Chapter 25: Still Food
"Qin Gengsheng, look at my gestures and act!" Riding on horseback, Zhang Jiaming finished the order, drove the horse past everyone, the gate of the village was opened in time, and the speed of Debao was extremely fast after the mutation, but it was only between 3 breaths, and the other party's face was already close at hand!
This group of armed men was very depressed in Zhang Jiaming's eyes, with black faces, sunken cheeks, and a few of them were still wearing dirty bandages, even if they had guns in their hands, they couldn't provide much power, Niu Keshen looked at this mighty man coming straight to him, and he couldn't help but panic, and he also raised his weapon in his hand, and everyone next to him pulled the bolt of the gun and aimed it at the comer.
Zhang Jiaming didn't mind so many weapons facing him, a beautiful harrier turned over, flipped a few somersaults in the air, and stood firmly in front of this group of people!
The momentum alone directly overwhelmed everyone,
"You're here to go to war?" Zhang Jiaming was not polite at all, and directly made the negotiation clear!
"This ,,,,". Niu Keshen was dumbfounded for a while, he was also a hero, but he was unlucky, offended the local township chief, was sent to the mountains as a forest ranger, and won the respect of everyone by virtue of his good marksmanship in the mountains.
Unexpectedly, I met a person who was imposing and extremely faceless.
"I give you two choices, one is to put down the gun and be my guest. Instead, start the war immediately, and I can kill you all by myself! Zhang Jiaming took out two pig tooth daggers, these two murder weapons faintly shone in the cold wind, and they added a bit of power to Zhang Jiaming's hands.
"You're a bird! Lao Tzu has a gun now, believe it or not, we will kill you with one shot! It was still that little man, who rushed out from behind Niu Keshen and aimed the gun at Zhang Jiaming's head.
"You can try!" Zhang Jiaming didn't look at him at all, his eyes stared at Niu Keshen. This man who has always been vigorous and resolute has been completely shocked at this moment, he knows that if there is a war, the first person to die must be himself, put aside the little man's gun, Niu Keshen also dropped his armed belt and rifle, this man who is extremely strong under his hands knelt down like this, and his subordinates saw this, all of them hurriedly shouted
"Brother Niu, Brother Niu." Rush up and pull him up.
"Shut it all up! Listen to me! Niu Keshen shouted angrily to stop the impulse of his subordinates,
"Brother Niu, don't be like this, it's a big deal for us to change places! We don't eat that angry meal! "It's still the little man, and he's the one who shouts the loudest,
"Yes, Brother Niu, let's go, we are not welcome in this place!" A few brothers who are usually good are also counseling.
"You're all dead! Listen to me carefully! Drinking violently, his subordinates quieted down, and one by one they lowered their spears and looked at their leaders in a daze.
"Open your eyes and see." Niu Keshen smiled faintly, his voice became extremely desolate, and his subordinates found that their back road was already full of more than 100 people, all armed with earthen guns, such a close distance, almost at the first time, all the people here can get the weight of one or two shots, if it is a scattered bullet or a more vicious point, put on the chaff - it will not kill the other party after killing it, but it will make the other party worse than dead!
A group of giant dogs also appeared on the rear wing, the leader was Da Hei, and behind it were five hunting dogs in the original local bandit village, under Zhang Jiaming's careful feeding, these guys ate mutant beast meat, and their body became strong, but they were still smaller than Da Hei more than a circle.
Grinning and growling in a low voice, the vicious dogs completely surrounded their left side under the terrifying size of the big black.
In another howl, fifteen gray-haired werewolves blocked their right rear flank, this time, all sides were completely trapped, even the watchtower behind Zhang Jiaming was full of people, but their weapons were still earthen guns, and then take a closer look, two bowl-sized earthen cannons were also pushed out, aimed at this group of outsiders, it seems that the other party did not intend to negotiate peace from the beginning, but ate their own group of people.
"You must be the big boss that the village elders say?" Niu Keshen motioned for the dejected men to surrender their weapons.
