Stewart is not the US Secretary of Defense after all, and has no way of knowing the losses and attrition of the entire country. He could only focus on his own experience and let Su Hao analyze the information he wanted.

"Las Vegas no longer exists. It has become a paradise for monsters, a lifeless dead city. There are no more inhabitants in the city, corpses hang from the Ferris wheel, and fleeing vehicles have completely blocked every road. The streets were full of dead people, some zombies who had been killed, and many more humans. I didn't think there would be a more terrifying opponent than zombies, but I didn't expect them to turn into the half-human, half-beast they are now. Even the hell described in the Bible is much better than here. Hell, I really don't want to believe it's true. But it can't be helped, the eyes don't deceive the brain. ”

In the bar, Su Hao is a strange face. He was young, but he wore the uniform of a prominent general. Although the military systems of the two countries are different, there is little difference in the specifications of clothing and the indication of military ranks. Stewart's presence has brought them closer. Many of the drinkers left the table next to them and sat down beside them, silently listening to the Colonel's growing voice, occasionally mixed in with a few comments of their own.

"I drove a helicopter around Las Vegas last week, which has turned into a dead city. Except for mutated creatures, there is no trace of human activity anymore. ”

"I don't think those monsters are anything. The biggest problem is the lack of water. The whole country was in chaos, the water supply system came to a complete standstill, there was no artificial rainfall anymore, and many plants died of thirst. Even the rattlesnakes in the desert have been dried to flesh. If it goes on like this, it's really all over. ”

"Can we win this war? I really don't understand, why should the use of weapons be restricted? Why don't you use nukes directly against those monsters? I don't understand the so-called "strategy" of generals and bigwigs. I only know that my family is dead, and Lao Tzu has to avenge them, and it is best not to let go of any of them. ”

Su Hao did not participate in the discussion. He drank quietly and played the role of a listener.

It's a different country after all. Different languages, different ideologies, different understandings and perceptions of things.

As early as two years ago, Su Hao sent hundreds of "worker bees" to the United States. According to the latest news, they have developed a "swarm" of a certain size. Of course, compared to the "bee colonies" of the country and its neighbors to the south, the number of "worker bees" in North America is sparse and the spread is not very large.

However, with enough time, anything is possible.

Almost as the delegation boarded the plane and headed for the temporary headquarters of the United Nations in Nevada, a document issued by the General Administration Headquarters was also placed on the desk of Zhao Zhikai, chairman of the military department.

The lights in the room were bright. Even though it was summer, there was a fire burning in the fireplace in the office. The flames continued to make a slight "crackling" sound, swaying and rising in the intense heat, like an excited elf who had been imprisoned for a long time and finally been temporarily released.

Zhao Zhikai doesn't like summer and rarely goes out during this season. Even before the outbreak of the virus, the greenhouse effect had turned the capital region into a natural furnace in the summer. Going out in the heat of more than forty degrees is simply torture. Zhao Zhikai attaches great importance to his own image. He never wore military shorts, nor did he have the habit of wearing sandals. In his opinion, things like undershirts and short coats can't be regarded as clothes at all, but the basic shape of a rough and evil man who is uneducated and has no attention to the appearance and image. Therefore, even in the hottest times, Zhao Zhikai always stayed in an air-conditioned room, sitting in a straight general's uniform.

Especially in the private office, he always lowers the temperature of the air conditioner and lights the fireplace to neutralize the hot and cold temperatures to achieve the most suitable connection point.

In such an environment, people who walk into the room from the outside will first feel a slight chill on their faces, followed by a blending warmth, and their eyes will then converge on the majestic chairman of the military department, generating instinctive fear and respect.

This is a document specifically for Su Hao. According to the statement of the General Administrative Headquarters, the 505 Group Army has not been equipped with deputy posts since its establishment, nor has it set up a chief of staff, a logistics quartermaster, a chief of military justice, and a series of relevant senior management personnel. This approach is undoubtedly wrong and will cause a series of confusions and problems in the logistics management of the army. To this end, the General Administrative Headquarters proposed a complete set of management personnel and asked the military department to review the reported personnel listed in the documents and approve the latest personnel appointments to the 505 Group.

The document itself is nothing more than a rehash of the same old tune. From Zhao Zhikai's point of view, it is naturally not difficult to see that this is still Sun Zhan's actual action to control the desire to control the 505 Group. The old bureaucrat's yearning for power is incomparably strong, and even Zhao Zhikai is quite emotional.

In the eyes of the military department and all those who are familiar with the inside story, the 505 Group Army is a bottomless abyss. No amount of personnel and equipment can change the current situation in the new Guiyang area. Su Hao is a bold and reckless madman, although he does not have a direct and tough order to resist, he always uses various methods to confront, so that the various orders of the military department cannot be implemented smoothly. This guy is so bold that he can even do things like directly attacking and killing officials appointed by his superiors. However, he did not put such problems on the surface, and always did it in private, more or less maintaining a sense of harmony with the military department.

