Chapter 158: Slash you and put it in the hole

The Pacific Railway is an extremely difficult project, so it is called one of the seven industrial miracles. The western section of the Pacific Railway, that is, the section from California to Utah, is the difficulty of this difficult project, and the Donner Tunnel is one of the most difficult projects.

The train stopped after passing the Donner Tunnel, Guo Jinzhang and others got out of the car, then turned back to the entrance of the tunnel... There was almost no light in the tunnel, deep and cold.

"At that time, we braved a much cold wind that was much bigger than we are now and worked under the snow dozens of feet deep. This tunnel was dug out by our brothers with picks and shovels one by one."

"This is still good. In Cape Horn, each of us has to carry five hundred barrels of black explosives a day, and this is not counting the food and water."

"Yes, how many people died in Sera Ridge? There were at least seven or eight hundred, and there might be thousands more, but how long is that?... This road is almost exchanged for the lives of our Chinese workers little by little."

Hou Nan, Ding Huaiyuan, Qian Shide, and Wan Gongxiang and other elderly people who participated in the construction of the Pacific Railway stood silently at the entrance of the tunnel. When recalling the scenes of that year, they couldn't help crying.

Although most of the others came later and had not participated in this project, they had almost never heard of the tragic experiences of these elderly people... In the past, these elderly people always said that they were lucky, at least they could still survive the Pacific Railway, and at least they could still save their lives after experiencing so many dangerous projects. Every time at this time, Chinese workers, regardless of age, would only sigh and feel sad for their destiny. But now it is obviously different. After briefly recalling their past experiences, Hou Nan crossed his face and waved:

"Axiang, blow up this hole!"

...

"It's not easy to explode."

Before coming to the Donner Tunnel, Wan Gongxiang was also coaxing cows, clamoring to blow up all the dangerous areas on the Central Pacific Railway section with explosives, so that the Americans could rebuild them themselves, and let them feel the pain and difficulties of the Chinese workers at the beginning. However, he hesitated in front of the first large destruction point they booked.

"What's wrong? You still want to keep this thing, right?" The Chinese workers gathered together, and everyone tried their best in the first large-scale destruction operation. However, the aggressive big guys were collectively flashed by Wan Gongxiang's words, and they had a bad temper. People like Zhao Dachang shouted directly.

"This is a tunnel of 1,600 feet long, and it is full of stones... If you want to say it's all exploded, how much explosive do you mean?" Wan Gongxiang asked back.

"If you use it more, use it more. We are not without it." Liu Tongfu shouted.

"You guys know nothing?" Wan Gongxiang smiled bitterly, "This is a stone, stone! Do you understand? A tube of explosives exploded a few feet in a radius. You said, this thousand six hundred feet, and it has to be from top to bottom, how much explosives have to be used?"

“…”

The Chinese workers stopped talking. Everyone’s math grades were indeed not very good, but this does not mean that everyone did not have a rough estimate. According to Wan Gongxiang’s gesture, a tube of explosives would only explode in a slight place. When would such a big hole be blown?

"That's not counting." Wan Gongxiang hadn't finished speaking, "Look at this tunnel. If you want to completely blow it up, the Americans couldn't even sigh after seeing it, and they had to blow it up... If the top of the entire tunnel collapsed, they could not even be able to make the repairs. Otherwise, just by blowing it up, they would just send a group of people to clean up the stones blocking the hole. It would be better not to blow it up."

"What should I do?"

Ding Huaihuai smacked his lips, looking embarrassed. He, Hou Nan, Qian Shide and others had participated in the construction of this railway, and they were even more immersive when building this Tangner Tunnel... Although they didn't think too much at the beginning, when Wan Gongxiang said it, they understood the difficulties. This cannon was not easy to fire. Otherwise, the Chinese workers would not have to work so much hard work and sacrifice in this tunnel.

