Chapter 1612 The Dock Is Completed!

Early the next morning.

Huachen drove the helicopter and left the Da Zhangshu base.

Since the Li Yu crash, helicopters have always started with two helicopters.

Therefore, in addition to Brilliance, there was another helicopter accompanying him.

Naturally, it is impossible for two helicopters to fly to the north empty-handed.

So they filled it overnight last night and recently produced the coagulant and disinfectant needed by the water plant.

Every flight mission cannot be empty, and some supplies needed by other sub-bases will always be brought there.

This time is no exception.

Two helicopters were flying in the sky, and the exposed soil on the ground was dry.

The weeds on the abandoned fields were withered and the yellow soil was cracked.

The impact of drought on the environment is slowly becoming apparent.

The sun is scorching, it's already the end of October, but the temperature is still above 30 degrees.

After flying for three hours, the helicopter arrived in Oil City.

Zhong Chuchu and the tarmac staff went over, removed the things from the helicopter, and filled the helicopter with fuel.

Hua Chen and three other pilots got off the helicopter.

"Director Zhong, do you know where He Ma and the others are?"

Zhong Chuchu raised her head when she heard this, pointed in the direction of the canteen and said:

"At this point, they should be in the cafeteria."

"Where's Director Luo?"

"Should be there too."

"OK, thanks."

Hua Chen hasn't seen He Ma for a long time. The two of them had a good relationship before.

I have always been in Lao Luo's team before, but because we live in two places, it always takes a month or two before we can see him.

Now He Ma is based in Oil City and is responsible for helicopter-related tasks.

"Let's go to the cafeteria to find Lao He and the others."

Hua Chen led the three drivers towards the canteen.

Twelve noon.

The cafeteria was crowded, and there was a long queue at the window for serving food.

Hua Chen looked around in the canteen of Nuo University.

"Old Hua! What are you looking at? Here!" He Ma saw Hua Chen at the door of the cafeteria and quickly stood up and shouted.

After hearing the sound, Hua Chen looked and saw He Ma in the southwest corner of the cafeteria.

At that dining table, besides He Ma, he also saw Director Luo.

Seeing familiar faces, Hua Chen and others were a little excited and trotted towards them.

"Team Luo."

"Team Luo."

"Team Luo."

Luo Sanchang put down his spoon, saw Hua Chen and the others and said with a smile:

"Come on, how long will you stay?"

"An hour and a half. We will go to the north in an hour and a half." Hua Chen replied quickly.

They used to be soldiers under Lao Luo, and they were members of the commando team led by Lao Luo.

So they habitually call Lao Luo Captain Luo.

Lao Luo thought for a while and said, "One and a half hours, time is quite tight. You guys hurry up and get some food. After you get the food, come over and have a chat. Then you can rest for half an hour."

It’s very tiring to fly a helicopter continuously, especially since it takes a whole day to fly from the headquarters base to the northern border.

"Okay."

Hua Chen said that he was going to line up.

Lao Luo frowned when he saw the long queue. It would take half an hour to wait in such a long queue. It was the peak meal period now.

So he stood up, walked to Hua Chen and said, "Follow me."

Not knowing what was going on, Huachen and others followed Lao Luo to the kitchen in the back canteen.

"They are pressed for time. They will fly to the North in an hour and a half. The queue outside is too long. Now you can bring me some food for them."

Su Qian saw that it was Director Luo and did not dare to refuse after hearing what he said.

As a high-ranking member of the Great Zhangshu Force, Lao Luo still has this power.

Su Qian personally packed four generous meals for Hua Chen and the others.

"Thank you." Hua Chen thanked Su Qian.

Su Qian waved her hand and said it was nothing.

On the way back to the dining table, Lao Luo asked with a smile: "The headquarters base is also building a water plant. How is the progress?"

While Hua Chen was holding the food, he remembered the scene at the construction site on the ground when he left the headquarters base today.

"The trench is still being dug, but it should be opened soon."

"Well, you came here mainly to deliver coagulant and disinfectant?"

"No. This is incidental."

Hua Chen continued: "The president asked us to go to the north to take He Chao back."

"He Chao?" Lao Luo was stunned.

He knew about Jia Tan's rebellion, and it was a pity that He Chao was dismissed from his post.

He Chao is considered an old man at the Da Zhangshu Base. When he first joined the Da Zhangshu Base, it was He Chao who received him and assigned him housing.