"Follow me." didn't bother to be polite to him, Zhang Jiaming simply ordered his subordinates to come forward and confiscate the equipment of this group, the other party's life and death are just in his own thoughts, not that he is too domineering, for these unfamiliar outsiders, being cautious is the last word in survival.
When they arrived at the head of the village and the militia began to gather back to the camp, Zhang Jiaming looked at the captured crowd,
"If any of you are wounded, you can go to the doctor for treatment, and the others will go for a hot meal first." Turned around and called a militiaman,
"Let the kitchen prepare a pot of hot porridge, they have been hungry for so many days that they can't eat rice right away."
"Yes, Grand Chief." A military salute was performed, and the militia immediately went to deliver the order. The weapons that he calculated in his heart, Zhang Jiaming couldn't help but smile secretly, the ready-made business sent to the door is really rare, more than 60 weapons, 40 semi-automatic rifles alone are 79, 13 are 56-type semi-automatic, and the rest are all Bayi bars.
It's just that the ammunition they got is really small, and it is estimated that the real reason why these guys surrendered is that most of the weapons are out of bullets, but it doesn't matter, the ammunition they got from the Public Security Bureau is enough for tens of thousands of rounds, and it is enough to equip them temporarily.
With a wave of his hand, these weapons were also placed on the lower floor of his residence, and a squad of soldiers was assigned to take care of them.
After arranging everyone, Zhang Jiaming took Niu Keshen to the militia training venue, for no other reason, first let the other party see his strength, deter the other party, and then slowly beat to test whether he is willing to submit to himself.
Niu Keshen has been amazed since he saw this bearded man, he is not a person without courage, when fighting with his neighbors in the countryside, he dared to take a stick and fight with several murderers holding firewood knives, so that many local youths admired him.
For Zhang Jiaming's even more extraordinary courage---- he dared to face the threat of more than 60 automatic weapons alone, which really shocked Niu Keshen.
Walking all the way through this settlement, he saw neat houses, clean streets, ruddy faces and satisfied smiles of people, on their faces, Niu Kaoshen also saw many expressions that people had never had before the end of the world, happiness and sincerity, especially when he saw people in different clothes praying with the leadership of a black-clothed foreign priest, so that Niu Kaoshen's ears and eyes were unconsciously refreshed, and his heart secretly contrasted the words of the elders of the Napo village, for him, He was disgusted by the slightly stereotyped ideas of the old and serious elders, who controlled the fate of the majority, but refused to feed the change and act, to put it simply, these old men were typical of suspicion and xenophobia, and the number of survivors in their hands was not large, at least more than 500.
In the last days, it is already a very remarkable achievement. But they are only willing to stick to those few mountain passes and earthen forts that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, but they are unwilling to brave even the slightest gap to follow themselves out and find a way to survive.
I made the right bet, found the rumored big leader, and the brothers were paid handsomely, no longer worried about food and clothing, and no longer had to fight for their lives with those dangerous cannibals every day.
Although he had been shaken by the first difficult step, he had now successfully entered this refuge, depending on how the great leader had made arrangements for himself and his brothers.
Speechless all the way, Zhang Jiaming instructed him to look at the work, housing, adequate medical security of food supplies and other situations related to people's livelihood along the way.
When I arrived at the barracks, after watching the militia drills, under the curious eyes of several seemingly leading figures, Niu Keshen, a newcomer, was taken to a conference room, which was in the center of the militia barracks, made of wide canvas, and eight pillars steadily supported a large field.
"Report to the Great Chief, the group of people has been settled, nineteen of them need to be healed, and the others have arranged for food and lodging." Yan Jin reported.
"Got it, you go outside and be on guard." Signal everyone to do a good job, and let Niu Keshen stand behind him and listen.
Daddy was the first to stand up,
"Godgrandson, several groups of people who went out today have returned, and things are getting a little difficult now!" Daddy Qin took two puffs of shisha - he still liked the old taste, and spoke slowly.
"You always talk slowly, there will be a way to solve it." Zhang Jiaming is very calm, anyway, his troops are strong, and there is nothing worth worrying about immediately.
