The military operations against the major gangs in the slums lasted until midnight.
The First Corps dispatched two thousand-man teams, with a total of 52 wheeled armored vehicles, including twelve Type 1 tanks.
The Boulder City militia initially sent two thousand-man teams, and later increased to three.
For the gangs hiding in the slums, such an oversized military force is undoubtedly a cannon hitting a fly.
There are many survivors who hold similar views.
However, according to the managers, the gang forces living in the slums have become a breeding ground for predators and crimes.
They maintain limited order, but they are also the root of all chaos in Qingquan City.
If this trouble is not completely solved, it will be useless to destroy as many predator tribes as possible, because those guys will appear like wild monsters.
This stubborn disease has existed for more than a century, and strong medicine must be used.
The Alliance not only wanted to kill the fly with a cannon, but also wanted to give a warning to all the guys who were ready to make a move, so that they could see how the fly died!
Therefore, all the major corps did not hold back, and all those who resisted with guns and had gang symbols tattooed on their bodies were arrested.
The number of people involved was also larger than everyone imagined.
The Dagger Gang alone arrested a thousand-man team, the second largest gang, the Dean Gang, had more than 800 people, and the Poison Gang had 600 people.
There was a dark crowd standing at the gate of Boulder City, with ten people tied tightly with a rope, and there was another group under the viaduct in the distance.
Jeff, who was being pressed on the head, was confused himself. In fact, the gang members he often came into contact with were only the core ones.
He himself didn't know that there were so many people under his command.
What made him even more terrified was that the Alliance knew his family background better than he did.
West was also confused.
He thought the alliance had been targeting them when they took over Boulder City, but now it seems that these guys may have wanted to take action a long time ago...
Walking in front of Chu Guang, Wrench stood at attention and saluted.
"A total of 4,713 people were arrested, and 671 people were killed in the operation!"
Standing next to Chu Guang, Qiao Yin's expression was slightly moved when he heard this number.
"There are so many people... almost accounting for 2% of the total population of the slums."
Boulder City has not counted the exact number of people in the slums, but it is estimated to be around 200,000.
Wrench continued with a serious expression.
"The situation here may be more complicated than we imagined. We have only arrested core members near the base and gang members who have resisted. There are also a large number of peripheral personnel hiding in it."
After all, they are soldiers, not police officers handling cases. The execution process will definitely be much rougher, and it is inevitable that some of them will be arrested by mistake.
But it can't be said that they are wrongly accused.
The alliance has warned the survivors in the slums to stay at home.
They are not in the construction team, do not listen to the advice, are between 16 and 35 years old, carry weapons, and happen to be running around near the gang base. It is no wonder that they are arrested as gang members.
After that, the alliance will interrogate the arrested persons separately, release some innocent people based on their confessions and collected evidence, and deal with the rest as needed.
Chu Guang nodded after taking a look at the people in the distance.
"Catch the big ones and let the small ones go, repeat it several times, and focus on cleaning up those organized criminals, and don't let any of them go. The peripheral personnel who are not deeply involved in the case will be mainly reformed, and the guards will register the case for record. If they commit the crime again, they will be severely punished."
People cannot live in a vacuum. Living in an order dominated by gangs, the young and middle-aged people in the slums are more or less tainted with unclear things.
In fact, the construction team itself is a means of differentiation and transformation. As long as they work honestly, today's incident will have nothing to do with them.
Use the new order to unite some peripheral personnel, so as to minimize the risk of explosion of bombs buried in the slums.
Then send the army in to completely smash the pot of evil forces.
This is the whole plan.
Wrench asked in a deep voice.
"How to deal with these people?"
"Like the looters, the bandits will be executed first and then tried, the core members will be tried first and then executed, and the general gang members will be sent to the prisoner-of-war camp..."
After a pause, Chu Guang changed his words.
"Forget it, don't send them to the prisoner-of-war camp, let's set up a punishment camp, the wave is coming."
