Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2117 I'm prepared to die!

The next day.

Li Yu flew to the oil city in a sustainable helicopter. In addition to the helicopter he was in, two other sustainable helicopters followed and protected him.

The assault squadron also went along as Li Yu's bodyguards.

The drought, which lasted for nearly ten months, left the land barren and yellow.

The trees on the mountain have withered in large areas, the small and medium-sized lakes have dried up, and even the Zhangjiang and Gongjiang rivers, the two largest tributaries of Jiangxi Province, look like small streams.

The cracked soil and dry weather triggered several forest fires, which burned much of the vegetation.

The forest, burned by fire, left behind a patch of blackened land.

From the air, the ground appears to be black and yellow, giving it a lifeless look.

Three hours later, the helicopter convoy arrived at the oil city.

A few hours ago, Zuo Ruxue led the First Transport Brigade and Ding Meng led the First Combat Brigade to deliver some military supplies from the Taihang Mountain underground military base to the oil city.

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The helicopter landed on the helipad in the oil city.

As Li Yu stepped off the helicopter, his first impression was that there was a lot of dust around.

"Cough cough, why is there so much dust here?" Li Yu asked, frowning.

Old Luo, who came to greet Li Yu, smiled wryly:
"The area to the north suffered a major fire half a month ago, which burned for a week. Coupled with the lack of rain for so long, the land around the oil city is extremely dry. When the wind blows, dust is everywhere."

Li Yu nodded. At least the headquarters base in Dazhangshu is a mountainous and hilly area with lots of forests, while the oil city area, apart from Jinniu Mountain in the north and Jigong Mountain in the south, is mostly plains.

When the wind blows, the plains, without the obstruction of mountains and forests, are more likely to stir up dust.

"Where is the minister? Take me to see him."

Lao Luo quickly said:

"Minister Li is at the military depot in the oil city. Just four hours before you, Lord City Lord, arrived here, Zuo Ruxue and her team had just arrived and brought back the first batch of military supplies from the Taihang Mountains. Minister Li is currently inspecting those supplies."

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Li Yu immediately became interested. "Take me there."

He also wanted to see the batch of military supplies with his own eyes.

After getting off the helicopter, I got directly into the car arranged by Lao Luo, and arrived at the underground warehouse in the oil city ten minutes later.

This underground warehouse was originally converted from an ancient cemetery bunker.

Years ago, when they took over the oil city, they discovered this ancient tomb, which was later transformed into an underground plantation, and a new zombie generator room was also built underneath.

However, as the oil city continues to expand, the usable area within the oil city is becoming smaller and smaller.

In the end, when all else failed, they had no choice but to convert the ancient tomb bunker into an underground warehouse to store valuable resources such as food and military equipment.

As for zombie power generation, a nearly 200-acre area has been designated in the northern part of the trading market, adjacent to the oil city, specifically for zombie power generation.

This area is completely enclosed by a wall, adjacent to the wall of the oil city, and a gate has been opened. In a sense, this place has also been designated as the main urban area of ​​the oil city.

When the vehicle reached the perimeter of the underground warehouse on the west side of the oil city, a barbed wire fence blocked their way.

Luo opened the car window, said a few words to the guard at the gate, and the guard opened the gate.

The vehicle officially entered the underground warehouse area, which is only 30 meters away from the main gate.

The entrance to the underground warehouse has now been built to be quite large.

The interior has also been expanded and renovated. This underground ancient tomb used to cover an area of ​​more than ten acres, but now it has been expanded to 25 acres.

Moreover, there have been tremendous changes inside, with basic measures such as pipeline reconstruction, waterproofing, and corrosion prevention all in place.

There were guards at the entrance, but they immediately let Lao Luo through after seeing him.

As a core member of the Big Camphor Tree organization and the director of the Operations Department of the Military Department, Lao Luo held a prestigious position.

In the oil city, he was the highest-ranking person besides his third uncle, and was the undisputed number two figure in the oil city.

The vehicle drove into the underground warehouse.

As soon as Li Yu entered, he saw dozens of vehicles lined up in front of him. The truck beds were covered with waterproof tarpaulins, and the contents were probably military supplies transported from the Taihang Mountain military base.

As Li Yu continued driving, he saw his third uncle standing in the middle of the road, chatting with several weapons experts.

"Stop the car," Li Yu said to the driver.

Then he got out of the car and walked towards his third uncle.

The drivers of the military trucks lined up next to him greeted Li Yu as soon as they saw him.

"Chief!"

"Commander, you've arrived!"

"Hello, Chief!"

Li Yu smiled and waved to them.

Uncle San also heard the commotion, turned around and saw Li Yu, then said to the weapons experts:

"Do not damage the oil paper on the unopened weapon; keep it sealed."