"Let's let Xiao Zeng and Yakov report first." Daddy flicked the hookah butt, and he didn't look like he was in a hurry to explain it right away.
Zeng Jianguo, who was wearing glasses, heard his father's words, and hurriedly stood up, because many things during this time were actually his work, and the whole person looked much older, although there was a Russian Lao Bu who knew how to do agricultural work to help with it, and the various civil problems brought about by the gradually increasing population still made this twenty-year-old look extremely haggard, and he held a long list in his hand, obviously to perform well among the leaders of the family.
"Ahem, well, I'll make a long story short, chiefs, after this period of population collection, the total number of survivors we have obtained is close to about three thousand! Zhuzi Village now has a permanent population of 2,000 people, and the rest of the population is scattered to two other villages. The biggest problem brought about by the increase in population is not management, we have the efforts of Yakov and several patrol officers, and now the people's hearts are very stable, and the biggest problem is food! If we continue to gather the population without restraint, our stock will soon be depleted! Let me first understand that the first batch of grain from fishing and harvesting during this period could have been supplied to everyone until April of this year's spring! But according to the current situation, it is conservatively estimated that my food will only be enough until the end of next month at most! ”
"What about the grain and dried fish I brought back from my small island and grass carp island? There are also herds in the corrals that provide plenty of dairy and meat! Plus the batch of grain in the mountains, isn't it enough? How did you become a civil officer? Unconsciously, Zhang Jiaming's tone became a little heavier.
Zeng Jianguo lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Zhang Jiaming, just like a primary school student who had done something wrong, put his hand in front of him, and bowed his head to listen to Zhang Jiaming's reprimand.
"I want you people to come, not to come here just to talk and not practice, eat idle meals and play with me! If you don't want to do something, you can go to the field tomorrow to report! The more Zhang Jiaming said that he became more and more angry, the large amount of food he brought could obviously deal with the consumption of this winter, but now it is good, the food is inexplicably not enough!
"Hey, it's not his fault, Xiao Zeng has been busy taking care of housekeeping, and he is almost alone in doing a lot of work, and you put the burden of eating thousands of people on him at once, what is that called!" Daddy put down the chimney and continued unhurriedly.
"Well, what Dad said is reasonable, it should be based on reality, so be it." Zhang Jiaming stood up and looked at Zeng Jianguo,
"Now I will send you more people, you can choose freely from the crowd, but you must strictly control the pass, those old fritter officials in the original government, one of the clerks is not wanted! We want those who dare to take responsibility and dare to do things! Do you understand? ”
"Yes, I'll pick it later." Zeng Jianguo hesitated for a moment, then turned back and added,
"But the big chief, even if you give me manpower, I can't conjure food!"
"Leave this alone, Yakov, what do you have to report?" Zhang Jiaming's eyes shifted to the veteran, Yakov was very grateful to Zhang Jiaming for saving his life and knowing the grace, he could not return to the United States in this zombie-infested world, simply followed this big leader who was kind to himself, the veteran has always regarded himself as Zhang Jiaming's cronies, and conscientiously took care of the rear security work for Zhang Jiaming, after a period of getting along, he can already speak fluently in Chinese, and does not rely on Fred in communication, "Great Chief, The Chinese people here are very simple and kind, except for a few who have criminal records, there are not many evil people, and with the help of one of your priest friends, no one has ever risen up to make trouble in the name of the Father. There are only a few small things to report, but the recent theft of eggs from the corral has affected food collection. The calves and lambs in the corral have also been killed by several pests, and they are still being traced, so please lend me your hound, so that I can be more efficient! Another very important thing is that the target of the pest attack began to expand to the crowd, and in the middle of the night the day before yesterday, two guard towers set up on the periphery of Bamboo Village were attacked! There are only a lot of messy animal paw prints on the scene! We died 4 militiamen! Yakov's report was very long-winded, but the point was not missed.
