Chapter 33: Police Meeting
87_87057 Bai Qi, who breathed a sigh of relief, took out his telescope and looked into the city, but the building under their feet was tall in the industrial zone, but compared with the buildings with dozens of floors in the city, it was nothing but worth mentioning.
Bai Qi looked at it for a long time, only to see the silent and bleak buildings.
At the same time, in the bustling downtown area north of San Francisco, in the west-central location, there is an antique red building with the American coat of arms hanging on the door.
Inside the building, a group of people were gathering in a conference room on the top floor, as if a meeting was being held in a solemn atmosphere.
These people are men and women, most of them are in rags, but each of them has a fierce air in them.
Sitting at the head of the conference room was a tall, resolute-looking middle-aged white man, dressed in an old and tattered police uniform, who was giving a speech.
"The less food there is in the neighborhood, every time we have to go farther in search of food, the chances of encountering mutants are also increasing, in the last month, we have lost three companions for food, and the supply of bullets has also begun to have problems, due to the frequent use of automatic firearms in the early days, which caused a lot of waste, now the ammunition stored in the entire police station has been consumed more than two-thirds, and if this continues, maybe it won't take a few months, we will run out of ammunition, and everyone should not forget jì, Even biscuits have an expiration date, and in a year at most, we will not find a single grain in the city, and we must find a way to get out of here while we still have enough food and ammunition in our hands. ”
Sitting on the left of the policeman was an extremely burly black man, who knocked on the table and said: "What Officer Charlie said is very reasonable, no one here is against leaving, and everyone knows that staying here is a dead end, but the key question is how to go?" Where to go? ”
Sitting first on Officer Charlie's right hand is also a police officer, but he has yellow skin, dark eyes, black hair, and is clearly of Asian descent.
The Asian police officer said, "Mr. Daniel, what Officer Charlie and I mean is to go to the docks, find a way to control a boat, and then take a boat to San Francisco International Airport in the south or Oaks International Airport on the other side, find a way to get a plane, and go to Utah to find the holy land of survivors, Fox Town." ”
The black man immediately shook his head and said, "No, no, no, I am against this plan, first of all, there are too many infected people in the docklands, and there must be a lot of mutants hidden in them, and we people are not enough for those terrible guys to stuff their teeth." Second, the ships docked on the dock were all crammed with people at the beginning, and at this time I am afraid that they have all become the nests of the infected, and in the small space on the ship, it is not conducive to the use of firearms, and we are not the opponents of the infected at all. Third, even if you get an airplane, who will fly it? Officer Charlie, you've flown planes, but you've flown small planes, and the flight time is no more than 300 hours, can you drive the big guys in the international airport, are you going to shoot them all? ”
Charlie frowned and said, "So Daniel, what better attention do you have?" ”
"My idea was simple, we hiked east, through the city, then through the University of California and Golden Gate Park, to the coast, and after that, we went south along the coast, all the way to the mountains, and as soon as we got into the mountains, we were saved," the black said. ”
Charlie asked rhetorically, "What about the grain, there is no grain in the mountains." ”
"There are animals in the mountains, we can hunt and go south, there are big farms in the Montara area where we can stay, and there are a couple of small towns along the way, and we might be able to meet other survivors, grow our team, and eventually we can build a survivor town," Daniel said. ”
Charlie retorted: "It's not easy to walk across half of San Francisco to California, where there are very dense infected people, there are many variants, and the campus is also one of the areas where infected people gather, so we can't necessarily go to the beach." ”
"And there are too few of us, even if we find a safe place to stay, it will be difficult for us to reproduce and grow, I think, after this catastrophe, there will definitely not be many human survivors, we must think about the future of the whole human race. Fox Town is now home to hundreds of survivors, and there are certainly many more in the sparsely populated West, where we have to fit in. ”
Daniel laughed, pointed to the others in the meeting and said, "Great Officer Charlie, compared to the future of the entire human race, I think we should think more about how these people will survive." ”
The Asian policeman looked up from the map and said: "Daniel, the road you choose is not safer than going to the dock to grab the boat, we will most likely not be able to reach the coast, and it is not necessarily safe in the mountains, don't forget jì, viruses can also infect animals, I think those mutated animals should be more dangerous than human infected people, it is not a good idea to go into the mountains, I have a compromise plan, we can go east into the industrial area between the dock and the city, where the number of infected people should be the least in the whole city, Then we go south along the industrial zone, into the community cluster in the south of the city, where there are certainly not as many infected people as in the city center, and where we can replenish some food and ammunition from the homes of the residents, and then we can choose whether we go east into the mountains or west to the airport. ”
The path given by the Asian police officer is strikingly consistent with the path Bai Qi chose.
He paused and said, "If the infected animals in the mountains are not easy to deal with, we will go to the airport, and if the mountains are safe, then we will go over the mountains to Montana in the south." ”
"In the early days of the virus, a lot of people fled to the south, and maybe there will be more survivors somewhere."
Charlie listened to the words of the Asian police officer, thought for a moment, nodded and said, "What Officer Li said makes sense, what do you think, Daniel." ”
The black man thought for a moment, shrugged his shoulders and said, "I have to say, it's a good idea. ”
Seeing that the black man agreed, Officer Charlie stood up and asked, "If you have any different opinions, please bring them up." ”
Some of the others in attendance shook their heads, some remained silent.
