Chapter 1,382: Soldiers for Relief

?After the Holy Shield restarted, the entire sky above Wanghai City was covered with a faint orange. The sunlight shines through the graviton barrier to the earth, and is infinitely stretched in the slowly swimming radioactive dust. From a distance, it looks like an eternal holy light, with a rather sacred flavor.

From Jiading in the north to Songjiang in the south, the entire Wanghai City is shrouded in the Holy Shield and isolated from the entire wasteland. In the past, there were occasional aliens or predators wandering into this area to fight with the NAC patrols, but since the Holy Shield was deployed, all those with evil intentions have to face this unbreakable shield and feel helpless.

In the four directions of southeast, northwest, and north, NAC has only left about 120 entrances and exits of various sizes with countermeasures. Each entrance and exit is equipped with sentries, and they are all heavily guarded by the First Division led by Cheng Weiguo.

Wanghai City, protected by the Holy Shield, has become the safest place in Pan Asia. With the continued influx of immigrants from all over, the population of NAC continues to grow. In order to meet the living space required by citizens, the east wall of Block 6 has been demolished, and it is said that expansion towards the city center is being considered.

Immigration brings not only labor but also poverty and crime.

In order to absorb this excess labor force and solve the problems caused by immigration, NAC used a rather simple and crude method——

That is military expansion!

In a method that is very consistent with the style of the military government, all foreign survivors who want to obtain NAC household registration must either pay a settlement fee of 1,000 credits or serve in the NAC army for at least three years.

As soon as this policy came out, more than 50,000 survivors were mobilized to join the army in just one month. Some of the recruits were organized into recruit camps to receive military training, while others were incorporated into the logistics system and sent to NAC's factories in Jiaxing or Shenxiang to engage in production activities.

Militarism will lead to economic decline, and this law does not apply to the wasteland.

The meager resources are simply unable to support large-scale industry, and highly automated science and technology have reduced the factory's manpower requirements to an extremely low level. The number of jobs that Block 6 can provide to the survivors is quite limited.

What's more, the economy of the wasteland itself is based on the word "violence". Whether they are scavengers, hunters, or mercenaries escorting caravans, everyone must have a gun on their back. The only thing that can never be sold in the wasteland is not canned meat or instant noodles, but those orange-yellow bullets.

Rather than resorting to militancy, Jiang Chen preferred to call this military expansion the "wasteland version" of working-for-relief.

To put it bluntly, instead of letting these idle vagrants cause trouble everywhere, it is better to bring them under centralized management and pay them wages. Even if it means keeping them in the military camp, it is better than letting them go back to their old ways of killing people and setting fires.

Of course, Jiang Chen didn't really let these people sit idle.

Among these new recruits, many were lone travelers with good marksmanship. Without two brushes in their hands, it was impossible to walk through the dangerous wasteland to the distant Wanghai City. Jiang Chen simply organized them into ten hunting groups and sent them to the inland area west of Hongcheng to hunt for the fur and crystals of alien species.

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On the fifth day after the celebration, the escort warship returned from North America and docked at the port on the outskirts of Wanghai City.

In order to rush back to participate in the celebration, the warship was sailing at full speed for almost a whole week. When the anchor chain fell,

The sailors on the ship couldn't wait to jump onto the port. When they learned that the celebration was over, everyone looked quite disappointed.

Fortunately, everyone received beer, pork and credits distributed by the military government, which was considered compensation for their hard work of risking their lives at sea.

After receiving their salaries and benefits, most of the sailors on the ship went to the Sixth District, preparing to take advantage of this not-so-long vacation to relax. As for the captain of this warship, he was summoned to the Marshal's Mansion at the Fish Bone Base.

Jiang Chen had a lot to ask about the situation in the North American colonies.

"...We sent the cargo ship to the west coast of North America, and then started to return. Based on past experience, as long as it passes through the waters near Alaska, there will be basically no danger in the subsequent voyage. Even if there is, most of them will be by boat. For predators in small boats, the heavy machine gun on a freighter is more than enough to deal with a few predators.”

