Chapter 739 Prelude to the Riot
Private armed armies like Henry's are now very common in the refuge continent of North Africa.
It is very easy for Europeans to make weapons. With a little gathering of people with weapons, a company of several hundred people was immediately established. The slogans at the beginning were surprisingly unanimous.
Maintain law and order and protect yourself!
But as time goes by, some of the dark sides of human nature begin to slowly emerge, especially in this situation of poverty, dependence on others, ethnic opposition, and previous recreational activities are strictly restricted.
The restlessness and madness that preceded a mental breakdown soon set in...
Because of the dirty bomb incident, the headquarters of the Global Council was temporarily set up in the "Outpost Fortress", while most of the bases on Earth were branches of the Council.
The branch responsible for refuge areas in North Africa is located at Cape Parnas Base in Egypt, which was formerly the SPOC naval base.
Later, due to military changes, Star Fleet became a newly emerged service, the old navy gradually declined, and the base gradually fell into disuse.
The Cape de Parnas base is not small, covering an area of 386 hectares. It used to have 25,000 troops stationed there. It is a first-level base among the five North African countries and is responsible for coordinating and supporting bases of various sizes within thousands of kilometers around it.
The energy facilities, logistics facilities, various communications, and office areas here are quite complete, so the council made a decision directly after inspecting it.
After slightly replacing the wearing parts according to the model of the original base, and changing the brand, the branch will be officially established.
The commander in charge of the Cape Parnas base is American General Christian Bale. He was originally responsible for the ground combat forces of the SPOC. Now that the SPOC is under the jurisdiction of the Defense Directorate, he was naturally re-appointed.
"These people are simply crazy!" After speaking, Admiral Bell threw the display panel in his hand onto the table.
The display panel stretched out along the conference table for more than a meter before stopping. It was still on, and the quality was much better than the previous tablet computer.
“North Africa is an underdeveloped area and lacks supplies. Once a crisis occurs, it almost 100% relies on external support.
Our European countries have previously focused all their energy on spoc, and their domestic armed forces are already weak.
Such a toss-up is really careless about the beginning and not the end..."
"The 30th parallel north latitude evacuation base is divided into twelve regions. Why haven't I heard that there have been so many troubles in West Asia, Central Asia, and China?
Are all the difficulties concentrated here in North Africa?"
Bell's words made everyone at the scene fall into deep thought. This question hit their souls directly. If they admitted it, the arrogance of Europeans who have claimed to be the birthplace of civilization for centuries would be slammed to the ground at this moment.
This result is not what they want.
"General Tom Hardy, you are specifically responsible for the work of the armed transport team, and I want to hear your opinion.
If we continue to let it go, there will be big trouble in the North African base, and there are still hundreds of thousands of people hungry outside!"
"Commander, all the armed forces I can send out here are sent out, and they all attack the transport team at the end.
The security force there is already limited, and I can’t deploy a division to protect ten or eight transport vehicles, right?”
"What about you? Chief of Staff Reid."
Henry didn't want to listen to General Tom anymore. He now regretted recommending this guy to take charge of this matter. In his opinion, the officers in the spoc system were the elite.
The people in other branches of the military are all office workers and come to provide for their retirement.
"Commander, I'm wondering whether I should report it to the Defense Council. What General Tom said is actually objective to a certain extent. The current situation is that relying on the power of our North African base is a bit difficult to do alone.
The investigators below me have learned that there are too many people involved in this matter, many of them are nationals of our European countries, and the total number of civilian armed forces is several million.
They have already formed a numerical advantage, we can't use heavy firepower, right?"
"yes..."
"..."
An emergency meeting was held overnight. In the empty room, more than a dozen lights illuminated the place like daylight. Commander Henry looked at more than a dozen pairs of eyes looking at him.
He hesitated a little. This matter was getting more and more troublesome as it dragged on. If the number of hungry people continued to expand, riots would happen sooner or later.
The immigrants and the indigenous people already dislike each other, and if they continue to confront each other, there may be a "hot war".
"You can report it, but there must be a charter or ideas for requesting instructions, right? I can't just shove this messy report to the chairman of the board of directors.
And then you said you were trying to figure it out? This seems like we are too incompetent!
The center of gravity of the Defense Council is on the outer reaches of the solar system, and our place here is not even the edge."
After Henry finished speaking, everyone lowered their heads. They understood the meaning of the commander's words and began to consider countermeasures.
Ten minutes passed, and there seemed to be only sighs in the entire conference room.
"Commander, if we report the entire incident truthfully, can we ask them to support the air transportation force or escort force on the grounds that the ground personnel transportation terminal is too dangerous?"
Chief of Staff Reid broke the silence.
"Transportation force or escort force? Terminal transportation requires thousands of teams to operate, and transportation force may not be feasible.
As far as I know, their transport ships are very large in size, and they are fine for online transportation, but they are a bit overqualified for terminal transportation.
However, air escort force may be feasible.”
Commander Henry rubbed his chin and began to consider the details of the proposal.
Half an hour later, Commander Henry stood up and decided...
At the "Outpost" base, Chu Ge, Kane, Commander Wang and others were sitting together. They were discussing the interstellar confrontation exercise in a month.
"According to the data sent back by the peripheral advance team, the base camp recommended the exercise location to be Wolf 359, where the density of celestial bodies is low.
It is 7.8 light years away from the solar system and has only two planetary satellites around it. From the data point of view, it meets our filtering conditions.
Even if planet-destroying weapons are used, the impact of the instantaneously enhanced beta and gamma rays from planets or 359 stars on the solar system is within the normal range."
After Commander Wang finished speaking, he handed the information in his hand to Chu Ge. The latter took it and was about to take a closer look when a general at the end of the conference table suddenly stood up.
"Report, the Council has just received an emergency request for help from Earth."
"Asking for help? Connect to the display system." Commander Wang ordered.
"yes!"
Soon, a holographic display screen appeared in front of everyone, and rescue information began to be played simultaneously. In addition to text statements, there were also several videos played inside.
Judging from the angle, it should have been taken by an aerial reconnaissance aircraft or drone at high altitude.
Chapter completed!