Sixth Street.
The expansion in the past few days caused the Sixth Street's defense line to be extremely long. To deal with the upcoming mutants flood, the military government mobilized all the construction companies in the city to reinforce the walls surrounding the Sixth Street and added machine guns and cannons.
An order worth one million crystals!
Not many people were happy about this, though. The xenogeneic wave that was about to come made everyone feel very afraid. Some people chose to escape, but the majority chose to stay.
As for why, it was all because of Chu Nan's war regulation.
"Anyone who leaves the Sixth Street during the war will have their property confiscated to pay for defense expenses. The surplus will be used as rewards to reward individuals or organizations with outstanding performance. If you must leave, but you don't want to give up your property here, then please pay a war tax of 20-40 crystals per square meter for your property here. The money will be used to pay for mercenaries' salaries and fortify the defense line and ammunition. "
The order seemed unreasonable, but it was actually fair.
Why should the Sixth Street soldiers sacrifice their lives to protect the property here, but you, the people with vested interests, escape at the critical moment? Either you contribute, or you contribute, or the NAC government will recognize you as giving up your property at the Sixth Street!
Although a lot of merchants tried to protest through the council, they clearly didn't understand the situation. Out of the ten council members, five of them were implanted with the "honor chip".
The motion passed without any resistance and received the support of the majority of civilians.
The civilians finally had their own home in the Sixth Street, who would want to return to a life of vagrancy? As for those who wanted to escape at the slightest sign of trouble and wanted the people who stayed behind to protect their property, no one sympathized with them.
Therefore, other than the merchants with roots in other places, no one chose to leave at this time.
What was the use of tying up unrelated people in the base?
It was very useful.
Currently, the armed forces stationed at the Sixth Street were mainly composed of three forces. The first was the NAC military government's Third Division, the second was the mercenaries, hunters, and some armed scavengers, and the third was the merchants' private army!
Although after the Sixth Street became nuclear-free and all their nuclear materials were confiscated, the Sixth Street never restricted their armed forces. Because when doing business on the wasteland, if you had a weak gun, you would be a sheep with two legs. Even if they could escape the claws and teeth of the Mutants, they could not escape the robbery of their own kind.
Leaving the merchants here meant leaving their private army here. These merchants were much richer than ordinary mercenary groups, and this wealth was reflected in the quality of their equipment. Although these merchants and private soldiers did not have the Type-50 Electromagnetic Cannon, they still had a few armored vehicles.
The civilians were mobilized into the army, and the merchants also reluctantly sent their private soldiers to the frontline. Once the mutant flood broke out, the gate would not be opened. Since he had chosen to stay, there was no option to escape. There was no point in hiding at this time. It was better to stand on the frontlines and get some commission.
The military factory was operating at full capacity as it turned the steel and aluminum materials from the Fishbone base into firearms.
At this time, the industrial capacity of the Sixth Street came in handy.
When Jiang Chen purchased the military factory from Zhao Chenwu, he disclosed some of the equipment technology of the T-3 power armor to other small workshops. Then through the outsourcing of parts, he produced 20 T-3s in just one month.
The production was almost ten times the previous production.
Not only the power armors, but also the Type-99 anti-tank cannon, the Screamer mortar … With the gradual improvement of the industrial system, the heavy weapons that were originally low in production were also produced like flowing water from the factory.
When they saw the heavy weapons being transported from the factory to the frontline and the boxes of ammunition being transported to the supply point, almost everyone was full of confidence in this war.
If it was always the zombies that came to harass them.
…
Three hundred meters outside the north gate of the Sixth Street, the soldiers of the First Division used mobile bunkers and sandbags to build a simple defense line as they used machine guns to shoot the zombies that approached. The wall behind them was being reinforced, and their mission was to defend here. Before the reconstruction was completed, they had to stop the mutant flood from advancing to the wall.
Screeching sounds came from behind them from time to time. It was the sound of the Screamer mortar's electromagnetic cannon.
Three shells rose into the air and smashed into the zombies. The flying shrapnel instantly shredded the zombies nearby as their intestines and flesh scattered on the ground.
At this time, a giant creature suddenly appeared in the dust of the explosion. It waved the billboard in its hand as it rushed to the defense line with heavy steps.
"Discovered Roshan."
A soldier crouched behind the machine gun and pressed the trigger as he roared into his headset.
"Roger."
A calm response followed by the explosive sound of the shell being fired.
The orange shell whizzed by and shattered Roshan's skull.
