Chapter 201 (Chapter 201 (2nd Update)...)

After Song Yao heard that the army had successfully contacted the embassy, ​​he happily drank an extra bowl of soup.

"I knew our embassy in Zhongzhou would be fine!"

He picked up another piece of braised pork: "To celebrate, I want to eat more meat!"

Zhao Xiaodong quickly snatched the meat away with quick eyes and hands: "You are congratulating yourself for eating your own, why are you eating my braised pork?"

Song Yao, who failed to take away the meat, could only reluctantly put the chopsticks on his braised pork.

Because this dish is quite fatty, they cannot eat more of it.

It is precisely because they can't eat too much that the children's "kind of like" suddenly increased to "very much like".

Even daily joke bribery has turned into using "a piece of braised pork" as a bribery tool.

Song Yao ate a piece of braised pork and suddenly thought:

"I wonder if our evacuation troops in Zhongzhou can eat braised pork. It must be very hard to travel so far away. When they come back, let's use the money to buy meat and donate it to the troops!"

They were very aggressive with spending money and have been busy working on projects for the past six months. Because they had few opportunities to spend money, they managed to save a rare amount of money.

The state manages food, drink and housing, and funds for projects are funded by the state. Even when they go shopping to buy snacks and toys every day, brother Yuan Jiang is responsible for paying for them. The two children who once had to make cash to buy a lock are no ordinary people now. rich.

But no matter how rich you are, you still have money. At least Zhao Xiaodong proposed:

"It seems we don't have enough money, right? There are so many people going this time. Even if one person only eats two pieces of braised pork, that's a lot of money."

Song Yao thought so, but it didn't matter, he was very good at settling for the next best thing:

"Then we should work hard on projects and make great things that can be sold to other countries and make our Central Continent richer. It must be very expensive for our Central Continent to raise troops."

Take this evacuation of overseas Chinese as an example. It’s not just the weapons that are difficult to evacuate.

Song Yao knew that he could not imagine the hardships and dangers involved in bringing more than 70,000 people back to China.

"We just do what we are good at, and then let the People's Liberation Army feel free to do what they know."

Lu Ju, who was at the table next to him, would have wanted to go up and touch Song Yao's head if he hadn't been eating.

"Yes, Yao'er, I noticed that you are getting better and better at speaking... When did you steal my meat?! Give it back to me!!!"

"You stole a piece from me yesterday! This is what you give back to me!"

Seeing the two children quarreling again, Lu said: "..."

After seeing Yuan Jiang as calm as ever, he said again: "..."

It seems that he still has to study hard with Comrade Yuan Jiang.

The People's Liberation Army soldiers in the distance didn't know that someone was caring about them, and they were also eating.

After putting down the chopsticks for only a minute, they gathered together again and started to clear the way.

Because there were more than a hundred injured in urgent need of treatment in the embassy, ​​they needed to clear the road to the nearest hospital in the shortest possible time.

While clearing the road, I shouted with a loudspeaker. I found quite a few overseas Chinese from Central Continent scattered along the way.

The thugs in this area were originally planning to retaliate against Nakasu for the conflict he had with them at the embassy.

After Zhongzhou put the long pipe on the car and launched a 360-degree rotating sweep, the thugs instantly forgave Zhongzhou for his previous behavior and expressed that their branch was willing to make peace with Zhongzhou's troops.

After all, compared to the Central Continent evacuation force with a country behind them and well-equipped equipment (all their family members had escaped), their weapons and manpower seemed a little crude.

When the Central Continent soldiers began to clear the road, due to the spontaneous disappearance of the thugs, the people of the U country who were hiding everywhere also had the courage to slowly come out of their hiding places.

After observing with timid eyes for a long time, he found that the army had accepted several people who were rushing over, and then he cautiously stepped forward and asked if they were the army and if they could be taken away.

Those expatriates from Central China who rushed to the past and cried and laughed also responded:

"This is our evacuation force from Central Continent, not the army of country U. They are here to take us home."

Seeing the disappointed expressions on the faces of these U people who had suffered in the flames of war like themselves, these Central Continent expatriates sympathized with them and at the same time felt deeply grateful in their hearts that they were Central Continent people.

