About a month after the military rectification and production were restored, the control area has been almost cleared, the electricity has been almost 90% restored, the network has almost been restored to 70%, the credit system is back to normal operation, the supply stores are back supplying goods, and life is back on track.

As for the southern part of the city, a large part of the current ruins has been cleared, several streets have been completely cleared, and the city is no longer as strong as the atmosphere of war, and for the convenience of citizens' work, Liu Qi specially requested that bicycles be distributed to every household working population.

Whenever it's time to go to work, a large number of bicycles appear on the streets, and the black pressure is extremely spectacular. If it weren't for going to the cafeteria every day to eat a big pot of rice, almost everyone would think that they were back to their pre-apocalyptic life.

Tankers were divided into teams every day, and the commanders practiced the tactical arrangement of tanks and armored vehicles on foot or bicycle every day, while the gunners practiced firing and aiming on a training bench welded with iron frames, using the equipment that the tank gunners needed to control from the replica of the arsenal, and had to go to the computer room every day to conduct ballistic simulation training.

The driver is trained back and forth on a tracked tractor, although the things are very simple, but every armored vehicle operator concentrates on learning, and strives to achieve good results in the end-of-week assessment.

Every Sunday there is an hour of actual machine training, these tankers cherish this rare opportunity, the training shell of the tank shell is a tank shell with a steel tube inside, inside the 37mm shell, these shells make the gunner's shooting level improve a lot.

The Air Force is in a special cabin every day, with several huge TV screens in front of it, using Mao's game "War Thunder" to make a realistic training system, and every Sunday is the same, the base will give them the newly produced kerosene for training.

As for the reason behind all this, Liu Qi is on guard against unknown enemies, after all, no one dares to guarantee when the rebel troops will arrive again.

The current commander-in-chief of the Air Force, Cai Xianzong, can be said to be very busy, because he has a very serious task, that is, to take the steps of the Air Force and let the Air Force create value.

Cai Xianzong and a group of mechanics who were halfway out of the house tinkered with three of the four Yun-8 planes within a month, and also repaired the seven Yun-5 planes that had been dusted for several years in the airport warehouse.

After Cai Xianzong repaired the Y-5, he removed the pesticide spraying device on the plane and replaced it with 400 kg of armor to enhance the defensive power, and equipped the side of the cabin with a twin 12.7mm water-cooled machine gun, and four 100mm mortar shell pylons under the wings.

Then these planes took off, carrying leaflets, looking around for small gathering places to spread leaflets, attracting people to come, sometimes seeing small villages have to go down to see, if they don't have long eyes, they take the hatch machine gun suddenly, really let the surrounding gathering places feel "sincerity".

Some small city gathering places take the initiative to come to communicate, trade some things, in exchange for guns and ammunition, after all, there are not many people like the Restoration Army, many of them are still living blindly.

Some small gathering places were directly impressed when they saw the planes in the air, and they went directly to take refuge according to the map of the airdrop, of course, they still had to go through the process before being really recognized.

On the other hand, in addition to taking off planes to publicize everywhere and cooperate with the radio to hype up the ideas of the Restoration Army, the Restoration Army also had another purpose, that is, to reconnoiter the situation of the HH Arsenal and their attitudes on the way, and planes flew over the factory several times.

After reconnaissance, the HH Arsenal's force is also relatively strong, and the comparison of aerial photos in four days found that the factory has begun to arrange defenses on the wall, and seven 96A and more than 20 Type 88 tanks were placed on the firing port of the city wall.

But they did not directly declare war, the anti-aircraft guns were just aimed at the plane in the air, and it seemed that they did not want to directly fight the Restoration Army in their attitude.

Liu Qi previously felt that this problem had to be solved before the first big day of the end of the world, but now that there are ten days left before the New Year, how to solve the problem? Liu Qi became more and more distressed.

As a soldier, Liu Qi yearns for force more, and when the level of force rises sharply after the victory over the rebels, the leadership of the Restoration Army began to swell a little, and many people impulsively agreed to the proposal to directly recover by force.

