Chapter 373: Snow and Ice

Zhao Nina actually wanted to say that let Zhao Qingze take everyone to move directly to Penglai City, where they are located, and then re-establish the base.

In her opinion, this is the best choice.

Penglai City is the foundation of Shen Bai, and now that the zombies in the entire city have been emptied by Shen Bai, it is easier to establish a base around the city, and it can also form a linkage with Shen Bai's several gold mining bases located outside the city.

But she couldn't say this, because she knew that such an act was actually transferring the pressure of these thousands of people from Zhao Qingze's body to Shen Bai's body.

More than 5,000 people, that is, more than 5,000 mouths, need supplies for food and clothing.

In Shen Bai's base, no one is an idler, even those ordinary survivors, who will join the logistics department to do some work within their ability.

But Zhao Qingze's more than 5,000 people are different......

Except for the soldiers of more than 1,000 regular army units and some of the original municipal staff, the remaining 3,000 or 4,000 people are almost all cumbersome refugees, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled, even after being absorbed, they cannot join the army, and can only act as logistics personnel, but Shen Bai's logistics personnel have long been saturated, and there is no situation where there are more logistics personnel than combat personnel.

As the secretary of the municipal party committee, Zhao Qingze was unwilling and could not give up these refugees, but Shen Bai was absolutely not obliged to do so.

Therefore, she can only be silent.

There is a good saying, what you are afraid of, often comes.

When an inconspicuous cloud of snow fell from the sky, no one took it seriously, but after just a few minutes, the goose feather snow fell from the sky.

At the same time, there is also a cold wind that is constantly howling.

In just over a day, Nanxi City, which used to be almost unsightly of snow, turned into a land of ice and snow.

It's just December, and the plummeting temperatures have taken everyone by surprise. As the snow melted, the cold spread through the air and the temperature plummeted to an all-time low. It's only minus a dozen degrees.

The worst thing happened.

The sudden snowstorm made it difficult for the HK-8475 hunters to rise into the air, so they had to stop for a day and wait until the wind and snow had subsided before starting the transportation work.

The island's survivors shivered with freezing temperatures, and all huddled in the only buildings they could see, heating up with everything they could see.

Every time the helicopter returned from outside the island, it also brought with it the thick clothes and bedding and other heating items that the survivors had already stationed, but the monks had too much meat and too little meat, and these materials could only slightly relieve the cold.

The cold is only the first enemy.

Along the river in the middle of the lake, Shen Bai, Camp Chief Jiang and others stood by the lake, looking at the condensed ice by the lake, with serious faces.

"Sure enough, it froze."

There is a precedent for Xuanwu Lake to freeze, but even in the coldest times in the past, the surface of Xuanwu Lake was only a thin layer of ice, although it could freeze the entire lake, but it was not enough to bear the weight of people.

But this year is noticeably colder than usual. The ice on the surface of the lake is also thicker.

A warrior tentatively stepped on it.

"Click."

The ice immediately shattered, and the warrior nearly fell into the lake.

This proves that the ice on the lake is not enough to stand on the ground, but there is still a lot of snow in the city that has not yet melted, and the temperature is likely to continue to drop, so it is only a matter of time.

"How many people are there on the island?"

Shen Bai's face was a little solemn.

Once the lake deepens in the thickness of the ice, it means that the zombies will be able to enter the lake, and the five islands in the center of Xuanwu Lake will have no danger to defend, and it will be impossible to stop the zombies from attacking.

"So far, only a third of the people on the island have been transferred, and more than 3,000 people remain on the island."

Shen Bai's expression was only a little dignified, and Camp Commander Jiang's expression at this time could already be described as extremely difficult to describe.

"According to the current transportation efficiency of helicopters, it will take two to three days to transport all the remaining 3,000 people out of the island."

Although the HK-8475 Hunter is a reconnaissance aircraft, don't forget that in the design of Skynet, the HK-8475 Hunter is also responsible for capturing humans.

Therefore, its transportation capacity is also quite outstanding, but there are too many people on the island. Even if the entire cabin is crammed, the HK-8475 Hunter can only carry about 60 people at a time, and it takes nearly 50 minutes to take off and landing, loading and other links into account.

Even in the best of the world, the HK-8475 Hunter would only be able to transport more than 1,700 people while working 24 hours a day.

But in practice, this efficiency is absolutely not achieved. Not to mention anything else, the speed of the boarding staff is fast and slow, and some old and weak old people and children can't get up fast even if they are urgent. Not to mention that the HK-8475 Hunter also needs to refuel the chassis halfway, and manually refueling the helicopter without a refueling truck is quite time-consuming.

"I'm afraid it's going to be too late in time, Camp Commander Jiang, you immediately urge people to speed up the transportation progress, and then send someone to notify Zhao Shuji and make all preparations for dealing with it."

……

The atmosphere suddenly became extremely tense, and the survivors on the island could not stand the cold weather and wanted to board the plane as soon as possible, so that the soldiers of the army had to spend a lot of energy to maintain order.

Outside the helicopter parked on Liangzhou Island, there was a long queue, and the survivors stood in the queue one by one, looking at the people queuing up to board the plane in front of them.

In the crowd, a person was stunned, he looked at the survivors who were constantly being urged into the helicopter, and the helicopter that usually took off as long as it was full began to completely fill the entire cabin without a place to stand before it took off. As if suddenly realizing something, he took two quick steps forward, and rushed out of the crowd to the helicopter.

"What? No queue cuts. ”

The fighters of the unit immediately stopped it and reprimanded.

"What? It's supposed to be my turn. Why didn't you let me on the plane? ”

The man immediately shouted angrily.

Survivors like him who want to steal and cheat in the queue have long been accustomed to it, and they are not moved at all.

"One more warning to you. Go back immediately. ”

Seeing this, this man immediately shouted emotionally, "I know, do you want to leave us and run away?" ”

"It's so cold that the lake is probably starting to freeze. When the entire Xuanwu Lake is frozen, the zombies by the lake will land on the island, right? ”

"Now there is only one helicopter, and only a few people are able to leave by helicopter. You soldiers are definitely on the retreat list. Take me with you. I don't want to die. ”

The man's shouts stunned everyone, and for a moment there was even a brief silence.

However, in a very short period of time, there was an uproar in the crowd.