It seems inhumane to lock criminals and prisoners of war together, and it is better to keep the garbage in separate categories.
"Yes!"
Wrench put his right fist on his chest and saluted, then turned and walked towards the troops not far away, calling his men to arrange the work.
After handing over the punishment of these gang members to Wrench, Chu Guang looked at the suitcase lying on the snow beside him.
Inside lay bundles of light brown banknotes, each with a face value of 100,000.
These were the stolen goods seized from the Dagger Gang's stronghold.
There were some silver coins, dinars and Cr in it, but he asked the guards to send them to the court and put them together with other stolen goods.
The rewards for the players were calculated separately, and these stolen goods would be confiscated after the trial.
"Bugra... I remember this is the money of the Free State."
Following Chu Guang's gaze to the banknotes, Qiao Yin frowned and continued in a low voice, "I heard a long time ago that there are people from the Free State in the gangs in the slums outside the city."
Gangs are one of the specialties of the Free State.
There, the company's armed forces are the strongest, followed by a mixed bag of gangs and mercenaries, bounty hunters, etc., and finally the government army and the police.
They sell civilized people's weapons to the predators and export predators' methods to civilized people.
However, compared with pure predators and survivors, companies in the Free State prefer to do business with those in between.
Because by doing business with such customers, they can export weapons and experts at the same time and get more generous rewards.
Chu Guang nodded and spoke slowly.
"Just like the news I received, the people in the Free State bribed some nobles in the inner city. According to the confession of the centurion named Wei Lun, they noticed the guests from the north a long time ago. But those people hardly touched the cake in their hands, so they didn't pay much attention to them. Occasionally, they would make some deals with them and let them do some dirty work that they were not convenient to do themselves."
The Dagger Gang is a gang supported by the Bugera Free State.
Their style of doing things is very secretive. They are used to establishing another set of rules hidden in the dark under the established order, and then squeeze extra benefits from marginal groups and the weak.
Since they will not touch the vested interests' cake and may even cooperate with them, most settlements or survivor forces do not want to spend that effort to deal with them.
"It's difficult..." Qiao Yin sighed, "If we don't solve the trouble in the north, even if we step on these cockroaches, a group of small insects will emerge later."
"No matter how difficult it is, we have to do it."
Looking in the direction of the slums, Chu Guang narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Even if there are no neighbors in the north, the wasteland is always exporting chaos to us. If we want to maintain the results, we must do a good job of post-processing, establish a perfect mechanism, plug all possible loopholes, and then shrink the living space of those cockroaches little by little until our alliance has no soil for them to survive."
It can't be said that flies don't bite seamless eggs, but there are also places in this wasteland that the Bugera Free State cannot penetrate.
For example, colleges, such as enterprises.
"...I will communicate with Lovett, Luca and others about these tasks. Of course, we also need the cooperation of your militia."
Feeling the determination in that sentence, Qiao Yin nodded slightly and respectfully put his right fist on his chest.
"It is my honor to serve you."
...
The second half of the night was calm and nothing happened.
The next morning, it was not yet completely bright.
Twenty gang leaders with dusty faces were escorted by a team of 100 people to the open space between the market and the main gate.
The movement at the door attracted the attention of countless people, and the wastelanders who were stranded in the market gathered at the entrance of the market to watch the excitement.
Many merchants who often come to Boulder City to do business know those guys with their hands and feet tied, and some people even called out their names in surprise.
"Jeff... and West?!"
"The leader and second leader of the Dagger Gang!"
"The third leader is here too!"
"And the members of the Dean Gang and the Poison Gang..."
"Oh my god, the three major gangs are gathering together?!"
"What is the Alliance going to do?"
People looked at the entrance of the giant wall curiously, watching the Alliance soldiers put plastic hoods on those people, and whispered about what the Alliance was going to do.
But they didn't stay curious for too long, because the mystery was soon revealed.
Twenty soldiers carrying rifles walked in neat steps not far behind the group of people, and then loaded their rifles without a word.
