It was past four o'clock when everyone finished boarding the buses. Each brigade had hundreds or even thousands of vehicles. With so many vehicles lined up in the wide open space, it looked like a sea of black at a glance, which was quite spectacular. Fortunately, there was a large open space on the west side of the city, otherwise so many vehicles would not be able to park.
Some of the cars had a few lights on, and the flashlights in the hands of the people busy going back and forth in the convoy flickered as they walked. The scattered voices were difficult to hear due to the wind, and there was also the sound of cars parked in an irregular manner and being directed to reverse.
And around, there are occasional gunshots, which are the sounds of hitting zombies.
In short, the overall atmosphere was very solemn. People in the cars were either resting or waiting nervously and excitedly for departure, but the departure time was nowhere to be found.
We waited from four o'clock to five o'clock, and from five o'clock until dawn.
Lin Tantan got out of the car, rubbed his eyes and yawned, climbed onto the roof and looked at the crowd of troops and survivors in the distance.
Compared with the ten neat convoys over here, the over there seemed very chaotic and noisy, and the team was still not in order.
Lin Tantan saw those people shouting, begging, squeezing and making a fuss trying to get on those dark green military trucks, but there were only a limited number of trucks and only a small number of people could get on.
Jiang Xiaotian also got out of the car, crunching potato chips, and said to Lin Tantan: "I heard that those who can ride on those big trucks are not ordinary people."
"Why is it unusual?"
"For example, they may have been officials in the past, or they may be special talents needed by the base now, or they may have connections in the military, or they may be rich and have donated a large amount of supplies to the military, or there may be people with special abilities in their family members who have joined the military and are under the command of the military. In any case, ordinary people can forget about getting on a military vehicle." Jiang Xiaotian said while shaking his head.
“Will you be protected if you get on a military vehicle?”
"About the same, right? The army has less than 20,000 soldiers, but there are quite a few survivors... more than 200,000. Either we manage them like we do, or we can only prioritize saving a small number of people."
Lin Tantan saw a large truck full of people driving to the side, with the back of the truck facing her. Lin Tantan could vaguely see that the truck was full of well-dressed people, both men and women, young and old. They sat safely in the truck, looking at the messy team behind them. Some had sympathy on their faces, some smiled smugly, and some were laughing and playing.
As for those who couldn't get on the bus, many of them looked at the people on the bus with resentment, and some looked towards the ten large convoys with complicated expressions.
Lin Tantan held his chin up and thought about the various aspects of life.
She looked at the dozen or so majestic armored vehicles in the army. They were like steel beasts. People hid inside and no zombies could get in. The most important people must be staying inside.
At this time, Ye Xiao was standing next to one of the armored vehicles, talking to Major General Xing.
After talking for a long time, it seemed that there was finally a result. Ye Xiao seemed to say something into the walkie-talkie in his hand, and then two people walked out of the convoy and drove back an armored vehicle from the army.
Lin Tantan's eyes widened slightly. Did he ask for an armored vehicle? Xing Guoliang agreed
The armored vehicle stopped not far away. Ye Xiao got off the vehicle, came to the front of the Fifth Battalion and said something to Xu Qin. Then, the latter nodded and went towards the armored vehicle. The armored vehicle pulled him up and headed towards the First Battalion.
Hey, that's the captain of the Fifth Squadron! Where are we going
Ye Xiao walked towards Lin Tantan again. Lin Tantan jumped out of the car and looked at him: "What happened? Where is Xu Qin?"
Ye Xiao said: "I asked him to lead the first brigade."
"Huh? That's not what you brought?"
"I thought the army would go in front and we would follow behind, but now that they are stuck, it's our turn to lead the way. So I have to lead another team to explore the way."
"Ah? We have to go ahead?" Jiang Xiaotian interrupted, "The range of the detector is not enough. I'll find a way to improve it."
He said as he got into the car.
The detector he mentioned is an instrument that can detect the presence of zombies or animal zombies. He tinkered with it not long ago. There are not many of them in stock, and the detection range is also limited, only about two or three hundred meters. It is installed on a light and flexible vehicle, and plays a role of detection and alarm. In fact, it is better than nothing. After all, a detection range of two or three hundred meters does not make much difference.
But now we need to explore the way ahead of the large group, so it becomes more urgent to expand the detection range.
Ye Xiao said to Cheng Qinan in the car: "Qinan, you have a certain premonition of zombies, come with me."
Cheng Qinan didn't say anything and got out of the car: "Okay."
Ye Xiao said to Lin Tan again: "The Fifth Squadron has no captain anymore, how about you take over?"
Lin Tantan gave him a fright: "Me? I can't do it!"
A brigade has more than 15,000 people, especially the fourth and fifth brigades, which are responsible for escorting most of the supplies. There are even more vehicles, and the line can be very long. She feels that she cannot manage it.
Ye Xiao nodded: "Yes, you may also be responsible for treatment and participate in combat. This is indeed too hard. Then, can you be the deputy captain?"
“…” Is there any big difference
"I'm quite optimistic about Jiang Zhongyi. He was originally the vice-captain, and I plan to let him be the captain, and you can assist him... Everyone will trust you more." Ye Xiao said.
Jiang Zhongyi is a college student. He has received a lot of training in the past ten days in the west of the city. Originally, he only led more than a dozen tall and strong students, but now all the college students in the west of the city who can serve as combatants regard him as their leader, including some young people.
