Section 14: Civil Disorders ()

The whole of Chengdu has fallen into a very strange state of chaos.

Although the government has sent a large number of personnel to evacuate residents in various districts, counties and streets, there are still a large number of civilians stranded in their residences, watching the staff who came to persuade them with great sincerity.

The empty bus was parked downstairs of the residential building.

After a few hours, no one walked out of the house and got into the car.

They simply don't believe in the words of the persuasion.

What's scary about the spread of the virus?

At the beginning, hepatitis B was everywhere in Shanghai. In 2003, SARS was caused. Young people called it "sars". Then there was avian influenza, which was commonly known as chicken plague in the countryside. Then there was foot-and-mouth disease, mad cow disease, type A h1n1... Newspapers and TV are promoting how terrible these diseases are and how many deaths are. The majority of party members and cadres in various units and departments are also highly aware of the safety of the people. With solid style, excellent efficiency and special measures, they are all trying to block the virus and fully play a pioneering and exemplary role in the battles. The general public is also not afraid of danger, face it calmly, actively participate, fight together, defeating terrible diseases, and regaining stability and harmony in society...

To put it bluntly, there is nothing to be afraid of these things. Isn’t it just to prepare more medicine at home, boil some vinegar every day to smoke the house, and always pay attention to personal hygiene! There is no need to make a fuss, and you have to leave your home and run so far away to hide... As for? Besides, the security door is not strong, so what should you do if you have a thief?

In the minds of the people, as long as it is not an irresistible natural disaster such as floods or earthquakes, they will not abandon their homes and go far away. They cannot be said to be ignorant, or they cannot be said to be short-sighted. When one day you have to give up everything you already have and start your life again in a strange place, the pain and sorrow in your heart cannot be described in words.

"Go away quickly! If you don't leave, it will be too late-"

"Uncle, auntie, please get in the car!"

"This city will soon be infected. At that time, I really regret it-"

The staff of the street office were very dedicated. Unfortunately, the painstaking explanation and persuasion not only did not play the role it deserved, but instead caused inexplicable suspicion among the listeners.

"Have you heard that? The government has long been interested in this land. The mayor's son is the boss of a real estate company. As long as we try to cheat us away, they can enter the market and forcefully demolish it. At that time, it is not the government's final say for how much compensation you have to pay? Even if you don't give a penny, you have to accept your fate."

"Your news is not reliable at all. The bottom of our community is actually the tomb of King Wen of Zhou in ancient times. How can they dig if they don't get us away? Don't listen to the nonsense of the guys in the street office, what kind of virus is transmitted? It was obvious that the country allocated 100 million yuan of cultural relics excavation funds, and they secretly misappropriated half of them. Now that the money is not enough, I want to get us away. Anyway, I won't move it if I want to leave. It's okay to give enough money."

It was not only ordinary people who refused to leave, but even some wealthy and wealthy people with a net worth of billions joined this stubborn and stubborn team that refused to move.

Successful people have a very sensitive sense of money. They start hard at the bottom of society and eventually top the wealth list, and will never miss any opportunity to increase their wealth.

In their opinion, this chaos that occurred in Chengdu is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to make money.

In the name of avoiding disasters, residents of a certain area are forcibly transferred to new settlements, so as to legally and reasonably confiscate all the original land. This kind of thing is actually not a news in the Republic. The re-planned plot may be used for developers to live in, or for factories, or as a treasure for a relative and nephew of a big man... After a series of dazzling changes, local officials and developers who are the fastest to take the waist to pack.

No one knows what arrangements the government will make for Chengdu. The collective evacuation of residents in the city will definitely have nothing to do with the disaster. Those guys from the Earthquake Bureau only know how to pay money and do things. It is not the flood season, so there is no possibility of flooding and concrete flow. As for the virus...haha! Such excuses can only deceive illiterate people who are illiterate.

