I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 648 - 546: Evacuation

In the city, vehicles shuttled back and forth, and troops passed by from time to time.

Due to being close to the forefront of the battle, this place has become a war zone. Troops and various supplies supported from the rear are quickly unloaded at the train station and distributed to the places that need them the most.

Since the lake area is the battlefield, explosions and gunfire could still be heard in the city.

For this country and land, the last time artillery roared and smoke and fire rose was decades ago, so long that few people have memories related to war, as if war had already distanced itself from their lives.

However, as explosions continued, and the army traversed the city, people living in this city could feel the piercing pain of war igniting right beside them.

Although the flames of war have not yet reached them, the frontline troops are desperately resisting the alien invasion. Everyone who sensed the approaching war could clearly feel that their lives are threatened, and another group is fighting to protect their lives.

This inevitably led everyone to pray in secret for the war to end soon and life to return to peace.

Unfortunately, no deity heard these prayers, or if they did, they did not respond. The flames of war still continued, with a trend of spreading into the city.

Although there is some distance between Junshan Island and the city, heavy defenses have been set up here by the military to protect the safety of hundreds of thousands of lives in the city.

But evidently, the alien invasion is not so easy to fend off.

Perhaps these terrestrial aliens would be obstructed by the military's defensive line and killed by artillery and bombing on the front lines, but the ant-like subspecies tunneling underground have extended the battle lines into the city.

Fortunately, these creatures cannot, for the time being, bite through reinforced concrete, and the noise made by tunneling is not small. After the first ant subspecies broke into a small shelter and caused a massacre, all shelters have become highly vigilant and equipped with monitoring devices to prevent surprise attacks from these aliens.

Even if this method proves effective, it still cannot hide the fact that the alien invasion has infiltrated the city's essence.

In this circumstance, the city government could only maintain order in shelters while applying to higher authorities to relocate the city's populace.

The higher authorities naturally approved the city's application quickly and even planned to relocate all cities close to the shore along Dongting Lake.

Despite the military still fighting and continuously inflicting effective damage on the aliens, everyone knows that as the aliens invade the city through underground excavation, the defensive line can no longer limit them.

The alien invasion bypassing the defense line into the city is only a matter of time. If the populace in the city is not relocated while the military can still keep most aliens out, what awaits these defenseless civilians will only be a massacre. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

However, relocating such a large population is not easy at all. Even if the city government could organize such a large-scale relocation, how to relocate and where to relocate to are huge challenges.

The situation was not the same as before the disaster; accommodating these hundreds of thousands of people is not easy. Even setting up temporary camps is not something that can be completed in no time.

Yet even so, the city government, in cooperation with the military, is organizing the migration or, rather, the evacuation.

The settlement problem can be considered later; what's important now is to evacuate the populace first.

In the temporary command post set up in the city, various noises and clamor were deafening, and everyone had to shout to make themselves heard.

There was no way around it, the battlefield was right ahead, and with orders constantly needing coordination, incessant chatter was inevitable.

In front of the map, several staff members and commanding generals gathered around. The blue line marked on it was like a dam sharply holding back the red, representing the alien forces, before the city. The red dots in the rear, however, signified positions already infiltrated by aliens.

Watching the increasing red dots creeping into the city, the general's brow furrowed deeper and deeper.

"How long would it take to evacuate the city's population?" the general asked an official sent by the city government.

"It's estimated to take at least twenty hours. Although we have contingency plans, the city's main transportation is currently focused on supporting the battlefield, and we need time to relocate civilians," the official explained to the general, his face a picture of distress.

Their original contingency plans allowed for evacuating the city's inhabitants within twelve hours, given unobstructed city roads and an operational train station. But with the current chaos in the city, swift evacuation seems next to impossible.

Twenty hours is a highly optimistic estimate; they initially thought it would take at least a day. This twenty-hour estimate is a result of their strenuous compression of time.

"If the high-speed train station could be restored, could it speed up the evacuation?" This was when Chen Xin's voice echoed through the command center.

"Professor Chen, how come you're here?" The general was surprised to see Chen Xin entering the command center.

"The Research Center managed to hastily prepare twenty Autonomous Titans for frontline support, so I came along," Chen Xin explained briefly before getting back on track: "This city has three train stations—the old train station, the train station, and the high-speed train station. Let's not mention the old train station. The high-speed train station hasn't been operational since the meteorite strike. The city government only ensured that the previous train station was usable. Now, if the high-speed train station could be restored, could it speed up your evacuation?"

Hearing Chen Xin's question, the city official quickly calculated and nodded: "If the high-speed train station could be used, as long as trains for evacuation can stop there, we could quickly transport the populace, greatly shortening our evacuation time!"

"Okay, in that case, give me two hours; I'll get the high-speed train station up and running. You move the populace towards the high-speed train station," Chen Xin assured confidently upon hearing the official's response.