Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 1842 Oil City Crisis

Night falls.

In the vast northwest Gobi Desert, winding rivers flow between the Gobi gullies.

Outside the northwest base, there is a vast ocean. In the dark night, purple-blue light flickers.

High-powered searchlights illuminate the base.

Tens of thousands of people sweated in the dark, carrying sandbags to raise the height of the wall barrier to resist the flood outside.

Since the Northwest Base is mostly sandy, the sand and gravel have a very high water permeability.

The particles of sand are large and cannot be arranged closely together. The flood from outside can pass through the gaps between the particles, causing the sand to penetrate water faster.

The Northwest Base was surrounded by floodwaters, which penetrated into the Northwest Base, causing the land inside to become damp and a layer of water to accumulate.

As time goes by, the amount of water in the Northwest Base is increasing.

Every time you walk past, there is a splash of water.

and.

Because the sand was soaked with water, the sandbags became heavier and it took more effort to move them.

They endured a hard night, carrying sandbags to build the embankment all night long.

The height of the wall is nearly 40 meters.

It's daybreak and it's still sunny.

thump!
One of the men who was carrying sandbags fell to the ground, splashing water.

"Someone fainted!"

"Carry it down quickly, don't block the road!"

Two combatants quickly ran over, carried the unconscious man to a slightly higher place, and handed him over to the doctor from the Northwest Base. Then they returned to carry the sandbags.

After a whole night of intensive and high-intensity physical labor, everyone collapsed.

But outside, as the sun rose as usual and the temperature increased, the flood level continued to rise.

The reason why such a severe flood broke out in the Northwest Base is related to their geographical location. They are located at the foot of the Qilian Mountains.

It is less than ten kilometers away from the Qilian Mountains, which have a lot of snow. After the temperature rises, the amount of melted snow is astronomical.

It would be better if the Northwest Base was farther away from the Qilian Mountains. When the water reached the flat area, it would naturally divert and the water level would also lower.

But the distance was too close, and the melted snow water rushed directly to the southern wall of the Northwest Base.

The front of the southern wall of the Northwest Base was hit by mountain torrents, while the water level on the back of the wall was even seven or eight meters lower.

Water also seeped into the sandbag embankment.

A huge deep pit was formed where they dug the sand, and water seeping in from all directions flowed towards this side.

They placed four or five large pumps and connected pipes to the outside of the wall to drain as much water as possible from the deep pit.

Yin Jipeng's eyes were bloodshot. He hadn't slept the whole night before. Zhao Mingfei, who was standing next to him, was also exhausted.

Yin Jipeng looked at Zhao Mingfei who was walking over and asked, "What did Liu Mingshen say just now?"

Liu Mingshen is a water conservancy expert here, and it was he who proposed the idea of ​​using sandbags to station dikes.

If this method had not been used, the Northwest Base would have been flooded long ago.

"I guess once the temperature rises to five degrees Celsius, the water level will tend to stabilize." Zhao Mingfei said helplessly, exhausted both physically and mentally.

You have to hold on.

After hearing Zhao Mingfei's reply, Yin Jipeng sighed softly.

However, it is worth being happy that after a whole night of hard work yesterday, they have raised the sandbag dam to 40 meters high, and the water level on the south side is only 30 meters.

Compared to yesterday, they have moved higher from the water and are now safer.

However, the higher the sandbag dam is built, the greater the risk of collapse.

After all, sandbag dams are not concrete buildings, and their ability to defend against flood impacts is not that strong.

In order to improve the flood resistance of the sandbags, they also used loose sand to fill the gaps between the sandbags, so that the sandbags are connected as one and enhance their impact resistance.

A man walked over, his leather boots making a creaking sound, and water got into the boots.

Hearing the voice, Yin Jipeng looked and found that it was You Long, the captain of the second column.

"Captain, the situation is a little more stable now. Let's take a break. If you don't want to rest, at least eat something and drink some water. We can't hold on any longer." Youlong had a worried look on his face, his hair was wet, and he looked a little disheveled.

Yin Jipeng raised his head and looked at the people around him.

Everyone's clothes were soaked. Ever since water seeped into the city, the sand had become wet and soaked the clothes as well.

The temperature is not that high now, only three degrees above zero.

Once your clothes are wet, you will feel cold even if you are doing heavy lifting.

It's just that everyone is just enduring the hardship. They have no choice but to do it. If they don't carry sandbags to build the dam, they will die.

After carrying the load for more than ten hours, many of them were already exhausted.

Yin Jipeng thought for a moment and said, "We can't stop building the dam. Let's take turns to rest in different areas."

"Then the people from the canteen department will come down and make some hot soup and food for everyone."

"Let's hold on a little while, brothers. If we can't hold on, we'll all die!"

After getting permission from the captain, Youlong nodded vigorously, turned around and ran to make arrangements.

Just at this moment, the boss walked out of the helicopter.

He was wearing plain white Arctic fox fur and had his hair combed meticulously, with every strand of hair combed back in a slicked-back style that was shiny and oily.

