Chapter 2: Five Years Later
The white horse has passed five years in a blink of an eye, the world is still in full swing, at least on the surface, the contest between country M and country Z has never ended, as of now, there seem to be many bugs in the economy of country M, and at the same time a series of ripples, the unemployment rate of the people has soared, the domestic crime rate has soared, the dollar has depreciated rapidly, and more and more allies have severed diplomatic relations with it, so it seems that country M has really been developing 'divine punishment' wholeheartedly in the past five years; The leapfrog development brought about by the sharing of green technology and the unprecedented take-off of science and technology have traveled thousands of miles in the swan song of 'Tianlu'.
In this game of violence and peace, the shouts of the audience make human beings ignore that the clouds of war have obscured the light, which cannot be blamed for people's lack of vision, just imagine that people who have lived in the era of peace since childhood do not have a substantive understanding of war, so it is difficult to perceive the haze of the precursor of war, because for them, war is like an irrational event that will occur in order to find life in the era of barbarism, like this kind of civilized society with highly developed science and technology, highly improved human morality, and highly saturated material worldPeople will be very sensible in handling affairs, and there is no possibility of war breaking out.
It was not until February 8, 2045, when country M was forced to issue the 'divine punishment threat theory' to the world because of the imminent economic collapse, that people suddenly realized that the danger was only one step away from everyone The bullet was thrown into the crowd of people who were bathing in the sun, and once it was announced, the world was shocked and all walks of life were in an uproar, and country M tried to use the threat of force to regain the right to speak in the world, of course, this is a common trick of their game.
However, the facts are not as expected by country M, the times are changing, science and technology are changing, and people's hearts are also changing, but the model of country M has not changed, hegemonism, force suppression, resource grabbing, war-making, arms peddling, and it is precisely because of this unchanging evil posture that country M finally promoted the inevitability of destruction. Since then, the United Nations representatives, led by country Z, have started negotiations with country M, while mobilizing top scientists in the field to try to find a way to dismantle or resist. Divine punishment's system is a reasonable method, but country Z has clearly stated to the outside world that it will never succumb to the hegemonic behavior of country M, because country Z's nuclear arsenal is not used for decoration, of course, there are many countries that immediately turned around and threw themselves into the arms of country M after receiving this information, and it seems that there has never been a shortage of such people around us.
It is in this context that on May 1, 2045, country Z convened all the commanders of military regions to hold a secret seminar, and the meeting analyzed that country M has a 50% probability of going to war in the future, which is far beyond the probability of national security.
At about 9 a.m. on May 5, 2045, the Office of the Commander of the Military Region of S City.
"As far as the current situation is concerned, a fleeting war will break out." Li Quan leaned back on the square and thick black chair in the center of the office, and said expressionlessly, his deep and sophisticated eyes revealed a little coldness, and while speaking, he looked at the golden watch on his wrist, the empty conference hall was still silent, and it seemed that only the heavy breathing of the three people could be heard.
"It's not that I didn't think that I would go one step before, but I didn't expect it to develop so fast." On the left side of the hall according to the white wall, there are two black sofas neatly placed, and the person who speaks sits on the sofa in front of him, the military green straight military uniform and the square angular chair look particularly solemn, this person appointed the chief of staff of the military subdivision of S City is named Ye Chen, and the person who sits next to Ye Chen is called Zhang Shaohua is the political commissar of the military region, Ye Chen said, Zhang Shaohua frowned unnaturally and said:
"I think it's time to restart the bomb shelter, if the war breaks out..."
"The interests of the country are always greater than the interests of the individual, and the reopening of the bomb shelter will inevitably cause riots, which is inappropriate..."Li Quan interrupted Zhang Shaohua's words and said without hesitation.