On the first day, the Restoration Army Radio Station issued a telegram, which can be said to be a somewhat inflated announcement: "CZ urban and suburban gathering places and groups! The ideals and ideals of the Restoration Army must be recognized, all political regimes and forces must obey the leadership of the central government, and splitting in any situation will not be allowed! We will wipe out all the unscrupulous forces! I hope you see the situation clearly! Don't let petty interests and personal desires stop the revival of the country!"

Then a combat force of nearly 4,000 people surrounded the HH military factory, and howitzers and mortars were set up, ready for battle.

But just when the war felt like it was about to break out, Luke and Zhao Zhuoyuan found Liu Qi, Zhao Zhuoyuan handed over the technical parameters of the 88B tank and the 96A tank to Liu Qi, and Luke persuaded Liu Qi: "Brother, it's too reckless to rush to use troops now!" Look at the technical parameters! Our old 59 and 69 tanks can't even beat the opponent's 88b unless they are besieged by the face! We now have a technology generation gap in weapons! Once the war starts, we're sure the technical weapons will be! Sometimes force is not the best way to solve problems! Besides, they're just on guard!"

Liu Qi was a little unhappy with this kind of advice to dispel his enthusiasm, but he also began to compare it attentively, and the more he compared Liu Qi, the more he felt afraid, once the war started, the 20 88B vehicles would be enough to push the entire troops of the Restoration Army.

He calmed down from the impulsiveness and thought about it carefully, and after an unknown amount of time, when Luke and Zhao Zhuoyuan were already standing with their legs trembling, Liu Qi suddenly raised his head and said: "Since they don't have the confidence to come to war with us, according to your thinking, it is speculated that they definitely don't want to fight with us, then we can try to contact them and see if we can solve the problem peacefully." ”

Subsequently, all the troops on the front line were evacuated to the north bank, and the combat readiness was lifted, and in the afternoon of the same day, a BJ212 jeep drove out of the camp of the Restoration Army, with a white flag on it, and drove towards the arsenal.

The jeep slowly approached the gate of the HH Arsenal, Luke and Zhao Zhuoyuan were both covered in cold sweat, because they had already reached a distance of 200 meters, and the other party had not reacted or expressed anything, and no one appeared in the field of vision.

Luke wished that someone would come out and point a gun at him to stop him, but now that no one was paying attention to him, it was the most terrible thing.

The jeep drove to the steel gate, and no one opened the door after honking the horn several times, Luke got out of the car with courage and carefully observed the surroundings for a long time, but no one was at the door at all.

Luke and Zhao Zhuoyuan squatted helplessly on the ground, waited for more than an hour, squatted from morning to noon, and the two people who were frozen went back to the car, but there was still no one at noon, so the two of them helplessly played with their mobile phones in the car, and fell asleep unconsciously.

When it was dark, there was a sound of knocking on the glass, and I saw several black shadows standing outside, Luke and Zhao Zhuoyuan were startled, took out their pistols and screamed loudly.

Just as Luke was about to pull the trigger, Luke saw the people outside clearly, only to see a few middle-aged men with rifles on their backs, very thin standing at the door with friendly faces.

Luke put the pistol in the holster, shook down the glass, and asked vigilantly, "Who are you?" ”

A few people outside replied with a smile: "We are the HH Arsenal People's Patrol!" You are the messengers of the Restoration Army! We're not here at the main entrance!"

Luke and Zhao Zhuoyuan sat in the car with black lines on their faces, it seemed that the two of them had been waiting for so long in vain, and Luke said to the four patrol people with guns on their backs: "Why don't you show us the way, I'll take you back!"

But I didn't expect these people to agree immediately, happily threw the gun in the trunk and sat in the car, Luke was blindsided for a while, according to common sense, the gun did not leave his body, no matter what happened, he had to continue to complete the patrol task, but he didn't expect these people to do it at all.

