hotmtlnovel Chapter 1463: Fire Dragon Burns the Warehouse
Chapter 1463: Fire Dragon Burns the Warehouse
Chapter 1463: Fire Dragon Burns the Warehouse
There are also many starships in the outer space of Bitao Star that refuse to land, which is a bit similar to the Empire.
The difference is that there are a lot more starships here.
Xiaohu secretly hacked into the network system and found out that the place was under semi-militarized management and entry and exit were strictly controlled.
Alien invasion is imminent. If there is no proper management, people would have run away long ago.
Therefore, foreign starships will not actively apply to land unless they have no other choice - it would be terrible if they could not get out.
This gave rise to a group of local short-legged starships that specialize in space and ground transportation.
Soon after the heavily loaded merchant ship hovered, someone contacted them and asked them what cargo they were carrying.
The man said he could transport the goods on behalf of the customer, and if there was no consignee, he could also purchase the goods on behalf of the customer.
The fourth in command replied, we have already made arrangements, you guys go find someone else.
There are so many starships parked in space that their refusal to be disturbed is not uncommon.
In the quasi-frontline war zone, there are so many different transactions, many of which are not allowed to be seen in public, and everyone is used to it.
The starship stayed for a day, bought some food from a short-legged starship, and then wandered in outer space.
Xizhao had already set up a teleportation array on the ground. The fourth in command stayed on the starship, while the others were teleported to Bitao.
When arriving on this planet for the first time, the first thing to solve is the clothing problem.
The clothing of the Alliance is quite different from that of the Empire, and Bitao's clothing has its own style.
Apart from anything else, it is very speechless to say that men generally wear skirts, while women wear pants...
But since we are in a locale, we should just follow the local customs. Xiaohu has already selected a clothing warehouse, so we can just let Xizhao steal some clothes.
Then everyone started wandering around the planet in groups of two or three.
It must be admitted that there are still many differences between the Alliance and the Empire, and people generally live a little easier.
Now Bitao Star can almost be considered a quasi-front line, but the general state of the residents is still relatively relaxed.
There are many checkpoints on the streets, randomly checking pedestrians, which can be regarded as a war atmosphere.
But most people remained calm, some were singing and dancing in the streets, and some were sitting on the roadside drinking.
Some people also cursed loudly, saying that the residents should be relocated earlier, and that the current strategy was tantamount to trapping everyone to death.
But few people say this. Instead, many people refute it, saying that protecting their homeland is everyone's responsibility.
Others stated with certainty that when the resistance becomes untenable, the alliance will naturally evacuate residents on a large scale.
This is not something that is groundless. Similar emergency evacuation plans have been rehearsed many times.
But those who complain still believe that those evacuation plans are just a trick.
After a few words of argument, two city guards came around the corner and took the person who was complaining away.
The reason is that they suspect you are an imperial spy and are intentionally disrupting social order.
Others suddenly realized that this explanation was reasonable, even though some of them had been this person's neighbors for many years.
So what do the people of Bitao say? I don’t know if they are careless or just innocent.
The overall social atmosphere is not as depressing as that of the empire, and it also lacks a bit of murderousness.
Of course, this is different from the alliance spies that Qu Jianlei has come into contact with, but the people who carry out the infiltration mission are definitely different.
Seeing them chatting happily, Qu Jianlei, as a passerby, couldn't help but interrupt.
"Didn't they say they were going to release detailed information about the alien races? Why hasn't it been released yet? How are they preparing?"
Someone glanced at him casually, smiled and shook his head, "Another one who wants to start a war. Don't worry, it won't happen as quickly as you think."
Obviously, resisting alien races is politically correct, and those who want to fight will also gain general favor.
Qu Jianlei couldn't help but say, "Wouldn't it be better to prepare early?"
The other party replied disapprovingly, "Just start fighting. If you can't win, run away. What's the use of preparing more?"
This is really careless, but then again, as people at the bottom of society, do we have more choices?
They stayed in Bitao for three days and gained basically no more information about the alien race.
Even Xiao Hu couldn’t find any relevant information on the Internet. The only thing that can be confirmed is that the lost planet... is very difficult to recapture!
Listen to what you are saying. War is imminent, but the information blockade is still so strict.
On the fourth night, Qu Jianlei and Xizhao sneaked into the alliance’s military warehouse.
It is not a local military district, but a warehouse directly under the army. The ammunition reserves here are far superior to those in other places.
The weapons and ammunition of the Alliance and the Empire are not universal, and the heavy-loaded merchant ships do not carry much ammunition, so it is necessary to replenish them.
Qu Jianlei collected as much ammunition and some weapons and equipment as possible.
As for the consequences of the theft in the armory, he was too lazy to think about it.
If the other party believes that it was done by local forces, that would be the best. No one can be sure that it was done by imperial infiltrators.
