We are past the Spring Festival, and we are returning to the city we used to know on the Lunar New Year, but everything that was familiar is now very strange. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This new city is located in the southern high-tech development zone of the original Guang Y City, which was the largest urban area in Guang Y City at that time.

Now the city is a fortress enclosed by a 20-meter-high composite material wall, the whole fortress is an irregular trapezoidal shape, narrow in the north, wide in the south, facing the mother river of the city of Near Light Y in the north, and on the other side of the river is the old city that is also walled with high walls, which is surrounded by many zombies. A lot, a few million. On this side of the river, there are only less than half of the number on the other side, which is probably more than 12 million people, which is already the largest gathering place of survivors in the entire Tiannan Province.

There aren't many such survivor clusters in the country, no more than 100, and I don't want to count how many of them there are. I can't calculate, in addition to this kind of fortress city type of survivor gathering places, there are countless small survivor gathering places in various places, and there are many scattered survivors, perhaps, you can be optimistic.

Now this city is incomparable with the past Guang Y City, which has developed rapidly over the years, with a population of tens of millions, new urban high-rise buildings have sprung up, modern and prosperous fashion frontiers, and even the new city center built by the city government is touted as China's New York. It's too much to brag about, but I also go to the new city center a lot, and it does have a modern cosmopolitan feel. Some people call that the red dust the city of desire-hope for drunken gold, and there is some truth in it.

And now this city is indeed a fortress, with an area less than one-twentieth of the original city, but it gathers one-fifth of the original population, and the whole pattern is crowded. The city is divided into areas by numbers, and each area has a high-tech building, which is a metal wall that can be lifted and lowered, which is usually hidden below the ground, and once it enters the corresponding alert level, these walls will emerge from under the ground and be divided into several small cities. Urban traffic seems to be borrowed from the elevated tracks of Xingqing, and the tracks are higher, basically passing over the roofs, and there are enough escape routes along the way. Each urban area has a number of helicopter landing points, and there are special lifting passages, so it is not difficult for people to climb up, but zombies cannot go up. Each city also has its own water, electricity and fuel system, and a large amount of food is stored, which can be maintained in a closed state for a long time, although this system has not yet been fully realized, but it can be seen that construction is in full swing.

The name of the fortress is Zhenxing Fortress, which is very earthy, super earthy, but no one cares about this thing, what people care about is that this is a place that carries the dream of 2 million people to rebuild their homes.

The defense of the fortress is the responsibility of the garrison of the 11th theater, which has 8 divisions and about 120,000 people, including the army and aviation, and is the most elite force in the entire theater. Where the headquarters is is a very mysterious topic, there are rumors that it is on an aircraft carrier at sea, and I don't know if it's true or not. However, official reports say that there is a mixed task force of China, the United States, Russia, and Japan at sea, and this task force is under the command of the United Nations, and when authorized by the United Nations, it can dispatch joint air forces to carry out air strikes and rescue operations against cities around the Pacific Rim. As lofty as it sounds, humanity has formed its first-ever combined force, and survivors around the world have come together to fight this catastrophe.

This is a very loud slogan, and like the "Ark Meeting", it can sometimes be cheered up as J blood, but there is still a long way to go to be grounded. Maybe it's just a slogan.

Far away, the defense of the fortress is the responsibility of the 8 divisions of the garrison, and the internal security is the responsibility of the 20 garrison districts under the garrison command, and the 20 garrison districts divide the entire fortress into 20 tofu blocks, but the size is not completely equal, the importance of the responsible area is even different, and the level and strength of the garrison area are also different. The garrison is an internal guard force directly under the theater of operations, consisting of second-line, or even third-line troops.

The 14th Garrison I am in is a regimental unit, but the 1st to 4th Garrison Zones are brigade units. The 14th district is a relatively remote garrison, close to the southeast of the fortress, there are three battalion-level garrisons, each with a fixed strength of 300 people, but they are not full, and now there is a shortage of people everywhere, and the same is true for the garrison. The work of the garrison is very miscellaneous, mainly internal security and law and order, and basically it is the work of the police, sometimes it is also the city management, and even the fire department is also in charge.