Luke had a general idea of the level of force in the HH Arsenal, it seemed that these people were amateur civilians, and there were no serious military personnel to teach, and the fact that they looked so thin at the moment also showed that they must be in a situation of extreme food shortage.

Luke chatted with these people while driving, and these people were also open-mouthed, and these people said: "I really envy your Restoration Army!" There are also cars, unlike us, there are no cars. ”

Luke laughed and replied tentatively: "We have also worked very hard to resume production to achieve today's achievements!" After that, Zhao Zhuoyuan also took out his mobile phone, deliberately threw a bullet to the floor of the car, pretended to be careless, and then turned on the mobile phone screen under the surprised eyes of the four people, and then turned on the flashlight and picked up the bullet.

A young patrolman's voice said with a little surprise and excitement: "You still have a mobile phone!" That's amazing! We haven't even seen anything that works electronically since the end of the world!"

Luke smiled and said deliberately: "Don't you know that there are dozens of ultra-high-configuration Internet cafes in the area ruled by our Restoration Army!" We had an esports tournament the other day! ”

This young man was a game fan at first glance, and he stammered excitedly, and asked excitedly: "Do you have xxx games in your Internet café?" ”

Zhao Zhuoyuan said very proudly: "Hey! That's what I wanted! We have 98% of pre-apocalyptic games in our internet café! Computers are the best I can find right now!"

The people were also very surprised to hear Luke's description, but what they didn't know was that Luke had already found the walkie-talkie on their waists, and he deliberately drove the car very slowly, and then the other party answered whatever he asked.

Zhao Zhuoyuan probably also saw their walkie-talkie, took out a few mutant sausages made by the base from his backpack, and then distributed them to a few people, and when those people saw the sausages, their eyes straightened.

Luke ate the sausage while driving, and pretended to be concerned and said, "You all eat it, our Restoration Army produces it ourselves, it's very fragrant!"

One of the middle-aged men looked at the sausage in his hand in shock, swallowed his saliva, and then carefully wrapped the sausage into his clothes, looking very precious for this rare meat.

When Luke saw this, he hurriedly said, "Don't you don't want to eat!" The middle-aged man smiled embarrassedly and said, "My wife hasn't eaten meat for a long time, I'll give her a taste!" Hey, hey!"

Zhao Zhuoyuan pretended to be shocked, and said while taking it out of his backpack: "It's okay, I still have it here!" We will give them to the Restoration Army every week, and you can buy them in the store, and they are very cheap, so I will give them to you!"

The middle-aged man's expression was very shocked, looking at the eyes of several people around him full of anticipation, and then took the bag, and the tempting aroma of the food in the bag made these people swallow their saliva wildly.

The middle-aged man asked tentatively: "I've been hearing from the people of Diamond City and Sleepless City that your Restoration Army is particularly brutal, enslaving civilians and killing innocents indiscriminately, but I didn't expect you to be so productive!"

When Luke heard this, he knew that this was definitely something they wanted to know, otherwise he wouldn't have said that thanks, Luke sneered and said: "I think these people are idle and boring, people who have been to us know that we are here to restore the previous order, brutality is against those separatist warlords, slavery is their enslavement of the common people, we are to rescue them, indiscriminate killing?"

We're killing scum who bullies good people! If we really talked to them like that, we wouldn't have gone out of our way to find comfortable houses for everyone, let alone give them electricity, water and heating! There is no need to eat the same food for everyone, we can give us 300 grams of meat per person per day and unlimited staple foods and dishes for us to enjoy! Our Restoration Army is the real paradise! They're hell!"

Hearing that the people in the car were silent, Zhao Zhuoyuan saw that the time was almost up, and hit the railway while it was hot: "Don't take us in circles!" We've been here for a long time! Now can we go in and have a good talk? We are absolutely with great sincerity!"

The middle-aged man was stunned when he heard this, his easy-going face suddenly froze, and several people looked at each other and didn't know what to do.

