Chapter 23 Diplomacy

This is a global disaster.

According to the intelligence sent back by the embassies abroad, countries have no way to fight back in the face of the sudden virus crisis.

No one survived in Bandung and Jakarta, Indonesia. Due to the obstruction of the Shuta Strait, the virus-infected mutants are sweeping towards the eastern part of the country. Residents of Yogyakarta, the central city of Yogyakarta have begun to evacuate. More than 50,000 armed forces have gathered in the west of Malang to try to block the mutant creatures that are coming in a wildly influential manner. However, the country's defense minister Sonoyo Dhakama privately revealed that he was very worried about the current situation of this defense line. In the face of dense virus-infected people, the conventional weapons that humans possess are really not very powerful.

Argentina is the source of the virus first, and the country suffered much more damage. All residents of the capital Buenos Aires were infected. The virus carried by the mutants had spread to the surrounding cities Rosario and del Baye, Tandil, and the situation in the important eastern city of Mar del Plata was lost control. Due to insufficient supplies, hungry residents began to attack banks and government locations. All stores in the city were robbed, and violent incidents and armed attacks were endless. Although the Argentine government urgently airlifted more than 20 tons of food and sent two land divisions to the city, the riots in the city were not stabilized. As refugees crossed the border in large numbers, neighboring Uruguay had formally protested and demanded that the United Nations conference send peacekeeping forces to assist the Agritorial government in stabilizing the current situation.

New Delhi and more than ten surrounding cities were occupied by infected people, and the death toll was conservatively estimated to exceed more than 30 million. The Indian Defense Force, which originally defended the Agra defense line, also retreated to the Zhanxi area. The western cities of Jaipur and Ajmer had no signal to seek help. In order to save the situation, the Indian army concentrated six combat divisions and launched a counterattack on the fallen areas. Although two small towns were recovered, the virus infected bodies could not be removed.

In contrast, although China is also infected with the virus, the situation is relatively stable. Under the strict control of the government, all media can only report the infected areas within the scope of permission, using words such as "epidemic" and other words. The Ministry of Information provides comprehensive supervision of the telecommunications and network departments, and personal information transmission content must be monitored. Stability is the priority for all regions and cities, and the staff of party and government organs in various regions and cities take stability as the most important thing and do their best to calm down the possible panic and riots that local citizens may have. The reserve personnel are fully included in the reorganization, and the police and militia have begun to issue firearms, and the punishment for various public security incidents and violent robberies is much more severe than that of normal times. Once it is investigated, the minority of criminal detention and the worst of being executed on the spot. For a time, the incidence of crimes in various places has dropped significantly.

"To use heavy punishments to deal with troubled times, domestic order must be maintained at all costs. Any signs that may cause chaos must be completely cut off. Cadres at all levels must strictly cultivate themselves and eliminate corruption and other phenomena. In this special period, they must never arouse disgust from the people. All non-essential constructive projects will be terminated immediately, and all kinds of materials will be sealed and counted on the spot. A newly established resource allocation team will send a special person to accept it. Comrades, this is the most critical time to test your loyalty to the Party and the country. The future of the country and the nation is truly in your hands."

The Prime Minister's speeches at remote meetings of provincial and municipal leaders across the country did not broadcast the entire process live on television and radio like previous conferences. However, all those participating in the meeting were shocked and anxious about its content.

Food, drugs, energy... all concentrated materials transported from various places were included in the planned projects. The temporary additional trains suddenly expanded the railway capacity several times. Major cities have launched emergency response plans, and the reserve of materials and the production of industrial and agricultural products have become the focus of all work.

Lu Yulin leaned on the chair drowsyly, rubbing his sore head with his slightly bent fingers. He was so tired that he seemed to close his eyes at any time, and was still trying to keep his energy looking at the few documents just sent on the table.

Order and stability can be accomplished through the forced intervention of the state machine. All goals achieved by relying on manpower are not a problem in the face of the strong administrative mechanism of the Republic. However, all of these can only be used as auxiliary services. The key to truly solving the virus also depends on vaccines.

“It’s not easy…”

The general sighed helplessly. Although all the pharmaceutical experts and biological authorities in the country were concentrated and urgent research was carried out at the Capital Academy of Sciences, the progress was extremely slow, and it could even be said to be without any progress.

