Chapter 908 After

Cheng Zijie was able to restore the scene described in his words in his mind

Indeed, this large-scale attack was too sudden for troops that lacked air power and could not get warning in advance. The new zombies and new situations caught them off guard.

They themselves were depressed and were defeated head-on by zombies like never before, losing their armored forces

Under such circumstances, it is already a very impressive performance that they can still maintain the establishment in an orderly manner and retreat with all the civilians.

In this case, it is absolutely necessary to strictly control civilians, and the actions of the army must be given priority.

So Cheng Zijie would not blame them for their actions, but asked calmly: Well, you have not disclosed the situation to the civilians. They have no idea what happened, so they were driven away from Nanguan and escaped together, right? Even Major General Zheng left and I came back, the civilians were unaware of these things

Lieutenant Colonel Luo looked at Cheng Zijie, looked away uncomfortably, and watched several soldiers on the roof of a restaurant on the side of the road operated mortars and opened fire. He replied in a low voice: Yes, the commander was Major General Zheng's order at that time. He said that there was no need for civilians to know about these military information, and it would only cause panic.

Lieutenant Colonel Fu suddenly answered: That guy was planning to leave the civilians behind. If it weren't for the strict order of the Ministry of National Defense, and I almost fought with him, I guess these civilians would have been abandoned by him.

Cheng Zijie was stunned, then smiled gently and said: Yes, but you didn't think about telling the truth about the civilian situation, right?

Several people looked at each other in silence

Cheng Zijie still kept smiling and explained calmly: I, Ah, you all know, I can't be considered a soldier at all, haha, so I understand the current mentality of those civilians Ah, they are not scared... I actually would rather they are scared now, after all, fear is also a motivation

Several officers listened attentively, but no one interrupted

Cheng Zijie turned around and looked at the dead buses and said slowly: Look, what is the difference between them now and zombies... Some leaders, no matter what happens, always try their best to hide the first thought from the people, always thinking that if the people know the truth, they will have problems and will be confused... In fact, please allow me to say as a civilian. This idea is really ridiculous.

Lieutenant Colonel Luo was somewhat dissatisfied: Sir... The situation this time is so serious. If it is really announced to the civilians, it will definitely cause large-scale panic, right?

Cheng Zijie welcomed such discussions very much and smiled happily: Of course, let alone those civilians, when you know so many zombies are siege, you are also scared. Don’t talk about you. When I saw the information in Qingyin, I was so scared that the civilians knew about it, of course there will be large-scale panic and even brief chaos.

Lieutenant Colonel Luo murmured in a low voice: That's it

Cheng Zijie laughed and said: Then?

Lieutenant Colonel Luo looked at him in confusion: Then?

Cheng Zijie nodded slowly: It's Ah, panic, chaos, and then?

Several subordinates all looked confused

Cheng Zijie's eyes were on the crowded vehicles: I'll hurry back here immediately after panic. After panic, you will start an orderly battle and retreat. What will happen to the civilians after panic? Give up living, wait for death? Or attack the troops and seek death?

After finally speaking for a while, Lieutenant Colonel Luo lowered his head and admitted: No

Cheng Zijie smiled and said: That's right, he changed his subject and asked: Our troops are now besieged by zombies, and have suffered unprecedented losses. There is a problem with their relationship with civilians. There is still a disharmonious state within. The morale is quite bad, right?

Several officers admitted honestly: Yes, sir

But there were no deserters, and no one passively avoiding the war and fled at the last minute, right? Cheng Zijie watched a team of soldiers passing through several buses, saluting them, raised his hand to return the salute, and continued to ask.

Of course not, especially my troops, who have escaped so far and are about to escape again now, and are very depressed. The general mood is pessimistic, but the organization and action have been strengthened. I am almost the same as when we just fled from Haiyuan to Nanguan. We found the large army and gathered not long ago. Now we are going to run to Haiyuan again. We are all under great pressure. However, everyone is more united and brave than before.

These answers are exactly in line with Cheng Zijie's expectations and also in line with the situation he observed

So, he just smiled and said: Why?

Lieutenant Colonel Luo was stunned, as if he couldn't understand why Cheng Zijie asked such a simple question: Sir, this is too obvious? In this environment, there are zombies everywhere, how to be deserters? At this point, he suddenly realized: Ah, you mean civilians...

Cheng Zijie smiled with satisfaction: It's Ah. Then he kept his composure: After we civilians knew the truth, of course there will be panic and chaos, but we are not idiots. After panic and chaos, we will also take the most rational way to deal with it. He looked at Lieutenant Colonel Fan and said in a deep voice: The civilians in Jizhou fled here so far, and then looked at Lieutenant Colonel Luo: The civilians in Haiyuan have the same desire to survive. People who can live to this day are also very rational. So, even if they know the truth, they will not have an impact on the troops. On the contrary, they will be more energetic and more motivated to survive, and are not as dead as they are now, and there is no difference between them and zombies. He finally looked at Lieutenant Colonel Fu:Thinking from a civilian standpoint, they are not frightened, nor are they unlucky, they are just confused and do not know why they run, where they want to run, how long they will run, in short, they live now without freedom, nor goals, they do not know what happened, nor what kind of future they will face... So it became like this, no difference from the Walking Dead, although they are very obedient, they can hardly manage themselves, let alone help you.

After a long time, Lieutenant Colonel Fu lowered his head and said: Sorry, sir, I have never thought about these things.

Cheng Zijie laughed: You are pure soldiers, it is difficult for you to maintain the way of thinking of civilians like me... This is normal. In short, if there is any situation in the future, don’t think about how to conceal the truth from civilians. I really think that the kind of guy who treats civilians as fools is the real idiot.

The answer to him is neat and consistent, yes, sir

Then Lieutenant Colonel Luo asked with some shame: Sir, do you want to announce some information now to let them know?

Cheng Zijie thought about it and shook his head and said: I haven't grasped the whole situation yet... and there are still half of the people... and there are civilians from Nanguan behind? Wait until the plane takes off, and when the people behind come and gather, let's publicly announce these things. Now... Speaking of the transport plane, he suddenly thought of something and asked: By the way, why didn't you arrange for the transport plane to evacuate some people? I didn't think of these things... You should think of Ah

Several officers looked at each other, and then Lt. Col. Fan said: I mentioned it to Major General Zheng, but he ignored me. After all, I rely on your troops to rescue me. You have encountered such a big trouble because of this, so I don’t have the nerve to say more.

Lieutenant Colonel Luo was a little angry: I thought of it, but those who beat us, robbed our base, and drove us away were all teams from Qingyin... I wouldn't ask them

Lieutenant Colonel Fu sighed: At that time, the surname Zheng only wanted to escape by himself, and hurried in the command car and refused to take charge of the matter... I temporarily took over the command of the entire army, and was in a state of great difficulty, but I didn't expect the civilians to do anything...

Cheng Zijie could only shake his head helplessly: Go and notify the civilians to see how many seriously ill, disabled, and how many children there are. I will tell Commander Qin from Qingyin to ask them to help with shelter. After that, he strode towards the direction of the command vehicle.