After returning to Ross Town, Erica returned to her old profession, training.
But this time Erica is not limited to training the security team, her training is extended to all members of the reclamation team.
Erica took Pide and carefully gathered the members of the reclamation team and began training. After the training, the security team performed daily patrols, and the others went to work.
Egger told Erica about a personnel composition model called militia. Egger's description was very mysterious, what it means to be a citizen in peacetime and a soldier in wartime. He can come and go as soon as he is called. He understands the skills and has combat power.
, and so on.
Iger talked too much, and Erica knew from just a few words that Iger was talking about the National Guard.
The National Guard model is very suitable for the current Ross Town, and most of the members of the reclamation regiment have also adapted to the half-work, half-fight life.
Although the people in Bella's team have slightly higher combat literacy, they have not received complete and systematic training. They just throw a bunch of people on the battlefield, and the survivors will naturally be veterans.
This approach seems okay, but in real combat, people who have not experienced training and have grown up completely in the flames of war are just like the kind of soldiers from a third world country.
Elite soldiers must undergo complete and systematic training, learn various defense knowledge, and get rid of wrong cognitions and habits. Most military actions seem rigid and ridiculous to civilians, but they don't think about why they happen.
Such strict action requirements.
For new recruits, veterans are actually even more difficult to train. Once they form a wrong perception, they reinforce their mistakes in actual combat. Because survivor bias allows them to survive, they stubbornly believe in their own wrong perceptions.
Erica's style is very tough. She likes to let her subordinates use their bodies to feel, for example, why your action is wrong and under what circumstances it will kill you.
Erica's effect is very good, and everyone praised it, saying, "You really don't know anything if you don't learn it. You will be shocked when you learn it, but you will understand it once you learn it. It's so good."
It's Bella who will complain that too much medical supplies have been consumed recently.
Among those who received training, there were also some who were extremely outstanding, such as Bill. Bill's physical fitness was very good, and his nerve reflexes were extremely fast. He made all movements quickly and never lost in confrontation training.
But what really impressed Erica was Maria.
As the head of internal affairs, Maria does not need to participate in military operations, so she does not need to participate in security class training with others, but Maria insists on joining, and her progress can be seen every day.
It is lunch break time now, and in a bedroom of the Cathedral of Hope, there are two people who do not take advantage of their midday sleep to replenish their energy like others.
"Sister Alison, pray with me now.
I am willing to dedicate my body, mind, and spirit to the Lord and pray for His forgiveness and mercy..."
While Maria was praying with Alison, she was assembling a bunch of parts. When the AR15 in her hand was assembled, Maria pulled the bolt, took aim, and pulled the trigger.
After hearing a "click", Maria put down the gun and disassembled it into a pile of parts, then reassembled it.
This is a bedroom with only one small window. The furnishings in the bedroom are extremely simple. There is an old wooden cross hanging on the only clothes rack. A nun in black is clasping her hands together and kneeling devoutly facing the wooden cross.
pray.
Next to her, a long-haired woman was playing with a gun while leading prayers. The two people's prayers were mixed together with the sound of machinery, forming a unique rhythm.
"We are all guilty.
Amen."
…
In the conference room of the Morgan Building in Quick Creek Town, Egger is giving a report on this battle.
"Due to this sudden fire, the commercial district of Puduo City was almost completely burned down. Preliminary investigation revealed that all infected people in this area were also burned to death by the fire.
According to the joint field team's experience in dispersed operations during this period, the only areas where infected people gather in Puduo City are slums.
My operational suggestion is that for low-value areas such as slums, you can consider using napalm attacks."
Everyone's hearts were up and down while listening to Egger's battle report. When Egger said that hundreds of burning infected people rushed out of the Nancheng Building and ran all over the ground, everyone's hearts were lifted.
In this way, various coincidences overlapped and finally evolved into this.
On the bright side, although the business district is gone, the most important Nancheng Building in the business district has been preserved, and the underground shopping mall and warehouse of Nancheng Building are intact.
To take a step back, from a strategic perspective, the priority of the current mission is to eliminate infected people before collecting supplies.
After hearing Egger's battle report, Lily was sure that Egger was not kidding her. He really eliminated nearly 30,000 infected people this time, and the actual number of people eliminated should only be much more. But if it was to be broadcast on the radio
, how to tell it?
Lily lowered her head and thought about her broadcast. She didn't pay attention to the subsequent meeting, but vaguely heard that more napalm bombs were to be made.
Allen didn't expect that the napalm bomb he made would have such a big consequence in the end. He was half proud and half aching. Although the injury on his neck was not healed today, the blood plague infection had subsided, and Allen felt that he could
Started working.
There was no need for Allen to ask for a fight on his own, and Iger didn't want him to be idle in the first place. Iger needed Allen to make the napalm bombs he would use in the next operation.
