Kingdom of Corrosion
Chapter 994 - 430 Negotiation

All of this naturally stemmed from the gap between professional soldiers and two-year conscripts. The latter are the main composition of the regular army, while the former are battle-hardened veterans with rich combat experience. Although Little Tyrant’s assault team had only a little over a hundred people, it included more than forty non-commissioned officers, over half of whom had served for more than eight years. As rebels, East Base was the very object of their detestation, believing they tarnished the honor of the military.

The battle continued until the early morning, and it was only with the intervention of fighters and helicopters that the assault team was forced to scatter and retreat to various buildings in South City, allowing the soldiers trapped in the high-rise to leave. East Base abandoned the Third Hospital Base, spending two days relocating the refugee camp and the Third Hospital Base to the Thermal Power Plant Base.

The Thermal Power Plant Base was only separated from the Survivor’s Alliance by a bridge with a length of three hundred meters.

The broadcast from the Post-Apocalypse Base, established at the Special Police Training Base, was the first to report on the matter. In the broadcast, they detailed the battle of that night and expressed great surprise at the bravery shown by the Survivor’s Alliance. To better aid the Survivor’s Alliance in their resistance against the East Base rebels, they had contacted the United Nations Fleet and were transporting a batch of defense materials to the Survivor’s Alliance, including man-portable air-defense systems and ground-to-ground anti-tank missiles.

After this broadcast, many scattered refugees from the eastern and southern suburbs walked to South City, further increasing the population of survivors there. Despite experiencing a brutal battle, the strength of the Survivor’s Alliance did not diminish but grew.

Why did the Railway Bridge Base participate in the feint against the Third Hospital? This was after Little Tyrant received an urgent report in the evening and immediately contacted the Railway Bridge Base, hoping they could contain the Third Hospital Base. Shana, after discussing with Maya, agreed to the request, once again using rubber boats for landing, coordinating with helicopters to strike.

The broadcast from East Base believed that the United Nations Fleet had violated the basic agreement by dispatching helicopters to attack them during the negotiation period. The reply from the United Nations Fleet came several days late; they suspected that the helicopter used to attack the Third Hospital was the one lost from their naval base and discussed whether they should take the blame. Eventually, they replied: No.

The counterattack of the Survivor’s Alliance was not yet over. On the second day of the night battle, the Survivor’s Alliance began to hoard water. By the evening of the second day, the Survivor’s Alliance cut off the water supply, not only severing South City’s supply but also cutting off the supply to the Thermal Power Plant Base.

The goal was clear: to prevent East Base from establishing a foothold in the south. Although the Day After Tomorrow River was fresh water, no one knew if it contained the zombie virus. If the base personnel and the number of refugees were kept below a hundred, it would certainly not pose a threat to East Base. However, with the number of refugees close to a thousand, along with over two hundred soldiers, once the water was cut off, the quality of life would drastically decline.

East Base had only two small landing ships with a draught within two meters, and only they could navigate the Day After Tomorrow River freely. Relying on them to transport water would meet basic survival needs but would require a lot of fuel and was not conducive to the upcoming extensive planting of potatoes.

East Base’s intelligence work was lagging, unable to behead Little Tyrant. They faced two choices: a "fight to the death," sending a large force into South City or negotiations. Could they not occupy the water plant? Yes, but the Yangshan Water Plant was built in an area surrounded by mountains on all sides, and trying to wear down the Alliance assault team here was a poor strategy.

On Day 115, Veteran Base took the lead and contacted Little Tyrant and the commander of East Base; both sides agreed to negotiate the current situation in South City. Veteran Base also invited the Railway Bridge Base, as Baldy believed that although Railway Bridge Base was outside the combat zone, it was also a survivor’s base in the southwestern area with a handful of people.

This proposal was put forward by Little Tyrant; he did not want East Base to set its sights on the west after being frustrated in the south, as the west did not have such strong resistance forces.

Before heading to the negotiation site, Shana thought that this negotiation was completely meaningless. After receiving support from the Post-Apocalypse Base, especially obtaining the man-portable anti-tank weapons and surface-to-air missiles, Little Tyrant’s only goal was to drive the people of East Base back. East Base had lost many soldiers and expended a great deal of materials in the south and the southwest, and they would definitely not be willing to leave just like that.

Lin Wu, as a bodyguard, accompanied Shana to the Veteran Base, his role today akin to a mere decorative vase, there to bolster Shana’s presence. Thus, he carried his old AK rifle, adorned with a 5.56mm ammunition belt, for the visit, with one purpose: to let East Base know that the Railway Bridge Base was made up of civilians, not something to be feared. If they didn’t think so, then so be it; they couldn’t fight anyway, so let it be whatever it will be.

Stone had a worry, that Veteran Base simply didn’t have the strength to mediate the negotiation, and if East Base acted without honor and took the opportunity to behead Little Tyrant, South City would be left headless. If East Base then applied a large force, it wouldn’t take much time to settle the affairs of South City.

What was somewhat unexpected was that Little Tyrant’s groundwork had been well laid; on the morning of the negotiation, including Starlight Base, more than twenty survivor bases large and small issued statements supporting the Survivor’s Alliance. Even the United Nations Fleet stationed near the inland sea of the Western Peninsula warned East Base not to attack civilians again.