The CU19 airship did not send a greeting message as before, which made the crew of the AWACS crew very confused. In order to find out what was going on, they reversed the old practice and sent a question to the surveillance airship

The reply is very simple, but it is just the most common password connection, and even the most basic "hello" is omitted.

This sudden change made the commander of the early warning crew feel very uncomfortable. It's like an acquaintance who goes out every morning, and when he comes to him, he doesn't show a smile or greet him warmly, but passes by himself with a cold face.

"What the hell happened to those guys on the airship?"

This soon became a common problem for all AWACS crews.

Out of an abundance of caution, the AWACS aircraft sent communications to both the Xi'an and Xincheng bases, asking the ground command center to verify the identity of the current crew members of the CU19 airship. They soon received the news, and whether it was the Xi'an base or the 71st Group Army, the reply was "correct".

Doubts are doubts, AWACS aircraft are still carrying out their fixed tasks. It bypassed the patrol route of the CU19 airship, flew directly over the base city of Xinchengdu, lowered its altitude, and used the airborne camera to faithfully record the fire that was burning outside the city, as well as the blood-stained city wall, as well as the bodies of the war dead neatly arranged behind the wall of the base city, which had been packed in white cloth bags, and were sent to trucks by a group of solemn-looking soldiers to be transported to the crematorium.

Beijing No. 1 Base City, Military Conference Hall.

The whole room was filled with thick smoke, which irritated people's eyes to sour for a while, and they couldn't help but secrete a large amount of fluid. Although the ventilation fans on the surrounding walls were constantly running, they could not keep up with the speed of the smoke that was spewing smoke from the mouth and nose.

All the ashtrays on the long bar table were almost filled, and the black suede tablecloth was sprinkled with soot everywhere. The cups of different styles are more or less filled with black tea. As for the ground, there are all kinds of waste paper and garbage scattered large and small.

All members of the military committee, including Yuan Zhicheng and Zhao Zhikai, were in attendance. All eyes are on the big screen. Even though the footage was replayed for the second time, there was still a lot of interest.

"I really didn't expect that more and more evolutionary branches of mutant creatures have appeared. Someone should be immediately sent to the base city of Xincheng to sample and analyze the new mutated creatures killed in battle. Perhaps, similar monsters will continue to appear in the future. ”

"It is necessary to increase the number of high-rise towers within all base cities. In addition, front-line defense forces need to increase the proportion of combat personnel and weapons of close quarters. The previous defensive structure, which was evenly distributed with firepower, will be changed to create a small area of attack based on a variety of weapons. In addition, new models of combat laser launchers should also be developed as soon as possible to further improve the speed of emission and secondary charging. ”

"The extent of minefields outside the city must be doubled or even tripled on the existing basis. We have previously neglected to modify the terrain of minefields. If you add obstacles and dents to it, you will be able to stop the attack of mutated creatures. ”

Throughout the broadcast, there was a constant stream of discussions. Under the stimulation of tobacco and strong tea, the thinking of the generals also became more and more active. Their expressions were serious, without the usual vanity and sarcasm. Although the interlocutors may be politically different opponents, when it comes to specific combat arrangements and measures, they completely abandon their previous preconceptions and become more intimate than ever.

Humans in this time and space have not yet invented the term "moon tide". However, the sudden chaos that occurred in the base city of Xinlanzhou in the Northern Theater has taught the military commissioners an extremely vivid lesson———— those monsters will not stay in the abandoned city forever and will not come out. They would suddenly go crazy, and they would leave the colony in droves for no apparent reason, and they would sweep through the land like a hurricane, engulfing every living person who didn't have time to escape.

Among all the base cities in the country, the Beijing No. 1 base is located in a very special location. When it was first built, a large amount of compensation was given in the name of "old city reconstruction", and all the local residents were relocated to other places, and the military control zone was set up for full development. The reason why the base city was located closer to the old capital was, of course, to lay the foundation for the nascent power after the biological war was fully over.

After all, the name of the capital has long been a fixed concept in the minds of the people of peacetime. At that time, although some representatives of the state proposed to move the capital and move the ruling core to the northwest in an all-round way, the idea of moving the capital was not realized in the end, taking into account various factors such as economy, culture, and tradition.

In contrast to the core of the regime in peacetime, there is no doubt that the ruling institutions that emerged after the war were centered on the military. Although they have experienced war, those who have survived will always have habitual thinking about what was once there. In addition, various plans and measures were laid down before the war, as well as the specific storage locations of most of the materials...... For a long time to come, the core location of the Beijing No. 1 base should not change

Massive, solid, and indestructible. These words that symbolize strength and represent strength are almost the consensus of everyone on the Beijing No. 1 base. Neither Xinlanzhou nor Xincheng can be compared with the Beijing No. 1 base in terms of defense settings and urban defense structure. According to the calculation data of technical personnel, if the defense capability of the new Chengdu base city is listed as the number "L", then the new Lanzhou base can reach "" or "5". As for the Beijing No. 1 base, it is the terrifying number "7".

