56 Execute the Plan (1/2)

22:30

The night feels much colder than usual, It's darker, but it's definitely not quiet. Almost every household get one or more of their family member infected. To make things worse, light and communication were down. Many were helpless. It's only been a few hours since the catastrophe began.

<Main Base>

There wasn't much change in the main base other than more refugees coming in... Many people all over Bali have heard the news, when the EMP strike, some already start rushing for shelter. Captain Donny is in charge of the base security, he and Bayu make sure all the people who came in will not create trouble.

While Devita quickly dives into work, keeping her mind occupied, it helps. She recruits dozen of people, mostly Alex previous staff to help administer the refugees. Each was welcomed with a simple interview, filing out forms, receive a simple identity card and assigned to their warehouse and bed number. Many of these people came in despair, Theo works together with Doctor Rachel's team to give them some treatments; physically and/or mentally.That was everything that they could offer at this stage. More will be provided in due time.

<North Section>

There is a total of 250.000 people living in the North section. Almost everyone stays near the shore. There is only one main road that spans as long as 150 kilometers extending from the east, all the way from the North section to the West section. Bravo team led by lieutenant Rangga and Jerry leads the Foxtrot team, together they sweep all the villages and the surrounding residential areas in a counterclockwise movement. It's a very straightforward mission, racing against time.

One of the main challenges is to treat each civilian as delicately as possible. As all the villages and small cities are still in mourning with the death of their family and friends. Coming in strong with burning torches will definitely only provoke more mess. The military APV and jeeps make the locals anxious, but it also makes it easier to speak with them. The strategy is to first meet with the local leader or elder, inform and offer help with disposing of the bodies.Afterward, inform them about the main base and also recruit more people to help with the sweeping. With a bigger number, they will be able to achieve the mission's target faster. Even driving straight 150 kilometers would take 2 hours, the convoy only has 8 hours to cover dozens of villages, every second count!

ast Section>

As for Echo unit Lt Commander Karra and Charlie unit Lieutenant Russel, it might seem like they've drawn the lucky straw. Their mission was to secure the Bay city and the whole East section. Which seems easy as it is the section closest to the main base and most of the locals are already aware of their existence. But given the timeframe, it will not be that easy, With only eight hours window to secure the 2nd most densely populated section in Bali. The Bay City itself will be the transit hub for refugees before entering the main base. Therefore, failure is not an option.

The East section's population is a little over 800.000 people. Only a quarter of that of the South. But it's not to be taken lightly. The Bay city itself only has 10.000 people at most. Within the East section, there are 3 main clusters that need to be secured.

Antiga city: 50.000 people, North side of Bay City, Located between the Bay city and the main Base.

Semarapura city: 150.000 people, West side of Bay city on the main road to the South Bali.

Amarapura city:350.000 people, the biggest city on the far east.

Charlie and Echo Units convoy arrived in the Bay city. They bring APV and lots of trucks. As this will be the transit hub, many of the truck will be placed here to travel back and forth, sending people to the main base.The city was in the dark, none of the vehicles working, the arrival of the convoy became the center attention.Lt commander Karra was welcomed by Benny, the mayor's assistant.

The Bay city's chief of Police, Roby, along with almost all of the active policemen have succumbed to the disease. Though Benny only has around a dozen policeman helping him, it seems that the situation in the Bay City is well under control. He managed to convince the locals to work together. In this area, only a little over 3000 locals survived. When the Units came, they have just finished a funeral service and about to burn all the bodies.