He was sitting in a convertible SUV whose tires were half submerged.

The water in the city is at least ten centimeters deep.

Seeing the boss, Yin Jipeng and Zhao Mingfei hurriedly stepped on the water and trotted over.

The boss didn't want to come at first, after all, it was a big risk for him.

He was also worried that the sandbag dam would not be able to hold up.

But he learned that the embankment was now being built ten meters above the water level, and that water conservancy experts predicted that the flood would stabilize in two days at most. So he thought it was time to come down and cheer everyone up and win their hearts.

"Boss."

"Boss."

The boss took off his sunglasses, looked at the two and said, "Thank you for your hard work. I have just informed the broadcasting department. I will say a few words to everyone on the radio later to boost morale!"

"That's great. Everyone needs encouragement at this time. Boss, you come to the front line in person to support us. I believe everyone will burst out with stronger motivation!" Zhao Mingfei said excitedly.

Yin Jipeng thought to himself: Damn it! Everyone knows that you have been staying by the helicopter, preparing to flee. And even in this situation, you still want to maintain your noble style? You are dressed so formally, are you kidding?
If you really want to support everyone, then come down and help move the sandbags. You don't have to go up to the wall, you can just move them from below, even if it's just for show.
But what he said was:
"Boss, it's not safe here. Why don't you go to a higher place to broadcast?"

The big boss glared at him and said, "Asshole, my brothers are wading and carrying things, I want to stay with them."

"Boss, you really care about the people."

"Yes, sir, the brothers are very touched."

Yin Jipeng said things against his will; he had been tempered by reality.

Originally, the boss suddenly promoted him to captain, and he was very excited. He felt that he must train hard to improve the combat capability of the troops.

As a result, he later discovered that the commanders of three of the four columns were the boss's confidants, and the deputy commander was promoted by the boss to check and balance him.

No matter what he wanted to do, he could not control the commanders under him without the order from the boss and was sidelined. If it were not for Youlong, he would have been completely sidelined.

beep—

The radio suddenly sounded.

The boss's voice came over the radio.

"Bros"

Compared to the panic of the Northwest Base, the North seemed more calm in facing this flood.

First of all, the location where the northern border was built was near Yidu Town, and the outer city wall was built on a relatively flat mountain with a relatively high altitude.

Although there is a tributary that passes through the Northern Base, the wall is built at a higher position.

In addition, the outer city walls in the north are more than 50 meters high and are made of concrete.

The south side is relatively low and there is a plain.

However, due to the flood from the north, it rushed directly to the northern wall. After hitting the wall, the flood flowed to both sides and flowed into the plain in the south.

After the flood entered the flat area, the water level also dropped. So although the southern part of the northern border is relatively low, the flood level is also low.

And, most importantly,

Since the overall terrain of the northern border is high in the north and low in the south, the groundwater in the city also flows southward.

There is almost no water storage in the northern part of the city, and there is some in the southern part, but not much.

Xiao Jun stood on the wall of the northern outer city, looking at the endless ocean in the south. He felt a little moved that the team that built this base was so outstanding.

The northern base that Yuan Zhi spent a huge amount of money to build before the end of the world was indeed powerful.

Under the raging flood, the villages and forests were no longer visible, with only some small hills in the distance exposed above the water.

The latitude of Oil City is lower than that of the North Border and Northwest Base.

The temperature rises quickly, so more snow water is melted.

But the terrain here is high in the southwest and low in the northeast, and the flood flows from southwest to northeast.

In particular, there is a Nanwan Lake in the southwest, and the floods flowing in from the southwest are the most terrifying.

There are mountains in the west, northwest and south of Oil City, but the northeastern part is relatively flat.

The oil city was built in the center of this area.

However, since this plain is relatively large, the flood that poured in from the mountains became much calmer after being buffered for ten kilometers.

However, as the temperature rises, the melting rate of snow and water accelerates.

More than a month ago.

When the temperature was still below zero, they were already raising the buffer city wall. After more than a month of raising the wall, the buffer city wall has reached a height of 24 meters.

A lot of points were consumed this month.

The survivors in the trading market have an average of 12 points on their point number plates.

Everyone is rich.

The Oil City issued a large number of points, resulting in the amount of food that could be purchased with the points in the hands of the survivors exceeding the total amount of food currently available in the Oil City.

An excess of forty percent.

Once a run breaks out in the trading bazaar, Oil City will face the dilemma of being unable to exchange food.

The benefits of issuing a large number of points and allowing hundreds of thousands of residents to participate in the construction are also very substantial.

In just over a month, the walls of the buffer city covering tens of thousands of acres increased from eight meters to 24 meters!
The construction of nearly 30,000 acres of greenhouses has reached 79 percent.

Fifteen thousand mu of greenhouses, including 1500 greenhouses, have been officially put into use and are gradually planting crops.

Because the crops grown are those with higher per-acre yields, such as corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes.

Before the end of the world,
The average domestic corn yield per mu is 1000 jin.

The average yield of sweet potatoes per mu is 3000 kilograms.

