"This is not my deliberate indulgence on them, but a kind of protection."

Xie Kun slowed down his speech and could hear his pain from his hoarse voice: "I am not a qualified city manager. I understand now that everyone has different abilities. I used to think that those officials were useless, but now I know that managing a city is full of tricks... I can't take care of everyone, but women and children... I have to take care of them."

The atmosphere in the room was a little silent.

"I didn't know what I should do before. It was not until after I got married, and after many years, that I really realized that some things were not as perfect as I expected."

Xie Kun continued to break the silence with a hoarse voice: "I missed a lot of beautiful things, especially my wife. She was dead. I will never forgive those who killed her, but I can also protect many people like her. Even though they can't do anything, I still have to protect them. In this city, this is my responsibility."

Tian Guangyao stood up from the chair, walked to Xie Kun, whose eyes were filled with tears, patted him on the shoulder vigorously, and comforted him: "Don't do this."

"We cannot always fight regret, we cannot always make up for the past."

Huang He also sighed and persuaded: "We have all lost friends and family. Almost everyone in this world has the same experience as us. In fact, we are still lucky. At least we are still alive, and better than most people."

He Chao paused chopsticks in the bowl containing dipping sauce and couldn't help saying, "The boss has not had any news. What should we do now?"

Xie Kun had already controlled his emotions. He sniffed hard and said lightly: "Wait and see! He is very safe, but I don't know why he hasn't appeared."

Tian Guangyao nodded: "Maybe Liu Tianming was delayed by something. I have the same feeling."

He then turned his eyes to Xie Kun, pulled a chair from the side and sat down, and asked seriously: "What are your plans now? Just guard this city like this?"

Xie Kun thought carefully for a long time, nodded, and said seriously: "This is the best choice at present."

Tian Guangyao felt a little incredible: "You must be crazy. You said yourself that there are at least 400,000 people in this city now. Do you plan to keep them like this?"

Xie Kun didn't think there was anything wrong with this group: "The integration work of the farm has been completed and the output is stable. We are not short of food."

"You still don't understand what I mean. This is not a question of whether there is food shortage."

Tian Guangyao seemed a little anxious: "What is the use of these people to you? Can they help you solve the problem? Or will they stand in front of you when danger comes?"

Xie Kun shook his head: "I haven't thought about these things."

After a pause, he continued, "I just want more people to live and not let them become food for evil corpses."

Tian Guangyao was stunned.

He stopped talking, took out cigarettes from his pockets of clothes, distributed them to the people present in sequence, and then lit the cigarettes in his hand with a lighter.

After a long time, he said lightly: "You can't protect them forever."

Xie Kun did not follow Tian Guangyao's words: "I plan to turn this city into a fortress."

This sentence made everyone in the room stop and focus their attention on him.

"What did you say? Fortress?" Huang He felt that he might have heard it wrong.

"We don't have heavy weapons, but there are a lot of guns and the supply of bullets is not a problem."

Xie Kun obviously had a plan for this plan: "I have carefully considered that as long as I control the most core area in the city and use buildings to build fire points, a solid defense circle can be formed. The defense effect of cross-fire is very good. As long as the armed personnel have received simple military training, there is no problem with dealing with external attacks."

Among all the people here, Tian Guangyao has the highest military literacy. He was originally a professional officer, and he was the kind of person who struggled from the bottom and relied on his ability and military achievements. Xie Kun's idea seemed to be fine in his opinion. It could even be said that Gao Ming and a group of guys who were not considered professional soldiers. If he wanted to take on the responsibility of guarding the entire city, he undoubtedly took an invisible burden on himself. But if Xie Kun really did this and built the entire city into a fortress, then the overall protection ability could be multiplied, and he could even turn it into a solid fortress that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

“Your idea is very good.”

Tian Guangyao did not pour cold water on Xie Kun directly: "But there are a few questions that you have considered? There are many prerequisites for urban fortification, the most important of which is that material and logistics support must be stable. In addition, you also need one or two long-range fire support groups, namely artillery."

Xie Kun was stunned, and then a helpless and bitter smile appeared on his face.

"You know I don't have heavy firepower on my hands."

He sighed and said, "Don't say it's artillery, we even lack heavy machine guns. Even if we get artillery, we can't produce shells. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have thought of turning the city into a fortress."

