Volume 6 [The tiger is strong even when it goes to sea] NO50. Back
While I was weeping, the Daphne was also in a mess. Fortunately, I was surprised that this luxury cruise ship still tenaciously withstood the sudden tsunami.
After all, Bangkok Bay is an internal harbor. Compared to places like Indonesia, this place can be described as trivial.
The United States is also very concerned about what is happening on the other side of the Pacific. The number of deaths and missing people reported on American television now exceeds 70,000. Of course, this number is still rising crazily. No one knows how many people will die.
Especially, because it is winter in the northern hemisphere, many people come here to spend the cold holiday. The originally beautiful beach and blue sea are now a huge cemetery.
"Chop more. These bamboos will be used to build a raft. We will go down the river in the forest."
The next day, it was a cold night. If Zhang Bi's body had not been able to maintain a sufficient temperature, the two women would have died due to the temperature difference. They held Zhang Bi all night, and even used up the emergency alcohol lamp. The smell of snake meat
It's still good. Zhang Bi put some cans in it. There is only one can, but this means there are seasonings and more food.
There is not much attention paid to it. There are no suitable bamboos within the scope of the large trees, but in the edge areas, you can still find some strong bamboos that have been flooded by water.
There are quite a lot of bamboos in Thailand.
If they had to trek along the floodwaters, the two women might not have gone very far before they were completely exhausted.
Even now, the two of them were quite powerless in chopping bamboo. In the end, Zhang Bi cut each one with one knife. They chopped more than a dozen knives, but there was no sound.
In the end, it was helpless and it became Zhang Ben's problem alone.
"Forget it, you should tape off the skin of the cane, straighten it out and put it aside. I will twist the rope later and it can be used."
Seeing that the women were not busy, Zhang Bi still let them do what they might be able to do.
I don’t know how many roots I cut down, and I cut and played with bamboo branches. These bamboos should be a type of moso bamboo, very thick and very long. Zhang Ben knew what the boatmen’s bamboo rafts were like in the Li River.
However, it will definitely not be done so exquisitely now.
He would be grateful if he could float smoothly for ten or twenty kilometers.
After tidying up the bamboos, I tied the ropes with the ropes while tying the bamboos together. The bamboo rafts are not long, but if I estimate the buoyancy, it shouldn't be a big problem for three people.
It was almost noon, and it seemed that the rain had stopped, but the leaves were still rustling overhead, the wind was still blowing, and the river valley below was still rushing, giving people a helpless feeling.
There is water accumulation on the gentle slope, which is connected to the valley. You can clearly see the water flowing through the forest and converging into the valley.
However, the bamboo rafts were in the forest, so Zhang Bi was not worried that they would be washed into the river valley.
There were also many animal carcasses floating in the water, and some snakes were wrapped tightly around the tree trunks. They were obviously very sensitive to the movement of the water flow, so that they did not dare to stay in the water.
"gone!"
Zhang Bi placed a slightly clean broken piece of wood on the bamboo raft. This raft was not light. It was still quite laborious to pull it up. He went down into the water. He pulled the bamboo raft out for a distance, and then let the two women climb on.
He sat on a broken log.
Zhang Bi also climbed onto the raft and began to support the bamboo raft.
The water flow exerts force obliquely, and there is still a little downstream force in their direction. For Zhang Bi, this is enough.
“I don’t know what happened to the monks in the temple!”
Xia Zhen said suddenly.
"The possibility of survival is very slim." Zhang Bi turned around and said: "The earthquake lasted for more than five minutes, and that kind of ancient temple could easily collapse. Coupled with the flash floods, they were likely to be killed by debris in the torrent.
It is precisely because there are debris in the water flow, such as broken branches, some pumice stones, and even some furniture, as long as they have sharp angles, under the action of water, they will become very scary sharp weapons.
No matter how good a person is in water, it would be very scary to encounter such a thing in the rapids.
This is also the reason why Zhang Bi chose to move forward in the forest.