"According to the instructions of the superiors, if the whole country is put on first-level alert, it is allowed to use any defensive and offensive measures, and if the enemy activates biological nuclear weapons, the consequences will be immeasurable, as Shaohua said, maybe we can start to prepare." Ye Chen said
"Don't use your superiors to pressure me, if the nuclear bomb can hit here, it will be an unprecedented nuclear war, there is no point in opening the bomb shelter, our battlefield will be on other small countries that do not have nuclear weapons authority, the country will not set up the battlefield on the mainland, let alone hit the land, and other M countries do not have the guts." Li Quan said very simply, without giving the other party the slightest room for defense, he lit a cigarette and took a few puffs, fanned his hands and said: "You go down, do a good job of deployment and confidentiality at any time." ”
Ye Chen and Zhang Shaohua glanced at each other, picked up their military hats and left the conference room helplessly, just when the two of them just walked out of the conference room, they happened to meet Fu Yunfei, a senior official of S City, Luo Xiangdong, a local business tycoon, and Jia Feng, another fishery tycoon, several people looked at each other and nodded but did not speak, from Ye Chen and Zhang Shaohua's contemptuous eyes, it is not difficult to see that the two of them did not have a good impression of the three people who came from afar, and the three of them rushed into the conference room without smiling, and later there was a high-pitched floating language in the empty corridor.
"I really can't figure out why the commander insists on not opening the bomb shelter in the face of such a situation?" Zhang Shaohua asked puzzled
"It is a shame to put the lives and deaths of the people on the line for his own personal benefit." Ye Chen gritted his teeth with hatred.
"The commander is not that kind of person" Zhang Shaohua is forty-one years old, born in a minority family in the south, four years younger than Ye Chen, almost half of the family is a soldier, due to the influence of the family since childhood, so compared with children of the same age in the juvenile period is more like an iron-clad little man, at the age of 18 he stepped into the military camp for the first time to follow Li Quan, at that time Li Quan was already a regiment-level cadre, time flies and has gone through decades of ups and downs, Zhang Shaohua has transformed into a one-meter-eighty-five iron-blooded man, With Li Quan's promotion and continuous promotion of himself, his years of hard work have made him appointed as the political commissar of the S City Military Region, and Li Quan's upright image has long been deeply rooted in his bones.
"The only constant in this world is that this world is always changing, not to mention the little human being, have you ever seen the commander and those high-ranking officials and rich people mixed together all day long? Or have you ever seen the Commander wearing those expensive accessories? "Ye Chen has been in the army for twenty-five years, and he has been transferred back to S City for nearly ten years, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, not how handsome he is, but he has a rare charm in a mature man, he acts decisively and daringly, and he has a natural military attainment in military scheduling and deployment of simulated wars. Over the years, he has been good at paying attention to details, and he has gradually discovered the changes in the commander over the years, but out of respect, he has always been willing to believe that his doubts are wrong, but this time the commander's approach just confirmed his conjecture, yes, the commander is corrupt, and he seems to use his power to win real estate projects for those wealthy real estate businessmen who spend money on real estate that should not be able to win real estate projects and those rich businessmen who control the Canghe Dam to seize the country's water resources for the purpose of profit. Mansions, luxury cars, and attractive gold, silver, and jewelry have completely blinded the heart of the soldier he once worked hard, and at this juncture, he would rather gamble with the lives of the people and his own interests, at least Ye Chen thinks so.
Zhang Shaohua didn't speak, just silently closed his eyes, in fact, in the past few years, he and Ye Chen have also noticed the change in the commander, but he is even more reluctant to believe it, because Commander Li's promotion career seems to him like a legend deeply engraved in his bones, in Zhang Shaohua's opinion, Commander Li can get to this point, completely relying on the commander's own hard work, without any other impurities, so Zhang Shaohua has been regarded as his role model for many years, no matter what kind of order the commander gives, No matter how difficult the process is, Zhang Shaohua will always overcome it at all costs to complete, and in Li Quan's opinion, Zhang Shaohua seems to have let him see himself when he was young, so no matter where Li Quan is, he can always see Zhang Shaohua's figure, but in recent years, the commander's style of acting has gradually disappeared from the former righteous and awe-inspiring and loyal chief, at the beginning of the period, Zhang Shaohua occasionally found some clues and worked together to put those bad thoughts about the commander behind, And now that Ye Chen's sharp rhetoric has almost completely crushed the only hope left in his heart, Zhang Shaohua thought very little, recalling that Commander Li's attitude seemed to have gradually changed since the announcement of the resumption of 'divine punishment' by country M five years ago, until now that he blatantly went in and out of the military region with those high-ranking officials and rich people at will.
