Getting to Dragon Mountain Dungeon is a long trip.
For Chen Xiaoxiang, when she came out of the dungeon, the seemingly endless upward tunnel and the snail-like moving platform gave her the idea that serving was a one-way ticket. When the pain of February's cold wind tearing her cheeks was deeply engraved in her mind, she felt more and more that returning to her hometown was a very, very distant thing.
As we all know, in the first year of joining the army, it is basically impossible to go home for the New Year. Nothing else, the army rules and regulations are such that there must be enough personnel to ensure the establishment at all times. Since 1981, the Alliance has never left the wartime state, and everyone understands that there are too many dangers on the surface waiting to be eliminated one by one.
"Identification." The soldiers at the checkpoint stepped onto the commuter train and carefully checked the identity of each passenger. Generally speaking, the trains departing from the Longshan surface 10X series base to the underground city are for both military and civilian purposes. However, since we have now entered the highest wartime state, all the transportation capacity is used for arms transportation. Taking the plane back with Chen Xiaoxiang is just like taking advantage of every opportunity, and returning to the dungeon also has to take advantage of every opportunity.
Chen Xiaoxiang handed over his noncommissioned officer certificate, and the soldier carrying a submachine gun began to read it. Behind him stood two companions holding rifles. The situation in the carriages of this train is quite complex. There are wounded soldiers' carriages that were temporarily hung up, engineers who were recalled for some reason, clerks who hold passes, and families who are returning home after a sudden illness. Increases the difficulty of inspection greatly.
Fortunately, in wartime conditions, those who can board the train back to the city have gone through at least three verifications. Applying for a pass is the first level, surprise door-to-door inspection is the second level, and station ticket inspection is the third level. There will be more rigorous and cumbersome levels to follow.
The carriage was so blocked that the traditional wasteland tea cart with purified soil could not be pushed through. Chen Xiaoxiang gave up her seat to the slightly injured person who was obviously exhausted, even though she herself had some injuries.
After sharing boiling water and cigarettes, the conversation started easily. To be honest, trains obviously don't allow any fire sources, but even wartime conditions can't stop people who want to smoke sticks. They do covet that little bit of nicotine, but the purpose of that bit of nicotine is nothing more than to numb their feelings. Many times even the military does not strictly prohibit the existence of cigarettes. People need comfort, not just faith.
The name of this lightly wounded man was so common that it could be said that he was invisible, Zhang Wei. Zhang Wei moved half of his buttocks and tried hard to get his other companion to sit on him. He spent a lot of effort and couldn't even take it out of his pocket. Chen Xiaoxiang took out her own lighter, Zhibao, It opened with a "ding" sound, and a cluster of blue flames rose up.
"Good stuff." Zhang Wei praised. He didn't give up groping, and after a while he took out a box of squashed gummy candies.
Under the warm invitation, Chen Xiaoxiang ate a piece of milky white candy with a slight yellow color. It couldn't be said to be a candy, but something like a very soft, spongy and thick sweet dough, sprinkled with sesame seeds and powdered sugar.
"What is this?" Chen Xiaoxiang asked.
"Mazi Kueh." Zhang Wei said, and then he excitedly explained what it was, where it came from, and how it was made, as if he had met a close friend. He didn't care that the remaining half of the box was eaten by his comrades, but he didn't mind and just took the rest. Some of the ones I bought were given to Chen Xiaoxiang, and she was invited to go to the working farm near Qamdo sometime. The hot pockmarked rice cakes are delicious.
As soon as Qamdo was mentioned, the surrounding area became slightly quiet. Almost everyone was talking about how the war was going on the front line, how many Imperial people had been destroyed and how much they had lost today, but few people mentioned Qamdo. For a long time, everyone has known what the one-to-two force ratio means. Qamdo is only about 340 kilometers away from the border, and the Imperials have already besieged the Alliance, the second city after Longshan. There are seven million people there. Indeed, if the imperialists want to capture Changchun, they will suffer unprecedented losses, and who will suffer greater losses?
"On the way back, I took a look at the leaflets dropped by the Empire." Zhang Wei said in a low voice.
"It says that hunger and cold will conquer us..."
Chen Xiaoxiang sneered and said, "How many years have passed, hunger and cold will befall them."
The two didn't say much about airdropping leaflets. Everyone had military service experience. Reading enemy leaflets is a big or small matter. If some military police heard these two sentences just now, maybe they would give them a lesson or maybe they would
He was arrested and imprisoned for a few days. If he was on the front line, it could be as high as being shot or as low as being slapped with the butt of a rifle.
Chen Xiaoxiang took a newspaper from the table next to him, pointed to the leaflet printed on it, and said it was to be sent to the Imperial Army, and said: "Look, this is called cleverness."
There are two things printed on the flyer. One is the well-known Alliance "Mingguang Armor", and the other is the most common T70 tank in the empire.
