmosphere is dull and depressing, and the night scene that should be brightly lit has completely disappeared, leaving only the reinforced concrete towering deeply......

Everyone jumped off the train with a heavy heart, especially a few Chinese people, who had ups and downs in their lives, and occasionally saw broken mountains and rivers when they returned to their hometowns, how could they be happy? The joy of returning home was gone, replaced by grief and regret.

"Welcome home, everyone!"

An old man in a green military uniform, with gray hair but full of righteousness, smiled and flushed, and stepped forward to greet the few people who got out of the car. The first one held Liu Liang's hand and said with emotion: "Old friend, I haven't seen you for a long time, I didn't expect you to be so young." ”

Liu Liang also sighed: "Yes, thinking about the last separation, it has been 10 years since now, I have a heavy responsibility, and I can't help myself, hahaha...... Don't dare to grow old! ”

"Brother Sun, don't come unharmed!" Xu Zhe stepped forward to greet him familiarly.

The old man smiled bitterly and said, "Where can I be safe, you see my virtue, half of my body is in the ground, hehe...... The years are unforgiving. ”

Xu Zhe said with a smile: "Lian Po is old, you can still eat three buckets, I think you are old and strong, and you are full of energy!" ”

"Okay, this is not a place to talk, coming from Yami, one day by plane and one day by train, it must be exhausting, hurry up and rest." Liu Liang stopped the politeness between old friends.

"Okay, the hotel has already been arranged for everyone, but now at this juncture, all restaurants and restaurants are ordered to close, and the state requires the whole people to save and tighten their belts to fight this disaster together, so we can only add some coarse tea and light rice, no matter how delicious it is, but it is enough, and it is full!"

"Hahaha, this fucking natural disaster, as soon as you get it, it's back to before liberation!"

"That's not it, we have all carried such a hard struggle before liberation, what is this little disaster? We're going to win! ”

The group got into a military jeep and drove to the designated place to settle down.

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The old man's name is Sun Changping, 62 years old this year, the division commander of the 13th Military Region in East China, and one of the main contacts of the Huaxia Night Watch in the Huaxia region.

"Boss Liang, there are no outsiders here, let me introduce you, General Sun, in fact, you used to call me big brother, but now this appearance is a little different from age, and it is not appropriate to call me, hahaha......"

"Chief Xu, don't be so polite, just call me Changping, I'm not used to being a general."

"This kid is your guard, right? Look at how he laughs. ”

"Report sir, General, I didn't laugh! It's just that...... It's just that the muscles twitched a little accidentally! ”

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Liang Yi, Xu Zhe, Liu Liang, the three representatives happened to be sitting in the same car as Sun Changping.

Liang Yi and Sun Changping had no comradeship, even if Xu Zhe introduced him enthusiastically, he only replied with a sentence or two, and his mind was all on the lonely night outside the car window...... Disappointed, very disappointed, he originally thought that after the fall of South China, Southwest China, and Northwest China, other regions should be vibrant, but obviously this idea is wrong, even the bustling metropolis of Dongpu is lifeless, where does the popularity of other places come from?

"Have all the inhabitants of the city been transferred?" He asked in a deep voice.

Sun Changping said: "It's curfew time, and no one is allowed to move around the city after 6:30, in fact, there is no activity during the day, everyone stays at home, and people are panicking." ”

Liang Yi asked again: "What about the materials?" ”

Sun Changping said: "The motherland is vast and rich, even if some areas are captured, it can ensure that the people have no worries about food and clothing, but Central China can no longer be lost, otherwise everyone's water will become a problem." ”

Liu Liang said: "The fall of the region, the population will decrease, and the amount of food intake will also decrease, which is a blessing in misfortune. ”

Liang Yi shook his head very slightly, and lamented: "But people who are transformed into infected people can eat people, people can't eat people, and dogs know that they can't eat each other." ”

The people in the car sighed one after another, and the sadness began to spread.

"How's the security?"

After being silent for a while, Liang Yi asked again.

Sun Changping said: "It's okay here, everyone stays at home, there are community personnel patrolling every day, and there will be no big security problems, but in Central China, there are robberies and rape cases everywhere, and the military and police are already having a headache in dealing with the epidemic, and there are people who are causing chaos inside, so they are really busy." ”

On the eve of the end of the world, humanity will be vividly revealed.

"What's going on in Central China right now?" Liang Yi asked again.

