Chapter 8 Qingxi Bomb Shelter

As soon as I entered the room, I was stunned to see many unexpected things in the hall under the light of the flashlight. I wondered why there were so many “strange” stone lions in front of and behind the house. Suddenly a long lightning bolt like a dragon startled the sky, shining brightly like snow inside and outside the hall, and from the window and the back door, we could see that the backyard was also full of strange stone beasts.

We take the occasion of lightning and thunder, see the Feng family house inside the lonely building, all the strange stone beasts, the heart is puzzled, I walked up to the front, with a flashlight shine again and again, to see that the stone beasts face vicious and hideous, the body of the round, and the door in front of the stone lions have a few similarities, but there is no mighty temperament, but only let a person feel the evil abomination, I’ve never seen this kind of stone lions, how to be so ugly and hideous?

Shirley Yang said, “These stone beasts do not look like lions to suppress the house, but seem to be tomb guarding stone carvings in the mausoleum area.”

Sun Jiuji also put on the glasses to see half a day: “Surely not a stone lion, mane like a sword, ears are surprisingly large, nostrils facing the sky, to me …… is a sheep, want to visit the earth immortal, first look for sheep, sheep, ghosts of sheep is a pig ah, I a think do not understand the earth immortal tomb and sheep have anything to do with what was also thinking about to Find the meat factory to inquire about, the original world actually have this stone carving sheep.”

The youngest sister is a local, but she has never seen these things, I had to ask Mr. Sun Jiuzi: “The stone beast of the ewes is an ancient totem or a stone statue of the town mausoleum?” Professor Sun said, “It is not good to judge, the ewe form are demonized, the style is very bizarre, I have never seen any mausoleum area to this thing to suppress the tomb, also does not look like a Shinto totem.” Said he took out his notebook to write and draw, every detail of the beast is depicted, as an important reference to find the “Tomb of the Immortals”.

I can not think of how the sheep stone beast will be placed in the Feng family house, “Qingxi town” world events have changed several times, teach people no way to speculate, since there is no clue, have to not bother that brain guessing, in order to save batteries, and the fat man lit a few candles to light up the building to look for a dry place to build a fire stove, burn some hot water, so that we can teach the people to eat something to rest and look at the ancient town terrain is complicated, tomorrow, we will see the “tomb of the immortals” important reference. This ancient town is a complex terrain, tomorrow is to have to work.

I walked up and down in the building once again, every house will look all over, see the second floor of a room with wooden tables and chairs, are modern simple furniture, the table wall hung a lot of drawings, take a closer look at the drawings are the structure of the attempted mining pit, detailed standards of the progress of the project, I used to be an engineer, know how to look at the drawings, a look at these drawings, will be suddenly awakened to the fact that the original Qingxi area to build a “bomb shelter”. “When the original Qingxi area was constructed, the Feng family house was the construction headquarters, and then the international situation changed, the project was then abandoned and nullified, and even these drawings were not taken away during the evacuation.

And those “sheep stone beast” body in addition to a layer of dust, but also with traces of underground soil, apparently have not been cleaned up, should be the construction team from the underground excavation, have not had time to deal with, because of the project interruption was thrown in the command center.

Maybe “Wuyang stone beast” unearthed in the area from the “ground immortal village tomb” is not far away, I hurriedly rolled up the drawings to bring downstairs, the discovery of this told the crowd to know, this time the fat man cooked the vacuum macaroni we carry, the crowd have been hungry for a long time, and then ate while studying the air defense. Now eat while studying the map of the air-raid shelter.

Missy asked Fatty what kind of food is this? It’s so moist, it’s almost too hard to eat. The fat man said: “This is the United States goods ah sister, but this flavor well …… really miserable point, never fat master craft tide, the main thing is that the United States macaroni is this kind of thing, it is said that if any American to want to commit chronic suicide, he ate this every day.”

I don’t care how it tastes, can fill the stomach into, three mouth two mouth quickly solve the battle, look at the time is only nine o’clock in the evening, with the feeling of some fatigue, but still fight the spirit of carefully looking over a map, the possibility of using a few individually taken out, decided to go to the underground air raid shelters first tomorrow to explore on a probe.

Shirley Yang asked me what my plan was. I unfolded the map, pointing to the icons above, told her about my conception: “Qingxi air-raid shelter, is a historical product of the period of deep digging holes and wide accumulation of food, I estimate that when the construction of large-scale air-raid shelters in the ground, it should be related to the many underground mines and mines here, and from the drawings it is also the case that the construction team will be half-natural and half-artificial holes to be transformed and connected to the battlefield facilities, however, the map also shows that the construction team will be half-natural and half-artificial holes to be transformed and connected to the battlefield facilities, however, the map is not a good idea. Connected to the battlefield facilities, but the drawings also indicate that there have been a number of collapses and flooding, the project is not going well.”

