Chapter 53: The United Shelter
Wang Weien's words made Xia Wei a little stunned. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ info He looked at Zhou Muzhe, Zheng Bingwen and Zhang Xing, who were also thinking about it, and then said on the walkie-talkie: "Wayne, I can't make my own decisions about this request of yours. We'll give you an answer to this question after we discuss it, okay? β
"Well, okay, no problem. The reason why I said it through the walkie-talkie is also because I hope that Ah Zhe, Ah Wen, and Brother Zhang can all think about it. We're on the bridge now and will soon be at the United Shelter. When you're settled, meet up with your family and friends who entered the United Shelter first, and have a chat, I'll come back to you. Wang Weien said.
Xia Wei put down the walkie-talkie, pressed the window and looked out. At this time, their vehicles have already driven on the Nansha Port Expressway Bridge, and after a section of green space, they will drive to the Pearl River. Xia Wei looked at the wide Pearl River in the night in front of him, and said to the three of them: "Ah Zhe, Ah Wen, Brother Zhang, what do you think?" β
Zhou Muzhe looked at Zheng Bingwen and Zhang Xing, then touched his head and said, "This, Brother Xia, I want to think about it first, is it okay?" β
"Well, let's think about it, everybody. I am a soldier, and it is natural to return to the army, but you are different, and you should think carefully about whether you can adapt to the army. After all, as a soldier now, the environment you face is much more brutal than during the war years. Also, you should discuss it with the people around you. Xia Wei said.
"Brother Xia, what about Xia Ling, can you rest assured of her?" At this time, Zheng Bingwen asked.
Xia Wei smiled bitterly, and then said: "Wait until I find my wife first, she should be in the United Shelter, and I will have to rely on her to take care of Xiaoling in the future." β
Just when Xia Wei expressed his willingness to sacrifice his small family for everyone, the convoy had already passed the Nansha Port Expressway Bridge and was ready to get off the expressway from the interchange. At this time, a makeshift checkpoint appeared at the interchange. The checkpoint is very rudimentary, on the right side of the checkpoint is a man-driven iron barricade, on the left side of the iron barricade is a pile of empty oil drums reinforced with waste building materials, and in front of the empty oil drums are sharpened wooden sticks. Obviously, the purpose of this checkpoint is mainly to warn zombie hordes, and to prevent sporadic zombies from entering the joint shelter from the interchange, not to block humans.
Standing behind the iron barricade were three young men in neat military uniforms, but judging from their guard posture and gunmen's shape, Xia Wei could clearly see that only one of the three of them was a qualified soldier, and the other two should be recruits who had just joined the army.
Generally speaking, such recruits are not qualified to stand at such an important checkpoint to be responsible for guarding the main transportation routes, which shows that the strength of the joint shelter is very insufficient, and only recruits who have not received full recruit training can only stand in important security positions.
Xia Wei was still lamenting the embarrassing situation of the military in the United Shelter, and Wang Weien had already helped the three people in charge of standing guard to push the iron barricade away. Under the respectful salute of the three sentinels, the three SUVs carrying SWAT team members drove past the checkpoint. Xia Wei drove the jeep, followed by the three cars, and slowly passed the checkpoint. As he passed the three sentinels, he gave them a standard military salute and opened the course of communication.
After descending the interchange, the convoy drove not far west, and after passing the stadium full of military camps, it stopped in front of a three-story building. After Wang Weien got out of the car, he ran to the car of Xia Wei and the other four people, and said to Xia Wei: "Brother Xia, this was originally the office building of the School of Physical Education of GZ University, and now it has been changed to the headquarters of the GZ Military Region. This time, we came out to carry out the mission under the direct order of the headquarters, so we have to hand in the mission now, why don't you go with us. Oh, and your weapons are on the cart first. β
After Xia Wei nodded in agreement, he got out of the car with Zhou Muzhe, Zhang Xing, and Zheng Bingwen, and then asked, "Wayne, who is the person in charge of the command here now?" β
Wang Weien led them forward and said: "The big leaders of the military region have all been killed, and now the supreme commander in charge of the GZ military region is Lieutenant Colonel Song Yangming of the Marine Corps of your ZJ South China Sea Fleet. However, he is not the highest-ranking military officer in the current military region, and the highest is Senior Colonel Chen Zhiyuan of the Air Force. Since Senior Colonel Chen Zhiyuan had no experience in army command, he handed over the command to Lieutenant Colonel Song Yangming after he came to the refuge with his brothers from the Marine Corps......"
