Chapter 673: Temporary Plan
"If we don't use fire suppression, what else can we do?!"
"Don't lose more manpower just for a little reputation!"
"Don't forget how Qindao City fell in just one day!"
“It’s the whole day!”
"When we were fighting in the past, we never encountered a situation where we could capture a city so quickly, right?"
"You have to know that these ratmen are no longer human. They are our enemies!"
"If we leave this unchecked, the entire three northeastern provinces will probably fall in less than a week!"
"By then, these ratmen will be out of control and will continue to spread to other provinces!"
"Have you ever thought about these questions?!"
As soon as the voice fell, another old man still insisted on his own point of view:
“But if the guns are pointed at your own people, what will you say about the public opinion storm?”
"Where is the credibility of us old men?"
"Have you ever thought about these questions?!"
The two men argued, one advocating firepower and the other advocating conservative control.
Indeed, in less than a day, the entire Qindao City was destroyed.
The most fundamental reason is that fire suppression is not allowed.
If there really was fire suppression, the situation probably wouldn't have been this tragic.
But now, nearly 250 million people have been infected with the mutation.
If we don't suppress the situation with firepower, I'm afraid we won't be able to suppress it anymore!
The speed of this spread is much more tragic than a war!
Both old men are doing this for the good of Longguo and the people.
Disputes arise simply because of different ways of handling things.
Seeing that neither of them could convince the other, they both shut up and remained silent.
After a minute, another old man said:
"I am more in favor of the fire suppression approach."
"However, the intensity of this fire suppression must also be controlled."
"We have already discussed this with the professors at the School of Medical Sciences."
"Everyone knows that the ratmen are no longer human beings."
"As for whether these people can be restored to human form after the special medicine is available, this question is still unknown, so let's not discuss it for now."
"But given the speed at which the infection is spreading, forceful measures must be taken."
"My personal suggestion is to contact the armed forces around Qindao City as soon as possible and start building high walls and adding defensive bunkers."
"We must stabilize the spreading situation first before we can talk about the next step."
"If the spread is difficult to control, fire suppression is inevitable."
"Of course, if it can be controlled, waiting for a specific drug is not a bad idea."
After saying this, he looked at the old man, who also nodded in agreement.
He stood up and checked the large map behind him and said:
“I am also more optimistic about this conservative approach.”
"Look at the topographic map of Qin Island."
The old man pointed at the map and said, "Qin Island is low in the south and high in the north. There is a ancestral mountain blocking the north. There are few people there, and there are troops stationed there."
"Where to build a line of defense is not a difficult question."
"And the south side is facing the sea, which is a natural barrier."
"So we just need to station troops and build fortresses around Tangshan and Huludao to stop the ratmen."
"As long as we can control the ratmen, we will be halfway to success."
After the old man expressed his opinion, the other elders nodded, indicating that this plan was feasible.
Then the old man looked at Mr. Wen and said, "Old Wen, how is the progress of Mr. Xue?"
Mr. Xue is Xue Yimin, a leading figure in the field of traditional Chinese medicine.
Now that something like this has happened, his knowledge and assistance are definitely indispensable.
Elder Wen said: "Elder Xue is also speeding up the progress, but the special medicine does not seem to be that simple."
"The main reason is the lack of rat-men test subjects."
That's true. With test subjects as the testing targets, the effects of the developed drugs will be more intuitive.
If there are no test subjects to conduct experiments on, everything is just data theory.
"Speed up the progress. All positions and departments need to be fully mobilized for this battle."
"This war is related to the rise and fall of the country! It must not be taken lightly!"
The old man's words were like a heavy hammer, hammering hatefully into the hearts of everyone present.
Who knows, such things, to put it nicely, are the rise and fall of a country.
To put it bluntly...
These people really don't dare to think about it anymore.
"Alright, let's make all the arrangements quickly. Time is short and the task is heavy. God bless China!"
After the brief meeting, everyone left the meeting room in a hurry.
No one dared to take the matter in front of them lightly, and everyone was busy doing their own job.
After the news was released, it indeed caused a lot of social unrest for a while.
The sky gradually darkened.
The city of Sijiu, which was not very lively to begin with, was now even more depressing because of the rat people's affairs.
The front yard of the Siheyuan.
"Dad, do you think what's on the radio is true?"
"Didn't they forbid animals from becoming spirits when the country was founded? Why are there still rat spirits now?"
"What shall we do if we reach the city of Sijiu?"
The three aunts all had sad looks on their faces while they were eating.
I was afraid that the rat man in the radio had run away to the old city.
Of course, the message content in the radio has also been optimized.
The rat people they know now are just a noun.
Rather, it was a person infected with the plague, as common as a patient with an infectious disease.
It’s just that this type of plague is more difficult to treat and is more contagious.
In fact, the situation of the rat people in Qindao City at this time was definitely beyond the imagination of ordinary people like them.
So the problem that the three aunts are worried about now is the fear of being seriously ill.
Yan Bugui picked up a pickle and said:
"I heard that salt can ward off this infectious disease."
"Go to the supply and marketing cooperative tomorrow and buy some more salt."
The third aunt said with a sad face: "Dad, our family only has half a pound of salt ticket this month."
"If I buy all the salt, what will I do for the remaining two months?"
Yan Bugui was also worried and said, "What can we do? Just bear with it."
"If I get sick, I have to go to the hospital for treatment, which will cost me even more money!"
"If it weren't for the fact that women like you have long hair and short knowledge."
"Which is more expensive, buying salt or seeing a doctor? Do the math."
After hearing what her old man said, the third aunt seemed to have figured it out.
"Okay, then I'll go buy some salt tomorrow."
Middle courtyard, Jia's house.
"Grandma, where's my mom?"
Banggeng was doing his homework, while Xiaodang and Huaihua were squatting on the ground playing with clay figures.
Jia Zhang glanced fiercely outside the house and said:
"How do I know?"
"I only know that your mother seems to have learned the craft from someone in the cotton mill."
"I don't want to go to the street office to do odd jobs and earn a little extra money."
Indeed, Qin Huairu lied and said that she was learning a craft from her comrades at the cotton mill during the evening hours.
However... Qin Huairu was enjoying herself in the No. 97 compound at this time...