Chapter 145 Train Reorganization
"Are we going to set up all the stations in coastal areas?"
Because the train had agreed with the rescue team to help transport a large number of weapons to the island, it did not leave immediately after arriving on the island, but made several trips back and forth between the island and the land.
During this time, Jiang Qian also heard the guards transporting supplies to the island and the people leaving the island talking about some things on the island. It was also at this time that Jiang Qian realized that the island was not as safe as they had previously imagined.
Although the terrain of the island is high in the middle and low on both sides, the previous rainstorms did not bring any disasters to the island. There are also emergency warehouses on the island, and food and drinking water are guaranteed before the arrival of the train. However, since the mutation, the island has been constantly invaded by the sea, and the period after the weather turned cold has been particularly frequent.
Although the rescue team and the garrison had never successfully landed on the island, and this time they had sent such a large number of weapons, everyone knew that they couldn't maintain such a tight defense forever. After all, no matter how strict the defense is, there will always be loopholes. There is only a thief who can steal for a thousand days, and there is no one who can guard against thieves all day. Especially now that the weather is getting colder, the frequent shift changes and patrols are also very tiring.
Whenever they see the guards patrolling the island, everyone will think of the sea jackals who do not clean up their own homes but come out to plunder.
Although Jiang Qian was very angry about the actions of these "pirates", she did not have any good ideas and could not help. She could only take advantage of the opportunity while still on the island to help transport more weapons.
Afterwards, the train left the island amid the anticipation of other bases and began its journey north. Two days later, Jiang Qian received a system notification that the rescue team's next stop had been confirmed.
"so much?"
Jiang Qian exclaimed in surprise as she looked at the ten sets of numbers representing longitude and latitude that were transmitted over.
After the system marked it on the map, she opened her mouth in surprise. "Are they going to set up all the stations in the coastal areas?"
It's no wonder that Jiang Qian was surprised. When she realized that the north-south longitudinal route was about to be completed, she and the system thought about where the next station would be set up.
But what they thought about most was just another railway in the east-west direction or another one in the northeast, southwest, southeast, northwest and other directions. They never thought that the next route would directly draw a semicircle along the eastern coast, and the rescue team actually determined the locations of the next ten stations so quickly.
However, thinking of the complaints she had heard on the islands before, Jiang Qian had a guess. She probably thought that, like the islands, these coastal areas would have other transportation arrangements.
"Alright then!" Jiang Qian glanced at the map again. Although she wasn't sure why the rescue team had set up the stations this way, she still said to the system, "The next stations will follow this order."
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And the fact is just as Jiang Qian guessed. The choice of new stations and routes is indeed related to the risks from the sea.
As I said before, when faced with huge changes, hundreds of countries, large and small, in the world, some tried hard to rescue like China did, some simply gave up, and some even gave up halfway after trying hard and realizing that it was not working.
Even several of their neighboring countries have all three of these conditions. The latter two conditions are mostly found in the island nations along the southeast coast.
These countries were small in size, but had large populations. Faced with the aberrations, finding themselves unable to control them, the politicians and wealthy businessmen in power simply fled to the sea, allowing the disaster to continue to mutate and ferment in their homeland.
Because of the limited supplies on board and their inability to return to their homeland, they have been continuously harassing our coastal areas since July.
The coastal garrisons beat them back more than once.
Perhaps realizing they were a tough opponent, these pirates turned their attention to bullying the smaller nations around them. The officers of the coastal forces despised their actions, but they had neither the energy nor the position to stop them, and could only silently condemn them in their hearts.
But recently, perhaps because the weather has turned cold and life at sea has become difficult, or perhaps because the surrounding small countries have little ability to resist risks and can no longer serve as their "granary", this group of pirates turned their "ships" around again and tried to tear a piece of meat from their countries.
The southeastern coastline is too long. Even if every city has a garrison and rescue teams, there are always places that are not taken care of. This group of guys may have realized this. They only land in small groups each time. By the time the garrison or local rescue team discovers them and arrives, the bandits have already fled.
As a result, the coastal garrisons had to send out fleets to patrol the coastal waters every day for deterrence, but even so, the effect was still not good.
Command center of the temporary base in coastal city J.
The middle-aged man in uniform slammed his fist on the mahogany table, and a dull sound instantly rang out in the conference room.
"hateful!"
As the highest person in charge of the J City base and the temporary commander of the coastal rescue team, Li Changhe hates and is extremely annoyed by these pirates who float on the sea to harass and plunder.
