Chapter 47 Forced braking
From the moment I saw the iron plate of the valve, I had a vague premonition. The iron plate should be a part of the valve mechanism that is very close to the inside of the mechanism, and general aging or damage will not affect it.
But I've always hoped that I thought too much and selectively ignored it. Now reality has slapped me hard and almost pulled out all my hopes.
"What's going on? How can it be bad if it's good? I asked, unrelenting.
Chen Zaihai let go of his body, the meaning was obvious, let me see it myself. I took the miner's lamp from his hand and looked ahead suspiciously. As I said, it's a very small place, and to my right is the brake gate, which is very well preserved. And where it should have been a valve, it was a mess, and all kinds of lever gears that I had never seen were exposed, and it looked like a disemboweled, disemboweled.
"You see, it's not simple damage." Chen Zaihai said solemnly. "Someone deliberately destroyed this place like this."
He's right, there are some dents that I can see deliberately very clearly, and it seems that this place has been somewhat brutally damaged not long ago. However, this kind of destruction seems very crude, and I feel a little bit of disobedience.
The destruction was so good that we wouldn't have been so anxious if we had been aimlessly destroyed, and the train would have stopped long ago. It will definitely not be like now, this train is still running, which may not be possible in the hands of ordinary engineering technicians.
"You really don't think it's right, do you?" Chan is in Kaido. "This place is not simply smashed, but deliberately destroyed in such a state that no one can make the valve close."
"Could it be the driver of this train who did it?" Touching the doorway, Talia walked in and asked. The space was already very small, but it suddenly became more cramped, so I had no choice but to retreat.
"It's hard to say, we don't even know who started this train." Chen Zaihai sighed deeply. "Now it's hard for us"
"How so? Isn't this braking system working well? Talia asked, pointing to the air brake gate.
"That's where the hard part is." I explained to her. "Now, if even the braking system is destroyed, we don't have to be so entangled and just wait for death. Those turtle sons don't leave us with a hope, Talia, I guess I've driven a car, right? ”
"yes, what's wrong?" Talia still didn't understand what we were trying to say.
"That's easy to say. As we told you before, this valve is the equivalent of the accelerator of the car, and the brake gate is the brake. Chen Zaihai then said to me. Changing to a car, that's the problem we're facing now. The throttle is out of control, and if you let go of it, it still won't get back to its original position, and you can't fix it yet. Even if all other systems are fine, do you dare to hit the brakes at this time? ”
"Of course not, isn't it just waiting for the car to roll over?" Talia replied immediately.
When I saw that she finally understood, I summed it up. "What we're encountering now is the train version of the problem just now."
"Isn't that a problem?" Talia asked worriedly.
"It's not a hassle." Chen Zaihai looked at her.
"It's super troublesome," I chimed in.
Now we can only be sure that it will be a matter of time before the car rolls over, whether we take the brakes or not. I can probably feel that the train is no longer accelerating, and it has reached the power limit of the steam boiler. So how many pieces will it be now? Two hundred kilometers, or three hundred kilometers, but in essence there is no difference, anyway, after the overturn, we all have to turn into meat sauce.
I don't know why, but we were unusually calm at this time. I thought we were going to be in a hurry like ants on a hot pot. But it's always a good thing, and if we panic too early, even if we have any hope of survival, we can't find it at all.
It must be about quality. It takes a long time to pull such a heavy carriage, especially for such an old-fashioned steam locomotive.
"Is there anything to do about it now?" Talia asked.
"Thorn" Suddenly there was a flash of lightning around me, and I was so frightened that I almost fell down the track into the hearth. Shocked, I found out that it was Chen Zaihai who had inserted his katana into a black iron box.
"There are still methods, but at least we have to stop this coal pusher." He drew the knife back with an understatement.
"I'm talking about you kid! Can you squeak before you do anything? I stroked my blackened hair and yelled.
It turned out that the black box he poked just now turned out to be the distribution box of the coal pusher! It's an all-iron structure! Isn't this idiot afraid of electrocuting us all?
Although the idea itself is correct, as long as the coal pusher is always working, the train will have far more constant power. Compared with the car, now that the throttle has gone out of control, we have to pull out the car keys.
But the effect was still obvious, and after a few unpleasant metal grinding sounds from the conveyor belt next to it, it reluctantly stopped. However, there is still a lot of coal in the hearth, and there will be no shortage of steam in the boiler for a short time.
