I can upgrade the shelter-Chapter 652 - 550 Placement Directions

The mobile refuge formed by the nuclear-powered train was significantly different from the nuclear-powered train Chen Xin had seen last time in the Southwest Region.

At that time, although the nuclear-powered train had a total of 27 carriages, 20 of which were used to transport disaster victims, each carriage being a long sleeper carriage could only carry 90 people.

So even with 20 carriages, it could only transport less than two thousand people at a time.

At that time, because the resettlement of disaster victims was progressing relatively smoothly, and with the help of the Airbag Ark in transporting disaster victims, it didn’t matter much that the train could only transport so many people at a time.

But now there are hundreds of thousands of people waiting to be sent away; although only a few thousand are at the three platforms now, they’re just the first batch of disaster victims to be sent over.

Despite having a mobile refuge constituted by eight nuclear-powered trains, considering the total number of people needing to be moved, this efficiency clearly wouldn’t do.

Therefore, this time the carriages carried by the nuclear-powered trains were significantly changed, from sleeper carriages for long-term residency to double-deck hard seat carriages that can accommodate more people.

Although this doesn’t allow for long-term living on the train, it can transport more people in a short period.

Considering this is an evacuation mission, being able to transport more people at once is the most important thing, so using carriages that can accommodate more people became inevitable.

This type of double-deck carriage was one of the long carriages developed after the nuclear-powered locomotives were put into use, with a total certified capacity of 220 people, and in necessary situations, more people can be squeezed in.

A nuclear-powered train serving as a mobile refuge, when packed, can hold 5,000 people.

Under the arrangement of the staff, the first batch of evacuated civilians on the platform quickly boarded the first train. Once it was confirmed to be full, the nuclear-powered train acting as a mobile refuge departed the high-speed rail station, heading towards the predetermined settlement point along the tracks. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

Seeing a train depart, Chen Xin was finally somewhat relieved. At this point, the people from the Research Center and his parents had also boarded another nuclear-powered train that had relatively better conditions.

Considering the goal of transporting scientific instruments and these scientists, this mobile refuge, though with the same train composition, had two more long sleeper carriages and three freight carriages added for the use of the Research Center people.

However, the things the Research Center needed to take were too many, and three freight carriages were quickly filled, which made Tang Tang, who was responsible for organizing the transfer, a little anxious.

She quickly found Chen Xin and reported the situation to him: "Can we still call for more carriages? We need at least two more carriages to transport all the important materials that need to be loaded!"

Facing this situation, Chen Xin also felt somewhat helpless. He thought for a moment and could only tell Tang Tang, "I’ll try my best to find a way. If it really doesn’t work, reach out to the municipal government, let them figure out a way to create some space in the evacuation convoy. If there’s really no train, use cars to transport them."

"That’s all we can do now! I’ll go find the municipal government people." Tang Tang nodded. After all necessary transferees from the Research Center had boarded the train, her responsibility was to transfer these valuable materials.

In a certain sense, these materials are even more important than the transferred scientific personnel.

So it’s no surprise that Tang Tang felt anxious.

Fortunately, things went relatively smoothly. After contacting other parties, as the cost of half an hour’s delay in the arrival of another supporting mobile refuge, two additional carriages were added to that train to transport these important materials.

Upon hearing this news, both Chen Xin and Tang Tang breathed a sigh of relief.

While they were busy handling these matters, a new batch of evacuees was also sent to the high-speed rail station.

This batch of people was obviously several times larger than the previous batch, with at least 20,000 to 30,000 people crowded around the erstwhile high-speed rail station, suddenly making the place congested and noisy.

Even though there were staff maintaining order, the place suddenly became chaotic.

After all, knowing that alien creatures are invading and the city is to be abandoned, everyone hopes they could evacuate a bit earlier.

In such a situation, staying an extra minute means an extra bit of danger.

Despite troops still fighting at the front, holding the alien creatures outside the defense line, such large-scale migration itself is indeed something that can easily cause unrest among people.

At this time, the staff organizing the evacuation and Chen Xin could only do their best to arrange these people to board the remaining three trains still parked at the platform, trying as much as possible to allow these people to evacuate earlier.

Even in such times, one must admit that the municipal staff were still very dutifully trying to maintain order. Although as more evacuees gathered at the high-speed rail station, the chaos and noise there kept increasing, the staff still worked hard to keep order at an acceptable level.

And after the three trains parked at the platform were filled with evacuees and departed one after another, the trains the municipal government prepared for the evacuation plan were also subsequently transferred over, parked at the platform for the waiting evacuees to board these trains symbolizing hope for departure.

Seeing the people on the platform looking eager but without any disturbances or scuffles, Chen Xin felt quite relieved.

At this moment, the municipal government staff also found Chen Xin, inquiring about the settlement issues of the evacuees after the evacuation.

Initially, this should have been the municipal government’s responsibility, but before, they only prepared the evacuation plan. Organizing the settlement of so many people without upper-level coordination and planning would have been difficult even before the disaster. Plus, the evacuation was very sudden, so the municipal government did not know the specific settlement locations.

"The evacuation settlement location is the previously planned Dome City, which originally was planned to move some citizens over from our city, but the idea was to transfer after the city was built, not fleeing like now," Chen Xin shook his head helplessly.

The basic construction over at Dome City had already been largely completed, even the dome had already been erected, reaching a near-completion stage for the dome itself, and a considerable portion of the internal buildings had been completed, with subsequent construction ongoing.

Although it doesn’t have the conditions for living tens of thousands of people, it can temporarily accommodate them, awaiting further arrangements.

After all, compared to setting up tents outdoors, a nearly completed dome can still offer protection against the cold, warmth, and shelter from wind and snow.