Zhao Zhikai also planted people next to Sun Zhan. As early as a few days ago, when this document was still planning to be revised, Zhao Zhikai already knew that there would be such a thing to be sent for his own examination. In this regard, he could only sneer.

The list of delegations to United Nations Headquarters to participate in the Conference is selected by the integrated administrative headquarters. In addition to satisfying the candidates proposed by all parties, Sun Zhan certainly did not forget to appoint his own cronies. A few months ago, Zhao Zhikai was surprised that Su Hao's name appeared on the list. He didn't understand at the time, why would Sun Zhan give Su Hao such an opportunity for nothing?

It is important to know that going to the United Nations to participate in the General Assembly is not as simple as an honor on the surface, there is another layer of crucial factors.

Sun Zhan's argument is reasonable. He claimed that Su Hao was the first person to discover the silver bone, and that this honor must be earned back by himself. In the face of logical and high-sounding reasons, Zhao Zhikai could not object, but could only acquiesce.

Now it seems that Sun Zhan's old fox still has no heart to give up. His ultimate goal is still the 505 Army. From the selection of Su Hao to participate in the delegation, the document in front of him is enough to show his sinister intentions.

Su Hao is the core of the entire group army and the supreme commander of the new Guiyang region. Although I don't quite understand what level of reinforcement he is? But there is no doubt that this guy must be Wang Qinian's test sample. Otherwise, he would not have a strong strength to gain the upper hand in one duel after another, and it would be easy for him to lose the many officers of the lower faction.

Through the words on the document, it is not difficult for Zhao Zhikai to see Sun Zhan's plan———— as long as Su Hao is transferred, the interior of the 505 Group Army will be hollow. This was Su Hao's own negligence. He only asked the military headquarters for specific positions in the 10 newly organized divisions and regiments, but did not set up the positions of deputy posts and chief of staff of the group army. While this is important for monopolizing power, it can easily create a power vacuum. Especially now, Su Hao and the delegation are traveling to Nevada, USA. Of course, he will leave with a successor, but whoever is in charge of the authority will not carry enough weight.

After all, the officials officially appointed by the military department and the "acting X chief" appointed by Su Hao are fundamentally different concepts.

The list of documents contains hundreds of names of personnel, covering all administrative and military branches from top to bottom. It can be seen that Sun Zhan's move is very big. He obviously wanted to take advantage of Su Hao's absence to completely occupy all the management departments of the 505 Group Army with his cronies and henchmen. Once the core of the group army is stabilized, there will be enough excuses and opportunities to get their hands on the combat units below.

Thinking of this, Zhao Zhikai smiled faintly, and a dirty word came out of his mouth that he never said in an empty place.

"This shameless old bastard thinks everyone is a brainless fool."

scolded and scolded, but Zhao Zhikai didn't have the slightest idea of wanting to stop Sun Zhan's plan. He pulled out a delicately crafted fountain pen from his breast pocket and fluently signed the word "agree" directly below the document.

Zhao Zhikai didn't like Sun Zhan, but he didn't have any good feelings for Su Hao. Although he himself had a good personal relationship with Wang Qinian, Su Hao's repeated confrontations with the military department had left an extremely bad impression on Zhao Zhikai. In particular, the fact that a mere civilian has become the commander of a group army and a general in just two years is simply a disobedience in Zhao Zhikai's view. In all fairness, he really wanted to take Su Hao, a general who did not match his name, to the end, and casually throw a lieutenant rank into a certain place to mold and stink. But here's the problem, Su Hao can always turn danger into a disaster at a critical juncture, and use all kinds of unbelievable means to take a strong position. Moreover, he could not oppose it on normal grounds, and was forced to admit the reality.

If Sun Zhan's plan can really succeed and get Su Hao out of the position of commander of the group army, Zhao Zhikai will of course be happy to see this kind of ending.

Thinking about it now, Sun Zhan is indeed ill-intentioned. It is no wonder that he kept silent about Su Hao leading hundreds of his subordinates to participate in the delegation, and even offered to send a few more planes to the delegation. After all, the people who are qualified to be selected by Su Hao to accompany him must be his henchmen. The more these people left, the weaker their grip on the 505 Army became. Sun Zhan sent a large number of receiving management personnel at this time, and it was naturally easier to achieve the goal.

It is not simple to appoint an entire group of army at the top of management. This requires the approval of half of the members of the Military Commission. On the last page of the document, Zhao Zhikai saw the names of the adults he was familiar with. Among them, the name of Yuan Zhicheng, commander-in-chief of the Northern Theater of Operations, is included.

Zhao Zhikai smiled again.

As he thought, Yuan Zhicheng, an old bastard, was also involved. There is no doubt that they are the real masterminds behind the division of the 505 Group Army.

Why should you object to such an interesting thing?

However, Zhao Zhikai also has his own ideas.

He was not optimistic about Sun Zhan's operation. I vaguely feel that I will still fail completely like the previous times.

That's right, Su Hao is indeed far away in the United States.

But who can guarantee that he won't leave enough backhand as a defense before leaving?

Zhao Zhikai is also a smart person. He only signed the word "agree" on the document, but did not leave his name.

