When the forest fog woke up, it was already dusk, and the rain had not abated, and according to the radio weather forecast, such weather would last for at least two more days. However, the radio only broadcasts the rain, but does not mention the South Reservoir, which means that everything is understood.

Xuedan made three diesel lamps, which are upgraded versions of kerosene lamps, which are really not bright, but they are better than nothing. Dinner is self-heating rice, which can be boiled together in a pot. The energy is used in cloth strips, and the kitchen is set up in the bathroom of the office. The original owner of this office is a smoker, so it is not only equipped with a high-power exhaust fan, but also a special structure with convection between the bathroom and the window to facilitate the rapid removal of smoke.

Everyone sat down and discussed the direction of the retreat while eating. As the boss, Stone made a review, although there are objective reasons, he should have erected a city-centric strategy from the beginning and specialized in running a shelter.

Lin Wu accepted the stone on behalf of everyone, and the stone blew his beard and glared, almost putting a bowl of rice on Lin Wu's face.

Shanna said: "There are shelters in the North Desert, the East Plains, the West Peninsula, and the South Mountains. ”

Shi said: "I arranged for people to hide some supplies in all directions, but we should not get our hopes up, the scale of the refugees is too large. ”

"What is the direction of our retreat?"

Lin Wu saw everyone looking at himself, took a mouthful of rice in his mouth, and pointed to himself: "Me? You have the guts. ”

Stone: "Less crooked, say." ”

Lin Wu didn't dare, and said: "First of all, rule out the shelter, the survivors know that there is such a place, a large number of people are moving towards the shelter, and sooner or later something will happen." The West Peninsula is the choice of smart people, compared to the mountains, the sea food is inexhaustible, but there are too many smart people, I don't think it's a good direction. It is difficult to survive in the mountains, it is difficult to obtain food, and fierce beasts, poisonous snakes, and insects also make safety a great hidden danger. ”

Lin Wu said: "I think the north has the least number of people, that is, the desert. ”

Knife: "That's because ten kilometers after leaving Beicheng, you will arrive at Sand Town, which is the last town to enter the desert. Not to mention food, even water is a problem. ”

Lin Wu said: "We got a piece of information before, Shazhen is a few kilometers north, and someone has spent years building a permanent shelter. I speculate that a big reason for choosing this location was the presence of groundwater. ”

Xiao Wu interjected, "But we can't guarantee that the woman is telling the truth. It's a dead end, and if we don't find this shelter, we won't be able to survive in the desert landscape for long. Secondly, even if the shelter is real, the owner, as a doomsday survivalist, must have the means to deal with human invasion. ”

Lin Wu asked, "What do you think?" "Since someone answers, he can be regarded as a brick thrower. If no one answers, it's over.

Xiao Wu said: "Southwest." ”

Lin Wu said: "The southern dam is about to burst. "The topography of the city is high in the southwest and low in the northeast.

Xiao Wu said: "After the embankment collapses, the southwest direction will definitely suffer losses first. Geographically, the flood will move from the southwest to the northeast, inundating most of the city. The first area to recede is the southwest. This flood can also wipe out or wash away the zombies and ...... in the area Partial survivors. I think the southwest is the safest after the flood. ”

Xiao Wu said: "In addition, the southwest is an industrial area with complex railway lines, and the biggest damage to the railway caused by flooding is the stone and wood left behind. My idea is that if we can run a train, we can move ourselves, even if it's only a few kilometers, and we can have great convenience in terms of gathering resources. Even if the train can't move, the train carriage is a natural shelter. ”

Xiao Wu: "Taking a step back, there are no suitable carriages, and there are no usable tracks, so we can still walk along the railway tracks." Either into the mountains, or move west to south. In addition, more than 40% of the materials in the city are transported by rail lines, followed by water transportation, land transportation and airplanes. There is a freight distribution center in the Northeast Seaport, with a large area of material warehouses. The Southwest Distribution Center is the largest train distribution center in Houtian City, and its rails lead to Dahoutian City. Every day, 500,000 tonnes of material are loaded and unloaded here. ”

Xiao Wu said: "The residents of the southwest direction of the day after tomorrow will immediately think of the southwest freight distribution center and the southwest warehouse near it. Normally there would be a lot of people here, but the flooding from the South Dam burst would greatly reduce the number of survivors and zombies. There are no tall buildings in the area, and flooding could lead to the death of all survivors in the southwest hub. ”

Xiao Wu finally added: "There is no escape. ”

The map shows a similar topography to Xiao Wu's description, with floodwaters pouring in from the southwest, including distribution centers, railroad tracks, and factories. The flood water then flows northeast through the city and eventually into the sea. As for how destructive it will be, it is impossible to estimate at this time.