It is precisely based on this strange idea based on reality that the evacuation rate of residents in Chengdu reached only 50%. In some cases, lower-level officials even believed and half-doubted about the orders issued by the military region. Driven by the wait-and-see mentality, they also chose to refuse to leave. However, their actions made the civilians more and more determined to make the inner speculation. This move, which is free from order and is entirely based on personal ideas, makes the scythe of death closer and closer to the heads of people who are confused.

When receiving the latest report on the evacuation progress of the personnel, Lieutenant General Xie Zhiping, surrounded by a group of staff, watched the battle sent back from the front line through the regional monitoring system.

The general was a very frugal person. According to regulations, general-level officers could receive military uniforms issued by the logistics department every year, and he only received two sets of them. The general's uniforms that had been washed white were always straight and straight. This frugal style made him respect from the heart of all his subordinates.

Not only his clothes, but also his usual diet is mostly light and cheap vegetables. Even when he is having a meal at work, he will bring a bottle of pickled kimchi from his old wife, plus a few taels of rice.

"Our country is still poor. Instead of wasting money on flashy food and clothing, it is better to save money and do construction."

This is what he said the most.

Compared with the serious army commander Meng Zongxiang, Xie Zhiping, who always smiles on his face, seems more casual and friendly. He devoted himself to every task he was a deputy. Even if he occasionally disagrees, he will do his best to protect Meng Zongxiang's Meng Zongxiang. In his words: "A army can only have one commander. Even if he does not agree, he must obey the commander's command."

After taking over the group army in full, Xie Zhiping has been doing his best to maintain the entire line of defense. This veteran who has participated in the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam for 76 years has always been decisive in military issues. However, when he saw the evacuation schedule marked "51%" in front of him, several deep traps were added to his forehead due to fatigue and old age.

"Did the rest refuse to leave? What's the reason?"

"There are many reasons..." After explaining in detail by the secretary of the municipal party committee who was responsible for contacting the military, he rubbed his blood-covered eyes and asked with a wry smile: "What should I do now? Do I need to be evacuated forcibly?"

"How much manpower does the civil affairs department have to be dispatched?" Lieutenant General did not directly answer and instead asked another question.

"The full amount of money will not exceed 5,000, including some volunteers."

The secretary of the municipal party committee picked up the tea on the table and sipped a few times, and said in a tired and hoarse voice: "There is no way. Most of the staff have evacuated early with the municipal government. All the security personnel have been sent to the front line. There are only so many people, including me."

"There are insufficient personnel and coercive measures cannot be taken." After weighing the trade-offs, the veteran general made the final decision: "Try to assist those citizens who are willing to leave! The current defense line is still stable, and forced evacuation... It is best not to do this unless it is absolutely necessary. The people are our roots, and it is our responsibility to protect them."

This is the instinct of every soldier in the Republic. However, Xie Zhiping never dreamed that his inertial thinking would eventually lead to an irreversible huge disaster.

He forgot the most important thing - his opponent is not an ordinary enemy. It is a virus that cannot be seen by the naked eye and cannot be touched by both hands.

"Pooh--"

He spat hard on the sand in his mouth, and Yang Guohua frowned and spit out a ball of chewed rice. In front of the rammed earth wall next to him, he leaned against a 99-type small-caliber rifle.

Judging from the county-level map, Xiaoyangzhuang is just a black spot located in the southwest of Chengdu. Behind the village is a slightly slope-shaped highland. In addition to the rice and soybeans that must be planted every year in the paddy fields, the peach forest with a bowl-sized peach forest on the slope is the most important source of economic income for the whole village.

There are fifty-six families in the village, and every family has a middle-aged man who is a militia. On the reserve form of the county people's armed forces, there is a whole platoon of militias in Xiaoyangzhuang, which is the most important guard and protective force in the surrounding area.

