Under normal circumstances, Xu Renjie would not be so out of shape at all. As a general who rules a huge base city, he knows exactly what to do at all times.

It's not his fault.

When Chen Yanlin rushed into the office with the guards, beating himself alive to the point of being seriously injured and dying, Xu Renjie once secretly vowed: He must become stronger, stronger than anyone else, and never want to be a toy that is manipulated by others at will.

A trace of doubt flashed in Su Hao's eyes.

In all fairness, he really doesn't want to turn Xu Renjie into his "worker bee".

However, from a rational point of view, once Xu Renjie really becomes a "worker bee", it means that he can get the entire New Chengdu and the control of the entire 71st Group Army. If things do turn out like this...... Kunming area, "castle", "No. 1 beehive", new Guiyang...... The entire southwest region can be connected, and its power and position can become more stable than ever.

However, is Xu Renjie really willing?

The answer, of course, is no.

Converting the "worker bee" is a very delicate process. Su Hao was not absolutely sure that he would be able to influence Xu Renjie. Because, he and Xu Renjie are on the same footing. From a psychological point of view, the influence of the superior over the lower class is always easy to accept. If the object is swapped to the lower bit, the effect on the upper bit will be negligible.

Big people always look at things from a wider perspective, and they have special channels of information. Therefore, they are rarely blinded.

Once Xu Renjie injected his own blood, and the conversion failed, and he did not become a "worker bee", it would only bring a series of terrible negative effects.

Su Hao was still sitting without any movement. He looked at the excited-looking commander and said calmly, "Actually, Dean Wang knows more than you. He was only a fourth-order enhancer now. As for the medicine he was injected...... Of course, it is the research results of the Academy of Sciences. ”

The last sentence was like a basin of cold water poured on his head, which made Xu Renjie completely sober up.

He was silent and fell silently in deep thought.

"There are many ways to be powerful. Physical changes are just one of them. ”

Su Hao patiently persuaded, but the tone of his voice no longer had the respectful element from the bottom to the top, but became the blandness of the two equal identities: "Chief of Staff Chen's power-seeking action is just an example, with your ability and control means, this kind of thing will never happen a second time." I used to be your subordinate, and you went out of your way to help me. These things will never change. We can be friends, best friends.

Friend?

Xu Renjie suddenly had a very wonderful feeling. He turned around and looked at Su Hao with a sharp gaze.

In this young man, Xu Renjie saw the shadow of his past.

Yes, I've been impassioned, and I've fought for this country. Although I can't change anything in the face of a global catastrophe, I have giving, crying, and being willing to give my life and everything for the peace of mankind.

Xu Renjie completely relaxed. In just a few seconds, it seemed as if he had spent a long number of years. The whole person suddenly became tired and old.

"Tell me what I want to do for you?"

When the obsession in his mind gradually disappeared, Xu Renjie returned to the role of commander of the group army. He let out a long breath of turbidity, and sighed with emotion: "It's funny to think about it, I used to be able to decide your life and death with one sentence, but now it is you who saves Lao Tzu's life." It's the life, it's. ”

"I intend to build a new base city in the Kunming area."

Su Hao had a smile on his face: "This is a very large project. I would like to take this opportunity to extend the area of de facto control to the south. Compared to the north, the south is hotter but more conducive to the survival of refugees

"South?"

Xu Renjie subconsciously asked: "Do you want to cross the border to develop?" ”

Su Hao's eyebrows raised beautifully: "Since the outbreak of the virus, there have been no borders. When you are in a dangerous environment, you will always run around looking for a safe place to take refuge. Our people will pass and their people will come in. Whoever crossed the line first would not be disputed by any government agency. What's more, from a historical point of view, that land was originally ours. ”

Xu Renjie's tense face slowly became loose. He smiled wryly and said, "Your ambition is really big. ”

Su Hao smiled noncommittally: "This disaster will always end." Since I'm a soldier, I have to do something for my country. Of course, this is a high-sounding statement. It takes a lot of labor to build a base, and a well-established city needs a sufficient population. The southwest region is already sparsely populated. Now that I am a general and the commander of a group army, I must show the style of "fraternity" and accept more refugees from other countries. If they are honest and obedient, I will give them enough food. If they want to take the opportunity to cause trouble, or to cause additional problems, I don't mind putting on plays like "Bloody Hanoi", "Bangkok Massacre", "Phnom Penh Riots" and so on. ”

Listening to Su Hao's pleasant voice, Xu Renjie only felt that there were a lot more scattered thoughts in his mind. These are paradoxes that do not belong to the category of logic, and have nothing to do with words such as "goodness" and "justice", but are purely tyrannical and tough.

"If you do this, it will provoke a total opposition from other countries."

Xu Renjie's eyes became serious: "You are right, now is indeed a chaotic period caused by the Great Disaster. But don't forget that some things can't change in just a few years, and even less with desire. The UN agencies are still there, and they will not sit idly by and watch you cross the line. Of course, there will certainly be no peacekeepers, but you will also be added to the new list of human criminals. Perhaps the International Tribunal in The Hague will try you in absentia and list you as the number one war criminal in the wake of the virus outbreak. ”

"That's their business."

