Volume I, Section 357 Speeches
Su Hao, accompanied by Colonel Stewart, walked out of the room and walked through the corridor when he happened to meet a member of the Japanese delegation hurrying in from another direction.
The leader is a middle-aged man with deep eyes, a rigid expression, a flat head, and a black suit
Su Hao knows this guy. He was the head of the Japanese delegation, and his name seems to be Sadaharu Sasaki. Behind him, he was followed by nearly 100 men and women dressed in military or civilian uniforms. These people all had weapons in their hands and looked solemn.
When they met, Sadaharu Sasaki stopped first. Although the corridor was wide, he didn't want to let Su Hao pass, but frowned, looked behind Su Hao suspiciously, and then shifted his gaze to Su Hao.
Su Hao has only one person and no entourage.
This made Sasaki Sadaji very puzzled, and subconsciously asked: "Chinese, where are you going to go."
Colonel Stewart, who was standing next to him, wanted to speak, but was stopped by Su Hao waving his hand. He smiled faintly and gave an answer that surprised everyone.
"Huh, you guess?"
This answer is a bit rude. A trace of anger suddenly swept across Sasaki's face. He stared at Su Hao coldly, raised the assault rifle in his hand, and roared in a low tone: "This is an extraordinary time, and everyone must fight to survive. In this world, there are brave people and cowards. Don't make me look down on you. Come on, let's have a good fight and see who can kill more."
He exudes an aura peculiar to an enhancer. Judging by visual inspection, the enhancement level should be first-order.
Su Hao stared at the other party for a few seconds, smiled slightly, stood sideways in the corner of the corridor, and got out of the way.
This silent move was very surprising, and even Sadaharu Sasaki, who was ready to meet the angry roar of the other party, was stunned. He looked at Su Hao blankly for a while, swallowed his throat very unwillingly, snorted coldly with disdain and anger, and walked quickly in front of Su Hao.
The majority of the defense force of the Nevada base is the National Guard. In a short time, it will not be possible to get any reinforcements. Under these circumstances, the delegations attending the congress could not stay out of the situation, but could only take up arms and stand on the walls to shoot the mutant creatures, just like ordinary soldiers.
The national enmity between China and Japan may never be resolved. On many occasions, both sides provoke each other as a way to show that they are stronger than the other. Su Hao was able to understand Sadaharu Sasaki's thoughts. Especially in front of the Americans, these Japanese representatives will certainly behave more hard-line and fanatical.
Looking at the distant back of the Japanese delegation in the corridor, Colonel Stewart exhaled, waved his hand to Su Hao, and said, "Let's go, we're running out of time." ”
Su Hao asked as he walked, "Looking at your appearance, you don't seem to be very happy?" ”
"How can you be happy in this situation?"
The colonel shook his head sullenly, "I really don't know where those monsters came from. I thought it would be safe, but I didn't expect it to be dangerous. Seriously, I'm not confident that I'll be able to hold this place. Perhaps, we should leave while the creature frenzy is still some distance away from the base, instead of stupidly staying here and waiting to die. ”
"Waiting to die? I don't think so. ”
Su Hao responded casually: "I have read the information sent back by the air surveillance force, and the number of them is not too much, but only eighty or ninety thousand. There is nothing wrong with holding the base. Of course, there will always be those who will die in battle. ”
The colonel stopped, his eyes shining, and asked seriously, "In that case, why don't you stay?" ”
Su Hao's face was calm: "I have something very important and must leave." ”
Stewart refused to budge in the slightest, and his voice and tone became stern: "Are you just watching those people die?" Don't forget, Base Command only allows you to leave alone. Your men, and those who came with you, will have to stay here and fight. ”
Su Hao turned sideways, looked at the colonel, and asked, "Do you think I deliberately left them to die?"
The colonel's expression was complicated: "I'm not sure. But it is possible. ”
Su Hao thought about it seriously and asked, "If there is a chance, such as now, will you choose to leave?"
These words made the colonel tremble for no reason. He was silent for a few seconds, took Su Hao to the elevator leading to the underground hangar, took out the magnetic card from his jacket pocket, turned on the elevator, and watched Su Hao walk in, but he stood outside unmoved.
"I have to admit that I did get excited about your proposal for a moment. But I still have to stay. It's almost my new home, and I have a lot of good friends. Everyone has their own choice. If I live alone and boring, I will go crazy. ”
As he spoke, Colonel Stewart handed the magnetic card to Su Hao, but his voice became a little weird: "I believe you are not a coward." There will always be some differences in the minds of generals and soldiers. If I had the same rank, maybe ...... My choice will be similar to yours. ”
Su Hao showed a hint of a smile.
He pulled an energy potion out of his pocket and handed it to the colonel.
"What is this?"
"It can save your life when it counts."