Yang Guohua, who is tall and has wide shoulders and big arms, is also a militia. His muscles are extremely strong after years of farm work. Because of the heat and humidity, the bronze skin is often covered with a thin layer of sweat. Under the sunlight, it always makes people feel thick like a black tower. However, this burly and strong man is not as charming as his appearance. He often has a kind smile on his face, and his grinning corners reveal a row of neat and white teeth.

He bent his legs and half-squatted beside the table, stepped on the edge of the wooden bench with his calloused soles, and pulled the rice left in the soil bowl with a large mouth. Yang Guohua, whose cheeks were bulging high on both sides, faint sadness and unconcealed hatred radiated from deep in his black eyes.

It's been six years, and today is the first time he cooks by himself.

In his memory, such things were all for his wife. The rice at that time always tasted very delicious.

Last night, the dogs from Lao Liu's family in the west of Zhuangzi were barking. At first, no one cared about it. When they found something was wrong, they gathered the militia to see, Lao Liu's family of four were all lying in a pool of blood.

He was a man with black body, very tall, unable to see his face, and was thin and had few pounds of meat. There were no hands under his right arm, only a sharp black blade that looked like a pig's knife but was much longer. In his deep sunken eyes, blood-like red.

Everyone in the village was alarmed. Men were in front, women were behind, and the elderly and children stood outside from afar to watch the fun, surrounding the yard of Lao Liu's family.

I thought it was because of the many people and the strong power, but I never thought that this was a tragedy of destroying the country and households.

The black man's movements were terrifyingly fast. He could jump out of the distance with a slight sweep. His figure was even more flexible than a monkey. Wherever the black knife was swung in his hand, he could always take away a life.

Yang Guohua could not remember who was hit by the first one, screaming and crying everywhere, and the bullets hit it had no effect at all. Everyone fired about a hundred guns, and the monster that was beaten like a hornet's nest was still not dead. It didn't say a word, but just chased everyone with his head down, and even the old man and the child would not let go. If it hadn't been red in an anxious manner, he picked up a shovel and rushed forward, and split his head in half from behind, I'm afraid that the whole village would die in its hands.

It was finally dawn. The villagers in the fifty-six households in Xiaoyangzhuang were only Yang Guohua and Yang Xiaozhu, the son of the old clerk next door.

The flat yard of Lao Liu's family has become spoiled. When you step on it, the thick mud can bring a lot of it. The color of the soil is dazzlingly red. The smell of blood that permeates the air is disgusting and makes you feel so suffocated.

There were dead people everywhere, lying all over the courtyard. There were fragments of brass shells, bone fragments that were chopped away by knives, and sticky pieces of meat.

The head of the militia platoon leader was chopped off and hung obliquely on the eaves. His mouth was wide open and his tongue stretched out. His white and round eyes attracted several crows for food. They snatched the soaked eyeballs, sucked the turbid liquid flowing out of them, and ate with relish.

Xiao Zhuzi lay next to the old branch secretary's body and cried loudly.

But Yang Guohua felt very hungry.

After playing in the middle of the night, anyone would want to eat.

When he opened the hot steaming urn and scooped the fragrant rice into the bowl, he had not spoken, and his eyes widened, and tears burst out from his wide-open eyes.

The wife is gone.

She was pregnant with a four-month-old child, either.

"God! Woo woo woo woo woo woo..."

Looking at the empty home, this iron man cried like a child.

The enemy has been killed. But what's the use? The lives of the wife and the children are not going to come back.

The rice swallowed with tears was very salty and bitter.

Yang Guohua ate very vigorously. He chewed in big mouthfuls, even his teeth were brittle, as if he was gnawing at the bones of his enemies.

The south is the defense line of the army. I will sign up for the army tomorrow, kill all the black people, and avenge my wife and the whole village.

He was eating with a silence, concentrating on dealing with the rice in the bowl, without notice that the gate behind the house was being pushed open quietly.

A group of figures staggeringly were walking slowly from the direction of Lao Liu's family.
Chapter completed!