Su Hao's eyes exuded a playful smile that would never change: "I am me, I am Chinese." That's enough. ”

Two hours later, Su Hao left the underground headquarters and, surrounded by several guards, walked into the private office of Chen Yanlin, the former chief of staff of the group army, located in the ground military control area of the new Chengdu base city.

It has been taken over by Xu Renjie's cronies. The entire building is under surveillance. More than a dozen armored trucks were parked outside, and military personnel could be seen coming and going in the corridors and in various rooms. Seeing Su Hao approaching, they immediately put down what they were doing, stood straight in place, and saluted him with a complex and respectful expression.

This is not what it seems. The 11th Independent Army was originally subordinate to the 71st Group Army, and the newly formed 70L Buchong Division of the Yellow River was stationed outside the city, and many people watched the battle in the early morning. If it weren't for the more than 1,000 urgently airborne reinforcements, I'm afraid that the Xincheng base would have been broken by mutated creatures long ago

In the eyes of many of Xu Renjie's subordinates, Su Hao was originally his own person.

A lieutenant colonel with a resume of the guard agency on his chest stepped forward, raised his hand in a military salute, and respectfully asked, "General, is there anything I need to serve?" ”

Su Hao still looked calm. He clasped his hands behind his back and said lightly: "What is the result of the search?" What's the catch? ”

"Didn't find much of value. Chief of Staff Chen has always lived frugally, there are no valuables here, and there are not many military coupons and blue coins, less than 2,000 yuan in total. ”

Speaking of this, the lieutenant colonel added: "However, Chief of Staff Chen has been communicating remotely a lot in recent times. We investigated the signal connection points of the other party and found that these communication connections were all related to the Beijing No. 1 base. ”

"Oh?"

Su Hao suddenly became interested: "Connect the information base connection, I want to see it for myself." ”

In another time and space, Chen Yanlin has not been promoted. He remained in the position of chief of staff of the 71st Army for 11 years, and it was not until after the fourth large-scale battle on the Eastern Front that he was transferred to a deputy position in a newly formed Army Group B.

During the last period of his escape from the future, Su Hao spent every second remembering all the information related to biological warfare. He wondered what he would encounter in a strange space-time landing place. In order to deal with all the possible dangers, he can only use these things that have happened as a reference.

In the evaluation form of the personnel file of the military department, Chen Yanlin has always been quite good, and is considered to be "calm, steady, courteous to others, and has a special perspective on things, and is an extremely excellent staff candidate." ”

When Su Hao arrived at the headquarters, Chen Yanlin was already dead.

Su Hao has always been very strange: why would Chen Yanlin choose this time to make trouble?

It is true that as soon as Xu Renjie died, Chen Yanlin would definitely be the first commander of the 71st Group Army. However, the crime of attacking and killing the commander will never be pardoned. Even if there was no sudden factor of Tang Zi, Chen Yanlin really lost Xu Renjie, and it was impossible for him to make those subordinates loyal to Xu Renjie willingly obey his orders. Even if Chen Yanlin successfully took over the command after killing Xu Renjie and led the troops to successfully hold the Xincheng base, he would not be able to clean up the mess after the battle.

The reason is simple: he doesn't have enough connections here, and he doesn't have enough prestige.

Su Hao didn't understand, why would Chen Yanlin suddenly make such an unbelievable move?

Do you really think there is an opportunity to take advantage of it?

Or did some senior member of the military department make a promise to him?

Dead people don't speak. The only way to find answers is to look for the information and objects left behind by the deceased.

I have to admit that Chen Yanlin is indeed a very scheming figure.

He kept a record of all the conversations he had with Sun Zhan, and even wrote down some of them in his notebook.

When Su Hao read the relevant conversation records, nearly six hours had passed.

There are many things that are all fascinated by the authorities and clear to bystanders.

The same is true of Sun Zhan's conversation with Chen Yanlin. With Chen Yanlin's identity and position at that time, it is indeed difficult to see the essence through performance. But Su Hao was able to find a lot of problems from it. Especially since he and Sun Zhan were already hostile and had no negotiable commonality.

Su Hao can basically confirm that the whole thing is the result of Sun Zhan's secret planning and thinking hints with potential consciousness.

Flipping through the notes left by Chen Yanlin, the answer is in front of you.

"Changing identities and jumping to the top is actually much easier than you think. As long as Xu Renjie is replaced by him, I will be the logical successor. ”

"This world is in chaos. Su Hao killed so many people in New Guiyang, but the military department did not punish him, which is the best example of this. ”

"I've waited too long and I don't mind waiting any longer. Of course, the aimless wandering of the past is completely different. I have goals, I can achieve my intentions, and I can see my worth ⊥ everyone. ”

"Kill him, and everything is mine."

"I'm not crazy, I'm sober."

After this sentence, the notebook was blank.

