Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2116 "Expand the army! Expand the army! Expand the army!"

Camphor Tree Base.

The second outer city, the administrative building.

The city lord's office.

My second uncle walked in carrying a stack of documents.

"Xiaoyu, take a look at this list of promotions in the military department that your third uncle submitted."

Li Yu, who was watching a show with his legs crossed at the square table, immediately put his legs down when he saw his second uncle come in. "Okay, let me see."

In the past few months, the population of the camphor tree area has grown rapidly, and with the development of Oriental Paradise, several militia brigades have been dispatched there.

There are now thousands of members of the Minwu Brigade at Oriental Paradise.

Chen Er and Zhang Shangfu took charge of the affairs there.

The base is also expanding rapidly. The completion of the outer city means that the area of ​​the Big Camphor Tree base has doubled.

Li Yu opened the list booklet and looked at it:

Three new combat battalions have been added.
Eleventh Combat Battalion Commander: Yu Ming

Captain of the 12th Operations Battalion: Dai Jiusheng

Commander of the 13th Combat Battalion: Chen Delong

Yu Ming?

Li Yu thought about it and realized that Yu Ming was indeed qualified.

Yu Ming has been a member of the Big Camphor Tree for a very long time; he is Yu Lei's younger brother.

However, Yu Lei later broke his leg, and the First People's Armed Forces Brigade was handed over to Yu Ming.

Later, Yu Lei directly took over as the person in charge of entering the city, in charge of the population's entry and exit.

He is at the same level as Cao Le from the oil city.

Dai Jiusheng?
He is a rising star, with a very well-rounded background, abilities, and loyalty.

Promoting him is also an option.

Upon seeing Chen Delong's name, Li Yu frowned slightly and asked:
"Chen Delong's seniority isn't that high, while Bai Wenyang's seniority is much higher, and Bai Wenyang's leadership skills are also quite good."

Li Yu has an excellent memory; after his rebirth, he can remember everything he sees.

Every month he would visit each of the branch bases for inspection, and each time he arrived at a branch base, he would meet with the military personnel of each branch base.

It's fair to say that he had met most of the members of the military department and could accurately call them by name.

Second Uncle coughed and said:
"Chen Delong has a high contribution score, and this time he discovered the large military base in the Taihang Mountains. Take a look at this list. This list was compiled by experts sent by our headquarters a couple of days ago."

Li Yu took the list from his second uncle. The first line listed 98 helicopters, of which 45 were expected to be repaired.

What the hell.
As he continued reading, Li Yu's pupils gradually dilated.

At first, based on Chen Delong's report, he thought the gains from this underground military base in the Taihang Mountains would be enormous, but he didn't expect it to be this great.

[We can repair 45 helicopters of various types!]

[A total of ten vehicle-mounted close-in weapon systems!]

[100 heavy artillery pieces of 100mm or larger, and 250 artillery pieces of other types.]

[1300 light and heavy machine guns.]

[800 combat vehicles and special transport vehicles.]

[There are 3 automatic rifles, pistols, and submachine guns, along with a quantity of ammunition and a quantity of hand grenades.]

[381 radio stations of various types, 4983 night vision devices of various types, and 3066 radiation dosimeters]

This is equivalent to
In terms of heavy weaponry, it directly doubled the military strength of the Great Camphor Tree forces.

Previously, the Big Camphor Tree faction only had 48 helicopters, but now it has suddenly acquired 45 helicopters.

Regarding armored vehicles, Dazhangshu previously only had a total of 150, but this time 100 armored vehicles were discovered.

There are also artillery pieces with a diameter of 100mm or more, which were rarely seen before, but this time 100 of them were found.

After reviewing the latest inventory of weapons and ammunition from the Taihang Mountains, Li Yu looked up at his second uncle and said:

"I remember Chen Delong. One year when a natural disaster broke out, they were still partners and couldn't return to the camphor tree base in time."
Later, he survived the torrential rain disaster outside, and on his way back, he happened to discover the nuclear radiation zombies. Was it because of this contribution that he was promoted?

Second Uncle's memory wasn't as good as Li Yu's, but he vaguely remembered this incident.

"It seems so."

Li Yu smiled and said:

"Chen Delong is quite lucky. Alright, let him take charge of the 13th Combat Battalion!"

This discovery of the underground military base in the Taihang Mountains is such a significant contribution that it would be unreasonable not to promote him.

He picked up the first list and continued reading.

The second page contains the list of promoted militia brigades. There are currently 32 militia brigades with a total of 6400 people.

The list on the second page contains 11 people.

In addition to the three people, Chen Delong, who were promoted, eight new militia brigades were added.

These eight militia brigades were all selected from the militia brigade reserve.

In the past six months, the number of reserve personnel in the militia brigade has been increasing, once reaching tens of thousands.

When these reserve members pass the assessment and there are vacancies in the military, some of the successful candidates will be selected to fill vacancies in the militia brigade, patrol brigade, or even the internal security brigade.