"As for the other damaged items, repair them first, and then seal and archive them. Not all of this batch of military supplies needs to be transported to headquarters."

After saying that, he walked towards Li Yu.

"Xiaoyu, you've come at the perfect time. I have something to tell you."

Li Yu asked, "What's up?"

Third Uncle pulled Li Yu aside and said:

"I think all the discovered military supplies should be left in the oil city for a unified inventory."

"After the inventory is completed, list out clearly which items can be repaired within the oil city and which can only be repaired at the headquarters base."

"Once the list is clear, I hope to leave a batch of weapons and ammunition in Oil City. Similarly, I also hope to be able to transport a batch of weapons to the North."

Li Yu frowned upon hearing this, momentarily wondering why his third uncle had said such a thing.

Currently, the distribution of weapons and ammunition for the Great Camphor Tree forces is uniformly managed by the Armaments Department of the Military Department, and the head of the Armaments Department is Liu Jianwen, Li Yu's maternal uncle.

Over the years, any military bases discovered outside Dazhangshu, as well as weapons and equipment captured from the enemy, have all been transported to the headquarters base first.

Then, based on the number of people and the types of ammunition needed at each sub-base, the ammunition is transported there.

In addition, for the commercial areas within the branch bases, if there are any firearms that need to be rented, the branch bases must submit the quantity to the headquarters base in advance. After approval, the headquarters base will send someone to deliver them.

but.

What Uncle San is saying now breaks with previous conventional practices.

Weapons and equipment found outside were inventoried, sorted, and even distributed directly in the oil city, bypassing the headquarters' arms department.

According to Uncle San's actions, this actually affected Liu Jianwen's power.

Uncle San noticed Li Yu's hesitation and quickly pointed to the military truck behind them, saying:
"This batch of weapons and equipment is just too much; Zuo Ruxue and Ding Meng only managed to bring back less than one-fifth of it this time!"

"Moreover, some helicopters at the Taihang Mountain military base were severely damaged, but the parts inside were still usable, so they could only be disassembled on the spot."

"It's simply impossible to transport all of these things back to headquarters, and transporting so many weapons and equipment back and forth would consume too much transportation capacity."

"My idea is to simply use the oil city as a transit point, and have Liu Jianwen and his men bring the people from the Armaments Department over to work with the professional maintenance personnel from the Military Industry Department to take charge of this matter."

"in addition."

"The sea fog disaster will arrive soon, and each branch base will definitely need to store a batch of weapons and equipment in case of emergency. When the time comes, the residents in the branch bases can also be given weapons and asked to go up and help!"

"Having people isn't enough; if they don't have guns or weapons, they're just wasting their time."

Hearing his third uncle say this, Li Yu understood.

He almost misunderstood his third uncle. His third uncle had never had any selfish motives all these years, so why would he have the idea of ​​building an independent oil city just because of this batch of military equipment?

This shows a lack of sensibility and judgment.

After understanding his third uncle's thoughts, Li Yu nodded without hesitation:

"It's feasible, but have you told your uncle about this?"

Uncle San nodded and said:
"Before you came, I just told him that he had no objections. He said he wanted to hear your thoughts. If you agree, he will bring people from the Armaments Department and maintenance experts from the Military Industry Department directly over!"

"I'm fine," Li Yu nodded.

Compared to transporting large quantities of weapons and equipment to the headquarters at great expense, this is a much more costly approach.

It would be more convenient to have the personnel from the headquarters' arms department and military industry department go to the oil city and the underground military base in the Taihang Mountains.

"Alright!" Uncle San breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Li Yu nod.

The transportation team already has a heavy workload.

This time alone, three large teams and thousands of vehicles were dispatched, and this is only one-fifth of what was brought back.

According to standard procedures, these supplies would need to be sent to the headquarters base, inventoried and repaired, and then, after discussion, the transportation team would deliver them to the various branch bases.

Too much trouble!

"By the way, Third Uncle, I also need to talk to you about something," Li Yu said, picking up the conversation.

Third Uncle looked up at Li Yu and asked:

Is it about the expansion of military personnel?

"Yes, isn't it too radical to expand recruitment by 4,200 people at once?" Li Yu countered.

Third Uncle shook his head:

"Not too radical, the population of Dazhangshu has increased by 300,000 this month compared to last month!"

"You'll see when you go to the market later. There are just too many residents. The patrol team can't handle it at all, and they even had to call in a few militia squads to help maintain order!"

"Currently, there are only 1200 patrol personnel officially employed at the oil city trading market, while the entire oil city has a population of 70!"

"There are fewer residents at the headquarters base, and their overall quality is higher than that of the oil city, so the patrol team is not under as much pressure."

"Our patrol team has too many functions: maintaining traffic order, managing markets and trade fairs, buffering overall social order in the city, and handling disaster relief."
Equivalent to a combination of pre-apocalyptic armed police, traffic police, and firefighters.