"After entering the waters near North America, we encountered 'electromagnetic turbulence'. Communication over thirty nautical miles was basically blinded. However, electromagnetic turbulence also has its benefits. Those deep-sea alien species that are extremely sensitive to electromagnetic waves will encounter electromagnetic turbulence when it occurs. Most of them are lurking in the waters below 500 meters. Even if the driving sonar is turned off, our ship can sail unimpeded on the sea."

Standing opposite the desk, Captain Wang Haitao briefly reported the status of the voyage to Jiang Chen.

"Okay, I already understand the specific situation." After glancing at Han Junhua who was standing next to him, Jiang Chen looked at Wang Haitao who was standing at attention, smiled and asked, "The last question has nothing to do with this voyage. You After running on the sea for so many years, have you ever encountered any interesting alien species?"

"Interesting? It depends on what you call interesting." After a slight pause, the captain replied with a smile, "Once we were sailing in the golden waterway west of the Cape of Wales and accidentally drove into a field of flashing lights. The sea area. We tried casting a net into the sea, and we caught a bunch of fluorescent clownfish with extremely high levels of radioactivity. Several of them are still in my captain's cabin. Another time we were near Vancouver and saw A giant shark as big as half a warship, with teeth as long as two people, bit off a giant whale twice the size of the Bohai. The blood it spurted dyed the entire sea area red. At that time, I'm extremely lucky that I turned on the sonar..."

"Okay, it's okay. From now on, you can enjoy your vacation." Jiang Chen stood up from the chair, walked around the desk, walked to him, smiled and stretched out his right hand, "But If I were you, I'd better take the time to rest these days, there will be a mission waiting for you soon."

Feeling flattered and holding the marshal's hand, Wang Haitao stood upright excitedly and spoke sonorously and forcefully.

"Promise to complete the mission!"

Patting him on the shoulder, Jiang Chen affirmed his work in an encouraging tone, and then signaled that he could leave.

After watching the captain disappear from the door, Jiang Chen returned to the chair and sat down. He looked at the voice recorder placed on the corner of the table and fell into deep thought.

"The North American colonies may be in trouble." Han Junhua was the first to break the silence in the office. After thinking for a moment, Han Junhua raised his head and said, "There are a total of 500 soldiers stationed in the colonies, including 450 K1 exoskeletons, and Fifty units of T-3 powered armor. If it’s a problem that these weapons can’t solve, then we should be in a lot of trouble.”

"You are a Pan-Asian cooperation officer," Jiang Chen looked at Han Junhua and asked, "Besides the electromagnetic turbulence phenomenon, what else... I mean are there any weapons or other things that can artificially block it? Long distance communication?”

"There are many means. All-channel jamming radar base stations, wide-area electromagnetic wave shielding devices... These two things are the main communication shielding means for Pan-Asian cooperation. They can easily turn a city or even a province into a 'black area' in the radio network. " Han Junhua replied.

Jiang Chen tapped his index finger on the table, thoughtfully.

"In other words, there is still the possibility of human intervention."

"I think so too." Han Junhua nodded.

"Send ground troops," Jiang Chen said after pondering for a moment. "When our armored troops land on the North American continent, all problems will be solved!"

"Before sending ground troops, we need to first understand what is happening in North America." Crossing his hands on his chest, Han Junhua cautiously suggested, "I suggest that those who entrust the Beluga Research Station, their underwater ships can Arrive in North America in the shortest time and send us first-hand information..."

After interrupting Han Junhua, Jiang Chen shook his head and said.

"No need to bother the people at the Beluga Research Station, we can send a reconnaissance team there ourselves."

"It's too slow. We will take a detour from the Bering Strait and wait until our reconnaissance force arrives in California. It will take more than a week at the earliest." Han Junhua objected.

"It won't take that long," Jiang Chen waved his hand, a confident smile appeared on his lips, and raised an index finger on his right hand. "Our scouts can arrive in North America from Wanghai City in an hour at the latest."

Han Junhua looked at Jiang Chen, with a rare hint of surprise in his pupils as calm as the lake.

After confirming that Jiang Chen was not joking, she immediately asked.

"What are you going to do?"

Jiang Chen smiled slightly.

"You'll know in two days."

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