Chapter 553 The Volga River (2) - Orphans, widows and big fish
The Ranger team had to anchor here for a while.
Because right in front of the train, a checkpoint established by bandits was piled on the only path of the railway. There were not only bonfires, but also roadblocks and horses, and there were even rubble and masonry a little further ahead!
Fortunately, Xie Yuan called a stop early, otherwise if it really hit the bonfire checkpoint, the people at the checkpoint would be hit and killed, but if the locomotive was damaged, it would be a headache.
Precisely because the car was stopped in advance, there were no major problems except for some scratches on the front steel plate. However, it still needed to be cleared, and it could not be moved until the clearing was completed.
Of course, there are also bandits sent here to rob property and people.
The four bandits stationed at the checkpoint did not escape after Xie Yuan fired a warning shot. Instead, they hoped to "force the train to stop" by shooting randomly - I really don't know if they were stupid or just idiots who had lost their minds.
Xie Yuan killed three lucky guys with one headshot because they were freed from here, and then wounded one unlucky guy with two shots - although he fell into a coma without saying a word... It was probably caused by stress and shock.
, but a torture session is inevitable.
However, it seemed that something was bound to happen if we stopped here. At this moment, a building in the distance that was submerged in water and resembled a church suddenly rang out a series of rapid bells!
"Boom...boom! Boom...boom!"
This is obviously not the melodious bell used by missionaries to soothe their minds, but more like... conveying a message?
And soon, a train of flat cars suddenly appeared from the bridge ahead with a "bang bang", then stopped for less than a second or two and then drove back with a "bang bang".
Well, this shows that there are indeed people inside the building with its foundation submerged in the water, and Miller also observed through the telescope that on the bridge across the river, in addition to militia troops similar to road convoys, there were also defensive fortifications.
This is a bit complicated, and since it is confirmed that there is someone...then we need to send someone to contact him.
Because Colonel Miller always believed that the occupying forces must be wandering nearby and were always hunting for them who came out of Moscow.
If you need to know the movements of the occupying army, there is nothing more detailed than asking the locals, so the old father-in-law ordered Xie Yuan and Anna's troops.
Although Sam volunteered, Miller wanted to avoid suspicion and also believed that the abilities of his daughter Anna and son-in-law Artem would not be in danger.
Because of Anna's presence, she can slightly influence Xie Yuan's decision, and Xie Yuan's existence can also make any bumps into a smooth path - although there is indeed a conflict between Colonel Miller and his son-in-law because of their inconsistent ideas, they are not aware of his strength.
Still convinced.
Anna just held the gun and got out of the car with Xie Yuan.
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This time, Xie Yuan finally experienced the equipment blessing of a two-person Ranger combat team.
He got a backpack from weapons and equipment expert Tokarev - which contains some simple processing and repair tools and biological extraction. You can either use tools to disassemble accessories or simply process accessories, or you can try to collect some local fungi...
There are some chemicals in there.
Anna got a little excited after getting out of the car: "I have to say, that was a really unreliable roadblock, and those guys... let's put it this way, they don't seem to be soldiers at all... just a bunch of old men."
Yes, unfortunately, the three bandits that Xie Yuan shot and killed turned out to be some old guys wearing shabby clothes - of course, it could also be that the bad guys have grown old.
Miller did not dare to take it lightly. He still insisted that everything except Moscow had been occupied: "Be careful out there...don't forget...many parts of this country have been destroyed or occupied.
Even people who speak our language can be enemies, whether by choice or simply out of fear...understand?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the big bell over there rang loudly again.
"Did you hear a bell ringing?" Anna walked in front, looking in the direction of the church in the distance, and guessed, "We must have scared them.
They may be serving the enemy... enslaved or something..."
Xie Yuan disagreed with this. They might be enslaved, but those who enslaved them were definitely former careerists and false gods who used "gods" to deceive people's hearts.
Including the previous worlds, he has been in this country for nearly a century. This place has a long cultural history - although it is a culture of bandits and promiscuous poets.
But it is undeniable that the Third Reich could temporarily establish a local puppet army, but in fact, it was the local people who were dissatisfied with the Alliance's policies who actually competed with the Alliance's Red Army in the later stages.
Just like after entering the 21st century, except for the granary countries of Eastern Europe, there are very few people who are really willing to fight with the big hair country - the Slavs have a hobby of killing each other.
Therefore, while others were still doubting the whereabouts of the invading army that was rumored to be, Xie Yuan decided on an idea: It is unlikely that there would be an invading army in the land of Damao, or in other words - they came from afar
The people are the occupying army!
There was a large landslide in the direction from the railway to the church. The young couple slid down like a slide. The land was a depression.
There is an abandoned passenger car near the railway. Anna wants Xie Yuan to take a look, while she looks for a commanding height to monitor it.
There are no signs of life in the abandoned carriage, but some filter canisters, ammunition and analgesics can be looted here. Although it is just a harvest like some broken rice, it is better than nothing.
While Xie Yuan was searching for useful items, Anna also looked around and found an undisputed vantage point - the electric tower that was still standing before the war.
