Chapter 6: Kill anyone who is not of our kind

  Upon hearing the report of the Bird of Paradise, Zhong Yi slapped his thigh in distress. How could he have forgotten this? The native people.

  Before the British landed in Australia and declared it a British territory in 1770, the indigenous people were the masters of this land. And for a long time afterwards, the British regarded this place as a barren land for exiled prisoners, and after the American War of Independence, it became the only place of exile for the British Empire.

  These British homegrown convicts arrived in Australia and transformed into colonial rulers, using their advanced weapons to brutally slaughter the indigenous people. Over a hundred years, the indigenous population declined by more than half. After the various colonies united to form the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, they still excluded Aboriginals from the census, viewing them as "animal groups", essentially treating them as less than human. In 1910, the Australian authorities began implementing the White Australia policy, forcibly taking mixed-blood children from their parents and concentrating them in foster homes and other institutions to receive a white education under inhumane conditions. These people are known as the "Stolen Generations".

  This policy wasn't abolished until the 1970s, and Zhong Yi thought to himself, "Ha! That means there should still be many Aboriginal reserves in Australia today?" And the tens of thousands of Aborigines who remain are gnashing their teeth in hatred towards white people. When a certain great power sends troops to bully smaller countries, don't they often wave the banner of human rights? And we, as righteous Chinese soldiers, certainly can't ignore the brutal and inhumane slaughter of other colored peoples by European whites. The best solution is naturally to use military force. Without sufficient military strength, all you can do is shout protests and condemnations - what's the point of protesting when we have a Red Alert base? For the sake of unity among nations around the world, for the salvation of Australia's Aborigines... Ha! Sorry, but I'm going to yellowize Australia!

  In an instant, Zhong Yi thought of a pretext for occupying Australia in the future, but the problem at hand still needed to be solved. However, there was nothing to worry about. A few Aboriginal people could only throw stones, and even if they had a few native guns, they would not pose much threat to the mining truck equipped with a 53-style heavy machine gun.

  Order Jiang Yunzhi to lead the guard squad to launch a counterattack in support of the mining vehicle. Sergeant asked for instructions on how to deal with it if the natives continued to attack, and Second Lieutenant comrade was anxious at that time, "Of course we will open fire. The whole base is just us few people, facing a group of people who are not considered human, can we afford to suffer a little more damage?"

  "The natives aren't an army, strictly speaking, they're just a bunch of civilians!" The order to fire made the sergeant feel that it was beneath the honor of a soldier.

  "Damn it, you're a blockhead. Are the lives of the natives worth more or are our soldiers' lives precious? Remember, as long as they're not Chinese, we can open fire at will if threatened. Kill anyone who's not one of us!" Colonel Zhong rarely spoke in such a refined tone.

  "Understood, if not of our kind then kill, if not Chinese then fire at will." Obedience is a soldier's first priority, the sergeant stands at attention with chest out and hand raised in salute before turning to run off and organize the troops.

  This was just a small episode, and the so-called reinforcements had already lost their meaning by the time the guards arrived at Ailsa's Rock. After receiving permission to open fire from the base through the vehicle-mounted communication device, the two soldiers on the minecart fired several bursts, and three natives fell into a pool of blood. The rest were scared and fled in all directions, holding their heads. The heavy machine gunner did not pursue them to the end, but instead raised his gun barrel and fired a few shots. The panicked natives didn't even dare to turn their heads as they scattered across the desert.

  In fact, the indigenous tribes living in the wilderness were terrified of the guns in the hands of outsiders. If it weren't for the mining vehicles that destroyed their sacred stone Uluru, they wouldn't have dared to attack the armed outsiders.

  The shooting of three Aboriginal people in 1934 Australia was like a feather falling on water, without causing any ripples, but for the Red Guards who later renamed themselves as the Vanguard Regiment, it had profound significance. The root of this lies in the half-joking words exchanged between Zhong Yi and Jiang Yunzhi, the first commander of the Vanguard Regiment: "Those who are not of our kind can be eliminated."

  Zhong Yi was joking, but for the Red Guards who were born with infinite loyalty to the highest commander, this is an iron law, which is almost cruelly executed by the Imperial Guard in Australia, World War II, and the Far East conflict.

  The German SS became notorious after World War II, while the Imperial Guard of South China was glorious in battle, the difference being that one was a loser and the other a winner. In fact, many scholars later believed that the blood on the bayonets of the SS was not even half as much as that on the butcher knives of the Imperial Guard. The Battle of Jakarta and the Battle of Tokyo, which earned the Imperial Guard countless medals, were behind the disappearance of more than two-thirds of the military and civilians in the two cities.

