After hearing Xiao Ming's explanation, everyone was silent and had different expressions.
Rose then expressed her opinion: "The president's decision may be unreasonable, but it is reasonable.
Think about it, once this hole is opened, a few will be smuggled in today, a dozen tomorrow, and hundreds the day after tomorrow.
Sooner or later, the empire will realize that the armistice agreement is in vain and the hard-won peace may be replaced by war again. " Seeing that Rose supported him, Xiao Ming breathed a sigh of relief.
At least he was not alone.
He made the final decision: "That's it.
For the best interests of the country, there are only a few stowaways like the victims."
The aftermath of this incident was not over.
After the empire took in several smuggled slaves, they shot them in public and launched a vigorous propaganda campaign to make other slaves and civilians who wanted to escape completely lose hope of defecting to the Republic.
To this end, the Empire called the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic with only one sentence: "Happy cooperation."
The news quickly spread to the Republic, and the people of Free City, who were mainly ex-slaves, expressed strong dissatisfaction, marched on the streets, and even threatened strikes, demanding an explanation from the government.
President Xiao Ming, the main person responsible for this incident, was naturally not suitable to come forward.
Lincoln, Rose, and the two first ladies rushed to Liberty City to put out the fire.
After painstaking explanations, a possible riot was finally quelled.
Afterwards, Xiao Ming did not self-examine at the cabinet meeting, but stated his position in strong words: "As the president, I must make the decision that is best for all people, instead of thinking about what they will think."
However, another thing that happened next was the real test for him as a new president.
After the Republic was rebuilt, survivors from all over the country came to seek refuge one after another.
Since the four major steam cities were in the stage of resuming production, crops were in decline, and survival supplies were in short supply.
They could not accept them all, and they could not turn them away.
Therefore, the four major steam cities have set up resettlement camps respectively to take in those survivors who are unwilling to leave even after being persuaded to leave.
In order to avoid accidents, the garrison must first screen whether these survivors are stowaways from the empire.
The screening method is quite simple.
The empire's slaves have Y marks on their chests, and workers' ears are permanently displaced.
Once discovered, they will be sent back.
The survivors who are able to enter the resettlement camp will maintain the minimum living standards until the harvest of crops is ushered in, and then they can officially join the Republic and become self-reliant citizens.
On this day, a group of survivors who had traveled a long distance from Russia in the far north arrived at Peace City.
They have been wandering on the European continent for a long time.
Instead of joining the empire and working as workers in the steam city, they have survived in the cracks of various nuclear zombie cities.
It is a miracle that they are alive to this day.
This group of Russian survivors learned that the Republic and the Empire had reached an armistice agreement and returned to the ground, so they came here specially to defect.
They were unwilling to enter the resettlement camp and asked to join the resistance.
This new situation was the first time that Blade, who was in charge of Peace City, encountered this situation.
He had to ask the Ministry of National Defense for instructions, and then the veterans reported it to the President's Office.
Xiao Ming watched the video of the Russians.
Almost all of them were burly men with fierce expressions and strong limbs.
Heavy weapons such as Gatling guns were like toys in their hands.
No wonder they could survive.
Their leader is a woman with a unique temperament, wild brown hair, and very unique facial features.
She is sexy, charming, and fierce at the same time, especially her blue eyes, which look both innocent and cunning.
In short, she is a A very contradictory combination, perhaps, this is why she became the leader.
To be honest, in terms of combat effectiveness alone, Xiao Ming has no doubt that these Russians can become qualified fighters.
Soldiers who join the Resistance Army must first have faith and agree with the ideals of the Republic from the bottom of their hearts.
This kind of soul screening cannot be completed overnight.
If it were a time of war, he would accept them almost without hesitation, and he could reshape their faith through the baptism of battle.
But this is a time of peace, and the enemies are only nuclear corpses and nuclear mutant creatures.
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The resistance forces do not need to take the initiative to attack, and can only hold on.
It is hard to say what the consequences will be if these tough and untamed Russians are integrated into the army and have nothing to do.
Xiao Ming didn't want to take the risk, so he chose to refuse.
The female leader didn't bother, she immediately left with her men, and finally said: "You will regret it."
Of course Xiao Ming is not afraid of what he regrets.
Even the Fourth Empire compromised with him, so how can he be afraid of a group of bandits?
In his heart, he already regarded the other party as a bandit, so he was merciful by not ordering their extermination.
However, Xiao Ming soon understood what the female leader meant.
One night two days later, the resettlement camp in Heping City was attacked by a group of armed men who snatched away all the few survival supplies.
A squad of special forces responsible for guarding the camp was captured alive by the opponent, and their weapons and equipment were also stolen.
The resettlement camp was under the jurisdiction of the Blade Special Forces.
Since it was mainly used to defend against the nuclear zombies wandering around during the day, only lights were used to drive away the giant rats at night.
The guards were relatively lax, which allowed the enemy to take advantage of it.
This group of people did not kill anyone, nor did they conceal their identities.
They were the Russians who were rejected by Xiao Ming.