Tian Guangyao smiled meaningfully: "You don't have it, I have it."

Xie Kun obviously expected that he would say this: "I know that the Northwest Base has a fully equipped military factory and produces sufficient raw materials. But it is too far away and it is impossible to transport in large quantities. Moreover, with your existing helicopter model, it may be difficult to transport heavy artillery."

"The transportation is not a problem. Speaking of which, it was a coincidence. When the New Beijing sent people to clear the base last time, several heavy transport aircraft were left behind. If the artillery was disassembled and transported in parts, the number of transports would be higher each time. As for the shells... I can even transport you a complete production line. At that time, you can build as much as you want."

Tian Guangyao looked straight into Xie Kun's eyes: "I wonder, if you master enough weapons, how would you use them? Or should you firmly guard the city like now?"

Xie Kun thought silently for nearly half a minute and raised his head: "Do you have any good suggestions?"

"Simple defense has no meaning. Just like the old saying goes, "Even the strongest defense will be broken one day." Even if you turn the entire city into a fortress, everyone here will obey orders and obey arrangements, but can you keep this situation forever?"

"During this period, we observed several towns near the Northwest Base and found that the ferocious corpses had a very high degree of evolution. They are rebuilding the world, of course, according to their own logic. Many humans defected to them and were organized into military corpses. Regardless of the number of people and firepower, ferocious corpses will be superior to you. The difference may not be very big in a short period of time, but this situation cannot be like this forever. It won't take long to be the target of the ferocious corpses, and war will come."

"You have to build an army!"

Tian Guangyao touched his newly shaved head and said seriously: "I have an idea that we should connect the Northwest Base with Xi'an."

Xie Kun's thinking was very flexible and immediately understood Tian Guangyao's intention: "Are you responsible for the supply of weapons?"

Tian Guangyao nodded: "I can bring some production equipment here, and I can also accept some people from your side at the northwest base."

He Chao immediately understood and became very excited: "Yes! We can complement each other and exchange it with you with the advantages of the personnel here."

Tian Guangyao looked at him with a smile: "It's not exchange, it's cooperation. We are friends and partners."

Xie Kun took a deep breath, his voice was not as heavy as before: "As long as there are weapons, there is no problem with personnel."

“We seem to have found common ground for cooperation.”

Tian Guangyao was very excited: "We can work together to consolidate the city. In fact, it is also helping Liu Tianming expand its influence. There are many things we can do."

The Yellow River inserted his words: "We must do this. Because in addition to the evil corpses, we must also deal with stronger enemies."

Tian Guangyao stopped talking.

Xie Kun is also very sensitive to this issue.

They all understand that the Yellow River refers to the new Beijing side.

The hatred between each other cannot be resolved and must be washed away with blood.

...

Qi Yuanchang lay on the roof of the armored truck and incorporated the tiny figure on the remote warning tower into the center of the black cross of the scope.

Pulling the trigger, the sniper rifle emitted a powerful vibration. The dull gunshot suddenly rang out, and the human body that was shot fell from the tower and fell straight to the ground with blood blooming all over the sky.

The shot was very accurate and the target's head was blown on the spot.

Without Qi Yuanchang's order, the four armored trucks that were already ready immediately started the engine, and their speed soared to eighty kilometers per hour in just a few seconds. The heavy rubber tires rolled up large pieces of mud on the ground, and the fierce murderous intent was sprinkled in the cold wind, and everyone's face was ferocious and frenzy.

The four trucks were equipped with heavy machine guns, and the fierce firepower suppressed the checkpoints in front of them. People kept running out of the room, and they were in a panic to pick up weapons to fight back. Qi Yuanchang's accurate long-range sniper played a role at this time. He never wasted bullets, he shot one by one, and killed six people who emerged from the window and the tower in just half a minute.

As long as the opponent does not have heavy firepower suppression, ordinary caliber individual weapons cannot pose a threat to armored trucks.

At this time, the doors are open.

The truck roared in like lightning, knocking several guys who had no time to dodge on the spot. Before they could stop completely, the armored baffles that could move on the left, right, and back three sides of the car were pushed away, and the fully armed people jumped down, shouting and shooting at their chosen targets.
Chapter completed!