I served as the captain of one of the garrisons, the lieutenant colonel battalion, the unit number is 147, this number is unlucky, but our garrison area "14" starts, with which number is unlucky, used to seeing dead people, it doesn't matter if it is auspicious or unlucky. The full name of the number is "Fortress 147th Joint Garrison", referred to as 147 Wing, this name is not good, like the name of the devil in the past. My rank is the highest in the three battalion garrisons, but I have the fewest men and the largest area under my jurisdiction, which used to be rural, is now a ...... It looks like a simple urban area.

I chose it myself.

Here's what happened, on the first day we returned from the field hospital, I was ordered to report to the garrison headquarters of the fortress, and the garrison headquarters also had a record of my personnel appointments and dismissals, and Du Yunchuan, the deputy commander in charge of personnel, summoned me. This is a normal meeting, like a company director meeting his subordinates, although the level of this leader seems to be a little higher, but it is not uncommon.

Deputy Commander Du Yunchuan is a middle-aged man who looks very upright, said to be middle-aged, it seems to be in his 40s, before the disaster is a serious soldier, said that he is upright, because he looks not special, but there is a perseverance between his eyebrows, his physique is strong, his eyes are bright, he speaks Sichuan Mandarin, and he asked me as soon as they met: "What do you think is the most important duty of the garrison command?" ”

Is this an interview? Over the past decade or so, I've been in a lot of interviews and failed a lot, but I'm always nervous about getting a new one. But not anymore, when a person has experienced so many lives and deaths, interviews or whatever, it's really not worth being nervous. In response to Du Yunchuan's question, I thought about it for a while and replied: "There are two aspects, one is to maintain the normal order and provide a relatively stable living environment for the citizens in the jurisdiction. But if it's just to maintain law and order, it can be handed over to the police. Therefore, I believe that the most important responsibility of the garrison command is to train and prepare for war, with units of different levels as the core of the battle, and organize armed militias to fight when necessary. Of course, there are garrison troops on the front line, and when the garrison headquarters needs to go into battle, it means that the situation is already relatively bad, but because of this, it can be said that the garrison headquarters is the last line of defense for the fortress, and its significance is no less than that of the garrison troops on the front line. ”

Du Yunchuan looked at me, his eyes stared at me a little hairy, and then he asked, "Fighting?" Who do you say you're fighting against? ”

I didn't think about it, so I replied, "Of course it's zombies!" "I don't care what the current situation is, no matter what stage the scientists of the Ark Conference have reached in the development of new formulations or new antidotes, or how confident they are in rebuilding the homeland in the latest United Nations propaganda, I just intuitively believe that it is far from the time for optimism. A 20-meter-high wall can block the attacks of tens of thousands of zombies, but what about hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions? Some people think that in the face of modern weapons, zombies are nothing more than scum, but I don't think so.

So far, humanity has suffered heavy losses in this catastrophe, not because the modern weapons of mankind are not advanced enough and not powerful enough, but because there are too many zombies. It's not just the number of zombies, just the number, a tactical nuclear bomb can solve a lot of problems, but zombies are not constant, they move very slowly at the beginning, but the virus is constantly changing, and there are often unexpected situations. For example, some zombies are very mutated, and some zombies will avoid danger. So the next step, will they hide and attack humans when they are taken by surprise? You can say that as long as you hide in the tank, the zombies can't do anything about you, but can you hide in the tank forever?

