Corrupted Nation

At this time, East Base seemed to understand one thing. Its own regular army's individual combat capabilities were not as good as Xiaoba's assault group. It could even be said that the opponent's perception of the battlefield exceeded our own with modern equipment.

All this naturally stems from the gap between professional soldiers and two-year soldiers. The latter is the main component of the regular army, while the former are veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles and have rich combat experience. Although Xiaoba's assault regiment only has more than a hundred people, it has more than forty non-commissioned officers, more than half of whom have served for more than eight years. As rebels, East Base was already the object of their hatred, believing that they had tarnished their honor as an army.

The battle lasted until early morning. It was not until fighter jets and helicopters intervened that the commando regiment was forced to disperse and retreat to various buildings in the south city, allowing the soldiers trapped in the building to leave. The East Base abandoned the Third Hospital Base and spent two days evacuating the refugee camp and the Third Hospital Base to the thermal power plant base.

There is only a bridge with a length of 300 meters between the thermal power plant base and the Survivor Alliance.

The Houtian Base Radio established at the SWAT training base first broadcast the incident. In the broadcast, they described the battle that night in more detail and expressed great surprise at the courage shown by the Survivor Alliance. In order to allow the Survivor Alliance to better fight against the East Base rebels, they have contacted the Allied Fleet and will transport a batch of defense supplies to the Survivor Alliance, including surface-to-air individual missiles and surface-to-surface anti-tank missiles.

After this broadcast, many refugees scattered in the eastern and southern suburbs walked to Nancheng, and the population of survivors in Nancheng further increased. Although they experienced a brutal battle, the strength of the Survivor Alliance has not diminished but increased.

Why did the Railway Bridge Base participate in the feint attack on the Third Hospital? This was the first time Xiaoba contacted the Railway Bridge Base after receiving the secret report in the evening, hoping that they could contain the Third Hospital Base. After discussing with Maya, Shana agreed to this request and repeated her old trick of landing in a rubber boat and cooperating with the helicopter to attack.

The broadcast from the East Base believed that the federal fleet sent helicopters to attack its own side during the negotiations between the two parties, destroying the basic agreement. The response from the federal fleet was a few days late. They guessed that the helicopter that attacked the third hospital was the one lost at their naval base, and they discussed whether to take the blame. Eventually they replied: No.

The Survivor Alliance's counterattack was not over yet. On the second day of the night battle, the Survivor Alliance began to store water. By the evening of the next day, the Survivor Alliance cut off the water supply, not only cutting off the water supply to Nancheng, but also cutting off the water supply to the thermal power plant base.

The goal was clear: not give the east base the soil to build a base in the south. Although Houtian River is fresh water, no one knows whether there are zombie viruses in the water. If the number of base personnel and refugees is controlled within a hundred, they will certainly not pose a threat to the East Base. However, the number of refugees is close to a thousand, and there are more than 200 soldiers. Once the water is cut off, the quality of life will drop significantly.

There are only two small landing ships in the East Base with a draft of less than two meters, and only they can sail freely in the Houtian River. Relying on them to transport water, even if they can meet basic survival needs, requires a large amount of fuel, and is unfavorable. Large-scale potato planting work.

The east base's intelligence work is lagging behind and unable to behead Xiao Ba. They are faced with two choices. One option is to defeat the enemy and send a large army into Nancheng. One option is to negotiate. Can't we occupy the waterworks? Yes, but the Yangshan Water Plant is built in an area surrounded by mountains. It would be a bad idea to try to compete with the Alliance Assault Group here.

On D115, the Veterans Base took the lead and contacted Xiaoba and the commander of the East Base. The two parties agreed to hold a negotiation on the current situation in Nancheng. The veteran base also invited the Railway Bridge Base, because the bald head believed that although the Railway Bridge Base was outside the war zone, it was also a survivor base with more than ten people in the southwest.

This proposal was made by Xiao Ba. He did not want the east base to target the west after suffering a setback in the south. The west did not have such a strong resistance.

Before Shana went to the negotiation location, she believed that the negotiation was completely meaningless. After receiving material support from the acquired base, especially individual anti-tank weapons and surface-to-air missiles, Xiaoba's only goal was to drive back the people from the east base. The East Base lost troops in the south and southwest, killed dozens of people, and consumed a lot of supplies. They would definitely not be willing to leave like this.

