Doomsday rat

That's right, this place is Xiaoxitian. When I was a child, I often slipped into Beihai through the side door with the nearby children, and played hide-and-seek here.I still remember that there is Mount Sumeru in the main hall, sitting or standing or nesting on it, full of Bodhisattvas, at least hundreds of them.

But today he didn't come to revisit the old place, but walked through the courtyards and rockeries of Xiaoxitian, and came straight to a high wall, put down the ladder, tiptoed to the two small closed doors, and listened.

"Come on, give me the electric drill!" After waiting for dozens of seconds, Hong Tao rushed forward and stretched out his hand.

"Captain Hong, what is this place?" Pan Wenxiang looked at the small door with question marks in his mind.Can't help but ask again.

He has indeed been to Xiaoxitian more than once, but he has never noticed that there is a door here.Judging from the material and appearance, this door must have been added later, and it does not match the tall, thick, red palace wall very well.

"Fortunately, you grew up nearby, do you know where the other side of the wall is?" Hong Tao thought for a while, and decided that it would be better to tell his plan, so that the two of them would understand what they were going to do.

"...I don't know..." Pan Wenxiang thought about it hard, and flipped through the offline map of his mobile phone, but he still couldn't remember, who cares what is outside the wall of Beihai Park, and there is no mark on the map, isn't it a street? And residential areas?

"Don't look through it, there will be no marks on civilian maps. Remember, I will only say it once! Outside the west wall of Beihai is the military area, and it goes south all the way to the north wall of the 305 Hospital. This place was called Hongren in the Qing Dynasty. Temple, which houses a Zhantan Buddha, all carved from sandalwood, very famous, alias, Zhantan Temple.

During the Gengzi period, the temple was burned down by the Eight-Power Allied Forces, and the Zhantan Buddha disappeared, and the place was changed into a barracks for the Forbidden Army.In the period of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai wanted to proclaim himself emperor, and here was the station of the famous Beiyang Army Model Regiment.

After liberation, Mr. Peng presided over the establishment of the Ministry of National Defense here. The General Staff, the General Political Department, and the General Logistics Department each occupied a building.The blueprint was designed by Liang Sicheng. The gray main structure, the round stone pillars in front of the door, the white marble balcony railings, and the green glazed tile umbrella-shaped palace roof combine Chinese and Western styles.

With the urban transformation, there are not many of these buildings left in the world. The State Economic Commission in Sanlihe, the Ministry of First Machinery, the old Ministry of Communications of Beibing Masi, the Department of Foreign Economic Relations, and the General Staff’s dormitory in Jingshan Back Street, that’s all I can think of. up. "

The three squatted in front of the small door, each of them lit a cigarette, and listened intently to Hong Tao's vernacular.Not to mention the foreign devil Randy, even Pan Wenxiang, a local, has never heard of these things, so he can't take it seriously.

"It's very exciting... But Hong, you still didn't say why we came here. Could it be that you know where the sandalwood Buddha statue is?"

If it wasn't for the fact that the situation was too inappropriate, Randy would have wanted to applaud. He gradually discovered that the captain has a lot of meaning, and he can often speak surprisingly.But he is also very clear that now is not the time to talk about the cultures of various countries, and there is no need to find any cultural relics that have been missing for many years.

Chapter 126 Our Pentagon

"...We'll pass through here, and we won't be far from that school!" Hong Tao felt that it was unnecessary for him to educate the two of them, a foreign devil who couldn't understand Chinese well, and a waste who couldn't live without a mobile phone and a computer. , Play the piano to the cow, let's work!

This small gate is the side gate leading to the North Sea from the office area of ​​the Ministry of National Defense. What is it for?Hong Tao didn't know too well, he only knew that when he was a child, he often saw people entering and exiting Beihai through this small gate, and they didn't need a ticket.

I tried to see if I could go there too, but the ending was rather tragic. There were PLA soldiers standing guard at the door, holding guns, and they didn’t let me go because I was a flower of the motherland, and I almost got kicked out.

"Come on Team Leader Lan, 90.00% of the zombies are behind the door, please invite first!" But the lock on the small door is really not that advanced, and he quickly gave up the principle under the ravages of the drill.Hong Tao didn't push the door, but stood aside and made a gesture of invitation.