Officer Charlie nodded and said, "Very good, since everyone has no objections, then we will determine Officer Li's plan, the first step, we must collect a large amount of food and water, with enough food and water, we will immediately go on the road, we can not delay any longer." ”
Both Daniel, a black man, and Officer Lee nodded in agreement.
Seeing that the two agreed, Officer Charlie continued: "Then early tomorrow morning, I, Daniel, and Officer Lee will lead the team out to search for food." Let's talk about another thing. ”
Speaking of this, Officer Charlie paused for a moment, looked around the conference room, and said, "I think everyone should have heard the gunshots coming from the west, I don't know what everyone thinks." ”
Officer Li thought for a moment, and said with some uncertainty: "Are there other survivors?" ”
Daniel immediately shook his head and said: "Since half a year ago, we have not heard gunshots from other places, and now the city is as silent as a mountain, and the gunshots can be heard at least ten kilometers away, I don't think it is a survivor." ”
Officer Li asked rhetorically, "Do you think that could have been done by an infected person?" ”
Daniel shrugged and said, "God knows, there have been more and more mutants among the infected recently, maybe there is a particularly smart mutant appearing, besides, you don't know, many infected people have some human habits left, so I don't think it's strange if any infected person remembers how to use firearms." ”
Officer Charlie thought for a moment and said, "We've decided to go through the western industrial area, and the gunfire happens to be coming from there, and I think we have to figure out what's going on." ”
In the end, Charlie set his eyes on Officer Li and said, "Speaking of investigation, Officer Li, only you are a professional, so I hope you can take this responsibility." ”
Daniel immediately raised his hand exaggeratedly and said, "Of course, of course, I agree with Officer Charlie's suggestion, of course, our Mr. Special Forces is the best choice to carry out this task." ”
Officer Li raised his head and glanced coldly at Daniel opposite, once Officer Li, who originally looked gentle and elegant, changed color, he had a particularly chilling coldness and fierceness.
Daniel shrugged his shoulders and looked away.
There were twenty-seven survivors seated in the room, most of them white, and most of them, with the exception of a few, were only the leaders of Officer Charlie.
After all, San Francisco is the city with the largest proportion of Chinese Americans in the United States, and before the disaster, the Chinese population in this city was more than one-third of the total population, so in addition to the largest number of whites, the second largest number of people here is Chinese, plus there are a total of nine people in this Officer Li, and these Chinese Americans naturally rallied around Officer Li.
Before the disaster, Daniel was the leader of a new black gang in San Francisco, and he was a strong and able guy to fight, and after the disaster, he escaped to the San Francisco Police Department with two of his men who survived the virus invasion.
In the days that followed, Daniel earned a lot of prestige in the team by his ferocity in daring to fight, and several of the white survivors who believed in the respect of the strong joined his men. And these white men who believe in the respect of the strong also have strong combat effectiveness, so although Daniel's men have the smallest number of men, plus he only has seven people, they are not the weakest in terms of strength.
Due to the natural physique, the yellow race itself is weaker than the white people in terms of strength, and after the transformation of the angel virus, this gap has been further widened, so the Chinese group with the second largest number is at the bottom in terms of strength.
However, this group of Chinese Americans was not bullied too much in this team, and the reason was this Officer Li.
Although Daniel is physically strong and fierce enough, Officer Lee, who came from the San Francisco Police Department's Special Response Team, is the undisputed strongest person in this group.
Charlie was able to become the leader of this group of people, firstly because of his status as a senior inspector, secondly, because of the support of the largest number of Caucasians, and more importantly, because of the support of Officer Lee.
But Charlie himself is not strong in combat, so Daniel, who has a strong desire to lead and believes in the supremacy of force, has always regarded Officer Li as his biggest enemy and opposes him everywhere, but because he is afraid of Officer Li's personal force and Charlie's favoritism, he does not dare to go too far.
After Officer Li gave Daniel a cold look, he turned to Charlie and nodded, indicating that he was willing to accept the task.
The reason why Officer Li is willing to support Charlie is that, on the one hand, the two are both police officers, and before the catastrophe, the two had a good personal relationship, and on the other hand, Charlie is a fair person and is indeed the most suitable leader.
He knew that Charlie would name him because he thought he was the most suitable person and had no other meaning.
Seeing Officer Li nodding in agreement, Officer Charlie said again: "You can choose any of your men from among everyone, and you will also get a sufficient supply of ammunition, you and the people you choose can be equipped with automatic weapons, and the food that Daniel and I find will also be shared among your people." ”
Officer Li thought for a moment and said, "I'll just take my people with me, I need an anti-materiel sniper rifle to deal with the big guys, and I also need four M16 automatic rifles, as well as plenty of ammunition." ”
Charlie nodded and said, "No problem." ”
Daniel listened to Charlie's arrangement and was very dissatisfied, but he also knew that his objection was invalid, got up and kicked away the stool, and left the conference room with his own people.
Charlie frowned and glanced at Daniel, but didn't say anything, he said to the others: "Okay, everyone go and prepare, we will leave at dawn tomorrow." ”。