A soldier came to urge them: "Comrade, get in the car. It is still dangerous outside. We will take you to the embassy first. When the ship and plane arrive, we will arrange for everyone to return home."

"Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work. We'll go up now."

They boarded the bus with excitement. It was a local bus purchased by the Central Continent Army after communicating with those in power.

It was simply spray-painted with the word "Zhongzhou" written on it, and a huge national flag was carefully painted next to it.

The expatriates from Central China who were rescued along the way were placed on this bus, sandwiched in the middle of the safest troop convoy.

The car was driving rickety, and these expats, who had no idea whether they would survive the day before, sat in the car and looked at the passing hell scenes through the gaps in the car curtains.

Only at this moment did they clearly realize that the country had come to pick them up, and they no longer had to suffer in such a hell on earth.

A newlywed couple who came here for a trip stayed close to each other.

They had seen many separations and separations in the past few days, and they didn't want to separate even if they were safe.

They couldn't bear to look outside anymore and closed the curtain again:

"Do you think we can go home?"

"Yes, it must be possible."

The convoy drove through the ruins, and the flag of Central Continent beside the car fluttered in the wind.

In just three hours, the evacuation force completed the cleanup of the nearest hospital and obtained permission from the local forces (facing the Zhongzhou armed convoy) to legally use the hospital.

On the way, more than 200 overseas Chinese from Central China were rescued.

Because there are many hotels on that road, most of these expatriates come to country U for tourism or business trip, so the statistics are quite easy.

"The plane will arrive tonight. We are already discussing with the local forces to use the airport. If communication at the airport is not smooth, we have already found three locations for the plane to land..."

The troops were discussing in detail the next evacuation plan with members of the embassy.

"It is expected that a large aircraft will arrive at eight o'clock tonight, a military aircraft and a sub-military aircraft will arrive at nine o'clock. The frigates and ships will arrive later and will arrive at about noon the day after tomorrow, so we will arrange the first aircraft evacuation tonight. , evacuate the expats from the embassy and the workers from the Zhongzhou factory.”

The comrades in the embassy nodded repeatedly:

"Understood, then shall we evacuate the overseas Chinese in order of priority?"

Knowing that there would be a follow-up ship, they were relieved.

At least this way, the expatriates who are not the first batch can have hope, and it will be easier for them to do their jobs.

"No, the plan is that we will evacuate all the expats in the embassy and factories in the first batch."

Everyone in the embassy was shocked: "All of them? Only three planes? I'm afraid they can't carry so many people, right??"

The officer actually felt that it was a bit unsettling to use three planes to evacuate so many people. He only accepted this arrangement after repeatedly asking his leaders.

"That mainframe can accommodate 3,500 people. Plus the other two, it is completely sufficient."

"Three thousand five hundred people?!!"

Everyone in the embassy was stunned.

"Can it hold so many people? Which airline is it from?"

In fact, the officer had the same reaction when he first heard it. Now it was his turn to explain the confusion with a slightly reserved smile:

"It's not a foreign aircraft, it's our country's own aircraft, our own in Zhongzhou."

"Our own plane?!"

Sure enough, the comrades who heard it, whether young or old, reacted exactly the same as he did before.

"Are our planes in Zhongzhou so powerful?"

"My first reaction just now was that our country spent a lot of money to rent a plane from some country, and it turned out to be our own."

After they were happy, they couldn't wait to start making simple boarding passes.

When the time comes, there must be no chaos when so many people get on the plane together, so a simple boarding pass will be necessary.

The expats suddenly learned that everyone had a boarding pass, and they were extremely surprised. Some even asked repeatedly:

"Comrade, can everyone really get on the plane tonight? Is it really tonight?"

Then you will receive the same patient answer no matter how many times you ask:

"Really, it's really tonight, uncle, just wait and see. Tonight, you and your family will be able to get on the plane. You will be home tomorrow night. Come on, here is your boarding pass. Take it. alright."

After saying that, he continued to register the next one: "Girl, let's check the information..."

People from country D looked on with envy.

After the communication at the Central Continent Embassy was restored, they also regained contact with their country and learned that due to the intensification of civil strife, their country's evacuation troops could not enter the central area at all.

