Kapitel 46: Chapter 46: Strategy?
"How about now? Is it possible?" Henry asked again as he climbed the stairs and saw Charles on the third floor.
The third floor was actually quite foul-smelling. During the extreme cold of the apocalypse, something had been placed in the ice. Many people's excrement had been thrown downstairs, and later, many corpses were piled up there.
When it was extremely cold, this wasn't noticeable because everything would freeze.
But now, with the ice melting and in this extreme heat, the previously stored stench was being released.
Today was only the first day, and the smell wasn't too pronounced yet, but in the coming days, the surrounding environment would become increasingly unbearable.
At the moment, a few people on the third floor were having a conversation amidst the foul odor. Charles said, "I've discussed with the people in the building. From the third to the sixth floor, this area can be arranged by Henry."
Charles had over two hundred men, and obviously, they couldn't all fit in one building. Initially, due to the extreme cold, it was fine for people to huddle together. But now it was too hot, and it wasn't feasible for several people to share a bed or a room like before.
Not all of Charles's men were in this eighth building; some were dispersed to other buildings, like the seventh and sixth ones. Now there were only a little over a hundred people in this building.
To accommodate the refugees, Charles decided to move his people higher up and vacate the third to sixth floors.
They controlled the airspace, and being in a higher position could prevent attacks from those below.
Besides, the current environment was just too foul. The streets outside were not only smelly but could also potentially lead to epidemics.
Luckily, due to the high temperature, it was unlikely for mosquitoes to appear, as they couldn't survive in temperatures above sixty degrees.
Perhaps they had already frozen to death during the extreme cold of the apocalypse, or their genes might have mutated due to the nuclear power plant leaks in the north. Who knows what the worldwide nuclear leaks might do to the environment!
Considering all this, Charles decided to vacate the lower floors. They would also need to leave some people on the seventh floor to keep watch at night, to prevent any riots.
Upon hearing Charles's words, Henry thought for a moment and then said, "Alright. Since there aren't many disaster-stricken people left here, for your safety, we'll leave a team on the third and fourth floors, and the disaster-stricken people can stay on the remaining areas of the fourth floor, and the fifth and sixth floors."
He left about twelve soldiers, and there were also a dozen refugees.
"Impressive," Charles complimented. "I admire your spirit of fearlessly protecting the people."
Charles wanted to live higher up to avoid the stench from the foul water, but Henry volunteered his men to stay downstairs.
Staying downstairs had its advantages, such as being able to quickly escape if the building started to shake and was about to collapse.
Of course, escaping didn't guarantee safety, but it was certainly safer than being inside the building.
However, Henry's decision to have his men stay downstairs wasn't for this reason; they indeed had a sense of sacrifice.
"Alfred."
"Present!"
"You've already dealt with them before. Take a squad and stay here."
"Yes, sir!"
Alfred was the one who initially came to inspect the building. A smile crept onto his stern face. "My team is stationed in the community, not just in building eight but also in building four."
"Our lives are in Alfred's hands then," Charles said with a smile.
Henry was pleased with the arrangement. "Let's get people in quickly. With this terrible weather, who knows what it will be like when daylight comes."
Charles smiled as he saw Henry off. After all, Henry was a captain with command over troops. It was unlikely for someone like him to stay long in the building.
Although they didn't mention the seventeenth floor or inspect the rooms in the building, this was just the beginning.
It was just the opening of one of his bottom lines. Once one bottom line is breached, more probing actions will follow.
If this was the end of it, then all would be well. But if they intended to use this as a starting point for further expansion, that would be troublesome.
Of course, the military was one aspect, and the refugees were another. Charles didn't find these refugees particularly pitiable or worthy of sympathy.
He understood their mindset. They would say they just needed a place to live, but once they had that, they would covet more and better things.
For instance, why should they live in such a foul-smelling place? They would want to live upstairs too! Why should they only eat the bare minimum food provided by the military for survival? They would want meat! Why don't they have reflective materials to insulate against the heat? They would want that too! Why should they be barely clothed? They would want to live more decently!
If you met their demands, they would ask for more. If you didn't, they would become dissatisfied, which could easily evolve into ugly murderous intentions.
Charles had a very despairing view of human nature. He believed this was a likely scenario. The refugees generally wouldn't dare to clash with the armed military, maybe just curse at them.
But it was different with them, the 'ordinary citizens.'
The refugees didn't know Charles's identity and wouldn't be afraid of him. And with the military right downstairs, Charles couldn't easily use guns either.
Perhaps this was also the military's thinking.
By placing the military on the third and fourth floors and the refugees on the fourth, fifth, and sixth floors, they would be neighboring Charles and his group.
Once they were in close quarters, conflicts and disputes would arise, allowing the military to step in and mediate.
Charles thought about this as he went upstairs. That's why they say the government is full of smart people. Even though Charles saw through this, he was powerless to change it.
The main issue was the vast difference in strength.
If the military didn't care about casualties, destroying their building would be an easy task.
It was this disparity in power that allowed the other side to use such tactics to gradually tighten their grip.
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