Chapter 2.34 Peaceful settlement, convincing people with reason
When Zeng Lin got off the station, he looked curiously at this city without walls and fully open to the public.
This city is not super big, but you can see a large number of equally open towns along the train. This is a city without defenses and a city that does not need defenses.
After getting off the station, Zeng Lin discovered the armored fighting vehicle nearby. On the other side of the train track, there was also an armored train with a turret welded on. The steel armament displayed in this city inadvertently made Zeng Lin understand that in the
There should be no provocation here.
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"If you fall behind, you will be beaten. If you have steel in your hand, you will meet reasonable people."
Zeng Lin showed no ill intentions, and Wei Keng also received him warmly. Wei Keng reported to the organization: Ji'an City is currently bringing these mechanical war beasts, which shows that they still have sincerity in communication.
In 140, on the giant ship of Yuanhua, most of the fluorescent lamps on the ship were broken. Now the new arc lamps are a little dazzling.
Huang Yuhua, a man with a hot temper, asked Wei Keng: "Do you have a way to get him to sell those mechanical and biological combinations?"
Wei Keng patiently explained: "It's someone's favorite thing, how could it be sold? Unilateralism is unacceptable."
Sun Xiangyang asked with some confusion: "Then what do you mean..."
Wei Keng: "We can process the parts for his mecha beast and we can help them."
Lao Li asked, "Why do you want to help them?!" His tone was a little irritable at this time.
Wei Keng: "The gang has conditions. We help him maintain biological combat machinery, and he should also cooperate with us in reforming the old human settlements."
"Can't we beat him down?" Someone in the corner of the venue said angrily.
Wei Keng took a deep breath: "It can be defeated, and after it is defeated, the external cleanup may be more thorough. But! What about us internally?
Comrades, we want to transform the world, not bandits who come to seize territory. Our principle is to do everything we can to solve problems peacefully, but the bottom line is never to give up force! And if we tend to use force when solving problems,
Our original intentions began to be revised step by step."
Huang Yuhua: "I think you are delaying the problem, Comrade Wei Keng."
Wei Keng took a breath and said: "I respect your opinion, so let's make a list of which issues we think cannot be postponed, and I will discuss them with him! Indeed, the problem cannot be postponed. If it cannot be solved within the time limit, then we will discuss it.
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After the meeting, the crew member found the relevant Wei Keng from his department for further detailed discussions.
Captain Sun Xiangyang also had a confidential conversation with Wei Keng: "Comrade Wei Keng, it's hard for you. The young people below are too motivated."
Wei Keng looked at the national map hanging on the captain's cabin: "It's nothing, it's just work. It's appropriate to accept the opinions of comrades."
Sun Xiangyang: "Actually, everyone knows that you are the most staunch proletarian. It's not that they doubt you, it's just that everyone wants to fight for the day and night."
Wei Keng paused, shook his head and said: "No one is the most determined, and external things can easily change a person. If you want to maintain your attitude towards society, you cannot be separated from the masses. It is right to remain suspicious of me, even if
I often doubt whether my intentions are unknowingly mixed with selfishness (standing in the position of interfering in this place in the main world, Wei Keng does doubt himself)
I've just seen more situations. Nowadays, some comrades have put a lot of effort into their work, so they want a fast pace. But what about some comrades? Due to work reasons, they stick to their posts for a long time and have no understanding of the overall situation.
It’s not clear yet. We need to coordinate the understanding of all parties.”
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Pandora June 6, 141.
Wei Keng and others met with Zeng Lin. At Wei Keng's request, Zeng Lin watched his ability to modify the mechanical war beast. Wei Keng spent one night constructing the relevant mechanical sketches.
For Zeng Lin's mechanical war beast, Wei Keng proposed some new plug-ins. Such plug-ins contain high-sugar and high-fat energy blocks, which are installed on both ribs. They also add generators to make the structure of the mechanical devices on the muscles pop-up simpler.