If they have any problems, they can come to He Chao, and He Chao can help them solve them quickly.

So he had a good impression of He Chao and felt that He Chao was a very capable person.

Lao Luo thought and sat on the long stool behind the dining table.

"Take He Chao back to the headquarters? What are you doing?"

Hua Chen also sat down and put the food on the table.

"It is said that the buffer city lacks an internal affairs manager. Maybe this is why he came back." Hua Chen thought for a while and replied.

"Oh, that's it."

Lao Luo nodded, thoughtfully.

He Chao stayed at the Da Zhangshu base for many years. Although some changes occurred that caused him to leave the headquarters base, he was transferred back after only three or four months.

It seems that the city lord still recognizes He Chao.

If ordinary people are transferred away from the power center, it is difficult to go back.

He Chao is different.

Everyone is eating here and chatting about the past.

The content of the chat quickly shifted from lamenting the past to the construction of the water plant.

He Ma said:

"The water plant has been opened now, and the dock seems to have been built in the past two days? Captain Luo, you have more information. When will the water plant be built?"

Lao Luo finished the last grain of rice.

Smacked his lips and said:

"What day is it today?"

"October 21st." Hua Chen replied.

Lao Luo calculated and said: "The minister's order to Xie Changshan is one month. It is estimated that it should be built around the sixth or seventh of next month."

He Ma said leisurely: "I heard that the survivors who came in from outside said that there is no water in many places outside now, and they can only go to large rivers or lakes to get water."

As soon as this remark came out, it instantly aroused everyone's discussion.

"I've heard that too. If the drought continues, there will probably be a big problem."

"Yes, so now the headquarters base and the oil city have started to build water plants."

"Don't worry, once the water plant is built, the water supply problem will be solved!" Lao Luo comforted everyone.

"But what if it never rains?" someone suddenly asked.

When this question came out, everyone fell silent.

If it never rains, then...

When Hua Chen thought of this consequence, he shuddered.

If it never rains, what will the whole world become? He couldn't imagine it, but many people would definitely die.

Even human extinction is possible.

Lao Luo broke the silence, "It won't rain all the time. It's not scientifically logical not to rain. Water vapor evaporates and forms clouds. The small raindrops in the clouds are affected by gravity and will naturally fall."

"But..."

Hua Chen asked back: "But the frequent natural disasters in recent years don't quite conform to natural logic."

Lao Luo couldn't answer. What he just said was his limit. He knew so much about natural science.

"Why think so much? This is the job of the natural environment science research experts at the headquarters base. Besides, have we been defeated by natural disasters so far?" Lao Luo said firmly.

"Haha, that's right."

Everyone joked and skipped this topic.

"Huachen, you can help me when you go to the North this time."

At the same time, on the shore of Nanwan Lake.

Xie Changshan personally directed the construction workers to work and arranged the laying of cables.

These cables were buried under the cover plate.

"Over there, the crane pulls the top plate frame over!" Xie Changshan shouted to the crane on the right.

The huge hook of the crane hooked the top plate frame and slowly moved to the construction site at the end of the dock.

The construction of the dock is crucial, and Xie Changshan is worried and has been staying here for the past two days.

The construction of the water plant in the trading market was handed over to Ding Wu.

As for the construction of other projects in the trading market, he handed it over to Fang Jingxin.

After two days of construction, they have built a 20-meter-long and 10-wide dock.

The total area has reached 200 square meters.

Now the power distribution room and water pump room are being built at the end of the dock.

Once the drought continues, the lake water level will drop and it will not be able to drain water to the ditch through the height difference, so water will be pumped out of the lake through water pumps.

The dock they built is 20 meters deep into the lake, and the deepest lake bottom touched by the dock has reached a depth of 12 meters.

The construction of the power distribution room and the water pump room did not use a steel frame structure.

After all, it is by the lake, humid, and easy to corrode steel.

So the small room they built used the strongest reinforced concrete structure.

The wall thickness reached nearly half a meter.

The room has been basically built, and it is just a matter of sealing the roof.

After the roof is sealed, it only needs to send the pump and power equipment in.

When building this dock, they took into account the flood period. In order to prevent the power distribution room from being submerged by the lake, the height of the dock is five meters higher than the highest water level.

"Bang!"

A zombie just appeared in the lake and was shot dead by the militia brigade.

