Vault 32

Chapter 73 Poor Promotion
The conversation with Old Bunar this time was not long, it only lasted more than ten minutes and it was over.After all, as the commander-in-chief of the Anchorage defense line, the old Bunar was able to spare his busy government affairs time to meet and talk with Liszt, which still showed how much he valued this young man.Perhaps both parties understood what was in their hearts, and the conversation only involved the trivial matters and details of the battle during Liszt's investigation before, and the questions about the group of politicians were put aside.

In less than 10 minutes, an assistant came in to remind Old Buhner that he had other arrangements, and Liszt and Major Leslie were each led out of the living room by a soldier.However, he did not lead out of the huge Anchorage Defense Line General Command Post, but led him to a room that seemed to be a single officer's dormitory, and explained that there was no order prohibiting casual walking on the outside roads, just Turned around and left.

However, Liszt didn't fully pay attention to this short conversation now.Looking around this room of about ten square meters, there is only a single bed, a table and chairs, plus a computer occupying all the space.But his gaze was on a map of Alaska above the computer, subconsciously took out the letter of appointment in his arms, frowned slightly and asked, "Is it the Juneau area?"

"This is Juneau, this is Admiralty Island, this is Chichagoff Island, Baranoff Island, Cooper Island, Prince of Wales Island, Revia Heddo Island. "

Slightly squinting, Liszt looked at the map of Alaska one by one, and carefully looked at the names and geographical locations marked on it. The map is very clearly marked.And his heart was beating slightly, and he couldn't help but slowly widened his eyes, stretched out his finger and gently placed it on the Prince Rupert Port, but the corner of his mouth curled up into a smile: "Soviet and Canadian naval ports? Look It seems interesting."

The mountain area where the letter of appointment is located is actually located in the original capital of Alaska, the area known for its golden sands.However, with the exhaustion of gold sand mining and the military threat of the Soviets, the originally prosperous tourism industry has also disappeared.Even the current capital of Alaska has already been transferred to the Anchorage line of defense for unified command.What's more, almost no American citizen is still living here in Alaska, and they have already been taken back to the mainland of the United States and scattered among major cities.

But Liszt looked at the map of Alaska in front of him, and he also saw the province of British Columbia next to Alaska in Canada.Especially looking at the Port of Prince Rupert, which is located on the edge of the Pacific Ocean and has a good deep-water port, the information he told Old Buhner in his heart has also been digested in his mind.

"However, Old Bunar did not explain where exactly the guard post was established."

Looking at the marked islands on the map, and the terrain that began to spread along the inland area and gradually lifted.Liszt frowned slightly. From north to south, the Rocky Mountains ran like a huge dragon vein, completely occupying the entire North American continent. However, Old Buhner was simply talking about a remnant of the Rocky Mountains. It's no different than finding a needle in a haystack.And thinking of this, Liszt couldn't help shaking his head: "God knows how many residual veins there are in the Rocky Mountains."

The Rocky Mountains seem to be the backbone of North America, extending from Alaska to Mexico, and even part of the remaining veins have entered South America.And the stretches of mountains in South America seem to have some relationship with the Rocky Mountains.Perhaps the Rocky Mountains have been formed since the earth's plates moved, and the Rocky Mountains on the North American continent are undoubtedly the world's number one mountain range.

"Dangdangdang."

There was a light knock on the door, but Liszt did not get a response. After waiting for two seconds, he gently opened the door and walked in.Liszt was slightly taken aback, then turned around and found that it was Major Leslie with a briefcase under his arm and nodded smilingly at him: "I'm sorry, the matter is a little urgent, so I didn't hide too much, I hope you Do not mind."

"Of course, major, I don't know what you want?"

Shake your head, so what if you mind?At least Liszt is only a captain now. Facing this powerful Major Leslie, there is really not much room for rebuttal.Slightly shrugging his shoulders, Lister opened the seat at the table next to him, shook his head and said, "I have just arrived in this room, and there is nothing else I can do except asking you to sit down and talk."

Regarding Liszt's little joke, Major Leslie still had the usual smile on his face.However, he was not too polite. He nodded and sat on the chair. At the same time, he put the briefcase in his hand on the table, opened it, and took out something in it. At the same time, he turned his head and said to Liszt: "A piece of bad news, the one you seized Some kind of biological virus has been implanted by the Soviets in that silver steel pipe, but the good news is that it can only be infected by opening it."