I used the method of elimination, will not be able to dig out the monuments and ruins of several areas circled, Qingxi near all the mountains have been dug out, salt wells and mine and converted to air raid shelters and other places, including the ancient town of the underground is also empty, there can not be a “Di Xian Village Tomb,” we should focus on “vacuum Shirley Yang nodded in agreement.

Shirley Yang is the person who nods and understands, immediately realized what I meant and said: “Very reasonable, is the vacuum area the so-called blind zone of the vein? The final excavation location of the Wu Yang stone beast must be an area where the engineered tunnels do not overlap with the mine tunnels.”

I said yes, before the construction of the combat air-raid shelter, the nearby mountains and rivers have been thoroughly surveyed the terrain, saving us a lot of trouble, since we also know that “want to visit the Immortals, the first to find the Woolly Goat” this important hint, the preferred target, naturally, is the most likely to dig out the “Woolly Goat Stone Beast” location, all of them are the so-called vein blind zone. “All the mine paths are excavated according to the trend of the witch salt vein, so they are extremely irregular.

Analysis from the drawings, only the westernmost section of the Qingxi air-raid shelter, is based on the need to open a new, completely did not take advantage of the original mine, and according to the standard drawings show that the western end of the underground tunnels have not yet been completed, which indicates that this section of the region’s engineering has been carried out to the end, as for the actual situation and how to take action, we have to take a look at the field in order to get hold of it.

Shirley Yang and a few more points of confidence: “Not afraid of clues as messy as hemp, only afraid of a hint of clues are not, since we have already found some clues, let’s peel the cocoon, and ultimately find the ancient tomb of Di Xian Village.”

Professor Sun listened to the side of half a day, said with approval: “or Hu Bayi this old soldier oil have experience, just arrived in Qingxi to seize the focus of the work, when I was escorted together in the labor farm Feng leader, is also a person who fought for many years of war, probably because too much ability to fight, are the heads of the troops to the through the heart, is not at all a service to the character of the management of the people, that person is very bullish, but also enough to be godly, he said that he used to fight in Korea, and he is not a man, but a man, and he is not a man, and he is a man, and he is not a man. He said he used to fight in North Korea, every day to sit in the captured American jeep, eat American canned food, a U.S. aircraft through the eaves of the house to check the account, bombs thrown in front of his eyes did not hurt him a hair, this kind of person where can be honestly gnawing on the nest in the quarry? That is why the iron heart to escape back home, before I always think that he could not possibly live to run to this place, now think about it, you guys really through the test of war, indeed have a superiority, also do not know the Feng head of his ……” said at the end, and full of worry into the contemplation.

I advise Sun nine master don’t think too much, some people suspect that you murdered the absconded after missing for many years Feng leader, but the death of the matter, in fact, only want to harm your little people will be so judgmental, they don’t want to think about it, with your nine master’s ability, even if secretly, I’m afraid that also endures not that Feng leader? That master is with the U.S. Army has fought with the Volunteer Corps commander, so the organization did not convict you is also reasonable, this is a bit of brain people can understand, only did not give you a formal clarification only.

I think as long as the Feng leader can really escape to here, he is most likely to hide in the “ground immortal village tomb”, regardless of whether it is now dead or alive, will be found by us, you will be able to have a solution to this case.

Since there has been a preliminary plan of action, no longer worry, all assigned the order of the night watch, will successively listen to the rustling rain outside drowsiness, a night without words, the next morning is still cloudy and rainy, Qingxi Town, all over the earth pits, mud ditches, coupled with the rain after the muddy mountain roads can not be walked, we had to decide on the backyard tunnels to go down, to the west side of the war bunker.

It is said that this tunnel is a culvert, because the Feng family house in the pre-liberation, more than landlords and mine owners of the residence, because the social situation is unstable, warlords and bandits rampant, mining witch salt mine owners and more than gold million rich, and are all hands stained with the blood of the mine slaves, in order to guard against unforeseen events, in addition to raising a number of “dead” in the house, as a guard of the house! In order to prevent accidents, in addition to raising a group of “dead soldiers” in the mansion, as the guards of the house, but also purposely left hidden secret passageways, so that when accidents occur can quickly escape.