"Why me?!" Randy wasn't afraid of zombies, but just questioned the rationality of this order. He was carrying a sniper rifle, which should have long-range firepower. Usually, Hong Tao took the lead in this case.

"You said that your family's ancestors were all soldiers, so the Eight-Nation Allied Forces must have participated! I'm not asking for trouble. As a descendant of the American invaders, it's not too much to express a little apology. Please, now is your chance. Here we come, we two descendants of the Chinese people who have been hurt by your ancestors have decided to repay grievances with kindness, and entrust you with the task of cleaning up the zombies!"

Those who don't respect their own work, especially those who don't listen to their lectures carefully, and who don't show a stern attitude after class, will be included as targets of attack by Hong Tao.Now Randy has been punished by the current world, so you didn't applaud just now!

"...Pan, what year was the Eight-Nation Allied Forces?" Randy was about to be told to cry. Before the first war, we must first figure out the age of the war.

"Mage, let the class enemy go, then it will be your turn next, think it over before you talk!" Hong Tao knew that Randy's ancestors had never joined the Eight-Power Allied Forces. The United States, in terms of time, will definitely not be able to catch up.But as a leader, there is still a way for his grandfather to catch up.

"...No matter what year your family can't escape, Germany is also one of the countries participating in the war, and the indemnity has not been refunded. monster!"

As an otaku and a gnawing old man, his life skills are definitely useless, but his sense of justice is no worse than anyone else's.Pan Wenxiang was willing to help Randy clarify at first, but when he heard that Randy would not go, he wanted to go, and his sense of justice immediately disappeared.In line with the principle that the dead will never die and the poor will cut off Randy's only escape route.

"Hehehe, Team Leader Lan, go, it's okay, there's nothing behind the door!" But this time God was not on Hong Tao's side. Yellow dots, not a single green dot.

"God, I actually entered the Ministry of Defense..." Randy held the pistol, and carefully pushed the door open a crack, waited for a few seconds, and made sure nothing rushed over, then pushed the door completely open, and walked in.

Looking at the tall gray building not far away, I can't help feeling a little emotional.If this place was changed to the United States, it should be the Pentagon, and it is still the core area where tourists are not allowed to enter, but he, an American, actually came in!

"Don't panic, go back! There are guns here, if there are survivors' sentries, the first one will kill you foreign devil!" Hong Tao pulled Randy who was about to move towards the building. , What time is it and I still think about those useless things.

"Why are you shrinking back! Find the way ahead!" Randy was obedient, and quickly stopped and hid behind, but Pan Wenxiang wanted to hide behind, but Hong Tao grabbed his neck and pulled him to the front. To hide, you have to hold the radar to the front.

"Stop!" Fortunately, the disease broke out in the middle of the night, and even in such a high-level place, there were still not many zombies, and even fewer wandered around.But as soon as he passed a building, Hong Tao hid in a corner and refused to go any further.

"...There is no one in front, and there are no zombies!" Pan Wenxiang looked hard at the radar screen, but found nothing.

"The problem is that there is no one and no zombies! Randy, it's your turn again, please!" Hong Tao pushed the little fat man's head back, and waved after rushing.I didn't take revenge just now, let's continue now!

"I hate the Eight-Power Allied Forces!" Randy rolled his eyes angrily, obediently took out his pistol, lowered his body, and quickly moved from the corner to another building. His posture was very standard, and he had been trained.

"Hong, I think you should take a look, there's something wrong!" A few minutes later, Randy's soft call came from the headset. He had already searched the building in front of him, so he probably didn't find any zombies or people, but It's not that nothing was found.

When Hong Tao and Pan Wenxiang arrived, Randy had already exited the building and was huddling behind a car to monitor the buildings further south.What was the abnormal thing? They fell at the entrance of this building and in the lobby on the first floor. Six zombies were all wearing military uniforms and they were dead.

"It was smashed by someone with a heavy object...and hacked with an ax or other weapon. It's awesome, just behead it!" It's not clear who killed the zombie, but how it was killed is very clear , it was written on the wound.

"Did the survivors do it? There is nothing in this building!" Pan Wenxiang just glanced casually, then turned his head to the door, pretending to pay attention to the scanning results of the human body radar.

