Restarting life in Siheyuan

The atmosphere outside the port was very strange. It was already dark and the road leading to the port was pitch black. Many fleeing people gathered towards the port under the faint moonlight. All the buildings and street lights were plunged into darkness and there was a power outage in the area.

"Damn it! We can't complete the master's order like this. Let's go find a generator. There should be a power generation room in such a large port!"

Lieutenant Colonel Wayne cursed. There was no shortage of people in the port now, but without lights and power, the unloading of cargo ships had to be stopped. The refugees outside the port could not board the ships unless the cargo on the ships was cleared. They could only gather outside the port gate. Fortunately, Chen Dong and his men were there to comfort them, and the refugees expressed their understanding and were willing to wait until dawn before boarding the ships.

Not long after, the port's generators started working, the port's loading and unloading resumed, and the radio station began broadcasting again. In order to board the ship smoothly, everyone was busy. Only Zhu Xuefeng was standing on the roof looking at the city not far away.

"Husband, are you worried?"

"Well, they must have discovered something and no longer care about Colonel Alessandro and his men. I have a feeling they are planning something, and if nothing unexpected happens, they will attack the port."

Zhu Xuefeng looked at the lights of the city, thinking about the fundamental reason why the other party blocked the refugees. He thought about the general named Armand who came to express his condolences in the afternoon. Now it can be confirmed that he came to test the situation, but they already knew why the 200 armed forces did not stop them in front, but started to block them after the condolences.

"General Su, this group of swindlers actually dared to blatantly attack the police. Should we dispatch the garrison troops to suppress them?"

General Armand was furious. This was his chance to redeem himself, but he didn't expect that this group of disguised scammers would be so bold.

General Su shook his head. "We have only confirmed that this group of people are scammers. To be precise, I think they are mercenaries. However, we have not figured out the situation of the fleet in the outer sea yet. It is best to be patient."

"But General, didn't the patrol boat report that the enemy's big gun was too shallow? There's obviously a problem."

General Su looked at the general who was promoted so quickly by the commander of the guards. He thought that the general was still too short-sighted. But now was the time to use people, otherwise he would have been fired long ago. He patiently explained.

"It is indeed worthy of suspicion, but we can't be careless. They don't let the patrol boats approach, so we can't observe in detail. Tomorrow morning, the reconnaissance plane will find out what kind of fleet this is."

The general has ordered a rapid check of the aircraft carriers of various countries and confirmed that there is no "Hummingbird" at all. However, to be on the safe side, he decided to use a reconnaissance plane to confirm it.

"Oh, right, the garrison will dispatch a thousand men to the port and deploy defenses one kilometer away from them. As soon as the fleet at sea confirms, capture these scammers for me."

The main forces were invested in the battle in the east. There were not many people in the city garrison, but General Su still issued orders to mobilize them fiercely. There were only 200 armed forces, and they were bullied blatantly. This was intolerable. Even if they were white people, as long as they were not regular troops, General Su decided to eliminate them without mercy. Now he was waiting for news from the naval fleet.

"And let them take in those Han Chinese pigs?"

"Don't stop them, let them go, what a great opportunity! They will die because of the terrorist acts of overseas thugs, and we will eliminate this group of scammers to avenge them!" The general's smile seemed a little sinister.

In the second half of the night, the information brought by Lieutenant Colonel Wayne made Zhu Xuefeng even more uneasy. The other side did not stop the refugees, and the number of refugees inexplicably increased a lot. The other side's army had begun to set up defenses one kilometer away. All this meant that the current situation was sliding step by step towards armed confrontation, and the strategy of confusing the enemy had been confirmed to have been discovered.

There are more and more people in the port area. Because they cannot board the ship smoothly, a large number of people are stranded in the open space and streets outside the port, sleeping in their clothes. The current weather is actually not suitable for resting in the open air, even at the seaside.

If these people want to board the ship smoothly, they must wait until the cargo ship is emptied. Countless people are working hard now, and this cannot be rushed. According to the current progress, it will be good if they can board the ship smoothly at dawn. Even if there are more people, they cannot unload the ship manually, so it naturally cannot be fast.

"Li Xiaojun, listen to me. Prepare for battle, be on air defense alert, dispatch half of the helicopters to the port, and bring me twenty rocket launchers."

On the radio, Zhu Xuefeng issued orders directly to Li Xiaojun.

"Yes, Chief, are we going to get started?" Li Xiaojun became excited. He was almost going crazy from doing nothing at sea these days.