The average potato yield per mu is 2500 kilograms.

But this is only the average yield per mu in the country. Depending on different planting methods, as well as factors such as soil and fertility, the yield in each place varies greatly.

However, the crops grown in the buffer city can be compared with those grown in the large camphor tree base, because the planting method used is greenhouse and the planting technology is exactly the same.

It is a high-quality planting, and the planting level of the large camphor tree base has been continuously improved in recent years, forming refined and intelligent planting.

According to the per-acre yield of the large camphor tree base in the previous quarter, the yield per acre can reach 3500 jin.

Based on the grain that has been planted so far, the annual yield per mu can reach more than 20,000 tons.

Once all greenhouses in the buffer city are used to grow staple food, the oil city will achieve a food self-sufficiency rate of more than 80 percent based on its current population.

The temperature in the oil city rose to four degrees Celsius above zero, and the flood outside increased sharply.

Originally they thought that a wall built to more than 20 meters high would definitely be able to withstand the impact of floods.

Unexpectedly, the water level rose much faster than they expected.

Three days ago, the water level was only 7 meters.

Three days later, the water level reached 19 meters.

Five o'clock in the morning.

Dongfeng, who had been checking the water level outside, contacted Ju Tianrui.

"Director, the water level has exceeded 19 meters."

Ju Tianrui took a deep breath, and his red eyes showed that he didn't sleep well last night.

He opened the door and walked towards the meeting room.

The conference room was packed with many people.

There are also two water conservancy experts among them.

As soon as Ju Tianrui came in, he said, "The water level has reached 19.1 meters."

He would come and report every time the water level increased by 10 centimeters.

One of the water conservancy experts' face turned extremely ugly when he heard this.

He quickly stood up and said, "20 meters. According to my observation, the water level cannot exceed 20 meters!"

The voice just fell.

Li Zhengping next to him taunted:
"Didn't you say at the beginning that the water level would not exceed 15 meters? Then you patted your chest and said it would not exceed 18 meters. Now the water level has reached 19 meters, and you said it would not exceed 20 meters. Why don't you raise the number a bit and say it would not exceed 24 meters?"

Currently, the height of the buffer city wall is only 24 meters.

If the water level really reaches 24 meters, there will be no chance.

They had no choice but to abandon the buffer city and retreat to the trading market.

Then all the efforts made in the buffer city these days would be in vain.

They, including Uncle San, all believed in the two water conservancy experts who were dug out from the trading market.

I believe they have real skills and have gone through some tests.

The reason why the trading market has been able to develop to where it is today is that it relies on knowing how to appoint the right people to the right positions and leaving professional matters to professionals.

Therefore, many experts and talents from all walks of life have emerged in the trading market.

It also promoted the development of trading markets.

In terms of the economic system, this points system was developed by several economists and monies experts. It was piloted in the trading bazaar and was later found to be very useful. It was then spread to the northern border and the headquarters of the Dazhangshu base.

and many more.

But these two water conservancy experts are too incompetent.

One of the water conservancy experts looked closely at Uncle San and said confidently:

"Minister, please believe me. Really, I can guarantee it with my life this time! It will definitely not exceed 20 meters."

After he finished speaking, the entire conference room fell into silence.

Everyone looked at Uncle San.

Uncle San tapped the tabletop lightly with his index finger joint, making a tapping sound.

It was like a heavy hammer, hitting the hearts of the two water conservancy experts again and again.

After a long time, Uncle San said softly:
"I value talent, but you two have proven with your own actions that you are incapable."

"If you are sure you can predict the water level, then don't tell me. I won't blame you."

“I can make other plans.”

"But you said so confidently that you could predict it, but then you failed to do so. It's really ugly."

"The military order you signed last time forced everyone to trust you. You have won our trust, so you must execute the military order."

thump!
A water conservancy expert knelt down and crawled towards Uncle San.

"Minister, please give me another chance."

Another person was so terrified that he stood there in a daze and urinated. The smell of urine filled the meeting room.

Uncle San waved his hand and said, "Pull him out."

"No! Please spare me!"

"Please, Minister, I..."

Before the two could say a word, they were dragged out by the guards at the gate.

Two screams announced the death of the two people.

They were the ones who issued the military order; no one forced them.

Now that the water level has been exceeded, it proves that they were exaggerating.

The deaths of the two people can also deter those people in the trading market. If you don’t have the ability, don’t pretend to be an expert. If you have the ability, then come and do it!
Don't come here for recruitment just to be treated as an expert, only to find out that you are a fake.

There is only one outcome: death!
Uncle San rubbed his brows tiredly.

He said to everyone: "Let's implement plan B."

Although they believed in the two confident water conservancy experts, when the water level exceeded 15 meters for the first time, Uncle San discussed with Ding Jiu and others what measures they could take if the flood level continued to rise.

Once the water level exceeds the height they can accept, they immediately adopt Plan B.

It has now risen to 19 meters, only 5 meters away from the highest point.

We can't wait any longer, we have to start plan B.

(Ask for monthly ticket)