Chapter 12 24 hours (one)

December 20, 6:33 pm.

The l63 train slowly drove into Dongxi Railway Station. The passengers sitting at the window immediately exclaimed: "Look! Outside!" All the passengers rushed to the window, and in an instant, everyone widened their eyes-

The platform was densely packed with fully armed military and police. Many of them were wearing white protective suits to wrap themselves tightly. There were several helicopters hovering on the heads of these military and police.

What happened? Passengers were talking about it. Then there was a noise at the door of each carriage. Some passengers who were holding their luggage were about to get off at Dongxi Station were stopped by the flight attendant. The flight attendant, with a cold face, did not explain why they didn't let the passengers get off, but just asked the passengers to return to their seats and wait for the broadcast notification.

The train stopped. A large group of military and policemen in white protective suits rushed down the platform and divided into several groups to rush to the door of each carriage to guard with guns. Then, the radio on the train rang:

"Please note, all passengers, please note, the following is an emergency notice: Because it was found that there were passengers suffering from pneumoplague in this train, the Premier of the State Council instructed that all passengers on this train must be quarantined and observed at designated locations for 20 days. The relevant regulations are announced below."

"First, this train will be taken over by the special police force from now on. Each carriage will have two special police guards. Please obey the guard's special police orders.

Second, all the following items carried by passengers must be handed over to the guard police, including mobile phones, lighters, matches, knives, and laptops. If a hidden person is found, he will be severely punished.

Third: Any passenger who finds symptoms of fever, cold or cough, please report to the flight attendant on his own initiative. All sick passengers will be sent to Carriage No. 7. The original Catering Truck Service in Carriage No. 7 will be a quarantine medical area.

Fourth: This train will lead to Zixing County, Lingnan Province, with a trip time of about 18 hours. After arriving at the quarantine area, the government will register the name and identity of each passenger and notify your family. The quarantine time is 20 days. After 20 days, all passengers who are not sick will be free again.

Fifth: Please consciously obey the orders of the guard special police. Do not make noise, noisy or forcefully get off the car. The guard special police have the right to deal with decisively in an emergency situation. I remind everyone again that the guard special police have the right to deal with decisively in an emergency situation!

We apologize for the inconvenience caused to you.

Next, repeat the emergency notification..."

Immediately afterwards, the flight attendant opened the door of the car. Teams of military and police got on the train. They were carrying miniature submachine guns on their chests, and their white protective suits wrapped them all tightly. They wore gas masks on their faces and an oxygen cylinder on their backs. They held blue balls in their hands, confiscating passengers' mobile phones, lighters, small knives and other items one by one.

Outside the window, some cars drove to the train one after another, and some workers wearing protective clothing began to weld the iron bars to the window, and dazzling sparks kept flashing outside the window.

This series of changes shocked all the passengers. When most people came to their senses, they had become prisoners, the military and police who confiscated the items had already walked into the carriage. Most of them obediently obediently. The harsh words on the radio and the cold submachine guns in the hands of the military and police made the passengers dare not have the idea of ​​resisting.

A mail carriage slid over the railway and stopped near the rear of the L63 train. Two railway staff hung the carriage at the rear of the L63 train. A group of special police officers in camouflage uniforms hurriedly climbed onto the carriage. The leader was an officer in his 30s with a square face and very capable appearance. His name was Fang Tianming, and he was the commander of the special police force escorting them.

"From now on, this carriage is our command center." Fang Tianming pointed to the carriage and explained to his deputy Chang Sen: "Each carriage is arranged, and there are 32 people in each carriage. In addition, 2 people in the front cab, our command center has 6 people, a total of 40 people. Chang Sen, a 40-person army must escort 1,500 passengers to travel more than 1,200 kilometers safely. The task is very arduous. However, no matter how difficult it is, we must ensure that the entire itinerary is foolproof! I have issued a military order."

Chang Sen smiled and said, "Don't worry, boss. All the personnel who boarded the train are equipped with walkie-talkies, and they can contact each other once every 5 minutes. If there are any problems, we can provide reinforcements at any time. The command center can also monitor the train's driving process at the rear. Well, there is also a radio that can keep in touch with the outside mobile troops. Such safety measures are not to mention escorting 1,500 ordinary passengers, or escorting 1,500 serious prisoners. I don't think it's a problem."

Fang Tianming frowned, feeling quite dissatisfied with Chang Sen's indifferent attitude, but he couldn't find any problems for the moment, so he had to ask: "Is the radio here?"

"It will be shipped in 10 minutes." Chang Sen replied.

Fang Tianming thought about it and asked again: "Have all the workers who weld the iron bars arrived?"

"There is another batch, which will arrive in about half an hour."

"Why are you so slow?" Fang Tianming frowned his eyebrows.

"There is no way, the time is too hasty," Chang Sen explained with a wry smile: "We only informed the nearby local government 20 minutes ago. It is not easy to organize 60 welding workers in such a short time."

