73 The Beginning of the Evacuation
Private cars drove out of various communities one by one and joined the departing convoys; Residents with large bags and small bags dragged their families onto vehicles that were about to travel far away, and many fought for a place in the heavy-duty trucks, fighting to the death and even using guns -- even modified buses are not as strong as heavy-duty trucks.
The police did not hesitate to punish them severely, and those who disrupted the order and did not cause serious consequences were all temporarily controlled by the police, and they were placed last in the order of evacuation, and those who used guns were directly killed.
The police's strong attack immediately deterred the ill-intentioned people and suppressed many uncontrollable hearts, ensuring the interests of the majority of residents and effectively ensuring the smooth progress of the evacuation.
If the police fail to control the situation at the first time when the trend of getting out of control appears, the army of residents who are preparing to evacuate is likely to immediately fall into chaos, and once the fragile order collapses, the consequences will be unimaginable.
As the government ordered the communications department to cut off mobile phones and Internet signals, the residents of the community who were not the first to evacuate were still unclear that the government had made the decision to abandon Jingjiang, but the residents who were close to the evacuated community gradually realized that the situation was not right, and many residents rushed out of the community regardless of it.
For these residents, the government has implemented differential treatment, those who have private cars can directly join the evacuation convoy, and those who do not have private cars are advised to go home and wait.
The vast majority of people are reluctant to go home and insist on joining the evacuation team, but in order to ensure that the evacuation is not chaotic, the military and police on duty can only harden their hearts and block the crowd in the community.
The staff of each street almost shouted loudly, and they could not dissuade the citizens who gathered more and more,
Pleading, insulting, pushing, crowding, crying, all kinds of voices boiled over the sky, and many citizens even held high the double-barreled shotguns they had just gotten their hands on, threatening the military and police on duty, and if the community was not opened, they would all die.
The situation was even more dire than Lengjiang had predicted, and in just half an hour, order was on the verge of spiraling out of control, with more than 20 stampedes alone, more than 60 casualties, and the angry crowd and the military and police could turn into large-scale bloody clashes at any time.
However, in the face of the grim situation, Leng Jiang could not come up with an effective way to prevent the situation from continuing to deteriorate, and in desperation, Leng Jiang could only act separately from other city leaders, one community by one community, one community and one community of publicity, patting his chest and promising all the citizens that before the 300,000 citizens withdrew, no official would leave, and he, the mayor, was the last to go!
Although Leng Jiang was determined to do so, many citizens refused to believe it, but it eventually had a little effect and pulled the situation back from the brink of collapse.
In an effort to stabilize order, the disrupted cell phone communications were first restored, and the city government first made the evacuation public via text message, followed by a detailed evacuation plan on television, and repeatedly assured that the military was capable of protecting the people.
However, in order to prevent the spread of news, the city's network has never been restored.
In the midst of the chaos, the first train full of passengers slowly started.
The soft sleeper car, a soft sleeper with only four bunks, was crammed into more than a dozen people, and their sad eyes were cast out of the car through the windows with iron railings, and there was relief, attachment, reluctance, and confusion about the future.
Professor Qin sat by the window, stunned as he looked out the window at the slowly receding platform, and let out a faint sigh.
"Grandpa......" Bai Xiaoting wanted to persuade Professor Qin a few words, but she didn't know what to say when the words came to her lips.
"Forget it, I'm fine." Professor Qin waved his hand, "Let me be quiet."
Bai Xiaoting obediently agreed, and honestly sat beside Professor Qin and stopped talking.
The train drove faster and faster, and it didn't take long to leave the station far behind, but in a few minutes, the train had already driven to the edge of the city, and it was still far away, and Bai Xiaoting saw the towering city wall.
As the train approached the city wall, a tall gate above the railway slowly opened, and the train whistled and whistled past, and the gate was lowered again, separating the city from the outside into two worlds.
At the intersection, which was only a few hundred meters away from the gate, Ye Han heard the whimpering whistle from a distance, and his eyes suddenly showed a little melancholy.
The train drove faster and faster, and after a while, Jingjiang City was left far behind, and the concrete forest of the modern city was replaced by endless fields.
Finally leaving the city threatened by giant insects, Bai Xiaoting suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had unloaded a heavy burden from her heart.
Professor Qin, who had been staring at the window, suddenly saw a lone giant ant outside the window, and the giant ant was not interested in the whizzing train, and dragged half of the giant mantis wholeheartedly.
Professor Qin's gaze extended, and not far away, a tower-like earthen bag more than one person high met Professor Qin's eyes.
Professor Qin's pupils shrank, and he stood up: "Girl, did you hear the gunshot?" ”
"Nope!" Bai Xiaoting's eyes were confused, and she looked like she didn't know why.
"What about you!" Professor Qin asked the others again.
Everyone, look at me, I look at you, I don't understand what this old man is doing, but for the sake of age, several people shook their heads and said that they didn't hear the gunshots.
Professor Qin's face changed drastically, his lips trembled violently, and the sound of his teeth clattering was so clear.
Bai Xiaoting's face turned pale with fright: "Grandpa, what's wrong with you?" ”
"I'm fine!" Professor Qin pushed Bai Xiaoting away, took out the phone with a trembling thin hand, and was about to dial, only to find that the phone was out of power.
"Damn, Xiaoting, call me!" Professor Qin broke out in a cold sweat.
Bai Xiaoting hurriedly handed over her fruit phone, Professor Qin was so trembling that he couldn't answer the phone, so he simply ordered: "Girl, call Mayor Leng, quickly!" ”
Bai Xiaoting was stunned: "Grandpa, I don't know his phone ......"
Professor Qin was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "What about other people, if you can contact Mayor Leng, you can call anyone!" ”
"Does Ye Han and Brother Zhou's phone call count?" Bai Xiaoting asked humbly.
"Count, call it right away!" Professor Qin was in a hurry to go to the doctor, and he didn't care whether Ye Han and Zhou Yun could talk to Leng Jiang or not.
Bai Xiaoting had never seen Professor Qin lose his temper like this, dialed Ye Han's phone number as quickly as possible, and she directly sent the mobile phone to Professor Qin's ear.
The monotonous dial sounded, and Professor Qin's breathing suddenly became rapid.
Ye Han, who was on duty, suddenly felt the vibration of the phone, and thought it was Xiao Jing who called him back, and immediately took out the mobile phone, and saw the three words "Bai Xiaoting" displayed on the screen, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned.