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“We need to take a headcount. We need a camp to hold them…” The farm can accept ordinary infected people, but we can’t immediately accept these people who have been coerced countless times and have committed countless acts of arson, murder, and looting.

Just like the fate of circus tigers that have tasted human blood, they are either killed or thrown back into nature reserves; many of them have already been stained with blood.

Moreover, the bloodshed wasn't for self-defense or resistance against oppression; it was purely plunder and destruction.

It's even possible that so many infected people came to the north voluntarily with them; it's more likely that some infected communities were also breached by these rioters.

Having already done this before, according to the broken windows theory, the psychological threshold for doing it a second time will be greatly lowered. And once they feel that farm life is too hard or are unwilling to work for the fruits of their labor, they will immediately become new raiders, or they will be hiding inside.

White Rabbit didn't know how to deal with these people. Killing them all would be too cruel and didn't fit her personality, but if she were to accept them, she felt that these people were simply unacceptable.

We can only lock him up for now and see if Xia Lin has any better ideas.

These surrendered infected individuals were confined to a temporary camp. Yelena brought a lot of planks and barbed wire from the farm and settlement. Under the supervision of the Yeti Squad and security personnel, these surrendered infected individuals built their own concentration camp and then locked themselves inside.

Temporarily terrified, they wouldn't immediately jump up and fight back. Such passionate and courageous people would either be cut in two by Skadi or blasted into a colorful sunset by the ratchet shells from the vehicle-mounted railgun.

Are there many of these people?

"There are quite a few. Ivan and Patriot are helping out there. Due to certain reasons, there aren't many wounded. Most of the remaining people are young and strong, with very few women, children, or the elderly."

When fleeing for their lives, women, children, the elderly, and the weak are all burdens, and these infected people who have turned into thugs could not possibly carry many.

"Break them up, put them in groups of 10 and live separately, do collective labor. If one of them gets into trouble, the whole team will be punished. Then conduct separate interrogations and investigations, and make a separate list of everyone who has the blood of innocent people on their hands. After these people get used to collective labor for a few days, hold a public trial and hang them in front of everyone." Xia Lin said without hesitation.

“Okay, I’ll go tell Patriot Dad right away…” The Shield Guards took over the POW camp. They had originally planned to see what kind of warriors dared to attack the farm roadblock head-on, and whether there were any revolutionary comrades among them. However, they were instead furious at the things they were asked one after another.

They could understand the Ursus government's large-scale purge, since they had once been part of the purge themselves.

But what were these soldiers from the Ursus elite combat force, who had no prior connection to the old general, doing, after all, risking their lives to liberate and save the infected from their suffering?

They swung their weapons at their fellow citizens and the infected who were suffering just as much. They dared not vent their anger on those who oppressed them, but instead treated the weaker and even those who suffered just as much as they did with double the cruelty and brutality.

The Patriot felt these people should be properly educated. In his opinion, these people had betrayed everyone, and their ugliness and despicableness were even greater than that of the enemy. He originally wanted to hang them all, but considering that these people were not the ones they had captured, he had to give up.

"A bunch of cowards, despicable and disgusting!" Patriot's deep, hoarse voice echoed across the camp, while the infected prisoners of war below remained numb and dazed, completely unmoved.

“I can understand that you don’t dare to attack those mines, don’t dare to liberate your suffering compatriots; I can’t blame you for choosing to run away when you can’t defeat the Ursus regular army; but how dare you… how dare you lay hands on those equally suffering infected compatriots!”

"Uh..." They remained silent, or rather, numb; they showed absolutely no emotion or reaction, appearing utterly despondent.

When a person is left with only basic survival, pursuing only living and momentary pleasure, it is difficult for him to be considered a human being—and it is meaningless to speak any kind of language to a group of beasts in human skin.

“Uh…” Patriot looked at the numb infected and fell silent. The miners in the mine were also numb, but he could see the flames surging beneath their numbness. The numbness and sluggishness were just to protect themselves from further persecution; the will to resist and the flames were deeply buried within them.

However, these people were truly numb; they were like a group of wild beasts in human skin or human figures carved from rotten wood, exuding a stench of decay and rot, with not a glimmer of light in their eyes.