In other words, at least for the past few days, there is no hope for the evacuation of expatriates in the central area of ​​country D.

While he was enviously watching Zhongzhou handing out boarding passes, a comrade from the Zhongzhou Embassy came over:

"It is estimated that there should be some seats left on the plane for our evacuation of overseas Chinese. I just communicated with the leaders of our country. Our country should be able to bring some nationals from country D to the evacuation tonight. Of course, if there are not enough seats, If so, you may have to wait for the next batch.”

This is simply providing help in times of need. This is different from the previous situation where country D promised to bring some overseas Chinese. At that time, country D accepted Zhongzhou's help, and it was unjustifiable not to reciprocate.

But now, before they took the initiative to speak, Zhongzhou, who had helped them once before, took the initiative to speak.

It's so generous and considerate!

The members of the embassy of Country D were moved and nodded gratefully:

"Okay, okay, we understand. Of course, when evacuating overseas Chinese, we must first focus on the people in our own country. We will fully cooperate with you. If there are really not enough places, we will be very grateful if we only send away the children."

Since the evacuation of overseas Chinese can be done for free, they will naturally not ask for too much.

"Okay." Comrade Zhongzhou, who was responsible for communicating with them, nodded: "Don't worry, even if we can't make room, we can let our overseas Chinese hold the children."

Country D naturally expressed his sincere thanks again.

Seeing the people from the Central Continent Embassy hurriedly continue their work after talking to them, they felt relieved while letting go of a small amount of pressure.

"I said before that our country would help Zhongzhou, but I didn't expect that it would be Zhongzhou's evacuation force that came to help us in the end."

"Fortunately, we have come to seek refuge in Central Continent. If we are lucky this time, we may be able to send everyone to safety in Central Continent."

"After all, they are friendly countries, so willing to help us at critical moments."

"But Zhongzhou is indeed different from the past. It can evacuate so many people at one time, and can also evacuate our country D. This strength should not be underestimated. We should report it to the country after returning home."

It can only be said that Zhongzhou is a friendly country.

It is also beneficial for their country D to be a friendly country with a country that is constantly on the rise.

When the people of country D were still actively planning to help, the Zhongzhou troops had already divided a part of the way to the Zhongzhou factory.

Although the country was in a period of civil unrest, the flow of information was not slow at all. The news of the Zhongzhou evacuation troops in U was not only received by the Zhongzhou factory, but almost all the larger armed forces had already known it.

No one wants to offend a country's evacuation troops unless they are very small.

For example, Zhongzhou, which sent a large number of soldiers, weapons, and even air weapons, almost had the three big words "Don't mess with me" posted on the car.

It's almost said that Zhongzhou can send so many soldiers, so it can send more people.

Many forces that had no impression of Zhongzhou before finally realized that Zhongzhou is a country with a large population. Although there has been no news about it and it is said to be very backward, it can send out so many armed soldiers. I am afraid that backwardness is only in the past.

No one wants to cause trouble. After the news spread, they basically let the Zhongzhou troops go after seeing them.

Even some people who were originally unscrupulous and would kill people regardless of whether they saw Zhongzhou people or not began to consciously restrain themselves.

This is actually very common.

It's like someone bullying a child. If his parents come and stand by, this person will definitely not dare to do it again.

So, this part of the evacuation troops from Zhongzhou to the factory walked through the roads safely all the way.

It was not as difficult as imagined, but it was not easy either.

After all, it was a country in a period of civil unrest. All kinds of situations might be encountered. The fact that the local forces did not take action against them did not mean that some individuals would not take action. All the soldiers remained vigilant along the way, and their hands holding the guns were always steadily facing the direction they were responsible for.

When they arrived in this remote area, the surrounding factories became more visible to the naked eye.

Some were burning, some had been burned out, and dead local workers in worker uniforms could be seen on the ground from time to time. At a glance, one could tell that they were killed while escaping.

A young soldier in charge of the investigation looked at the huge string of U language behind the worker facing the ground, and then looked at the burned factory behind him.

When they just passed by, the plaque knocked down at the door of the factory had the same U language written on it.

"It seems that when the factory was attacked, the workers inside ran out and were chased."

"Everyone be alert! Don't let your guard down!"

