What the visitor said was almost the same as what they said when they left.
Huo Yishen groaned, "Wait a moment."
He returned to the house and told Jiang Ning about the situation, "There is only one person, who came out of the Huacheng base to look for Chinese survivors. He took off from a warship more than a hundred miles away, and an accident occurred when the plane crossed the Arctic."
When they left, food was still scarce, and the base was in ruins.
How long has it been since they left, and they are out looking for survivors?
I wonder if they are looking for ordinary survivors or senior military officials?
Jiang Ning couldn't help but think of Gu Tinglin. Has he arrived at the Huacheng base?
"Let him stay for one night."
Worried about meeting acquaintances, the two put on masks and scarves, wrapping themselves up so that only their eyes were exposed.
Huo Yishen opened the door, and Jiang Ning hid his weapon behind him.
The man was shivering with cold, his mouth was purple, but he was wearing an air force uniform from the Eastern Military Base.
It was impossible to live in a container, so Huo Yishen took him to the snow house in the front yard and used crocodile feces to make a fire to keep warm.
The man squatted in front of the fire to keep warm and took off his mask, "Thank you, or I would have frozen to death here tonight."
Jiang Ning sat down next to him, "Is it cold in Hwaseong Base?"
"It's cold, but only about ten degrees below zero, and there's no ice on the sea."
The water in the enamel cup boiled, and Huo Yishen handed it to him.
The man's name is Zhao Quan, he is in his thirties, his face is quite haggard, but he is not too thin.
Hwaseong Base has a food factory, which has solved the problem of venom glands of marine species, so getting enough to eat should no longer be a big problem.
Jiang Ning asked knowingly, "You live on the sea?"
Zhao Quan nodded, "The base has built more than a dozen large-scale residential platforms on the sea, and is now reclaiming land to build islands. There is already a small-scale land, and it will get bigger and bigger in the future..."
He described the general situation of the base, and then curiously asked, "How did you come to the Arctic?"
Jiang Ning smiled bitterly, "Our ship ran out of oil, and we drifted on the sea with the ocean current, and somehow drifted to the Arctic."
Zhao Quan had no doubts, "From your accent, it seems that you are from the south."
"Yes, we are from Guangdong Province."
Hearing that they were from Guangdong Province, Zhao Quan was very happy, "There are many survivors in the base from the south."
"Are they soldiers or ordinary people?"
"All of them. There are more than 30,000 people at the base now."
Jiang Ning added crocodile feces to the fire. "Before the land sank, we lived in the southern military base and went out to scavenge for food to support ourselves. Once we were robbed by robbers on the road. If it weren't for the senior military leader passing by, we would have almost died."
She talked about some things about the southern military, and then asked, "Are the senior leaders of the southern military also at the base?"
"It seems there are, but not many."
Jiang Ning only described the shoulder strap pattern of the great leader. "I asked his name, but he didn't tell me."
Zhao Quan analyzed: "The one who saved you should be the chief of the southern military base."
Jiang Ning looked surprised. "I didn't expect his position to be so high."
Zhao Quan frowned slightly. "But he hasn't arrived yet, and the base has been looking for him."
One of the chiefs of the five major military bases in China has been confirmed to have died of illness, and now two chiefs have not been found.
The mission of this long-distance voyage, in addition to finding the senior teams of the two major bases, is to bring back ordinary survivors.
Jiang Ning was stunned. How could he not be found yet?
He is the chief of the military base. Even if he is evacuated in the end, the escorting troops should be powerful.
Many survivors of the official base were able to survive, how could he...
The firelight flickered, and Jiang Ning's whole body was dim and bright, and she couldn't see her face wrapped in a scarf.
Huo Yishen didn't say anything, but gently held her hand.
Zhao Quan drank the boiled water, and his frozen body gradually warmed up, "Can you repair airplanes?"
When crossing the Arctic, he saw a large ship by the ice shore with the five-star red flag on it.
This is a Chinese ship, and there should be a lot of survivors.
Survivors from various countries gathered along the coast of the Arctic, and the living environment was too harsh. He had to fly back to the warship as soon as possible and let the army come to pick them up.
When these words were spoken, neither of them knew how to respond.
He was in the Air Force and he couldn't repair airplanes, so how could two people who burned crocodile feces to keep warm do it?
Zhao Quan also realized that he had lost his composure. "Sorry, I was too anxious."
He told Jiang Ning that there were many Chinese survivors stranded in the Arctic.
Jiang Ning frowned slightly. "You didn't go back on time. The warship should be able to find you soon, right?"
This is what Zhao Quan was worried about.
"The Arctic is very large. Without exact coordinates, it is too difficult to find along the coastline."
The land sank, there was no overseas port supply, and the fuel, food and fresh water on the warship were limited.
If they took too many detours, ran out of fuel or had other malfunctions, it is very likely that they would not be able to return.
In order to save time and fuel, the plane was sent across the Arctic.
More importantly, there were only 200 soldiers on the warship, and landing in the huge Arctic to look for survivors was fraught with danger.
Ten years after the natural disaster, many survivors had long lost their humanity.
According to Zhao Quan's observation, there were at least several thousand survivors in the Arctic. Seeing the Chinese survivors being taken away, they would most likely rush in. How long could the soldiers hold out?
For whatever reason, Zhao Quan did not want the warship to land in the Arctic.
Jiang Ning felt uncomfortable, but could only tell the truth, "Sorry, we don't know how to repair airplanes."
Zhao Quan thought for a moment, then inquired, "On my way back, I saw several warships and transport ships frozen not far from you. Is there a base there?"
Jiang Ning nodded, "It used to be a joint military base led by Eagle-chan, but it was later destroyed and occupied by the Russian bear."
"Eagle-chan military?"
Seeing his eyebrows twisted into knots, Jiang Ning felt something was wrong, "Well, is there a problem?"
Zhao Quan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "The Eagle-Jiang military has a base more than 2,000 nautical miles away from the Huacheng base. Two months ago, their military diplomats made a special trip to the Huacheng base."
Jiang Ning was surprised. "The Russian bear said it was the Eagle-Jiang military, and they built an underwater fortress. The two sides fight every now and then, so they can't be wrong."
"Underwater fortress?" Zhao Quan was flying on a mission, and he quickly understood what was going on. "Yes, they are indeed the Eagle-Jiang military, but it is only a branch of the military, and they are traitors to the military."
It turned out to be a traitor, no wonder she was so weak, and she almost thought she was invincible in the universe.
Jiang Ning suddenly became interested, "How did they become traitors?"
Zhao Quan didn't know either, but one of the missions of the voyage was to help Yingjiang find warships and transport ships, and even the specific models were given.
What the military top brass talked about was confidential and could not be made public.
But when he learned that Yingjiang's rebels had built underground bunkers, Zhao Quan roughly guessed what was going on.
China's new home is to build an offshore platform, reclaim islands and return to the mainland, while Yingjiang's plan is to build an underwater bunker.
But the warships and transport ships carrying materials took advantage of the storm at sea to escape...