“Patriot, Xia Lin said to take these people…” Yelena tugged at Patriot’s hand and repeated Xia Lin’s words.

"Alright, that's settled. If they won't listen to reason, then use the whip! Ursus people are nothing but animals who only learn human qualities under the whip!"

Patriot is not someone from humble beginnings; he used to be a legitimate Ursus general.

Although they were very popular, the Ursus army still had many of the bad habits that existed, but these were corrected during the later guerrilla warfare in the snowfields.

With the assistance of the Shield Guards, the approximately two hundred infected young men were divided into 22 teams of 10.

The elderly, women, and children were assigned to five other teams. Their job was to clear mountains and break rocks to continue the roadblock system and traffic disruptions in the south.

As long as Ursus' armored forces cannot launch a frontal attack, small units are unlikely to pose much of a threat to the farm at present.

Not to mention that if the farm's area of ​​influence were placed on a map of the entire northern Ursus wasteland, it would be no more than two pixels in size. With the Ursus military's forces spread across such a huge combat area, the pressure on the farm was not significant to begin with.

Moreover, the farm is located in an area relatively close to the northern desert, which is an area that will only be involved in the later stages of the second phase of the Ursus Operation Plan. They are currently consolidating the green zone, squeezing the living space of the yellow zone, and driving people to the red zone, which is a standard anti-guerrilla warfare tactic.

Don't assume that what Japan used was a Showa-era tactic. In fact, it was a very standard counter-guerrilla tactic. Japan messed up not because the strategy and tactics were flawed, but because their execution was flawed.

The most important aspect of this plan is to squeeze the guerrillas' living space, consolidate and expand the green zone, squeeze the yellow zone to force the neutral faction to take sides, and then concentrate and force people to the red zone for centralized cleanup.

The biggest problem with guerrillas is that they blend in with civilians, are familiar with the terrain, and their supply points are scattered and difficult to destroy. Once they are pushed into the red zone and begin to gather and appear, they cannot pose any threat to the frontal attack of the regular army.

The problem with Japan is that their consolidation of the Green Zone was solely based on military measures, which resulted in the Green Zone actually becoming the Red Zone. Civilians were oppressed to the point of desperation, either becoming guerrillas or on their way to becoming guerrillas—naturally, the final outcome was a complete disaster.

In Ursus, however, discrimination against the infected is not only official but also among the general public. Upon hearing that a large group of infected rioters is approaching, ordinary civilians will practically drag their families to the military-controlled Green Zone.

These people brought supplies, labor, and manpower, and they effectively consolidated the Green Zone, turning the infected guerrillas into invaders who were destroying their homes.

In such a situation, the only source of supplies the guerrillas could obtain would be local infected settlements.

The infected settlements were few in number and had low productivity, making it difficult to provide such a large amount of supplies and resources. As a result, some guerrillas had to change from semi-pirates to pure raiders.

The guerrillas could not possibly attack the heavily guarded mobile fortress and the Ursus fleet. Their only target was their fellow infected people. How long could the guerrillas survive without the support of the local people?

Thus, the fence-sitters in the yellow zone were constantly turning red or green, and as Ursus slowly consolidated its advance, they fled north, stirring up more snowballs.

With tens of thousands of people, the supply points are countless, and even a guerrilla force of twenty or thirty people can find them.

However, once the number of people reached three digits, the places where they could station themselves and resupply became fewer. Not to mention that with so many people, the already fragile self-sufficient economy could not withstand it. They either had to expand their production scale or continue to plunder and snowball their gains.

In the end, only a few places remained that could house tens of thousands of people. The same applied to production; once it expanded to a certain scale, it became conspicuous. And at this time, the Ursus army was carrying out a bloody purge of these few concentrated areas.

It was enough to annihilate most of the infected guerrillas, and not only did it wipe out their manpower, but it also successfully shattered their original morale. From then on, the north was pacified in one fell swoop.

The reason they didn't do this before was that there was no interest or threat that could unite these nobles and warlords. This strategy and tactic required a huge amount of manpower, material resources, and a large army to coordinate and operate. If, as before, the infighting among the military regions was the case, it would be absolutely impossible to do so.

However, now, facing dual pressure from above and below, this class alliance has been solidified, and the power they wield is sufficient to implement this grand strategic plan.