, as for the rocket launcher device and bullets, they are also ready for him.
After completing these modifications, Zeng Lin found it very interesting, so he took the residential train and quickly arrived at the Western Line, which is the area east of Zhanjiang.
Regarding Zhanjiang, Mr. Wei Keng has always been thinking about this place. Before the Great Depression, this was a large industrial zone with a steel output of over 100 million tons. The special steel in it was quite good. But the biological community here was very cunning.
Every time Wei Keng approaches, the total node creature in the community immediately crosses the Qiongzhou Strait and goes directly to Hainan Island. It will not come back until Master Wei's combat troops leave. Unless Master Wei Keng separates a team of 1,000 people.
Stationed in Zhanjiang for a long time. And this is impossible.
Of course, there is another main reason for staying here, which is to leave a whetstone for the team of new speakers in the Zhujing District after the spiritual language is popularized.
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Zeng Lin quickly discovered the large creatures here after entering the jungle.
The forty-meter-long super giant python came out from behind the waterfall with a lot of moss and barnacles. The three mechanical wolves belonging to Zeng Lin were loaded with metal bullet chains and quickly suppressed the fire. In a very short time,
The entire head will be blown up within. This creature can only grow countless tiny tentacles on its head to replace the destroyed head for perception.
But the black metal wolf painted in the rear was aimed at the tentacle wound on the head. This black metal wolf did not have heavy firepower, but the electric cold weapon it was equipped with was no less destructive than bullets in close combat.
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After the three electric drills drilled into the wound, the spiral blade popped out, and the inside of it was immediately shredded to pieces. The amount of bleeding was comparable to that of pipe mud. Since the diesel consumed by the gasoline engine is not much less than the energy emitted by the combustion of bullets and gunpowder, the lethality is also that of modern industry.
Class.
Regarding the design of this drill bit, Wei Keng strongly recommended it and Zeng Lin added it, as it is the nemesis of large animals.
After the drill bit shattered the giant snake's body seven or eight meters, the giant snake lost most of its vitality. The rest was just stuffed with bombs and exploded. The killing caused the smell of blood in the air, which stimulated the jungle.
The beast in.
October 4th.
After firing the bullets and diesel, Zeng Lin and Wei Keng's team packed up fifty tons of steel and immediately evacuated the area.
5:00 to 7:00 pm on the 6th.
During the evacuation, the only threats encountered were attacks from three waves of flying scorpions and bat swarms. The mechanical war beasts carrying oil tanks on the periphery sprayed in a scattering pattern, forming a raging swarm within twenty seconds.
The wall of fire blocked the pursuit of these creatures.
At 8:33 p.m.,
While sleeping in the open air, they were attacked by flying winged creatures that swooped down from the sky. However, the kangaroo-like war beasts responsible for warning fought back. After the flying monsters fell, these mechanical kangaroos immediately sprayed smoke bombs, catching the flying winged creatures off guard.
He fell down in the smoke and did not wait for his fractures to be repaired. The mechanical war beast responsible for guarding had a spike directly penetrate the head of the four-winged flying beast.
On the 8th, all personnel and materials took the train back to their place of residence. Wei Keng and Zeng Lin began to distribute the harvest from this adventure.
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At the railway station, Wei Keng said: "30-70, I'll divide 30-70 and you will get 70-70." In the distribution of interests that does not involve principles, there is always not much contradiction.
Zeng Lin looked at Wei Keng in front of him, and then at the Wei Keng who were replacing weapons for the mechanical war beasts. He took a deep breath and said, "What are the conditions?"
Wei Keng looked at Zeng Lin: "I hope you can abide by the law."
Zeng Lin stared at Wei Keng and suddenly smiled. He said slowly: "No one has obeyed the law in this era for a long time."
Wei Keng: "I have many individuals, and when I deal with you, there are often only a few. But I want to treat each of them as equals with you."
