District 9

At around nine o'clock that evening, the inner and outer harbors of Luhuai were under full martial law. More than 20,000 navy soldiers and more than 20,000 army soldiers were on guard near the port with great fanfare.

Inside the city.

In the hall on the first floor of the Academy of Military Sciences, there were more than 400 top young academicians and professors. They were received here by soldiers from the Zhou Department around eight o'clock.

After the people arrived, the troops restricted communications, restricted their activity areas, and even restricted them from communicating with each other.

These people waited until around 9:40 before people from Zhou's military intelligence department arrived at the scene.

Everyone gathered in the hall, looking up and feeling uneasy. An old professor who is well-known in the global military industry scientific research community took the lead and asked: "What on earth are you going to do?!"

The military intelligence officer looked up at the other party, expressionlessly took out a document directly signed by the headquarters, and read aloud: "Because Luhuai is currently under military threat from the bandits, in order to protect our top Military talents, as decided by the Seventh District Supreme Military Command, are now implementing the No. 1 evacuation plan... It is planned to evacuate personnel first at 23:05 tonight and board the ship at Luhuai Port No. 2. Personnel who have received the evacuation order, please Be sure to cooperate with the functional forces..."

The military intelligence officer had just finished speaking when there was an uproar in the room.

"Where to retreat?"

"Why don't you discuss it with us?"

"What about our families?"

"...!"

Questions and shouts kept ringing in the room, and everyone panicked because the plan came so suddenly.

"Kang Kang!"

Two gunshots rang out, and the room was completely silent.

The military intelligence officer shouted with sharp eyes: "This is an order and it must be carried out. Please cooperate!"

"What bullshit order? We need to meet the Commander-in-Chief!"

"We must make it clear, where are we going to retreat to?"

"...!"

Everyone stopped doing anything and continued to shout and ask questions while pushing the soldiers.

"Someone will make arrangements for your family members." The person in charge of military intelligence replied expressionlessly, then immediately waved to the door: "Someone is here to help everyone evacuate."

After the order was given, many soldiers rushed in from outside and began to forcefully drag the people in the hall out in batches. At least thirty machine guns were set up at the entrance, upstairs, and in the lobby corridor. Although many scientific researchers chose to resist, in the end their arms could not hold their thighs, and they were packed into military vehicles one by one.

…

at the same time.

Many schools in Luhuai City and functional departments with top intellectual talents are also carrying out large-scale advance evacuation plans.

On the north side of Luhuai, in a single-family villa, an old lady with gray hair sat in the hall of her house and asked a dozen officers: "Where can we evacuate?"

"Sorry, Academician Li, this is a military secret."

"Why do you still have military secrets among us?" The old lady adjusted her flower mirror and asked slowly.

"We have no right to interfere with the decision of the headquarters. To be honest with you, we don't know where to evacuate now." The military intelligence officer replied politely.

The old lady pondered for a long time, picked up the tea cup and said: "We evacuated from Nanhu to Jiujiang, and then from Jiujiang to Luhuai. It has only been two days, and now we have to leave again. Look, we are going to Sichuan Prefecture in the Eighth District. If you don’t get it... you can only go to the EU area and work as a smart coolie for others. Alas, I am getting old and can’t do it anymore, and I don’t want to leave my homeland... You can go."

The military intelligence officers were silent.

"If any of my students are willing to evacuate, I will never interfere." The old lady took a sip of water and said, "Let's go, I want to rest."

The leading military intelligence officer hesitated for a long time, turned around and winked at the person next to him, and then six men immediately stepped forward, stood next to the old lady and made a gesture of invitation.

"You are the top talent under our key protection in District 7. We must ask you to cooperate with our work." The leading military intelligence officer said expressionlessly.

Seeing how tough the other party was, the old lady stood up slowly and replied: "...Okay."

"please!"

"Can I call my son?" the old lady asked in a trembling voice.

The leading military intelligence officer thought for a moment and nodded slowly.

The old lady walked tremblingly to the living room table, first picked up the phone with her left hand, pretending to make a call, and then took out a small pistol from under the table with her right hand.

As soon as the military intelligence officers saw her raising her arms, they immediately rushed forward.

"Don't move!" The old lady calmly pointed the gun at her temple and said concisely: "The ancestral graves are here, where do you want me to go?"

"Academician Li, listen to me..."

"I went with my wife..." The old lady held the gun in her right hand, shaking constantly, but she pulled the trigger very decisively.

There was a gunshot and the old man fell to the ground on his back.

Everyone in the room was silent.

Yes, many people in the elite class can think about where they are going, but in the end they choose to die rather than leave, burying themselves in their homeland and returning their souls to their hometown.

…

Luhuai, inside Port No. 2.

Boxes of Zhou's property reserves were transported to the big ship under the escort of troops directly under the headquarters. There are gold bars here, antique calligraphy and paintings left before the 19th century, expensive supplies that are in short supply, and world currency that Zhou has accumulated over the years. The amount of property is quite astonishing.

When people are leaving, money and food must also leave.

The goods were loaded onto the ship first, followed closely by the intellectual talents who either wanted to leave on their own or were coerced, also boarded the ship one by one.

The entire pier is brightly lit, but it is strictly managed. No media or public can get close to it. They only knew that there were a large number of soldiers in the city, but they didn't know what the higher-ups were doing.

…

Inside the Chief Nursing Home.

Xu Hancheng, who was weak, ignored the doctor's dissuasion and forcibly left the ward and went outside.

He walked in the garden and looked at the familiar city and streets. He felt as if he had aged dozens of years again.

"...Commander, please slow down." The young guard soldier supported him and reminded him softly.

After Xu Hancheng held it in for a long time, he turned around and asked, "Are you willing to leave?"

"I will listen to the arrangements from above."

"...I don't want to leave." Xu Hancheng, who has been a king and general all his life, actually shed tears at this moment: "...They say fallen leaves return to their roots. Alas, when I leave...the roots are gone."

Xu Hancheng slowly closed his eyes: "No more roots!"

…

Sichuan Mansion.

After Ma Laoer saw the surrendered Zhou clique battalion commander, he got on the plane directly and rushed to Jiangzhou. He called Qin Yu on the plane: "The Zhou clique is going to evacuate on a large scale. I have received a lot of news. , the first group of people will leave tonight."

Qin Yu frowned: "Is there anyone who can help you?"

"The two battleship brigades of EU Region 1 in Xia Island are very close to the Nanhu Outer Port. They are responsible for supporting them." Ma Laoer replied.