All the soldiers were ready for battle, with sharp eyes and guns facing the area they were responsible for.

Some U country thugs occasionally looked over after hearing the noise, but looking at the fully armed convoy and the Zhongzhou flag flying on it, they didn't dare to shoot.

A worker who was lying on the highest point and trying to look over here shouted in surprise:

"Here they are!! Here they are!!"

"Where?!! Are you seeing it right?!!"

Director Hao immediately crawled over from the side and squinted his eyes to see clearly in front.

"That! Director, did you see it? That's our Zhongzhou convoy, and there's a national flag on it!"

Director Hao squinted for several seconds: "Yes, yes, I saw it, it's really our Zhongzhou flag!! The evacuation troops are really here!!"

He slid down quickly: "I have to inform everyone!"

Just like the embassy, ​​this time the Zhongzhou evacuation troops still encountered the iron gates opened wide and were welcomed by people cheering.

Director Hao almost ran all the way here, with tears and laughter on his face, and he almost couldn't speak clearly.

"Comrades of the People's Liberation Army, thank you for coming, really, really almost couldn't stand it..."

This northern man in his fifties, who has been very reliable since the accident, shook the hand of the military comrade and was sobbing.

The three factory directors were all under great pressure.

Every time a factory collapsed, they couldn't sleep at night. When the gunshots rang out, their hearts would beat fast for a long time. So many people's lives were at their backs, they were afraid!

"Thank you, country, thank you so much, we are not afraid of anything when you come..."

When Director Hao cried, the other workers couldn't help but wipe their tears.

Even though they had seen such scenes many times, the military comrades still felt sore in their eyes when they saw it again.

"Okay, register and get on the bus, we have to catch the flight tonight."

As soon as these words came out, everyone who was still crying was surprised: "Can we leave tonight?!"

"Great! Great!! We can go home!"

They were all ready to transfer to another bus, then another bus, and then another boat. They didn't expect that they could take the plane so smoothly. It was so beautiful that they couldn't even dream of it.

Some people hesitated when it was their turn to register:

"Comrade, my husband also works in our factory, he is a U.S. citizen, and we have two children, can they go with us?"

"Yes, yes, comrade, my wife too."

"And me, my wife too, can we go together? If not... I can't go either."

Working in the local area, it is natural for people to get married and have children in the local area. It is common for couples to be workers in the three factories.

The young soldier in charge of registration hesitated for a moment. It was also his first time to do registration work and he had no experience in this area. He could only answer:

"In theory, we can only evacuate our own citizens... I need to ask the superiors, please wait."

Seeing him leave in a hurry, the Central Asian workers whose family members are U-nationals could only wait nervously and expectantly.

They also knew that their request was a bit excessive. Evacuating overseas Chinese means evacuating their own expatriates.

The country spends a lot of manpower and material resources, and it is impossible to use limited resources on non-citizens.

But... these are their relatives.

The young soldier came back soon, with a brisk pace and a smile on his face, and said loudly:

"The superior said that the family members will be evacuated together. As long as they show enough identity documents, they can get on the plane."

Everyone cheered, and the excitement in their hearts was about to burst out.

More than a dozen buses were put to use again. Everyone was packed into the carriages. Only children, pregnant women, and the elderly had seats. The rest of the people stood.

But no one complained. Everyone was immersed in the joy of going home.

The vehicle was shaking, and a mixed-race child suddenly screamed and covered his eyes.

The adults looked out and found that several U-country thugs were standing on the ridges with guns and looking at them. More than a dozen people appeared behind them, all with weapons in their hands.

His face turned pale instantly, and he hurriedly squeezed forward to block the window. He reflexively protected his daughter and wife behind him, and always looked at these people vigilantly.

But until the vehicle shook and slowly passed through this small road, the thugs had no intention of taking action, and even stepped back a few steps to indicate that they had no ill intentions.

Then they stood there and watched the vehicles slowly leave.

After the child recovered, she became bolder and turned to look at the thugs left behind, whispering:

"Dad, they didn't beat us, should I hide?"

"Yes, don't be afraid, we can get on the plane soon."

"But weren't they very fierce before? Why don't they beat us now?"

Her father relaxed and said with a smile:

"Because our parents are here to take us home."