By the time of breakfast in the morning, the flood had already entered the city, and after a few days of rainfall, the city's flood capacity was saturated, and the sudden flood caused the water level of the already waterlogged city to skyrocket. Diandian Radio reported that it is expected that most of the day after tomorrow will be submerged in water within 30 hours, with an average depth of five meters, and all survivors are requested to stay away from low buildings and do not go out as much as possible.

The Shadow Shelter began to lower the first set of rubber boats, making a bracket and pulley outside the window, and an electric rappelling system slowly lowering the two rubber boats. The rubber boat landed on the water, and the snow eggs on the boat shouted through the walkie-talkie to stop, untie the rope, and eat the solid water line.

The seemingly calm yellow river stirred for a moment, and the Daosu slammed into the wall, and the two rubber boats spun in circles. Xuedan looked sideways to see that the two boats were being sucked in by the drainage system of the underground parking lot, so she shouted, "Hold on to the wall." ”

Su Shi held a drilling gun in his hand, and there was a hole in the wall, and the knife rubbed the wall with his fingers and shoulders to slow down the ship's drifting speed. Su Shi took the expansion screw from his mouth and drove it into the wall, and then hung it on the net rope. Two dinghys came to a halt against the wall.

But the matter is not over, when Su Shi and Xuedan installed the engine propeller, the knife warned, and a cabinet 20 meters away was sucked in the direction of the underground parking lot, although the suction power is not large, but the cabinet is large in size and weight, and it is definitely not a good thing to be hit. Knife and Shanna each took out their homemade hook guns against the cabinet and pushed it to the side.

Just after the end of this wave of crisis, two zombies fell from the 6th floor and smashed into the water in front of the rubber boat. Zombies float on the surface of the water like rotten wood, they don't dip in the water, they don't drown, they bared their teeth in the direction of the twin boats, and they grabbed at humans with their claws in the air. When the hook stabbed into their bodies, they grabbed the hook and snatched it up with the human.

During the robbery, the zombies got closer to the rubber boat, and Xuedan took a homemade oar and lay on the side of the boat to knock the zombie's head. The zombie grabbed the oar and gnawed it raw, and the shoddy oar was instantly torn off. Shanna stabbed the zombie in the calf with a hook gun and pushed it outward, and the snow egg was sent away, and the zombie floated half a meter away from their dinghy. The two of them immediately went to assist the Knife Su.

When the work was done, the homemade boat fell from top to water. Xuedan uses a hook gun to pull his own boat, and Xiaowen on the boat cooperates with the knotted rope. The homemade boat floated to the back of the group's dinghy.

After the lower part stabilized, Shi and Xiao Wu's Shi Wu, and Lin Wu and Lin Meng's Shuanglin began to descend. Lin Wu was not in the boat, he stayed behind to control the motor. When he heard the sound of the stone saying yes from the walkie-talkie, Lin Wu decisively stopped releasing the rope and slid along the rope from the 51st floor to the Shuanglin No.

Everyone braved the rain to connect the second group of rubber boats with ropes to the homemade boats. The four boats started their propellers together, each raising their arms to indicate that preparations had been completed. Shana ordered, Lin Wu cut the rope, Lin Meng controlled the propeller to the right, and Shi Wu followed. The first group, Daosu and Xuesha, removed the net rope hanging from the wall and went to the left front of the homemade boat, where the two groups of rubber boats towed the homemade boat and headed west in the direction of Shanna's hook gun.

The propeller engine is accurately called an outboard engine, and the four rubber boats use two-stroke 18 hp machines. It can reach up to 5,500 revolutions per minute and is equipped with a 15-litre diesel cylinder. The speed is controlled at about 1,000 revolutions, and the fuel consumption is 1.2 liters per hour. If the horsepower is turned on at full power, the fuel consumption will reach 7 liters per hour.

In the center of the city, where the water is gentle and most of the cars have already sunk into the water, the navigator Shanna measures the depth of the water by the road surface. It's the zombies that are causing trouble for the fleet. Although the zombies have lost the ability to move forward, there are too many zombies, and they need to fight with them with hook guns from time to time.

The second threat comes from the city's drainage system, which creates some waves with its suction and constant influx of floodwater.

The third threat comes from underwater, the two groups of ships sail forward, unaware that there is a signal lamppost under the water between the two groups of boats, fortunately Xiaowen on the self-made boat warned in time, and after a meal to avoid the fate of the self-made boat being cut.

The main threat is the zombies, but the biggest danger is the homemade boat. To put it bluntly, a self-made boat is wrapped in a tarp, which does not have any stab resistance, and is basically broken as soon as it is scraped. Even if several layers of cloth are added to the outer layer, the effect is very limited.

The food and other main supplies of the team are all on the homemade boat, and once something happens to the homemade boat, they are basically no different from running without clothes. This is also an important reason why the speed of the outboard engine should be controlled.

