Zombies were indeed a problem, whether it was for Country F government forces, Moro, or Celestial Trade. You couldn't expect a group of guerrillas to learn vaccine prevention and control, even if they just took over 21st Division's UA equipment.
Because it was in the modern world, the apocalypse couldn't be used to deal with the problem. What was the most direct way to solve the crisis in City K? The most efficient way was to throw tens of thousands of incendiary bombs and burn all the viruses and pathogens. Also, the enemy was Country F, so Jiang Chen didn't feel any psychological burden when he gave the order.
In any case, what was presented to him in the end was just a number.
But if he really did that, without a doubt, all the countries in the world wouldn't let the butcher go.
City K was conquered, and the battle on MLL Island was decided.
Therefore, on the way to the safe zone, Moro's 5th Division without armor protection paid a heavy price. When killing their former compatriots, the performance of the guerrillas was much better than the government forces, but not by much.
But in the end, with the support of Celestial Trade's Marine Corps, Moro's 5th Division withstood the pressure of zombies and collapsed the last mechanized brigade of Country F's 14th Division. The remaining two M113A2 armored vehicles raised the white flag and chose to surrender.
The war was over. Other than some of Country F's government forces in the Northern Theater of Operations, Moro had established actual control over MLL Island. Just like Jiang Chen said, Celestial Trade successfully defeated their opponents with one punch. Then they grabbed their necks and forced them to sign on the negotiation table.
It was no exaggeration to say that in modern warfare, the importance of negotiation surpassed all previous efforts.
The latter only determined how many people died, while the former determined how many people would die.
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Before the soldiers of Celestial Trade entered the safe zone of City K, the survivors in the safe zone had already rioted and robbed the shotguns and flamethrowers of the cleaners. At least a dozen cleaners were beaten to death by the resentful crowd. The survivors who occupied the safe zone had a brief confrontation with the Moro guerrillas through the barbed wire, but when they saw the captured armored vehicles and tanks, everyone put down their weapons and squatted by the wall with their hands on their heads.
When Jiang Chen saw the emaciated state of these people from the combat video, he immediately came up with a plan. He called Ivan, who had already arrived at the safe zone, and ordered him to take care of these people.
Then, Jiang Chen ordered Xia Shiyu, who was promoted to Future Group's CEO, to use her to mobilize 1,000 tons of rice, vegetables, biscuits, and milk from Future Group's food processing plant to be transported by air to City K Airport for distribution to local survivors.
The kindness of Celestial Trade immediately won the favor of these survivors. Therefore, when Celestial Trade proposed that they cooperate with the media reporters to help Celestial Trade win the favor of the international community, almost no one refused.
In terms of public opinion, Jiang Chen took one point.
While the ground forces were stationed in City K, the navy's actions didn't stop.
A Guardian-class frigate, accompanied by a Kilo-class submarine, entered the Sulu Sea from the strait between Zamboanga City and Isabella Island. To the west was Palawan Island, and the Type-50 J-type electromagnetic pulse cannon was aimed at the capital of Country F, City M.
Celestial Trade's move almost made Aquino fall off his chair. Only now did he understand the fear faced by the frontline soldiers.
It was the fear of a giant cannon entering the country.
Country F's parliament members were in a mess. A while ago, they were still discussing how to forge sovereignty documents and turn Pannu Islands into Country F's territory. But now, they quickly tore up those pieces of paper and discussed how to negotiate an "unconditional surrender".
Another frigate and submarine moved east along the border and stopped near Yap Island in Micronesia. They were on guard against the Stennis aircraft carrier battle group deployed in South Asia. They quietly included the Guam military base within the strike radius, but they didn't make any moves.
All ten Aurora-20s were on standby at the New Moon Island military base. The 20 pilots rotated in the cockpit and were ready to respond to any possible war.
On the other hand, the G013 missile silo deployed in the Western Pacific Ocean opened its gate and slowly filled the interior of the silo with seawater, completing the launch preparations. Inside the G013 missile silo was naturally the Dolphin-10 ICBM, but the combat components weren't nuclear warheads but conventional explosives.
If the UA made a dangerous move, Celestial Trade would prove its long-range missile strike capability in a few hours.
Not nuclear weapons, so there's no deterrent force?
That's not necessarily the case!
Don't forget who controls City K now! Since missiles can deliver explosives, they can also deliver viruses. Between nuclear weapons and biological weapons, the UA Congress and the Capitol would consider carefully which one was more deterrent.
Until now, Jiang Chen had placed all his chips on the table.
Should he launch an Asian version of the "Gulf War" and punish Celestial Trade like how they punished "Iraq for invading Kuwait"? Or should he face the fait accompli caused by Celestial Trade's blitzkrieg, like how Britain and France compromised with Frankberg and gave up Country F, a useless ally, to maintain the regional balance.
It was worth noting that Country F didn't have as rich oil resources as Kuwait.
What if none of the above options worked?
Then the nuclear button was the final option.
Unless it was absolutely necessary, he didn't want to take this last step.
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"You're playing with fire."
The night the Celestial Trade Marine Corps took over City K, Natasha rang the doorbell of Jiang Chen's mansion. Jiang Chen didn't want to open the door, but the girl was determined not to leave unless he opened the door. Her finger pressed on the doorbell and didn't let go.
Helpless against Natasha's determination, Jiang Chen opened the door.
Anyway, after disappearing for so long, it was time for him to return to the public eye.
But what he didn't expect was that when Natasha saw him for the first time, she didn't have the surprise of "you're not injured!" but instead said this.
"Playing with fire? Our President Zhang seemed to have said this to Aquino before. "Jiang Chen gestured to the sofa." Please sit down, I prepared vodka this time. "
"I'm not here to drink." Natasha narrowed her eyes and examined Jiang Chen up and down. Her bright red lips curled up with a hint of playfulness. "Of course, I knew nothing would happen to an old fox like you."
"I'm still young, okay? Ms. Polar Bear, "Jiang Chen joked.
"This joke is not gentlemanly at all." Natasha stared at Jiang Chen and walked past him to sit on the sofa. But this time, she didn't touch the alcohol on the table.
She crossed her well-proportioned legs, crossed her arms, and looked at Jiang Chen. "So, what are you going to do? How do you solve this mess? "
"Let Country F return to the negotiation table." Jiang Chen sat across from Natasha and crossed his fingers on his knees.
"What if UA doesn't agree?" Natasha raised her eyebrows.
"Then be prepared to die together."
When he said this, Jiang Chen wasn't joking at all.
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