"There is still a problem." Wan Gongxiang obviously felt that the blow was not enough: "If you just put the explosives on the wall and detonate, the effect is very small... These stones are so hard that they can be hindered. One or two tubes may only hurt the skin. Even if you use more, it is just a small hole. So, if you really want to explode, you have to dig a hole. Put the explosives in, then seal them outside, and then detonate... But although we have many iron picks and shovels now, there are no iron chisels, so how can we dig a hole?"

"Mom, then don't blow it up?" Zhou Xiaoding shouted.

"That's not possible." Cheng Degui shook his head repeatedly, "If we don't blow up a few holes, the small fights we made in front of us will not take long to catch up with them. If we were beaten directly by the bastards in California, it would be fine, but if we didn't finish the fight, or we won, we would be beaten by the white man later, and we would be dumplings?"

"We can't let us do it like Uncle Hou and the others back then, right? How long does it take?" Li Asheng said with a wry smile.

"Jin Zhang, why are you always shutting your mouth?" Han Hu thought for a while, and finally looked at Guo Jinzhang, "Why do you think of a trick?"

"I'm not a panacea, Uncle Han." Guo Jinzhang smiled bitterly, "I'm really not good at this kind of civil engineering job."

"I know you are not good at it, but in this situation, you have to make an idea." Qian Shide frowned and looked at him, "We can't let such a big tunnel escape like this. What a pity!"

"I think the hole is quite dark." Liang Zuying stretched his head into the tunnel with a rare slightest, "Or what if we do wrong the rails inside?"

"That's all right?"

All the people rolled their eyes at him. The road ahead was almost useless. If the white men wanted to chase after him, they would definitely be careful, especially in the dark places like the tunnel, they would definitely concentrate on finding problems. How could they use this trick? Moreover, those Americans probably could have thought that they would attack these tunnels, but if they didn't blow up such a long Donner Tunnel, those white men would not have thought of what was in it?

"What should I do? I can't blow it up and it can't be chiseled open. Could it be that I can't even look at this broken tunnel?" Zhu Liu shouted.

"That's right," the others were a little unhappy, "There are all corpses and blood all over the way. Okay, if you hit a hole, you will be out of your way. What's this called?"

"If the white devils knew about this, wouldn't they be laughed at to death?"

"No? We have always been cleaning up and they cried and called on their parents, but now it's good that the holes dug out with the blood and sweat of our uncles have become our stumbling block. It would be strange if they don't laugh."

...

Everyone talked and talked, but there was only one central idea: no matter what, the hole in front of them had to be cleaned up, or at least it had to be blown up, otherwise, the brothers would really not be able to lose face.

"This is really difficult."

Guo Jinzhang has long been the leader of the defence, and everyone's ideas have become his responsibility. Although everyone may not do anything to him, it will definitely hurt the prestige he has accumulated so-called prestige... That is, Guo Jinzhang himself does not care about the so-called prestige, that is, he still cannot see any bright future, but he will never casually destroy his life in this conflict with white Americans.

He is not a revolutionary patriot who is not afraid of death. If he hadn't been the second personality that always likes to emerge at critical moments, he would have gone to somewhere to make money... His goal is to become the richest man in the world. No matter how many, he would have to rely on the power of the future founder of the founding father Sun Yat-sen, and even Yuan Shikai to return to China to earn the identity of a country leader, and do his best to the rise of the country. And it would have been not the kind of wholehearted contribution. Because the political situation in the Republic of China was very chaotic from the beginning to the later years. There were so many smart people and so many heroes in the country, he really had no confidence. If he could do his best, he would do his best. If he could do his best, he would continue to make a fortune. Anyway, the world would be very chaotic in the next few decades. Even if he had a grudge against the Americans, the other party might not be able to do anything to him. Maybe everyone could cooperate in the end.

However, that was just the future expectation. At this time, he didn't want to be blown away by people sent from the East when he fought with Californians... He didn't have that hobby! So, he must have passed the first level in front of him.

"Can't blow it up, then seal it!"

After thinking for a long time, Guo Jinzhang finally thought of a trick.

"seal up?"

"You mean to block this tunnel?"

"Are you kidding? This person who can't get up to the sky or the ground, where can you find something to seal the hole?"

