Extreme germ phobia

Chapter 61 Blockade Line 29
In the evening, the sky gradually darkens and the golden-red sunset lights up the sky.

On the overpass, a dilapidated car stopped. Ou Yang unfolded the map, carefully observed the surrounding situation, and finally determined that this was Blockade Line 29.

This is the southernmost tip of the Binhu District and also the villa area in the southeastern suburbs of Brown Bear City. Going further south, it is out of the urban area.

Looking from a high vantage point, you can see several winding two-lane paved roads dividing the large area into several parts. Two-story villas are separated by low wooden walls, with lawns and garages, everything you need.

The highway leading to the outside world is heavily guarded. Not far ahead, a high wall made of steel plates blocks the road. There are dense sentries and machine guns on the wall. Under the wall is a trench of unclear depth, with several layers of barbed wire outside the trench and a row of barricades welded with I-beams.

It's the kind that's placed on the beach to prevent landing.

The road near the high wall and its left and right sides were filled with vehicles parked in a haphazard manner. Some were burned to the point of leaving only the frames, some were riddled with bullet holes, and some were overturned and deformed.

Ou Yang's mind flashed with scenes of various vehicles in groups, stepping on the accelerator to attack the blockade line, but when they approached the high wall, they were overturned, destroyed and blown up by the intensive firepower of the US army.

Ordinary bullets cannot ignite the gasoline even if they penetrate the fuel tank, but the US military has no shortage of armor-piercing incendiary bombs.

The high wall only blocks the road, and does not surround the entire city like a city wall.

After leaving the road, the US military erected a watchtower at regular intervals, connected by trenches and multiple layers of barbed wire. Drones patrolled the air repeatedly, and robot dogs could be seen on the ground.

Just mount a machine gun with a scope on the tower to effectively control a range with a radius of one thousand meters. If you add a 12.7mm large-caliber machine gun or Barrett, two thousand meters is not a problem.

The more open the area, the easier it is to manage. All the buildings near the blockade line were flattened by the US military, plowing out a blank area of at least 200 meters.

Ou Yang gritted his teeth, the US military was really willing to spend such a huge amount of money!

This is just what we can see. There are probably other means that we cannot see.

Blockade Line 29 consists of three barbed wire fences extending in the north and south directions along a road that separates the villa area. The southern end is fixed on a watchtower and the northern end is fixed on a six-story building.

There are many high-rise buildings in the city, so we can rely on buildings to build isolation walls. But there are no such conditions in the suburbs, so we can't really build a wall, right?
Lao Mi has no shortage of people or supplies, but lacks efficiency and time.

Barbed wire is not the best choice, but it is the most convenient and fastest means.

It would be even better if the wire mesh was electrified.

The barbed wire itself is not difficult to deal with, but the trouble lies in the American soldiers who patrol 24 hours a day.

After observing for a while, Ou Yang felt as if he were a guerrilla force attacking a Japanese artillery tower.

Didn’t you learn this from the Japanese?
When he came, he observed that the doors and windows of all the buildings located on the isolation zone were either blocked or sealed with barbed wire, but there was no one guarding them.

It doesn't look very tight, and it feels like the isolation can be easily broken by simply finding a place to chisel open the wall.

Ou Yang even thought about crossing the blockade himself, but how could the US army leave such an obvious loophole? When he got closer, he saw a conspicuous skull mark painted on the wall, and a striking reminder below: Beware of landmines!

You have to clear mines before crossing the blockade line. Who the hell dares to come in casually?

He didn't dare overestimate the US military's capabilities. Ou Yang strongly suspected that military snipers were likely ambushed on the commanding heights of important areas in the city. Anyone who dared to approach the blockade would be mercilessly attacked by the US military, regardless of whether they were infected or not!
Compared with the urban area, the difficulty here is obviously much lower, but under the strict defense of the US military, it does not seem that easy.

How can we cross the blockade?
There is definitely no hope in the sky, and it is also difficult on the ground, so the only option is... underground?
Ou Yang vaguely remembered that there were many homeless people living in the sewers in the United States. The older the city, the more complicated the sewers were, and it was impossible for the military to block the sewers.

It’s not that you can’t, but that you don’t want to!

The purpose of the blockade is to control the flow of infected people and limit the scope of transmission, but there are still a large number of uninfected people trapped in urban areas. Although the blockade is in place, the basic lives of the people must be guaranteed.

So until now, the water and electricity have not been cut off, and emergency food has had to be distributed to the people.

It is possible that the US military uses some technical means in the sewers to restrict the flow of people. By directly blocking the sewers, the domestic sewage of millions of people will have nowhere to be discharged. Within a few days, the backflow of sewage will flood the streets and turn the entire city into a huge stinking pond.

Ou Yang was very tempted to try it himself, but it was just a thought.

That kind of place is really too complicated. Without someone familiar with the situation to lead the way, it is impossible to find the right direction. Once you get lost, it is hard to say whether you can get back to the ground.

Another possibility is to dig a tunnel connecting both sides. There are small villas on both sides of the blockade line. Just pick two suitable ones and dig a tunnel of a few hundred meters. You can cross the blockade line without anyone noticing!
This is the safest and most reasonable method. Even if it is discovered by the US military, the worst that can happen is that the tunnel is abandoned and a new one is dug in another place.

Of course, the possibility of collusion between the smuggling gangs and the US military both internally and externally cannot be ruled out.

To gather his scattered thoughts, Ou Yang took out a black jacket that didn't fit him well and put it on to cover the P90 hanging on his body. He then placed the backpack in the most suitable position, restarted the car and drove towards the isolation point.

The next step is to connect with the gang that specializes in sneaking across the wall.

It was already past the time to put things together, and it was getting dark, so Ou Yang simply walked around the area a few times. Not long after, he successfully found an empty villa.

The house had been ransacked and anything of value was gone, but the furniture was still there and the water and electricity were all working fine.

Ou Yang found a room on the second floor. The bed was still there, but the mattress was so dirty that it was unbearable to look at. There were stains everywhere left by unknown liquids. Ou Yang simply turned the mattress over, and it felt much better.

While it was still early, he moved some furniture to block the door and placed a vase on top that would fall over if shaken, making it a simple alarm device.

If someone opened the door and shook the cabinet, the vase would shake and fall and break, waking him up.

perfect!

Ou Yang fell on the bed and sighed comfortably, thinking over and over again how to get in touch with the smuggling organization.

I fell asleep unknowingly.

At midnight, a light rain came unexpectedly and showed no sign of stopping until morning.

Ou Yang got up early and looked worriedly at the blockade line in the rain.

Just when he was at a loss, he suddenly found a very discordant sign hanging on the garage of the villa opposite. No matter the color, style or content, it was exactly the same as the meeting place described!
(End of this chapter)