Some Wastelanders had a vague premonition of what was going to happen next, but they didn't dare to believe that the Alliance really did this, and surprise was written on their faces.
"Bang Bang!"
A burst of dense gunfire, and a blood mist exploded on the backs of the heads and backs of the twenty culprits, and they fell silently in the snow.
They probably thought they still had some value and should at least be tried. They probably didn't expect the Alliance to kill them directly.
When the gunshots were heard, they were not mentally prepared at all.
There was still one person who was lucky enough to survive, twitching on the blood-stained snow, and the plastic sheet on his head was rubbed off.
That man was Jeff, the underground emperor of the slums and even Boulder City!
The leader of the Dagger Gang!
"Ka...ah..."
He opened and closed his bloody mouth, blood kept oozing out, and wanted to say something to beg for mercy, but he couldn't say a complete sentence. He could only look at the soldier walking towards him pleadingly and stretched out his trembling hands.
The shape of his lips seemed to say--
'Give me another chance. '
The soldier didn't talk to him at all, and didn't know this guy at all.
Finding that there was still one looter leader left to send away, the young man quickened his pace and walked up, picked up the rifle and shot him in the head again.
"Bang!"
The market was dead silent.
Only the echo that was fading away remained.
Jeff's child hole gradually became loose, and his raised arm fell into the snow, ending his evil life in such a hasty way.
Seeing the leader of the Dagger Gang die like a wild dog, all the Wastelanders couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
Looking at the soldiers wearing exoskeletons, their eyes couldn't help but show a trace of deep fear.
These guys are serious!
They even killed a big shot like Jeff!
It seems that the sky here has really changed...
In addition to those onlookers, some looters and gang members who stayed in the market were even more terrified, and their hands and feet were shaking.
The Alliance has blocked the entire market, and they have nowhere to run.
If the accomplices who were caught gave them up...
Many people unconsciously glanced at the surrender window, desperately calculating whether they still had a chance to survive.
Unlike the wastelanders in the market who had different thoughts, the gang members who were detained next to the execution ground were almost all pale, as if they had lost their souls.
Some were frozen, and some were scared.
Seeing the boss's body lying at the gate of the city, almost everyone's calves couldn't help shivering.
Some people couldn't hold back their urine, and their pants were wet. Some young or timid people simply cried out.
Most people are afraid of death.
Those who are not afraid of death have already died in the gunfight before dark yesterday.
The soldier standing guard with a rifle glanced coldly at these villains, and curled his mouth with disdain.
Are you afraid now?
What did you do earlier?
The execution was carried out for three rounds, and in front of everyone.
In order to let every prisoner see the fate of the culprits, Wrench took the captives to the giant wall in turn to watch.
Perhaps it was because of seeing the miserable end of the leaders that the subsequent interrogation went much more smoothly.
The gang members in the market confessed first, and those who hid with a fluke mentality were also confessed by other merchants doing business.
Since the alliance is serious, those merchants who really do business honestly naturally don't need to worry about any revenge afterwards.
Then came the captives caught in the slums. Some of them confessed even the little things of stealing, and some of them were crazy and biting, searching their stomachs and confessing all the accomplices they knew in order to seek leniency.
The list soon became a long one.
Although some unlucky people who were implicated were released, some people were brought out of the slums one after another.
The size of the punishment camp increased instead of decreasing, reaching more than 5,000 people.
At the same time, as the dens of thieves hiding in the slums were destroyed one after another, some controlled survivors were also rescued.
Most of them were children aged 12 to 16, and there were more than 3,000 of them.
Some people not only suffered from lung disease but also had serious vision degeneration due to living in a dark and humid environment for a long time. Some people were forced to engage in physical transactions and contracted serious diseases at a young age.
This news was soon published in the "Survivor Daily".
Not only the residents in the Stone City, but the entire alliance were shocked by the crimes under the shadow of the giant wall...
...
Ideal City.
In the towering building.