If it weren't for the fact that these pirates always robbed and ran away, and they were short of manpower and had the task of guarding the national border, Li Changhe really wanted to send a large army to wipe them out in one fell swoop.
"You said they have the time to compete with us, why don't they just clean up their hometown? It's cold now and the zombies are basically inactive. If they are willing to do it, they can at least clear out a small island, right? There are basically no living people on their island, and the supplies must still be there. Why would they come here to steal them?"
“Who knows what they’re thinking?”
The deputy commander next to him understood Li Changhe's feelings very well, but he had no way to deal with this group of pirates.
If it were in the past, it would have been easy to deal with. They certainly wouldn't allow themselves to be bullied like this. But now, the inland situation is bad, transportation is blocked, and even the monthly supplies may not be delivered in time, let alone weapons and equipment.
Just like although their fleet is still floating on the sea, there is actually not much usable fuel left in the various coastal bases. So it’s not that they don’t want to pursue, but that there are simply no conditions for pursuit.
Therefore, he could only watch Li Changhe lose his temper. "The army is also in trouble. Let's wait a while. Didn't they say that another batch of weapons would be sent over soon? When we have enough ammunition, we can settle the score with those pirates."
The deputy commander saw that Li Changhe looked better and was about to persuade him a few more times when the phone in the conference room rang.
Thinking that there was another emergency somewhere, Li Changhe picked up the phone. But after listening to the person on the other end for less than ten seconds, his frown relaxed and his face instantly brightened.
The deputy commander didn't know what was going on and was about to get closer to listen when Li Changhe hung up the phone.
The deputy commander, who had already lifted his butt from the chair, sat back down, looked at Li Changhe and asked, "What's wrong? You look so happy? What's the good news? Is it that the promised weapons and equipment are about to arrive?"
"Neither." Li Changhe shook his head at his old partner, his face full of joy, "From now on, we along the coast will no longer have to worry about lack of supplies and equipment!"
The deputy commander was shocked. "Are you kidding me?"
Li Changhe was dissatisfied. "When have I ever played such a big joke on you?"
After that, he told his old partner about the content of the phone call he had just received.
"From now on, when the station is built here, anything we want can be delivered to us. We won't have to endure the wrath of these bastards anymore!"
The deputy commander's face lit up with a smile as he heard this. "Great! Such great news! Shouldn't we give Gao Zhe a call and let him share some early news?"
Li Changhe cheered up. "You're right. Although the supplies haven't arrived yet, we can start discussing with the garrison. This time, we must defeat those pirates so that they won't dare to come again!"
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While they were discussing the battle plan, the system had already applied for the locomotive that Jiang Qian wanted. Together with the existing one, there would be four trains in operation.
Jiang Qian is now used to being a hands-off boss, so she directly arranged the three new trains on the main road from south to north. As for the departure arrangements, let the people in the train affairs team worry about it!
As for the remaining train, Lin Anan planned to arrange it on the new route. Of course, she still had some things to do before the train officially developed the new route.
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In the dining car, the assembled workers were in an uproar when they heard what Old Man Xia said.
"What? The train needs to be reorganized into four cars, and we also need to be divided into four groups?"
When the workers heard what Xia Laoye had just said, they felt unbelievable and a little panicked.
Although they were strangers before, they had been together for such a long time that they had become familiar with each other. Now that they were asked to separate, everyone was confused.
"What's going on? Why are we suddenly divided into groups?"
"Where will we be assigned after this grouping?"
"Are there any new requirements or plans from above?"
The rescue team set up a special working group to take charge of the matter of determining the train station. The passengers at each base knew about it, and those who worked on the train naturally heard about it a long time ago. Now most of the train affairs are managed by this group.
While they were a little surprised by the train's decision to relinquish station control, they were relieved to learn that the rescue team had been granted this authority. They simply assumed this sudden change was just another extra mission, similar to their previous extended stay on the island. Despite their trepidation, they were also quite positive.
As the person in charge of the dining car, Mr. Xia received a message with clear arrangements, so he explained them to everyone.
"There are so many stations now, and so many people getting on and off. With just one train, it would take two days to make a round trip. If anything urgent happens, wouldn't it be delayed? I guess that's why we decided to split the train into four cars and run them at staggered times. Since every train needs a dining car, we have to split into four groups as well."
"...But don't worry, this time the grouping is voluntary, and everyone can choose their own teammates. And in order to have enough people on each car, each family can also choose a kitchen helper to work in the dining car..."
【Author’s words】
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