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City in Danger Chapter 40 Bats Attack

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    Liang Jin and Chu Zhongtian rushed to the scene as quickly as possible. As expected, Fang Jianguo and Chen Rongyuan, who had been avoiding them since the afternoon, were there.  ¡°Don¡¯t mess with them first, wait until the matter is settled.¡± Chu Zhongtian grabbed Liang Jin.  The matter is actually very simple. There are more than 200,000 Jianghai citizens stranded outside the high-wall construction site. They have no food or drinking water. They abandoned their hiding places and came here, hoping to enter the inner city, which they think is extremely safe.  But Fang Jianguo strictly ordered the armed police not to let anyone without approval into the inner city.  He has a reason for doing this.  First of all, this is part of the implementation of Plan No. 1. It was an order issued by the previous emergency headquarters and promulgated to the whole city.  Only soldiers who fought bloody battles on the front line or professionals involved in the construction of the high wall and their families can enter the inner city. This is also one of the basic means of motivating them.  If anyone can enter the inner city without making any effort, this means that the privileges originally promised to these people become meaningless, and may even affect the implementation of subsequent plans.  Second, there are nearly 20 million people in Jianghai City including the floating population. Although it is roughly estimated that more than 30% of the population has been lost in just a few days, there are still more than 10 million residents scattered throughout the city. Once  Let these people in, and those who are still watching will flock in, until the inner city is turned into a large garbage dump with no order at all.  At that time, just settling them down would be a huge problem, not to mention the construction of high walls at the same time.  Third, in plan No. 1, if a certain line of defense is lost, these residents scattered throughout the city will become abandoned, used to attract and slow down the invasion speed of monsters, and buy time to build a new line of defense.  They have used the construction of high walls as an excuse to draw all the needed talents closer to the inner city, so these remaining people have become dispensable and useless.  If they are still alive after the wall is built, they will become part of the human resources and be incorporated into the city, but until then, their only role is to act as bait.  Of course, this cannot be made public, so in any official document, they are listed as militia and are an important part of the city's defense system.  Finally, the emergency reserves of Jianghai Inner City are limited. With fewer people to share the supplies, it may be able to sustain it for a longer period of time.  This may be cruel, but it is also a very real problem.  After such considerations, Fang Jianguo finally issued such an order.  But people are not machines after all, and they will not just be at the mercy of those in power. After discovering that there were no barricades to control the streets, and the superior departments no longer rescued and controlled them, many people left the streets and the shelters designated by the police stations.  Carrying their only possessions, they headed towards the inner city with their families and their families, accumulating more and more.  As food and water quickly depleted, they became increasingly desperate and irritable.  As the sky darkened again, their anger finally broke out after a group of soldiers who had withdrawn from the front line entered the inner city.  The direct cause of the incident cannot be traced. Perhaps an excited demonstrator discharged his firearm, which immediately triggered a violent repression by overly nervous armed police soldiers. However, the result of the incident was real. More than a hundred demonstrators  died, and five times that number were injured.  But more importantly, the people in the inner city and the outer city began to have an irreparable hostility, and the people in the outer city also had weapons.  ¡°We must open the passage immediately to allow residents stranded outside the high wall to enter the inner city.¡± Liang Jin expressed his position at a later meeting.  Because of the collective flight and disappearance of senior officials, officials at her level are also qualified to attend the meeting.  "That's impossible." Fang Jianguo flatly rejected her suggestion.  "This is one of the important measures in the implementation of Plan No. 1. Only by treating it differently can we ensure that the soldiers on the front line and those building the wall devote all their strength and enthusiasm. This is a plan approved by the central government and no one has the right to change it.  "Then we should at least distribute some food and water to give them hope of survival." Liang Jin took a step back.  "Many of them have guns. You don't want to see the construction workers and defenders of the high wall being shot to death often, right?" Fang Jianguo hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.  "Old Li, please take care of this matter. I will send a detachment to assist you. We must pay attention to order, control the total amount of distribution, and report to me every day." He said to an official from the former city government.  , the latter nodded.  Once the tone is set, the remaining problems will be easier to deal with.  A field medical team was dispatched to find a suitable place outside the wall to treat the injured. The remains of the victims were immediately cremated, and the area around the high wall was strengthened.We have established an armed police force and assigned dedicated personnel to manage and guide refugees.  "Many things can be said in one sentence, but done in a thousand ways. By the time the solution is finally released, it is already two hours later.  As soon as Fang Jianguo walked out of the conference room, he heard Liang Jin's voice calling from behind: "Commander Fang, excuse me." Although the word "deputy" was just removed, Fang Jianguo felt better unconsciously.  .  "Lieutenant Colonel Liang, you have also seen that I am really busy." He replied, but Liang Jin squeezed in beside him before the adjutant came up.  "It only takes ten minutes, Commander Fang. I can explain it to you on the road and it won't take up too much of your time." Liang Jin tried her best to smile.  This was the first suggestion Chu Zhongtian made to her after being persuaded by her.  "You must make full use of your advantage as a beauty." Liang Jin cursed in her heart, but saw Fang Jianguo finally nodded.  "This is the last time, Lieutenant Colonel Liang," he said.  ¡°You can just call me Xiaoliang, it¡¯s more cordial.¡± Liang Jin continued to say with a smile.  She followed Fang Jianguo into the car, and followed the method that Chu Zhongtian finalized with her, focusing on her research and inferences on the way monsters behave during the day, the impact of mutated bats on the construction of high walls, and the possible negative consequences after the arrival of the rainy season.  Influence.  These things are related to the work she is responsible for, will not make people think that she has exceeded her authority, and will be more convincing.  In the words of Chu Zhongtian, for people like Fang Jianguo, you cannot tell him where you went wrong and how to correct it; rather, you must tell him what new situation there is now, what is the difference from the original situation, and what will happen to it?  Although the responsibility for the consequences does not lie with you, what remedial measures you can take to ultimately get a better result.  Sure enough, the same thing was much better when explained in another way. At least Fang Jianguo listened to something.  "The monster can move normally during the day without any impact? Is this your latest research result?" He asked unconsciously in a loud voice.  "Yes, Commander Fang, this is the intelligence that the peripheral personnel just received today. We haven't had time to report it to the entire army yet," Liang Jin replied.  "What I'm more worried about is that the arrival of the rainy season will cause great disturbance to our soldiers, but it will make it easier for the monsters to move. If the moisture in the air can allow the monsters to get enough replenishment, they may even move during the day as well as at night.  The construction of high walls will also be affected during the rainy season. I boldly predicted that under these conditions, it will be almost impossible to complete the project in 20 days. I hope you can consider option No. 2 again. This is the only option we can have now.  It's too late." Fang Jianguo's expression was uncertain. He looked at the information in his hand repeatedly, and finally said: "Don't report this news yet, wait until I have a meeting to say anything else." "Thank you, Commander Fang.  Long." Liang Jin laughed heartily.  "Xiao Liang, your information is very important." Fang Jianguo said perfunctorily while thinking quickly.  The sky was completely dark, and the guard suddenly screamed: "What is that?!" There was a "squeak" sound in the air. Liang Jin leaned down and looked out through the car window. In the dark blue sky  , Group after group of black objects are hovering in the sky.  "Mutated bat!" Her heart suddenly tightened.  ¡°We have to stop the work on the high wall, it¡¯s too dangerous!¡± She couldn¡¯t help but grab Fang Jianguo¡¯s hand and said.  Flames began to light up on the high wall and some surrounding tall buildings, and the bullets drew bright yellow strips of light in the air.  Several flares were fired high into the sky, and under their illumination, everyone could see the scene in the sky.  The mutated bats are coming as densely as dark clouds. They are constantly changing their flight trajectories in the air, creating strange shapes in the sky.  The machine gunners did not need to aim, and the bullets were fired directly at the place where the bats were most densely populated, and they saw the bats that were shot falling continuously like rain.  But there were too many of them and their movements were too fast. The nearest anti-aircraft machine gun position was extinguished in an instant. Under the afterglow of the flares, you could see thousands of mutated bats swooping on them in an instant, leaving only one in the night sky.  Hear their shrill cries and the dying screams of those warriors.  "Commander Fang!" Liang Jin couldn't help but pinch Fang Jianguo's arm harder, but he seemed to be stunned and did not respond for a long time.  Another flare was shot high into the sky, and more and more bats began to swoop down. The all-devouring momentum was frightening.  There was chaos on the high walls, and desperate cries could be heard everywhere.  "Chief!" Guardsman?The voice sounded again.  A small group of bats swooped in their direction.  "Turn off the lights!" Liang Jin suddenly woke up.  "Turn off the lights!" she shouted.  It was too late. They watched helplessly as the car in front of them was hit by four or five bats. The car paused and then rolled sideways.  Several bats rushed directly towards them. The driver tried hard to swerve, but one of the bats hit the windshield, breaking its neck and inserting its claws into the driver's head.  The car slammed into the side of the road and rolled on the ground before coming to a stop. The hood popped up and the water in the radiator sprayed everywhere.  "Commander Fang?" Liang Jin woke up quickly. She hit the back of the seat hard, and the wound was affected again. The pain made her eyes black.  "I, I'm fine." Fang Jianguo replied in shock. His mind was in a mess. In his military career, he had not encountered such a life-or-death situation for a long time.  Liang Jin pushed open the slightly deformed door with difficulty. The driver died on the spot, and the guard sitting in the passenger seat fainted.  "Chief?" Gunshots came from behind. It was the guards in other cars who were firing at the flying bats. Several people ran over with their waists down.  "Bring Xiao Song out." Fang Jianguo finally regained his composure, at least on the surface, and said to his subordinates who ran over.  "Don't get entangled with these beasts, turn off the lights and keep walking. Adjutant Zhang, go and pass on my order. The construction of the high wall will be suspended tonight. The heads of various departments will go to the headquarters for a meeting immediately!"
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