Chapter 58: Crossing the Zombie City
[Trivia: Sugar was included in the list of wartime reserve materials by the country sixty-two years ago, and its status is equivalent to that of grain, cotton, and oil.]
【That's a good point, but I refuse.】
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Commander Wang’s words caused an uproar in the live broadcast room.
The main reason is that the knowledge is too unpopular and even a bit counter-intuitive.
These days, things like sugar are not rare at all.
Not only are people not short of sugar, they even despise it.
Even the drinks and foods sold by merchants have low-sugar and sugar-free slogans.
Take drinks as an example. With the slogan of low sugar and no sugar, it is easy to sell. People subconsciously think that this is a healthy drink and they can drink it happily.
If you say that this product is high in sugar and energy, people will know that it is easy to gain weight after eating or drinking it, and those who want to stay in shape will basically not touch it.
Zhang Yuan asked curiously: "With our current equipment, what is the use of sugar and salt?"
Commander Wang smiled bitterly: "These two things are very useful in reality, but here I can only say that they are somewhat useful, but not very useful. The main reason is that the virtual mall is too convenient and comprehensive, and everything you want is ready-made."
Zhang Yuan Wan'er: "This may be that it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality."
After checking the material storage point, Zhang Yuan waved his right hand and left dozens of large trucks, allowing the soldiers to speed up the transportation of materials.
There are too many supplies here, including bolt-action rifles, bullets, and wooden-handled grenades. Just transporting these things out is a big project.
On the black pickup truck, Zhang Yuan ordered: "Go to the next city."
"good!"
The driver agreed and drove away.
Not all of the tens of thousands of combatants were gathered in this city, but were distributed in several surrounding cities.
After the advance team opened the way, several safe roads have been opened, and there are basically no zombies on the road.
The black pickup truck was speeding along, followed by a row of large green trucks transporting supplies.
Two hours later, we arrived at our destination.
This is a gym-like building, which is wide and empty. The zombies inside have been cleared out by soldiers, and it is equivalent to a safe zone.
"recruit!"
Zhang Yuan waved his right hand, and 5,000 soldiers appeared out of thin air. The originally wide and empty venue was filled with people. From a high place, the place looked dark and filled with human heads.
Most of these soldiers are about the same age as Zhang Yuan, only twenty-four or five years old.
They traveled through time for the first time, and excitement was written on their faces.
Scratching one's head
touch shoulder
twisting and turning
Look around, back, left, up and down.
Full of novelty about everything.
"quiet!"
"Toot! Toot!"
Next to Zhang Yuan, a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows from the military shouted loudly and blew the whistle twice.
The sound of the bustling venue quickly became quieter, and within a few breaths it became silent, and you could hear a pin drop.
Zhang Yuan and his party stood on a high platform, and the five thousand people below looked up. They were all energetic and high-spirited, which made people feel something called 'morale'.
Zhang Yuan turned his head and whispered to a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows beside him: "I'll leave this to you. Immediately start rectifying the personnel, regrouping, and issuing weapons.
I'll go to the other side of the city and clean up any aberrations I see along the way.
After arriving at the place, I will recruit another 5,000 people.
You have five thousand here, five thousand there, and a total of ten thousand people from both groups to attack the city in front and back, and try to capture it within five days."
The middle-aged man with thick eyebrows slapped his chest loudly and issued a military order on the spot: "If we can't take it down within five days, come and see us!"
Zhang Yuan smiled and said: "It's not that serious. It's best to go early. It doesn't matter if it's a day late. Don't put too much pressure on yourself."
The middle-aged man with thick eyebrows said to himself, ‘I don’t want to either, but I can’t do it without putting pressure on myself’!
The number of commanders is limited, not to mention that this is a city commander, not a squad commander.
Countless people are eyeing this position and trying their best to get this spot.
However, after getting the quota, it is just the beginning.
The task is completed well, the ability is fully demonstrated, and the superiors see all this, and success is just around the corner.
If the task is not completed well, not only will it be embarrassing, but those who want this position will immediately stand up and accuse, "You are in the position but you are not good enough. Isn't this delaying the matter? Give way to the one who can do it!".
Then
Change general!
Therefore, no matter what angle you come from, you have to fight hard!
The middle-aged man with thick eyebrows said hello to Zhang Yuan and began to organize the team.
Zhang Yuan got into the back of the pickup truck and said, "Drive."
"Buzz~"
The engine roared, taking the half-short truck fleet to the other end of the city.
Zhang Yuan had only one purpose in doing this, which was to omit the step of transporting troops, save time on transporting troops, and allow all vehicles to be used for transporting weapons and supplies.
In this way, the siege efficiency will be higher.
Qingluan sat next to Zhang Yuan and whispered: "There are a lot of zombies on this road, and there may be aberrations. Will the convoy swaggering through the city cause a wave of zombies?"
Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "We have a full view of the map. We can avoid zombie-dense areas in advance and find a safe road. If we encounter aberrations, I will take action to provide force support for this material transportation."
"clear."
Qingluan sat down holding the assault rifle.
Under the guidance of the Eye of the True Spirit, the navigator observed this strange city from a bird's-eye view, perfectly avoiding zombie-dense areas such as the city center, bustling commercial streets, and industrial areas, and choosing a road with few zombies.
"Bang!"
"Boom!"
"Bah, bang, bang!"
…
The convoy was rushing all the way, and when it encountered single-digit zombies, the leading black pickup truck directly bumped into it, and then the entire convoy ran over.
After the last car in the convoy left, the zombies had been broken into dumpling fillings.
When the number of zombies is slightly larger, it is the turn of the combatants and machine gunners on the vehicle to kill the wave of zombies with ease.
Since the Eye of the True Spirit provides a full view of the map, the co-pilot of the black pickup truck, the team navigator, planned a relatively safe route.
Therefore, even if the convoy makes a lot of noise as it moves forward, especially the sound of a long line of old-fashioned trucks, it can be heard from a distance of 180 meters, attracting the surrounding zombies. The convoy encounters the largest wave of zombies along the way.
The number does not exceed three hundred.
A horde of corpses of this size would not be able to overturn a storm under the heavy firepower of a machine gun weighing as much as every vehicle in the convoy.
Overall, this journey has been smooth.
Zhang Yuan sat in the back row with a comfortable look on his face, his hands interlocked and resting on the back of his head.
Since recruiting commanders and combatants, all you have to do is point out the direction and say where to fight, and you don't have to worry about the rest. It's a pleasure.
However, I didn't feel comfortable for a while.
call out!
Zhang Yuan seemed to sense something. His originally relaxed body instantly sat upright and turned to look out the window.
A violent black shadow about waist height, which was on all fours, approached quickly, faster than a zombie. When it was still three or four meters away from the black pickup truck, it jumped directly into the bed of the truck.
"ah!"
"Bah, bah, bah...!"
The black pickup truck shook violently on the flat road, accompanied by the screams of the correspondent in the truck, rapid gunshots, and the roar of some kind of monster.
Then, there was a muffled sound of heavy objects falling from the truck bed.
Chapter completed!