"Commander, I wonder what your next plans are? Are you going to stay in our base or guide the work of other bases?" Fan Guoxing asked Li Mu.

"We were captured by you, how can you give us any guidance?" Xu Ling pouted and muttered. Just now Fan Guoxing was giving a speech to the soldiers below, and she didn't know what to say. Now he mentioned something about guiding work, so Xu Ling naturally started to complain.

Fan Guoxing and several other military leaders felt a little embarrassed about this. Their garrison actually arrested a figure at the level of the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces. If they told others about this, they would be laughed at, so they could only smile awkwardly.

Li Mu waved his hands and didn't care about it. He came here on his own initiative and there was no question of being caught. If he was unwilling to come, even if all the people from the Haidu Garrison came together, they would not be able to do anything to him.

"I can't stay here anymore. I have some things to deal with." Li Mu said.

"That's such a pity!" Fan Guoxing and his companions said with some regret, but they were relieved in their hearts. If Li Mu really intended to stay in the base, they really didn't know how to deal with it. They were happy to make friends with Li Mu, but they were still very reluctant to do things under Li Mu's nose all the time. After all, Li Mu's level was too high, and they had to ask Li Mu for permission for everything they did, which was very inconvenient and uncomfortable.

"By the way, Chief, Feng Zhang is dead now, and the position of our garrison commander is vacant. The army cannot be without a leader for a day, you see..." Fan Guoxing said a little nervously, he also wanted to compete for the position of commander.

After all, in such an unknown situation, the barrel of the gun is still more powerful than his pen. If this situation continues, I am afraid that even an ordinary company commander will not take him seriously. There has been such a trend in the past two months. Don’t look at the people below who all agreed with his speech just now. That’s because Li Mu is here, and the soldiers see the hope of restoring order in Daxia. As long as Daxia restores order and their garrison area is in contact with the military region above and even Kyoto, then he, the political commissar, will be able to restore his former glory.

However, Fan Guoxing knew very well that this snowstorm was unprecedented in human history, and Kyoto would not be able to take care of their small security zone in a short period of time. By that time, his power would probably have been hollowed out.

Seeing Fan Guoxing's expectant look, Li Mu guessed what he was thinking, but still shook his head and said, "You are not suitable to be the commander. How about this? In addition to being the political commissar, you will also serve as a deputy commander, and the position of commander will be held by Deputy Commander Zhang."

After all, Fan Guoxing is a civilian official, so it is not very suitable for him to lead the troops in such a complex environment. Let him be the deputy commander to have some military power. In addition, his identity as the political commissar can also restrain the commander to prevent the commander's power from being too great and no one can restrain him.

"Fan Guoxing obeys the order!" Fan Guoxing said excitedly.

"Zhang Yun obeys the order!" Former deputy commander Zhang Yun also stood up and saluted Li Mu.

Although the rest of the people felt somewhat unwilling, they could only sigh helplessly in their hearts. After all, according to the rules, in the event of an emergency, the first-ranked deputy commander would take over after the commander's death.

As for Liu Xiao who surrendered to Li Mu, Li Mu was not very happy about him. However, considering that Liu Xiao knew how to deal with the current situation, he still mentioned it to Zhang Yun. As for how Zhang Yun would arrange for Liu Xiao, Li Mu did not care.

The welcoming banquet ended in a peaceful atmosphere. The soldiers below got drunk. The senior officers of the army did not say anything about it. After all, they had been suppressed for too long, and they would go out to clear out the thugs starting tomorrow. You know, many of those thugs have guns, and although they are a military unit, they cannot take those large firearms with them, and can only use ordinary guns. Facing those thugs who are armed and adapted to extreme weather combat environments, the advantage is not that big. It will be a tough battle for them, and bloodshed and sacrifice are inevitable.

Xu Ling and the other two were very disdainful of the fact that the base was only now planning to build a shelter and maintain the city's public security. What had they done before? Now that almost all the people in the city were dying, they were just thinking of doing something. They felt that they were just pretending in front of Li Mu, and they couldn't help but despise Fan Guoxing and the others.

In response, Fan Guoxing hurriedly explained that it was Feng Zhang who had suppressed them before, not allowing them to go out and take care of things outside, let alone accept refugees.

The reason Feng Zhang gave was simple. The army belonged to the country and they could not act rashly before receiving orders from above. They had listened to the city government's advice and distributed supplies to residents a few days before the snowstorm, which was already the most they could do.

Although Feng Zhang's behavior was very stupid, Fan Guoxing actually acquiesced to this approach in his heart. The snow was too fluffy in the two months before the snowstorm, making it very inconvenient for them to travel. Their efficiency in doing things was extremely low, and it was very likely that they would not be able to save many people but all of their own soldiers would be sacrificed.

Most importantly, they didn't know when the snowstorm would end. Haidu had 30 million people, so how could they be helped? Building a shelter hastily would only lead to disaster.

Now, there is probably not even one percent of Haidu's people left, so it would be much safer to build a shelter at this time.

"You just watch tens of millions of people starve to death and kill each other?" Xu Ling frowned. From what Fan Guoxing said, they deliberately let those people be optimized away by nature.

"There's nothing we can do about it. The supplies we can mobilize can only feed the people in the city for two months. Now two months have passed. Is there any sign of the end of this snowstorm? We only have enough food for some people to survive. But we didn't expect so many people to die!" Fan Guoxing sighed heavily.

Xu Ling and the others were silent. According to Li Mu, this snowstorm would last for at least ten years. During this period, it would be impossible to keep everyone alive. They could only concentrate supplies to keep a small number of people alive to protect the inheritance of human civilization. Fan Guoxing and the others did not make a wrong decision, but it was just difficult for people to accept.