This is good.
The dignified president was slapped in the face.
The other party was openly provoking the authority of the republic.
The person who was directly slapped in the face was Dao Feng.
He was determined to build an iron-blooded army and regain the glory of his father's generation, but he could not even protect the people in his own jurisdiction.
Blade was furious and personally led a special company to hunt down the enemy.
The Russians were well prepared and fled into the demilitarized buffer zone.
Blade ignored the provisions of the armistice agreement and did not bother to consult the Ministry of National Defense and led his troops in pursuit.
When the news reached Xiao Ming's ears, the Blade's troops had entered the hinterland of the buffer zone and started fighting with the Russians.
The empire also detected it and immediately sent an emergency note through diplomatic channels to inquire about the situation.
According to Article 2 of the armistice agreement, one of the provisions of military constraints is: If special circumstances occur and one party needs to send armed forces into the buffer zone, it must notify the other party in advance and explain the size, equipment, routes, etc. of the armed forces.
To avoid misjudgment.
The veteran explained the situation to the empire through Sophie and reported the matter to Xiao Ming.
Xiao Ming was angry about the attack on the resettlement camp.
He felt that he was too merciful and should not have let the Russians leave in the first place.
This group of armed bandits with powerful combat capabilities was a scourge after all.
Unexpectedly, Blade added to the chaos and led his troops into the demilitarized buffer zone.
He was happy, but others had to wipe his butt.
Xiao Ming originally wanted to order Blade to retreat immediately in the name of the commander-in-chief, but then he thought that since the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had already explained to the empire, it would be better to let him destroy this group of bandits to avoid future troubles and save face at the same time.
He then telegraphed Blade and came back to see him with the head of the Russian female leader.
Of course, Xiao Ming believed in the combat effectiveness of Blade and his subordinates, but he still made full preparations and ordered Jingchun's team to enter combat readiness and wait until dark to leave the capital and join Blade's troops.
The reason why he did not order the garrison on the ground to respond was because the capital was located in the buffer zone and there was no need to look far away.
Moreover, Jingchun's command skills have become increasingly mature after the battle at Base No. 2.
With her on hand, even if any mishaps occur, I believe she can handle it calmly.
However, before Jingchun's team set off, an accident happened: the Blade Division pursued the Russians all the way.
At first, the telegrams sent back were normal.
In the afternoon, things suddenly took a turn for the worse, and a telegram was sent asking for help from the Ministry of Defense.
The veteran knows Blade very well.
He is a very confident and proud person.
He will never ask for help from others if he can handle things by himself.
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Now that he is asking for help from outside, it means that the situation is extremely critical, even on the verge of death.
The veteran hurriedly called back to inquire about the specific situation, but the Blade's headquarters lost track of him and could not be contacted.
The matter was so important that the veteran came directly to the President's Office and reported to Xiao Ming face to face.
Xiao Ming asked in astonishment: "How could this happen after losing contact with Blade?"
Since the armistice, the two countries have withdrawn all armed forces from the demilitarized buffer zone, including checkpoints, but communication has become smoother.
Because the two countries no longer destroy each other's electronic facilities, whether it is wired networks or wireless transceivers, there are a large number of them in the non-military buffer zone.
Between the two countries, even each other's TV signals are exchanged.
After being screened and filtered by the intelligence agencies, you can watch each other's TV programs.
Therefore, it is really surprising that the Blade lost contact in the buffer zone.
The veteran and Blade felt like brothers and said anxiously: "I reviewed the video captured by the remote camera.
Blade and his men entered the sand dunes."
"Dune" Xiao Ming was stunned again.
Due to the influence of desertification, large areas of sand have appeared in the inland areas of Europe, and sand dunes are the hilly areas among them.
They are truly barren lands where even nuclear corpses will not appear.
Since the sand dunes are quite large, the two countries only set up wireless transceivers on the edges and did not go deep into them, which is considered a blind spot in the demilitarized buffer zone.
Ordinarily, the signal emitted by the radio station carried by Blade can be received by the wireless transceiver, unless the radio station is broken.
However, aerial reconnaissance can also be carried out to make up for the lack of electronic signals.
The veteran naturally thought: "I have sent out the drone, and the footage will be transmitted back soon."
While waiting anxiously, Xiao Ming summoned Jing Chun to the presidential office, and the three brothers and sisters closed the door to discuss countermeasures.
The reason why Xiao Ming did not summon his other two brothers, Xiao Wu and Fatty, was because these two brothers were more than capable of being vanguards, but they were not good at talking tactics.
The three brothers and sisters watched the previous surveillance video again, and saw that the Russian cross-country convoy, pursued by the Blade's air-cushion convoy, seemed to be panicking and rushed into the sand dunes.
Jing Chun suddenly said: "Judging from the way the Russians attacked the resettlement camp, they were obviously well prepared and didn't think of a way out."
Xiao Ming and Lao Lao were both skilled in using soldiers.
They immediately understood what she meant and said in surprise: "Could it be that this is a trap set by the Russians?"