Luke saw that the atmosphere in the car was already wrong, and took the initiative to resolve it: "Our Restoration Army really doesn't want war, we can talk about it well and avoid unnecessary conflicts." ”

The man thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, then let's go in and talk about it!"

The car kept moving around the edge of the factory, but as it left the factory more and more, Luke drove very curiously, although a few people still said it, but Zhao Zhuoyuan had quietly loaded the Uzi submachine gun in the mezzanine of his seat.

Luke looked at the HH Arsenal and asked, "Where are you going to take us?" If you have a crooked mind, don't blame our Restoration Army for being ruthless!"

The middle-aged man was already a little angry when he saw Luke, and hurriedly explained: "Our entrance is now in an underground passage in the suburbs!" Don't be impulsive, walk another 100 meters to get there!"

Luke had to drive patiently when he heard this, and the distance of 100 meters was instantaneous, and the jeep stopped on a wide non-main road, in front of which was an abandoned coal washing plant, which in memory had existed since the time when CZ was founded, but no one had come to demolish it.

Looking at the desolate surroundings, Luke beat a drum in his heart, but the men got out of the car and walked straight to the gate.

Luke and Zhao Zhuoyuan had already pulled out their guns nervously in the car, and Luke had already put the car in reverse gear, holding the steering wheel in his left hand and the gun in his right hand, almost ready to step on the accelerator.

But the middle-aged man shouted at the door, "Open the door!" The envoy of the Restoration Army is here! Let's take them in!"

Then under the nervous gaze of Luke and Zhao Zhuoyuan, the door opened, and the few people in front waved their arms, signaling that they could drive over, Luke and Zhao Zhuoyuan glanced at each other, Zhao Zhuoyuan nodded, Luke frowned, and then slowly drove the car towards the gate.

Two young men wearing body armor and protective clothing at the gate looked nervously at Luke's car, the Bayi rifle in his hand had been loaded, and the road in the factory was very wide, but just fifty meters away from the door was a wooden blocking frame.

Luke slowly stopped the car, touched the police body armor on his body, beat a drum in his heart, and the 92 in his hand was also full of sweat, and it felt very bad to touch.

Luke looked at several people outside the window who were walking towards them, but their guns were all on their backs, and Luke and Zhao Zhuoyuan also hesitated for a few seconds, and then put their guns into their holsters.

Luke calmed down, then opened the door, raised his hands above his head to show that he was not threatening, Zhao Zhuoyuan also made the same action, and the other party also made the same action after seeing it.

Luke saw that the other party had no malicious intent, and he felt a little better, no longer so cautious and afraid.

After the other party came over, Luke found that this was a 60-year-old man, although he didn't seem to have eaten for a long time, but his eyes were like an eagle, as if he could see into your heart, the old man was not tall, a head lower than Luke, and his eyes were staring at Luke's eyes after coming over.

Luke looked at him fearlessly, after all, a person who walked in the sea of corpses and blood was really not afraid of this kind of thing, and after staring at each other for a few seconds, the old man asked slowly: "Is your Restoration Army really planning to live in peace with us?" ”

Luke looked at the old man in front of him and said, "If it's cooperation, forget it, I think we can get one step closer, besides, if we turn against you, I guess we would have shelled you a long time ago!"

The old man's face was a little ugly when he heard this, he looked at Luke and Zhao Zhuoyuan and hoped to find some clues from the faces of the two, but there was nothing that satisfied him.

The old man nodded and introduced himself: "I am the minister of security here, and it is useless for you to know my name, come with us!"

Luke then followed the old man and several guards with 81 rifles on their backs towards the inside of the factory.

Everyone stopped at the door of a warehouse, the style of the warehouse is very old, the same as the big workshop in the 60s, there is a mottled red star on the top, and a light bulb that emits orange light below, which looks very old.

Luke looked at the ground through the light, and there were many square-shaped marks on the ground, which Luke knew at a glance that they were probably left by the hanging rubber blocks on the tracks of the tank.

While Luke was in a daze, the gate was slowly pushed open, and a passage about 10 meters wide led to the ground, and Luke and the old man walked towards the underground passage together.