Commander's Office:
Fu Yunfei, Deputy Mayor of S City: "At the beginning of the period... People are still very surprised, scared to death, many people fled to the countryside, three months have passed and there is still nothing to do, and gradually people don't seem to worry about nuclear war, in fact, even I sometimes feel that country M is just a joke at all, why do you have to make a lose-lose situation when you live so comfortably these years? ”
Jia Feng, the actual controller of the Canghe Dam: "In this case, should the reservoir be drained, the water level is too high, and it is about to reach the warning line." ”
Luo Xiangdong: "If the power of 'divine punishment' is really as described in the information, then it must not be drained, otherwise we may lose the most powerful hole card." ”
Li Quan nodded in acquiescence: "I summoned you today to tell you that the above has found a way to dismantle the 'Divine Punishment', and has also mastered the specific coordinates of all the 'Divine Punishment' deployments in the country. ”
"Huh?" The other three widened their eyes in unison, obviously a little unexpected by this outcome.
Fu Yunfei: "That is to say, 'divine punishment' no longer poses any threat to us." ”
Li Quan frowned: "It's not so simple, it is the most powerful artificial intelligence 'Alice' in country M that controls the entire 'divine punishment' nuclear weapons system, this artificial intelligence has set up an offline punishment mode in order to 'divine punishment' not to be dismantled offline, simply put, as long as Alice finds that a certain nuclear weapon of a certain country is out of her control, then all the nuclear weapons hidden in that country will be detonated, and the only way is to dismantle all the nuclear weapons of the entire country at the same time, but this will take time to deploy." ”
Luo Xiangdong: "I hope the time will come in a hurry." ”
Li Quan: "TM's... I don't know what materials were used to disguise all those miniature nuclear weapons as lithium batteries, and used various means to secretly transport them to all parts of the world, and even a small place like fucking S City was planted with 3. ”
Luo Xiangdong was surprised: "Where is the location?" What is the range? ”
Li Quan: "Once these things are forcibly displaced, they will explode, so the state has temporarily listed the specific coordinates as top secret, and the estimated impact of the nuclear explosion is 100 kilometers." ”
Luo Xiangdong: "Then country M has already conducted a nuclear test?" ”
Li Quan: "No, I still don't know anything, including our scientists, almost all of them are theoretical data, but they have been emphasizing that 'divine punishment' is a super variant of nuclear weapons, an opening to hell, and the end of mankind." At the same time, anti-M sentiment in various countries is gradually skyrocketing, and the military department is worried that country M will choose extreme behavior under pressure. ”
Jia Feng: "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, Lao Luo, how is our base now?" ”
Luo Xiangdong: "It has been completed, and now the backfilling operation is being done, and the accommodation and defense system has been activated, and the family members can be arranged to come over." ”
Li Quan: "Be prepared for emergency evacuation, I will notify you in time if there is any trouble." ”
At noon, Li Quan drove alone to the suburbs, and drove into a Chinese-style villa with white high walls about 10 kilometers away from the city, and then walked out of the villa A petite woman, the woman was hot and beautiful, even if she was wearing a light green sweatshirt, she still couldn't cover her proud figure, and she took Li Quan's arm and happily entered the villa.
Li Quan: "Xiaoqing, clean up tomorrow and go to the barrier, the situation is not very optimistic." ”
He Qingfang, captain of the S City Armed Police Detachment (Li Quan's lover): "What about you?" ”
Li Quan: "There are still a lot of things to deal with in the military region, and I can't leave until the last moment." ”
He Qingfang: "Wouldn't it be okay to hand it over to Ye Chen and Zhang Shaohua, the two stupid big ones?" Why take such a big risk yourself, you know how worried people are about you. ”
Li Quan sighed: "I know, I know... But you don't know the two of them, they were brought up by me, and they are very stubborn, after I decided to build the barrier, I have tentatively communicated with them many times, they will only do bad things, and will never do anything beneficial to us, including the secret information of the military department, I have never talked to them. ”
He Qingfang: "Then what are you doing with them, can't you just replace them?" ”
Li Quan: "Do you think the military region is a local armed policeman?" You can change whoever you want, and besides... Keep the two of them, I have my own arrangements, and after the nuclear explosion, I naturally can't help them. ”
He Qingfang: "Although I don't know what wishful thinking you have, I like your confident appearance." ”
Li Quan: "Hahaha... Is it? What else do you like......"
He Qingfang: "Oh, I hate it, in broad daylight..."
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