But he is young after all, and is not capable of managing a car team. It will be different with Lin Tantan's help. Lin Tantan has a special status in the hearts of the survivors in the west of the city.
Lin Tan Tan also knew that Ye Xiao and his team had put a lot of effort into getting ten captains. Now that a vacancy had become available, it would surely take a while to find a suitable person, so he could only nod.
Alas, she obviously wanted to hide away all the way, and she is a doctor, so she should be a logistics staff!
Seeing her face wrinkled, Ye Xiao said with a smile: "It's not that difficult. Bai Cheng is in the Fourth Squadron. He will take care of this place. You can just rest in your car when you have nothing to do."
Ye Xiao looked at the carriage. It was a large silver-white car. The carriage and the driver's seat were connected. There were many of Jiang Xiaotian's tools in the carriage. At this moment, he was busy fiddling with something. Mei Baisheng was sitting in the corner, frowning and thinking about his supernatural powers. Black things kept appearing and disappearing on his hands.
Lin Tan Tan sighed: "It's definitely not going to be easy."
Ye Xiao said: "Well, I can't think about hanging out anymore."
Lin Tan Tan: “…” She looked at Ye Xiao suspiciously. Was he jealous that she had an easy life and that’s why he found work for her
Ye Xiao coughed. This was not intentional. It was just an emergency. He was short of manpower. He turned around and called Meimei. Mei Bosheng looked up in confusion. Ye Xiao said seriously, "How is the research on superpowers going?"
"Almost. This ability is too strange." Mei Baisheng said with a bitter face, "I don't know how to use it."
"If you have no idea, put it aside for now. I'll arrange something for you to do."
Mei Baisheng's face changed immediately: "No, no, no, it will be very soon, give me some more time." Then he immediately lowered his head to study again.
Lin Tan Tan: “…” Still felt something was wrong.
Just as he was about to speak, a calm voice came out from the intercom in Ye Xiao's hand: "Everyone, get ready, and set off in the order of your car numbers."
Lin Tantan looked up and saw several rather imposing bulldozers at the front of the First Battalion driving out first. They were used to remove obstacles on the road, followed by armored vehicles, and then trucks, buses, vans, cars, and all kinds of vehicles loaded with people or supplies.
Ye Xiao said: "Come with me, I will tell you what to pay attention to."
Therefore, the newly appointed deputy captain Lin Tantan, the forced captain Jiang Zhongyi, and some other captains were arrested and given emergency training.
In order to ensure the safety of each convoy, each brigade and squad has its own guard, whose members are superpowers, people who have been trained and those who are half-trained. Each small convoy has about 1,500 people, and the corresponding small guard is about 50 people. A whole brigade has 500 people, all of whom are real combatants. In addition, there will be some non-combatants who cooperate with the guards to manage and restrain people.
Lin Tantan barely remembered the faces of the main personnel. Ten minutes later, Ye Xiao left to be his pioneer. Lin Tantan and Jiang Zhongyi looked at each other and both felt overwhelmed. But compared to Lin Tantan, Jiang Zhongyi was more eager to try: "Sister, you have to support me."
"Okay, okay, just go ahead and do it. We have spiritual support, military support, and prestige support." Lin Tan Tan said with a sigh.
"I feel relieved with your words!"
At this time, the first battalion had already set off, followed by the second and third battalions.
Lin Tan Tan returned to her own team, the fifth team leader, who had walked with her all the way, smiled at her shyly, then took out a loud speaker and shouted, "Everyone from team ys0505, get on the bus, everyone, supervise and get ready to go."
Oh, everyone is so motivated.
Then Lin Tan Tan discovered that the truck seemed to have no driver. Cheng Qinan had been towed away. Mei Bosheng looked like he was racing against time. Jiang Xiaotian also had things to do. Originally, they took turns driving, and the remaining three people could still play Landlord, but now that was out of the question, and they had to find another driver.
Lin Tantan thought for a moment and ran to the car behind. It was a dark gray Jiangling Yuhu pickup truck. The back bed was full of things, covered with a waterproof cloth and tied tightly with ropes.
There were two people in the car, a man and a woman. The man was the driver hired by Lin Tantan. His name was Qian Kai, a student from Peking University. He was recommended to her by Jiang Zhongyi. He had no other skills, but he was a rich second-generation and was very good at racing, so being a driver was no problem for him.
The woman was the one who had helped her negotiate the treatment costs with the families of the injured, and helped her collect fees and manage supplies. Her name was Qian Feifei, and she was an accountant. Bai Cheng had found her. She had been a very capable white-collar worker in the past. Lin Tantan felt that it was a bit of a waste of her talent for her to be in charge of supplies for him.
Lin Tan Tan said to Qian Feifei: "Fei Fei, you can drive too, right?"
"Yes." Qian Feifei said.
So Lin Tan Tan asked Qian to drive the big truck and Qian Feifei to drive the pickup truck. He told them that he would find a replacement for them later and brought them a bunch of food.
Then the intercom in Lin Tantan's hand also rang, and this time it was Jiang Zhongyi's heroic voice that came out: "The ys04 team in front is about to leave, it's our turn, pay attention! Ys0501 team, move out! ... Ys0502 team, follow! ... Ys0505 team, go, go!"
The author has something to say: Tan Tan: I think he is just jealous that I don’t have to work.
Ye Xiao: Well, now I can’t hang out anymore, and playing Landlord is out of the question