In the past few days, they have been here every day to protect the construction team and ensure their safety.

Ding Meng looked at the house that was about to be completed, turned his head and said to Xia Liangfeng behind him:

"Old Xia, if the roof can be sealed today, I will not come tomorrow, and the security work here will be handed over to you."

"Okay, no problem." Xia Liangfeng nodded.

Most of the zombies in the lake were led away by Ding Meng before, and burned and exploded a few kilometers away.

There are fewer zombies in the lake now, and the pressure is very small.

"Be careful!" Xia Liangfeng, who was looking at the dock, had his pupils shrink and saw a construction worker carrying a template and fell.

His body fell to the side of the dock.

Crash!

His whole body fell towards the dock, and he was about to fall into the lake. His hand grabbed the edge of the dock.

The person who followed him to move the template ran over and pulled his hand and pulled him up.

Huh——

Xia Liangfeng was relieved when he saw that the construction worker was successfully rescued.

This is at the end of the dock, and the water below is 12 meters deep. If you fall down, you will definitely be bitten to death by the zombies below.

Swimming 20 meters from there to the shore, even if there is only one zombie in the middle, it may kill him.

The worker who fell down was still frightened, his legs were trembling, and he looked at the edge of the pier in shock.

Clearly frightened.

"Church, cuckoo, I almost died when I stepped on the horse."

Jie Changshan walked over and patted him on the shoulder, "Be careful."

Then he pointed to the worker behind him who was carrying the formwork together, "Take him down to rest."

If he is frightened like this, if he continues, he will probably lose his mind and be prone to accidents. It is better to let him go down.

After they went down, Jie Changshan took out his loudspeaker and shouted to the construction workers behind him:

"Slow down the transport speed, don't get close to the edge of the pier, try to go to the middle."

He looked at the edge of the pier, frowned, and said secretly: "Forget about the entire guardrail."

Time passes bit by bit.

The roof formwork for the house was gradually put up.

They poured concrete directly on top of the formwork,

Once the concrete hardens, it will form a solid roof.

On the other side, near the right side of the pier, they drove piles there to install the barrier.

There are four layers in total from thick to thin.

This is to prevent zombies in the lake and some lake debris from flooding into the ditch and causing blockage.

The ditch has now been opened, but a thick cement steel plate nearly one meter thick is blocking the flow of water.

This steel plate is equipped with an automatic switch device, and the line is led to the oil city.

When a switch is pressed in the oil city, this cement steel plate opens, and the water from the lake flows into the ditch and flows to the water plant in the trading market.

Closed, the cement steel plate is closed, and the lake water will no longer flow to the trading market.

It's getting late and it's time to call it a day.

The roof between the power distribution and water pumps has been grouted, and now we just need to wait for the roof behind to dry naturally.

The formwork can be removed and a solid dock house can be built.

Drop-off--

A long whistle sounded!

Xie Changshan shouted with a loudspeaker: "Call it off!"

呲——

The crane's boom reached the shore and stopped.

The sound of machinery operating stopped within a minute after Jie Changshan called out to call it a day.

Xie Changshan felt very happy when he looked at the formed pier and pier huts.

"The water intake is generally completed, and now we are waiting for the factory building in the trading market to be built!"

He held the trumpet and walked briskly towards the shore.

At this rate, he would be able to build the water plant in less than a month.

The construction of the most dangerous pier water intake is almost completed.

The construction of the factory building at the trading market has been completed day and night for more than ten days in two shifts. It is now almost half complete.

"Chief Engineer Xie, I don't need to come tomorrow, right?" Ding Meng waited beside the car until Xie Changshan spoke.

After hearing this, Jie Changshan thought for a while and said:

"Okay, Captain Ding has been lucky these days. Thank you. If it weren't for you, the construction of our dock would have been very troublesome."

A few days ago, the scene of a group of zombies emerging from the bottom of the lake still remained in his mind.

If Ding Meng had not lured away most of the zombies in advance that day, the construction of the dock would probably have been hindered by a large number of zombies.

"Let's get in the car." Ding yanked open the door and let Xie Changshan get in the car.

"Thank you." Xie Changshan said flattered.

He sat in the car and looked at the long pier, feeling a sense of pride.

In such a short period of time, and there were zombies in the lake, the dock was built.

The difficult project was completed in his hands!

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