Xizhao thought more ruthlessly, "Why not just blow up the warehouse? The story of 'fire dragon burning the warehouse' was told by you."
"This... let's forget it," Qu Jianlei thought for a while and finally shook his head.
The Alliance and the Empire are mortal enemies, but if the arsenal is blown up, once the aliens come to attack... how can ordinary people resist?
But Yi He actually agreed with Xi Zhao's suggestion, "With information blocked to this extent, does the alliance treat the people under its rule as human beings?"
Qu Jianlei thought for a moment and replied, "Then... let's blow up a small warehouse."
This is also a last resort. The key is that no channels can provide more detailed information about the alien races.
The military doesn't have similar information? That's impossible. It's stuck like this, and I don't know who they are trying to protect against.
Half an hour later, a deafening firestorm suddenly broke out and the ground shook.
The alliance's direct troops were instantly alerted and countless people rushed to the scene.
What was detonated was a medium-sized ammunition depot, mainly because the types of ammunition in the small ammunition depot were incomplete.
After a careful inspection, the military took a deep breath. It was just a little bit away from detonating several ammunition depots nearby.
It can even be said that the other warehouses were not affected simply out of luck; there can be no other explanation.
They really didn't expect that this result would happen simply because someone protected the other warehouses.
The person who detonates the explosion is the one who is being protected... This kind of logic is not something a normal person can think of!
The military's management of the warehouse is extremely strict, and with the alliance's level of technology, it is impossible for an inexplicable spontaneous fire to occur.
Therefore, the military immediately made a judgment: this incident must have been done by infiltrators from the empire.
In the face of alien races, they actually arranged people to blow up the alliance's arsenal. They really deserve the name of "Evil Empire".
Then the government and the military joined forces and began strict inspections, and the relaxed atmosphere on Bitao Star disappeared.
No matter how terrifying the alien races are, they are still far away from them. The violent incidents happening around them are real.
When chaos broke out on the Bitao Star, Qu Jianlei and the others had already been teleported back to the heavily loaded merchant ship.
But they did not leave, but stared closely at the reaction of the planet below.
Is it just a simple investigation of spies? Obviously not, as the chess pieces are always created from the broken pieces.
The local army first put forward its own claim: the way the alliance's direct army stored ammunition was too dangerous.
If I hadn't been lucky enough, the loss would have been huge.
After all, it is still a dispute caused by different interests. In front of the direct military, the local troops have always been raised by stepmothers.
It can even be said that the latter is the real military, while the former is similar to the National Guard.
The local military regions also have sufficiently advanced weapons, but the problem is that there are not many of them and not enough ammunition.
In order to protect the interests of the country, the alliance will certainly be wary of local forces becoming bigger and stronger - at least it must ensure its advantage in the military field.
Under normal circumstances, local troops also accept this division of labor, and there should be differences between regular troops and local armed forces.
But now the aliens are coming to kill us, and a large amount of weapons and ammunition are still controlled by the direct army. This is really inappropriate!
The direct-affiliated troops also have many bases in the local areas, but they are far from comparable to the local troops.
A limited number of bases, storing the vast majority of ammunition - how can this be safe?
The local army believes that sabotage by spies must be strictly investigated, but the safety of ammunition cannot be ignored.
So they used this incident to indicate that this mechanism must be adjusted!
——It would be fine in normal times, but now that it is under semi-militarized control, the local arsenal must be effectively replenished.
When foreign invaders come, the arsenals everywhere can ensure that the arms are delivered to the people as quickly as possible.
The directly affiliated troops also know that the demands of the local troops are not unreasonable.
However, handing it over like this would not only violate the principles of the alliance, but also confirm the accusation of negligence in management.
There should indeed be wartime rules in wartime, but the military cannot act on its own - the army of the alliance can only obey the alliance.
The military said it would report the incident and obtain authorization from the alliance before taking any action.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with this answer, but the local army cannot accept it.
Report it to the bosses in the alliance, but no one knows when there will be any results.
Therefore, what was originally a matter of vigorously tracking down spies gradually transformed into a struggle for the right to allocate military resources.
However, the league's response this time was not slow, and it quickly came up with a compromise solution.
Part of the arms can be dispersed to local areas, but for the convenience of management, only a limited number of storage points can be added.
Moreover, these storage points must be guarded by personnel sent by the allied forces, and the local troops can only provide assistance and cooperation at most.
The amount of arms dispersed cannot exceed 20 percent of the total storage volume.
The proportion is a bit small, but the alliance military believes that the war supplies on Bitao Star are very rich, and 20% is not a small amount.
However, the local army and government were quite dissatisfied: How can you give this little thing to beggars?
Although the total number is indeed not small, once aliens invade, everyone on Bitao Star can be considered a soldier!
No matter how huge the number is, when averaged out per person, it is still an insignificant number.
(End of this chapter)