"Your T70 tank is powerful and can continue to work through severe cold. The main gun can penetrate most tank armor. However, your 'Leonid' Ivan the Terrible has been destroyed, and no matter how powerful the tank is, it cannot Better than mechas. Winter has come, our country has a vast territory and abundant food and troops."
A very simple comparison, neither belittling nor boasting, just listing simple facts. Moreover, Chen Xiaoxiang could sense that the reason why everyone on the train did not mention Qamdo was not because it might fall, but because they expected how much value it would bring. Every Alliance member deeply understands one truth: there is no victory without sacrifice.
Outside the car window, the majestic Longshan Mountain is very close. The wakes of fighter jets are clearly visible in the sky. Occasionally, communication biplanes can be seen flying at low altitude. The densely packed lines are full of heavy-duty locomotives loaded with goods. Longshan's air defense network is very sparse. Although it can be bombed here, if the enemy's air force comes once, there will be no next time.
The magnificent Longshan Tianmen diverts passenger and freight vehicles. Before entering the downward tunnel, Chen Xiaoxiang saw coal mine carriages being picked up by dumpers, and the water-sprinkled coal was dumped into the industrial pipe opening. The general input port of the Big Mac can easily make people think of what would happen if they fell into this port. Under the coal mine, there is endless darkness and inevitable death. ..
Passenger downlink tunnels require transfers. Surface commuter trains cannot drive directly into underground cities due to radiation dust. In order to save electricity, regardless of whether it is a war emergency or not, the light at each tunnel entrance is relatively dim. Only the security checkpoint and the boarding gate have sufficient light. Here, at least five thousand people are waiting to change trains at the same time.
Soldiers with guns and ammunition tightly controlled every key point, but half of the passengers themselves were active duty soldiers. The veterans who returned were a little more relaxed and were even allowed to go to military stores in groups of two or three. Of course, everyone in Longshan once had military status, but most people were transferred to the reserve service after the age of 25, effectively becoming civilians, and they could only go to civilian supply and marketing cooperatives where prices were higher and goods were scarcer. .
Chen Xiaoxiang and others are even more special. Under the leadership of officer Li Li, they can move freely. Chen Xiaoxiang doesn't like queuing, especially long lines. So she asked Zhao Haiqiang to bring her a pack of cigarettes, but instead of White Bird, she wanted a less common cigarette, willow tree. This is the specialty cigarette from Zheliu. For no reason, she saw someone smoking on the train. The smell of willow bark was rare in Longshan.
In fact, at Longshan Tianmen Station, most commuter trains are waiting to go out, and there is only one terminal for incoming trains. Many people who have plenty of time or simply want to save money simply choose to walk down the trail, which takes about seven hours to Jinping District.
Chen Xiaoxiang walked around Tianmen Station, which is a completely different building from the pre-war high-speed rail station. It was built underground, which meant that it was impossible to use the large dome and extraordinarily open and abundant space that were the hallmark of pre-war stations. Large spans and high grids were not affordable here. The height of Tianmen Station is only about 18 meters. Standard Fuxing building height. The interior is divided into smaller spaces by supporting columns. Naturally, there will be no commercial space on the second floor. There are only two military and civilian stores, one in front and one in the back. and required operating points. The largest space is reserved for the shunting yard. Four are extroverted and two are introverted. Everything is convenient and fast, but comfort is not included.
In order to maximize space utilization, there are no seats here, and everyone relies on their own bench or helmet, or a backpack roll to provide a cushion. Anyway, there are many recruits who are going to serve in the army.
After waiting for a long time, probably more than an hour, the next train left twice, but neither stopped. Most civilian trains are requisitioned for military use. All trains going down must give way to arms trains and wounded trains. As long as you stand at Tianmen waiting for the bus, few things can be considered truly urgent, because those who are truly urgent will take the vertical suspended platform. Will be there in about ten minutes
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Finally, a civilian train arrived. After another long wait, after another check by the military and police, Chen Xiaoxiang was squeezed all the way up by the crowd. She was confused for a moment whether she had been called by the headquarters to report the matter. She was pushed into the carriage by the crowd, and the seats in these carriages had long been removed. Everyone is in a sardine can, the difference is that no one thinks much about struggling.
The train rumbled into motion and passed through the rugged tunnel, often passing through hollowed out irregular spaces. Groups of engineers were busy maintaining faulty lines. No one knows how many optical cables are buried in Longshan Underground City. Each platform is a node, providing meager guarantee for this super city with a population of more than 10 million. There are tens of thousands of maintenance personnel operating at the same time every second. There are so many people.
There is a protective curtain wall outside the track, and beyond that is an abyss. Sparks caused by friction flow down the noisy and quiet roller coaster-style track, and the waterfall of sparks dissipates very quickly. Chen Xiaoxiang felt like she was traveling through a spider hole, and she was like a small insect wrapped in a cocoon, sent all the way to the mouth of the Spider Queen of the Magic City.
