Andy whistles and takes Blackie on the road alone again.

Although it had only been a few days, the bear had been in good command with great efficiency, the traps at the entrance and exit of the Bloomfield Space Center had been emptied, the rubble on the ground had been leveled as much as possible, and the garbage and stains that were everywhere had been swept away and collected in one place, and Bloomfield looked like a settlement.

Gillian wasn't the kind of person who wanted to run around, and the trip to Tibbetts Prison had made her uncomfortable, so Andy just let her stay in Bloomfield to do the technical stuff as she wanted, and now she's working with Sid on how to reuse the parts of the machine and .m.b-003 in the workshop, and the big musket, which might be a killer feature.

This time his goal is the Hoover Dam, first to talk to the Dodge Mayor about trade, then to talk to the Three Brothers Caravan with the promise of the Dodge Mayor and the head of Rusty Hook Kyle, and finally to find Measles to see if he has gotten the cable from Dog City, if all goes well, according to the previous agreement, he should go to the Grand Canyon with Measles, so that everything is almost settled.

He had thought that when Tibbetts Prison exploded, he would succeed in the nursery and hope that the strange encounter he had had at that time would happen again, but it turned out that he had thought too much.

The car drove smoothly into the city of Hoover Dam, which is getting better almost every day than before.

Stopping the car and letting Xiao Hei move around the inside and outside of the car as usual, Andy walked on the dam crest area, and some residents greeted him warmly as usual.

A woman waved at him.

"Hey, big hero, why don't you go to the front row and wait?"

Andy glanced at the woman suspiciously, and then suddenly found that the number of people at the top of the dam was indeed more than usual, as if many residents in the central area had also come out of the dam, and these people were all looking forward and happy, intentionally or unintentionally walking towards the west, which seemed not strange at first glance, but it was not with the woman.

"What are you waiting for? What happened in the few days I've been away? ”

The woman covered her mouth and looked very surprised.

"Oh! Don't you know? Hey, just two days ago there was a communication from the mainland, three infantry battalions are coming, now we are not afraid of anything, long live NcR! ”

Andy Leng was in place, he had no idea how many people there were in the three infantry battalions, but it must be a lot of soldiers, which meant that the NcR homeland had finally officially re-established contact with the Eastern Special Administrative Region, and the military forces that had been continuously consumed in previous years had been strongly replenished this time, and the overstretched military resources of Hoover Dam City would be overturned in an instant, and the subsequent impact would be something Andy would not have guessed for a while.

After thanking the woman, he walked towards the Hoover Dam military headquarters, but learned from the guards that Mayor Qi and Major Fleming and others had already left and headed to the tower of the West Gate, where the arrangements had been completed, and it was expected that the reinforcements sent by the local community would arrive in the city of Hoover Dam today.

Andy then turned to the west and saw that everyone was laughing, both military and civilian, and everyone was happy for the arrival of reinforcements today.

"Hey!"

As Andy passed by a few soldiers, a female voice stopped him.

Looking back, I saw familiar people.

"Chrissy?"

A black eye-veiled NcR female soldier in a military uniform walked over heroically, tilted her head to look at Andy, and then saluted.

"Please call me Corporal Christina Royce here, Sergeant Andy."

It's the first time Andy has heard Chrissie's real name and full name, so is Chrissy just an abbreviated nickname for her real name...

He squeezed his eyes and saluted Chrissy.

"Okay, Corporal Chrissy, no problem, Corporal Chrissy."

The soldiers around him all laughed, and Chrissy was so angry that she bared her teeth and ran to Andy's side to raise her leg and kick it.

The two played around for a while and chatted about business.

"Why don't you go in and take a closer look?"

"Did you say you wanted reinforcements from home?"

"Yes, Mayor Dodge has set up a platform, hung a lot of banners and national flags, and prepared condolences, in order not to crowd everyone at the front, there is now martial law by the army, but everyone knows that your identity is extraordinary, you can go in with a hello, right?"

