Half a month after Lu Yu and his group set off, the military communications room began receiving calls from various countries, and Bai Shuang knew that they were up to no good.
She handed over all domestic affairs to the head of the Zuo family and focused all her efforts on dealing with provocations from other forces.
He has extensive leadership experience and is conscientious and responsible in his work.
It's impossible to do things absolutely fairly and justly. Everyone has their own agenda; even ten fingers are not all the same length.
As long as you don't violate the rules and regulations, maintain a basic balance, and work hard for the base, that's fine.
Bai Shuang planned to test him for a while longer. If there were no problems, she intended to promote him to deputy base commander and make him her right-hand man.
In the communications office, the deputy commander, several army commanders, and chiefs of staff were seated. When Bai Shuang entered, they all stood up and saluted.
After returning the greeting, Bai Shuang sat in the main seat.
In today's world, one tree cannot support another, and power is divided among various factions. The entire Huaxia base is equivalent to the combined power of Lu Yu and Bai Shuang.
Deputy Chief Zhu: "Old M, Old M have joined forces and are demanding that each of them receive 100 million tons of oil, otherwise they will attack the China base."
The Russians immediately offered their comrades-in-arms, saying that if they were given 100 million tons of oil, they would never collude with the United States and the United Kingdom to attack China's bases.
Ultimately, it all comes down to oil.
Meanwhile, smaller factions like the Kangaroo, Southern Monkey, and Korean said they would not participate in the war to wipe out the Chinese base if each of them was given ten million tons of oil.
Commander Wang (former governor of the Southwest): "We cannot agree to this, we cannot compromise!"
We won't give them a single one. They are insatiable. If we give them one this time, they'll want more next time. They won't stop until they annex the Chinese base.
The only way is to have no money left, so cause trouble, wage war! Beat those bastards to death, wipe them out!
Northwest Army Commander: "We cannot compromise. Once this breach is opened, it will lead to a situation similar to the Eight-Nation Alliance's invasion of China."
Deputy Chief Zhu: "That makes sense, but it's quite troublesome to face the wolf pack directly."
Armaments are precious now; every piece thrown away is one less available. We can't throw away all the weapons before Commander Lu returns.
Bai Shuang: "Don't the Russians call us comrades? Tell them that we only have 100 million tons of oil."
"As long as they can help us defeat the other forces—no, as long as they're willing to defend our territory for six months—we'll give them half of our crude oil."
Commander Liu: "Six months from now, Commander Lu will bring back the weapons?"
Bai Shuang nodded, "Yes."
Deputy Commander Zhu, "The base commander's intention is to let them fight each other."
But if the Russians actually do it, will we really deliver on our promise regarding the crude oil?
Bai Shuang nodded, "She really keeps her word."
Just think about it, if they unite and attack at the same time, the amount of weaponry we would consume would be far more than this.
"Weapons cannot be replenished, not to mention the casualties and other losses."
Staff Officer Han (former Deputy Chief of Staff of the South): "If we give it to them, will it be enough for us?"
"Could you talk to them less about oil?"
Bai Shuang: "We have enough oil initially."
"If you ask for less, the Russians won't agree."
Bai Shuang: "Tell them that if they don't agree, we will cooperate with Old M."
If they want to trade weapons for oil, that's fine too.
"If we have enough weapons, we have nothing to fear, even if they unite."
"Carefully inspect the defenses around the base and be ready to fight at any time."
Bai Shuang gave the order before leaving.
Deputy Commander Zhu: "Excuse me, Base Commander, do we not have machinery for manufacturing munitions?"
Bai Shuang glanced at him. "We have the machinery, and we should be able to gather the necessary personnel. The problem is the lack of raw materials."
We'll have to wait until the situation stabilizes before we figure out how to find those.
After Bai Shuang left, several high-ranking officers from the southern base quietly asked the people next to them.
"Is Chief Bai in charge now?"
"Don't underestimate Boss Bai, he's more capable than any of us."
The next day, Chief Zhu told Bai Shuang, "The Russians haven't replied yet."
Bai Shuang: "No rush, we can wait."
The Russians have suffered losses at our hands, so they dare not act rashly.
By the way, if the US and the EU ask for oil again, just tell them that we are currently trading with the Russians.
"Do you think if we bring the Russians over, they won't dare to cause us any trouble?"
Chief Zhu: "That's right. As long as the Russians don't gang up on us, their momentum will be halved."
Since they didn't cause any trouble, Bai Shuang went back to her office first.
Originally, I planned to take advantage of the relatively free time now to recruit younger and healthier foreign women from the periphery of the base to balance the male-female ratio.
With those forces outside causing trouble, it's best to hold off for now. If they manage to find the spies, things will get complicated.
In the afternoon, Huang Xing called Bai Shuang and told her that another group of people had returned, and some of them had asked about Bai Shuang and her husband.
The man said his surname was Li, and Bai Shuang immediately thought of Uncle Mike and his group.
Finally, my family is back! I was just about to take Bai Jiu and the other two to see them when Liu Yuanyuan came back with a bowl of food.
The young girl brought them chive dumplings again, and this time she even brought them to their office.
It's obvious that they probably lacked supplies at home and had nothing else of value to give.
They've been busy lately, and the group is hardly ever home during the day. It's normal for the young girl to want to see Bai Chang and find an excuse to come over.
Liu Yuanyuan was wearing the engagement dress that Bai Shuang had given her last time.
She wore a white sweater, jeans, and sneakers, and her hair was tied in a ponytail.
It looks clean and neat, much better than before.
I've been using the face cream that comes with the white cream on my face recently, and my skin has improved a lot.
It turns out the little girl wasn't unattractive; she just didn't have decent clothes to wear, and coupled with malnutrition, her skin wasn't well-maintained.
Now that it's been cleaned up, it looks much better.
Bai Shuang also said that the other person's parents were good-looking, but they looked older because they were tormented by the apocalypse.
"Alright, since the dumplings are hot, let's have lunch here today and enjoy the benefits of being raised by the white-haired one."
Bai Chang smiled helplessly, "She gave it to the three of us."
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