The underground passage is also about ten meters wide and about five meters high, the layout of the passage is very old, the lamps inside are still the kind of green iron lampshades, the wall skin has fallen off in many places, and some even the steel bars inside have leaked out.

The old-fashioned machine tools on the side of the road are stored in some specially opened rooms, covered with tarpaulins, and there are many people who lay on the floor in some rooms without machine tools.

Luke and Zhao Zhuoyuan carefully observed the people around them, Luke looked at these thin people, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart The gap in development, many people are old people and children, and there are not many young people.

There are also faintly visible slogans on the walls: "Down with imperialism!" The production of more weapons for the country is also a fight against imperialism!" If we produce more weapons, the people will be more confident!" It's like walking into a time tunnel, back to the 60s.

After walking a kilometer, I walked from a factory building to the ground, the warehouse was very high, very large, the machine tools inside were covered with plastic sheeting, and there were cranes in the air, and on some of the cranes there were plastic sheeting and turret-like things, and the surrounding glass was covered with bricks and cement, and only a ventilator was rumbling.

The old man glanced back at Luke and Zhao Zhuoyuan, who were standing in place and looking around, and said slowly: "It's nothing to look at, it's just some old machines, hurry up and talk about business!"

Hearing this, Luke and Zhao Zhuoyuan shrugged their shoulders and said, "Then it's as you wish!" Then he followed the old man through the tightly wrapped instruments in plastic sheeting, and walked towards the only room in the workshop with the lights on.

On the second floor, the old man knocked on an old wooden door of a very old age, making a hollow sound, and a gentle old man inside said slowly: "Please come in!"

The old man, who was the Minister of Security, opened the door and left the workshop, and Luke and Zhao Zhuoyuan walked into the office made of steel.

I saw an old man about 70 years old sitting behind a desk, and a tall young man standing next to him, Luke was still a little stunned when he saw the two of them.

Luke looked at the face in front of him with white hair, wrinkles, slightly collapsed and flabby due to long-term malnutrition, and the young man beside him who was not tall but very energetic, and his eyes were sharp, and he always felt that he had seen it somewhere.

Luke asked suspiciously, "Excuse me?" Are you Dong Liguo, the director of the HH factory? ”

The old man in front of him smiled in surprise, he looked at Luke and Zhao Zhuoyuan and said, "I really didn't expect it!" You still know me! I'm Dong Liguo, the factory manager here! May I ask if the identities of the two are ......?"

Seeing that his guess was correct, Luke opened his mouth to introduce himself: "I am the commander of the Sharp Knife Unit of the Restoration Army, Luke, the special envoy this time!"

Zhao Zhuoyuan lifted his glasses, and said in a deep voice: "I am the deputy commander of the Sharp Knife Force, and my name is Zhao Zhuoyuan!"

The old man looked at the two of them, squinting his eyes and observing them carefully, and the look of killing in their eyes made the old man believe their words.

The old man wanted to stand up on the table, but the torture of not having enough food for a long time made the old man very laborious, and the guard next to him stepped forward to help the old man.

The old man stood with difficulty on the table, stretched out his hand and said, "The afterlife is terrible! Welcome to your arrival, I hope we have a happy cooperation!"

Luke and Zhao Zhuoyuan hurriedly went up to shake hands with the old man, so that this old man who had such ups and downs in his later years would not have to work too hard.

The old man shook hands and sat down on the chair, obviously how difficult it was for him to stand up, and he gasped for breath in the chair for dozens of seconds.

Luke took out some canned meat from his backpack and handed it to the old man, the old man looked at these canned meat and the guards around him stared at the canned food and kept swallowing saliva, but unexpectedly, Dong Lao did not open it to eat, but slowly pushed the can back.

Dong Lao said slowly: "No merit will not be punished!" Let's talk about it first!"