Du Yunchuan looked at me seriously, from top to bottom, it seemed that he wanted to see me through, and then he sneered a few times and said, "You are a militia major who is a halfway monk, and you seem to be very dismissive of the resolutions of the United Nations and governments?" Now many people are optimistic and positive about production and construction, and your argument is a bit against the mainstream. ”

I smiled bitterly and said seriously: "Chief, I'm not disimpressed, of course I hope that I don't have to worry more about safety now, just focus on production." But the reality is that scientists have not yet found a truly effective way to treat zombies, and the international community advocates retaining the humanitarian spirit for zombies, so we still have to keep 10,000 gods. ”

"Good!" Du Yunchuan's eyes finally changed from that sharp to a slight compliment, nodded and said: "A real soldier should be on high alert at all times, I appreciate your calmness and rationality, unlike many people in the fortress who are singing high-pitched now, as if the defensive walls of the fortress can be dispensed with." You are now a lieutenant colonel, and I will give you a chance to choose a place for yourself, and you can choose a large region, where there are many people, the conditions in all aspects are good, and the development is relatively good. ”

After saying that, he looked at me, and I knew that the situation in each garrison area was different, big and small, and the conditions were different. The biggest advantage of a relatively large garrison area is that it has a relatively close connection with the theater and the garrison headquarters, and not only does it get more supplies and better equipment, but it also has more opportunities for contact with the upper echelons, just like Du Yunchuan said, there are more opportunities for personal development. There are also some benefits that are more gray, which everyone will not say, but everyone understands.

But I thought about it, I don't have much friendship with those bigwigs, I'm not good at building relationships with bigwigs, and I don't necessarily develop well in the big security area, the most important thing is that the conditions in the big security area are good, there are many people staring, and the composition of the troops is much more complicated, I said: "Chief, if I really want to choose, I hope that the composition of my troops is simpler, and it is better that the external environment is also simpler, and there is less interference, I hope to bring out a strong reserve force, once necessary, My troops are ready to take on the role of front-line combat troops. ”

I'm not singing a high profile, people in the region are staring at people, which is not conducive to my arrangement and control of the troops, and if the personnel are more complicated, it will be difficult for me to settle down with people I trust in key posts. Of course, these words cannot be said explicitly, if in a normal society, I use this kind of brain purely to find a draw, but in the current environment, if I can't effectively control my troops, it really comes to a critical time, it will be fatal.

Du Yunchuan looked at me and smiled, obviously, he saw through my thoughts, but he didn't point through me, but seemed to agree with my thoughts a little. There are many factors that contribute to whether the combat effectiveness of the troops is good or bad, but cohesion is definitely a very important factor. How do you foster cohesion? We won't talk about the tall ones, I feel that I can be trusted. I have to assign myself in my troops and make more people my own, so that this force can really be trusted. The military is a very special thing, and I believe that it is not only small people like me who think this way, but also big people.

I'm just being more direct.

I didn't want to say it, but I felt that the deputy commander in front of me was not a man who talked about ideals, he was very pragmatic, especially in this particular environment.

He said: "Two choices, 12 districts, the source of soldiers is mainly office workers, you have a wing quota of 400 people, and you can supplement the insufficient part by yourself, but you need to report; In District 14, the source of soldiers is mainly school students, with a quota of 300 people, but it is also insufficient, how do you choose? ”

"District 14." Since I was asked to choose, I'm not welcome. Office workers in the city, especially those who claim to be social elites, mixed with white-collar and gold-collar workers, to be honest, are really difficult to make friends, and student soldiers are much simpler, this is what Lin Zhuoran told me in the past, and I myself agree with this point of view.

Du Yunchuan nodded, looked at his watch, his time was limited, and finally left a kind word, "If you have difficulties, you can come to me directly, there are many officers like you in the army after the disaster, but you make me feel that you are very different from them, I am waiting for you to train a garrison into a combatable army." ”

"Yes!" When the conversation was over, I stood up and saluted. I chose it myself, and I don't think I could be wrong.

District 14 is relatively remote among the 20 garrison areas, but in my opinion it is good.

Almost as soon as the relevant formalities were completed, I went straight to the unit, and I was anxious to see my soldiers, not because I was anxious to be the commander of this wing, but because I hoped that I could master this force as soon as possible.