Sun Changping shook his head and said: "I don't know much about this, I belong to the 13th Division of the East China Military Region, and I haven't received an order to support Central China." But according to comrades at the front, the situation is very bad...... The peak population of Central China is close to 230 million, land and waterways extend in all directions, the terrain is flat and open, it is very difficult to grasp the construction of defensive measures at each node, and the number of Chinese soldiers is limited, and they can only set up cards at key intersections, but even if there is a sparse Baimi, the infected people are almost pervasive, and the three second-tier cities in northern China led by Wufeng City have all appeared traces of infected people 3 days ago, and the number of nearly 10 million people needs to be transferred. Therefore, yesterday, the 6th and 12th divisions of the East China Military Region received orders to go to support...... But I think this is just the beginning, and one day my 13th Division will also receive an order to support Central China, and at that time, maybe this city will be full of human tests like those cities in Central China. ”

Liang Yi looked at the cold night outside the window speechlessly, his eyes were full of pity, he actually knew very well in his heart that Central China had not fallen because winter had not yet come, and the sky in July could be described as unbearable, and the infected would hide in the shadows to "taoguang and recuperate".

The winter of 2020 will be an unprecedented catastrophe.

At 8:24 pm, the jeep stopped in front of an ordinary homestay hotel.

"Now the trade in the whole country has almost stopped, food, clothing, housing and transportation have to pay for themselves, this hotel is opened by one of my son's comrades-in-arms, they are willing to provide you with free food and lodging, I hope you don't dislike it, the military and the civilian family, at this juncture, we can't do special ......"

Sun Changping was afraid that the hospitality would not be good, so he hurriedly explained to everyone after getting out of the car.

"Aren't you Huaxia communists? Why don't the big hotels that control it entertain VIPs? Hathaway crossed her arms, her face full of disgust, not at all satisfied with this small hotel in the middle of nowhere.

Sun Changping said helplessly: "The water consumption and electricity consumption of the hotel are much higher than that of ordinary homestays, and in order to save resources, the municipal government is not allowed to open." ”

Liang Yi said: "It is a great fortune to have a burrow to shelter from the wind and rain, where is there so much pickiness?" ”

Chen Liang scratched his head and said: "When I was in college, I didn't have the money to rent a house outside, and on Saturdays and Sundays, such small hotels were almost full, with complete facilities and cheap......

Ye Qiu squinted and smiled: "I just don't know if there is a hidden camera, right?" ”

Chen Liang smiled "hehe": "There is definitely no hotel in our police academy, and we don't see who the guests are?" ”

"Don't talk about it!" Liang Yi's squinted eyes were cold, and the two young policemen were frightened to shut up quickly.

At this time, a twenty-eight-year-old girl ran out of the hotel, and she greeted warmly: "You should be my father's guests, right?" Hurry up inside, please, dinner is ready for you! ”

"Will General Sun stay for dinner?" Liu Liang asked with a smile.

"No, I still have a lot of official business to deal with here, and I have to rush back to the military region," Sun Changping said, and beckoned the guards on the side: "Xuebing, you and Chief Liu leave a phone call for each other, and it will be convenient to contact each other if there is anything in the future." ”

"Yes!" The guard took out his mobile phone and kept the phone and the joint letter with Liu Liang.

"Then everyone, I'll take my leave first, and you can rest slowly."

Sun Changping sat in the jeep and made a "call" gesture with his hand at Liu Liang.

After the three jeeps traveled away, Hathaway asked Liu Liang: "Are you hiding something from me?" ”

Liu Liang smiled calmly: "If he calls us to go for a drink, and we don't take you there, is this matter a secret?" ”

Hathaway was serious and admonished: "I need to emphasize that this time we have only one mission to come to Huaxia, that is, to investigate South China City, as for the matter of aiding Huaxia, it is not that we will not do it, but we have to wait for the mission level to be confirmed, we must now devote ourselves wholeheartedly-"

"Hey, what are you going to eat tonight, little sister, I'm so hungry." Xu Zhe didn't wait for Hathaway to finish speaking, he could raise his voice to greet the flower girl beside him.

"emmm ......" The girl thought for a while and said, "3 dishes and 1 soup, my father cooked it himself, back to the pot meat, eight-treasure duck, vinegared shredded potatoes, preserved egg soup...... It's a boxed lunch for one person, and it's not eaten on the table, because the boxed lunch can be thrown away directly after eating, and the dishes have to be washed in the plate, and now there are restrictions on the amount of water used from door to door. ”

"Little sister, what's your name?"

"My name is Chen Yulian, uh...... It's a terrible name, isn't it? ”

"No, no, this name is a fairy daughter as soon as you hear it......"

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Hathaway walked at the end with a straight face, not wanting to blend in with the harmonious atmosphere in front of her at all.

"Beautiful sister, you can't always do this, the so-called follow the local customs, be happy......" Ye Qiu bared his teeth and persuaded with a smile.

Hathaway snorted lightly, "I'm not interested in your Chinese customs at all. ”

"Hey, you might as well put your words away first, wait for a few bites of good food, and then it's not too late to take a slow statement?"

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