Xiao Yang: "If they don't submit, are we just going to keep exchanging with them?"
Lu Yu nodded, "Yes, just like Xiao Zhao said, this ratio is a good exchange, we need a lot of fuel to build the base."
However, the specifics will depend on whether we have a sufficient food supply.
The group chatted all the way until they reached the submarine house, but before they could even come to a complete stop, they heard the sound of gunfire.
The group looked in the direction from which the sound came.
Xiao Yang: "General, is this the direction of the transaction we just made? Could it be that Babylon is being hunted down again?"
Do they have to be this unlucky?
Hearing the gunshots, the two submarines swam over, opened their hatches, and asked what was going on.
The gunfire continued.
Lu Yu: "Let's go take a look."
The submarine was still moving, and Bai Shuang and the others looked toward the direction of the booming artillery fire.
On one side were the Babylonians who had just finished their transaction, and on the other side was a huge, familiar figure.
No matter how far away they were, Bai Shuang and the others recognized this figure with just a glance.
Everyone laughed.
Wang Bin: "Haha, I wonder what the Babylonians would think if they knew that one side was one of our own?"
It is a large elliptical body, exactly the same as the one that Bai Shuang and the others gave to the border troops. Lu Yu and his military region also use this type of submarine house.
They were too far away to see their numbers clearly.
I don't know if this is from the border army or the Kyoto base? Is he Lu Yu's personal guard, or a subordinate of the other two army commanders?
But regardless of which side it's on, it's an exciting thing.
Lu Yu: "Send them a secret signal."
A system that uses sonar to emit ultrasonic signals can be identified.
Not long after, they received a reply from the other party: the Babylonians had fuel oil and requested a joint attack.
According to the reply number, it turned out to be the No. 6 submarine crew, Lu Yu's subordinate.
(PS: Number 1 is Grandpa Lu and his personal guard, connected to the Lu family's submarine. They are smaller than this one, and Lu Yu's subordinates are numbers 2-7.)
Xiao Zhao: "These people are addicted to fighting!"
Lu Yu: "Send a signal to make them stop immediately."
The Babylonians were not so easily defeated; otherwise, they would have been wiped out by those forces long ago.
Moreover, even if we wipe them out, we still won't know where the crude oil is, unless we capture them and torture them for information.
Lu Yu estimated that among the Babylonians, only a few leaders knew the whereabouts of the oil; ordinary soldiers had no idea at all.
Most countries are now observing the situation, hoping to reap the benefits.
After the message was sent out, a mine was fired behind their submarine quarters to mislead the Babylonians.
We mustn't let them know that the people who attacked them were Chinese.
Otherwise, they would suspect that Lu Yu had instructed them, which would affect future interactions and hinder the progress of the plan.
After the mines were launched, the large submarine received a signal and headed in another direction.
Babylonian submarines then sailed over.
"Thank you for your help!"
They delivered several more barrels of fuel.
Lu Yu: "You're welcome, we're friends now."
We've helped you twice already; we were the ones who dropped the bombs on the Japanese ship last time.
They clasped their hands together and thanked them again.
After the Babylonians left, Bai Shuang and her group continued their return journey. However, due to the delay, half a day had passed, and they now had to wait for the large submarine.
Let's just rest here for now and set off again tomorrow.
Wang Bin and Liu Dong kept an eye on the sonar, and after about half an hour, they finally received a signal from the other side and immediately sent them their location.
Lu Yu asked Bai Shuang, "Is there anything to eat? Should we prepare some for them?"
"Then let's eat noodles, specifically Zhajiangmian (noodles with soybean paste). There are too many people to eat anything else."
The sauce is ready-made; I just need to add some diced meat and blanched vegetables.
There was plenty of white flour, so we all rolled noodles together and ate them, a kind of welcome-back feast.
The military region's large submarine warehouses were each designed for 10,000 people. I wonder how many of them are still around now?
Before long, they arrived at the large submarine cabin, where the submarine's captain was Commander Liu, one of Lu Yu's favorite generals.
As soon as the high-ranking officials stepped out of the submarine, they knelt before Lu Yu and begged for forgiveness.
"General, we are sorry for failing to protect our soldiers."
The grown men were all weeping uncontrollably.
Lu Yu: "How many people are left?"
Ten thousand people were injured or killed in the storm, five or six hundred were killed, some were seriously injured, and several hundred more did not survive.
Along the way, they lost several hundred more people in battles with bandits from other countries.
Now, about 80% of the population remains, which is more than 8,000 people.
Lu Yu: "Alright, get up. It's not your fault. In a disaster, there's nothing anyone can do."
Did you encounter any fellow countrymen on the road?
Commander Liu shook his head. "We kept the scanner on almost the entire way, hoping to run into some of our own people so we could help each other out."
But no, if we had met, we definitely would have gone together.
Lu Yu nodded, "Have everyone pack up, we'll have a meal together today, right here on your submarine."
Bai Shuang had a secret: no one else was allowed to enter the submarine room except for the eight of them.
Bai Jiu and the others served the food, including soybean paste, sweet bean sauce, oil, pork belly, cucumbers, radishes, and cabbage, to Shangkou so they could take it back to the large oval body.
They also invited Xu Xin and Sun Xiangming to come over for dinner.
They've been with Lu Yu for so long, and he's never given them anything. They're just coming over today to have a meal together.
Before the storm, the base provided each room with enough food for a year and a half.
Later, with the savings from Lu Yu's military camp, Bai Shuang added some more for them, bringing the total food supply to two years' worth.
Of course, this is based on the assumption that each person will be 80% full at each meal. With so many people, there won't be many times when everyone can eat their fill in the apocalypse.
Now a year and a half has passed, and needless to say, they have been saving every last bit of food they have left, hoping to last as long as possible.
Who knows when we'll get food again? We could starve to death if we're not careful.
Therefore, everyone was very thin, which explains why they robbed the Babylonians.
As for Xu Xin and Sun Xiangming, the conditions at the Southern Base were far inferior to those at the Kyoto Base.
Needless to say, they were lucky to be provided with a year's worth of food.
For this whole year, we've probably been eating only half-full.
A year's worth of food, only enough for half a full meal, to be eaten over a year and a half? I don't know how they've survived this long.
The soldiers in the large submarine cabin wiped away tears when they saw Lu Yu and Bai Shuang again.
"General, Madam, I'm so glad to finally meet you."
"General, Boss Bai, oh... am I dreaming?"
"General, Goddess Sister, are we not going to die?"
Yes, once they see the general and his wife, they'll definitely be saved, and they won't have to live in fear every day anymore.
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