At the beginning of May, the Renaissance Alliance dispatched more than half of its armed forces to begin a sweeping sweep of Tianjin's urban areas. Over the past year or so, the alliance has cleaned up dozens of cities, villages and towns, but it has turned a blind eye to this city that is close at hand.

Anyway, it is also a giant city with a population of more than 10 million, and it is useless to go with fewer people, and it is impossible to take out if there are more people. Now that I have finally accumulated enough strength and free up my energy, I can pull out this nail around me, and the threat of exploding at any time.

The clean-up operation continued until the end of June, attracting all the zombies roaming in the city and some of the houses to the beach around Chadian before the rainy season.

If nothing else, when the rainy season arrives in the Beijing-Tianjin area, the upstream dam will be opened and the flood will be discharged, and the entire area will be flooded within a month. All of these black monsters will be washed into the Bohai Bay and sink to the bottom of the sea.

As for whether this will cause marine pollution, if the results of laboratory research are correct, zombies will enter a deep dormant state if they do not see sunlight for a long time, and the virus will lose its activity, and there is no possibility of infection and mutation, and it will not pollute the ocean.

In fact, even if there is a risk, Hong Tao has to do this, together with the hundreds of thousands left over from the defense of the capital, there are already two or three million zombies gathered here. In case one of them becomes a living corpse, then the second battle for the defense of the capital will have to be carried out immediately, and there is no time to prepare, the distance is too close!

This is also to clear the obstacles for the factories that may be used, from Tianjin Port to the south is the Dagang Oilfield, more than 90 kilometers to the east is the Shougang Group plant, whether it is oil production, refining, smelting, will be inseparable from this area in the future.

Just after the clean-up operation was declared victorious, Hong Tao took the time to run out of the airport the next day, drove two wheeled armored vehicles, and led seven or eight people around the G3 highway in the south of the city, avoiding the flooded area with dense water networks in the east, and drilling into Tianjin Port.

"It's a pity, it's all good ships......" Hong Tao sighed as he walked along the long pier.

Many of the ships moored here, whether they are on the shore or at the berth, have been unrecognizable after more than a year of wind and rain. In particular, several of the ships that have not yet been unloaded have already sat crooked at the bottom due to the flooding of the bilge and no one has cleaned them.

The leaking oil and fuel drifted here and there, making the already not very clear water almost like baldness. In this way, you can still see the shadow of the fish, and it seems that it is still alive and well.

"Bang bang...... Well, this one is the right size, go down and see if the main engine can be repaired. After turning several docks, Hong Tao finally had a goal, jumped into a jump, and got on a red boat with the number 36 of the port ship.

Knocking around with the iron rod he picked up, he preliminarily checked its shell, anti-rust paint and deck, and felt that it was not too bad, so he went to the wheelhouse again, and finally showed a little smile, and turned to the people who followed behind.

"Hey!" A dark and thin middle-aged man immediately nodded vigorously in agreement, and led three or four people into the engine room.

His name was Takahashihara Michidai, and he worked as a first-class clerk at a Japanese shipping company. Don't get me wrong, the organ clerk is not a person with mechanical magic, but a position in charge of marine equipment on a large ship, which is collectively referred to as the second track in the world, second only to the chief engineer, and seems to be called the big pipe wheel in China.

At the beginning, he and a shipyard worker named Hitoki Wada repaired an ocean-going fishing boat and took a group of Japanese survivors across the ocean to escape nuclear pollution. The two men were very good at repairing diesel engines and transmission systems, and were assigned to the mechanical and electrical department as technicians.

In addition to inspecting the clean-up work, Hong Tao also had a small goal in coming to Tianjin Port this time, to find a ship that could sail safely in the coastal waters. Picking and choosing, it seems that the two of them are familiar with the ship.

"Mr. President, this is a rescue tugboat, the hull structure is intact, and the power system has a little problem, but it can be repaired. If you need it, we can go ahead and check its transmission and electrical equipment! In less than an hour, the thin black man walked up, his hands covered with oil, and bowed before he spoke.