In Su Hao's original future time and space, including the present, only the New Chicago of the United States can match it. However, in terms of actual construction sites, the New Chicago site is a far cry from the abandoned city of Chicago, and even closer in a straight line than the abandoned city of Milwaukee. And not like the Beijing No. 1 base, which is almost next to the original capital.

First in Xinlanzhou, and then in Xincheng, two large-scale sieges of mutant creatures broke out in succession, which made the generals staying in the No. 1 base in Beijing see the crisis one after another. They no longer think they are safe as they used to be, and they begin to worry about their location and surroundings. This invisible anxiety is also infecting more and more people. Not only high-ranking officers, but also middle- and lower-ranking officers and soldiers, and even ordinary family members and civilians in the base city had similar ideas.

In peacetime, the population of the old capital was enormous, far larger than the abandoned cities of Lanzhou and Chengdu, and even more than the combined population of the two cities. In the event of an accident, the number of bio-frenzy that will hit the Kyo-1 base will be incomparably large.

Just thinking about it makes people feel chilling.

Sitting at the top of the conference table is still Zhao Zhikai, chairman of the military department.

Although the Xinlanzhou base had just experienced the impact of the biological frenzy, and many large and small affairs needed to be handled, Yuan Zhicheng still rushed over from his own district, hurried into the conference room a few hours ago, and sat on the right side of the conference table as usual.

Two of the most powerful people chose to remain silent.

Both Zhao Zhikai and Yuan Zhicheng know very well that no matter what they say in the current situation, it is redundant. From last night to now, the image of the defensive battle of Xincheng has long been firmly engraved in the minds of all the participants. All of their minds were pounded to the brink of intensified fear. Many people are pale, stutter at a stammering pace, and are unable to maintain a normal pace.

They are all generals. The people who are qualified to sit in this conference room are the big people who control the whole country and the lifeblood of the entire army.

They should be the safest from any point of view.

But now, many of them are so nervous and frightened that they can't even speak.

Zhao Zhikai sighed secretly in his heart, raised his eyelids, and turned his gaze to Yuan Zhicheng, who was sitting next to him. He found that this former political enemy was also looking at him with doubts and inquiries.

Zhao Zhikai was able to read the thoughts in Yuan Zhicheng's eyes.

There is no doubt that the biological frenzy must be the greatest crisis facing the human army at the moment. Its severity is even more terrifying than the virus outbreak a few years ago.

Compared with the just-concluded battle of Xinlanzhou, Zhao Zhikai paid more attention to the turmoil that occurred in the base city of Xinchengdu.

Yes, this is a mess, and words like "conspiracy", "scheme", etc., should even be added in front of it.

Xu Renjie was seriously injured, and the 71st Group Army is currently responsible for everything in the 71st Group Army. They sent all the information about the fighting in Xinchengdu, including the previous investigation of the corruption case of the commander of the 104th Combat Engineer Regiment, and part of the footage taken by the CU19 surveillance airship in the abandoned city before Wang Jingjing committed suicide.

Zhao Zhikai has no interest in Ms. Wang's personal identity information. An inconspicuous woman like this can be found everywhere in and around the base city. They exist in every corner, live in every possible location, and are on the run every day for food and water. They will go out hunting with mercenaries, farm in the fields, sell their bodies in bars and nightclubs, or simply pick up trash to make a living.

Whenever he thinks of this, Zhao Zhikai shudders.

An ordinary woman unexpectedly triggered a creature frenzy on the scale of hundreds of thousands. If it weren't for Xu Renjie's proper arrangement, and if it weren't for the timely reinforcements of Su Hao's subordinates, I'm afraid that the new Chengdu base city would have been captured long ago

She's just a person, just a person

The 71 st Army investigated the ins and outs of the incident clearly: the officers who abused their power to issue blank material transfer orders have been arrested, and all the guards of the military depots have been placed under military law control. As a remedy, new material management regulations have been drawn up overnight, and things like war horromones will be strictly guarded to prevent similar situations from happening again.

In fact, starting a bio-frenzy is not as difficult as it seems.

Mutated creatures love fresh flesh and blood. Their sense of smell is very sensitive, and a drop of blood from a hundred meters away can be found by them following the smell. In Wang Jingjing's planning, pheromones only play a role in increasing the effect. Even without such a thing, the fragments of the slain thug alone, and the woman herself, whose mind was full of revenge, could cause the same turmoil in an abandoned city.

Of course, without pheromones, the scale of the bio-frenzy will be greatly reduced.

It's not as simple as one minus one equals zero.

Since the outbreak of the virus, the military has taken extremely strict measures against civilians. There were no rations, and no medicine or food was provided to anyone. Zhao Zhikai has never been in close contact with refugees outside the city. But the few times he occasionally went out in the car, he could clearly see the undisguised hatred and pain in the eyes of the refugees standing in the distance.