Andy smiled and held out his hand to make an invitation.

"Then do you want to go in with me?"

There was a commotion from the soldiers around her, and Chrissy rolled her eyes.

"You'd better go by yourself, big hero, what is the matter with me as a nobody? Hey, what are you kid booing there, I don't have that kind of relationship with him again, cut... Anyway, I'd better stay where I should be, remember to change into your military uniform, don't dress like this and swagger in to play maverick, this is a formal ceremonial occasion. ”

Andy shrugged, he really wanted to bring a companion in, to be honest, he wasn't very good at dealing with big scenes, otherwise he would have followed Chris behind....

Just as he was thinking this, Sheriff Ralph came out of nowhere.

"You're here, Andy! Come with me to Mayor Dodge, he told me to come out for you! ”

Andy had no choice but to follow Sheriff Ralph forward, and they easily walked through the martial law line of soldiers to the high platform full of people from the upper echelons of the Hoover Dam, which was now full of men and women in suits and leather shoes, including several of the upper echelons of the Hoover Dam that Andy knew.

Candace, branch president of the Hoover Dam City Apocalypse Followers Chapter, Major Fleming, Supreme Commander of the Eastern District NcR Garrison Force, Yuri, Director of the Hoover Dam City Hospital, Hoover Dam City Police Department Sheriff Ralph...

A man in a white suit stood in the crowd with an extraordinary temperament and composure, and the attitude of the people around him was a little subtle, some of them talked to him just right, and some people were obviously taboo to keep their distance from him. Yes, this person is one of the three bosses of the Three Brothers Caravan Company, and the second of the three brothers, Enzo Giordano, is actually the soul of this company. Since Alice McClofdy, the manager of the Crimson Caravan's Hoover Dam branch, was placed under house arrest in the Crimson Caravan Company building and restricted from operating on multiple charges, the three brothers who took over the market have been on the rise, and even if there are still some whispers about the caravan company and its bosses, it has had no effect on its development.

Andy's eyes lit up, and he didn't have much trouble squeezing to Enzo's side.

At this moment, he had already used the function of the beep boy to change his clothes in an instant, and he was wearing a military uniform.

"Long time no see, Enzo."

Enzordano shook Andy's hand with a smile on his face, and took a glass from the table next to him and poured Andy a glass of whiskey.

"Long time no see, Andy, my forever best friend, have you been to Pablo's place, since you told me last time I sent a special note to the caravan to supply him at a special price, now his business in the small shop at the top of the dam is very good, even the Dusty in the central area began to complain, who told her to sign a contract with the Crimson Caravan before, now it can be said that the feng shui is turning, haha."

"Of course, he doesn't sleep alone at the counter anymore with a wine bottle!"

The two fought a few haha, and Andy suddenly approached Enzo and whispered a few words.

"I'll help you kill Rusty Hook Kyle."

Enzo was stunned for a moment, then smiled again.

"It's really you, the few high-priced bounties that have been hanging in the Bounty Hunter Guild for a long time have almost been emptied by you, that damn marauder, if he hadn't killed our escort captain Big Bear, we wouldn't have been persecuted so badly by the Ring of Steel and the Crimson Caravan..."

Andy shook his head and said something more that shocked Enzo.

"The bear is not dead."

He looked at Enzo's surprised expression and continued to speak.

"After he was knocked down, the marauder planted a bomb in his body to threaten him to be a slave, but now that this has been solved, Big Bear is leading a group of people to the south in Bloomfield, which is now my place, and the facility can process a lot of metal components, and some high-tech junk from before the war..."

Enzo rubbed his nose with the back of his fingers to regain his composure, and then solemnly leaned into Andy's ear.

"Let's talk later, I'll pay you a higher bounty than the bounty, that bastard's head, I'm going to make him into a wine bowl, and about the business after that, I'm already interested in what you said..."