Su Hao's expression was more serious than ever: "Believe me, it's really safe here." Those monsters are no match for us, and I'm not a bastard who leaves others alone and runs away when it matters. We'll see you again. When the time comes, you'll have to invite me to drink. ”
The elevator leads directly to the underground hangar. When the elevator doors parted to both sides, Su Hao saw that one had completed the maintenance work
There was only one lieutenant in the hangar, as well as two ground crews. The sudden frenzy of creatures disrupted everyone's plans, and the base's top personnel, including Lieutenant General Stirling, were in the command headquarters to keep an eye on the battle. If it weren't for the promise to Su Hao before, and the flight plan had been arranged in the table, Su Hao would not have been able to leave at this time.
After checking the magnetic card and identification, the lieutenant turned sideways and saluted, and the two ground crew members hurriedly pushed over the slide, watched Su Hao dodge into the cockpit and close the hatch.
Directly ahead, there was the sound of heavy gears turning, and steel gates opened, revealing a diagonal runway to the ground.
Su Hao put on an oxygen mask and did the most difficult inspection in the cockpit.
The two hundred members of the entourage were deliberately left behind. They are all "worker bees" with fifth-order enhancement abilities. A biofrenzy of this magnitude could not pose a threat to them. Of course, at the height of the battle, these "worker bees" will behave very bravely, and they will do heroic things such as jumping off the city with the mutated creatures in their arms and dying together. When everyone thought they were going to die, they couldn't find the bodies of the dead in battle. Because, the "worker bees" have already sneaked to other places quietly under the cover of mutated creatures and night.
In a few months, the same number of small "beehives" will appear on the territory of the United States, as well as many alien "worker bees" with white skin and different eye colors.
Between Asia and the American continent, there is a vast Pacific Ocean. Of course, there is also the option of crossing the Eurasian continent and reaching the Americas from the other direction. Either way, it consumes a lot of resources and time. Based on Sun Zhan's urgent need to leave the new Guiyang base by himself, Su Hao could naturally push the boat down the river and take away a batch of "worker bees" used as seeds.
On this trip, all the goals of Su Hao have been achieved. He had to leave as soon as possible, or something might happen.
After all, this is not China, and it is not within the scope of its own power.
The layout is always better as soon as possible, and no one can say what will happen later.
It is said that ancient Greece was the birthplace of European civilization, and Rome was the root of European countries. There is certainly nothing wrong with this statement, but things are not absolute. Perhaps, in many years, the entire earth will become an incomparably huge "hive". And the root cause of it is just a fugitive from another time and space, a prototype potion that no one knows where the Dao came from.
The ground command center at the Nevada base is located at the top of the central tower. There are dozens of machine guns and hundreds of heavy machine gun fortifications. The entire tower is semi-arched. From afar, it looks like an incomparably large, upside-down bowl.
Lieutenant General Sterling stood in front of a huge electronic screen, his brow furrowed, and remained silent.
Like the Chinese side, the U.S. military uses airships for regional aerial surveillance. As soon as the frenzy of creatures from Las Vegas entered the outermost alert radius of the base, several possible directions were already being listed on the electronic screen. Of these, the Nevada base is the most likely to encounter.
This is the result of a computer calculation a few hours ago. Now, this route has been confirmed. The impact of the bio-frenzy was so rapid that it had already destroyed the ground automatic monitor two kilometers away. The forward of the mutant creature is expected to arrive fifteen minutes later.
Impact, encirclement, bloody battle. Base cities in many countries have experienced this. Whether it's a "moon tide" or some other cause of a creature frenzy, it shows that mutated creatures don't stay in abandoned cities forever. Eventually, they will run out and flood every human settlement they pass by.
The scale of this creature frenzy is not too large. According to the results of aerial surveillance, the specific number should be around 80,000. According to the List of Mutant Organisms released by the United Nations General Assembly last year, it can be regarded as a medium size.
But even so, Lieutenant General Sterling still felt cold in his hands and feet, and his body couldn't help but tremble slightly.
The Nevada base is located deep in the desert for geographical and security reasons. There are not many defenders here, and nearly 50 percent of the fire defense points are unguarded. Since the base was built, it is the first time that it has encountered a creature frenzy. In the face of a severe shortage of troops, Lieutenant General Stirling had to issue a temporary call-up order to involve civilians and members of other delegations in the fighting.
If it had been a few years ago, when the virus had just broken out, Lieutenant General Stirling would not have feared an enemy of this magnitude. Monsters were just zombies, they didn't run, they didn't climb up walls. As for now...... God knows how fast they evolved, and why would they be so fast? Moreover, different evolutionary pathways have emerged.