There are at least a hundred zombies who died under his hands, and many have been dissected, but every time I see this scene of brains bursting and decapitated, my stomach still churns involuntarily.

"It must be, and there are more than one or two... If you want me to say, they are probably not the survivors here, but come here to clean up the zombies!" Hong Tao pulled out the paratrooper knife on his lap, and planted a flower pot The little tree was cut down, and the branches were trimmed a few times at will, and the corpses were turned over with it, carefully inspected one by one, and then came to a conclusion.

"Someone wants to use this place as a base?" Pan Wenxiang immediately thought of a possibility.

"I came here looking for guns! I'm also slow-witted. I didn't realize there were guns here, military ones!" Hong Tao pointed to the attire of the corpses. Four of them were fully armed, obviously soldiers on guard.But all their guns were gone, and it was unclear whether they had spare magazines on them, or if they had, they had been taken away.

"Then, what should we do then!" Pan Wenxiang was quite excited when he thought that there might be survivors, but when he heard that the other party also had a gun in his hand, fear appeared in his eyes.Although he didn't participate in that operation, he had to see what the rescued people looked like with his own eyes.

"You are a fire stick? Don't be dazed, there is the last building, you go!" If Hong Tao was just cautious before coming, then now he believes Lin Na's judgment 90.00%, that lonely beauty is indeed something wrong.

The reason is very simple. If someone comes here to search for weapons, they will definitely not come and go quietly. In fact, no matter from the south or north, if you want to enter here, you have to pass through the residential area, and the small door on the west has not been pried. Even the sentinels over there were attracted, and the possibility of entering from the west can basically be ruled out.

But what did the lonely beauty say?She said that she lived alone in the school for a month, and often climbed to the roof to look around, and never saw other survivors, which is very unscientific!

But the current situation is a bit tricky, the lonely beauty is not only a trap, she and her accomplices probably have guns in their hands, standard rifles!At this time, it seems a bit risky to quietly wipe the past to investigate, and it must be changed.

"I...I..." Pan Wenxiang didn't expect that it was his turn to be the unlucky guy this time, so he decided not to say it, but after thinking about the fact that the captain had killed many living people, it would be unwise to disobey his orders.At this time, he thought of Randy again, and made a gesture with his eyes.

Chapter 127

"Team leader Lan's marksmanship is accurate, he is here as fire support! Me, have you heard of the commander rushing to the front line? Hurry up, everyone has to experience it once, sooner rather than later. Actually It's nothing, just do what team leader Lan did. You have an advantage over him, you don't need to go in and search carefully, just scan it with it."

Jokes can't always be made, and revenge can also be scored. If you didn't know the opponent had a gun just now, you can find a reason to torture Randy to play.Now Randy must be the main force, and he must not take the lead. Compared with zombies, people are much more cunning and cruel!

The poor little fat man tried his best to bend down, and quickly rolled his short legs. As a result, he ran too fast, and there was a big horse lying on the way.But he didn't even cry out for the pain, he just rolled and crawled to the corner, panting heavily, sweating profusely.

"He's a fast learner, but his physical fitness is a bit weak." Randy has already held the sniper rifle in his hand, and is searching for the commanding heights that are most likely to hide nearby through the scope. At the same time, he did not forget to give comments.

"I said it a hundred times before and few people listened to it. Now he doesn't need anyone to urge him to go back, and he will start exercising immediately." Hong Tao did not hide behind the car, but chose the base of the flagpole at the door.

In a real fight, not only can cars not be used as bunkers, but they will also become weapons of the enemy.When it is hit by a rifle bullet, it produces fragments that can turn anyone hiding behind into a hedgehog.Randy did this just to increase the field of vision, looking for enemies through the car glass.

"But he won't thank you, and maybe he will hate you!" Randy searched roughly twice, but found no suspicious targets, then put down the gun and shrunk his body behind the car tires, this is where he can avoid bullets s position.

"Then hate it, let him like me, and we are not far from death!" Hong Tao pouted, raised his binoculars, revealed one eye from behind the base, and continued to search.

"Do you think the other party will still be around here? How many people will there be? Are they soldiers or civilians?" After so many days of contact, Randy has a basic understanding of most of the people in the team and agrees with Hong Tao's theory.