As soon as Guo Jinzhang's idea came out, he was immediately questioned by Chinese workers. Yes, there was nothing near the tunnel, even if there were, there were whole pieces of rocks that could not be moved. How could he seal it? You can't let everyone do the same thing as Hou Nan and the others in the past?

"Hey, you lazy guys don't know how to use your brain?" Guo Jinzhang raised his hand and slapped Zhou Xiaoding on the forehead, who was the most sceptical, "I forgot how we did in Angelo Ranch back then? Such a big ranch can be surrounded, but if the hole is bigger, it won't be sealed? The meat these days has been eaten in vain, ah?"

"You mean... use ice?" Li Asheng reacted first and shouted.

"Yes, just use ice." Guo Jinzhang smiled coldly, "Now in this weather, water turns into ice, let's use ice to seal the entire tunnel. Isn't it 1,600 feet long? Then let's seal it 1,600 feet."

"What's the use? Don't say that this ice is much easier to deal with than stones, even if those white people are stupid, when the snow melts in spring, they will be over?" Zhou Xiaoding said dissatisfied.

"No wonder you boy was beaten." Liu Tongfu also slapped the boy on the forehead, "Why is this ice easier to deal with than stones? You forgot that when you were in the ranch, those white people didn't even have any solutions when they saw our ice wall?"

"That's because they don't have explosives. If there were explosives, wouldn't it explode long ago?" Zhou Xiaoding said.

"It's useless to have explosives." Liang Zuying smiled, "This is 1,600 feet long. If it's really covered with ice, how much explosives will he have to use?"

"That's true." Ding Huaiyuan also inserted it in, "This place is icy and snowy for at least half a year. If it is really frozen with ice, unless it is exhausted, it will have to wait for more than half a year and wait until summer..."

"It will definitely not be able to melt it in half a year. Let it melt itself, that will take at least more than a year." Qian Shide sneered, "If it is really frozen, this tunnel is just an ice kiln. The ice becomes colder the more it goes in. Even in summer, it will definitely not be able to melt. It will be impossible to understand in less than two years."

"But what if those white people roast directly with fire?" Jian Wang asked suddenly: "Ice is afraid of fire, so there is a lot of wood here."

“…”

Everyone was already a little excited, but when they heard this, they couldn't help but be stunned, and the warm atmosphere suddenly became cold.

"That's the reason."

Guo Jinzhang blushed slightly. He didn't expect to use fire just now... Just thinking about the strength of the ice, he thought that the 1,600-foot-thick ice layer was enough to make everyone sigh, but he forgot that the ice had natural enemies. Although it was not easy to cut wood and make fire in such a place, it was definitely not a small project to melt the 1,000-foot-thick ice layer, but if there were enough people, it would not be a problem. It would probably take a few days to complete the work. If that were the case, he would have done it in vain.

"Is there nothing I can do?" Everyone was a little depressed. They thought that filling the tunnel with ice would make the Americans feel bad. After all, it was a 1,600-foot-long tunnel. Think about it, if such a huge piece of ice blocked the inside, how many people would have to be scared? How spectacular would it be? But before they could do it, they were "destroyed" by their own people first.

"Think about it, think about it again, I don't believe it, and it's really a trick."

...

About half an hour passed.

It was just because he had been on the train for a long time and got off to get angry... The Chinese workers were wrapped in loose sheepskin coats, with captured army uniforms... They were all woolen coats, well-made, and at least they looked very well in the eyes of the Chinese workers. Therefore, even though Guo Jinzhang did not intend to steal the cold-proof clothes from the army soldiers, he could not resist everyone's unanimous request. Before leaving, he asked the captured army to take off all the uniforms. As a result, he didn't expect that he would still be thanks to this set of clothes along the way... They basically

There are always people passing by the station, but there are few trains these days, especially when they are taking buses. This kind of train should be a must-stop at every stop, so it will definitely arouse many people's suspicion. Although Jian Wang suggested putting curtains on the windows, this is just to make most people at the stations too lazy to care. But there are always so few people who are too curious. At this time, military uniforms are useful... no one needs to show up, just a half-body outfit is slightly exposed behind the curtains. People who see it will naturally know that this is a "military line" and they don't dare to meddle in other people's business anymore.

