Chapter 9: The Overseer's Way
Clearing the brain worms in the war conference room does not mean that all the bugs on the hull of the ship have been removed. But as soon as the brain worms are gone, the remaining bugs only have the most basic instinctive reactions, and they are easily lured by the Marines to a suitable position for ambush, and they gather and annihilate them.
"Captain Andrey, congratulations, you're still alive."
"Ah, Commander, are your words really sharp? What do you call it? Your Excellency the Commander. β
"Ji Tianping, but you usually call me Commander......
Raising his hand and looking at the time, there were only 10 hours left before the expected arrival of the first wave of insects detected by the radar, which was not even enough time for Ji Tianping in another time and space to sleep. This means that Ji Tianping can't recruit enough cannon fodder from those ordinary people. It also means that before the first wave of biters arrives, only about 600 good brothers can come in for reinforcements.
The full count barely managed to make up for 1,000 people, which was not enough to fill the vacancy in the watch base. But fortunately, at the beginning of the design of the watch base, it was considered to abandon the outer positions at all levels.
"Andrey, when will your battleship be repaired at the earliest?"
"About a month."
"I'm serious!" Ji Tianping roared. "Three days at most, or I'll kill you before the swarm kills us!"
"Then you kill me!" Andre replied without showing weakness, "It will take at least five days for us to repair the power system." This is just the power system, if you don't want this battleship to fly into the sky in tatters and without weapons to fight back, then it will take half a month! β
Ji Tianping: "Then five days, give me all the strength to repair the power system." You can pick up the materials from the base warehouse. I'll fill you with some labor and help you with things, but remember! β
"Fix it as soon as possible! Not only do you owe us, but you think about your own lives. β
Ji Tianping will not put all his eggs in the basket of the watch base. When necessary, Ji Tianping will rely on the Flying Bat to escape. This way of withdrawing the base if you can't beat it is deeply rooted in the Terran combat system of StarCraft, don't you see that human buildings can take off and fly away?
After dealing with the issue of the Fox, Ji Tianping finally had time to take care of internal affairs.
Ji Tianping put the field of political discussion in the missile base, and at present, the role of the missile base is more important than that of a good brother. Only by clearing most of the airborne swarms with missiles and the air power to fend off the bugs will the Marines have a safe space for firepower.
Young Congressman Reley and his helpers, under the watchful eye of their good brothers, were temporarily free from carrying ammunition like the general public, but they also lost their freedom and were placed under house arrest in a lounge next to the missile base.
Ji Tianping kicked in the door.
"Congressman Reel, I heard you have something to say to me?"
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"I don't want to talk about some of your rough practices and rude behavior before, we are here to negotiate with you as a representative of the public for the next battle against the swarm." Congressman Reire said.
"Talk to me?"
"It is precisely that we propose the establishment of a Joint Combat Front Committee, and we will be the citizens' representative members of Xinqi District......"
"Nope! I know what you're trying to do! Ji Tianping immediately refused, "I said that now the people in Xinqi District are under the military control of the watch base!" All men obey orders. I will devote all my manpower, material resources, time and energy to the war. I don't have time to argue with the parliamentarians and gentlemen! After all, that's what you're good at. And what I'm good at, is fighting! β
Congressman Reel: "But you're a dictator!" There will be no popular support for this war! The people will not support the dictator's war! Without the support of the people, we will lose this war. β
Ji Tianping: "Jokes? It is the endless internal friction that will lead to the defeat of the war, and the citizens will definitely support it. If my good brother and I fall, will the swarm still give them democratic freedom? I'm afraid it's all food for bugs and fertilizer to nourish the planet. β
Ji Tianping continued: "In addition, the reason why I saved the lives of you parliamentarians. One reason is that you are not like Peter, who is not in his right mind and wants to surrender to the biter. Second, I need you to prop up the faΓ§ade for me. β
βοΌοΌοΌβ Reire looked confused.
"I'll set up a joint operations committee! And you, you, will elect me to be the Overseer! Ji Tianping said calmly.
Congressman Reely stood up indignantly and shouted: "This is impossible, this is against justice and law, we will never compromise?" β
"Really?" Ji Tianping joked, "It's okay, your video data has been collected and synthesized into holographic realistic characters." I'll have a good time interacting with these holograms when the time comes. Then play the video material out, and soon, everyone will know that you are my right-hand man. β
"Shameless!" Reire and his helpers shouted in unison.
"In the face of the imminent annihilation of the swarm, those who are still thinking about fighting for power instead of defending the lives of the people are shameless!"
Ji Tianping threw down this sentence and strode out. It seems that even among the parliamentarians, there are many people who can't see the situation clearly. In other words, the people of this era are carried away by the enjoyment brought by the benefits of science and technology, and they no longer remember the sentence "In the troubled times, the gun comes out of power".
"Why don't you kill them all? Anyway, the commander relied on the system. Renault, who accompanied Ji Tianping out of the door, asked.
"No, I still have to leave some non-systematic human assistance, I can't kill everyone like a butcher, killing people is just a last resort, and it's not yet this step." Ji Tianping stopped and said, "Great kings tend to kill many people, but it is not necessarily great kings who kill many people. β
Since these councilors don't choose to cooperate with Ji Tianping for the time being, it doesn't matter, let's take advantage of them first. If other management talents join Ji Tianping's team, then the naΓ―ve idealists like Rieley will immediately lose their value.
"The two management plans I announced earlier, the armor protection and the last punishment system, will be issued by order of the Joint Operations Committee." Ji Tianping commanded Renault.
"Yes, Commander, the ....... emmmm, Your Excellency Commander, there is no pressure and no reward, will these people ......."
"Rebellion?" Ji Tianping said with a smile, "Before defeating the invading swarm, they won't have the courage to rebel." When that war comes, I will reward them for the part of the cannon fodder that the British fought bravely. I will give them room to move up, and I will reduce some of their servitude as appropriate. β
"Inflict pain once, and then slowly give benefits, and they will be grateful for my kindness."