To put it bluntly, except for a few people, most of them should be regarded as burdensome, including Pan Wenxiang.If they are not forced to shorten the adaptation time, there will be more troubles in the future.

However, he also agrees with another theory proposed by Hong Tao, that people are the most precious resource.In a broad sense, as long as they are human beings, they should be included in the team and resume production as much as possible. Otherwise, the longer the time delays, the harder life will be and the smaller the advantages of human beings will be.

"It must still be nearby, but these corpses were not killed today, it should have been a few days ago. That survivor is a trap to lure us into the trap." At this time, Hong Tao has firmly believed that the lonely beauty is a trap, since it is a trap , and made an appointment to pick her up in the afternoon, so she shouldn't leave easily.

"Pan, lower your body even further, and look for the next hiding place while running. Don't hesitate! Why didn't they attack Jiao Helin this morning?" Pan Wenxiang can be seen from Randy's angle, and he directed How the little fat man should use the building to avoid the opponent's shooting, while still analyzing the current situation.

"Group Leader Jiao and Director Lin probably didn't step into their ambush circle, and it's very difficult to intercept a motorcycle on the street. From this, I can roughly judge that they don't have active soldiers, and they are not sure about the control of rifles. , I can’t just take a taxi and not hurt people. I might not do it differently. After knowing that someone is willing to take the risk of searching for survivors, why not wait, anyway, they will come sooner or later. In addition, I guess their The appetite is huge, and the target is not Director Jiao and Director Lin, but our entire group."

Through very subtle details, at least a whole set of ways of thinking can be deduced, not because Hong Tao has the ability of Sherlock Holmes, but because he has read countless people.After going through too many things, a complicated process in the eyes of others will become commonplace. In fact, most human thinking patterns can be traced.

Of course, exceptions are not ruled out, and Hong Tao has encountered unexpected situations.But special cases are special cases after all, and it cannot be said that feasibility analysis is not carried out because special cases cannot be considered.

"... Is there any possibility of communication? Once there is a firefight, casualties will definitely be inevitable. Can you find a way to communicate first, maybe they are willing to join us!" Randy was silent for more than ten seconds before opening his mouth. This time it was not a discussion Who is the other party? It changed to persuade Hong Tao not to kill the killer.

"Don't worry, as long as they don't attack first, I don't have the habit of killing people. But I have serious doubts about your last sentence. What if they want us to join and shoot if they don't agree?"

Why did Randy ask such a question? Hong Tao knew very well in his heart that it was thanks to Jiao San's broken mouth.This grandson usually likes to take the matter of how many beasts he has killed as an honor, and brag about whoever catches him.

And in his stories, he is always a cold-blooded killer, wishing he could kill with a perverted smile.He himself is a great hero who has a certain amount of advance and retreat, and kills to stop killing.

His mouth is happy, and he has embraced the beauty, but no one cares about his reputation.I can no longer explain to everyone one by one, I really didn’t laugh while killing people, that’s not a couple.

But if you don't explain it, people will really believe it.No, even Randy, who has always been rational, has been affected. What he said inside and outside the meaning is to remind himself, don't kill people when you come up, and give the other party a chance to surrender!

"Didn't you also say that they are probably civilians, maybe they haven't even fired a gun, so the danger shouldn't be that great!" Randy replied quickly, it seems that he has already made up his mind.

"You should be the Humanitarian Director of the United Nations..." Hong Tao curled his lips and was about to retort when Pan Wenxiang's voice suddenly came from the headset.

"Team Hong, this building is also empty, and there are zombie corpses at the door, more! I can see the gate from here, and there are several zombie corpses there!"

"How far is it from your place to the hospital building?" Hong Tao thought for a while before asking.

"About... about 200 meters away, I can see zombies wandering behind the window, but they didn't find me!"

Judging from the tone of voice, Pan Wenxiang was not as flustered as before, at least his observation of details was in place.Humans, no one is born to be good at anything, but it doesn't matter, it has to be practiced, as long as the method is appropriate and the intensity is sufficient, it will be reborn within a few times.

"...Okay, you stay where you are and don't move, we'll pass right away! Randy, go to the third floor and find a point that can take care of both the west and south directions. Pan and I are on guard on the first floor! Watch out for gun aiming Reflection, the sun is in the south now!"

