Chapter Twenty Choice

  To forge iron, one must be strong oneself; a thousand words and ten thousand phrases all boil down to one sentence: strength is the ultimate principle.

  This was already the third bottle of red wine that Zhong Yi had drunk tonight, and Tian Tang Niao's repeated advice to go rest on the third floor had no effect.

  "Hey, bird, it's a pity you're just an intelligent system. If it were really a female anchor advising me to go to sleep, that would be more like it... Bird, listen to me, for example, in this chaotic world, people are worthless like dogs. Did you see the massacre of those cavalrymen today? I'm telling you, not long from now, in two years or so, those little devils will slaughter us Chinese just like they did today. The Nanjing Massacre, killing for a whole week... do you know? Three million, exactly three million parents and relatives were slaughtered by those little devils like pigs... damn those little devils' grandma's cunt..." Zhong Yi was indeed drunk, perhaps stimulated by the bloody scenes of today, the machine guns crazily sweeping and slaughtering. Not everyone can face it lightly, even if you're not on the scene."

  "Officer, you're drunk, why don't you get some rest?"

  "Dogs... fart, I'm not drunk! Bird, do you know why I'm in such a hurry to occupy Australia? I'll tell you, our China is the center of the world, what's Japan? A group of slaves for us Chinese, that's all. Treacherous slaves cheating their masters, I'm telling you, bird, no way! With me, Zhong Yi, around, no way! Hmph... hmph..." Zhong Yi seemed to be venting his anger and making up his mind at the same time, until his voice grew softer and softer - he fell asleep in front of the control panel.

  The second floor fell silent, the heavenly bird no longer disturbed the commander, who was conscientiously performing her duties. The troops were expanding, and the military camp was constantly recruiting soldiers. The color of the military camp icon turned gray and started counting down, after which it changed back to color and then turned gray again... Twelve armed mining trucks were automatically digging up red Ares rocks in an unmanned state and transporting them back to the smelting plant. Zhong Yi was tired, but the base was still running smoothly.

  The deputy building was brightly lit, Jiang Yunzhi was interrogating Hebal and several other cavalry officers all night; Huo Lu was waiting for his comrades who came out of the barracks every hour on the small square, while Qian Zhihao slept with other armored soldiers next to tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. The base had hundreds more prisoners, although they were very cooperative, but every Red Alert soldier did not dare to be careless, after all, there were too few Red Alert soldiers in the base.

  This night was ordinary, quietly passing like every other ordinary night; this night was extraordinary, it changed the course of the world in its quiet passage.

  ……

  Woke up in the morning, feeling particularly uncomfortable, especially my neck, couldn't turn it around, must have slept on it wrong! With his neck still crooked, Zhong Yi met with Lord Hebal again, the two of them chatted for a long time, nobody knew what they were talking about, but when their conversation ended and they walked out of the main building, many people saw the two of them walking shoulder to shoulder, chatting happily.

  Much later, a slip of the tongue by the Bird of Paradise revealed the outcome of this conversation: either with my support, the Smargon family would become the richest and most powerful white family in Australia; or you could arrange for a soldier to deliver your death certificate.

  Of course, Zhong Yi's explanation was that the Heaven Bird is just an intelligent system after all, and there was a misunderstanding. His original words were: The world's nations are united, Australia should be a multicultural country. He and Jiezi reached several cooperation agreements between the Great China Base and the Smargon family in a friendly and sincere atmosphere.

  Count Herbault, then Minister of Finance of the Empire of Nanhua, expressed his agreement.

  Five military camps were completed one after another, the time for recruiting characters was shortened to a quarter of the normal CD, and it took only 15 minutes to recruit a Liberation Army or engineer. The expansion of the army finally accelerated a lot. Twelve mining trucks dug recklessly, causing Aier Rock to lose weight at a visible rate.

  Zhong Yi and other officers above lieutenant rank held a meeting to determine their next goal. After the annihilation of the cavalry regiment, Jiang Yunzhi had been promoted to senior lieutenant and appointed as the deputy commander of the newly formed armored battalion. The battalion commander was Major Lin, who had been recruited from the military academy and possessed special command abilities, although he wasn't as promising as Jiang Yunzhi. The other meritorious personnel were also promoted in sequence, with Huo Lu and two other armored platoon leaders being promoted to lieutenant. Only Qian Zhihao remained at his original rank, with Zhong Yi citing the reason that a company commander having a junior lieutenant rank was already quite good, so why would they need a lieutenant to be a company commander? (Qian Zhihao shed tears.)

  Comrades unanimously agreed to the proposal put forward by Zhong Yi at the meeting, and the base cannot be settled here. Ailsa Craig will eventually be dug out, and in order to obtain more resources, the troops must take the initiative to attack and occupy areas with richer resources. After consulting with Lord Hebal, who was specially invited to attend the meeting, the meeting formed the following resolution:

  1. Spare no effort in accelerating the equipping of armored regiment tanks and other auxiliary vehicles.

  2. Strengthen the construction of logistics troops.

  Three, The first target of occupation is Kargaly city.

  It was supposed to be a meeting, but in reality it was just Zhong Yi speaking while others took notes. However, Sir Hebral, who had just announced his joining of the base before the meeting, gave a very detailed introduction to the situation in Kalgoorlie. Kalgoorlie, also known as Kalgoorlie-Boulder, is famous for its gold mines and was once home to 200,000 people during the gold rush at the end of last century. Zhong Yi slightly curled his lip at this, "200,000 people? That's a joke in China." But jokes aside, this was Australia, and Sir Hebral was not wrong.

  After the gold rush, all the gold mines in the area were divided up by various powers and many people left. Today's Kalgoorlie has a population of over 10,000, but because it has just experienced a racial riot, the Australian Army's 17th Brigade is still stationed there. Zhong Yi was already aware of these circumstances when he raided the Super Pit mine, but Hebal said that he and the commander of the 17th Brigade, Hans, were old acquaintances from Sandhurst Royal Military Academy and had a very good private relationship. Hans came from a poor family and Hebal had helped him out many times. This sudden news made Zhong Yi's left eyelid twitch violently as he narrowed his eyes.

  Zhong Yi suddenly sat up straight, showing great interest in the news. Hebal smiled wryly, "Hans is a true soldier, he won't be swayed by our personal relationship, and... Hans' family only has a small farm, he... doesn't have any family ties."

  Zhong Yi's mouth twitched into a smile that wasn't quite a smile, "Sir Hebal, as a military man, it's not proper to use personal relationships to influence each other on the battlefield...it's ungentlemanly behavior. But I think when Colonel Hans' 17th Regiment is in a desperate situation, you can lend him a hand again."

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