Takahashihara is the same age as Hong Tao, and his perennial sea life makes his already small figure look dark and thin, and his face is full of horizontal meat, which does not look very easy to contact. However, he can speak relatively fluent English, and he has no accent, even if he is not good at Chinese, it still does not hinder communication.

“…… Can it be converted into a fishing boat? Hong Tao was not idle, and asked someone to bring two batteries from the armored car to replace the scrapped ones, and some of the equipment on the bridge was being energized for inspection. After listening to the report, I finally grinned, but I didn't quite laugh out of my big teeth.

"No problem, a piercing boat, a trawler, a drift net boat. It has a lot of horsepower, wind and wave resistance, and it is a very luxurious fishing boat to clean the spare oil tank as a cold storage warehouse...... Mr. President, are you going fishing? ”

When Takahashihara Michidai heard the word fishing boat, his fierce face finally showed a little smile, and while giving a very positive answer, he explained the transformation plan, and did not forget to inquire about Hong Tao's plan.

"yes, you can't always eat canned food. The dozen or so pigs are not enough to eat for the time being, and the wild boars, pheasants, and hares are not very delicious, so I wondered if I could go out to sea to catch some fish and come back. By the way, you often go to sea, do you know how to fish? ”

The electronic equipment in the cockpit was not in a good state, and most of them did not respond after powering on, which made Hong Tao's face gloomy again. Most of these devices are dedicated, and I don't know if there will be a replacement in the port area. If you can't, you'll have to find a sextant and a star map.

"My father, grandfather and brother were all fishermen, and the family had two fishing boats, and I followed them out to fish since I was a child...... Mr. President, if you can, please leave the fishing work to me, please! ”

Hearing that Hong Tao was really going fishing, Takahashi immediately came to stand upright, made a very serious request, and then bent his waist to ninety degrees, and maintained this posture, waiting for an answer.

"I'm the captain, you can only be the first mate or chief engineer......" Hong Tao finally smiled again, but the smile was not very kind, like a big bad wolf that bit the little white rabbit.

"Hi Yi, Captain, my Chief Engineer!" To show that he was very satisfied with the position, Takahashi answered in Chinese. Compared with fluent English, this stumbling Chinese is too far behind.

“…… The ship repairer, the ship is repaired, the chief engineer and the first mate are all yours, and the ship has nothing! After thinking about it for a few seconds, Hong Tao conditionally agreed to Takahashi's request, but in fact, he smiled in his heart.

This time I came to the port to find a ship, and I didn't have much hope. After all, these ships have not been maintained at all, and have been shelved in a very corrosive environment for more than a year and a half, and it is a blessing that they can not rust into iron lumps.

Even if the machine could repair it, the hull would be a big problem. It's too big, it's too small, it's not enough, and the ship type isn't suitable. It is more difficult to train a qualified crew member than to train a pilot. The main reason is that the physical requirements are too high, and the average person cannot adapt to the harsh life at sea in a short time.

Now, not only does he have an engineer, but he is also an old fisherman who has fished since he was a child, and he is better than himself, at least Takahashi is familiar with the use of various modern fishing nets, so he doesn't have to explore it slowly.

In addition, he said that fishing was actually just a grandiose excuse, and it was actually intended for Pei Gong. It doesn't sound good to say his true intentions, he actually wants to sail to the western coast of South Korea and the Japanese island of Kyushu to steal people's ammunition.

Most of the survivors from South Korea and Japan have settled into the new environment, with a high percentage of them having served in the military, knowingly or unintentionally providing locations for many local garrisons and ammunition depots. Hong Tao plans to go over and take a look, and if the local survivors are not found, he will bring them back for his own use.

The limitations of the plane are too great, and if there is no airport nearby, there is always no way out. Even if there is an airport capacity, it is a big problem, as we all know, Japan and South Korea use NATO standards, and their ammunition caliber cannot be used for domestic weapons, and the corresponding weapons have to be shipped back.