Ironically, with the exception of the electric tower and the church, everything else that has been built recently was pulled out of the pre-war ruins.
The following paths are all safe paths identified by locals through years of walking around. Each section is marked by a red cloth wrapped around a log just like the citizens of the Moscow subway station.
Anna finally had no choice but to part ways with Xie Yuan in front of a pier, because she needed to stay at a high place to guide and cover Xie Yuan: "Okay, Artyom, when you take the boat to that church, I will go
Climb up.
I’ll call you when I’m done.”
"Pay attention to safety." After Xie Yuan patted Anna's shoulder, he took a few steps to the so-called boat - the life raft that has been used near Venice Station.
The red side of the boat is matched with a white hull, but twenty years are enough to make the paint mottled, and the matching oars are dry and white... I don't know when it will be scrapped.
This is the same situation as the Moscow subway station: you can't build it and you have to make do with it.
Xie Yuan stepped onto the small raft and felt a series of "squeaking" wood wailing sounds - this thing will only be used a few times... considering his weight.
But it was still usable now. Xie Yuan used the paddle to dig on the water - and the small raft began to carry him away from the dock.
"Good luck to you!" Anna shouted from behind.
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Now is the season from late winter to new spring. Most of the ice on the Volga River has begun to melt away, but there is still white snow left in some places.
Xie Yuan used his paddle to move forward in the water in waves. Where he looked, some female giant shrimps that were peaceful just now were submerged in the water in the blink of an eye.
Xie Yuan knew very well that this was a sign that they were preparing to ambush him, so following their dive route, he began to slowly bypass their trajectory and drive in another direction.
"Suck...Artyom!" Halfway there, Anna finally made a voice from the radio, "I'm at the top of the tower, and this is such a great place."
However, Anna's reply would not affect Xie Yuan's actions. He continued to row one wave after another.
Until Anna suddenly said: "Oh...it seems you have been discovered..."
"Huh?" Xie Yuan raised his head and looked up in the direction of the church, only to find a woman suddenly waving a banner at the bell tower of the church... Xie Yuan felt that she was asking for help.
It was obvious that Anna also discovered this: "Artyom, there is a woman on the bell tower waving a rag or something... Please investigate."
After speaking, he seemed to be worried about Xie Yuan's chaos, and then gently reminded: "I saw people in the church, and no one seemed to be armed. We'd better try an open approach.
…Don’t shoot yet, okay?”
Okay, of course there is no problem. Xie Yuan guessed that he might have bumped into a group of X cultists who were deluded, but as long as they were not too cruel and evil... it would be better to let them live than to kill them.
Sure enough, when we approached the entrance of the church - the former gate has now become a river like a Venetian water city.
However, when we met for the first time, the villagers or believers living here were still polite: "I wish you a safe journey, travelers."
They were not only polite, but even a little enthusiastic... they enthusiastically preached the doctrine to outsiders like themselves: "Our Holy Father Silantius has begun to preach. Enter the temple to see the light of truth!"
Having said this, Xie Yuan naturally did not want to refute others' dignity, so he drove the boat all the way into the "river channel".
He didn't feel any malice or even danger for the time being - the former was because normal cultists' attacks were probably motivated by "being good to you"; the latter was because he hadn't found any opponent worth fighting at all.
So what are you afraid of?!
However, the shouts and shouts he heard next made Xie Yuan dumbfounded.
Because this group of people are in the original Orthodox church, although they are not shouting Hallelujah, they are shouting "High technology is a sin!"
This is a X-Cult group that resists any high technology - since they have abolished martial arts, Xie Yuan is worried about their safety.
Silantius, who stood tall in the middle of the corridor on the original second floor, preached in a pitiful tone about the various retributions brought about by the use of high technology and electric current - but nothing would be more abrupt than the sudden intrusion of a girl's voice.
"You are all liars!" Xie Yuan saw a little girl shouting loudly in the corridor behind the original church hall, denounced their teachings, "You are all sinful people, you can't save people!"
The little girl shouted and reminded Xie Yuan: "They killed our friends...and my father!"
Well, the little girl said it happily, but soon the peaceful villagers exploded.
"Children of Satan!"
"Filth that lives on electricity!"
"Why do we have to suffer this?!"
"Drive them out and teach them a lesson!" shouted a radical villager.
"Yes!" This sentence was quickly echoed, "They don't deserve the protection of the Tsarfish!"
"Exile them and let them repent!"
The villagers were furious, but Silantius seemed very calm, even humble - a leader of the X cult who could control others through words.
Soon, the villagers unanimously shouted "Resist ignorance and sin," and "Amen".
Xie Yuan continued to control the boat and entered the back hall. After a while, as soon as he reached the back, interception nets began to surround him.
The little girl started shouting to Xie Yuan from the top of the building: "Come up here."
The so-called Holy Father just now began to show mercy to the disciples. As for the so-called "heretics", he himself had been caught, and their brothers' militia had arrived quickly and was about to execute the Lord's righteous judgment.
It has to be said that this group of people did not have the military equipment of the Hanseatic people, but they had the arrogance of the Hanseatic people - they probably did a lot of bullying outsiders.