The two touched glasses, and Andy left him and walked over to Mayor Dodge.

Under a banner and many NcR flags waving in the wind, Mayor Dodge stood in front of a microphone and was looking down at the manuscript in his hand, he was looking at it and talking to the people around him, the people around him were busy, especially Major Fleming, who was wandering around with a smile on his face, asking for a certain flag to be lowered a little, and asking for a certain flag to be raised higher. It's hard work.....

Everyone looked at the road to the west, even though there was nothing there.

Some waved their flags and discussed with others what to do when reinforcements arrived, first, to restore the NcR army's total control in the eastern region and suppress the lawless marauders and natives, and second, to vigorously revitalize the settlements and strongholds that had been abandoned before, and to expand the trade network further west and north.

Andy stood at the front of the podium with his arms folded and listened silently as the people spoke, and frankly his joy was not as intense as the others, because he was now thinking about the chain reaction that this could cause...

The sudden resumption of the NcR connection with the Eastern District at this time was a real surprise, and it was an inevitable trend for the NcR at Hoover Dam to gradually regain its previously lost regional influence after ending its long-term struggle with the Brotherhood of Steel, but the sudden arrival of local reinforcements will surely accelerate this trend.

Not only that, but with the arrival of reinforcements from the mainland, there will be new instructions from the mainland, which will overwhelm the long-standing situation of island autonomy in the eastern SAR and bring more variables.

What President Tibbette will think about the next policy of the Eastward movement is an unknown that will affect everyone.

The laughter and laughter around him poured into Andy's brain, and for some reason, he couldn't laugh at the moment.

On his way to the reservation, he encountered a ghoul who had made a pilgrimage to Dr. Clark on the reservation, and the ghoul had an interesting view of the NcR, which was like a fire that would gradually spread the flames everywhere, and that it would illuminate everywhere it came from the west.

Now, the flame has been rekindled.

I don't know who shouted and interrupted Andy's distraction.

"It's coming! Here it comes!! ”

A tsunami-like cheers and shouts came from behind, and people crowded to the front, forgetting for a moment the reserve based on their own identity, presumably the people below will be even more crazy, the NcR immigrants in Hoover Dam City have waited for a scene for too long and too long, and the majestic picture that can only be seen in dreams countless times has finally appeared in front of them.

With a wave of his arm, the Dodge mayor immediately activated the player, and the melodious NcR national anthem sounded.

"O Republic, Republic~New~Levonia~Republic~"

"In the smoke and dust of the wasteland~A ray of dawn is here~"

"There are waves of cheers at dawn ~ The flag of the two-headed bear is flying high ~"

"Allashid led our way ~ President Tandi exalted our glory ~"

Soldiers, politicians, merchants, rangers, and townspeople began to sing along, and their voices were like a rising tide, forming a magnificent force.

"In this great country of freedom ~Anti-slavery warriors stand up~"

"The Rangers are on the move~guns are aimed at the slaves~"

"The fervent hope of every citizen ~ the reverent gaze of every child ~"

"Defend her~Defend her~Defend the hometown we love~"

More and more people sang along, and people's emotions became more and more excited, and the citizens gathered at the top of the Hoover Dam City were crowded, their faces flushed and even tears in their eyes, and they sang the song at their highest volume, the first song that every NcR citizen would sing.

"The motherland has its own celestial phenomena ~ victory and peace are in sight ~"

"Under the Manifest Destiny ~ We will win ~ because justice belongs to us ~"

"Look at that two-headed bear flag~ will fly high forever~ in this free country~ in this warrior's hometown~"

Andy was infected by this unstoppable atmosphere, he couldn't help but sing along, in a trance, some trivial pictures suddenly appeared in front of him, those pictures looked familiar and strange, some seemed to be very important to him, and some made himself unable to let go...

In the midst of everyone's gaze, a yellow "river" appeared in the west, which was...