The plan to join Sun Zhan is going well, and he is indispensable to a benefit. At the very least, it was possible to restore command to the 505 Army.

If you fail, you have nothing to lose to yourself. Even if Su Hao really made trouble with the military department and made things bigger, Zhao Zhikai was absolutely sure to stay out of the matter.

Cranes and mussels compete, and it is the fisherman who ultimately profits.

Base City, Nevada, USA.

In the early morning, with the wake-up sound of the electronic alarm clock in the room, Su Hao also woke up from his deep sleep. After a brief wash, he pushed open the door and walked through the empty hallway. By the time I arrived at the restaurant according to the signpost, hundreds of accompanying guards had gathered behind me.

The receptionist was an ordinary-looking ensign. Because he is too young, the freckles on his face have not faded, but his figure is extremely bumpy. In particular, the ratio of breast-to-hip to waist is simply amazing. If you ignore the face and just look at the back, it can indeed arouse the most primitive human desires.

In the south corner of the restaurant, Su Hao saw the figure of Colonel Stewart. This middle-aged man is indeed not suitable for the position of reception officer. His interest in food clearly outweighs his duties for interpersonal communication. Behind the large amount of steam emitted from the food, he was forking a piece of sausage and stuffing it into his mouth, with several clean plates in front of him, as well as a large plate of neatly stacked bread, and sliced enemas stacked on top of it that were nearly ten centimeters high.

Su Hao waved his hand to the guards who followed him, signaling them to disperse around, and walked straight to Stewart's table and sat down.

"Your appetite is good."

When Su Hao sat down, a waiter from the restaurant had already walked over and asked him what he wanted. After ordering a few random items on the menu, Su Hao began to shift the topic to the colonel: "It's the first time I've seen a guy like you who can eat breakfast." ”

Stewart shoved a freshly peeled egg into his mouth and replied vaguely, "If you don't eat enough now, I'm afraid I'll be hungry at noon." ”

"Oh, for what?"

"This is the advice given to me by the reception officer at last year's conference."

Stewart took a sip from the cup of coffee, opened it with the food he swallowed, and said unhappily, "Since the first conference after the outbreak of the virus, this year is the third one. Every meeting was noisy like a vegetable market, and the bigwigs were arguing over various issues in the venue. There are endless things like smashing tables and smashing benches. The chaos often lasted for a long time, and the restaurant had to delay its opening hours again and again, and we could only watch with hunger. ”

The waiter quickly brought Su Hao breakfast. He picked up the fried egg with chopsticks, placed it on the surface of a piece of bread, and continued to place the fried meat, while Su Hao still continued the unfinished conversation: "You can bring something to eat with you." Like sandwiches, or military rations or something. ”

"No, no, no, you don't understand."

Stewart cocked his fingers and shook them back and forth, pretending to be mysterious, "Do you think I'm taking on this damn job of the will?" As is customary, the reception staff can enjoy the same food specifications as the participants during the conference. This kind of opportunity doesn't happen very often. Now supplies are tight, bacon and fruit are more precious than gold to civilians, and the rationing of grease and cheese has been suspended two years ago. Last year, I only ate eggs six times. Under normal circumstances, I would lead my troops to defend the outskirts of the base city, and most of the food supplies would be based on salted meat and coarse bread. For the eggs, for the cream, for the juicy and delicious fried chicken and pâté, chocolate chip cakes and spaghetti, even if the reception task is no longer interesting, I admit it. ”

This logical explanation made Su Hao dumbfounded for a while, and shook his head again and again and laughed.

At this time, more than a dozen men and women with serious faces walked into the dining room and sat down at several other empty tables. They are dressed in solemn attire, and they all wear the sun symbol that is unique to Japan on their chests.

Su Hao drank coffee while calmly looking at these people sitting diagonally opposite him.

He hadn't slept very well last night, and it had been noisy in the hallway outside, and he didn't fall asleep until after midnight.

I don't know whether Lu Dao was intentional or unintentional, but the accommodation areas of the Chinese and Japanese delegations were arranged together. The Japanese delegation, which arrived later, expressed a serious protest against this. The gang made a fuss until late, and there was no response from the base. As you can imagine, anger and resentment are certain.

Colonel Stewart turned around and glanced at the Japanese who were cut off by steam, then turned around and smiled at Su Hao: "Hey, you're in big trouble." ”

Su Hao raised his head, a little incomprehensible.

"I've read your information, and you've found the Silver Bone, right?"

Without waiting for Su Hao to answer, the colonel had already handed over a cigarette and lit one for himself, smoking slowly: "The name of the Silver Bone Discoverer is very valuable, and it is said that the Japanese protested against it, believing that this honor should belong to them. Hehe, don't say I didn't remind you, it's better to eat more now, and wait a while in the venue to have enough strength to fight those guys. ”

"Is that an exaggeration?"

"It's a hellish world. In order to compete for power and profit, we can do anything. ”

Stewart said, "Although you are a general, you don't have those nasty things in the big guys." I don't want to see you pinned down by those bastards in the room. You've got to be tough to get the treatment you deserve. ”