At the beginning of this year, the FBI submitted a report to the US military's Joint Operations Command. According to the criteria on that document, mutated organisms were divided into different categories. Among them, giant creatures such as pigmen, cowmen, and horsemen with a tall physique and an average height of more than five meters are called "tanks". They have always been in the backbone of the bio-frenzy, and their skin thickness and strength are surprisingly high, even in some areas where connective tissue is dense. 7 mm bullets are also impenetrable. Secondly, small mutated creatures such as dog people, cat people, and rat people belong to the "light infantry". They are numerous, agile, and surprisingly cooperative with giant humanoids.
Finally, there are other mutants with special abilities, such as spraying venom, long-range jumping, and short-range gliding. In the FBI report, they are referred to as "longbowmen".
A single type of monster is not scary. Their weaknesses and strengths are equally obvious. But the problem is that these mutated creatures already have the rudimentary intelligence. They know how to cooperate and know each other's abilities. Because of this, human armies are always at the bottom of the battle, losing consecutive battles.
After calming his heartbeat, Lieutenant General Stirling walked to the center console, picked up the microphone, and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "I am Lieutenant General Sterling, the commander of the Nevada base. ”
The central console connects all communications within the base. As he uttered the opening sentence, Sterling saw that all eyes were on him. The surveillance screen surrounding the wall showed many civilians looking up at the CCTV. They are all listening to their voices.
"I don't want to deceive you. We're in big trouble. ”
Sterling paused for a moment and continued, "We thought it was safe here. But there are always exceptions in this world. The mutated creatures were about ten minutes away from reaching the outskirts of the base. The situation here is bad, there are not enough soldiers and there are no reinforcements. I'm not saying this to panic you. I'm just going to make the facts and the questions public. I know that there are many civilians who are not satisfied with the call-up orders that have been issued. You don't belong to the combat sequence, but you can't help it, we are understaffed, and more than half of the towers and fortifications are still empty. Again, I don't mean to threaten you in the slightest. We live here and this is our home. Once the line of defense is breached, no one is immune. We have to work together to get through this together. Think about your family, think about your friends. As you defend them, they defend you. From now on, everyone in the Nevada base is a warrior, fighting for survival and hope. ”
As he spoke, Lieutenant General Stirling picked up an assault rifle from the weapon rack next to the console. He turned his body to the nearest camera so that everyone could see him: "Me too." Soldiers are needed here, no commanders are needed. There is only one command: kill them all"
No one applauded. The many civilians on the screen also did not show the excitement of the blood. However, it can be seen that many people who originally planned to go to the underground shelter have turned around and run towards the nearest weapons warehouse. Although the expressions on their faces were a little stupid, even reluctant, they could only run in the direction of the crowd.
A young officer on duty walked up to Stirling with a look of reverence on his face: "General, you said it so well. It is an honor to be able to fight alongside brave men like you. ”
Sterling's face tense for a long time showed a satisfied smile. Just as he wanted to say some words of encouragement to the officer on duty, he saw that on the surveillance screen on the west side of the base, the thick steel gate on the ground was splitting on both sides, revealing a rectangular flat passage.
Although the officers at the airport tower could not be heard clearly, many people could see a fighter jet in iron gray paint soaring from the bottom of the aisle. With two fiery flame tails, it roared out of the passage under the extremely powerful impetus and flew all the way to the dark night sky.
"Who's that guy on the plane?"
"Isn't it an order to close all exits from the base? Why is there still someone flying out at this time? Could it be that the damn guys in the Air Force see that the situation is not good and want to take advantage of the opportunity? ”
"Leaving at this time is simply a coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death"
Doubts, rants, envy, anger...... The atmosphere in the command center that had just been stimulated instantly became chaotic. There was a lot of talk, and the focus was on Lieutenant General Sterling, who was standing in front of the console. Their eyes no longer have the excitement and excitement they had before, but they are full of suspicion, faintly mixed with loss and dissatisfaction.
Everything is contrasting. Someone prepares to decide to fight to the death, and suddenly finds someone running away behind him. It is likely that the pride is lost at that moment, and the mind is also hesitant and uneasy.
Lieutenant General Stirling had a bitter smile on his face.
He couldn't explain what had just happened.
The pilot of that fighter was, of course, Su Hao. He is the highest military rank holder of the Chinese delegation and a pledge to the G-4 agreement. Even though Sterling couldn't get the recipe for the enhanced version of the energy potion from Su Hao, he still had to provide the other party with a plane to leave here.
There are many things that cannot be made public. Even if Su Hao's identity is said now, the soldiers and civilians in the base can't understand it. All they knew was that someone fled alone on the eve of the battle, and that guy flew fast in a plane, but he had to stay honestly and experience a tragic and bloody battle.
If possible, Lieutenant General Sterling really wanted to drag Su Hao off the plane and pinch him to death.
He spoiled the effect of his own speech. Now, everything is back to the way it was before the speech.