Because floods and earthquakes have changed the appearance of many things, Zhang Bi is not sure whether there will be any deep pits in the knee-deep water, and there are many underwater parasites. In such a disaster situation,
If you encounter leech hydrocarbons in the wild, it will indeed be quite troublesome.
What's more, Thailand is located in the tropics, and there are many venomous snakes. Moreover, due to previous demonstrations by the Red Shirt Army and Yellow Shirt Army, the animals in the National Zoo in Bangkok, Thailand, were moved to the north. Among them are more than a hundred crocodiles. This kind of extra-large crocodile
During heavy rains, who knows if those reptiles will look for food everywhere because there are no keepers.
Compared to these things, giant pythons and the like are simply scum.
Zhang Bi's physical strength was still very strong. As he continued to adjust the angle, their position was already parallel to the position of Apuna Temple, but it was a tributary of a small river valley, and it was also an area with four depressions.
Looking over here, the originally beautiful fish-backed temple roof can no longer be seen.
Xia Zhen and Helen both poked their heads and took a look in the distance. Obviously, there was nothing. Moreover, they did not seem to notice that the small cliff they originally entered had completely collapsed, and the rocks had blocked the entire approach.
, it’s just that there is a layer of water covering it, so you can’t see it.
This generation's ability to discharge floods probably depends on the Zhaopiya River. Although there are a lot of woods around it, the flash floods carry a lot of sediment, and the water is not easily absorbed and then evaporated.
"It's all gone," Xia Zhen said with a gloomy look.
Zhang Ben said indifferently: "That's what natural disasters are like. We haven't encountered any mudslides, so it's already pretty good. Generally speaking, it's not unusual for such a big earthquake plus flash floods to cause mudslides. I think,
There should be a mudslide somewhere else."
The three of them were all in a bad mood now. They skated forward for almost three kilometers and arrived at Ashin's nephew's hotel. It was a pity that it also collapsed, leaving only one third of the building. Maybe this
Or it’s because there are many rockeries on the east side of the third.
People inside the building saw Zhang Ben and the others from a distance, and then shouted at them. A few foreign devils exclaimed as if they had seen a ghost: "Oh my God, it's that Asian hunk! And him
Two girlfriends! They are still alive, my God. How did they do it!"
The owner of the store, Men Muqing, was also very excited, and then asked for help. Men Muqing wanted to know if there would be any danger in practicing in the woods after an earthquake like yesterday's.
The possibility of Apu surviving was very slim, because their position was really bad and the terrain was too low. They were swept into a pool in an instant, without even a chance to escape.
Seeing Zhang Ben and the others slowly drifting by, Helen and the others shaking their heads, and Men Mu's face as green and gray as death, it was obvious that his father Apu might no longer be there.
The middle-aged boss started crying while wearing a floral shirt. The foreign tourists beside him all had red eyes if they felt this.
"This is hell."
A foreigner said coldly.
Zhang Bi took out his mobile phone, and the signal was already available. Zhang Bi dialed Huang Silang's number.
"Hey! Zhang Bi? Great! You're still alive."
Huang Silang shouted excitedly.
This was not because he had a good relationship with Zhang Bi, but because he survived the catastrophe and felt that the people he knew could survive.
Zhang Ben said: "Fortunately, we survived the disaster. How about it? With this magnitude of earthquake, there should be a tsunami."
"It was said on satellite TV that the Yankees said it was a major earthquake in the Indian Ocean that triggered the tsunami. Thailand is only on the fringe, but I didn't expect it to be so destructive. Looking at the pier from the ship now, it is simply a ruin. Those Thai ** teams
They were all washed up badly by the huge waves, and a lot of people probably died."
Huang Silang spoke in one breath, and Zhang Ben said: "How about Buddha Dorje?"
"I didn't get in touch. He went to White Elephant Temple and was with Ashin. It was far away from the center of Bangkok. As long as he didn't stay in the house, it shouldn't be a big deal. The rain here has changed in the morning and the flood is receding now.
, the drainage system here in Bangkok is overloaded and completely out of service.”
