Chapter 66

Due to the impact of natural disasters, the original railway transportation system was seriously damaged. Although the railway line has been restored to operation after the disaster regardless of the cost of rush repair, the original electric locomotive is obviously unable to run. After all, most of the high-voltage power supply network along the line was destroyed by the previous fire and impact.

So now the railway running in Yanguo are all old steam locomotives.

Although the speed is not as fast as the electric locomotive, but in this case, this kind of coal-fired old locomotive is much more reliable than the electric locomotive, and the steam locomotive can run everywhere with a coal car, without the support of the high-voltage power supply network along the line, and the maintenance requirements are also much smaller.

The railway does not mean that it will be finished when the tracks are laid. The smooth railway transportation depends on the maintenance of the railway. Now, it is not as difficult as before to maintain the normal use of the tracks. It is not easy to ensure the transportation of important materials.

Hearing the roar of the train, Li Tou and the person in charge of the municipal government all adjusted themselves quickly. One quickly smoked out the cigarettes in his hand, threw away the cigarette ends and prepared to receive materials, while the other signaled his subordinates to raise their vigilance.

With the sound of the train wheels, a locomotive spewing white steam appeared like a monster from the darkness. The driver sounded the siren, and the harsh sound cut through the night sky, just like the roar of some giant beast.

Driving out of the darkness is indeed a monster. It is a giant vehicle wrapped in steel. The front of the vehicle is sprayed with rich white steam, which makes the whole platform filled with white fog and blurs the vision.

Behind the front of the car spewing white steam, there are iron and steel "bodies". These cars are covered with heavy metal armor and full of shooting holes. Needless to say, there are turrets on some of the cars, which are very ferocious in the fog.

"Is this an armored train?" Li Tou is quite knowledgeable and naturally knows something that he has only seen in war movies.

This was something that appeared in the first World War and the Second World War. Trains were armed with armor and artillery and used as mobile fortresses and firepower strongholds. Relying on the mobility of trains, the safety along the railway could be effectively guaranteed during the war, and they could also be used to transport important materials as they are now.

But this kind of armored train also has a big disadvantage, that is, it relies heavily on the railway. As long as the railway track is damaged, this kind of armored train is powerful, but it can't be destroyed.

However, in the current situation, this kind of armored train can be used to transport important materials and ensure the safety of materials.

"It's really Where did you pull this out? " Looking at the armored train slowly entering the platform, Li Tou couldn't help but vomit. Although he also saw that it should be a new one, the armored train itself can be described as old Dong.

The person in charge of the municipal government also felt that he couldn't bear the picture. He had come to the railway station several times before to receive materials, but those times were ordinary coal trucks and trucks, not as exaggerated as armored trains.

Looking at the turrets and shooting holes on the armored cars, he was also shocked by the momentum shown by the steel monster.

Compared with Li Tou and the person in charge of the municipal government who was shocked by the armored train, Qin LAN saw the steel monster driving out of the darkness, and felt only a sense of magic.

"Is this the Steampunk ah Hsin used to talk about?" Qin LAN can't help muttering, the scene in front of her can only think of this adjective.

Without the end of the sun, an armored train spewing steam and wrapped in steel, if it wasn't for the reality after the end of the day, Qin LAN would really think it was a scene in a movie before the disaster.

But unfortunately, this kind of scene that would have been seen only in movies or historical documentaries has become a reality in the world after the end.

At present, the temperature is gradually decreasing, and June is comparable to December. Steam locomotives are more practical than electric locomotives in some aspects, especially when the railway power system has basically been reimbursed.

At present, except for a few electric locomotives on railway lines, most of them have been replaced by steam locomotives.

As for why the armored train is pulled out of the history, on the one hand, it is to ensure the safety of the important materials transported, on the other hand, it is also to deter those who feel that the times have changed and can carry forward the traditional art of railway guerrilla. Don't take risks.

So far, destruction of Railways and robbery of material transport trains have taken place everywhere. It is also a practical need to use armored trains to transport these important materials.

Most of these people came from villages and towns. Before the disaster, they escaped by relying on the village shelters. In order to obtain materials after the disaster, it is not impossible for groups to destroy the railway and intercept trains.

Most of these shelters were built temporarily three months before the disaster. Most of the people who lived in the same village or nearby villages had relatives. Gang crimes were common.In the past, this kind of thing was not uncommon in the country of Yan. It was illegal to set up road cards on roads to collect fees, create accidents, let trucks overturn and snatch goods

Usually, it's the whole village that commits crimes. It's not responsible for the public because of the law. Even if the police go to many places, it's useless.

As for conflicts with the police, although not too many police cars are overturned, they are not individual cases.

Before the disaster, of course, these people did not dare to destroy the railway and derail the train, but for the train stopped on the railway, they never gave up the idea of stealing from the train.

Even before the disaster, these people became more unscrupulous after the disaster. So it's no wonder that the government of the Republic of Yan used armored trains to escort important materials. After all, every car was equipped with equipment related to hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people's lives.

Under such a heavy task, the armored trains received military orders, and the soldiers were all carrying out the tasks, and the military orders meant that people would be killed, but they would really be killed.

The heavy armored train braked and stopped on the platform.

When the car door opened, a group of soldiers with guns and live ammunition came down first. They quickly spread out the troops on the platform to guard. Then an officer with a document in his hand came out of the car.

Seeing the officer appear, the person in charge of the city government rushed to meet him.

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