Usually when we describe a city's geographical location, we will use words such as "back to the mountains and facing the sea", "by the mountains and near the water" and so on.Rabaul is a city in the absolute sense of the word, surrounded by mountains and facing the sea, and if you don't know, you will definitely think how beautiful and beautiful the city is.In fact, the city is a very beautiful city if you don't consider the mountain on which Rabaul rests.But unfortunately, I don't know what the Germans thought in the first place, how did they build the city on a huge irregular bomb?
It is absolutely correct to say that the city sits on an occasional bomb, because within a radius of ten kilometers around the city, there are six volcanoes, four of which have not erupted for a long time, but two of these six volcanoes are active!
The two active volcanoes are located in close proximity to each other, only 25 kilometres from each other, with Volcano Vulcan to the north and Mount Tauru to the south.The farthest of the two volcanoes, Tauru Volcano, is only six kilometers away in a straight line.It is difficult for anyone who has not seen the power of volcanic eruptions to imagine how dangerous a volcano can be when it erupts, and if nothing else, the supersonic debris flow alone is enough to wipe out all life in the area covered by the debris flow.If you add in the volcanic ash, it's even more insignificant.In 1937, the two volcanoes erupted at the same time, killing nearly 600 people and forcing Rabaul, the capital of Guinea at the time, to move to Lae.In 1994, the eruption of Mount Taulu devastated the city.Although the city was not as unlucky as Pompeii was completely destroyed, the eruption destroyed more than eighty percent of the city's buildings with ash alone.The eruption also caused Rabaul to lose its status as the capital of East Britain entirely.Now, after twenty-four years, although the Taulu volcano has not erupted again, and the city has regained its vitality, if it weren't for the fact that he wanted to take a look at this military base city that was turned into an iron barrel by the little devils in the Pacific War of World War II, and he also has a limited-level time and space travel skill, which can avoid the vast logarithmic disaster, Yang Jing would not want to stop here.Who knows when Taulu will cough again.Even the slightest cough of such a large volcano is enough to bring catastrophe to this small city.A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, Yang Jing still understands this.Rabaul is still beautiful without volcanic disturbances, and although the city was destroyed by the volcano once twenty-four years ago, it is now stubbornly standing again.The town is not very large, with the Correre volcano to the north, but this volcano is extinct and the small bay of Simpson Bay to the south.The city was originally not small, in the north and east of Simpson Bay, there are large buildings, especially in the east of the bay, which was the main urban area of Rabaul before, Rabaul during World War II, the eastern urban area even extended south along the bay to the far end of the peninsula, and the eastern urban area alone is more than twice as large as the northern urban area.It's a pity that now the eastern half of the city has been completely buried by volcanic ash, and many of the military fortresses built here by the little devils have also been completely buried under the heavy volcanic ash.More than 20 years have not been enough time for the city to fully recover, and now Rabaul is only the northern part of the city, and the city, which was originally home to about 150,000 people, is now inhabited by less than 5,000.There are no tall buildings in the town, and the tallest buildings are only a few five- or six-storey buildings, and most of the other buildings are one- or two-story houses.The town is quiet and has a different kind of calm.After all, the city has survived two near-devastating volcanic eruptions, but it has persevered.This strength gives the city a special character.Needless to say, just stand on the streets of the city and feel it quietly, and you can feel the tenacity in the city's blood.Guo Dabao was tired of taking the boat, and after getting off the boat, he went directly to the pre-booked hotel accompanied by the bodyguard.No matter how luxurious a superyacht is, it is not as stable as land!
However, Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang were in high spirits, and saw that there were at least two hours before dinner, so accompanied by Chris and Adrian, the two of them prepared to take a look at the city buried by volcanic ash.There are no taxis on the streets, but there is a public bicycle similar to the domestic Mobike, but this kind of bicycle is not used for mobile phones, but is managed by special managers.All you need to do is pay a deposit of fifty kina to the manager, and you can ride a bicycle.Of course, there is also a fee for renting such a bike, which is one kina per hour.The kina is the official currency of PNG, and 1 kina is equivalent to about 25 yuan.If you look at this conversion, the cost of public bicycles in PNG is much more expensive than in China.However, both Yang Jing and Guo Xiaoxiang have not ridden a bicycle for a long time, and now is not the time to be in London, so after seeing that there is this kind of public bicycle rental, the two of them have a tacit understanding and directly rent four bicycles.One for each of them, one for each of the two bodyguards.One of the four people is a big boss with a net worth of billions of dollars, the other is a rich second generation who is serious, and two powerful bodyguards wearing guns, just pedaling their bicycles all the way to Dongcheng, which is buried by volcanic ash.Before the four of them had even ridden out of the city, they heard someone from behind them greet them, and when they turned their heads, they found that Captain Howard, dressed in a black summer coat, was also pedaling his bicycle and chasing after him.I didn't see Mr.