The next third phase of actions mainly involves the reoccupation of Nancheng Building and the clearing of slums.
After the second operation, the current situation is very clear.
First, it is necessary to clean up the slums of Puduo City in one go, and then send out teams to annihilate the infected people who were deliberately led to wander outside Puduo City.
These operations require the Nancheng Building to be used as an outpost to provide manpower and material support. However, the Nancheng Building was badly burned by a fire, and now it needs to be cleaned and repaired first.
Apart from anything else, the door is gone, and we have to find a way to re-weld it or fix it. Iger doesn't understand this aspect, and no one in the joint field team understands it, so he needs to go back to Jixi Town to find out about this matter.
helper.
The second field operation ended, but because the field days were too short, Egger decided to continue leading the team for the third joint field operation.
Among the field operators, the people from the reclamation team brought by Egg continued to work, but the gospel team in Jixi Town needed to be replaced. First of all, they could not let Nicholas, who had already done two rounds, fight another round. Then the gospel team needed to
Replace the field team members and replace the security team members.
After resting for a day and carrying the necessary tools, the joint field team set off towards Puduo City.
It's only April, and the weather is already very hot. Fortunately, the air conditioner in the pickup truck is turned on very well, and combined with the beer cans, it gives people a refreshing feeling.
Since it was necessary to invite Vance to come out, Egger naturally spent a lot of money, including smiles, flattery, and beer. This time he brought enough beer, and even Joanna who was driving got a can.
After Vance scratched his head, he also threw a can to Iger.
It's bullshit that you can't drink under the age of 21. Vance was totally reluctant to refuse Egger beer before.
There were only Vance, Iger and Joanna in the pickup truck. It was a long way to Puduo City, so Vance decided to talk to Iger about something he didn't know.
"Iger." Vance was sitting in the passenger seat. He drank beer and asked without looking back: "Do you know what Locke used to do?"
Locke?
Father Locke? My own godfather?
Hasn't he been a priest all his life? Is there a story here?
Egg shook his head.
Vance asked Iger again: "Do you know how powerful the Evans family is?"
Egger also shook his head.
Vance continued to Iger: "The designated heir of the Evans family went to hide in a rural town for decades. The entire Evans family didn't even fart. Doesn't anyone find it strange?
?"
When Vance said this, Egg suddenly realized that things were not that simple. He remembered that the Evans family was secretly contacting his two brothers, indicating that they knew that their father was hiding here.
A family gangster, the person he hates the most is the coward who betrays the family. However, since he can live peacefully to such an old age, it shows that the Evans family has not done anything to their own family except for private and secret contacts.
Could it be that everything has something to do with Father Locke?
"Do you know what C1A is?" Vance said, "They are a group of people who do nothing but good things. Fortunately we are protected by great federal laws, so they are all operating abroad."
Why did this suddenly come up? Egger was a little confused.
"Locke was once the captain of an action team of C1A." Vance said this unexpectedly, and his words shocked both Egger and Joanna.
Vance's words brought back Egg's memories.
Father Locke's tall figure was extremely oppressive, and Iger once thought about how such a person could become a priest.
"Locke led a team to do illegal work in the country to the south of us for several years, all of which were not recognized by the country." Vance said to Egger: "In one operation, in order to kill a high-value
Target, C1A team planted bombs on the roadside.
As a result, when the target motorcade passed there, a campus bus full of students also happened to pass by.
Locke didn't hesitate at all. He gave the order to detonate at the perfect time.
Naturally, this work was commended by his superiors, but after the operation, Locke submitted his resignation.
He returned to China, erased his previous records, and came to this barren countryside incognito to work as a priest who even had to build a church himself, and he worked there for 40 years."
Hearing Vance's story, Iger and Joanna were shocked. Father Locke actually had such a past.
Now it all made sense, why his father had been able to live peacefully in the countryside for so many years.
After receiving Locke's protection, even a mafia family like the Evans family, which was so powerful that it could easily occupy half of the New Holy City, did not dare to send people over to clean up the door.
Iger also thought of Father Locke who from time to time took out many "inconvenient to take home" gadgets that he kept for his parishioners, but he never felt anything was wrong.
Then, Iger thought of an important detail that he had not paid attention to at all: three days after the outbreak of the blood epidemic, everyone realized that the end of the world had arrived. The Gospel Community, a micro-community that did not even have a black dot on the map,
Why was it that when the "severance package" was finally issued, I received an airdrop containing extremely precious healing serum?
I was really stupid, and I only know this now.
Infinite regret arose in Egger's heart.
"I tell you these things just because I want to tell you." Vance casually threw the empty beer bottle out of the car window. He looked at the scenery in the distance and said, "There are no purely good people in this world."