Xie Yuan decided to get in touch with the little girl as much as possible and rescue her, otherwise there would really be a fight. He didn't know whether Xie Yuan was okay or not, but if these anti-science gangsters didn't have nuclear bombs or powerful explosives,
…
They can only die!
But when he actually reached the attic of the back hall, Xie Yuan discovered that there should be two people here - a mother and daughter.
The mother and daughter are not locals, but are also outsiders who have been controlled by the villagers here for a year. The X-believers are not even willing to say anything to outsiders.
While they were talking, the whistle sounded, and his mother panicked and told Xie Yuan that it was the bridge's garrison that had arrived... and they had guns.
It would be great to have guns! Xie Yuan wished that these people would be stronger, the better. Having guns means that these people have bullets and high-end accessories.
And these things will become your own harvest later.
Anyway, mother and daughter have the ability to protect themselves. If they didn't see any hope of escape, they would have run away long ago.
Then Xie Yuan started to search for these fat sheep that fell into his mouth through another path.
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Fifteen minutes later, Xie Yuan boredly pulled down the mechanism that lowered the life raft on the dock.
Anna was still marveling at Xie Yuangang's silent evacuation action like a shadow: "Well done, Artyom, you are like a real ninja."
"Ha! Rather than saying that I am a ninja," Xie Yuan felt that there was no need to make a fuss, "in fact, it is better to say that they are too weak."
Yes, these people were too weak, and Xie Yuan really didn't bother to kill them. Xie Yuan could easily appear behind them, knock them out, and loot everything from them.
Unfortunately, the harvest was still too meager. After knocking them all unconscious, the bullets obtained were only more than 200 rifle bullets, a dozen shotgun shells and dozens of pistol bullets. Only some high-end accessories for firearms can be consoled.
This group of people didn't even have any protective measures on their bodies. It seemed that the armor manufacturing involved electric furnaces so they were abandoned.
To be honest, this behavior is really stupid - but since it is their custom, forget it. Their threat is not even as exciting as the bandits.
Of course, another reason is that Anna is very satisfied with Xie Yuan's action. If she didn't have to take Katya and Nastia back to the train, she could even give him a kiss - but he can go back and get it.
In short, Xie Yuan made up his mind to clear out the bandits here when he returned - and have a good time.
However, the surrounding shrimps began to become restless again. They kept entering the water, began to emerge, and clung to the side of the boat.
Xie Yuan could only hold the oar in one hand and a .44 six-shot revolver in the other hand, and gave a blowjob to the wrinkled, sucker-like mouthparts of the female shrimps that came forward!
This finally allowed the water surface to calm down for a while.
After paddling for a while, a burst of light came from the opposite side, and at the same time Duke called out: "Artyom, here!"
However, Xie Yuan did not dare to relax at all, because in his perception, there was a huge creature approaching.
"Gulu!" Suddenly there was a bump under the boat. Xie Yuan immediately turned to the other side to stabilize the raft, and then he saw a huge fish swimming on the water!
Only the upper fins of this fish are exposed from the water, but the exposed fins are bigger than his boat - how big must the body be!
Moreover, after the fish swam in a circle, it jumped up again, and after rushing into the water, the direction turned towards itself.
It wants to eat itself?!
The next moment, this big fish, which was originally a catfish, opened its huge mouth and crushed the front of the boat's bow with one mouthful. Xie Yuan injected all the .44 submersible bullets in his hand into its mouth without even a moment's pause.
"Pah, pah, pah, pah!" Six blood flowers began to bloom in its mouth.
"Roar!!!" The fish seemed to roar, and then it used a flipping skill similar to that of a crocodile, which also rolled the boat.
But it was so difficult to get Xie Yuan. He directly used his feet to use his strength and jumped onto the white belly of the big catfish.
The big catfish quickly subconsciously turned his body back to the right position, but Xie Yuan had already stabbed it hard with the trench knife in his hand even faster, and then pulled it——
"Crack!" I didn't expect the trench knife to be inserted in, but when I pulled it down again, the knife broke into two sections!
Damn it, is this a monster?!
But Xie Yuanduo couldn't think of anything else at the critical moment, so he stepped on the fins that had already rolled over, and with one step of force, the big catfish was directly submerged into the water by this stomp!
But with this help, Xie Yuan had already jumped four meters away. Even when he fell into the water, he threw his backpack on the shore - there were bullets and accessories in it, which would be ruined if it fell into the water. .
"Plop!" A huge dirty green splash suddenly surged on the shore.
After Xie Yuan fell into the water, he immediately paddled towards the shore with all his strength. He had just seriously injured the catfish, and he did not want to fight with the big catfish in the water - it would be too much of a disadvantage.
Fortunately, Duke was nearby. He immediately grabbed Xie Yuan's hand and pulled him ashore with difficulty.
"What the hell is that?" Duke then put down the gun he was holding and leaned against the dead tree trunk to take a deep breath. As a spectator, he was even more excited than as a participant. He pointed at the river, "A whale. ?!"
"No," Xie Yuan corrected, "This is a catfish. It may be caused by radiation or some experimental drugs."
"It's so fucking big!" Duke exclaimed in disbelief.