"That's fine?" Talia was a little incredulous.
"Of course it won't be that simple." Chen Zaihai said with a smile. "We're going to do something more interesting later!"
The fun in this kid's mouth must not be a good thing, and if we don't get it right, we will fight for our lives. I put my head on one hand and sighed deeply. In short, with this initial step, the speed of the train will not go up, unless
Fuck me! What a unless! I noticed at once that we had all forgotten something very important! I was on my knees, and I jumped up all at once, and the movement was so great that my head hit the top at once. This hit was so real that my eyes suddenly turned white.
But now is not the time to care about this little thing, I have to stop those engineers right away! We thought it would be easy to stop the train and let them cut off the link between the back carriages, but now that we think about it, that decision was so arbitrary!
We were too optimistic about the situation, and we did not think that the power system of the train was forcibly locked by brute force. Now that the speed can't be reduced immediately, we have to reduce our own mass. What happens is obvious: All of us are educated in college, and the most basic laws of physics are still known. The power is certain, and the train with reduced mass will definitely accelerate! We are literally digging our own grave!
I was swaying almost half-walking and half-climbing up the iron ladder to us, but after a few steps I lost my sense of direction and fell again.
"Old Su? What are you doing here? Knowing that you might cheat, you are in a hurry to commit suicide? You're not that kind of person. "Chen Zaihai, they immediately came over and helped me up.
I thought I would not be able to run to the engineers, so I had to tell the two of them what I thought of in a panic. After hearing this, the faces of the two of them turned white and bloodless. It seems that they also realized what a stupid decision they had made.
"You're waiting here!" Chen ran down on his legs at an elevation.
He had only run a few steps and he had fallen, and we felt a force pulling us towards the back of the train. It seems that we are still late, and the engineers have finally broken the connection.
I can imagine what a train with only one locomotive looks like now. Eighty percent is no different from a wild horse that has escaped the reins, and if there is a turn in front of us, we will be thrown directly to the edge of the cave.
After slowly getting used to the new acceleration, I immediately ran to help Chen Zaihai up.
"What should I do?" Talia grabbed an iron rod above her head to steady her figure.
"What to do! If you're not afraid of death, let's try this method! Chen Zaihai's voice was completely unburied by the sound of the train moving forward.
I immediately replied, "When, are you still afraid of death?" Say what you think. Let's fight for his life! ”
Talia nodded her head from behind.
Seeing that we were so resolute, Chen Zaihai came up with a plan that made all of us feel crazy. Although this idea is crazy, I also have to admire the courage of this guy, not everyone rushes to come up with this method in this situation. Chen Zaihai, he is definitely a natural gambler!
The idea is actually quite simple, and in contrast to its simplicity, it is no less violent. Since the valve was damaged and the whole steam power system could not be closed, in order to stop the train, we had to completely dismantle the whole system!
The method is very simple, two people put on the three-proof suit, find all the steam pipes, and destroy them all. The other man went out to find the engineers. The power source of the steam locomotive is steam, and without steam transmission to the traveling part, the speed will not increase. Finally, the air brake gate is opened to make the final deceleration of the train.
We didn't have the pneumatic shears for engineering, and we couldn't have relied on sapper shovels to cut through such thick steam pipes. The only way is to have a Czech one on hand, and we can only use bullets to pierce the pipe.
The danger is conceivable, accidentally shot into the boiler, causing a huge steam explosion and death. The bullet missed, ricocheted in a small space made of iron, and died. Hit a corner before we managed to slow down, die.
It's basically a plan to die and live, but
"Talia, go find those engineers. Here's the two of us! "I learned from Zhang Zhijian's style in the movie, and said to Talia heroically.
"Joke! The way of the shooting wheel, are you Su Zhenpeng coming? If you want to go, you will go, and your marksmanship can only wait for death. "Talia ran up behind me and backhanded me to push me out.
"Talia! Don't be stubborn, leave it to Lao Su! You can't even tell which one is a pipe, can you? I don't have time to give you one by one, it's better to be alone! Chen Zaihai shouted, and the speed of the train was getting faster and faster.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you." Talia didn't earn any more.
In front of the circular entrance of the iron ladder, she glanced back at the two of us, left a word and went down.
"Remember! If I hand it over to you, I will succeed and come back alive! If I die, I won't be able to do what you did in the hot springs for the rest of my life! ”
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