Looking at the book that he had just finished flipping through in his hand, Su Hao's calm face showed a hint of sarcasm. He shook his head faintly, took out the lighter, pulled it open, picked up the corner of the notebook, and slowly approached the pale blue flame.

After the war, the city outside the new Chengdu base was in shambles, and the corpses of mutated creatures were everywhere.

The loot of the Yellow River was unusually swift. Under his command, the new 70L Pei Regiment swung straight along the edge of the base city's city walls, and every meter it moved forward, it always left behind a piece of broken corpses and bones cut by carbon battle axes.

Although the new 70L Pei belongs to the reinforcement force, this practice is undoubtedly of a robbery nature in the eyes of others. However, under Xu Renjie's strict order, the other units of the 71st Group Army did not object to this, but when they saw the reinforcements outside the city, their eyes were a little indifferent.

After several hours of private discussions, a consensus has been reached between Su Hao and Xu Renjie: From now on, the 71st Group Army and the 505th Group Army will form an alliance. The resources of the two sides complement each other, personnel and equipment circulate with each other, and jointly maintain the smooth transportation network in the jurisdiction. In particular, Xu Renjie is most concerned about the refugee issue, and Su Hao said that he will take it all by himself.

The specific implementation items will of course be more detailed. As the most important and key part of the agreement, Su Hao promised to station a new infantry division on the periphery of the new Chengdu base to assist the 71st Army in launching a comprehensive encirclement and suppression of the abandoned city. According to the most optimistic estimates, the abandoned city will be completely cleared of all mutated creatures in six months at the latest.

Su Hao didn't stay in New Chengdu for too long. After explaining the precautions to the Yellow River Division, he immediately led the reinforced guard troops to return to the new Guiyang base by plane. At the same time, the large-scale base construction components that the five departments had received from Wang Qinian had also been loaded on, and under the escort of a fully equipped infantry regiment, they were slowly transported along the highway to the "castle" in Kunming.

The scorching sun scorched the earth, and the ground was filled with rising and burning fires. As far as the eye can see, there is a sea of fire everywhere.

Yesterday afternoon, Huang He had already led the new 70L Pei to leave the new Chengdu base and return to the original route.

He left behind hundreds of thousands of mutant creatures that had been chopped apart and chopped up.

Thanks to Su Hao's experience in the new Guiyang base, the monsters that were killed were no longer regarded as waste. Under Xu Renjie's orders, the soldiers transported relatively intact, large pieces of corpses back to the city, where they were sent to underground workshops and farms for processing into edible meat and canned meat.

In order to reduce the volume of transportation, Xu Renjie mobilized five infantry divisions to dispose of the corpses of mutated creatures scattered outside the city on the spot. People peel off the skin of dead bodies and remove bones. These things are cleaned and processed, which is the best source of gum. In particular, the outer skin of some mutant organisms with a high degree of evolution, their fine skin inner membranes are layered and glued, and then pressed and sealed, both toughness and strength are much higher than those issued by the military department.

The high summer temperatures made it impossible to dispose of the bodies for long periods of time. Even though people had quickened up and been given breathing masks, they still felt that the battlefield outside the city was bloody, and they could smell the disgusting stench of corpses in their nostrils at any time.

After the basic disposal procedure, all the remaining corpse parts were naturally burned in one go.

Hundreds of heavy bulldozers set off along the clearings outside the city, which had been minefields, and pushed all the stinking rotting corpses to a position more than two kilometers from the city walls. After making sure that the area would not cause a large-scale fire separation, and after setting up sufficient fire prevention facilities on the perimeter, the long-dormant artillery began to roar and fire incredibly powerful incendiary bombs from the outbreak of the virus to the present.

CU19 floated in the air as usual, patrolling an area untouched by the flames and heat, watching from afar the death-filled blazing flames on the ground.

It is not only the airship that is responsible for the monitoring mission, but also an early warning aircraft hovering over the new Chengdu base city.

The CU19 airship and the AWACS aircraft are old acquaintances. All the crew members of the airship knew that they were colleagues who took off from the Xi'an base, but they did not belong to the 71st Group Army.

In the past, when encountering in the air, the CU19 airship would send a friendly greeting message

As for now, all that remains is cold indifference, as if it were a stranger who didn't know each other at all.

Monitoring the airship crew is not blind.

From the time Xu Renjie sent out a distress signal, except for Su Hao's 505 Group Army, no troops from the surrounding areas of New Chengdu went to reinforce. Several neighboring war zones even kept their telecommunications completely silent, never sending a single soldier from the beginning to the end.

Maybe it's to preserve strength.

Perhaps it was because they felt that the distance was too far and there was no point in sending troops.

Maybe it's because they think that the new Chengdu is finished, and they can't stop the overwhelming biological frenzy at all.

They didn't do anything, they are no longer our comrades-in-arms.

But we are not alone, we still have General Su Hao as an ally, he is our most trusted back, and we are also his most solid support.

Only those who lend a helping hand in the most dangerous times are true friends.