"Be prepared, just in case!"

Zhu Xuefeng hung up the intercom without saying much. At this moment, he missed his handheld intercom system, a powerful weapon for small-scale wars. This time when he returns, he must let Xiangjiang start secret production of it.

In the second half of the night, the flow of people that had lasted for a whole day began to visibly decrease. According to inquiries, most of those latecomers were suburban residents who had been traveling on the road for most of the day before arriving. They were all exhausted. Looking at the bustling crowd outside, Zhu Xuefeng was also worried.

If a confrontation breaks out between the two sides, bullets will not have sharp fangs and these people will be in great danger.

"Notify your colonel to open the port gates and place these people within the port area as much as possible. Reduce defense and use the port walls to ensure everyone's safety."

"Chen Dong, you are responsible for organizing your people, and then selecting a group from these compatriots to organize the distribution of food and fresh water. Don't cause a riot."

Seeing Chen Dong and Wayne take the order and leave, Zhu Xuefeng breathed a sigh of relief and sat down.

"Husband, you should eat something too. After eating, take a rest. I will watch over you. You haven't rested all night, and it's almost dawn now."

Zhu Xuefeng nodded, "You sit down too, let's eat together and rest."

"Master, the helicopter is here." Wayne ran over excitedly to report.

Under the dim light, Zhu Xuefeng reviewed the helicopter formation, which was the first helicopter formation in the autonomous region. It seemed that these soldiers had been well trained by Li Xiaojun, and they were all in high spirits.

"Commander, the first and second helicopter squadrons have been ordered to report to you." The pilot's eyes were burning with excitement. He finally got to see the bravest commander among the three armed forces. The commander's performance in several battles was widely known in the army. This was of course inseparable from the tacit promotion of officers at all levels, but it did create a glorious image of the commander's bravery and invincibility in all the troops.

"Okay, well done. We'll have to work hard today. There may be conflicts later. Now we can only ask you to rest on the plane and be on standby at any time!"

"Yes, we will complete the mission, Commander. We are not tired." The captain of the first formation reported loudly. "Okay, disband now and rest where you are!"

Six helicopters brought twenty-four rocket launchers and three hundred rounds of ammunition, twelve RPGs, and twelve firers, which should be enough.

This batch of RPGs was requested by the autonomous region to be imitated domestically. The quantity is very small and it can be regarded as the first batch of results of the cooperation between the two sides.

Zhu Xuefeng stood on the roof, watching the sun slowly rise, but his heart was sinking, because facing the rising sun, there was a buzzing sound coming from the sky above the sea. Two black shadows were approaching the fleet. The other side had dispatched fighter jets!
This was what Zhu Xuefeng least wanted to see. Even with the most broken biplane propeller fighters, Li Xiaojun's fleet would find it difficult to deal with them. The fleet only had anti-aircraft machine guns and anti-aircraft guns. Trying to shoot down airplanes was like using an anti-aircraft gun to shoot down a mosquito.

The two fighter planes circled in the sky for several circles, dived and passed by the side of the fleet at high speed, and were hit by a barrage of anti-aircraft artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns. Although they fled in a hurry, it was obvious that the fleet had not achieved any success.

The other party actually dared to challenge the "aircraft carrier"! Once again, it was beyond Zhu Xuefeng's expectations. Even if it was a fake aircraft carrier, the shock should be great, not to mention that Li Xiaojun's fleet was still on the high seas. The rebel leader's method shocked Zhu Xuefeng.

"General Su, you are right. This aircraft carrier must be fake. There are only a few helicopters on the deck. There are no boat-borne aircraft at all, not even one!"

The intelligence from the reconnaissance plane was quickly transmitted to General Su. Looking at the not-so-clear photos, General Su smiled, "What a complete liar. What a big show, an aircraft carrier formation! Let's get started. First, take care of the scum in the port, and then let our fleet eliminate this group of liars."

The general was very happy because his army had finally defeated the enemy yesterday. Due to the blockade of the fleet, the enemy gave up going out to sea and had retreated to the mountainous area. The fleet had set sail in the second half of the night and would arrive in a few hours. In his eyes, the fraud fleet without an aircraft carrier had no threat at all. No matter where this fraud fleet came from, General Su decided to teach the enemy a good lesson.

"Master, a large number of troops and a small number of armored vehicles have appeared behind the enemy's defense line. It is estimated that the total number of troops has exceeded 1,500!"