In peacetime, they fed the entire army, the entire state power.

And now, they have lost everything and cannot get anything in return.

Anyone will be reluctant to do this, and they will instinctively generate anger and hatred, and their minds will be filled with terrible flames that cannot be explained in words.

It's like someone coming home and finding a burglar breaking into the house and quickly calling the police. However, the police arrived a few hours later, and even the most basic investigation procedures were omitted, and they just looked casually and left with a cold face.

Zhao Zhikai said that refugees will never support the army as they did in the past. They were willing to join only to get food and fortifications. Sayings such as "military and civilian fish and water conditions" have long disappeared into the depths of the long river of civilization history with the outbreak of the virus. If one day the defense of the base city collapses, and the army loses support and is forced into exile, the first thing they need to face is definitely not mutated creatures, but armed refugees who are eyeing each other and their minds are full of revenge and murder.

Wang Jingjing is just a woman. Under the influence of the crazy revenge psychology, she is able to give up everything and use her body and life to trigger a biological frenzy. Looking ahead, if the seeds of hatred grow further, and those refugees outside the city who have lost hope by life are cornered, they will definitely make moves that are even more terrifying and ten thousand times crazier than Wang Jingjing.

This is definitely not an unfounded imagination, but a reality with great probability of implementation.

The army is not afraid of refugees. The latter were unarmed, without machinery, and they would never be able to break through the walls of the military control zone. More importantly, because they are human beings, they can fear and think. As long as one person is shot, it will have a deterrent effect on the rest. As long as one person is afraid of death, it will cause a cascading effect among many more people. Even if thousands, if not millions, of people riot, just shoot the front part of the people with machine guns, and the rest of the participants will quickly collapse.

A million mutated creatures, a million refugees, are fundamentally different concepts.

Zhao Zhikai did not participate in the generals' various opinions on future defensive warfare. Standing in the position of a ruler, he has seen a potential crisis that no one else has yet been aware of. He also believes that Yuan Zhicheng's thoughts should be similar to his own.

Many of the measures were put in place before the outbreak of the virus. For example: indifference to civilians and refusal to rescue, etc. There's nothing wrong with that. Because saving a large number of civilians means bringing more and greater burdens. Don't they have the slightest effect on biological warfare itself, it is purely a consumption of supplies.

This complete exclusion of civilians would seem foolish to those in power in peacetime. However, the reason why the military department has formulated such regulations is not without reason———— there is no possibility of coexistence between humans and mutant organisms. The two cannot communicate in words, and their minds and consciousnesses cannot be connected to each other, as long as they encounter each other, a bloody war will inevitably break out...... For these reasons, civilians can be discarded as a burden.

These damn, damn reasons come from the documents provided by the Atlanteans.

However, after all, human beings are higher intelligent beings. The intelligence and cunning of the oppressed will always surpass the imagination of the big guys.

Wang Jingjing's actions are just a signal, but Zhao Zhikai has already seen an extremely terrifying future.

He curled his fingers and tapped the table hard, drawing the attention of the attendees to himself while reaching out and pressing the freeze key for the image on the big screen.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the biofrenzy that has occurred at the new Chengdu base is a cautionary tale. Admittedly, our defenses are quite flawed and underestimate the level of danger that may be encountered. In the next step, the joint meeting of the staff officers will discuss this, and at the same time, a rectification opinion will be issued to each base city, requiring all theaters to immediately carry out the work of strengthening the defensive line. In particular, it is necessary to increase the intensity and time of supplementary military training, as well as the proficiency in the operation of weapons and equipment and the equipping of fortifications. ”

Zhao Zhikai continued in his characteristic calm tone: "In addition, I would like to add a new topic to today's meeting———— assistance to refugees. ”

As soon as the words came out, everyone's eyes were focused on Zhao Zhikai. There are surprises, there are surprises, there are also bland indifference and thoughtfulness.

"For a long time, we all shared a common understanding of biological warfare. That is, it is necessary to concentrate all materials, ensure the supply and maintenance of the army, and win victory little by little in the process of long-term confrontation and land-to-land competition at the cost of abandoning civilians. ”

Zhao Zhikai said slowly: "I think we should change the fixed concept of thinking and include civilians in the same war system as the army. ”

At this time, a lieutenant general with a slightly frown brow moved his body forward, and was about to open his mouth to refute, but when he saw Zhao Zhikai staring at him with a stern gaze, he immediately closed his mouth and fell into silence completely.

"I have an opinion to make, but I have to finish my sentence"

Zhao Zhikai glanced at the venue with a majestic gaze, and his tone became serious: "The nature of this war is human beings and viruses, and we must unite all the forces that can be united. Even the thinnest civilians can be trained as soldiers. We need them. The initial abandonment plan was wrong, and we went astray from the start. However, it is too late to correct the mistake. ”