Lin Wu accompanied Shana to the Veterans Base as a bodyguard. His role today was like a vase, used to support Shana's face. So he carried an old Aka rifle on his back and a 5.56 bullet belt to accompany him on the trip. He had only one purpose: to let the East Base know that the Railway Bridge Base was composed of civilians and should not be feared. If the other party doesn't think so, then don't think so. You can't beat him anyway, so do you love him.

Shitou is worried that the veteran base is not strong enough to mediate this negotiation. If the east base does not practice martial ethics and takes the opportunity to behead Xiaoba, then Nancheng will be leaderless. If the east base is heavily pressed with troops, it will take a while to basically take care of Nancheng's affairs.

Surprisingly, Xiaoba did a good job in his work. On the morning of the negotiation, more than 20 survivor bases, including Starlight Base, issued statements of support for the Survivor Alliance. Even the coalition fleet stationed near the inland sea of ​​the Western Peninsula warned the Eastern Base not to attack civilians again.

What everyone didn't know was that along with the lively gunshots and unbridled explosions of humans, countless Midtown zombies were pouring into South City. There are still 65% of the land in the north of Nancheng in the hands of zombies. The reason why Xiaoba can firmly occupy 35% of the south city and free up the protruding regiment to attack the east base is because of the natural barrier.

Nancheng New District was originally a small county town, separated from the old city by four mountains. Under the expansion of the city, some of the four mountains were transformed into parks and some were flattened by bombings. The main transportation hub connecting the old and new Nancheng is the 1.2-kilometer-long Nancheng Tunnel. Without this tunnel, Nancheng New Town would have to go around dozens of kilometers to the east or west.

In addition to the Nancheng Tunnel, there is also a highway that is a viaduct built over the park. Xiaoba has destroyed the viaduct, blocked the tunnel with trucks, and set up a sentry post at the entrance of the tunnel. The officers on duty at the outpost often hear the roars and destruction coming from the zombies in the tunnel, but they don't care.

Above the tunnel is the Nancheng Botanical Garden. This is a mountain, not high, with cliffs on two sides, and the scenery is amazing. Therefore, Nancheng Mountain was preserved and developed into a botanical garden, which can be regarded as a touch of green in the city. Visitors can go to the Botanical Garden from the steps of the New and Old South City. Now the steps up the mountain from the Old City have been blown up by Xiaoba organization personnel.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, if zombies want to go to New South City, they must take detours from the east and west directions. The alliance has eliminated most of the zombies within its own sphere of influence on the east and west sides. Considering the terrain and other factors, the east and west sides will not pose much of a threat to New South City.

During the fierce urban battles in the past few days, soldiers from the East Base who broke into the South City were trapped in a building not far from the tunnel. The members of the commando regiment hid in the Nancheng Botanical Garden on the tunnel and launched an attack on the soldiers of the East Base. Heavy artillery fire from the thermal power plant bombarded the Botanic Gardens and the vicinity of the tunnel.

Due to the stalemate in the war, Xiaoba did not have the strength and manpower to inspect the defense facilities. After all, he had already deployed defenses at the Yangshan Water Plant, and he had to be ready to fight the East Base at all times. During the negotiation between several parties, scattered zombies have appeared on the streets of New South City. But because the area near the tunnel was an earlier fighting area, all personnel had evacuated the area, and no one noticed that more and more zombies were entering the area.

The zombies are not waiting, but have lost their target. Without a strong sound, they can only wander here. Only the occasional lost zombies will enter the human world.

Xinnancheng is like a golden ingot. The big arc at the bottom is the Houtian River, and the center of the golden ingot is where the tunnel is. The location of the negotiation is at the lower left of Jin Yuanbao, near the new veteran base of Houtian River.

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Negotiation time starts at one o'clock in the afternoon. There is an advantage to starting negotiations at this time, that is, there is no need to worry about food. After all, the landlord's family does not have any food left. As expected by all parties, Xiaoba did not attend the negotiations in person and sent a plenipotentiary representative named Xiaosuke, a woman under thirty years old.

Perhaps in a hurry to go back to eat, after the tea was poured, the East Base representative began to clarify his own requirements and emphasized the interests of the Survivor Alliance.