Shanna agreed with Xiao Wu's opinion, and after her planning, she came up with a plan: "After the embankment bursts, wait for the flood peak to pass before acting." Assuming that the city is soaked in water for 48 hours, we only have 48 hours to go to the southwest distribution center by boat. This is the best route in my opinion, with a distance of 40 kilometers in a straight line. ”

Su Shi said: "Our boat can only store supplies, and at most two people can get on the boat, and the others can only support the boat." Going to the southwest is a countercurrent, and even if the current is not fast, it is estimated that it can only advance about one kilometer per hour. People certainly can't stand it. ”

Shi said: "We still have a lot of tarps and tape, can you redesign the hull?" ”

Xuedan said: "Our ship has no keel, it can't withstand the wind and waves at all, and even a little sharp object can pierce the hull." It is very difficult to go to the southwest against the current. ”

Lin Wu had a whim and asked, "What about the downstream?" ”

"It's easier to go downstream, but it's carried into the sea by the current."

Lin Wu said: "In the process of entering the sea, maybe we can get a real ship?" ”

"How dare you think about it?" Shanna said: "Without a serious boat, we can't get to the southwest." The best time to leave the city is during the time when we are soaking in the water. ”

While everyone was pondering, Lin Wu asked, "Xiao Wu, why is the site called a fire station?" ”

Xiao Wu replied: "Because the fire station is nearby." ”

Lin Wu said: "Should the fire station have an assault boat?" ”

"Yes, there are inflatable liferafts etc. However, we couldn't go the same way to the fire station. ”

Xiaowen raised his hand and said, "There are rubber lifeboats in the Galaxy Hotel, and there are quite a few of them. ”

Lin Wu was puzzled: "Why is there a lifeboat in the hotel?" ”

Xiaowen replied: "There are many freshwater fishing spots around the city after tomorrow. ”

In addition to the reservoir mentioned earlier, the fish resources in the Houtian River are also very abundant. All this is due to the low water temperature of the river in winter and the enforcement of laws and regulations. Low water temperature can effectively avoid the flooding of tropical fish such as scavengers and tilapia. The law only allows single-hook fishing, and nesting and netting are not allowed.

Therefore, there are not only many local people who are keen on fishing, but also many fishing friends from other places. The hotel provides guests with a small lifeboat for this purpose. These lifeboats can usually seat two people and are equipped with a detachable diesel-powered thruster. The lifeboat is not large and can be pulled away by placing it on the top of the station wagon after it is inflated, or it can be placed in the trunk of the car and inflated again when it arrives at the destination.

Tourists rent a lifeboat and drive to any part of the river, put on a life jacket, and after a simple lesson, they can control the lifeboat into the river. Visitors can choose their own fishing spots, either from the boat or by docking the lifeboat to the stranded and abandoned dredging boat. Due to the excessive sand mining in the early years, the river water is wide and deep the day after tomorrow, and the water flow is very calm, and you can often see large goods rarely seen in ordinary freshwater rivers.

"On what floor?"

"I don't know, I just know that the hotel's warehouse is on the 30th floor." Xiaowen added: "However, the lifeboat is not big, about the same size as a common drifting boat, and I don't know if it can withstand the test of flooding." ”

Stone clapper: "A dead horse should be a live horse doctor, and work will start tomorrow morning." ”

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The search for lifeboats is a little less difficult than everyone thinks. Lin Wu hung up the rope, borrowed the electric drop cable, and pulled a rope bridge to the 30th floor east of the Galaxy Building. Looking through the window on the 30th floor, I soon found the warehouse where the lifeboats were placed, opened the window to enter, disposed of the two zombies, and then tied the warehouse door with a cloth rope, and finally carried the materials unhurriedly.

It is said to be a lifeboat, but in fact it is more like a rubber boat for rafting. This thing has the advantage of being very resistant to sharp objects. It weighs about 15 kg and has a card holder in the stern of the dinghy where a propeller engine can be installed.

After Lin Wu called over the walkie-talkie, the Shadow Shelter turned the halyard, and the modified halyard was pulled by a directional wheel to pull the rubber boat tied to the rope. After sending the seven rubber boats over, Lin Wu used on-site materials to pack the engines and hang them on the drop cable, which could not withstand the friction and collision of the wall.

The biggest problem is the air pump. There is an atmospheric pump weighing more than 100 kilograms in the warehouse, and it is estimated that it takes less than a minute to fill a rubber boat when connected to the power supply. In addition, there are four manual air pumps, some on foot and some by hand, and the weight of the air pump does not exceed two kilograms.

Given the objective situation, only the latter can be chosen. In addition to rubber boats and air pumps, there are also a lot of fishing gear, a row of lure fishing rods on one side of the wall, and large and small boxes are placed on the cabinet on the wall, which contain large and small line sets, various bionic bait, and so on. Of course, life jackets are indispensable. In addition, there are hundreds of books on the geography of the water pattern of the day after tomorrow.

I don't know if I don't look at it, but I know that the waterway of the day after tomorrow is not as simple as two rivers, but there are three rivers. The first river was River No. 1, which runs down the South Mountain Range, the same river as the South Reservoir Dam, and this river brought countless disasters to the city of Houtian over the centuries until the dam was built.

