Chapter 97, The Wind Rises

Author: red heart cloth

Chapter 97, The Wind Rises

The 3rd Battalion of the Governor's Infantry Regiment will be responsible for food security and, by the way, Oceana's personal safety.

Of course, just one infantry battalion is definitely not enough.

At this time, what Yan Fangxu had been doing finally came into play.

He has never shown up in Fuxing City. That's because he, along with the 4th Battalion and the fifty political commissars drawn from various teams, are still rooted in the prisoner camp outside Fuxing City.

Oceana was short of manpower and applied to the governor. Gu Hang turned around and asked Yan Fangxu how the training of the prisoners was going.

It had only been a few days, and of course more than 7,000 prisoners could not be reorganized so quickly.

Of course, their training level is adequate. Although they are not up to the T5 level produced by the system, they can still be regarded as the regular army of the previous alliance.

The problem is mainly reliability.

However, it is not impossible to redeploy manpower.

Yan Fangxu selected the seven companies that were performing best so far.

Among the seven companies, the political commissars assigned there have successfully established soldiers committee branches within the companies and have done a good job in ideological work.

And when they put themselves into practical action, they immediately faced their first test.

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Oceana looked quite anxious.

The government affairs team she leads basically has no grassroots control over the city outside Fuxing City.

Everything starts from scratch.

It is also difficult to set up quickly.

So how is Oceana going to spread the news about distributing food on time and at fixed points?

Native method.

I repaired several three-wheelers, installed them with loudspeakers, recorded the words about releasing grain, and then ran around the city to ensure that I could hear them everywhere.

As for the work of reviewing cults assigned by the Governor, in Oceana's understanding, it is something to be done, but the priority is relatively not that high.

Of course she knew that if those cultists were not caught, they would cause trouble and cause trouble. But relatively speaking, it would not be that easy for the cultists to make trouble for the residents of the outer city. It would become more difficult.

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There is hope for the future, but who would follow a cult?

Of course, screening work still needs to be done.

Three nuns were assigned by Gerrit to help with the final processing of the screening work.

But obviously, relying on three nuns, it is impossible to screen hundreds of thousands of people.

Oceana took time out of her busy schedule to make a set of registration forms.

When receiving food, people need to register their personal status and verify it with the information provided by others.

I hope that through this method, I can find out whether someone has behaved abnormally recently, whether they live in a relatively close place, but are not familiar to people around them, or even more directly, I can directly report the suspected cultist.

people.

The abnormal persons found will be further scrutinized, and even in the final stage, the nuns will be directly involved.

This is the best method that Oceana can come up with in a short period of time and under limited conditions.

Her core focus is still on food distribution.

However, just as Sanbengzi carried loudspeakers and publicized everywhere, and food distribution points scattered in various places in the outer city, guarded by teams of soldiers, were also established. Just waiting for the food to arrive, all work could proceed smoothly.

But at this time, news came that the team transporting food from the inner city was ambushed.

When she heard the news, Oceana felt like she was struck by thunder.

If there is a problem with the transported grain, there will be big trouble.

The public's sense of expectation has been aroused by the continuous mobile loudspeaker propaganda. According to the news reports from the front, there are already many people queuing up at the food distribution points to wait for the arrival of food.

At this time, there is a problem with the food halfway, what should I do?

Are we going to tell the hungry people who are queuing up, waiting for this meal, that there is no food?

Isn't that nonsense?

I'm afraid there will be a riot on the spot!

Oceana was a little panicked.

Her experience is not rich enough. She has done a good job in management work in the past, but she mostly found problems, thought about solutions, and found ways to complete them. Often, things can be solved by following her own plan.

Like this time, when such a big emergency suddenly occurred, a situation that could lead to total collapse if not handled well, Oceana had never encountered it before, so it was natural to panic.

But she quickly forced herself to calm down: "Osenna, Oceana, don't panic, you have to find a way... just like before..."

Feeling at ease, she began to think.

For a population of hundreds of thousands outside the city, food distribution is actually a very cumbersome process.

First, she selected six warehouses in the outer city as food distribution centers. The food transported from the main warehouses in the inner city would first be placed in the distribution centers. Then, each distribution center corresponded to about 10 specific items.

Food distribution points. Food transported to the distribution center will be distributed to ten distribution points. People can receive food directly after registering their identity here.

The security issue is quite formidable. The number of troops that Oceana can mobilize, including the seven companies given by Yan Fangxu and the 3rd battalion sent by the governor, totals ten companies in total.

There will be a company in charge of each distribution center. They must be stationed at the distribution center to ensure the safety of the food after it is transported; they must guard each food distribution point and provide immediate support in case of emergencies.

There are also two companies, mainly responsible for escorting food. Each of the six routes must have a platoon responsible for following the convoy.

The last two companies were pulled out to serve as clerks. They would be dispersed at all food distribution points, serving as guards, and at the same time doing personnel registration and specific work of food distribution.

There are not enough clerks, so soldiers come to help.

But now, the problem is the grain transportation route.

At present, the news that Oceana has received is that a group of mobs, armed with weapons, emerged and attacked the team when they passed through a slum with a complex environment. The outcome of the battle is currently unknown.

Six grain transportation routes were attacked almost simultaneously.

After clarifying the current situation, she was not very methodical, but she still issued instructions one after another in a down-to-earth manner.

"Immediately send a telegram to the Governor to report the situation we encountered here and request support. We need a loyal and reliable team to help."

"Immediately issue an order to all companies stationed at food distribution centers, requiring them all to mobilize to support their respective food transport convoys and eliminate all armed elements."

"The teams at the 60 food distribution points we have set up are not allowed to move, and we are paying full attention to the situation of the people waiting in line. We give comfort as the highest priority, and we must not use force until it is absolutely necessary."

"Contact Captain Yan Fangxu. I need him to take out the rations for the prisoner camp and prepare them... Of course I know that those rations are very important and determine the stability of the prisoners. I also hope not to use it, but if there is any

There is really a problem with the food transportation route. We need this food for emergency use temporarily. Let him not worry. I have already mobilized supplies from the starch block production factory in the governor's camp. A convoy carrying one hundred tons of food is coming.

On the road, it can supplement the needs of the military camp. Our synthetic starch factory is also operating at full capacity."

The clerks who received her order went to work separately.

Oceana looked out the window while thinking about whether there were any problems with the instructions she had given and whether there was anything that needed to be added.

The wind was blowing outside. The very casually built houses in the slums creaked in the wind.

Looking at the wind, Oceana's worry deepened.

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