Captain when I got off the boat just now, it turned out that he had gone to change his clothes.The four men stopped the car and waited for a while, and the captain chased after him on his bicycle, a little out of breath."
It's been a long time since I've pedaled my bike, and I'm really a little out of breath this time when I pedal."
Guo Xiaoxiang looked at the captain with a smile and asked, "Mr.
Captain, why are you going to go in such a dress?"
”"Let's go, talk as we go."
The captain didn't pause, just slowed down a little, and only after Yang Jing and the four of them caught up before he continued: "I was born and raised in Dongcheng when I was a child, and my grandfather was buried there after he died.Unfortunately, the volcanic eruption buried my home and my grandfather's grave more than 20 years ago, so since then, every time I come here, I have to go there to pay respects to my grandfather and my former home. ”This reason made Guo Xiaoxiang unable to ask anymore.It wasn't long east along a coastal road before the road disappeared into the ground.That's right, the asphalt road has magically disappeared, replaced by a trampled dirt road, from here it turns a corner, and extends directly to the south.On both sides of the dirt road, the ruins of some buildings can be faintly seen, but they are all buried in a thick layer of gray-black earth.Needless to say, the remains of these buried buildings were the ones that were crushed by the huge amount of volcanic ash generated by the eruption of Mount Taulu.However, during the ride, you can occasionally see some complete buildings, which are still inhabited, but these houses do not look very good."
The volcanic eruption twenty-four years ago destroyed almost the entire East City, and many houses in the North City were also crushed.However, after the volcano returned to quiet, many local residents dug their houses out of the rubble.If there is no crush, as long as the house can afford to live, then there will be people who will continue to live in it.See these residents?
That's what they did. ”"See?
This place used to be the largest hospital in Rabaul, and next to it, it used to be a museum.The location a little farther away used to be a middle school, where I finished my middle school," Yang Jing looked in the direction Captain Howard pointed, but could not see anything except the volcanic ash that had hardened.However, from Howard's account, Yang Jing can clearly feel the prosperity of the city before it was destroyed by the volcano.But it is a pity that manpower is limited in the end, and in the face of ruthless nature, people are still too small after all.From a distance, Yang Jing pointed to a mountain peak about six hundred meters high to the southeast of the ruins and asked, "Captain, is that peak the same Tawulu volcano that erupted back then?"
”Howard shook his head with a smile and said, "No, it's an extinct volcano.Do you see the rather low mountain at the foot of the mountain on the west side of this mountain?
That was one of the main culprits that caused Rabaul to move its capital to Lae 80 years ago, and the name of the mountain is Volcan.Because of the eruption, the volcano has become very short. ”As he spoke, Howard pointed to the crippled mountain in the distance, which was only about 100 meters away, and said: "That mountain is Taulu Volcano, and it is also the most grumpy volcano on the entire island of New Britain, and this volcano was the main culprit for destroying Rabaul twenty-four years ago." ”Several people looked in the direction Howard was pointing, but they saw a hill that looked inconspicuous, and the mountain to the east of it, which was more than five hundred meters high, looked more like a volcano of infinite power.As if sensing Yang Jing's speculation, Howard shrugged his shoulders and said as he rode: "There are now two active volcanoes on the entire Gazel Peninsula, and they are the two peaks that you see now that are less than two hundred meters high.The other volcanoes are extinct volcanoes that haven't erupted for an unknown amount of time.Let's go, we can get closer and take a closer look at the two volcanoes that destroyed Rabaul. ”ps: A new week has begun, Lao Mo begs for the support of recommended votes!