Chapter Sixty-Five: The Wall

Chapter 65

"With so many people in winter, we need to eat some stored food. Does Boss Xia have enough?" A few hundred people would need nearly half a ton of grain a day to eat. If eggs and meat are added, the consumption would actually be even greater. Usually, one pound of meat requires at least three pounds of feed.

Without modern feed, feeding pigs with grain would be extremely costly.

"There's plenty of potatoes and cabbage, and I'm currently building a large chicken farm, so there should be enough eggs after that." The chicken farm started construction a month ago.

However, it's not the kind of high-end free-range chicken coop in a farm, but rather the kind of intensive farming.

"However, how long will this blockade last?" Xia Lin asked curiously. Because of the blockade, it was difficult for him to make large-scale purchases, as the farm needed a considerable amount of metal minerals and other equipment.

"I don't know, it depends on Ursus's determination..." From the radio broadcast, Xia Lin and Patriot could learn about Ursus's general movements and strategies. They were clearly carrying out anti-guerrilla warfare operations, squeezing the living space of the infected and driving them northward.

The further north you go, the fewer places there are to rest and recuperate. When the infected people are concentrated to a certain extent, a fleet can be organized to destroy them.

Kill all those who dare to resist at once, drive those who still have the strength into the icy desert, let the extreme cold and famine wipe them out, and throw the remaining obedient people into various mines to start a new infected miner slave economy.

"To be honest, time is not on our side..." Xia Lin was slightly pessimistic about this. This was a standard counter-guerrilla operation, and it was even chosen to take place in the winter.

In winter, both the infected and civilians would store food. At this time, the army would advance and forcibly relocate civilians, cutting off the infected guerrillas' supply lines and forcing them to move around, making it difficult for them to carry large amounts of food.

In the spring, things get even more complicated. The only food available must be either kept for seed or starved to death, and either way, it's a net loss.

"If all infected people are like you, a guerrilla fighter, then time is on our side. The massive influx of refugees will eventually turn into a wave of people returning home. And as I understand it, there will likely be a lot of wrangling over the issue of providing relief to refugees."

"Yes, you guessed right, that's what I think too. I understand the nobles and officers of Ursus better. They treat the civilians who were forcibly relocated to the south, as well as the neutrals designated as the yellow zone, like cattle and sheep."

"However, the infected are not civilians; there are even considerable conflicts among them. Therefore, from the beginning, the infected's choice of a guerrilla-style approach is only suitable in places with a large number of mines and mine slaves, where they can obtain cover and support. In relatively southern areas with a large number of civilians and ordinary people, unless it's your kind of organization, otherwise..."

Otherwise, it would be really hard to say whether the Ursus army or these infected people who are fighting under the banner of justice are more harmful. For the green zone to turn against the yellow zone and the yellow zone to turn red, one prerequisite must be met: in the process of comparing who is worse, Ursus must be the worse one.

People would rather return to the snowfields, supply the guerrillas, fight against the Ursus army, and even endure the plundering of some infected than serve the Ursus Empire.

However, from all perspectives, this situation is absolutely impossible in Terra, or at least in Ursus.

“That’s what makes me angry,” Patriot sighed. Every time these cowards attacked a civilian settlement, they were taking another step further down the road of alienation, and also giving the Imperial propaganda machine plenty of ammunition to prove that the infected were all heinous thugs, evil schemers, or even beasts who could not be called human.

If those civilians don't support the Imperial Army, would they support these infected who are even more brutal than the Imperial Army?

"And the troublesome part is that the Empire is deliberately condoning the bestiality of these infected people..."

For example, launching a surprise attack in winter, destroying warehouses and food production sites as much as possible without killing people, relocating people, blocking roads to prevent smuggling, and forcing infected people to choose between looting and starving to death.

Unless these infected individuals are all people with conviction and ideals, and are so righteous that they would rather freeze to death than dismantle houses or starve to death than plunder, they will not be able to hold out until ordinary people and neutrals can no longer tolerate the harsh policies of the Ursus Empire and choose to return to the Yellow Zone, becoming their supporters and suppliers.

This is another key point of counter-guerrilla strategy: you don't need to make your army a benevolent force. However, you need to make the enemy appear more brutal than you.