Sitting on the sofa, Wu Changnian finished reading the "ancient" newspaper in his hand, sighed softly, and put it on the table.
"There are so many victims..."
This newspaper was sent by the Alliance's embassy.
And it was brought by Shu Yu, the ambassador, himself.
Although it may sound a bit cold-blooded to say this, there are more tragic tragedies in the wasteland than this. Apart from giving the Alliance a thumbs up, he doesn't want to care about it.
Looking at Wu Changnian who was lost in thought, Shu Yu said sincerely.
"We need your help! To be honest... just rescuing the survivors in Boulder City has exceeded our capacity. Now there are 200,000 more survivors who need help. It's hard for us to help them alone."
Wu Changnian closed his eyes and sighed again.
He knew Boulder City. It was one of the survivor settlements under the War Construction Committee. Many of the factories there were built with the help of the predecessor of the enterprise, the production department.
The events back then were too complicated. There were human factors and non-human factors. No matter how you calculate it, it's a mess.
The settlements that were forced to fend for themselves were just an episode among many problems.
After learning that the weapon was in the hands of the Alliance, the Council did not ask about the affairs of the Stone City again. Unexpectedly, more than half a month later, he had to worry about the survivors three thousand kilometers away.
With his index finger gently tapping on his knee, Wu Changnian asked in a deep voice.
"What do you need?"
Based on his previous experience dealing with the Alliance, those people would never miss any opportunity to fleece them.
However, Shuyu's answer was beyond his expectations.
"Teacher!"
Wu Changnian was stunned, thinking he had heard wrongly.
"...Teacher?" He thought the Alliance would take the opportunity to ask for money.
"Well," Shuyu nodded seriously, "The full-time schools and night schools of the alliance are already operating at overload, and the infrastructure in Giant Stone City in this regard is blank. We have allocated a large amount of educational resources to Giant Stone City, but now there are more than 3,000 people."
"I understand what you mean, this is indeed a problem," Wu Changnian breathed a sigh of relief, and after thinking for a moment, he continued, "... We will raise funds for you on the endpoint cloud and recruit some volunteers to assist you, but you have to ensure their safety."
This kind of thing is not worth discussing at the board meeting. It is more appropriate to solve the problem within the scope of the authority of the General Management Department.
Obviously, the alliance does not want to owe too many favors to the enterprises, so it did not make excessive demands such as "send those people to the ideal city".
It is just mobilizing civilian forces, and it does not cost much budget.
After getting the promise of the deputy minister, Shuyu also breathed a sigh of relief and showed a sincere smile on his face.
"Don't worry about that! We will not only guarantee their personal safety, food, lodging, and health, but also pay them a full salary!"
Wu Changnian smiled and said.
"That's not necessary. Most of the residents here who are interested in rescuing survivors outside have good living conditions. You just need to take care of their food and lodging."
Shu Yu shook his head and insisted.
"These are two different things. Here, as long as you work, you must be paid. And how can we let those kind people pay out of their own pockets? Just think of it as a little thought from us!"
Seeing that the ambassador said so, Wu Changnian no longer refused and nodded.
"Then I thank you on their behalf."
"No, we should say thank you!" When he said this, Shu Yu smiled embarrassedly and continued, "By the way, in addition to teachers, we also need some medical staff, as well as experts in medicine and biology."
Wu Changnian was stunned.
"I can understand the medical staff, we can even sponsor you some medicines...but what about the experts in biology and medicine?"
Shu Yu looked ashamed.
"It's such a bad time! Every early spring, there will be a wave in Qingquan City, especially after the warm winter. Now such a big thing has happened again, our manpower is very tight in all senses...not just educational resources, including medical care, production and other aspects-"
Wu Changnian coughed quickly to stop him.
"It's really not easy for you."
Shu Yu sighed.
"There's no way...It's all to clean up the mess left by our predecessors. We can't just leave those poor people alone."
Although it can be heard that this upright young man is referring to the Human League from earlier, Wu Changnian's eyebrows can't help twitching.