The East Base put forward two major conditions. The first condition is to own the land south of the river basin of the thermal power plant, which is about one square kilometer of arable land. Details include ownership of the Yangshan Water Plant pipeline line, which passes through the land they want. The second condition is that the three industrial parks they previously occupied belong to them, so the Second South Bridge connecting the southwest bank belongs to them. In contrast, only cultivated land north of the river was abandoned.

Xiaosuke explained his point of view and agreed to the request for land south of the east base along the river, but no armed forces were allowed to be stationed. Military ships are not allowed to sail on the Houtian River without permission from the alliance. This land is managed by the Survivor Alliance and abides by Survivor Alliance laws. All harvests belong to the East Base.

It is equivalent to East Base owning the tax rights of this land.

Next comes the wrangling stage. The East Base shows that it needs to cultivate land and needs agricultural products to maintain base operations. The land along the river basin in Nancheng is the most fertile land in Houtian City. East Base wants this land for its own right to survival. The total population of the Survivor Alliance is less than 1,500 people. After owning the cultivated land north of the river in Nancheng, there is no need to consider the problem of hunger at all.

In summary, there are three negotiation points between the two parties. The first is the management rights of the land south of the river. After back and forth on this issue, it was temporarily established that the East Base can dispatch up to 20 armed personnel for management, and the surface ships are only used for transportation.

The second negotiation point is the Yangshan Pipeline, which includes the Yangshan Reservoir and water plant. This includes charges that may arise in the future. In principle, both parties agree that the Yangshan Pipeline and other areas belong to the alliance, but they must not maliciously stop water supply and may not charge fees for ten years. The specific details still have to be drawn up.

The third negotiating point is the three industrial parks. Xiaosuke doesn't understand East Base's pursuit of an industrial park. The most basic truth: without energy, the factory cannot operate. An observer at the Veterans Base that has occupied the industrial park for the longest time revealed the mechanism: there are a large number of manual machine tools and lathes in the three industrial parks.

These machine tools routinely use electricity, but they can also be driven manually. The most common ones are, of course, handmade machine tools for wood products. The expert explained that after some modifications, manual machine tools will have the ability to manufacture bullets in batches. Of course, this premise is to have enough metal and coal.

I don’t know if this expert is here to cause trouble, but after some explanations, the negotiation reached a deadlock. At Xiaosuke's request, both parties agreed to adjourn the meeting for two hours, and Xiaosuke got on his bicycle to meet Xiaoba for an interview. The East Base also contacted the headquarters to explain the current progress of negotiations.

Lin Wu said to the bald head: "It seems that you have to take care of the food."

A survivor alliance representative said: "How about roasted sweet potatoes? We just harvested a batch of sweet potatoes a few days ago."

Lin Wu pointed: "This is good, this is good."

Shana said: "Hey, you are the attendant of the attending representative, please don't talk casually."

The bald man didn't mind their chat and called the expert outside the tent: "Xiao Bian, if my information is correct, you have a very good relationship with the East Base. This time, you strongly requested to participate in the meeting and publicly leaked the East Base information at the meeting. , do you have any intention?"

Zhuanjia smiled and replied calmly: "I'm just telling the truth."

The bald head said: "The veteran base will hold a commander recommendation tomorrow, and I am still the commander. I order you to tell me the reason."

The Zhuan family looked around and saw that there were many veterans nearby who noticed the situation and asked confidently: "What if I don't accept your order?"

The bald man drew his pistol and pointed it at the Brick family: "The so-called order is a request that cannot be refused. In extraordinary times, those who disobey orders will be punished on the spot."

"you dare?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the bald man pulled the trigger without hesitation. Everyone heard the sound and came out of the tent, only to see the bricklayer lying in a pool of blood. The bald head glanced at everyone: "This is an internal matter of the veterans. Please don't interfere. Throw this traitor into the river to feed the fish."

"Yes." No one questioned, and the two veterans immediately came up, took off the Zhuan family's clothes and equipment, lifted the body and walked towards the river.

The officer in charge of the East Base did not comment, but said to the bald head: "Regarding the sudden information leakage, the headquarters asked us to suspend negotiations. The new negotiation event is scheduled for tomorrow morning. We will wait for your response on the landing ship."

Baldhead and Assistant Assistant had no objection to this. After the two sides shook hands, the four representatives of the East Base left the negotiation location under the escort of veterans. Seeing this, observer Shana was embarrassed to eat, so she took Lin Wu with her. The two returned to the railway track, started the handcart and went home for dinner.