Wayne came to report again. He was also a little worried. The power disparity was too great. Now that it was daylight, Zhu Xuefeng could clearly see the other side's deployment from the upper floor. Behind the team were compatriots who arrived late and were detained. It was estimated that there were several thousand of them.

"Issue them an ultimatum: lift the blockade within half an hour and let the refugees in, or they will suffer the wrath of God who upholds humanitarian aid."

"Okay, master." Soon, the port's loudspeaker sounded Lieutenant Colonel Wayne's righteous ultimatum.

Various vehicles from the port also drove out urgently, forming temporary barriers on the road, protecting all the refugees behind the barriers and ensuring the safety of these compatriots to the greatest extent possible.

Teams of soldiers, led by the colonel, quickly set up simple defensive positions. Behind the opposite position, General Armand, who was in charge of the cleanup, sneered when he saw the scene in front of him.

"They are trying to stop a chariot with a mantis arm. They don't know whether they will live or die. They think we really don't dare to take action. We are issuing an ultimatum to the other side. If they don't surrender within a quarter of an hour, we will resolutely eliminate this group of international terrorists!"

The battle started as expected, and the enemy quickly approached the temporary obstacles at the port under the cover of several armored vehicles.

"Colonel, how long do we have to hold out like this? We can't hold out. These damn things can't be harmed by conventional weapons."

The soldiers behind the bunker cursed. They had always relied on weapons and equipment to crush their opponents, but this time they were helpless against the armored vehicles.

"Shut up and look carefully. This is just a broken armored vehicle, not a tank."

The colonel changed to an M16 automatic rifle and fired a volley of bullets, killing the driver of the armored vehicle. The vehicle veered to one side and collided with another armored vehicle, causing a momentary stalemate on the battlefield.

Faced with the overwhelming offensive, this situation was destined not to last long. The endless stream of rebels was simply beyond the defenders' ability to resist. General Armand, who was supervising the battle from behind, seemed to have seen the tragic end of this group of scammers.

"Helicopters, damn it, where did they get these armed helicopters? They should be American!" General Armand unexpectedly discovered the helicopter formation through the telescope and was a little confused for a moment.

Dust and smoke filled the air in front of the port. The armored vehicles that had just been so proud were instantly turned into scrap metal under the bombardment of RPG rockets from six armed helicopters, and the flames of the explosions illuminated the shocked faces of the soldiers.

Then, the heavy machine guns on the helicopter began to roar, and bullets poured down like raindrops, ruthlessly harvesting. The information from the previous life plus the experience of this life made Zhu Xuefeng have no mercy on these soldiers. These people are evil and do all kinds of evil. Since they have fought, they should all go to hell.

The panicked figures tried to find cover, but everything seemed so powerless under the powerful firepower of the helicopter. The helicopter flexibly shuttled in the air, like a dance of death, and every strafing caused heavy losses on the ground. The black shadows fled everywhere, but no matter how they ran, they could not escape the pursuit and killing of the helicopter.

This was a bloody feast, with armed helicopters becoming the masters of the battle. Their firepower was so fierce that the ground forces had no power to resist and could only watch their companions fall one by one.

The battle lasted for dozens of minutes, but in this short period of time, the port area seemed to have turned into a living hell. In the end, when the helicopters stopped strafing, only a mess and countless corpses were left on the ground.

In a battle where the enemy had no RPGs and other anti-aircraft missiles, armed helicopters were the rebels' nightmare. General Amon witnessed the defeat of thousands of people with an expression of disbelief. The defeat was too quick and too tragic. There were no soldiers standing on the entire battlefield.

General Armand jumped into the car and yelled, "Hurry and report to General Su, we need air force support."

General Su, who was waiting for good news, was also shocked. After two explorations of the port, he found that this group of scammers only had about 200 conventional armed forces, and the armed helicopters they conjured up must have been supported by the fake aircraft carrier in the open sea. Now it was clear that the two groups of scammers were together, and now he needed a satisfying victory to save face.

General Su gritted his teeth and said, "If that's the case, then I will destroy the entire fleet!"

In General Su's eyes, this small force on the shore could be put down first even if there were armed helicopters. These people were like food on the chopping board and could not escape.

"Let the air force go out and sink the fleet offshore. Let the fleet speed up and rush to the scene. We can't let this group of scammers escape."

"General, they are in the open sea, this seems a little inappropriate." The think tank quickly reminded.

"There is nothing wrong with this. They killed thousands of our soldiers on our soil. This is an invasion and a declaration of war!" (End of this chapter)