Huang Silang added, "Now the satellite picture does not recommend leaving the port, so the Daphne will continue to stay here. Federo also thinks that it is better to wait for a while before going to sea. Damn, the movement this time is really too big. If it is
At the center of the earthquake, I'm afraid even the American aircraft carriers can't bear it."
Only then did Zhang Bi realize that the situation they encountered was actually quite good. The only biggest danger was probably a flash flood. Fortunately, the big tree was really a treasure tree and saved them all.
Life.
Wait until the flood recedes, then go and offer incense to the big tree.
As we continued along the original intercity highway, we could already see more and more people, including many small boats and wooden basins filled with people.
However, Zhang Bi's bamboo raft is obviously more eye-catching. Coupled with his bald head and big muscles, he easily attracts others' attention.
Moreover, Helen is still blond and blue-eyed. Both women have first-class roles, attracting attention, and this is normal.
Only occasionally there were one or two small boats passing by, and the people on them had fierce faces and looked at them with evil intentions.
In some places in rural areas of Thailand, there are village tyrants similar to those in China. Their social attributes are relatively dark. This period of chaos is a good time for them to fish in troubled waters.
Just seeing Zhang Bi's muscles and a few machetes on the bamboo raft, they still chose to leave. It was obvious that this big man was not a weakling and could be manipulated by them.
"It's not very safe here." Zhang Ben squinted his eyes and said seriously.
As he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a scream, and the small boat that had just floated behind him suddenly rolled. A guy riding on the side of the boat was suddenly dragged into the water by something, and then it was filled with blood. Zhang Bi saw it
Clearly, that is a crocodile, its back is like moss, it is not artificially raised."
Wild Thai crocodile?
However, the surrounding environment is chaotic. Although there are many people, no one dares to go into the water to save people. The water here is deeper than before, almost reaching Zhang Ben’s waist. If these thin Thais go into the water, they may not know what to do.
Is it a delicious meal for these hungry beasts?
But obviously this was just the only crocodile. It bit off one of the poor guy's arms. After rolling over in death, it seemed that it felt enough was enough and left the place.
The people around on the roof were dumbfounded, and the other guys in the boat not only failed to rescue the poor guy, they actually accelerated the boating speed and no longer dared to stay where they were.
Xia Zhen and Helen were so frightened that there were crocodiles around. Is this still a residential area?
Some locals put some free-range chickens into cages and kept them on the roof.
There were ladders set up on the walls and the children looked panicked.
It is hard for Zhang Bi to imagine how these divination guys spent the night last night.
Around, there were some fishermen rowing boats and shouting prices to the people on the roof. The general idea was to transport them to a safe place and then charge whatever they wanted. Of course, this price could be more than ten times that of a taxi.
Naturally, some poor people did not have such a choice. Only some gritted their teeth and chose to pay such a sum of money, which was enough to buy a boat.
There was no military involvement and no police.
Unlike the army that is on the front line if there is a domestic disaster, most countries will only dispatch the army when there is no way or efficiency, and the army will have to obtain a large sum of money from fiscal expenditures.
"Why haven't the army come out to rescue?" Xia Zhen really couldn't stand it anymore. Apart from the collapse of order, there seemed to be no bright spots around him.
"Silly bitches, you think this is China. The only one in China who puts the army on the front line is China." Zhang Ben shook his head and said.
The water level in the greater Bangkok area is very high, basically above the knees. In addition, due to the earthquake, many houses are not strong. Even multi-story buildings are likely to collapse due to the water below them.
Collapse.
The Thai government is in dire straits.
But all this has nothing to do with Zhang Bi.
About four hours later, after the two women ate some biscuits and drank a bottle of fresh water, Zhang Ben saw someone he knew, or to be precise, something familiar.
Big white elephant Ayu.
This elephant is pulling many wooden rafts forward. The rafts are very simple, with door panels, tabletops, and everything else, all tied up randomly. There are many people sitting on them, all with sad faces.
Zhang Bi was stunned for a moment and thought to himself: This big white elephant is fine, and I'm afraid Dorje Buddha will also be fine.
After a while, I saw a small boat, where Ashin was directing the monks to drive the elephants to save the poor people.