However, when left behind the various secret passage, almost all in the construction of human defense facilities were destroyed, the hidden entrance exposed, the interior has become part of a large air-raid shelter, the so-called “air-raid shelter” is not only for the people to avoid air raids and bombings, at least also has a “three defense” role, when the imperialists were in the house, the “dead soldiers”, as the guards of the house, but also deliberately left hidden secret passage, in order to quickly escape in case of accidents. “role, when the imperialist death of my heart is not dead, not move to call for China to carry out “surgical strategic bombing”, in order to actively prepare for war defense, the whole country to carry out large-scale “deep digging holes, wide accumulation of grain”, a large part of the role of this underground facilities. In order to actively prepare for war and defense, the whole country has been carrying out a large-scale “digging deep holes and accumulating food”, and one of the functions of such underground facilities is to store a large number of war-preparedness materials in a covert manner.

This area underneath the old town of Qingxi, are connected domed warehouses, are built in the former mines, light gray cement walls, giving a very solemn and cold view, where the cement is peeling off, you can also see the original rock layer of the mine tunnel, the local range of water seepage is very serious.

Although the air-raid shelter every ten meters there is a light, but the line are damp, simple power generation equipment have long been damaged, can no longer be used, only with “wolf eye flashlight” lighting, with the map and compass to provide a reference to move forward, this section of the underground passageway is not difficult to go, and in the intersection of the passageway, there are obvious instructions.

In the underground passage all the way to the west, the air-raid shelter inside the humidity gradually thick, go halfway, encountered a section of the cave collapsed, and can not follow the original route forward, I took out the map to look at, but also only from the side of the fork in the road to go around the past, and then back to the cross passage, look at the map on the standard, if you go to the left side of the channel down, it will be a primitive mine, has left the scope of the air-raid shelter, there is a fence at the entrance, hanging a wooden sign. that hung a wooden sign.

I raised the flashlight to shine, there seems to be writing on the wooden sign, but was covered by mud stains, fat man went up and wiped his hand a few times, the red writing immediately revealed, fat man read word by word: “collapse ahead – danger, old Hu, it seems that this side of the mine shaft, there may be the danger of collapse, certainly not very good! Go, it’s better for us to take the right side and go around.”

Shirley Yang held up her flashlight and shined it at the right passage, “There are also words on the right wall, Dare to Struggle, Dare to Win …… What does that mean?”

I looked up to see the slogan on the right concrete wall, really extraordinarily familiar, laughed: “You certainly do not understand, this is called the highest instructions, the map indicates that the right side is a spare passage, more narrow and simple, but is already completed, comrades I see us walking to this place also have no choice but to go in from the side with the slogan.”

The fat man said: “to le, listen to the supreme instructions of the commander Hu quasi right, walking ……” said strutting first walked in, I worry about the fat man walked too fast off the team, quickly greeted the rest of the three, followed him forward, the west side of the channel seepage is more serious, and may have been and the overnight rain, but it is not the same, but it is the same. It may also be related to the heavy rain overnight, both sides of the drainpipe port, but the water on the ground is still feet deep, the concrete walls are covered with green moss.

Black-green wall roots laid a full layer of snails, white very conspicuous, to go inside the snail more, there are living and dead after leaving the empty shells, a foot step down, there will be “Ka bar Ka bar” shell cracking sound.

Although the youngest sister is bold, the bottom of the foot stepped on a rotten mass of dead snails, but also inevitably feel a little nausea: “Where Lang’er more snails before? Where did they all come from?”

I turned to her and said: “This place is too much water seepage, the moss scar is thick to attract snails, you just do not think about it will not feel disgusting, follow me closely, do not fall behind ……” I have not finished telling her, I heard someone in front of me, “Aigoo! I have not finished telling her, I heard someone in front of me “Aiyo” fell to the ground, Sun Jiuji master by the snails all over the ground slipped on all fours, both hands are broken shells pierced.

I hurriedly reached out to help him up, to see that he did not break the tendons and bones only slightly relieved, in this narrow and humid passageway can not rest, then let him grit his teeth and insist on insisting on the good thing is that the Sun Jiu master is a person who has eaten a lot of pain and suffered a lot of people, fell on the body bruises also do not think that the grit of the teeth and continue to walk forward.

I see this team has old and young, really broken arms and legs is not a joke, let the youngest sister and Shirley Yang to help the limping Professor Sun, I and the fat man in front of the side of the walk, while using the “sapper shovel” shoveling open the front of the ground of the large snails, to them to clean up the road.