On the way to the dock, a few lone zombies were scattered around, and Chen Zhou and Li Jianguo took care of them directly.
The layout of the dock was drawn by Grandpa Yan.
Qiao An'an and her group learned that the dock was divided into the front yard, the front storage yard, and the rear storage yard.
The front section includes the entrance and berths.
After the apocalypse, everything is empty and can be ignored.
The yard ahead is full of containers.
They can move through the gaps between containers under the cover of night, making it difficult for the people inside to spot them.
The rear storage yard includes a container terminal, control tower, inspection port, and maintenance workshop.
The repair workshop is closest to the sea. It has been converted into a rest area by Grandpa Yan and his group, and fenced off to prevent zombie attacks. Food reserves, chickens, and crops are all stored there. It is also convenient for catching fish. The group that attacked them is now entrenched inside.
Qiao An'an and her team planned to first protect Chi Xiaoyu as she entered the control tower and seize the high ground.
The control tower is in the very center, which is the highest point and also where the wireless equipment is placed. After Chi Xiaoyu enters, he can better attack the people in the maintenance workshop when Qiao An'an and the others attack the maintenance workshop.
When they arrived at the dock, they found that there was a railing at the edge of the dock, but it had been destroyed.
Fearing that there might be zombies inside the containers piled up in the storage yard ahead, the group walked very carefully, not daring to make a sound.
Strangely, there were no zombies inside the container pile. When the group walked to the back of the storage area, they discovered that the zombies had all gathered outside the repair workshop.
The repair workshop is a refuge built by Grandpa Yan and his colleagues.
It is said that there are not only diesel generators at the crude oil terminal, but also a separation system imported from the United States that can convert seawater into freshwater. In addition to growing vegetables and raising chickens, people can also catch fish from the sea. Life there is actually quite comfortable.
In addition, the guardrails at the entrance of the repair workshop are very sturdy.
So the people inside became somewhat unrestrained, attracting the zombies from the dock to the front of the repair workshop.
Li Jianguo was speechless: "They really are audacious."
Shen Zhou replied, "They're not being reckless; they know their fences are sturdy enough that the zombies outside can't get in, and they actually provide them with a very safe barrier."
Li Jianguo sighed: "So if we want to get in, we have to kill all these zombies outside first? One, two... I estimate there are dozens of zombies outside. The dozen or so people inside all have guns. I feel like before we can kill all the zombies outside, we'll be shot into zombies by the people inside."
This is indeed a problem.
Qiao An'an and the others decided to escort Chi Xiaoyu to the control tower first.
If you really can't break through, you can try to repair the radio first. If you can use the radio to contact God, that's the same thing.
The control tower was badly damaged inside. There were several bodies on the ground, including a zombie that had been cut in half at the waist. When it saw Qiao An'an and the others enter, it excitedly crawled over with its forearms, trying to bite them. It only quieted down after Li Jianguo stabbed it in the head with a dagger.
After confirming that there was no danger inside the control tower.
Chi Xiaoyu began inspecting the damaged radio equipment.
After the inspection, she replied with great disappointment, "The transmitter inside the device is severely damaged and cannot be repaired; it needs to be replaced with a new one."
The transmitter uses an antenna to transmit and capture radio signals.
"If this thing breaks, we won't be able to contact the capital," Qiao An'an said with great disappointment. "It seems we're destined to never be able to contact the capital again."
Shen Zhou comforted Qiao An'an, saying, "Didn't Grandpa Yan say that they collected a lot of parts from the dock into the repair workshop? If we take down the repair workshop, maybe we can find the transmitter?"
Li Jianguo: "If we can take over the repair workshop, we'll have gasoline and supplies. Whether we find the launcher or not, we can still keep going."
Yes, so the most crucial thing now is to take over the repair shop.
Qiao An'an looked at the zombies surrounding the fence of the repair workshop, then looked at the container closest to the repair workshop in the yard in front of her, and gestured with her hands.
Li Jianguo asked, puzzled, "What are you gesturing about?"
Qiao An'an replied, "I'm thinking about the possibility of jumping into the repair shop from that location. If possible, we only need one person to jump into the yard from there to open the gate, and then let the zombies deal with them. The rest of us can then reap the benefits."
That's definitely a good idea.
However, the container that Qiao An'an was pointing to was at least six or seven meters high, and it was more than five meters away from the repair workshop. Jumping over from that place would most likely result in death, and even if one didn't die from the fall, accidentally jumping onto the fence would result in being pierced through the fence.
Li Jianguo shook his head, saying, "Forget it, I don't want to die."
Chen Zhou replied, "I'll give it a try."
Li Jianguo grabbed him: "Do you want to die?"
Shen Zhou: "We're running out of gasoline, taking over the repair shop is our only option."
Li Jianguo also understood that their only way out was to take over the repair shop and get the gasoline, but that didn't mean they had to gamble with their lives: "What if you don't jump well and not only can't help us open the door, but you also give away your life for nothing? It's not worth it no matter how you look at it. Can't we use other methods? Why don't we try to reason with them?"
"These people killed or drove away people who originally belonged here in order to seize supplies. They are definitely not people who can reason with others."
Shen Zhou knew that Li Jianguo was worried about his safety, so he comforted Li Jianguo and said, "I've been trained, so I don't have a problem with that distance. I just need to ask Xiaoyu to help shoot down the people who come out to stop me from opening the door when I jump in and make a commotion."
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