The route Shanna chose is basically an avenue, and even then it is troublesome, and a large amount of bits and pieces of garbage on the water surface are easy to handle, and the most afraid is to meet the big guy. High-rise buildings with heavy weight are more stable in floods, and buildings such as villas are basically washed away by floods in one spot.

The water comes from Xicheng, which is an industrial area and also a slum area. A large number of self-built houses have been turned into garbage, some of which has sunk into the water, and some of which have drifted with the waves.

"Stop the boat." Shanna took the walkie-talkie and ordered.

The fleet stopped, Lin Wu and the knife jumped into the water, swam more than ten meters away, and the two of them worked together to push aside a large wooden pillar connected to the door. and then returned to their respective ships, just such a job, the two of them spent a lot of physical strength,

After two hours of departure and 10 kilometers of travel, it is about to leave Zhongcheng, and it is still 35 kilometers away from the destination Xicheng Southwest Railway Station Distribution Center.

Stopping the ship and using a drone to reconnoitre, the drone operator Shana picked up the walkie-talkie: "All of them, it's a big trouble." "Irregular turbulence is evident on the surface of the water, causing whirlpools to be seen everywhere. Although the whirlpool is not large, the formation of the whirlpool indicates that two or more opposing currents interfere with each other.

Here is the overpass section of the city viaduct, half of which is exposed to the water and half of which is hidden in the water. The deepest water depth is expected to reach seven meters. The fleet needed to pass through an open area of two kilometers to enter the Xicheng urban area. The open field lacks the protection and buffer of buildings, and has become a gathering place for water flows, and I don't know how many streams of water converge here.

The city is high in the southwest and low in the northeast, and the closer to the southwest the water becomes, the shallower the water becomes, and the more rapid the current. This viaduct is like a low-lying land, not only from the southwest, but also from the undercurrent. From the scattered garbage, it can be seen that their fluttering direction is irregular, and there are even two wooden planks floating in opposite directions within 10 meters. Because of this, from time to time, waves with a height of one meter are born because of the impact of the current.

Lin Wu took the walkie-talkie: "." ”

Shanna had no other way, and stretched out her hook gun and pointed at a building two kilometers away: "Start, start the boat." ”

As soon as the two groups of boats entered the area, it was obvious that the boats were affected by the current, and Shanna shouted: "Maximum horsepower, rush over." ”

Shanna is not Maya after all, and her practical ability is weak, and this order has a serious consequence. The load of the two groups of boats was different, which originally did not have much impact, but due to the current and other reasons, the two groups of rubber boats pulled the self-made boat to death, and the self-made boat immediately deviated to the right. The self-made boat itself has no power, and it keeps wandering to the right while being dragged forward by two groups of boats.

In this way, the self-made ship passively tightened 1 group of boats, and 1 group of boats was pulled in reverse and began to rotate. At this time, the two helmsmen of the first group of ships made two different moves, and the Daosu immediately stopped to take advantage of the situation and avoid confrontation. The Shesha hopes to stabilize the hull and turn the rudder with all its might. The back and forth caused the pull to be too great, and one of the four wooden strips connecting the two boats broke with it, then the second, and then the third......

After the wooden strip was torn and broken, the two boats collided and separated left and right.

The Xuesha was the main ship, connected to the homemade ship, so it was immediately towed away by the homemade ship and left the Daosu. Shanna tried to reach for her gun, but it was too late, and the Daosu was more than 30 meters away from the Xuesha. The key is that the Xuesha and the 2 groups of ships cannot be stopped, and there is no chance of reconnecting here.

Blessing and misfortune are not alone, and a huge wave less than two meters high rolls and appears. Because the two groups of boats were connected to each other, the hull shook and successfully passed. But one group of boats, both of which were overturned by the swell.

This is not going to fix everyone. Keep going? Xuesha could only grasp the ship's net rope and follow the movement, and the Daosu was completely abandoned. Stopping the ship? If I don't go, the homemade boat will float away, and it will drag 2 groups of boats back with the current.

Lin Wu picked up the walkie-talkie and said decisively: "Reverse swim." ”

Stone: "What do you mean by a reverse tour?" ”

"You follow."

The so-called reverse swimming is to go around the accident scene in a circle, reduce the speed to the minimum, and control the self-made boat while giving one group of boats time to save themselves.

The first to be rescued was the Xuesha, who cut the rope connecting the Xuesha to the homemade boat, and cooperated with the snow egg to turn the rubber boat over, and then climbed onto the rubber boat. Xue Dan controlled the speed of the outboard machine and cooperated with the forest fog to circle and lean near the Shiwu.

Xiao Wu hooked the Xuesha, and Xuedan and Shana used spare materials to connect the Xuesha to the Shiwu. After the three ships were united, the Daosu also returned to normal, and the next thing was the integration of the four ships.

The four boats in one have two disadvantages, one is that they will pull each other during the journey. Even if the four helmsmen could maintain the same direction, the current would not let them go. In addition, there are reasons such as different output pulls. The second disadvantage is that it requires a relatively open water, and the helmsman is restricted, which greatly reduces the flexibility of the fleet.