Zeng Lin: "What about you?" He was obviously talking about the lower-class people who were originally part of the city-state. The question gradually became serious.
Wei Keng pressed his nose and asked: "So, besides you?" Wei Keng around him raised his head and looked in the direction of Ji'an City. Zeng Lin also had people he was attached to, such as his father and cousin. Wei Keng changed the subject
Become more serious.
After a while, it seemed that I couldn’t bear the price behind the silence.
Zeng Lin nodded and said: "I can accept most of what you said, but in Ji'an City, in a private fortress, I want to have absolute power."
Wei Keng shook his head: "You are free to identify the intruder and shoot after three warnings are ineffective. You can expel anyone, but you still cannot arbitrarily deprive others of their lives or detain others. There is nothing here"
The wind can enter and the rain can enter, but the king cannot." Wei Keng pointed to the sky: "The universe is bright and clear, and no one can cover the sky with just one hand."
Zeng Lin continued to remain silent.
Wei Keng once again pursued: "As long as it is reasonable, I will not break the wall against you in the future."
When he said the last sentence, Wei Keng's body seemed to make the mechanical war beast who was following Zeng Lin's orders feel threatened, and he bared his teeth at Wei Keng.
The guards glared at these beasts, and then added: "Large combat beasts must have full safety measures on public roads."
Zeng Lin: "You have too many conditions, let me think about it."
Wei Keng didn't care at this time, and showed his cards Xinxinran: "Since I said it today, we can't delay it for too long. I am now representing the 250,000 people in the entire New Pearl River. To tell you the truth, the war has already begun on our side.
The upper management’s plan has been successful. And when I say these words today, I just want to set an example for you to resolve the issue peacefully (to leave a door open).”
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In November, Wei Keng took Zeng Lin to visit the steel plant and the chemical plant. Of course, there was no mechanical beast to accompany him at this time.
When the red metal flows up from the groove reserved in the slag, flows into the forging tank to be shaped, and then is mechanically lifted and forged into standard metal objects, becoming part of the railway, construction steel pipe, and shipbuilding systems.
At that time, Zeng Lin completely gave up his last obsession.
This kind of productivity was the production of human cities before the Great Destruction, which was recorded in his family's books. If you want to confront such a force head-on, you will end up hitting an egg against a stone, and overestimating your own capabilities.
In the end, Zeng Lin represented Ji'an City and Sun Xiangyang, the representative of the southern conquest forces, signed the regulations on the table. The two parties reached a memorandum, and the upper levels of Ji'an City gave up their privileges, while the Pearl River region also respected its old economic accumulation.
Regarding the confiscation of homes and the redistribution of land, the Yuanhua crew did not pursue the matter forcefully. Because in the process of trade, these old forces have completely lost their capital. The existing industries were all second- and third-tier counties in the civilized era. Now with the population
With massive migration, areas like these in Ji'an City will soon become empty nests.
Since then, a case of peaceful settlement has appeared in the city-states of Guangdong. This case can be used as a reference to be extended to other old city-states. Of course, there will be no situation where the Pearl River area will continue to passively bargain. This case will be sent to the upper levels of other city-states to order them to
Give a reply within a time limit.
And this does not need to be reminded by passionate members like Huang Yuhua. Wei Keng is already mobilizing the war machine.
Wei Keng’s understanding of history: The replacement of old forces by new forces, even if the conditions are negotiated well and most of them acquiesce, still requires a few self-sustaining and powerful nail households. Only by killing them can it be completed
Change, and if it is frustrated, other old forces will not give in.
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When Zeng Lin returned home with the negotiation documents, he received a cold response from Zeng Longmu. He angrily cursed his son for having no fighting spirit.
And Zeng Lin was also sure that his father was old. He had been in the cement fortress of Ji'an City all year round, thinking that the defense was still impenetrable, and had no idea that the times outside had changed.