Hong Tao scratched his head and thought about it, and decided to take the risk.If they escaped by luck this time, they will definitely expand the area of ​​activity. They may still meet tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, or someday, and they may be more passive by then.

"Don't worry, there is a sunshade on it... What should I do if I find the target?" Compared with Pan Wenxiang, Randy's movements are much brisker. Without panting.

"Wait for my order!" Hong Tao also flashed out from under the pedestal afterward, but his running was not as standard as Randy's. He basically didn't bend his upper body, and relied on the bending of his legs to lower his height, just like running while squatting. moves, but does not affect speed.

The advantage of this is that it does not affect observation and shooting. The disadvantage is that it requires the small muscles of the legs and waist to exert strength. Usually, few people focus on exercising those parts.

At the entrance of the southernmost building, there were corpses lying on the ground, all of them were zombies. The wounds were basically the same as before. There were various ways of death, and some of them were beaten to death by several blunt or sharp weapons.

"Turn on the safety, don't poke your head around, and don't shake around. As long as someone comes in outside, don't say anything and shoot directly. If you can find out in advance, please inform me and Team Leader Lan in a low voice. Remember, if someone comes down the stairs, don't worry about it." Don't shoot, move the gun away!"

The gate of the courtyard was about 100 meters away from the building, but there were neither trees nor buildings to cover it. Hong Tao didn't go to check, but dragged Pan Wenxiang into the building, and arranged the little fat man in the half-open elevator.

Chapter 128 Lead the snake out of the hole

This place is located on the side of the stairs, even if someone came in, they would not think of checking the elevator first, leaving Pan Wenxiang more time to prepare for shooting.In fact, with Randy and himself, he basically has no chance to shoot, and the right is a useful supplement.

"Okay, let me see how you designed it!" Randy and Pan Wenxiang were arranged, Hong Tao carried the ladder and toolbox, went up to the third floor by himself, found the maintenance opening, set up the ladder and went up climb.

It doesn't matter if the small door on the top is locked with an iron chain, it's the pressure clamp.After finishing all this, he didn't open the door and go out. Instead, he leaned behind the door with his binoculars and looked out through the crack of the door.

The maintenance entrance here is just facing south. If you open the door slightly, you can still see part of the west side street with your head stretched out.Enough is enough, Hutong Chuanzi has a map in his brain, as long as there are a few obvious buildings as punctuation points, he can immediately outline the whole block.

Jiao San and Lin Na discovered that the school where the beautiful survivor was hiding was just to the west of Hospital 305, separated by a small community with several five-story buildings.

The building Hong Tao lives in has only four floors. The clear height of each floor of the old building back then was more than three meters, and the foundation was two meters smaller. It was taller than the six-story residential building built later. Passing between the two buildings of the community, I saw half of the school playground.

Before today, Jiao San and Lin Na had never been here. According to Liu Quanyou's planned street and community jurisdiction map, they first searched the back streets of Jingshan, and then turned west, planning to move to Xinjiekou. The southern half of the street is completed, and then it goes south along West Fourth until it reaches Xidan.

The day before yesterday afternoon, the two of them headed south from Dahongluochang Hutong, turned east at Xisi intersection, turned around West Huangchenggen North Street and Xishiku Street before dark, and then returned to Houhai from Changqiao.

This morning, according to the plan of the two of them, they should start at the intersection of Xi'anmen, turn east first, then go south along Fuyou Street, then make a circle around Xihuangchenggen South Street, and finally leave Lingjing Hutong and go straight to the intersection of Xidan.

But it was just before entering Fuyou Street that the survivors were found, so they returned to the small courtyard to report. If there were no other problems, Jiao San would drive a motorcycle alone to pick them up in the afternoon.

Ordinarily, there is nothing unusual about this route, and the division is very reasonable. It not only avoids entering too winding alleys, but also covers most of the area.Coupled with the cooperation of drones, it is almost impossible to miss any residential area, 100% from Lin Na's brain, maybe Liu Quanyou also came up with a plan.

But in Hong Tao's eyes, there was at least one hidden danger in this plan: potential threats were ignored!For example, those two big trucks I saw in Xizhimen a few days ago!

