On the snowy road, two cars were driving one behind the other at a very far distance apart.
The van's air conditioner had long since broken down, and the cab windows were wide open and couldn't be closed, causing cold air to pour directly into the car.
In this way, Ryan's hands are still full of sweat. Although he holds the steering wheel tightly with both hands, most of the control of the truck is not in his hands.
The pickup truck driven by Joanna ran very fast and steadily in front, but the van was full of dangers when driving on the snowy road.
Don't talk about ESP, this car doesn't even have ABS. If Ryan brakes a little harder, this car will dare to go sideways on the road for you.
The van swung across the road like this several times. Firstly, it was not going very fast, and secondly, because of good luck, the truck did not fall under the roadbed, but the two people in the car were very frightened.
Iger, who originally thought he could catch up on some sleep on the road, had been staring at the rearview mirror since he got in the car, fearing that if he blinked, he would not even know that the truck had overturned.
"Fuck." Iger suddenly exclaimed, and then he shouted to Joanna: "Stop, stop!"
Joanna slowly released the accelerator and slid the truck for a long distance before stopping. After she breathed a sigh of relief, she asked Iger, "What's wrong?"
Iger said as he opened the door: "The truck stopped and the double flashers were turned on." After speaking, Iger jumped out of the pickup truck.
Then, Egg crunched through the snow and walked towards the van. From a distance, he saw Ryan and Thomas also getting out of the van. After they circled the van, they stood on the left side of the front of the van.
Getting closer, Iger also discovered a problem. The front of the van on the left side was obviously lower.
"What's wrong?" Egger asked Ryan loudly from afar before he could get closer.
"The left front wheel is leaking," Ryan shouted back to Egger.
"What should I do?" Iger blurted out these words, and for a moment even he felt that these words were stupid.
The tire is leaking, so you have to replace the spare tire.
Ryan also knew that he needed to change the spare tire, so he turned to the back of the van. He pushed aside the snow on the ground, lay on the ground and looked towards the bottom of the van.
After a while, Ryan raised his head and said to Iger and Thomas: "Oops, this car doesn't have a spare tire!"
"No way~" When Egg heard Ryan's words, he was so anxious that he also lay down and carefully looked at the chassis of the van.
Iger opened his eyes wide and looked back and forth several times, and sure enough he didn't find the spare tire.
It is not uncommon to drive without a spare tire. For example, the spare tire is broken and has not been replaced. For example, the spare tire is too troublesome to put back after being used, or you may even think that there is no need to install a spare tire.
Anyway, no matter what the reason was, I got screwed this time.
Joanna slowly reversed the pickup truck, and then the two people in the car came over.
Now five people are standing in the snow, looking at the flat front wheel of the truck, and discussing what to do.
The first step, not mentioned above, is to remove the wheels.
The second step is to get a spare tire.
The third step is to replace the spare tire.
The backup plan is to abandon this vehicle and find another vehicle to transport fertilizer.
Yesterday, I moved all the fertilizers all afternoon, and now Iger's whole body is still hurting. Iger didn't want to implement the backup plan unless I had to.
After everyone temporarily discussed this much, they started working. Nicholas pulled out the jack from the pickup truck, then stuffed it under the front bumper of the van, and began to turn the handle to let the jack handle lift the top of the truck.
The front of the van gradually rose up, and just when the tires were about to lift off the ground, there was a "boom" sound, and the van fell down. The steel hubs of the wheels made hard contact with the ground, chewing up the road surface.
broken.
Several people were shocked. Fortunately, the truck did not roll over, otherwise it would have been a five-kill attack.
Nicholas turned the turntable again, and only heard the jack making a clicking sound, but did not see the front of the car rising. He pulled the jack out and saw that the jack was broken.
When Iger was loading the goods yesterday, he considered everything except one thing: the van was seriously overloaded.
This kind of van is indeed used to transport goods, but the goods transported usually do not include heavy goods such as cement, fertilizer, and flour.
The standard load capacity of this small van is only 2.2 tons. Oh my god, Iger stuffed nearly 5 tons of fertilizer directly into it.
Generally speaking, it is not a big problem if the vehicle is temporarily overloaded twice as much, but the severely aged tires of this vehicle could not bear the force and burst.
Similarly, the jack on the pickup truck is only a small jack and cannot lift such a heavy thing at all.
Iger depressedly scratched his hair, which was so greasy that it was almost brittle. It was originally a simple task, but it became more and more complicated.
After a while, Joanna and Thomas drove back to the van from the fertilizer warehouse. They found a total of three jacks in the trunk of the car in the yard of the fertilizer warehouse.
Let the three of us come together, that's all.
After a lot of effort, everyone finally removed the broken tire.
The question now is where to find a spare tire.
At this time, local Nicholas said that he had just seen a road sign and recognized it. There is a small town not far from here. Everyone can go to the town to try their luck.
So, Ryan threw the broken tires and wheels into the pickup truck, and the five of them got into the pickup truck together and drove towards the town Nicholas mentioned.
At this time, Egg was sitting in the passenger seat admiring the snowy scenery in a leisurely and comfortable mood. He had no idea that Lily had been frantically calling the field team since yesterday afternoon.
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Everyone listening to the gospel broadcast realized that something was wrong with the gospel team.
At 8 o'clock last night, Lily did not perform daily broadcasts. She directly called the field team on the radio, asking the field team to interrupt the mission and return to Jixi Town immediately after hearing the call.
Lily did not say on the radio why she asked the field team to return, but the frequency of her call every 10 minutes let the listeners know that something happened to the gospel team, and it was a big deal.
Lily's call lasted from 8pm to 9pm, and she started calling at 7:30 this morning, which shows that the matter has not been resolved.
People's imagination is generally a bit big and highly divergent. By now, everyone has figured out various possibilities.
For example, Egg led the field team to defect collectively.
For example, there was a fight between the new team admitted that day and the old team.
For example, Jixi Town was attacked by armed gangsters.
For another example, Father Locke and Sister Maria eloped.
Anyway, there were all kinds of weird ideas, but no one thought that the most likely emergency at the moment would be the siege of Jixi Town by infected people.
Considering the combat capabilities of the Gospel team, are we still worried about being attacked by infected people?
They are fierce men who can run hundreds of kilometers to beat the butts of infected people.
No kidding.
Reality is sometimes just a joke.
The gospel team is engaged in a fierce battle with the infected group, and the base camp is even in danger of falling.
