The deputy next to him quickly looked at the time: "There are still forty minutes."
"Are all the concentration points arranged?"
"arranged."
"The army has arrived?"
"yes."
The official surnamed Jiang nodded, opened his eyes again, looked at the energetic Director of the Second Division opposite him, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.
He really doesn't think those practitioners are of any benefit.
But at this time, his body was already overwhelmed after three days, but the practitioners of the Second Division were still not tired.
"Oh, I finally understand why Jingli gave you this task." He sighed.
The director of the Second Division opposite signed the document in his hand, then looked over without saying anything.
Official surnamed Jiang put on his glasses again:
"The evacuation will be divided into many batches. There are tens of millions of permanent residents in the city, but many people still will not respond immediately to the call."
Director of the Second Department: "This is better and can reduce our transportation pressure."
Official surnamed Jiang: "Yes, but the evacuation was too late. I'm afraid many people won't be able to leave."
Director of the Second Division: "Just do your best."
Official surnamed Jiang: "During the evacuation, especially the first batch is the most critical. We must prevent trouble, especially from a small number of elements with ulterior motives. Once any criminal behavior occurs, we must deal with it immediately and resolutely!"
Director of the Second Division: "Yes, we have already communicated with the military about this. Our Special Division has also sent experts to every gathering point. Anyone who dares to cause trouble at this time will not show mercy!"
…
After talking some more, the official surnamed Jiang rubbed his eyes tiredly, stood up and said, "Then I'll take a rest first."
The director of the Second Division also stood up and said solemnly: "Don't worry, we will take care of everything."
"Yes." He nodded, and with a pale face, he held himself up and was about to leave. No matter what the outcome of this disaster, he could not absolve himself of the blame.
When he walked to the door, he suddenly remembered something and said: "Is the Huangpu River okay? In terms of water transportation..."
The director of the Second Department looked at the information and nodded: "Don't worry, water transportation is the top priority, and nothing will happen."
"Okay, then I'm relieved."
…
Time:14:00
Outside the Jing'an assembly point.
The water conditions in this area are slightly better, but the ground is still full of water.
It's just not as deep as what Cheng Lin had seen before.
The area near the meeting point was already crowded with people.
If you look at it roughly, it's boundless. I'm afraid there are not hundreds of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands.
"I remember that this district has a population of over one million, but the number of people who can come here is definitely far less than this number."
Cheng Lin huddled with other citizens, thinking in his mind.
Along the way, he has learned a lot about the situation.
The news of the mass evacuation was issued yesterday.
However, many people are still reluctant to leave.
This is easy to understand.
"If nothing else happens, the first ones to leave will definitely be mainly the migrant population, while those with families and businesses will wait and see. Of course, those who are rich and powerful will definitely be the first to leave."
"Next, as people continue to evacuate, the climate will definitely continue to worsen, and there is no improvement in the situation. In addition, food reserves are in short supply, and the remaining people will become more and more anxious and eventually join in the evacuation."
"Even in urban areas, there are still a few million people. Even if we transport hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands in batches each time, it will be a difficult test for the government."
"From what I saw along the way, most of the streets were flooded and blocked, so passenger transport was basically paralyzed. Except for a few people who were not seriously affected, private cars could still be driven. Most areas were also disabled and could only be driven.
Rely on military transportation.”
"Air transport is eliminated first, it is a drop in the bucket, and I am afraid that flying is no longer affordable at this time, so the remaining options are railway (high-speed rail) and shipping, or finding a way to take people out of the city, and then taking trucks for land transportation."
Cheng Lin thought secretly.
I thought to myself that I didn’t know which way I would leave.
At this time, I suddenly heard a commotion ahead.
Cheng Lin was just wondering when he heard someone shouting next to him: "People from the government are coming! People from the army are coming!"
At this time, this area was already crowded with citizens.
Everyone carried them to salute and fled with their families. Many people brought a lot of things, a lot of big and small packages, and they couldn't take them out. Most of them were soaked in water.
The adults were okay, but some children were sitting alone on the luggage, holding on tightly with their hands, sometimes wailing, sometimes silent.
Some people took the opportunity to cause trouble.
Stealing, fighting, robbery...
But such people are in the minority after all.
And once there is any noise, the little lapels and soldiers patrolling around will notice it and attack them mercilessly.
The vast majority are ordinary people.
As a family unit, we support each other, hold on to our personal possessions, and look around in confusion.
People's faces are full of numbness, sadness, hesitation, despair...
Cheng Lin seems particularly unique and different among these people.
However, no one cared about him at this time.
There are too many people here...the pressure is too great...the people maintaining law and order are nervous, fearing that something will happen.
…
Finally, after some shouting and coordination.
15:25 minutes
People at the meeting point started to set off.
No vehicle picks up.
Or not at the moment.
The roads are too blocked, and even if all efforts are made to repair them, it will take time.
The truck door brought by the organization cannot open here, so people can only walk a short distance and then take a bus.
Hundreds of thousands of people are traveling together, how magnificent it is.
And this is just Jing'an District.