The advantage is, of course, stability.

The 4-in-1 is Plan B, and the second step of Plan B is to connect all the boats with the homemade boats. Is it through this body of water and then connected, or is it connected by a boat in place? This question is not a problem, while Shanna was thinking, Lin Wu had already made a decision, he said hello, jumped out of the boat with the best snow egg in the water, and took the rope and swam to the homemade boat more than ten meters away.

With Xiaowen's help, all four rubber boats have a rope attached to the homemade boat.

In the process, Shanna finally took on all the command tasks, she used the walkie-talkie, and loudly gave orders in the heavy rain. Led by Shanna, the fleet passed safely through the overpass area and reached a five-story building that was almost completely submerged.

Su Shi and Xuedan used an electric drill to empty the wall, drive in the expansion screws, and then fixed the five boats on the expansion screws, and everyone got off the boat and went to the rooftop to rest temporarily.

The stone opened to fit into a makeshift tent for four adults, and Xiaowen took the waterproof box out of the waterproof bag, which contained nine large rice balls, wrapped in some bacon and pickles. Everyone was soaking wet, but no one complained, and many people lay on the ground, stretched their upper bodies into the tent, picked up the rice balls, and ate them.

Shanna wears a sun hat that keeps the rain above her head from soaking her eyes. She and Lin Wu sat on the ground next to the tent, Lin Wu opened an umbrella, and Shanna controlled the drone to explore the way.

"At this point, the water starts to get sharper and the water level is shallow, but it's not a big problem." Shanna said: "Lin Wu, I have decided to reach point G within today. "The so-called G-point is a church five kilometers away from the southwest distribution warehouse, and it is also the tallest building in the surrounding area. They will wait at point G until the flood waters reced, and then walk to the South West Terminal.

Lin Wu said: "There are still 35 kilometers, which is enough in all respects." "The first is that there is no guarantee that the fuel will be able to support the ship to point G. The second is whether everyone's physical strength can withstand the load is also a problem, after all, they have been soaking in water, keeping the core temperature of the body at a low level, and constantly fighting zombies, and they have to keep their heads clear and calm. The last problem is that the complex terrain in the southwest direction and the shallow and rapid water characteristics cannot effectively protect the self-made boat.

Shanna made a bold suggestion: "Break it into pieces and keep three boats, three people each." The extra person lies on his side in the middle. Head and feet sticking out of the boat. The dinghy adjusts the position of the personnel on its own. The three ships no longer go hand in hand, the first ship strikes, connecting the No. 2 boat with a rope, and the No. 2 boat is connected to the No. 3 boat, with a distance of 15 meters between the two ships. ”

Shanna said: "That solves all the problems. Someone rests, someone works, and there can be rotations. 4 boats became 3 boats, there was enough diesel fuel to get us to point G. After the No. 1 ship reconnoiters the front, it can notify the rear through the walkie-talkie as soon as possible, and it can even skip the avenue and pass through the streets and alleys. ”

"It's not a big problem to add one person to one ship." For example, the helmsman can sit directly on the stern air cushion instead of sitting in the boat, and one foot can also be placed on the air cushion. The person at the bow of the boat can lie on his side and hold the outer wall air cushion in his arms, and push away the obstacle with a hook gun. In this way, the space left in the middle will be large, not only can a person lie flat, but also can turn over freely. Lin Wu said: "But you have to throw away a lot of materials. ”

There are plenty of survival supplies on the homemade ship.

Shanna said, "I've already thought about it. Tomorrow it will definitely rain again and we can throw away all the fresh water...... Carry basic survival items such as small diesel generators, solar panels, a small amount of food, and all weapons and ammo. ”

Lin Wu said: "All or nothing? Arrive at point G by tonight, repair and wait for the flood waters to recede, and arrive at the southwest warehouse as soon as possible to set up shelter. But we don't know at all how much material we have in the warehouse, or even if there is one. ”

Shanna said: "There is no turning back, if the warehouse does not have enough materials for us to survive, we will definitely die." Even if there is another way, it will only die slowly. ”

Lin Wu said: "This is not like your style. ”

Shanna said: "After the catastrophe there is a plague, and in addition to zombies, we also see many animal and human corpses that have begun to decay. After the flood waters receded, the city would be uninhabitable for a short time. The flood washed away the southwest and washed dirt all over the city. ”

"I believe that no survivor will be able to return to the Southwest in the near future, and this is an opportunity for us," Shanna said. If we don't throw away our supplies, we'll have to rest in wet clothes tonight, and we'll probably go hungry. Continuing to depart tomorrow morning, there may be more problems in the middle of the huge fleet. ”

Shanna said: "It's not that I want to bet, but I have to bet." ”

Shana persuaded Lin Wu with some words, and Lin Wu nodded: "I support your plan." ”

(End of chapter)

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