Luke didn't want to be forced anymore, leaned back in his chair and said directly: "You also understand the purpose of our coming, our Restoration Army has recovered most of the urban area, and defeated the Salvation Army southward cluster, our goal is also very simple, that is, to recover the urban area, then recover the southern part of SX Province, and finally go north to restore China, and now you are our first goal." With that, Luke leaned back in his chair to see the old man's reaction.

However, the old man was not surprised or angry, but asked very calmly: "Then you said that we refused, are you going to invade with a large army?" ”

Zhao Zhuoyuan sneered and said disdainfully: "Do you think that our Restoration Army is a barbarian like that group of salvation troops? We are extremely friendly to our partners, and it is up to you whether the army invades or not. ”

The old man was stunned by Zhao Zhuoyuan for a moment, and he was also stunned, but then he continued to smile and said: "Since you are also reasonable, you should also know that whether we are dependent on you or cooperate with you, we need to have some conditions!" How else do we decide? ”

When Luke heard this, he knew that they wanted to open conditions, and he was also quite happy in his heart, at least it was very likely, Luke immediately sat up straight, took out a bottle of canned mutant strawberries from his backpack, and put four canned mutated animal meat of different kinds on the table.

Luke picked up the canned fruit, looked at the huge strawberry chunks in the canned fruit, and under the expectant eyes of the old man and his guards, he said to himself: "You say, what is the biggest problem of human beings now? Needless to say, it is also a food problem, you look at the fruits inside, they are all precious treasures of mutation under nuclear radiation. ”

Then Luke opened the can, pushed it to the two in front of him, and continued, "You can taste it, and the smell of these cans!"

The two of them couldn't resist the temptation for a long time, picked up a spoon and scooped out the flesh in the can, and ate it in a big gulp.

Luke and Zhao Zhuoyuan glanced at each other, a smile appeared on the corner of their mouths, Luke pointed to the can and said, "Now when people are still worried about food, we can make these foods ourselves, what does it mean?" That's productivity recovering! We are now making use of all the available places and land! We can produce enough food for 250,000 people ourselves!"

"We also have electricity, internet, water and heating, and our own spacious rooms! That's all we have for you. ”

The old man put down the spoon, smiled and said, "We don't seem to have a choice, do we?" ”

"If we have given you anything, it is to join us, you can live the same life as us, you don't have to worry about food, you don't have to worry about life, you can go back to your old life, you can find your own worth and dignity, that's our promise," Luke said. ”

The old man laughed, it seemed that the energy replenishment after eating was very effective, and his voice became a little more powerful than the wilting one just now.

Dong Lao wiped his mouth, turned his head and asked the guard who was still drinking canned food: "Xiao Chen, do you say these things are delicious?" ”

The guard puffed out his cheeks and said indistinctly, "Delicious, delicious!" It's been almost a year since I ate any of this!" But then he realized that he had said the wrong thing, and his face turned red, like a monkey's butt, and even then he kept stuffing it into his mouth.

Dong Lao turned his head with a smile and said to Luke who was smiling: "Since Xiao Chen also said, it seems that I have no choice, and we have no capital to negotiate with you. ”

Hearing this, Luke was ecstatic with Zhao Zhuoyuan, and Luke said calmly with a strong face: "Then do you mean to cooperate with us or merge?" ”

Dong Lao thought for a while when he heard this, and said: "Is it better to cooperate with a family like that?" I think it's better for us to be a family!"

Luke and Zhao Zhuoyuan laughed happily, Dong Lao was in good spirits now because he had eaten some good things, he stood up and stretched out his hand and said, "Then we will be a family in the future, I don't know if you agree?" ”

Luke and Zhao Zhuoyuan also hurriedly stood up and held the old man's hand, and Luke said excitedly with joy on his face: "Of course you are welcome, and all of you are welcome to join us!"

The main gate of the HH Arsenal, which had been welded shut since the 12th day after the nuclear war, was opened one year and 43 days after the nuclear war, and on this day, the 17,000 old employees and their families of the HH Arsenal finally had a rare full meal.

After all, in this world, food and guns are the main and most useful methods for solving all problems.