"By the way, did the Li Yue family find it?" Fang Tianming asked again.

"Liu Chang has already taken people to Carriage No. 14, and it should be a result soon." Chang Sen replied.

Carriage No. 14.

Second lieutenant Liu Chang was taking two special police officers to carefully search for Li Yue's family.

According to the information provided by the Zhongjiang Front Command Center, the person who booked the ticket for Li Yue only recalled that it was carriage No. 14, but he couldn't remember the specific seat number. However, Liu Chang had fax photos of Li Yue's family in his hand. It should not be difficult to find this family in a carriage.

Strangely, Liu Chang took people back and forth in carriage No. 14 twice, but he didn't find any figure of Li Yue's family.

There was no choice but to ask the crew attendant in carriage No. 14 to ask.

"When we set out from Zhongjiang City, how many people were there in the No. 14 carriage?" Liu Chang asked.

The flight attendant flipped through his ticket change book and replied: "There should be 76 people." She thought about it and added: "I counted according to the number of tickets. The actual number of people may exceed this number, because children under 1.2 meters do not need to buy tickets."

Liu Chang's eyebrows moved: "But we just counted it. There were only 73 adults in this carriage. There were still 3 people there?"

"This is the first stop, it's impossible to get off the train," the flight attendant slapped his head: "By the way. Maybe I went to the dining car to have dinner in the middle. As soon as the train stopped, all the cars were blocked, so they didn't come back."

"Let's go to the dining car!" a special policeman said hurriedly.

"Wait. They can't leave if they go to the dining car." Liu Chang waved his hand and said to the flight attendant: "Can you find the seats for these three people?"

"No problem." The flight attendant picked up the ticket change book and started checking the seat number in the carriage.

Five minutes later, the seat numbers of the three passengers who were not in the No. 14 were found, namely the lower bunk of No. 9, the middle bunk of No. 10 and the lower bunk of No. 10.

Liu Chang looked at the two seat numbers and happened to be an enclosed space. In addition to the three passengers who had left, there was also a passenger sitting in his seat at the middle shop No. 9, looking at the three fully armed special police officers with a nervous look.

"Are you a passenger in the No. 9 Middle Balcony?" Liu Chang's voice through the gas mask sounded dull.

The passenger nodded. This was a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed very brightly.

"Do you still remember the situation of these three passengers who left?" Liu Chang asked.

"There are 4 people," the middle-aged passenger recalled: "There are three women, like grandmother, daughter, granddaughter, and a man."

Liu Chang handed over the fax photo of Li Yue and his family: "Look carefully, is it the person in the photo?"

"It seems, right," the middle-aged passenger smiled and raised his head: "This photo is a bit blurry, so I can only recognize it."

Liu Chang nodded and took back the fax photo. He rushed to the middle-aged passenger's chin: "Please go with us."

"What are you doing?" the middle-aged passenger stammered.

"These three passengers who left are likely to be the pneumococcal patients we are looking for. Unfortunately, because you have had close contact with them, you may also be infected with pneumococcal. In order to ensure the safety of other passengers in this carriage, we must now send you to carriage No. 7 for isolation." Liu Chang explained.

With a loud bang, the passengers who had been around to watch the fun suddenly scattered far away.

The middle-aged passenger's face turned pale suddenly. He pointed at his nose and his voice trembled: "You said I was also infected with pneumococcal plague?"

"This possibility is very high," Liu Chang sighed and said, "Pneumoplague is transmitted through the air."

"Can this pneumonia be cured?" The middle-aged passenger's face became paler and paler.

Liu Chang was silent.

"I won't go to Car No. 7!" The middle-aged passenger jumped up suddenly. He grabbed Liu Chang's shoulder and breathed rapidly: "Police officer! Take me to the hospital! Go to the best hospital! I have money! I have a lot of money! I will thank you, and I will thank you heavily!"

The muscles on the middle-aged passenger's face were distorted by fear, and he grabbed Liu Chang's hand and shivered nervously.

"Please calm down!" Liu Chang pushed the middle-aged passenger away, and two special police rushed forward to pull the middle-aged passenger away.

"I don't want to die! I don't want to die..." The middle-aged passenger struggled desperately, and he burst into tears and his face was covered with tears.

Carriage No. 14 suddenly became in chaos.

Countless passengers rushed towards the exit of the car:

“We ask for a carriage change,”

"We are determined not to stay here!"

"Help!"

With the support of other special police, Liu Chang finally calmed down the riots in the No. 14 car. As a result, passengers in the No. 14 car had to be assigned to several adjacent carriages to temporarily be placed, resulting in the No. 12, 13 and 15 carriages being overcrowded.

After dealing with these things, 20 minutes have passed.

At 7:20, Liu Chang hurried to Carriage No. 7 with two special police officers. He didn't know how serious the consequences would be due to the delay of these 20 minutes.
Chapter completed!