Chapter 80: Dongfeng Tianlong and Fujian Province
"Captain, captain, there's a big truck coming!" Just when everyone was actively preparing, Zhang Zeshan's voice suddenly came from the walkie-talkie. Chen Yuan asked him to take two people to the entrance of the rest area to set up a guard before, but he didn't expect to really encounter something.
Knowing that a car was coming, Chen Yuan immediately asked on the walkie-talkie, "Is there only one?" ”
Zhang Zeshan replied: "There is only one, it seems that there are two people in the car, they found us and are coming." Do you want to let them in? ”
"Let them in!" Chen Yuan replied, and immediately rushed to the direction of the entrance of the rest area with Liu Jinlong and the others. Before they were halfway there, they had already seen a red Dongfeng Tianlong drive in under the guidance of Zhang Zeshan and others at the entrance.
The two people in the car were men in their fifties and sixties, and the back of the car was pulling a cart of logs, which seemed to be running for transportation. These two people were lucky that they didn't turn into zombies. Otherwise, the space in the car is so cramped, as long as one of them becomes a zombie, most of the other people can't hide.
Out of an abundance of caution, Chen Yuan did not let them approach the convoy, but asked them to stop on the side of the road to inquire about the situation. It's just that before Chen Yuan could speak, the middle-aged man driving in the car spoke first, with a thick southern Anhui accent, and he said anxiously: "Oh my God, comrades of the People's Liberation Army, we have finally found you." Something big is wrong! Just the way we came, a lot of cars overturned, and the people inside were crazy. Pounce when you see someone, bite when you see someone, it's terrible! Are we fighting with the United States? I can't get through by calling the police! Go and check it out! ”
Chen Yuan thought to himself: "It seems that these two uncles don't know what zombies are. It is estimated that I usually watch fewer movies and go on the Internet, and I can only say that I am lucky to be able to survive until now. Otherwise, if you don't know whether you are alive or dead to check the situation of the person who has been transformed, it is easy to be tricked. ”
But Chen Yuan didn't rush to explain the current situation to the two people, but asked first: "Two uncles, where are you from?" Where are you going? ”
"Comrade, we are pulling timber, from Linjiang in Jiangxi Province to Wuhu in Anhui Province. We've been walking this route for several years, and we didn't have any problems before! How did you come here this time, and it became like this! Comrade of the People's Liberation Army, let me tell you, my dear mother! Those people were like crazy, and we didn't avoid our car when they drove past, and they deliberately hit our car. What kind of thing is this, if there is an accident, who is it! We had to reverse the car and park on a section of the road where there was no one waiting for the police to deal with it. But we couldn't get through on the phone, and we had been stuck on the road ahead for almost a week, and we couldn't wait for the police to come. The food and drink were gone, so I rushed over in the car. I'm telling you, it's none of our business to hit someone on the road, they have to bump into it themselves. The more the middle-aged driver talked, the more excited he became, and he was about to cry, although he tried to avoid it all the way, but at least he hit three or four "people", which is a big deal.
Chen Yuan saw that the middle-aged driver was very excited, and hurriedly pressed his hand, in order to calm the driver, he also deliberately said with a big grin: "Alas! Alas! Master, listen to me, we all know that this has nothing to do with you, don't worry, those are the living dead, called "zombies", in fact, they are all dead! Subsequently, Chen Yuan, Liu Jinlong and others briefly introduced the situation of the last days to the two old drivers.
Immediately, the two old drivers were shocked, and they exclaimed: "What! The whole world is like this, right? Is it the same in our hometown? ”
Chen Yuan nodded. The two old drivers suddenly heard the bad news, and hurriedly took out their mobile phones to call home to ask about the situation. In the past week, they have called home more than once, but every time they can't get through. Now in a panic, they are just rushing to the doctor.
Chen Yuan shook his head and persuaded: "Two uncles, you don't have to call, the phone has long been useless!" ”
"Alas! What can I do? ”
Chen Yuan also sighed and said, "Hey! It really can't be helped, the whole world is already like this. The people in our convoy are like that. We are going to take refuge in the north, will you come with us? ”
"You're going north? Did you pass through Wuhu? Another driver asked.
Chen Yuan nodded and replied: "We are about to go over there, the highway from Shanghai will pass through areas with a high density of zombies, and it is very dangerous there, so we are going to take the highway in Anhui Province." ”
"That's great, can we go to Wuhu with you? There is a good response on the way, and when we arrive in Wuhu, we go home by ourselves! ”
"You're going home?" Chen Yuan asked suspiciously.
The two drivers glanced at each other and nodded and replied: "Yes, the family is here, my grandson is only two years old, how can I rest assured if I don't go back to see!" ”
Chen Yuan nodded, and did not continue to persuade. The convoy soon set off again, this time the size of the convoy became 48 people, of which 26 were men, 22 were women, one husky, and 12 cars.
Before leaving, Chen Yuan, Liu Jinlong, and Zhang Zeshan discussed that the two armored vehicles would take turns to play the role of reconnaissance vehicles in front of the convoy to reconnoiter the road conditions ahead of the convoy. The last time the convoy was blocked in the tunnel, and the situation that he couldn't turn around and could only reverse out was really embarrassing, so Chen Yuan always wanted to set up a reconnaissance vehicle in the convoy.
The two squad leaders also agreed. Therefore, when the convoy set off this time, it started with Zhang Zeshan's 207 and set off as a reconnaissance vehicle. Chen Yuan's RV continued to be the lead car of the main team, followed by Jinbei, communication car, Transit, field cooking car, sleeper bus, tool car, Mercedes-Benz truck, Dongfeng Tianlong pulling logs, fuel tanker truck, and finally Liu Jinlong's 213. The entire convoy continued to march north.
"Squad Leader Zhang?" After the convoy set off, Chen Yuan used the walkie-talkie to contact Zhang Zeshan.
"Roger, Captain. What's the matter? Zhang Zeshan immediately replied with a walkie-talkie.
"How's the road ahead?"
"There were no particular problems and the convoy passed! Note that there were three cars rear-ended on the road about 1 km from the rest area, and the vehicles were stuck on the guardrail on the side of the road, and 6 zombies ran out. ”
"Understood! By the way, squad leader Zhang, don't drive your car too fast. There is no network to locate the vehicle, so there is no way to know how far your fleet is from the main fleet. The walkie-talkies used in our fleet are military, and in places like highways, the effective reception distance is about 2.5 kilometers. Please keep a normal communication with us every 5 minutes, if you find that you can't communicate, it may be that you are running too fast, exceeding the communication distance, you have to slow down and wait for us! Chen Yuan reminded.
"Understood!"
The convoy's journey on the highway that day was quite smooth, and all the way down, it stopped for more than half an hour on an elevated road for lunch at noon. The rest of the time was in a hurry, and a total of more than 200 kilometers were advanced in one day, and finally out of the boundary of Fujian Province. This is already the 7th day after the end of the world.