That's a huge army marching toward Hoover Dam.

Military transport caravans led the way, with more soldiers following on foot in the rear, and the team appeared to have relied on this rotational approach to march west from the eastern border of New California along the prewar road to the west of the Hoover Dam.

Yellow military jackets and breeches with leggings, a double-headed cowhide-wrapped bulletproof plate on the chest, two leather shoulder pads on the shoulders, steel combat helmets on their heads, most of them are equipped with goggles and masks, they carry a black semi-automatic military rifle developed and produced by the NcR military factory, and a 9mm pistol and military dagger, and some non-commissioned officers and veterans are equipped with 10mm submachine guns, sharpshooter carbines and several shotguns produced by arms dealers in imitation of pre-war weapons, Some grenades and water bottles were hung from the belt.

A buzzing sound rang out from the air.

The soldiers shouted for people to stay away from an area, and Andy looked back to see a circular field on the Hoover Dam cleared.

The buzz grew louder and louder, followed by the exclamations of the crowd, and Andy looked up, which made his eyes widen.

It was an airplane, like the pre-war vehicles he had seen on the reservation that had been left behind in the airport warehouses and runways, except that the one in front of him was not scrap metal, it was flying in the air and flying towards the city of Hoover Dam with a clear purpose.

"Asuka! Our birds! ”

Someone shouted, and Andy saw that the plane's shell was painted green with a two-headed bear on it.

The bitter wind blew through the high platform, making it almost unsteady for people to stand, and the bird flew into the city of Hoover Dam and flipped the direction of the propeller on the wing under the control of the skilled pilot, and landed vertically in the clearing, and the Dodge Mayor immediately led the people down the high platform and walked over. In the distance, Andy saw Asuka's hatch open, and a senior NcR officer in a green beret stepped down from it, his eyes were serious, revealing some stubborn arrogance, and a pair of eyebrows were distinctive, like two triangles scattered around the edges of the sides.

Mayor Dodge and Major Fleming shook hands with him warmly and began to shush and greet him.

A louder wave sounded, and people cheered ecstatically, waving the national flag in their hands with their arms held high.

Andy couldn't help but turn to look, and then gaze at the visitors from the west.

When they were close enough, the soldiers took off their guns and held them in their hands at the orders of their commanders, and marched slowly towards the Hoover Dam, where the NcR soldiers marched in a neat line with their heads held high and their best posture under the two-headed bear flag fluttering in the hands of the military caravan and flag-raising soldiers.

Groups of soldiers marched forward in a procession, their guns reflecting in the sunlight.

These soldiers must have just returned from the brutal battlefield, for Andy could see a chill glint in their eyes, and each of them had a determined and fighting spirit on their faces, as if there was no enemy in front of them who could stop them, and this stream of iron and blood was shining in the sun at the moment.

"Under the Manifest Destiny ~ We will win ~ because justice belongs to us ~"

"Look at that two-headed bear flag~ will fly high forever~ in this free country~ in this warrior's hometown~"

“N-c-R————！！”

The soldiers began to enter the city of Hoover Dam in an orderly manner, and the officers and non-commissioned officers who led the team saluted the people and soldiers, and the onlookers warmly shook hands and hugged the soldiers regardless of the obstacles, and threw the food and gifts that had been prepared long ago towards them, and the defenders of the Hoover Dam had to stop them, because the soldiers were already staggered by the baskets thrown by the overly excited citizens.

People cheered and couldn't hold back their tears.

On the other side, the officer who had disembarked from the bird took off his beret and looked around the city of Hoover Dam and sighed.

"We went through the Great Dividing Range and the Mojave Desert to get here, and it's fucking, honestly, the soldiers were right, walking in the Mojave, you expect a nuclear winter to come."

Mayor Dodge and the others circled around him, inviting him to the military headquarters to clean up for him.

"It's been a hard journey, Brigadier General Oliver."