"Immediately organize the 20 soldiers of the signal corps, let them all be temporarily dispatched by you first, and all five hounds will be temporarily seconded to you, and then send a company of Wei Xiancai's troops to cooperate with Yakov to investigate the matter of the pest, if there is a result, report to me immediately, by the way, Wei Xiancai's troops now have at least more than 80 earthen guns, plus the automatic firearms of his guards, it should be able to be taken, remember, everything is mainly to protect the lives of soldiers!" Don't take any chances! ”
"Yes, Grand Chief!"
"Plus, there's some good news." Daddy looked at Zhang, looking worried, not like he wanted to report the good news.
"Daddy, the good news of life makes your brow furrow like this."
"Alas, don't you know, these are the things that the communication soldiers brought back, and there are indeed many people in the surrounding villages, and there are indeed many people who have survived, and the adult population alone has a population of nearly 7,000!" Now the participants all know what Daddy meant, not because they are afraid that there will be no place to take in these survivors, but because of the big problem that Zeng Jianguo vomited just now--- food!
There is also an unspeakable difficulty, that is, these thousands of people are scattered in hundreds of settlements, and these settlements are far away from the road, and basically all of them are close to the primeval forest in the mountains, just to migrate these scattered people to this side on foot is almost an impossible task, although the number of zombies along the way is scarce, but there is no food in winter will still make the traveling population die, this is the most worrying problem for Dad!
"But these are not the most serious cases" The old man let out a series of coughing sounds, seeing that his father was in a hurry, Li Juan hurriedly beat his back and rubbed his chest for him,
"Hey, hey, okay, good girl." Daddy Qin took a big sip of tea and was smooth, and then he threw out the sentence in everyone's expectant eyes: "Time!" This winter is particularly cold, they are all in the mountains that are inaccessible, those tigers, leopards and jackals are nothing, the mountain people know how to deal with it, but this lack of food and less out, not waiting for the end of this year, at least half of these thousands of people will freeze and starve to death! In the drum news a few days ago, there were already people asking for help, and many people starved to death among those fellow villagers, if we still sit like this and do nothing, then even God can't stand it! Dad stomped his feet anxiously, his face became more and more solemn, everyone who was doing it knew that Zhang Jiaming was very concerned about the besieged people, and he had always taken it as his mission to save the people.
All eyes were on him, waiting for their leader to make up their minds. And Zhang Jiaming's brows were also twisted into a Sichuan character, the old man was still coughing, but he bowed his head and was silent, it seems that this time only he has to decide everything.
Sighing, Zhang Jiaming turned to face everyone: "The food problem, I have reiterated it again and again, don't worry!" Orders recorded now: 1. Order the 1st and 2nd Company of the Wolf Battalion to assemble immediately! Tens of millions of SQ tun on the east coast launched a clean-up operation! The number of zombies there has been reported by reconnaissance before, and there are less than 600 heads! Order the first and second companies to be cautious and minimize losses! The Black Dog Guards will cooperate with me in this clean-up operation! In addition, SQ Tun has a lot of transportation, and it is close to the national highway, after occupying there, Zeng Jianguo immediately organized manpower to repair the large and small vehicles there for later use! ”
"I know how to do it! Big Boss! Zeng Jianguo nodded first, and then asked: "There are indeed a lot of vehicles there, what is the big leader using these cars for?" ”
"Cement, coal, steel, these materials are necessary to strengthen our army, and in the upstream of SQ Tun is the MS hydropower station!" Zhang Jiaming pointed to the map with his hand,
"There is a steel rolling mill in BJ Tun down from the reservoir, although the yard is not large, the equipment in it is very useful to us, there are also two cement factories and a small coal kiln here, and if we control this place, we have enough materials to forge a steel army! Our warriors still rely on cold weapons to fight, we can't just stand in the back and make those tattered bamboo weapons for them to fight the zombies! This is irresponsible to the fighters! So, SQ Tun is our next major base! Take it there and get ready for the recapture of R County later! "Oh, everyone heard that the big leader was aiming to capture R County, and everyone was so excited that their eyes lit up!