"Nice shot!" The soldier roared back as he reloaded the machine gun. Seeing the wave of attack temporarily stopped, the scavengers who had been waiting on the side rushed to Roshan's body with a knife and collected the crystals on the back of its neck. After they collected the crystals, they could keep 40% as their reward.
Standing on the sentry tower, Zhao Gang observed everything with binoculars.
Different from the optimistic public opinion, as the commander of the Third Division, he didn't look relaxed.
Although after many days of reinforcement, the Third Division's force had expanded to 4000 people, which was the sum of the First and Second Divisions, it still wasn't enough to bring him too much optimism.
As a former Qingpu survivor, he personally witnessed the horror of the mutant flood.
At that time, the mutants even overwhelmed the soldiers of the World Alliance Organization and forced them to give up Wanghai. The survivors of the Sixth Street relied on the large amount of PAC standard equipment left by the World Alliance to defend the survival base.
After the last civil war, the only equipment left was the Wanderer tank. Now that the tank was sent to the First Division, the Sixth Street could only rely on the self-produced heavy weapons.
"Sir, Chu Nan sent me to inform you to attend the meeting."
"Got it." Zhao Gang nodded.
The soldier saluted and stood on the side.
Zhao Gang glanced at the frontline with the binoculars one last time before he stuffed the binoculars back into his pocket and left.
…
Inside the holographic conference room, Zhao Gang nodded to Chu Nan and sat in his seat.
The meeting began. General Jiang Chen, staff officer Han Junhua, the three commanders, Sixth Street executive Chu Nan, logistics director Wang Qin, and interior director Lu Huasheng. The NAC government's top officials were all here.
Floating on the conference table was a holographic map of Wanghai. Looking at the military deployment on the map, Zhao Gang could roughly guess the purpose of the meeting.
First, Wang Qin explained the military supplies in the base, then Lu Huasheng reported the status of the reserve force.
Finally, the staff officer completed the battle plan. Because this battle plan was discussed with the General in advance, all Jiang Chen needed to do in the meeting was to nod.
However, after listening to the battle plan, Chu Nan frowned slightly. He could not help but stand up and object.
"I have an objection. The Wanderer tank, eight Tiger IIs, and fifteen armored vehicles are all deployed to the First Division? Although the Sixth Street focuses on defense, it doesn't mean we don't need any armored force for protection. "
Jiang Chen looked at Zhao Gang.
After a moment of silence, Zhao Gang nodded his head with a grave expression.
"I agree with Chu Nan's opinion. Without the protection of armored force, it means if the city gate is lost, we won't have the ability to retake the city gate. We can only completely abandon the lost defense line and retreat. To be safe, we need at least four Tiger IIs here. "
"As long as it's not lost," Han Junhua said emotionlessly.
"Of course, I know it's best not to make a single mistake, but-"
"Using tanks to defend the city is the least effective choice. The First Division equipped with armored force will take over Jia City in the shortest amount of time and then turn back to defend, "Han Junhua said with an unquestionable tone.
It was a risky decision.
If the Sixth Street defense line was compromised, if the First Division and the mutated humans were in a stalemate …
The First Division's commander, Cheng Weiguo, didn't say anything as he looked at Zhao Gang apologetically and helplessly. Zhao Gang also didn't say anything as he used his eyes to express his understanding of his colleague's helplessness.
Chu Nan took a deep breath, stared at Han Junhua's face, and slowly sat back in his seat.
"I hope your decision is correct. This is related to the lives of eighty thousand people."
Han Junhua nodded, expressing her understanding.
After the meeting ended, the holographic image turned off.
Wang Qin, Lu Huasheng, and Wang Zhaowu all left. When there were only two people left in the conference room, Jiang Chen let out a sigh.
"You have to learn the art of rejection."
"Orders only exist in execution, there is no art of rejection."
"I'm just worried about the relationship between my subordinates," Jiang Chen said helplessly.
But Han Junhua didn't mind as she said emotionlessly, "It's fine, I'll be the bad guy."
"… Are you an M?" Looking at the expressionless face, Jiang Chen couldn't help but ask.
"What is M?" Han Junhua raised her eyebrows. "I'm just making the best choice. Especially since you told me that once everything is over, I will go to the future. "
"What if you don't need to go to the future to solve your problem?" Jiang Chen was intrigued.
"We'll talk about it when the time comes."
Han Junhua didn't seem to want to continue the discussion on this topic. She picked up her document from the table and walked out of the conference room.
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