"Well, that's hardly good news at all."

Touching the tip of his nose, Liszt looked at the flat smile on Major Leslie's face in front of him, but his eyes saw him take out an air needle from his briefcase.Liszt touched his finger subconsciously, and Liszt couldn't help but smiled wryly: "Would there be a blood test?"

"This is a very strict link. At least it can prevent you from being infected with biological viruses. Even if nothing happens, at least you can check the blood sugar index."

There was a smile on his face, but Major Leslie's eyes were quite serious.He had already worn chemical isolation gloves on his hands. He picked up Liszt's hand and put it on the table, pressed it lightly with the air needle, and then lifted it with thought.A small drop of blood slowly appeared on Liszt's index finger, explaining the location of the wound, and Major Leslie handed him an alcohol swab, looked at some values ​​displayed on the air needle, and slightly Nodding: "There is no infection, and the blood sugar is normal."

"It seems that you are very careful?"

Liszt frowned slightly, looking at the way Major Leslie took off the chemical isolation gloves on his hands and put them back in the briefcase, but he felt a little puzzled in his heart.Looking at the face in front of him who still smiled flatly and could never see his true thoughts, he couldn't help but frowned and said, "Biological virus? This really makes people feel bad."

"This is a matter subject to confidentiality regulations, Captain Liszt. Unfortunately, you have no authority to ask."

Smiling slightly, Major Leslie had already put away the gloves and the air needle.At the same time, he took out the appointment document from the briefcase and put it on the table. Watching Liszt slowly raise the corner of his mouth, he said softly: "Maybe you know some secret things, but I want to wait until your authority level rises." , It’s safest to understand more.”

"Maybe." Liszt also forced a smile, and of course he could hear the hidden meaning in Major Leslie's words.Slowly frowning, he picked up the appointment document with his hand, looked at the troops on it that were about to follow him to Juneau City, but couldn't help frowning, and couldn't help but looked up at Major Leslie and asked: "What if If I'm not mistaken, I just took a soldier from the infantry platoon?"

The letter of appointment clearly divided Liszt's troops into a standard infantry platoon, without even an armored vehicle, not even an armed off-road vehicle.Looking down at the rows of materials above, the heavy firepower is probably the six 6mm heavy machine guns, 12.7 rounds of disposable anti-tank rocket launchers, and a small-caliber mortar.Shaking his head slightly, Liszt put down the letter of appointment in his hand, looked at Major Leslie with a frown and said, "Maybe it can be called a firepower reinforcement platoon?"

"The Anchorage Defense Line and the U.S. Federal Command hope that you can build a guard tower by yourself south of Juneau."

Facing Liszt's doubts, Major Leslie didn't show any expression, he just smiled slightly, like a gentleman drinking coffee on the street, at the same time he took out a box from his briefcase, put it on the table and said softly Said: "That cannot be discovered by the Canadian military, otherwise it will cause unnecessary trouble."

"Of course, unnecessary trouble, that group of politicians always does."

Frowning tightly, Liszt couldn't help but snorted coldly.Except that Canada has not announced that it has entered the Soviet camp, it is almost no different from the countries that joined the Soviets.Not only did they send troops to conduct joint operations with the Soviets, but they even gave the Soviets the right of military passage and port use, just like the Canadians.Even if the U.S. Federation estimates that Canada will completely fall to the Soviet Union, it must also consider how Canada treats both sides now!
"Why do you think about those unpleasant things? As soldiers, we must first obey orders. Isn't this our bounden duty?"

Major Leslie smiled slowly, he pushed the box on the table to Liszt, tapped the lid lightly, and said in a flat but passionate tone, "Open it and have a look, I'll let you Dear Mr. Liszt." As he spoke, he slowly opened the lid, and a brand-new ID card was safely placed inside: "This is an affirmation of your bravery in battle, and your current military rank is already on the same level as mine. .”

The documents inside the box are brand new, as if they were just made.And in fact, it is exactly the same, brand new hardly half an hour.Liszt reached out and took out the thin certificate, opened it and saw his own photo pasted on it, but there was a mocking smile on the corner of his mouth: "Promoted to major?" He slowly raised his head and looked around the empty small room , Slowly said: "It's really pitiful."

(End of this chapter)