Representatives of Pfizer, Squibb, Avante, and other pharmaceutical companies who were invited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs arrived in Beijing yesterday morning. They expressed great interest in China's proposal to jointly develop vaccines. They also proposed that because the R12 virus has a very special nature, not only must all research costs be fully borne by the Republican government, but more than 50% of the current domestic drug market share must be given. The unconcealed arrogance between words and words has shown that they are actually waiting for a price.

The United Nations General Assembly was also in chaos. Countries that had been infected had asked the UN General Assembly for support and help. European countries that were not affected by the virus also made excuses and refused for various reasons. International routes were completely interrupted, and the quarantine and biological defense departments set up heavy handouts at border gates. The earth seemed to have returned to the ancient feudal separatist era. All items that may have sources of infection were denied entry. Merchants and bankrupts who suffered heavy losses committed suicide every day. Compared with the Republic's news control, foreign media reports obviously intensified the public's panic.

Without vaccines, everything is empty talk.

Thinking of this, Lu Yulin felt a little uneasy for no reason. He closed the folder and pressed the bell on the table. A few seconds later, a tall adjutant with a major badge on his shoulders pushed the door and walked into the room.

"How many people are evacuated and fleeing from Chengdu? How is the reception work in Chongqing going on?"

"According to the latest report of the surveillance unit, there is no sign of escape to Chongqing. They even took the initiative to close the roads and railways leading to Zigong, Nanchong, Chongqing and nearby major cities. The outpost troops are currently building supply stations along the lines of Markang and Aba. According to the requirements of the highest commander of the evacuation force, the relevant supply stations will be set up along the way of Dari and Mado, and finally enter Golmud or Ulan."

"What?"

Hearing this, Lu Yulin suddenly opened his half-closed eyes, quickly opened the computer screen on his desk, and on the quickly re-released map of the country's provinces and regions, he used a dazzling red light pen to connect the series of place names reported by the adjutant, forming a thick curved line.

"Xinjiang? Their final destination is Xinjiang?"

The general shook his head in disbelief, murmured in his slightly opened mouth, looking at the red track of emotions on the screen for a long time, his slightly flickering eyes full of emotion that cannot be expressed in words.

According to the normal thinking of human beings, the best place to escape disaster is definitely the city closest to. The nature of group living and the biological instinct of interdependentness will make them subconsciously react like this.

The military headquarters did not force refugees to enter a designated city or area to gather. This will not only bring huge supply pressure to the local government, but it is unrealistic to implement it. People who escape from terror need to be stable and calm. In a sense, they also have considerable instability factors. If they enter the city, it will definitely bring a new round of panic. Instead of letting them become the root of chaos, it is better to directly lead the refugee group to remote areas with sparse populations and re-establish solid settlements.

The people who are in panic will not obey any orders from the government at all. People are selfish, and in the face of survival and death, they will choose the former without hesitation. Although doing so will bring death to more people...

The forceful intervention of the army will definitely cause great disgust among the people. In order to avoid unnecessary losses, the Military Commission did not strictly stipulate the retreat route to evacuate the people, but only required that cities along the way must meet their most basic living needs. At the same time, it mobilized transportation forces at the fastest speed to transport these people who lost their homes to a safer rear.

Xinjiang is one of the most remote and desolate areas on the Republic's territory. If millions of refugees can be directed there directly, the pressure will be greatly alleviated by the establishment and preparation of the reserve defense line. With this alone, the commanders and planners of the operation can receive a medal of noble honor.

"Who is the commander of the Chengdu War Zone? Is Xie Zhiping?" Lu Yulin spread his face and showed his first smile in a few days.

"Is a lieutenant named Lin Xiang."

The adjutant pulled out a telegram from the folder at hand: "Relevant information shows that he is the only survivor of the 75th Infantry Division. After being rescued, he was transferred to the 65th Mobile Unit. General Xie Zhiping recommended this person to serve as the highest commander of the Chengdu battlefield. The guidance of evacuating the people was also the result of his insistence on persistence."

"Tel the Chengdu Command Center that Lin Xiang's military rank was upgraded to major. Supply stations along the route must be constructed at a faster pace. Passing through various cities and regions, they must provide sufficient material assistance. They must be allowed to arrive at their destination safely-"
Chapter completed!