"1200 people are simply not enough!"

My third uncle lives in the oil city and is the person who knows the situation here best.

The headquarters base has a much stronger overall strength than the oil city, and more military personnel are stationed there, so its overall stability is much better than that of the oil city.

In addition, the population of the headquarters base is much smaller than that of the oil city.

Hearing his third uncle say this, Li Yu was somewhat taken aback.

As the camphor tree grew larger and its population increased, it was indeed difficult for him, as the head of the camphor tree, to get in touch with the specific situation below.

I was covered in a cold sweat.

Even though he often reminded himself to get to know the people under the big camphor tree better, that's why he inspected each branch base once a month.

But ultimately, there are some aspects that he cannot consider all by himself.

Fortunately, my third uncle and the others reminded me!
Thinking of this, Li Yu took a deep breath and said:
"Third Uncle, I will investigate this carefully! Luckily, you reminded me, otherwise I would have overlooked this aspect."

Third Uncle waved his hand and said:
"What's the big deal? You've done a great job. If I were you, I might not be able to do as well as you."

He said earnestly:

"Sometimes, you see different things depending on where you sit. The key is to be able to hear the voices of the people below."

“I understand, Third Uncle!” Li Yu nodded emphatically.

He made up his mind that this inspection of the branch bases would focus on examining the military strength of each branch base.

If the military strength is significantly insufficient compared to the existing population, then...
That would necessitate an expansion of the military, and not just by 4200 personnel, but by even more.

With the impending natural disaster of sea fog and the imminent arrival of zombies, only a strong military can guarantee the long-term stability of the Great Camphor Tree.

Northern part of the big camphor tree.

A convoy was traveling north.

This convoy consisted of a research team and military personnel heading to a secret experimental base 50 kilometers north of Dazhangshu.

Today, they brought supplies and experimental equipment and officially moved into the secret experimental base.

What they are researching is a human enhancement drug, which concerns the future of humanity!

The convoy contained dozens of researchers from the Zombie Research Institute.

There are also more than two hundred family members of these researchers.

In addition to them, there were also members of the Sixth Armed Forces Brigade specifically responsible for protecting them.

The captain of the Sixth Armed Forces Brigade is Luo Gui, who took over this task when the secret laboratory in the cave was first established.

He not only bears the responsibility of protecting these researchers, but also the responsibility of dealing with any major changes that occur at the secret experimental base, such as the emergence of a new variant virus in the laboratory.

He wanted to destroy the entire secret experimental base.

Consequently, everyone in the entire secret experimental base will die underground.

If such an extreme accident were to occur, this would be the only thing he could do to prevent the spread of the new zombie virus.

He was prepared to die.

This was top secret; only he and Zhao Ke knew about it in the entire convoy.

He had also planted explosives in that secret base long ago, and if anything went wrong, he would press the button to detonate them.

The convoy traveled to a point ten kilometers north of the camphor tree.

They saw a huge fortress under construction.

In the car.

Looking at the massive fortress ahead, Zhao Ke smiled and said to Luo Gui:
"Captain Luo, the construction speed is quite fast. The progress is already more than halfway done. It should be completed in another month or two, right?"

Luo Gui nodded. "More or less."

This fortress is North Fortress No. 1.

Construction began a month and a half ago.
Besides this fortress, there are eleven other fortresses, all of which are fixed concrete fortresses built around the headquarters base of the Great Camphor Tree.

These twelve fortresses were all built at high altitudes, 10 kilometers away from the big camphor tree.

A single fortress will have an area of ​​300 to 500 square meters and a height of 100 meters.

The overall shape resembles a blast furnace chimney, and it is entirely made of poured concrete, with gun ports, muzzles, and observation towers installed.

Also.

These twelve underground tunnels will be dug underground to connect the headquarters buffer zone in Dazhangshu, enabling the normal transportation of ammunition, personnel, and supplies.
These twelve fortresses will form an unbreakable defensive line against the zombies lurking in the sea fog.

They looked up at the towering fortress that was gradually approaching, which had countless holes in it, all of which were pre-drilled holes for machine gun muzzles.

A giant fortress 100 meters high, although it is not yet completed.

But just by looking at the gun barrels reserved on it, one can roughly imagine how powerful it would be once the construction was completed and the weapons and equipment were installed.

They even witnessed this scene:
Amidst the pervasive sea fog, a horde of zombies surges forth.
Twelve towering fortresses transformed into terrifying, stationary war machines.

Its entire body spewed forth countless flames, extinguishing the zombie horde that surged toward the giant camphor tree.

There were also those terrifying, enormous mutated zombies blocking the perimeter, guarding the central camphor tree headquarters base.

(End of this chapter)