Chapter 68 139th Regiment of Motor Steps!

"What's going on?"

In the middle of the two dozen military vehicles in the entire convoy, in the command vehicle where the team was interrupted, an officer asked the man who had just entered.

"Head Zhou, a survivor, I don't know if I am infected, and I have arranged for someone to be isolated!" The man's attitude was a little respectful, and seeing that the soldier had no intention of continuing to speak, he slowed down a little to emphasize the next words, and said: "However, looking at his clothes and physical condition, the living environment and conditions should not be bad!" ”

Captain Zhou was stunned when he heard this, and immediately understood the meaning of the person in front of him, and his expression suddenly straightened: "County Magistrate Qian, you tell me in detail!" ”

This neatly dressed man breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, he was a deputy county magistrate of Lantian County, and at this moment, he was one of the few government officials in this army-led team, and he was the highest!

But the epidemic came too violently, and before it had time to react, it was out of control. The entire county-level government was paralyzed in an instant. After struggling for several weeks, he was finally rescued by an army, and this army was the 21st Army Motorized Infantry Regiment in front of him!

The head of the regiment, Zhou Zhengyang, is the highest commander of this team!

Logically speaking, the government and the army are different systems, but at this moment, they are in a critical juncture, and their lives are saved by others, coupled with the strength of the army, it is natural that the officials of the government who have been rescued cannot make their voices heard!

But politicians are very strange creatures, but whenever the safety of life is guaranteed, they will desperately want to make their voice heard at the first time!

But there are many officials in different regions, a total of 7~8 officials, not only are they not systematic, but the largest is only a deputy county magistrate, which naturally can't suppress a regiment commander who holds a regimental strength! Although the establishment of this regiment is not complete, a considerable part of it is a retired veteran who was raised from among the survivors!

But a soldier is a soldier!

Although the militia and reserve have been abandoned for many years, the basic shelves are still there, and a large number of veterans who are discharged every year are still there! The 139th Regiment, which lost 60% of its strength due to the epidemic, continued to rescue survivors, and in the end, it was composed of 40% of active military personnel and 20% of retired soldiers! 60% of the full number of personnel has been restored, and basic combat effectiveness has been restored!

And so far, the army, which has not been able to contact its superiors and cannot be fed, has basically run out of ammunition and food after rescuing countless survivors!

More than half of the ammunition has been consumed, and the regiment commander has taken out the emergency supplies from the ammunition depot in violation of regulations without receiving an order!

Gasoline and diesel are collected all the way, although less and less can be collected, but it is barely enough.

The real headache is nothing else, but fresh water.

That's right, it's ordinary fresh water!

The station has become a ghost, but because it is impossible to contact the superiors, the government functional departments in the same area have been completely destroyed. This army had to go on a path to find its superiors and find organization after cleaning up all the infected comrades!

And along the way, in the case of the loss of municipal water supply, in addition to the initial use of ammunition, under the threat of the infected, some bottled water was snatched out of supermarkets and logistics warehouses, and further down, there was no source of fresh water at all!

The rivers on the surface, not to mention the possible chemical pollution, just the large number of floating corpses in the rivers have already made people retreat, who would dare to take such a water source?

And groundwater is not a condition for extraction! In recent years, due to the abuse of groundwater, it has led to a shortage of groundwater in many places across the country, which will also lead to land subsidence, resulting in a series of vicious consequences! As a result, almost all wells in SX province alone, if not necessary, have been largely backfilled.

The lack of fresh water to drink has left the 139th Regiment and its fellow survivors in a desperate situation!

In the past two days, in addition to drinking water, the demand for fresh water can only rely on snow water for emergencies, and drinking water is strictly limited!

After seeing Zhang Jun, the county magistrate found that although he looked bad, there were no signs of dehydration or malnutrition at all! Therefore, he immediately judged that this survivor should have more supplies to use!

Sure enough, this news really made this powerful officer pay attention to it.

Although he was not sure, the county magistrate of Keqian still told the head of Zhou about his judgment.

After listening patiently, Captain Zhou immediately stood up, opened the car door in a hurry, and said to the two guards next to him and County Magistrate Qian while getting out of the car: "Go!" Check it out! ”

With that, he walked out first!

Soon, several people came to a large troop transport truck wrapped in canvas, the soldiers next to them kept saluting, Commander Zhou nodded slightly, but did not stop, until they reached the back of the truck, the two guards opened the canvas door curtain tied together, leaning on both sides of the car, two rows of seats, full of people, about 20 of them, each with their feet tied, their hands tied to the railing behind them, and ropes tied to their mouths, fixing them on the seats!

They are all survivors of fever.

During the observation period, they said that they had been tied up here, and if they survived, everything would be fine, and that the army would provide them with basic food and water that would allow them to survive, and that if they lost their minds and became infected, they would be disposed of in a unified manner.

When they saw someone enter, most of them struggled to hold on, begging the soldiers to let them go, even if they let them go!

But 4 of them are especially crazy, constantly trying to attack the people next to them, and it is obvious that these 4 people have completely become infected.

Commander Zhou frowned, and gestured slightly, immediately, two heavily armed soldiers jumped up, pulled them to the back of the car, and threw them out of the car.

In an instant, the movements of the four infected people suddenly froze, and then collapsed to the ground, their bodies still shaking, one of them was the most exaggerated, this body twitched wildly like dancing, and it took about 5 seconds before they fell to the ground weakly.

Several soldiers immediately pulled out their sapper shovels and dug a pit in the field on one side, and in just a few minutes, a shallow pit was dug and 4 infected people were allowed to enter, and soon, a large low grave appeared there.

This is also forcibly requested by Head Zhou.

They are not enemies, they are just ordinary people who are infected, and as long as it is not a special situation in wartime, or some other crisis situation, if the conditions allow, they must be allowed to be buried in the ground!

PS: Apologies again! Update works fine today. In fact, although the shift was interrupted for 2 days, I also sorted out my thoughts, which can be regarded as gains and losses. Thank you all for your leniency!