Chapter 438: Diesel Fuel Goes Wrong
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The next morning, Chen Yuan and the others got up early in the morning as usual. It is not easy to survive in the last days, everyone is racing against time, it is temporarily impossible to sleep lazy, and this fat man has the deepest resentment.
Coming to the window, Chen Yuan looked at the weather outside. The snow continues to drift, and it seems to be a little heavier than yesterday. As far as the eye can see, there is obviously more snow outside, whether it is on the trees, or the houses at the road toll booth, or on the road, a snow-covered scene.
If it was in the past, if it was Chen Yuan 18 years ago in the previous life, seeing such a scene might be appreciative. However, now he complained to Zhang Fatzi behind him: "This snow seems to be heavier than yesterday!" ”
The arrival of the severe cold is actually what Chen Yuan has been looking forward to, because it will greatly reduce the speed of the zombies. It is precisely for this reason that they deliberately ran all the way from the south to the north.
But such a heavy snow will definitely bring inconvenience to their next trip.
At this time, Zhang Fatzi, who had just gotten up, had long been eager to shrink himself into a ball, he reached out and wiped the nose that flowed out of the cold because it was too cold, and said with a bitter face: "Damn! I felt it last night and it was noticeably colder. This unheated winter is simply deadly! ”
Spend the night at the toll booth temporarily, the conditions here are naturally no better than those of the Steel Castle. When they sleep at night, there is no heating, and Chen Yuan and they all sleep directly with their clothes and then cover them with thick blankets. But this can't withstand the cold of the night in the Tohoku region.
"Inform all vehicles later, let everyone put up their snow chains, there may be snow on the road ahead."
Zhang Fatzi said, "Okay, I'll go and inform everyone." Then he turned and walked out of the room.
The office building soon became lively, with Zhang Fatzi in charge of informing the commanders of each car to install snow chains, and Zhang Zeshan in charge of arranging the drivers of the combatant protection operation. Everyone left the office building one after another.
But not long after, Zhang Fatzi hurriedly ran back, and he reported to Chen Yuan in a panic: "Brother Chen, it's not good! ”
"What's wrong?" Chen Yuan was brushing his teeth, looked at the anxious Zhang Fat Man, and asked suspiciously.
Zhang Fat Man ran out of breath and stammered, but he still replied immediately: "Yes...... Half of the cars won't start! ”
"What!" Chen Yuan was taken aback, at this time, half of the vehicles had problems at the same time, isn't that fatal! "How so?"
"I don't know!" Zhang Fatzi frowned: "Just now, everyone went to install snow chains on the vehicle." Isn't it about starting the car and putting the tires on the snow chains, only to find that at least half of the cars can't start! The drivers of each car are still checking! ”
"Let's go, I'll take a look!" Chen Yuan was so anxious that he hurriedly rinsed his mouth and spit out the foam and water in his mouth, put down the water cup and toothbrush, and immediately took a step downstairs.
Zhang Fatzi also hurriedly followed, muttering in annoyance: "How can this be, yesterday was fine, but today suddenly half of the vehicles broke down at the same time." ”
Chen Yuan thought for a while, frowned and said, "It may be related to the weather." It was so cold that the vehicle froze. ”
"Is it really possible, could it be that the battery is frozen? If there's a problem with the battery, it's a problem. ”
Chen Yuan looked solemn and shook his head: "Let's take a look first." ”
Chen Yuan and the others quickly rushed to the side of the road. At this time, the drivers were discussing in twos and threes. The problem seems to have been found. Seeing Chen Yuan and Zhang Shancai coming over, several drivers greeted them and shouted respectfully: "Castle Chief!" ”
Chen Yuantou asked, "Where did you find the problem?" ”
One of the drivers said ashamedly, "The problem has been found." It's a problem with diesel. The diesel fuel in the tank is frozen! ”
He continued: "The diesel we use in the winter here is different from the one in the south. In the south, we use No. 0 diesel, and we need No. 5 diesel because it is too cold in winter. The person who collected the fuel did not know about it, so he did not label the diesel fuel collected separately. We didn't pay attention either, so some of the cars in the convoy were added with number 0, some were added with number -10, and some were added with number -5. The one that was frozen was the No. 0 diesel. ”
"Uh......" Chen Yuan was speechless, in fact, he had forgotten about it. He asked in passing: "How much of the diesel we have in reserve is -5 diesel?" ”
The driver replied, "It's not clear, and I didn't pay attention when I was refueling." But I don't think it's too much. At present, most of the diesel reserves in the settlements are brought from the south. And before the end of the world, only some of the gas stations in this neighborhood were replaced with -5 diesel. ”
"It seems that I have to go to Daqing as soon as possible, and I need to get more -5 diesel to come back."
Although Zhang Fatzi is a northerner and has also stayed in the south, he doesn't drive, so he doesn't know much about this aspect, and he asked suspiciously: "What are you from No. 0, -10, and -5?" Why can't I understand? ”
So Chen Yuan explained: "The weather in the north is cold, and if the diesel is not treated with special treatment, it will be frozen, and the vehicle will naturally not be able to start." Therefore, anticoagulants are usually added to diesel fuel in the north, which can resist different degrees of low temperature according to different measurements. The one that can resist the low temperature of minus 10 degrees Celsius is the No. 10 diesel, and here, it is necessary to use diesel that can withstand the low temperature of minus 5 degrees. ”
"I see!" Zhang Fatzi couldn't cry or laugh, "Then what should I do now?" ”
"Roast over fire." The driver who just spoke just now said: "We have asked people to prepare firewood, and we can use it to bake the diesel fuel in the fuel tank with fire." Once the vehicle is running, it is not so easy to freeze again. ”
"Roast over fire!" Zhang Fat Man was dumbfounded, "This is diesel!" Are you sure it won't burn the whole car? ”
The driver smiled and said, "Don't worry, Director, it won't." With such a low temperature, diesel fuel is not so easy to catch fire. And we bake the tank, not the diesel directly. I've used this method a lot in the past. ”
Zhang Fatzi couldn't help but look at Chen Yuan, Chen Yuan's head. Zhang Fatzi was relieved.
Later, the drivers who had the diesel fuel frozen in their cars set their vehicles on fire under the guidance of local drivers. It didn't take long for the vehicle to start again.
It was an episode, and with the resurrection of these steel behemoths, the convoy was soon on its way.
Upon arrival at the location of the canal, the convoy stopped, but did not turn off. The fighters immediately got out of the car and began to stand on guard. And the men of the reserve and transport teams took up shovels and saws. Some of them are responsible for filling the canals with earth to make ramps. Others are responsible for sawing logs. These logs are meant to be used to cushion the soil layer and prevent the newly laid ramp from becoming too soft and the tires from sinking. (To be continued.) )