"Are you really going to send me to God here?"

Staring at the army uniform, Charlotte didn't know what he was in... If those troops were not so useless, maybe he wouldn't have to fall to this point now, right? Maybe he could be successfully elected as governor because of his contribution to resisting "invasion"... Although according to regulations, the governor would be replaced by the lieutenant governor, but the lieutenant governor escaped at the last minute. As long as people protested solemnly, his hopes were still quite high. Moreover, even if this term was not good, the next governor election was about to come, and he still had a chance. Unfortunately, all of this could only be a fantasy. The current situation is that almost all the army was captured by the Chinese, and he was also handed over to this group of Chinese people who had deep hatred with him by his good friends and the people they wanted to protect. And that guy also wanted a kid to tell him that he would kill him in the Donner Tunnel.

"God? Haha," Guo Jinzhang signaled Jane Wang to bring Joni aside, "You have been talking to this kid for a long time? Do you think you are qualified to meet that god?"

"..." Charlotte was silent.

"Have you repented?" Guo Jinzhang asked again.

"Repent." Charlotte sighed, "It's a pity, I know it's useless."

"It's useless." Guo Jinzhang also sighed, "Actually, I didn't kill you from the beginning, but let you live until now. My brothers are also a little impatient..."

"So you decided to bury me here?" Charlotte looked at the scenery around the railway and smiled miserably, "The scenery is good, it's a good place! It seems I have to thank you."

"You're welcome, we have a 'living life' relationship." Guo Jinzhang smiled coldly, "Do you have any last words?"

"If possible, tell me my wife and children, and say...I love them!" Charlotte slowly closed his eyes, "Come on!"

"There are nothing else to say? For example, regret or something." Guo Jinzhang said again.

"I'll regret it." Charlotte opened his eyes again. "If possible, I will never think about participating in a governor's election or pleasing voters. I just want to bring my wife and son to live a good life."

"It seems that you really deserve to die..." Guo Jinzhang sighed, "You don't know where you are wrong."

"Is that?" Charlotte looked at him mockingly, "I know what you want me to say, but unfortunately I don't know how to say it. Don't want to get any words you want from me...I'm ready, you can do it!"

"What are you doing? What you want to accept is not shooting!" Guo Jinzhang sneered.

"Are you going to hang me?" A trace of fear flashed across Charlotte's face. He remembered how he almost sent the guy in front of him to the gallows... Hanging is a punishment that was very slow to die and made the punished person extremely sad. Why do European and American countries use hanging when dealing with extremely vicious criminals is because of this characteristic... They do many evil things and suffer more before they die.

"When we Chinese treat enemies like you, we will not leave a whole body behind." Guo Jinzhang said with a smile.

"You want to cut off my head?" Guillot! Charlotte thought of this word at the first time.

"Beheading? Tsk tsk, no, no, I don't like this kind of punishment either, because in that case, you will die too easily." Guo Jinzhang smiled.

"What do you want?" This family wanted to torture me when they were dying. Charlotte shivered unconsciously... He thought he had figured it out and could face death calmly, but now it seems that his mental preparation is far from enough.

"What do you want? Haha," Guo Jinzhang smiled, "You said, if you are covered with all your body, you will only have a bone frame and a complete head, kneeling at the exit of this tunnel... What will those who chase after you behind?"

"you……"

His whole body was cut off, only a complete skull left, and a bone rack was kneeling at the exit of the tunnel?...Charlotte's hair was standing up all over his body! This guy was so cruel? He wanted to kill him, to kill him fiercely, and to leave it for the people behind to see and threaten the white people who were chasing him... How could these people do this?

Charlotte wanted to curse people, but never wanted to curse people like this today. However, before he could speak, he saw a Chinese worker coming over, with two sharp knives in his hand constantly grinding them, and while walking, he showed his big yellow teeth:

"Jin Zhang, have you taken action?"
Chapter completed!