Chapter 2359 Doomsday Survival Competition 21
In the evening, dinner was delivered from the courtyard cafeteria. Each person received a large stainless steel bowl and a metal spoon. They were told to keep it and use this bowl for cooking in the future.
Two taels of white rice are topped with four vegetables, a large piece of braised oily pork, scrambled eggs, fried shredded potatoes and spicy and sour cabbage. It was a full bowl, because the vegetables and rice were brought from the canteen in large thermal buckets and put into bowls separately, so they were warm.
Eggs will freeze if not kept warm, so frying them first is the right thing to do.
Xi Ning ate it with a spoon. There really was no harm if there was no comparison. In two days, those who have not stored food will start to run out of food if they still stay at home. And the place she is in now is paradise for many people.
At this time, it was reported in the news that cattle and sheep had begun to be killed in northern pastures, as well as on many farms. In order to support herdsmen and breeders, the state is willing to purchase them all, and promises that it will then distribute cubs of equal value to allow them to start over.
At present, the grassland is also covered with thick snow. Sooner or later, these livestock will either freeze to death or starve to death. If they are killed now, they can leave more meat. While vehicles are still able to pass, this batch of meat was quickly delivered to the railway station and resettlement site.
Then came the international news, sporadic videos and messages sent from everywhere, and many places abroad began to lose water and power. The Kingdom of Eagle Sauce and the Kingdom of Gaul began to stage a doomsday reality as early as yesterday. A large number of people rushed into shopping malls and supermarkets to buy goods for zero yuan. The people there complained about the inaction of a group of people in Huasheng, the lack of any relief measures for a long time, the lack of information, etc.
Once again, China showed its safety. Many people who went abroad fled to the airport or gathered in front of the Chinese embassy, asking to return home.
But the temperature at this time made it impossible to use the plane. China used research icebreakers in the North and South Poles to bring back as many people as possible along the way. Due to loading capacity considerations, only Chinese citizens can board the ship.
I saw the video sent from the news site. The heavy snowfall was similar to here. Everyone waiting to board the ship was wearing three layers of clothing inside and outside. They put on about all the clothes they could find, but they were still shivering uncontrollably from the cold.
The reporter at the front was also wrapped like a ball, holding a microphone and loudly said: "The sea water is now frozen. Please see, when the waves come, there are layers of ice. Part of the ice along the coast can be walked on. It is understood that this The Shenlong icebreaker can sail in the Arctic sea ice at minus 60 degrees and three meters thick..."
They also gave a close-up. All the instruments were wrapped in thick cotton or thermal insulation materials. In order to make the face-scanning equipment work properly, the peacekeeping soldiers kept stuffing the equipment that stopped working because of the cold into their clothes, covering it to warm it up before taking it out. come out.
So another farce appeared. People who had already spent 250 on immigration were shouting loudly that they were also Chinese and why they couldn't board the ship.
Without exception, another group of people appeared pretending to be Chinese citizens. After the people from Bangzi Country and Sakura Country were discovered, some actually knelt down and begged to board the ship, saying that they were people from a vassal country of China.
There is no time to pay attention to them. If you lose your passport, just scan your face on the spot and the system will immediately find your personal information in the database.
The camera then switched to the relevant authorities, saying that this time foreign rescue operations were expected to be carried out. Severe cold temperatures are rapidly freezing seawater. When the ice layer reaches more than one meter, no matter how powerful the icebreaker is, it can only sail 3 kilometers per hour, and the route from the west coast to eastern China is 11,000 kilometers. The total distance of this rescue will reach 30,000 kilometers.
Icebreakers sail on ice-free seas at about 40 kilometers per hour.
It can be said that now we are racing against time to return as much as possible before the sea water completely condenses. At the current freezing rate, all sea water will freeze in about five days.
The two icebreakers are each followed by an oil tanker, which is fully loaded with diesel oil required by the icebreaker, but this diesel oil can only supply a maximum of 60 days of sailing. In other words, it is very likely that the fuel will be exhausted in the last two or three days of the voyage, 200 to 300 kilometers away from the shore. Another point is that during the more than two-month trip, food and water for about 2,000 people was a big problem.
The camera then switched to the foreign rescue headquarters, and the spokesperson responded: "The supplies on the ship are fully prepared, including a large amount of compressed biscuits, dried vegetables, canned food and other foods. Each ship is also equipped with a seawater purification device. We Considering the problem of running out of fuel, there are several options. The first is to change the car. The seawater will be completely frozen at that time, which is enough to support the operation of the vehicle. The second is to transport the diesel there by car, and then the diesel will be available. Condensed into ice for easy transportation, heated before use..."
Xining was eating and watching the news. At present, the mobile phone WIFI and TV signals are still working, but the picture on the TV has been distorted and snowflakes have appeared from time to time. This phenomenon only existed about thirty or forty years ago, when technology was not yet developed and signals relied entirely on television towers and could not be transmitted from satellites.
These meals were quite large, so she ate them all slowly and in one bite, not wanting to imitate others with smaller appetites, so she saved the meals for tomorrow.
Looking at the family members here, no one wants to throw away the endless meals. It is obvious that their IQ and outlook on life are online, which will make it easier to communicate in the future.
The sound of a car engine came from outside. Everyone stood up and gathered at the window wearing quilts to look out.
The soldiers who went out to rescue came back. They jumped out of the car and ran to the canteen as quickly as possible. Ginger soup and hot water should have been prepared there, as well as dinner.
The last two cars were towed back by the car in front, and their engines should have stalled.
About ten minutes later, soldiers came out of the canteen again and began to move the supplies loaded in the car down to the family building. A passage has been cleared in front of the family building, and the thick snow on both sides is already chest-deep. If the snow had not been shoveled continuously, more than an inch of snow would have fallen on this passage about every hour.
"Move this over there, be careful..." There was a lot of enthusiasm underneath.
There were a lot of things loaded in the car, not only bags of grain, half slices of frozen meat, boxes of various sizes, but also several cars. Apparently this car can operate normally in low temperature environments.
Finally, a big guy was brought in. At first glance, Guaguai, it’s a snow expedition vehicle. It’s only seen in Antarctic expedition documentaries or movies. I don’t know where it came from.
There was a knock on the door.
There were two people standing at the door, their faces red from the cold. Next to him is a small cart filled with books: "Every household has one. There is not much firewood, so you can burn this."
A dozen piles of books and newspapers, weighing dozens of kilograms, were brought in at once and piled next to the stove. Xining picked up a book and read it. It was stamped with the stamp of the community library.
I was just looking for something to pass the time, but soon the battery would be completely out, and all mobile and TV signals would be cut off. Start sorting immediately and put the books you can read next to them. Those newspapers; economic and professional reference books will be burned in the first batch.
(End of chapter)