At almost the same time, the gathering points in all major districts of the Magic City set off at the same time.
Go west, towards Jinling.
The first batch of three million people evacuated together!
And if we raise our sights to the entire Xia Kingdom.
Today, hundreds of millions of people have begun to migrate inland!
Think globally.
Today, nearly one billion people are forced to migrate and leave their homes!
And today is March 24th.
Only three days have passed since the global storm hit!
According to the prophecy, the end of mankind will occur in seven months!
This is all just beginning!
…
Cheng Lin walked silently among the huge and endless crowd of people.
With his hands empty, he walked much more briskly.
However, there were too many people, so the entire team moved extremely slowly.
Cheng Lin saw that the faces of the government officials closest to him were covered in sweat, not rain, but sweat, even steaming.
It's too hot here.
With so many people crowded together, body temperature alone is enough to create a high enough temperature.
There seems to be not enough air.
From time to time someone falls behind and faints.
The entire team marched like a turtle crawling.
Cheng Lin even began to doubt whether he would be able to get in the car before dark.
If it doesn't work, then traveling all night may be more likely to cause problems.
Looking at the route, they were walking along the Huangpu River.
Three days of heavy rain, coupled with rising sea levels in the East China Sea, have put extreme pressure on this tributary of the Yangtze River.
But what's amazing is.
Even with this amount of water, the dams along the Huangpu River remain stable.
Although the river water has risen, it is still within a safe range.
The stability of both sides of the Taiwan Strait is breathtaking.
Right now.
Suddenly there was a huge whistle sound, coming from far away.
"beep"
Cheng Lin and others couldn't help but turn their heads and look.
Suddenly I saw a fleet of boats passing by in the river.
At a glance, the fleet is continuous.
The most eye-catching one is a seagoing ship with a length of nearly 100 meters according to visual inspection!
The ship was extremely large and white, like a giant sea beast, spitting out black smoke and blowing a dull whistle as it broke through the water along the river.
Obviously not a passenger ship, but a freight ship.
Cheng Lin watched the giant ship approaching in amazement.
"It's so big... I'm afraid it doesn't have to be 50,000 tons..."
According to Cheng Lin's knowledge, the waters from Magic City to Jinling are indeed very deep. It is not a big problem to take a 10,000-ton ship, but the larger tonnage is unclear. After all, this is not an ocean, but an inland river. Even if
offshore.
At this time, this giant ship was crowded with people!
Yes!
Not goods, but densely packed people!
In other words, these people are goods at this time!
Like the group of people on the shore, they were numbly dragging their families with them, carrying their most important possessions, and were crowded on the boat like canned fish. I don’t know the exact number, but at a glance it was probably tens of thousands.
They braved the rain all over the sky and walked down the river!
Obviously, this is a water transport fleet.
And after seeing these boats, especially the people on them.
The group of citizens beside Cheng Lin suddenly became noisy.
"Boat!"
"There's someone on board!"
"Look, look!"
"Why can they take the boat and we can only walk on the shore?"
"Yes! Why!"
"We also want to take a boat! We don't want to walk!"
"Yes! Take a boat! Not walk!"
People stopped, pointed angrily at the boats on the river, and shouted.
They feel extremely unfair and angry!
Why?
Why do they take a boat and we have to walk?
This anger came suddenly.
It caught those officials, soldiers, and little lapels off guard.
These people could only hold loudspeakers and shout with hoarse voices in an attempt to appease the people.
"Don't be anxious, everyone! Our convoy is just ahead! Just walk a little further!"
"Everyone is fair! Don't worry, everyone!"
But even though they shouted to comfort, some people were still making noise.
The person in charge of this assembly point turned pale.
And at this time.
suddenly.
People only felt the ground beneath their feet shaking.
There was no warning.
It shook suddenly.
People were suddenly startled, and many people fell down one after another!
The earth was shaking, and they felt it clearly.
"The earthquake! It's the earthquake!"
Suddenly, someone woke up.
People were suddenly shocked.
Earthquake!
No one expected that an earthquake would occur at this time!
And the shock was so strong!
Obviously a very high level!
At this moment, someone suddenly pointed at the river and exclaimed:
"Look!"
The voice was so panicked and horrified.
So that people started to look at it.
I saw that the most conspicuous ship was about to cross a bridge across the river bank.
Half of the bridge has been crossed.
Not even half passed yet.
At this time, during the earthquake, the bridge across the Huangpu River, which was nearly 4,000 meters long and had a main span of 700 meters, suddenly began to tremble and collapse!
Collapse?
Collapse!
The bridge across the river collapsed silently during the earthquake.
come down.
then.
The 10,000-ton ship that was crossing the bridge was vertically broken by the falling bridge!
It's like cutting down with a huge sword holding up the sky!
The giant wheel was cut off from the center!
"Crack!"
The sound of breaking came slowly.
The giant ship with tens of thousands of tonnage broke and disintegrated in an instant!
The tens of thousands of people on board sank into the river before they had time to react.
Silence on both sides of the Taiwan Strait!
Hundreds of thousands of people along the river were silent!!