Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2066 On the Road
Since the delivery of 300 electric trucks to the Third Transportation Brigade.

In the past month and a half, the vehicle manufacturing plant at the Dazhangshu base has produced another 1000 electric trucks.

The current daily production capacity of the car manufacturing plant at the Dazhangshu base is 22 vehicles.

On average, it takes about an hour to build one car.

Of these 1,000 electric trucks, 150 were given to the First and Second Transportation Battalions as part of a trade-in program.

Some low-performance gasoline-powered vehicles will be phased out.

Fifty vehicles were given to the Northwest, and 400 were given to the Oil City in preparation for this collection operation.

100 vehicles were given to the Northern Territory, and the remaining 300 were reserved for the headquarters base in the Great Camphor Tree.

For this search operation, almost all available vehicles were mobilized from the entire camphor tree headquarters base.

Of course, in addition to some combat vehicles left at the headquarters, there are also vehicles used for supporting construction sites and transporting ore.

The other vehicles were mostly reassigned to this supplies collection operation.

Each militia brigade is equipped with 5 armored vehicles, 5 infantry transport vehicles, 15 military trucks, 5 fuel tankers, 1 communications vehicle, 1 medical vehicle, 1 maintenance vehicle, and 30 electric trucks.

A total of 63 vehicles.

This means that the authorities mobilized about ten detachments, totaling two thousand people and about 600 vehicles.

The rest mainly rely on various vehicles used by scavengers, numbering nearly 2 people and thousands of vehicles.

These scavengers' vehicles have all been modified; some are off-road vehicles with a trailer attached to the back, increasing their carrying capacity to ten or even twenty tons.

However, this kind of vehicle is not fast. It doesn't have much horsepower to begin with, and with a trailer attached, its speed is even slower.

The electric truck has an astonishing range, with a pure electric range of up to 2400 kilometers.

Furthermore, solar panels have been installed on the roof of the electric truck, allowing it to be charged and recharged daily. It can also replenish its power while driving, thus achieving a combined range of 3500 kilometers.

Even if all the power is used up, the electric truck can stop and recharge via solar panels before continuing its journey.

Teams heading to more distant locations will be provided with more tanker trucks, while teams heading to Guangdong or Fujian provinces will be given one or two tanker trucks.

Central square of the buffer city.

After distributing the destinations and itineraries to each convoy, the eldest uncle stood on a high platform and delivered an encouraging speech over the loudspeaker.

Then they were allowed to set off.

The long convoy drove out from the west side of the buffer city of the Big Camphor Tree Base.

Even now, there are still many transport vehicles and residents entering and exiting through the main gate.

After leaving the camphor tree base, the ten convoys each headed in different directions.

One of the convoys was heading east, and the convoy leader was Miao Tianji.

Judging by his qualifications, he came from the North about four and a half years ago.

Previously, it was a subordinate force of the North.

After the Northern Territory was conquered by the Great Camphor Tree, Miao Tianji and his group joined the Great Camphor Tree's forces.

They stayed in the oil city for a while, and then when the headquarters needed manpower, they were transferred to the headquarters.

He's a veteran who's been to all three bases.

For the past two years, I have been working at the headquarters base in Dazhangshu.

This was the first time he had led so many people out on his own: 200 members of the militia brigade and nearly two thousand scavengers from the camphor tree.

These scavengers also have to listen to him when they're outside.

It is worth mentioning that some of these scavengers rented guns from the big camphor tree and purchased ammunition.

After learning that they could participate in this mission, they rented or bought guns from gun shops in Buffer City.

Although there are few zombies outside and it is relatively safe, there may still be other survivors outside, or some unexpected emergencies may occur.

Therefore, some of them also prepared guns.

On the G76 expressway.

A convoy of nearly two hundred vehicles is traveling on the highway.

A drone hovered overhead, and two more drones were scouting the road ahead a few kilometers away.

In the third armored vehicle in the convoy, a middle-aged man who looked extremely capable was holding a small piece of sandalwood in his hand and rubbing the sleep from the corner of his eye.

"Wood, the first stop on the itinerary is Ningde, right?"

A slightly overweight man next to him, holding a manual and wearing glasses, looked at the manual and replied:
"Yes, Brother Miao."

Miao Tianji nodded and said:

"Contact Qian Guan from the First Squadron and tell him to guide us properly and not lead us astray!"

"Also, keep an eye on the team. I'm going to take a nap; I'm so sleepy."

Last night he played mahjong in the card room until the wee hours of the morning. Just now, in order to show a good attitude in front of Vice Minister Liu Jianwen, he did dozens of push-ups. He looked flushed and full of energy.

Having barely managed to stay awake at the square, I'm now feeling incredibly sleepy sitting in the car, swaying and bumping around.

Before long, he drifted off to sleep.

The deputy, Mu Tou, reluctantly picked up the walkie-talkie and began repeating Captain Miao's orders.

They had never traveled this road before, so they sent a small team ahead to scout it out.

The distance from the headquarters base in Dazhangshu to Ningde, Fujian Province is approximately 700 kilometers.

At a speed of 40 kilometers per hour, it would take about a day and a half to arrive.