"The Imperials will treat the civilians and mobile towns as dairy cows for now. They will milk them vigorously, but they won't let the cows die."

But now, these infected, driven to desperation and lacking any will to live, only want to kill and eat them. And as time goes on, their food and supplies dwindle, making their behavior even more brutal.

People who are starving to the point of death have no morals or shame. They can even exchange their own children to eat, let alone burn, kill, and plunder civilians who already hate them.

"At that point, the military's actions will have changed from a reactionary crackdown to a righteous act of punishing bandits to save the people..."

Xia Lin shrugged, indicating that the situation was almost irreversible. Even if the farm sheltered some of the infected, what did it matter if Patriot's men were a benevolent army?

Many more infected people are forced or willing to become rioters, and in their extreme hunger, they probably don't have any long-term plans. In the end, the already intense conflict between infected people and ordinary people will be completely intensified.

When that time comes, ordinary people will not hesitate to oppose you and notify the Imperial Army as soon as they discover that you are infected.

Although it was roughly the same before, the original conflict remained in a relatively rigid state. For the sake of money, some ordinary villages and towns would turn a blind eye and provide supplies and resources to the infected.

With the Empire's actions, coupled with the unrestrained lust of the infected who were driven out and squeezed out, this conflict will be completely intensified to the point where the two sides cannot coexist. The infected will become more extreme due to the complete discrimination and antagonism they face, while ordinary people will become more discriminatory because of this extreme behavior.

Ultimately, this vicious cycle leads to the integration movement on the original world line. The infected feel that they have suffered the world's pain and decide to bring the same or even double the pain to others, completely cutting off any possibility of receiving external sympathy and assistance.

From a force seeking liberation and equality to a group of notorious terrorists, the Ursus army will then truly enjoy the hospitality of civilians welcoming their king on the snowfields. This means the green zone will expand wildly, the yellow zone will turn green, the red zone will shrink, and finally, the army will be wiped out in one fell swoop.

"Judging from Boss Xia's tone, it seems there's a solution?" Patriot looked at the prisoners of war who had been educated for a few days and were barely able to work obediently. They were digging pits, and many of them looked trembling, perhaps thinking they were about to be buried alive.

Actually, that pit was used to build a fishpond. Later, workers from the settlement would come and lay a cement enclosure, and then connect water pipes to fill it with water.

"Yes, you should stop using the banner of liberating the infected in the future. Instead, find a banner that will resonate with everyone and make the infected people not your symbol, but just a part of you. You are fighting for everyone, not just for the infected."

"This will not only help you gain broader support, but also effectively change the situation of the infected, making them realize that the infected are not only infected, but may also be something else, separating them from the label of simply being infected, and creating a distinction between infected thugs and infected liberators. Otherwise, you will find it difficult to move an inch, not only on this snowfield, but also in the whole world."

"For example?"

"The simplest example is if you raise a banner now to overthrow the Ursus royal family and establish a noble republic, you will gain the support of at least one-third of Ursus..."

“That’s not what I want, Mr. Xia knows that.”

"That is to purge the court of corrupt officials, support the emperor, eliminate the power of the decadent nobles, and make Ursus a completely centralized empire."

Patriots seemed somewhat tempted, after all, in the eyes of the traditional Ursus people, the emperor, as their "little father," was still a decent ruler; it was the warlords and nobles who had messed things up and made the country into this state.

"If you don't choose either, then there's only the most difficult path: no imperial power, no nobility, and you declare that you want to build a new world where everyone, whether infected or ordinary, is treated equally, without nobility or oppression—I don't think you can do it, really."

Everything must be considered in terms of the historical context and specific environment, rather than simply applying a formula. This applies to countries like Ursus, where most of the population is still in the primitive stages of agriculture, animal husbandry, and mining.

Frankly speaking, being able to transform a traditional aristocratic feudal state into a centralized empire is a reform in itself.

If it can be transformed into a superficially democratic oligarchy capitalist political system, it could even be considered a major social advancement.

"However, we can compromise a bit. You can declare the establishment of a democratic, free, but still oppressive country. Frankly, I think it would be a great success if you fought to the death and managed to put aristocracy and bloodline theory into the trash can."