Zeng Longmu's stubbornness will not affect the final attitude of the upper echelons of Ji'an City.
On November 12, the unified army began to attack Shaoguang City, a city-state in the north that resisted the restoration.
Shaoguang City seems to feel that it is in the far north, separated from the Pearl River area by a large urban area, especially Ji'an City, so it is impossible for the unified army to stay close to it.
However, they were wrong. The entire Pearl River logistics system has made great progress in the past few years. Packaged food, ammunition, and various steel pipes for residential camps have all been planned and packed in standard shipping boxes.
Okay, and establish multiple transfer stations along the way for transshipment. The entire freight may seem complicated at first glance, but it is all clear on the form. Mathematical overall planning allows the transportation capacity to be output with maximum effect.
Wei Keng's logistical preparations were almost superfluous and wasteful, which made even the leaders of the Desperate Plane feel surprised: "Why does this guy look more and more like an American style?" If he hadn't seen Wei Keng giving birth.
The family is still living in hardship and simplicity, which makes us very suspicious of Wei Keng’s character.
Arriving near Shaoguang City on the 12th, with four Ares tanks as the forerunner and Wei Keng's self-made armored vehicles, they attacked all the checkpoints.
The tracked tank from the plane of death encountered the earth wall obstacles on the road and was crushed without any resistance. The entire Shaoguang City became an isolated city in one day.
6:23 pm on the 12th.
At this moment, the city leader of Shaoguang City still has not given up. He has set up machine guns and artillery on the city wall, and mechanical war beasts are also patrolling the wall, trying to rely on the solid city wall to hold on. He also rants that he will kill the monster Wei Keng.
Rivers of blood flowed beneath the impregnable city walls.
This act of resisting reunification by force is ridiculous. The military generation gap between the two sides has opened up a huge gap, and the reunification army has completely ignored the people here.
The five-ton mortar with a caliber of 300 mm was directly deployed to a highland of 200 meters above sea level on the front line. After completing the fixation of the artillery throughout the morning of the 13th, the winch of the diesel engine was started to load the 200-kilogram warhead.
In the rising muzzle.
In accordance with the regulations, everyone hid in the anti-shock wave area on standby, and the artillery leader pulled the wire to ignite the fire.
With the roar of fire, the commanding troops closed their ears with their hands from a distance, their heads still shaking from the shock. The people in Shaoguang City heard the scream of the falling warheads.
The "thrown" warhead landed on the city wall, followed by an unbearable sound and light effect on the city wall. The fifteen-meter-high watchtower disappeared instantly. A large number of bricks flew, leaving the surviving humans within a few hundred meters covered with dust and
blood.
Immediately after the first shot, a mop dipped in water was used to cool down the barrel of the gun. Five minutes later, the loading of the second shell began, this time to blow up the city gate. This magnificent metal gate later turned into broken steel fragments.
Then according to the gun operation regulations, the third warhead can be fired. Then it is cooled down and waits for the hot air in the barrel to open three times.
After the three rounds of shells were fired, it was obvious that a huge gap appeared in the castle, and some of the mechanical war beasts that had not had time to escape also followed the shock wave and turned into wreckage mixed in the bricks and tiles.
During this cooling time, Wei Keng mobilized his tank troops to prevent the enemy from raiding the artillery position, and at the same time figured out which important targets he would hit with the twenty-four remaining artillery shells.
However, Shaoguang City surrendered at this time, and a group of people took advantage of the artillery interval to run out holding white flags.
In fact, Wei Keng's first shot destroyed their morale. It would have been fine if the unified army had persuaded them to surrender.
However, Wei Keng couldn't believe that one shot could convince people with reason. He felt that the opponent was so ruthless and wouldn't be so pusy. Maybe he should have been beaten for two more rounds. I mean.
As a result, the last two shells did not give Shaoguang City a chance to organize a surrender, and they did not even have time to find the sheets for the white flag.