063 Circular fortification
"Now it seems that the number of survivors is more than I expected, which is a good thing... I just don't know how many will survive in the end. Let's go, we really don't have much time!"
Hong Tao had no idea about the icehouse. He was estimating a number in his mind. When he first learned about the catastrophe, the estimated number of survivors was very small, but after these days of exploration, the situation seems to be a little more optimistic.
However, this estimate is too rough. It can only be a trend, and no specific figures can be obtained. And even if many survivors escape the initial mutation, whether they can really survive is a big question.
For example, Liu Quan had five of them. If he hadn't accidentally discovered that after eating all the food and drinking all the water, he would have had no choice but to go out and fight the zombies. With their abilities and weapon levels, the chance of escaping alive was almost zero.
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In order to prevent zombies from wandering into the park, Hong Tao simply closed the south gate and searched the company's office. After confirming that no one was there, he drove to the high wall on the north side of the east gate.
Ladder, another ladder! The east entrance of this underground circular fortification is just outside the east wall of the park. There is a small yard there. It used to be used as part of the golf driving range. Later, the course was cancelled, and the yard was abandoned. From the high wall of the park
Turning over on the inside is obviously much easier than fighting on the road.
"Click..." There was silence outside the explosion-proof door. Hong Tao and Sun Jianshe took the lead in climbing down the ladder. After walking around the small courtyard to confirm that there was no living thing, they took out the bunch of keys and unlocked the padlock on the iron chain.
Opened. In fact, this lock is not as strong as the lock in the police station gun warehouse, but having a key is more convenient than using an angle grinder.
"You two are not allowed to talk loudly, and you are not allowed to run around, do you understand?" Originally, Hong Tao wanted to leave the two little girls on the wall and wait. The outer wall of the park is more than four meters high, and no zombies can get on it.
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But seeing the two of them in shock, I felt that doing so was a bit too inhumane, so I might as well bring them along. But you must set the rules in advance. If you don't listen or can't do it, don't blame yourself for being cruel.
"...Where is the place in here?" Yang Ling, the fat girl who wanted to run away when she saw Hong Tao throwing down the box, was more talkative. She took a flashlight and was not satisfied. She also wanted to know what this fan looked like.
Generally, the situation behind a large cement door determines whether to enter or not.
"It's probably our future home...Old Liu, it's better for you to come and tell them about the current domestic and international situation, as well as our discipline!" If you know what it's like inside, you're still taking risks, Hong Tao
I also learned to be lazy with Sun Jianshe and left the ideological work to Liu Quanyou.
"Come on, come on, you two follow me. The current situation is like this..." Liu Quanyou really didn't hesitate. He called the two girls behind with a serious expression and started tapping the back of his hands again. This is
He would do his habitual actions when he was thinking and when he was talking nonsense.
"Brother Sun, I've been here many times, and I'm familiar with the situation. Normally, there should be no one down there, but special circumstances cannot be ruled out, so we can't be too close. I'll go in front, how about you dragging behind?"
Although the vegetable market has been closed for four or five years, the appearance inside the explosion-proof door has not changed, and the air is still circulating. Hong Tao walked down the steps first with a flashlight, and Liu Quanyou followed with two girls.
Four meters later, at the end is Sun Jianshe.
"Is there an elevator here?" Sun Jianshe obviously has never been here. He used to live in a house on the North Fifth Ring Road. His son and daughter-in-law lived in the house here. They moved here three years ago. At that time, the vegetable market had been closed.
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The flashlight found in the safe of the Civil Air Defense Office was really bright. It was like a big snow-white stick in the dark underground space, swinging left and right, illuminating every corner lightly.
Hong Tao felt more relieved when he saw that the place below was empty and there was no place to hide people. He was worried that the counters of the previous store had not been cleaned and were in a mess, which would make it too easy to be raided.
"Back then, there were many small shops on these two sides. It's a pity that they were closed immediately. Old Liu, do you know the reason?" When you feel relaxed, your lips will also loosen up.
"Hey, this matter is not decided by the district. I heard that the area within the Second Ring Road will be converted into a government district and the population must be evacuated. Didn't you see that even the city government has been relocated to Tongzhou District? Who cares about serving food?
Market... Lao Hong, this door..."
Liu Quanyou had a deep understanding of this issue, but he didn't intend to discuss it in detail. He just responded casually. His focus was more on the explosion-proof door. Should it be closed or opened?
"Close it, lock it from the inside!" Hong Tao made the decision without thinking.
Lock the door and have the key in your hand. Even if there is a problem outside and you can't get out from here, there will still be another exit. I have read the blueprint carefully. There is indeed a passage connected to Metro Line 5.
If it really doesn't work, you can still escape from there.
Leaving the door unlocked, thinking there is a way out, is actually more dangerous. Not to mention whether zombies will get in, but if someone else discovers it again, the risk should be greater than the zombies.
"Bang...swipe..." As the locking device of the explosion-proof door closed, the underground space immediately became dark, and three more flashlights lit up in an instant.
"Yang Ping, turn off your flashlight... Lao Liu, don't shine at anyone, mainly on the left, right and at your feet. There are me and Brother Sun in front and behind!"
Hong Tao has liked to play in air-raid shelters since he was a child, and is very familiar with this kind of confined space. In fact, too much lighting can cause problems. There are always light beams dangling around, making it harder to see things.
The design of this ring-shaped fortification is quite interesting. It is a circle, not a circle. It is buried with a layer of soil up to 7 meters thick. It looks like a sports track, but the center part of the circle is dead and there is only a ventilation hole.
Hong Tao didn't understand why it was designed in this way. According to the drawing on the blueprint, the width of the annular space is close to 8 meters, the circumference is more than 300 meters, and the height is almost 5 meters. There are two entrances and exits, one on the east side and one on the north side.
After measurement, the actual data is basically consistent with the blueprint, but the original appearance cannot be seen on this blueprint. If you want to see it, you can take out another blueprint drawn in 1974, which is the risky one from the civil air defense office safe.
Archived drawings found in.
In this picture, the ring fortification should have five ventilation openings, two of which are outside the park wall and the other three are inside the park wall. There are as many as six entrances and exits, three of which have been permanently sealed.
In addition to the existing two, there is still one more to go.
This place marked as a vent on the new drawing is now three meters away from Hong Tao. It looks very inconspicuous. The explosion-proof door more than two meters wide is covered with a thick layer of paint. If you don't look for it carefully,
It is almost the same as the surrounding walls, except that there is a few centimeters more thick steel plate on the edge, and a large lock is hung on it.
"Get ready...Yang Ping, go and unlock the door!" Hong Tao handed the key to Yang Ping, and he was holding a riot shield and getting ready. One of Sun Jianshe and Liu Quan held a fire hook, and the other held a gun with both hands.
Behind Hong Tao, another little girl, Yang Ling, was leaning far against the opposite wall, biting her fingers nervously.
"I...I'm a little scared..." Yang Ping clasped her hands together and refused to take the key.
"You're surrounded by zombies and you're still in the mood to eat fried dough sticks. You're pretty brave. Come on, just open the lock. Once you've opened it, get out of the way. Nothing will happen. What if you don't open it... Heh heh heh heh.
……You know……"
Hong Tao simply stuffed the key chain into her arms, and then issued an ultimatum with a ferocious smile. In order to highlight the atmosphere, he also put the flashlight on his chest and illuminated it from bottom to top, making his face even more ferocious.
"...Suck slip... It was good to eat fried dough sticks, but uncle insisted on letting people come out... Suck slip... What's good outside... It's too scary... Suck slip..."
Chapter completed!