Army of the Damned

VOLUME 11 Chapter 2

The meeting between the two Generals has not stopped and merely expanded with now more NCOs and COs inside the meeting room. Putting in their own opinions and ideas on the war table. With those being updated with the latest reports having to clash with ones with older intelligence. This then culminated with a pile up of things on their map. Having now an endless stream of things to take into consideration and on top of that, the Downtown Area wasn't as well fortified compared to the rest and the Trench Lines on the map doesn't even reach half of the city and only spans the empty concrete river that ran along Uptown and half the Commercial District.

Buried underneath the documents and files, trampled on by the hands of the officers, Jackson could no longer see the permits he had been given on the private properties for the lower part of town.

"Okay okay, everyone. Calm the fuck down. This is what we'll do. I want the Engineering Brigades to cut up the work. Fifty on the bridges, another fifty on the trench lines."

"S-"

"Shhhh... let me finish. An additional fifty percent will be filled by civilian contractors for the repair of the bridges. Don't worry too much about it. What we need to focus on are the trench lines and the Downtown."

"Sir! May I ask about the traffic?"

"Traffic won't be a problem soon. Me and Yamaoka had made the choice for a General evacuation to be enacted. This is why I want this finished so that we can set up a tent city five kilometers from the outskirts of Zavalda."

Everyone in the room went noisy once again, talking to each other and whispering amongst themselves upon hearing the order. Yamaoka was also thinking to himself then put his hand up. Silencing everyone.

"On my side, I want extra troops to be placed on the Downtown and Central. Most of all the main outpost in the Central district amongst the skyscrapers. I need ATGMs, heavy machine guns and minefields when the city is empty of people."

"Sir!"

"Speak."

"What about those who won't leave?"

"Let them stay. Jackson, you'll allow that right?"

"Whatever floats your boat Yamaoka."

"Thank you. You heard him, we'll leave them be. It's their right anyways if they don't want to be evacuated. As long as they aren't getting in the way, let them be. That's extra troops that we can use."

"Sir!"

"Yes, speak."

"What about riots? We're sure that people will go into haywire if they find out... the Hell right? The aftermath of this could spell trouble to us. We're outnumbered by a few million sir."

"It's not just Hell. It's the armies of Hell. Anyone here that has been in any of the Mana Core Corruption incidents? Raise your hands."

No one raised their hands. Making him sigh.

"What will happen is that the Demons of Hell will start appearing from the ground, the skies will turn red and literally speaking, all Hell will break loose. The Mana Core will be corrupted, the sky will turn red and any robots we have will go rogue."

Another officer then raises his hand. But he gets shot down by Yamaoka who stares at him with a smile.

"Chotto matte. So I need everyone to be serious here. In terms of the riots... hmmm..."

"I suggest we'll call it an exercise. I know that won't sit well with you, but that's the only case I can think of where people would be willing to exit the city and then atleast they know what it was for their safety.."