The eleven captains of the militia brigades selected were all deputy captains who had performed well in their respective militia brigades, or members who had shown outstanding performance.

These eleven people are:

[Zhang Hutou, Shen Xiaoxiao, Niu Gao, Jiang Xin, Zhuang Wenqian, Xie Zihao, Zhou Dafu, Wang Ou, Meng De, Chang Yichang, and Undying Number One.]

Looking at the last name on the list, Li Yu suddenly remembered a team he had heard about when he visited the oil city: the Undying Army.

He had heard many rumors about this team. It was said that the team never recruited men, only women. When something happened, number 1 would take the lead, and if number 1 died, number 2 would take over.

No matter how powerful the opponent, we never bow down and always fight to the end.

What is this team?
"Is this Undying Number One the Undying Army of Oil City?" Li Yu asked.

Second Uncle nodded and said, "Yes, your Third Uncle thinks the Undying Army has great potential, so he recruited them all into the People's Armed Forces."

Li Yu asked curiously:

"Didn't these Undying Legion never bow their heads before? And I seem to remember that Uncle Three recruited them before, so why are they willing this time?"

Uncle Er felt a bit tired standing, so he moved a stool and sat down opposite Li Yu.

"In the past, they probably thought our base was similar to other bases. Over the years, your third uncle has given special treatment to the Undying Army, which can be considered as a form of influence."

Furthermore, after the sea fog disaster and the zombie ashore were exposed, they naturally needed to find a mountain to rely on.

Li Yu nodded; he felt that the first possibility his second uncle mentioned was more likely.

As far as he knew, this immortal army was not afraid of death at all.

None of the original members of the Undead Army should remain.

However, having such a fearless team is a good thing for the big camphor tree.

He looked down at the list above.

Zhang Hutou.

It seems to be one of Dongfeng's subordinates.

He had a deep impression of Zhang Hutou; he was a bit chubby and clumsy. He remembered encountering a zombie horde at Oriental Paradise before, and Zhang Hutou had been quite brave. Shen Xiaoxiao?
Li Yu frowned and asked, "Second Uncle, didn't Shen Xiaoxiao go to your Ministry of Internal Affairs? How come she's back in the Ministry of Military Affairs?"

My second uncle smiled wryly:
"She couldn't make it in the trading market, so when Zhong Chuchu transferred to the internal affairs department, she followed suit."

After two years, her personality made it impossible for her to continue, so she returned to the People's Armed Forces Department.

She's qualified and capable enough; let's just make her the team leader this time.

Li Yu still remembered seeing Shen Xiaoxiao's burly figure when he was on the construction site; she was indeed very strong.

"By the way, is she still with Zhou Weiguo?" Li Yu suddenly remembered that Zhou Weiguo, who was in charge of the breeding at the base, had liked Shen Xiaoxiao back then.

Shen Xiaoxiao later went to the oil city, and it's unknown whether the two of them can withstand a long-distance relationship.

"Hahahaha," Uncle Two laughed.
"This Shen Xiaoxiao is being transferred from the oil city to the militia brigade at the headquarters base."

“They’re still together. In the past two years, Zhou Weiguo has occasionally hitched a ride in a helicopter to the oil city to see Shen Xiaoxiao.”

Li Yu nodded:

"It's quite rare to be able to have a long-distance relationship for two or three years in the apocalypse. When Shen Xiaoxiao returns to headquarters, I'll try to match them up again and help them get married!"

Uncle chuckled beside him, "Xiaoyu, you're getting more and more addicted to being a matchmaker!"

"Absolutely. This is all for the sake of our population in Zhangshu. Relying solely on survivors migrating from elsewhere is not enough; we also need to increase the number of newborns."

After Li Yu finished speaking, he looked at the remaining names on the list.

He also remembered Zhou Dafu; he was the one who came down from the Funiu Mountains, and it seemed he was a former reconnaissance soldier.

Wang Ou and Meng De seem to have come from NT City.

As for Xie Zihao, he asked his second uncle:

"Is Xie Zihao's father Xie Dongming?"

"Yes," Uncle Second nodded.

"It's the trading market in the oil city, and the son of Xie Dongming, the leader of the first team to join and trade."

Li Yu clicked his tongue in amazement: "I never expected that Xie Dongming's son would join the militia brigade and even become its captain."

He looked at Xie Zihao's resume next to his name, which clearly stated that Xie Zihao had been a member of the Minwu Brigade for four years.

Being able to stay in the militia brigade for four years is enough to qualify one for promotion to brigade captain.

The resumes clearly stated the contributions of these promoted personnel, the dates they joined Dazhangshu and the Minwu Brigade, and the contributions they made during that time. Everything was written down clearly on the paper.

Li Yu slowly read through the experiences of the other promoted employees, and overall there were no problems.

However, among the newly promoted captains of the militia brigade, the two people he originally wanted to promote were not among them.

