Chapter 19 (II) They Need the President II
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The Air Force is also useless?
The president slammed his fist on the table: "Then something has to be done, right?" There has never been a time in the history of the United States to sit back and wait for death! We must fight back! ”
"I think the first thing now is to reassure people that the government has a response and give them hope." Henry's voice was a little low, and the chief of staff immediately nodded in agreement.
"You mean...... "The president understood what Henry meant," "handing out drugs to people?" No, Henry, it can't be! ”
"Mr. President, you don't know that Philadelphia is completely finished now, it can be said that no one is alive, even if there are drug addicts who are not killed by the yellow mist, they also die because of explosions and high temperatures, the situation in Camden City is not optimistic, after many people know that drug use will not kill children, they began to join the ranks of drug addicts, so a large number of drug dealers with drugs in their hands set themselves up as kings in Camden City, and if this continues, Camden City and Philadelphia will sooner or later become the world of drug dealers, of course, if the government does something, That's another matter...... Henry said anxiously, turning his head away, but peeking at the president's expression.
The president took off his glasses, closed his eyes and rubbed the bridge of his nose: "Henry, are you asking me to turn the federal government into a legal drug dealer?" ”
"No, President, you can't think like that, we're here to save them, we don't need to say it's drugs, we can give drugs a new name. For example, numbered vaccines. Henry deliberately made his face ugly, "The situation in Camden City is really, really bad. ”
"Numbered vaccines? It's like a drug dealer who processes the drug a little and adds his own trademark? So what's the difference between us and drug dealers? The president frowned, but he was not angry, he remembered many years ago the famous No. 4 Hai Luo brand "Double Lions on the Earth" in the Golden Triangle, as well as "Samsung Universal", "Skull Brand", and even the "Blue Temptation" that flooded the United States in the late sixties of the last century, these notorious drug brands, for a period of time caused headaches for governments all over the world, and the old ones were hit. New ones are popping up again.
"Mr. President. Our strategy on drugs has changed from a 'war on drugs' to a 'treatment-first, combat-oriented', and the government has long since publicly admitted that the decades-long 'war on drugs' has actually failed! The chief of staff shook his head and said, "Eight percent of the population of the United States are drug addicts, which is a terrible number. ”
"I know—" The president buried his head. He was well aware that the previous president had put forward a three-point government plan. The first is the expansion of drug treatment services and facilities. It will be included in the government's national medical insurance reform plan, the second is to strengthen the treatment of drug addicts who have been imprisoned for drug crimes, and the third is to strengthen relevant international cooperation.
But even so. The effect is still not as noticeable.
Since 1969, when the 37th President of the United States, Richard Nixon, put forward the concept of "war on drugs", a series of political, economic, legal and diplomatic measures have been formulated, but the effect is that drugs are becoming more and more widespread, there are more and more new drugs, and the number of drug users has doubled.
This is true not only in the United States, but also in other countries, just like a British politician ridiculed: A century ago, we tried to completely crush the Qing government in China with opium, but we did not expect that in the end, we too would become tragic victims.
"Whether it was during the Vietnam War, or later on the war on terror, the freedom revolution in other countries that was funded, there were incidents of military drug trafficking in the U.S. military, and if our government took the lead in doing this kind of thing, the whole United States would be doomed." The president looked up at the others, "Do you remember the absurd opium self-sufficiency policy that China implemented during the Qing Dynasty, when drugs were not banned, and in order to prevent silver from being lost?" We are in a similar situation to them, and you should know very well what happened to them, and that will be what happened to us! ”
"But Camden ......," said Henry, half-speaking.
"I know what that place is, I've been there for the ballot, but that was years ago, Henry, I want to ......," the president took a deep breath and looked up, "whatever we decide in the future, I'm going to have to go to Camden myself, where everyone needs me!" ”
"President!" Henry stood up, but his heart was very happy, "No, you have to go to Andrew Air Force Base, Camden City is too dangerous." ”
"As you said before, they need encouragement, and they need me, the leader of the free world." After the president finished speaking, he said to the security supervisor next to him, "Let them change the route, I'm going to Camden City, now, right away!" ”
After saying that, the president motioned to the others to stop trying to convince him, closed his eyes and said: "I can't run away, they need me!" ”
Henry sat back, turned his head to look out at Washington, D.C., which was still brightly lit, with a strange smile on his face, and said to himself, "Yes, you made the right decision, they need a president." ”
No one saw the strange smile on Henry's face, only he knew that he had to laugh to the end. Because, perhaps, from that time on, that smile will remain on his face until the end of the world.
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There is more and more yellow mist in the cemetery area, and the volume of each one has doubled, wandering and floating in the cemetery, and from time to time several of them will gather together, and it will slowly separate after a long time.
