It was soon December. Pannu Islands didn't feel the slightest hint of winter, but Wanghai on the wasteland was covered in snow. What was different from previous years was that Wanghai didn't feel like the apocalypse anymore.
In the past few days, Jiang Chen would occasionally return to the apocalypse since there were too many people he couldn't let go of. But because the situation there had stabilized, he didn't stay as long as before.
He would occasionally eat with the girls, "communicate" with Sun Jiao, pick the sisters, shower with Yao Yao, and bully Lin Lin. But if he stayed in the mansion, he wouldn't feel the atmosphere of the apocalypse at all.
The entire city on the west side of the Huangpu River was filled with NAC checkpoints. Looking up from a high vantage point, he could occasionally see helicopters patrolling in the air or Aurora-20s roaring past. In terms of control over Wanghai, NAC had the absolute advantage.
NAC's diplomats were currently negotiating with Liuding to include the east side of the Huangpu River into the "protected area."
Bohai's "Furious Wave" electromagnetic pulse cannon could fire from the mouth of the Yangtze River to Luzhou. Not only did it have a terrifying range of 450 kilometers, but it could also fire 10-400 kg bombs. It was the best among the heavy support cannons. Whether it was Bohai or the technology of the cannon, Jiang Chen was determined to obtain it.
If the problem could be solved through negotiation, then it would be solved through negotiation. If not, then it would be solved through force.
That was the rule of the wasteland.
On the other hand, the radiation cleanup in the city center was completed. Although the gamma value was still high, people entering the area didn't need to wear nuclear protective suits anymore. They could walk in the city center with the iodine or anti-radiation medicine stored in the EP.
Because of snowfall and ice, the Garden of Eden project next to Dianshan Lake was temporarily halted.
Jia City occasionally encountered mutants migrating east, but with Cheng Weiguo's First Corps stationed there and checkpoints along the way, Jiang Chen wasn't worried about the mutants sneaking into Wanghai to build a nest.
The winter this year was peaceful.
Because of the existence of NAC, no accidents occurred in Wanghai.
But on the modern world's side, the international situation was turbulent.
The first was South Asia. As the Moro independence movement intensified, the flames of war had burned the entire MLL Island and even spread to Samar Island. At the end of November, the guerrillas launched a large-scale military operation in Davao City and successfully disintegrated a light infantry division and a light armored brigade stationed there. Moro's leader, Santos, released a video on social media announcing that the civil war had entered the second stage and that Dawo would be the capital of Moro.
In the beginning, Jiang Chen only funded Santos with the intention to disgust Country F, but he didn't expect this guy to make the independence movement a success. Now, he even had his own capital.
The reason they were able to get to where they were today was partly because the soldiers of Country F were not skilled in combat, which could be seen from their performance during the hostage rescue. On the other hand, it coincided with the change of government. Country F's biggest ally did not intervene in the civil war and only symbolically did diplomatic work and sold them some weapons at a low price.
Seeing that Moro's independence was possible, Jiang Chen immediately changed his initial decision. After they used up the batch of munitions, he would continue to provide them with funding.
Of course, the funding wasn't free. It was exchanged with the ownership of the mines in the area controlled by the guerrillas or the mined ores. To this end, Jiang Chen ordered Barkary to register a shell company in Australia to take over the ores from Moro and sell munitions to them. The ores of unknown origin would be transported to the factories in New Guinea for processing. A portion of it would be sold to the international market, and the other portion would be "sold" to Celestial Trade.
This reselling of ores was the same as Turkey's reselling of IS crude oil, and Jiang Chen did it without leaving a trace. With the support of the radar station on New Moon Island, the transport ships that smuggled the ores seemed to have grown eyes as they avoided all the patrol ships and warships of Country F that locked down MLL Island. Regardless of how furious Country F was, the supplies for the guerrillas never stopped.
It was worth mentioning that it was UA's munitions company that provided weapons to Barkary's shell company. To prevent the transaction from being tracked by the FBA, all munitions orders were paid with gold.
Then it was Europe.
The refugee issue continued to heat up and pushed the entire Europe to a crossroads. On whether to ban refugees from entering Europe, the European Union was divided. Among them were France, Germany, and Belgium, which suffered from terrorism; Great Britain, which lay on the table and threatened to leave the European Union; and Greece, which behaved like a hooligan at the negotiating table, "If you don't buy our bonds, we'll open our doors to refugees" …
It was hard to say whether it was because of distrust or because of distrust, under the push of an invisible hand, the previously stable European Union began to show visible cracks.
The negotiations between the countries were fruitless, but a wave of protests broke out at the same time within each country. A lot of extremists finally lost their rationality and began to attack innocent refugees under the instigation of people with ulterior motives. They threatened to take revenge and respond to terror with cruelty.
In this chaotic situation, the New Choice Party was quietly rising, and the support of the ruling Christian Democratic Union (CDU) continued to decline. The extreme right had gained the right to speak in Frankberg's politics, adding fuel to the fire in this chaotic situation …
"War is never a good idea, but weapons are a good thing. Ivan, do you understand what I mean? "
Standing in the fighter hangar on New Moon Island, Jiang Chen squinted at the Aurora-20 that just entered the hangar and said to Ivan next to him.
"Sorry, I don't quite understand." The veteran shook his head honestly.
"Only when both sides think that the other's weapon is enough to kill them will they sit down and talk."
Ivan grinned. He, who was a soldier since the Soviet Union, naturally agreed with Jiang Chen's words. But why the boss suddenly said this, he still didn't quite understand.
However, Jiang Chen didn't continue on this topic, but looked at the pilot who was familiarizing himself with the equipment in the cockpit.
The official commissioning of the first Aurora-20 filled the gap in the air force field of Celestial Trade. Although it wasn't the most advanced technology in the apocalypse, its strength was already at the peak of the fifth-generation fighter.
The first flight of the Aurora-20 was completed by the pilot with the highest score in the training program. The piloting equipment of the Aurora-20 was highly intelligent. Actions including takeoff, landing, cruising, and even ground attacks could be completed by intelligent programs.
From this perspective alone, the semi-intelligent control mode already made it into the ranks of the quasi-sixth-generation fighter.
It was precisely because of this that a month and a half of training time was enough for these pilots to complete flight training.
Jiang Chen watched the engine ignite, completed vertical takeoff and landing, and cruised around the country, and personally awarded the pilot a medal. After the first flight ceremony, Jiang Chen walked around the barracks as usual and showed his face in front of the young men who were loyal to him, then returned to Coro Island.
There was a product conference waiting for him in the afternoon.
Before the conference that was destined to be recorded in history, he still needed to prepare a little.
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