Chapter 47: The Journey

Snowflakes were floating in the sky, the ground was white, and a black armored train was running on the rails like a black dragon.

The scenery on both sides quickly fell back. Tang Ming sat in his seat and looked at the scenery outside from the iron window. It was winter, so it was normal for Xiangnan Province to have blood, but the lush green forests on both sides could not be covered even by heavy snow. It felt like spring. Tang Ming was just a soldier, and he knew that this phenomenon was very abnormal. Trees did not lose all their leaves in winter, but grew more lush, taller and stronger. It was not so obvious in Guangnan Province. It was super abnormal to still be like this when it snowed in Xiangnan Province. He was a little worried about the future prospects of mankind.

"Hello everyone, it's time for lunch. Please take one for each person, thank you."

The waitress pushed the dining cart in. The dining cart was full of lunch boxes. No one had one, no more, no less.

Tang Ming picked up a box at random. The food inside was the same anyway, one rice, two vegetarian dishes, one meat dish, and a cup of winter melon soup. It was quite rich.

Soldiers eat very quickly, and Tang Ming's speed was even faster. He finished his lunch in just two or three minutes, leaving nothing behind. The other people in the carriage were shocked. They felt that he was starving, which was rare even in the end of the world.

You don't have to clean up the lunch box yourself. The staff just said that she would come back to clean up together, so Tang Ming didn't take it to throw it away.

The distance from Yangcheng to Kyoto is more than 2,200 kilometers. If it was before the end of the world, it would take more than ten hours to get there by high-speed rail. Now from Guangnan Province to Xiangnan Province, as long as you pass through the city, the machine guns on the train have never stopped. The zombies reacted strongly to the sound of the train passing by, and they chased after them in groups. It was not too easy to deal with them with the drill head in the front of the car. The zombie groups on both sides were fired by the machine guns on the roof, and the train would speed up to leave. There were no accidents during this period of time.

In fact, what Tang Ming didn't know was that the train was most afraid of mutants, not zombies, during its journey. Mutants were the biggest obstacle to the train. Some mutants were very smart and would destroy the rails. As long as the train driver didn't pay attention, derailment would easily occur. After the apocalypse, this kind of thing had already happened several times in Xia Country, causing Xia Country's railway transportation to suffer heavy losses, not only in terms of materials, but also in terms of personnel. A large number of personnel and material resources had to be spent to repair the rails, which was a waste of Xia Country's national strength. However, there was no way. Now the transportation of materials mainly relied on railways. If the railways were paralyzed, the entire Xia Country would have problems.

"Alas, when will this world return to normal?"

Tang Ming thought secretly in his heart.

Somewhere on the same train, the train was divided into two floors. The first floor was where materials were stored, and the second floor was where the personnel controlling machine guns and other weapons were located. The second floor was not as high as the first floor, only about 1.6 meters, and people could only walk with their bodies bent.

It was lunch time now, and the armed personnel were all sitting on small stools, eating deliciously with lunch boxes in their hands.

"Is your wife about to give birth?"

Liao Kaiwen took a big mouthful of rice, swallowed it with difficulty, and turned to ask his companion Li Wenlong.

"Well, there are still a few days. She is now in the hospital waiting for delivery."

When Li Wenlong talked about his wife who was about to give birth, he couldn't hide the smile on his face.

"Have you gone for B-ultrasound to see if it's a boy or a girl?"

Liao Kaiwen patted his shoulder and asked again.

"It's good to have a boy or a girl, but it's best to have a girl. I like daughters. It's best if they are as beautiful as her mother, not as rough as me."

Li Wenlong has long envied his comrades in the company who have daughters. To be honest, he is definitely a daughter slave.

"Yeah, my kid is naughty and mischievous. He will do anything stupid, but he doesn't dare to do anything serious. He is such a naughty kid. It's better to have a daughter."

When Liao Kaiwen thought of his naughty kid at home, his head hurt. Because he was in the army most of the time, and his wife also had a job, so he was always taken care of by the elderly at home. Who knew that he became more and more naughty as he grew up, and now it is difficult to educate him. Thinking of this, he also envied his comrades who had daughters.

"Brother, you and sister-in-law are still so young, you can have another child."

Li Wenlong said with a smile after finishing the last bite of rice.

"No, your sister-in-law and I have a hard time supporting our family these days. It's too late to give birth."

The salary of Kaiwen Liao and his wife, who is a nurse, was good before. Now it's the end of the world. Although he has a subsidy as a field soldier, it is only enough to support a family of four elderly people and a child. It can be said that they are very lucky. No elderly people have become zombies. It just happens to be within the scope of the Kyoto base. However, the country is short of supplies now, especially food. There is no surplus food. Not in the countryside, but in the city, families generally buy a bag of rice, or food in a refrigerator. It can be said that no one has surplus food. Now the country has not used the reserve grain, but let the survivors organize teams to go out to collect supplies and then distribute them to the survivors in the base.

"Have you finished eating? If you have finished eating, take a rest and then change shifts."

The company commander came over and shouted to everyone.

"It's finished eating."

Everyone shouted, then packed up the lunch boxes, one of the two people in each group went to rest first, and the other went to the weapon operation post, and then the rested people changed shifts, and so on.

Li Wenlong asked Liao Kevin to rest first, and he returned to his post. The post was a one-meter-high platform with a stool to sit on. There was a machine gun on the top that could rotate 360 ​​degrees, and a telescope to look out. This allowed them to observe the outside scene at any time. As long as there were zombies attacking on both sides, they would fight back with machine guns. Of course, most of the time, nothing would happen. Only when passing through cities or places where people live, they had to be extra careful.

The train stopped for half an hour in Shashi, the provincial capital of Xiangnan Province, and then stopped for an hour in Sanzhen, Xiangbei Province. Sanzhen in Xiangbei Province is the main transportation route of the nine provinces of Xiaguo, and it can be said to be the most important transit station. The Central South Military Region of Xiaguo is stationed here, and there are hundreds of thousands of troops protecting it. As long as there is no problem here, then the transportation of materials in the entire country of Xiaguo will not be a problem. If there is a problem here, then the country's rule will be a big problem.

The train that Tang Ming was on unloaded most of the supplies here. A soldier king from the Central South Military Region came on board. His name was Hou Wentao. He was Tang Ming's old friend or old rival. In the military competitions held in recent years, the two were evenly matched, but Tang Ming had always been No. 1.

"Long time no see, Ye Di."

"Yeah, long time no see, Lone Wolf."

The two greeted each other, then smiled and hugged each other. It was also a kind of happiness to be able to see old friends in the end of the world.