He coughed lightly to cover up his embarrassment and said with the dignity of an elder.
"I'll help you think of a solution."
Shu Yu smiled brightly and nodded vigorously.
"Well! Please!"
Wu Changnian stared at the young man for a while, and always felt that this guy looked a bit like an acquaintance.
Especially that sentence, it was so similar!
Is it an illusion?
...
Getting support from the outside is just one of many tasks.
The aftermath of this "military operation" done by the alliance is far more than that, and it is probably not something that can be done in a day or two.
After the initial screening, more than 5,000 prisoners in the punishment camp were taken to Qingshi County in the north of Dawn City by the First Corps.
They will receive two months of military training there, and then the alliance will send them to where they should go.
As the major gangs were completely destroyed, the slums and markets were unblocked one after another.
Some wastelanders walked into the wilderness with complaints, choosing to leave this dangerous place, but most people, after seeing the alliance's vigorous and iron-fisted measures, became more confident in the future of Boulder City and therefore chose to stay.
In addition, despite such a major incident, the New Year's Eve activities were not cancelled.
According to the administrator, the new order established by the alliance is to prevent bad people from celebrating the New Year, not to prevent good people from celebrating the New Year.
We cannot let a few flies affect the festive atmosphere.
Besides, this is not a big deal.
Last year on New Year's Eve, they just put down their bottles and took their rifles to the battlefield.
The City Hall of Boulder City.
In the administrator's office reserved by the new authorities for Chu Guang, the newly appointed captain of the guard reported to Chu Guang the patrol plan for the night of New Year's Eve, and then hesitantly expressed his concerns.
"... So many people gathered on the street, and it was at night. I am worried that the fish that slipped through the net in the last operation may take this opportunity to retaliate against us."
Chu Guang said calmly.
"Then let them come. Since it is a matter of time, it is better to come earlier."
He was not worried that those people would make any big news.
Not to mention that after the Giant Stone City was incorporated into the communication range of the Dawn City, Xiao Qi had already taken over the camera of this giant wall. Every player waiting for the gold coins to explode was his eyes.
Later, he would issue a notice to remind the players participating in the event to keep their eyes open and keep an eye on those who tried to make trouble.
The captain of the guard hesitated and whispered.
"... I'm actually more worried that they will come for you."
Chu Guang smiled faintly when he mentioned this sentence.
"That's even better, I wish for it."
The players are becoming more and more capable. Although he has not neglected training, he has not taken action personally for a long time.
If there are really blind guys who want to show off in front of him, he doesn't mind playing with those guys.
Otherwise, only Heya in the entire alliance knows how strong he is, and the attribute panel of the pentagonal warrior is simply wasted.
The captain of the guard was stunned, obviously he was confused by this sentence, and he didn't know what to say for a while.
It's okay if you can't ask for it...
Although he knew that there were many experts in the Guards Corps, and the respected administrator always wore power armor in public, he thought it would be better to be careful.
However, seeing that this master was so confident in his subordinates, he didn't say much, and nodded slightly and turned to leave.
Not long after the office door was closed, Chu Guang picked up a pen to review the documents in his hand. After a while, there was a gentle knock on the door again.
"Come in."
The door opened a crack, Alyssa glanced left and right, confirmed that no one saw it, quietly entered the door, and then closed the door quietly.
Seeing her cautious look, Chu Guang couldn't help but smile and put down the pen he had just picked up.
"Is someone following you?"
Hearing this teasing, Alyssa blushed and shook her head.
"No... Um, are you free now?"
She didn't really want to disturb the manager's work, especially for her own personal affairs, but after all, it was about the future of her life, so she still wanted to make a choice after careful consideration.
"You're already here, I can't let you hold back," Chu Guang joked, and continued, "Tell me, what's the matter."
"...It's about Shelter 101."
For some reason, she looked embarrassed to speak, and Alyssa hesitated for a long time before she continued in a low voice, "Is it really as magical as Pa Yin said?"