Perhaps not many people in the rescue team could remember this incident, but Hong Tao never forgot it. Compared with this group of people, Sun Dacheng's group was weak in every aspect except that they were thorough as animals.

In terms of luck, Sun Dacheng got off to a good start, reacted in a timely manner, dealt with it decisively, and obtained a good development base, which can be regarded as having all the conditions.

In terms of organizational ability, his subordinates are all young and strong. Although there are not many professional players, their force value is much stronger than that of Zhang Tao, Pan Wenxiang, Hu Ran, and You Yi. They can clean up the zombies in several buildings without much effort.

But the development direction he chose next is too crooked, this is a problem of vision.Instead of working hard, he focused on enjoyment, desperately trying to make up for the previous shortcomings, and was inhumane.

It's not that you can't be domineering, but you can't do anything too extreme. After blocking all the escape routes, looking around, there is only a dead end.Even if he is not killed by himself, sooner or later he will be killed by his subordinates, and the time will not be too long.

On the other hand, the group of big trucks had good luck in the early stage.Not to mention whether it really occupies the children's activity center, just two heavy trucks can save a lot of trouble.

At least when cleaning up the zombies, he didn't have to use himself as a bait like Hong Tao did, leading the group of zombies to run long distances along the lake, and he didn't have to use a three-person team to push forward bit by bit.Just drive along the main street. As long as the tires are fine, it will be a drizzle that will kill thousands of people a day. Not only is the cleaning speed fast, but the area is also large.

If these two big trucks were used by Sun Dacheng, they would dare to drive directly into the urban area, catch flower girls and slaves everywhere, and sweep up zombies and survivors together.But this group of people hadn't seen any movement for more than half a month. If they weren't killed by zombies, they were down to earth and stabilizing the base little by little.

Hong Tao was more inclined to the latter. He could find that the other party was using a heavy truck to clean up the zombies, so they had no reason to turn a blind eye to Jiao San's big motorcycle!Maybe they discovered it a long time ago, but they have a tacit agreement to use the streets of Xisi, Ping'anli, and Xinjiekou as the boundary, so as not to interfere with each other for the time being.

temporary!That's right, this tacit balance can only be temporary, and no matter which side is free, it will detect the existence and reality of the other side.As for whether it will be a big unity or a big fight in the end, it is unknown. After all, Hong Tao has never experienced this kind of situation, and there is no reason to be sure except for imagination and speculation.

Now, one month after the cataclysm, the two sides may once again take the same step in tacit understanding, expansion!I am moving to a new house here, no matter how I explain it, one of the reasons cannot be concealed, and that is to expand the scope of activities.

If you guessed right, the other party is also carefully stepping over the non-existent dividing line to explore the east side, and the number of zombies on the street has decreased significantly, which is the inevitable consequence of this action, unless they are also like living Zombies can coexist with zombies.

"Captain Hong, are those ancient buildings in the south also the emperor's garden?" Just as Hong Tao scanned the complex neighborhood buildings bit by bit through the crack of the door, Randy's voice rang through the earphones.The guy was clearly in place too, and was patrolling due south with a gun sight.

"That place did not belong to the ancient emperors. It has a short history. It was built during the Republic of China, imitating the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City. It was built to open a library, called the Beiping Library. It is said that the Gengzi indemnity returned by your country was used. When it comes to funding, the scale is comparable to that of the Library of Congress in the United States, with a collection of hundreds of thousands of books. By the way, your family participated in the Korean War, right?"

Without even thinking about it, Hong Tao automatically enlarged this area in his brain, and then found the so-called palace that Randy mentioned, and gave the correct answer.But his brain has never been single-threaded, and he has to work with his shit.

"No, no, no, my family has never fought against China, including the Vietnam War. If you are short of death, you can just say it directly, there is no need to be so tactful!" Unfortunately, this time Randy did not hesitate, and categorically denied it baseless accusation.

"Okay, keep observing!" Hong Tao seemed to have discovered something, and quickly closed the door a little more, and kept adjusting the magnification of the telescope with his fingers.

"I want to say that there seems to be a figure walking around in the largest palace. He happened to be against the light, but the patterns on the windows are too dense. I'm not sure if it's a figure or something else!" Randy continued without shutting up. .