  However, the mastermind behind these tragedies, Commander Zhong, is now focusing on the holographic screen in front of him. The mining cart can transport a carload of iron ore every four hours, and the smelting factory only needs one hour to refine it, converting a carload of iron ore into 500 base funds. During this period when other mining carts cannot be built, the base's daily income is only 3000 funds. Zhong Yi slightly furrowed his brow, but for now, it's enough. Isn't there still a gold mine in the west? After the base's authority is upgraded, the benefits of mining gold will definitely be much higher than iron ore. In his impression, Western Australia should also have copper and nickel mines, so resources shouldn't be a problem.

  The barracks are also about to be built, and the defensive interface and personnel interface will soon be available. I don't know what surprises there will be. As the female anchor's voice sounded again, Zhong Yi pulled the perspective of the holographic screen to the newly built barracks. There was nothing special, just a two-story barrack building, unlike other buildings in the base, the exterior of the barrack was painted red and white, looking more beautiful than the base's black and gold color scheme.

  The construction of the military camp is complete, but it's disappointing that there's no permission to open up other buildings. The most anticipated tank factory didn't appear, and apart from the three already completed buildings, there are just rows of grey question marks below. Helplessly, I clicked to build another power plant again - time can't be wasted, and building more basic infrastructure isn't a bad thing in this situation.

  It turns out that the defensive interface and character interface are open as scheduled, and Lieutenant Comrade is a little excited to switch to the defensive interface. Two colorful icons appear: walls and machine gun bunkers. Zhong Yi is happy, this hasn't changed. The cost of building walls is quite cheap, 10 funds per meter, but after calculating it slightly, he was shocked - building a 10-kilometer-long square base would require 400,000 funds, not a lot, but for Zhong Yi now, it's an astronomical figure, and the base only earns 3,000 per day. Forget it, give up, wait until the gold mine is opened later to talk about it. He built several sections of walls on both sides of the valley, which had a good effect, and the three-meter-high and half-meter-wide walls were almost as good as the ancient Chinese city walls. Two machine gun bunkers worth 200 each were also set up at the exits on both sides, which was enough for now, and there weren't that many people to use them anyway.

  After finishing, switch to the personnel interface. The process of clicking with fingers made Commander Zhong's heart beat rapidly. This is crucial. According to Tian Tang Niao's introduction, most of the personnel recruited by Red Alert base are similar to normal humans in many aspects. It would be a disaster if the people who come out of the military camp are old devils or little ghosts. Although loyalty is not a problem, it's annoying to use them.

  He closed his eyes and muttered a few phrases of "Amitabha Buddha, God bless" and suddenly opened them again. The interface displayed two colorful icons: Military Dog and People's Liberation Army. The military dog didn't need to be mentioned; it was 201 yuan, the same price as a bunker, which was quite expensive. However, in this era, security basically relied on dogs. Getting a few and throwing them into those native tribes would suffice, without even needing to dispatch troops. It seemed that the military dog also had the function of identifying spies. Looking at the introduction, it indeed said: "As an auxiliary branch of the military, the military dog not only has keen senses but can also detect any hostility towards the commander within a certain range." Not bad, it could be a good defense against assassination, an unexpected delight. It was indeed an unexpected surprise because what truly made him happy were the five words "People's Liberation Army". Thank goodness, he finally didn't have to become a commander of some miscellaneous mercenary army. Moreover, in terms of quality, character, and willpower, the People's Liberation Army could be considered among the world's top-notch forces.

  Click on the icon to see detailed introduction:

  People's Liberation Army (Ground Force)

  Recruitment conditions: Chinese base camp

  Funds: 1000

  Recruitment time: 1 hour

  The People's Liberation Army (Ground Force) is a true soldier, a land tiger. There is an extremely small probability of appearing officers with command ability, and you can choose to enhance the ability: 1. Single-soldier combat capability 2. Artillery usage capability 3. Vehicle driving capability (not open).

  After carefully reading the introduction, Zhong Yi somewhat understood that due to the permission issues of base control, the military camp can only recruit the army for now, which is normal. The construction of the navy and air force has not been mentioned yet. However, the fact that the vehicle driving ability in the enhanced abilities has not been opened up is quite frustrating. I'm an armored lieutenant, after all! Cough! It's all because of being a junior officer, military rank, no rank means no permission. This vehicle driving ability must be for training armored soldiers, and without a tank factory, it's only natural that the armored soldiers are not available.

  Don't think it's useless yet, the base doesn't have production capacity, and even if there are artillery troops, there aren't any cannons. It's better to enhance individual combat capabilities. However, this price... Zhong Yi couldn't help but complain: This is too expensive! Mining for a day can summon three people, and with a one-hour cooldown time, even if you have the money, working hard for a day can only summon 24 people, which isn't enough for a platoon. It seems that the dream of quickly occupying Australia is difficult to achieve.

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