In the past, Hamid was still afraid of him running away, but since the war started, Hamid was not worried about that anymore, because if Su Shoudao really dared to run away, he would probably be killed by a shot from the sniper hidden in the shadows before he could get more than a few kilometres away.
After all, after losing face, Wan Long Temple had already given a harsh word that not a single fly in Hamid's base would get out alive, so if Su Shoudao had the guts, he wouldn't dare to run.
After Su Shoudao was sent away, Ye Chen joined Hamid and went to Hamid's office.
It was called an office, but in fact it was just a larger pit.
Inside, there were about ten square feet of internal space with electric lights and a ventilation duct leading directly from the entrance of the pit to the inside, constantly sending air inside.
Once inside, Hamid introduced to Ye Chen, "We are now fully excavating a large number of hidden fortifications and tunnels, and it won't be long before all these tunnels are connected together. "
Ye Chen nodded gently and said, "I see that all the buildings in your valley have basically been blown up, do you have any plans for such a large place?"
"Then what can be the plan." Hamid said, "Once the other side starts fighting, the artillery will hit the inside of the valley first, the valley has a large mouth and a small bottom, it would have been the best target for the artillery, so there's not much practical use for it."
Ye Chen said, "I suggest that you simply demolish all the houses, remove the construction rubbish, and then dig some five or six metre deep rectangular pits in the same place to store water. anymore."
The Middle East is relatively arid and hot, and the rainy season in Syria is not that long. Once the rainy season is over, fresh water resources, although not very scarce, are relatively valuable.
Ye Chen was not worried about Hamid being taken out of the pot by his opponents now, but was more or less worried that his opponents would surround him comprehensively, creating a prolonged siege without fighting.
In fact, for Ye Chen, the easiest way he could think of to solve Hamid was to deploy his troops and completely cut Hamid off from the outside world from both sea and land.
In particular, all means of entry for supplies should be cut off so that Hamid could not get any supplies from the outside world.
In this way, Hamid would have to deplete his own reserves until he was exhausted.
Food and ammunition are relatively easy to store, and in a place like the Middle East, a dry and sheltered environment is not a problem for two or three years.
The only thing that is not so easy to store is the large amount of fresh water.
Bottled water is not a big problem to store drinking water, but it is difficult to secure water for domestic use.
The groundwater resources are already not abundant, and in the event of a dry season, when there may be no rain for several months, the groundwater will also be greatly affected.
In that case, the base would have to transport water from outside if it wanted to use it properly.
But once the enemy cut off the transportation, the fresh water resources could not be replenished effectively, and once several thousand people ran out of water, their morale would definitely continue to decline until they collapsed.
That is why Ye Chen suggested that Hamid could first find a way to do some water storage projects.
Seeing that Hamid had not yet figured it out, Ye Chen said, "Anyway, your base has been bombed beyond recognition now, and the enemy's artillery fire is very heavy, so there is no way for you to reactivate this base, so you might as well dig a pit to store water and make more preparations for the future."
"Besides, a deep dug cistern is not afraid of shelling, even if all the water has turned into mud, it can still be kept for daily use as long as it is settled and primary filtered, and then simply sterilised."
When Hamid heard this, he said approvingly, "That's a good idea, old boy! I'll arrange for a couple of hundred people to start doing it tomorrow!"
Ye Chen nodded, then, remembering something, he asked Hamid, "Right, old brother, I heard that the reason why the Ten Thousand Dragons Temple cooperated with the government army was because after purging you, they would be approved to build a mercenary base in Syria, I wonder if that's true?"
Hamid was surprised and asked, "Brother, I just found out about this last night, where did you get this information?"