The second river, which is in the northwest direction of Houtian City, is formed by the confluence of mountain ranges, and the No. 2 River, which has a dam in the northwest direction, is called No. 2 Reservoir, which is the drinking water reservoir of Houtian City. The third river is a canal that connects Dahoutian City to Houtian City, and connects directly to the Northeast Seaport from the northeast down, without entering the urban area.

River No. 1 surrounds the city from the southwest of Houtian City to the northeast of Houtian City, and River No. 3 flows from the northeast of Houtian City, and the two rivers converge in the northeast of Houtian City, and then flow more than ten kilometers into the sea.

Shanna perfected the map of the city with the hydrographic map brought back by Lin Wu, and revised the waterway route she had previously planned. On the other side, after half an hour, the first dinghy was already full of gas.

The rubber boat was placed in the conference room, and Xuedan explained the situation: "Under the condition of not being overweight, as long as the inner tank of the rubber boat is not broken, even if the hull is filled with water, the rubber boat will not sink." The rubber boat is made of PVC material on the outside and has a wire mesh interlayer inside, similar to the technology used inside the tire, even if it is difficult to pierce it with a dagger. There is a loop of net rope on the hull, which is full of toughness, and is fixed to the hull after inflation, which can provide some stability to the people on board. ”

Xuedan concluded: "This is a rubber boat that will only capsize, not sink. The biggest problem is capsizing, the draft is very shallow, and a single wave can capsize the ship. Once the boat capsizes, the people on board should turn the boat back as soon as possible and climb back into the boat with a net rope. ”

Stone asked, "Is the whole process difficult?" ”

"Assuming that the foot can't touch the ground, the difficulty is still relatively high." Xuedan said: "First of all, it takes a lot of strength to turn the boat over, and it takes two people to work together to complete it. Then there is the process of returning to the ship, which also requires two people to assist each other at the same time, otherwise it is easy to capsize again. ”

Su Shi said: "When the feet don't touch the ground, people have nowhere to borrow." ”

"Yes. Only one side of the boat can easily cause the hull to capsize again, so two people need to pick up the boat at the same time and get on the boat at the same time. Xuedan said: "The key is that we still have supplies." "Put the supplies on the ship, one capsizes, and the supplies are basically gone. Carrying supplies on your back will greatly increase the difficulty of getting back on board.

Su Shidao: "There are four people on a boat, and the waterline is deep, as long as the cooperation is done properly, it should be able to deal with emergencies." ”

Xuedan shook his head: "No, no, this is not a four-person boat, this is a two-person boat, or a family boat." From the perspective of space, it is more suitable for two adults, and one more person is uncomfortable. You'll know when you sit on it. ”

Su Shi and Shi got on the boat and sat down on the left side of each facing each other. With their legs straightened, they were only 30 centimeters away from the opposite wall. The two of them leaned against the wall of the boat, their legs close to the left side, and the middle was only 30 centimeters wide. Barely able to put some items, can't put another person down.

It's not impossible for four people, they can sit on their knees facing each other, but after a long time, the legs that have no room to move can't stand it. After everyone tried it, they all agreed with Xuedan's point of view: two people in a boat are the most suitable.

In the end, a plan was drawn up: the chain of iron cables. To put it simply, it is to tow a homemade boat with four boats,

The two boats are a unit, and the planks are pierced and fixed by cloth ropes and the net ropes of the rubber boats, which greatly reduces the risk of capsizing and avoids collisions between the boats. However, how much wind and waves can withstand can only be practiced to achieve true knowledge.

The boats of the two units are connected by ropes to the homemade boats, and the homemade boats are towed for travel.

The route is there, the plan is there, and the transformation of the ship is in full swing, but except for Lin Wu and Lin Meng, everyone is not very optimistic. Because they knew that both the route and the plan were on paper, and the result of discussion by a group of people who were not familiar with ships at all. Not to mention boats, stones, they have only seen floods in film and television themes, and they have no actual concept at all.

Lin Wu's chest of hammering stones cheered everyone up: Whoever is afraid of whom, just do one word. After all, there is no other way to do it, could it be that the two of them will eat supplies by playing wild ball boxing?

The team lacked Lin Wu and had no momentum. Without Shanna, there is no planning. Without Maya, there is a lack of practice. The Linsha combination has a direction, a strategy, and a tortuous process. The Linma portfolio has a strong ability to act, lacks long-term planning, and takes one step at a time. Shama combo is still grinding in addition to grinding.

Everyone looked at the rubber boat, and after listening to Shanna and Xuedan's explanation, they didn't speak for a long time, and they always felt that something was wrong, but they couldn't say it. Since everyone has no opinion, let's start to tear down the windows to build a rope platform, and by the way, inflate the rubber boat, pack and sort out the materials and send them to the self-made boat.

Everyone worked together for a day and basically completed the work.

At three o'clock in the morning, the South Dam burst and floodwaters rushed down, filling the river and pouring into the city from the west.

(End of chapter)

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