So he said to his second uncle:

"Let's make some adjustments to the combat battalion. We'll add two more battalion slots, with Dongfeng and Bai Wenyang as battalion commanders."

"As for the two vacant positions in the People's Armed Forces Brigade, let Uncle San select two more people from the brigade to be promoted to the position of brigade captain."

"no problem."

My second uncle took out paper and pen and wrote it down.

Afterwards, Li Yu looked through the information about the expansion of the Internal Security Brigade and the Patrol Brigade.

Both the Internal Security Brigade and the Patrol Brigade belong to the Security Department.

The camphor tree has two external combat divisions, one of which is the combat battalion under the combat division.

The other one is the People's Armed Forces Brigade of the People's Armed Forces Department.

In addition to external combat operations, there are also internal military forces specifically used for defending against zombies, enemies, and maintaining base order: the Internal Security Forces and Patrol Battalions.

These two departments are responsible for different things.

The Inner Guard was primarily responsible for the defense of the city walls and the management of the inner and outer city gates.
The patrol squad is mainly responsible for maintaining order within the base and ensuring internal stability.

Over the years, the personnel of the Internal Security Brigade have remained relatively stable, with very few additional positions added.

After all, these are fixed positions, and natural disasters don't happen all the time, so guarding the walls isn't that difficult, and generally, not so many people are needed.

If a natural disaster occurs, or zombies breach the walls, putting pressure on defenses during a battle...
This would allow the militia brigade and combat brigade to temporarily step in and help.

The number of personnel in the entire camphor tree force's internal security brigade has remained stable at around 2000 over the years.

These 2000 people include those from five bases.

There were no internal security brigades in the Northwest and Oriental Paradise areas.

The defense of the wall was entirely handled by the militia brigade and the combat brigade, which took over the duties of the internal security brigade.

This time, Third Uncle proposed to expand the number of the Internal Security Brigade to 3000, an increase of 1000 people!
The number of patrol team members has been expanded from the original 2400 to 4000, an increase of 1600!
These people all have truly secure jobs; if they've been given these positions, then they must be given corresponding benefits and compensation.

Li Yu found the reasons for expansion in the manual to be quite compelling:
Due to the rapid expansion of the population of Dazhangshu, which has exceeded 110 million, the existing number of patrol personnel cannot meet the growing demand for resident management.

Furthermore, with sea fog becoming a regular occurrence, simply drawing personnel from the militia or operations departments is insufficient; in the future, military personnel will also be needed to ensure the security of railway rail transport.

Li Yu spent half an hour reading through the entire report.

He sat in the chair and pondered for a moment before saying:

"According to Uncle San's report, our Great Camphor Tree military force, excluding reserve members, is estimated to have 20800 members."

Second Uncle nodded and said:
"Based on the report given by the third brother, plus what you just said about adding two more combat battalions."

"The distribution of combat personnel throughout the entire camphor tree area is roughly as follows:"

"The Operations Division comprises 14 combat battalions, totaling 2800 personnel."

"The People's Armed Forces Department has 40 People's Armed Forces Battalions, and there are 8000 people here."

"The Security Department has 3000 personnel in the Internal Security Brigade and 4000 personnel in the Patrol Brigade."

"In addition, there are an estimated 3000 personnel of various types with combat capabilities, including the transport brigade."

"Approximately 20800 people."

"If we add the 10000 reservists who are ready to fight with guns, our total combat personnel in Dazhangshu will be 30800."

Li Yu did a quick mental calculation: 30800 divided by 110 million people, the combat personnel in Dazhangshu accounted for 2.8% of the total population.

If this number were placed in a country before the apocalypse, it would be an extremely high number.

Before the apocalypse, active-duty combat personnel accounted for only a fraction of the total population, less than one-tenth of what they are now.

However, in the neighboring country of Chao before the apocalypse, military personnel accounted for 5% of the total population, even more than the proportion of the forces of the Great Camphor Tree.

In fact, the firearms and weapons currently available in Dazhangshu are enough to raise an army of 100,000 people.

But it's not necessary.

The pressure of feeding so many people is immense.
These people do not engage in production or farming; they are mainly used for combat.

Moreover, the military personnel are well-paid, so Li Yu has always controlled the number of military personnel.

But now.
With the impending sea fog disaster, the railway tracks, the lifeline for each sub-base, also require combat personnel to maintain, making military expansion imperative.

What my third uncle said in the report is correct!
Thinking of this, Li Yu tossed the report in his hand onto the table.

He said to his second uncle:

"Expanding the army is a big deal. This time, we will add 4200 people, which is quite a lot."

"It just so happens that it's time for the monthly inspection of the branch bases. I'll go to the oil city tomorrow to have a chat with my third uncle in person, and I can also take a look at the Taihang Mountain underground military base."

Second Uncle nodded and said:
"Expanding the military should indeed be done with caution. Okay, then I'll contact Minister Liu Jianwen for you later and have him arrange a helicopter for tomorrow?"

"Okay." Li Yu did not refuse.

(End of this chapter)