If it's the official transport team of Dazhangshu, their convoy can travel at speeds up to 60 kilometers per hour.

However, since most of the vehicles in this convoy were belonging to scavengers, the overall speed was reduced to 40 kilometers per hour to accommodate their needs. After three hours of driving, the convoy finally left the territory of Jiangxi Province.

They didn't even encounter a single zombie along the way.

This also caused the scavengers in the convoy, who were initially somewhat tense, to gradually relax.

"Brother Shui, it seems like it's really safe outside now. It's been several hours and we haven't seen a single zombie."

Inside a dump truck, a burly man with a buzz cut asked Brother Shui in the passenger seat:

"Brother Shui, didn't you say you'd bring Lao Ji over too? He's strong and a fierce fighter, but I haven't seen him."

When this matter was mentioned, Brother Shui seemed somewhat helpless and muttered:
"He got promoted in the construction department and became a senior engineer. He earns 7 points a day!"

The burly man with a buzz cut asked in surprise:
"Seven points a day? Holy crap! Is it really that profitable to work on construction sites these days? I remember he used to be a mid-level worker. This kid has been quietly making a name for himself on construction sites."

Brother Shui replied:
"They're working two shifts now and they're rushing to meet deadlines, so we're giving them double pay."

"He has his path to follow, and we have our own things to do. Just you wait and see, even if we just follow the main group on a transport mission, everyone will still get at least several dozen points!"

"It's much better than Lao Ji and the others working themselves to the bone all day long!"

The burly man with the buzz cut beamed with joy and nodded vigorously, but then something occurred to him, and his expression turned sour.

"Brother Shui, they said on the walkie-talkie that they're going to Ningde. I remember ND City is a coastal city, there might be zombies there."

"What's there to be afraid of!" Brother Shui said fearlessly.

“We dared to go out and scavenge even when there were zombies outside, so what’s there to be afraid of now? Besides, we have the official team from the camphor tree to protect us.”

The burly man with the buzz cut thought about it carefully and realized it made sense.

After leaving the big camphor tree, Yang Zhongshi led the convoy southward.

Their first destination this time was Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

Both of these places were first-tier cities before the apocalypse, with abundant resources.

It is not only a commercially developed area, but also has a large number of industrial facilities in the surrounding area.

A thorough search is absolutely necessary.

However, due to the large number of zombies in this area during the apocalypse, they have never dared to send a large force to search for it.

Yang Zhongshi carried a heavy burden on this trip, as Guangdong Province was probably the province with the richest supplies among the teams dispatched to search for supplies.

The convoy traveled along the G6011 expressway and arrived at the southernmost part of Jiangxi Province in less than four hours.

In this area, in order to defend against nuclear radiation zombies coming from Guangdong Province, they blew up the main roads connecting Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces.

The highway was destroyed, so we had to take a detour.

Looking at the elevated road that had been bombed and was now only half intact, Yang Zhongshi sighed helplessly. He realized that he was just one step away from Guangdong Province, but now he would have to take a detour.

"Has the reconnaissance team found the way?" Yang Zhongshi asked, picking up the walkie-talkie.

On the foremost armored vehicle, Wen Jun, the captain of the first squadron, replied:
"We found a small road that our vehicles can pass through, but some of the trailers in the convoy might not be able to. We're still looking for other routes. Let's get off the highway first."

“Alright, that’s the only way,” Yang Zhongshi replied.

The convoy exited the highway and parked the vehicles in the city.

The surrounding streets were deserted, with only one or two crows occasionally flying overhead.

The glass of all the shop light boxes on the street was shattered, and there were glass shards all over the ground.

Clearly, the surrounding streets have been searched extensively.

After all, it's only 200 kilometers away from the camphor tree base, and many scavenger teams have come here.

After half an hour.

The exploration team reported that they had found a path to follow.

They can take the G6011 expressway from another direction by going around for fifty kilometers.

They should still try to take the highways as much as possible, because the highways are of better quality, and even in the apocalypse, the road surfaces that remain are still relatively smooth.

The road surface was smoother, so they were able to travel at a relatively faster speed.

In a convoy heading east.

As a senior member of the camphor tree team, Lao Xie is the most experienced among these outbound teams.

He was previously in charge of the North, but because his style of doing things was not suitable for being in charge of a city, the North remained in a state of semi-death under his leadership.

So they transferred him back to headquarters and sent someone else there.

For Lao Xie, who is already fifty years old, he would rather lie down than work hard.

So they were happy to return to headquarters.

The headquarters base was relatively quiet and less stressful, so he had a good time there.

This time, however, there was really no other way but to transfer him out to search for supplies as well.

However, Lao Xie still had a way and chose the closest place to go.

Moreover, it is relatively safe.

The southern part of Jiangxi Province is bordered by Guangdong Province, the eastern part by Fujian Province, and the western part by Hunan Province.

Both Fujian and Guangdong provinces are located by the sea, making them relatively more dangerous.

Hunan Province is not located by the sea, making it one of the safest places, and it is also close to the big camphor tree.

This old man isn't incompetent; he's just incredibly lazy.

Several other convoys also headed towards different destinations.

(End of this chapter)