Tang Shuxing stood at the window, sealed the last window he was responsible for with duct tape, looked around again, and after making sure that no one else rushed over in the cemetery park, he put the tape on his desk.
"We've got it done on our side." Paul and Michael walked into the office and looked at Manas, who was handcuffed by Tang Shuxing, who had come to his senses, but was still muttering that everyone else should be allowed to inject drugs as well, otherwise everyone would die if a yellow mist slipped through a crack.
Ji Kefeng sat beside Manas. It seemed like guarding him rather than protecting him, he was the only one in the area who absolutely approved of Manas's ghost idea, and the remaining four civilians were watching over the girl who had been injected with drugs intravenously. The girl had come to her senses, vomited for a long time, and fell into a somewhat delirious state, reciting the texts of the unknown word, or in Latin.
"Crazy Gu, what's the situation above?" Tang Shu used the intercom to ask Gu Huaiyi who was in the bell tower above.
Gu Huaiyi was looking at the direction of the river with a telescope, although there were countless buildings blocking it. But you can still see the thick yellow fog behind the buildings: "Bad news for the city of Camden." Good news for us, it may be good news that the river looks completely covered in dense fog, and we can take advantage of this opportunity to use the cover of the fog to get to the island, and the US military should not detect us. ”
"We didn't have enough spare items. Guns and ammunition and things like that. There is also the drinking water and food that you and Master Ji need. We can't take it away here, they don't have enough of themselves. Tang Shuxing looked out the window, and as he spoke, he turned around and asked Paul and Michael. Do you know where to refill the ammunition? ”
"There's a gun shop a few blocks away from here, but I guess it's been robbed." Michael shook his head and said, "After all, this kind of thing happened, everyone is in danger, and many people's first reaction will be to go to the gun shop to grab a gun." ”
"No, the gun shop is not good, there are only self-defense weapons there, we need weapons with more firepower, preferably bazookas or something." Tang Shuxing looked at Paul, "Is there a way?" ”
"What the hell are you going to do?" Paul looked at Tang Shuxing, picked up a glass of water on the table and drank, "Even if you are not terrorists, your purpose is not so simple. ”
"We're going to find something, maybe we can find out how the yellow fog came about while looking for something, but we can't tell you the details, it's for your good, you know too much about many things, not only do other people make trouble for you, but your government may not let you go." Tang Shuxing looked at Paul and Michael Dao.
The two also knew from their previous experiences and Tang Shuxi's sincere words that this Chinese did not mean to deceive them, perhaps because of the circumstances at this time, forcing them to believe these three people who were extraordinary, did not take drugs, but were immune to yellow mist. Paul thought for a long time and said: "About ten kilometers away from here, there is a military port, although it is only a maintenance port, and it does not belong to a military reserve unit, but there must be a reserve of arms there, although the number is not much, but it is completely enough for the three of you, but we don't know the specific location of the road." ”
"It's okay, just tell us the specific coordinates of the military port." Gu Huaiyi returned to the office and leaned against the door.
Paul stood at the window, pointed to the south, and said, "If you go south along the river, you can see the old Philadelphia Navy Yard, which is now just a historic building, but there is still a military port nearby, and there are still a few warships of the right tonnage for maintenance every year." "This is the Philadelphia Navy Yard, and across the street from it is the military port, which is heavily guarded on weekdays, but if this happens, I don't think there will be many people, and it is impossible to take away those large quantities of weapons, and if you are lucky, you can still find assault boats and other things there to take you away." ”
"Understood." Tang Shuxing nodded and stretched out his hand towards Paul, "Xie Lu, thank you for believing in us." ”
Paul shook Tang Shuxing's hand: "Actually, I was forced. With that, Paul and Michael laughed.
Tang Shuxing and Gu Huaiyi left them all the automatic weapons except the pistol, and all the grenades and other things that escaped from the bridgehead and picked up from the SWAT were also left to them, and just as they were about to leave, Paul stopped them again, pointed to Minas in the office and said: "You have to take this addict away, if he is there, it will inevitably have a bad effect on others, and we can't guarantee that we won't kill him when he makes this place a miasma." ”
Tang Shuxing looked at Manas and said, "You can tie him up and gag him." ”
"It's only temporary." Michael said next to him, quipping, "This is Free America, isn't it?" ”
"Okay." Tang Shuxing nodded, pointed at Ji Kefeng and said, "Master Ji, you bring Manas with you, since you are so good, your opinions are so unified." ”
Ji Kefeng looked at Manas, but Manas unexpectedly agreed, and immediately struggled to stand up, calling for himself to never stay here, and waiting for death with these non-immune, but then cursed Paul that they had taken their own shelter by illegal means. (To be continued......)