When he heard Song Yangming's name, Zhang Xing, who was originally walking behind Xia Wei, suddenly stopped. This made Zhou Muzhe, who was beside him, pat him on the shoulder with some curiosity, and asked in a low voice, "What's the matter, Brother Zhang, do you know that Lieutenant Colonel Song Yangming?" β
Zhang Xing smiled a little nostalgically and said, "How can you not know each other." Didn't I say that I had been in the Navy for a while, and I had been training under him in order to learn military skills faster and better. He wasn't a lieutenant colonel at the time, just a captain in the Marine Corps, but by then he was already known for his rigorous training in the Navy. I was ...... Alas, don't talk about it, it's all tears if you talk too much. It's just that I didn't expect that the instructor of that year has now become the commander of the military district. β
Wang Weien took the SWAT team members and Xia Wei and others up to the door of an office on the third floor of the office building, he motioned to his teammates to wait next to him for a while, and then knocked on the office door, and a somewhat hoarse and tired middle-aged man's voice came from inside: "Come in." β
Wang Weien pushed open the door and walked into this small office with Xia Wei and the other four people behind him. He stood up and saluted the middle-aged man in military uniform who was looking at the map by the wall and said, "Wang Weien, the second squad of the special police team of the GZ Military Region, is here to report!" β
The middle-aged man turned around, gave Wang Weien a salute back, and said, "Wayne, I'm back." What about Chen Yang? Have you accomplished your mission? β
Wang Weien's expression darkened, and he said, "Report to the commander, we... Failed to complete the task of picking up his comrades, Captain Chen Yang ...... Also sacrificed. However, with the help of these four civilians, we were able to bring back a bag of seeds. β
The middle-aged man's brows furrowed, and he immediately asked, "What's the matter?" β
Wang Weien calmed down and told all the things that happened after meeting Xia Wei and them.
After listening to Wang Weien's narration, the middle-aged man was silent for a while, and then said: "This is because our intelligence work has not been done enough, which led to the failure of the mission, and I have worked hard for you." Wait a minute, you and I will go with you to the relatives and friends of the fallen comrades to make a death notice. Chen Yang has died, and now you have to start taking on his responsibilities. By the way, you haven't introduced these four yet, so let me introduce them first. β
Wang Weien took a step back to the side, let Xia Wei, Zhou Muzhe, Zheng Bingwen, and Zhang Xing to his side, and then began to introduce the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man walked up to them and looked at them with a smile while listening to Wang Weien's introduction. When he walked up to Zhang Xing, he stopped and said in surprise, "Doctor Zhang?!" I didn't expect to see you again, do you remember me as an instructor? β
Zhang Xing saluted and said loudly: "Report to the instructor!" Marine Corps recruit company Zhang Xing reports to you! β
Song Yangming returned a salute, then smiled and asked Zhang Xing to put his hand down, and said, "Doctor Zhang, I didn't expect you to remember me." It's good that you're okay, your teacher, Academician Lu Zhongxun, mentioned you the day before yesterday, saying that we withdrew from ZJ, why didn't we bring you out together. I'm glad you're okay, otherwise I really wouldn't know how to face your teacher. β
As soon as Song Yangming mentioned Academician Lu Zhongxun, Zhang Xing immediately asked excitedly: "Teacher... Teacher, how is he now? Still working on viruses? β
Song Yangming nodded and said, "Yes, now he will take two researchers and three students to study the metavirus samples we brought back at the science center." However, there are not enough manpower and material resources at present, so the progress of research is very slow. Wait a minute, I'll take you there, you are Academician Lu Zhongxun's proud protΓ©gΓ©, and he must be very happy to see you. β
"Metavirus sample?! Oh, so the supplies you escorted were metavirus samples?! Is it a metavirus sample of virus zero?! Zhang Xing immediately remembered the bill of materials that Xia Wei found when they arrived at the warehouse in Huangluo Town. Now he could understand why the Navy hastily evacuated from the warehouse before he could even take the remains of his comrades.
"I don't know the specifics, it's not my specialty. When the time comes, you can go to the science center and ask your teacher. Song Yangming said.
After Song Yangming and Zhang Xing finished chatting, Xia Wei stood up with a salute and asked, "Lieutenant Colonel Song Yangming, can I ask how the strength of the United Shelter is now?" β
Song Yangming sighed and replied, "Presumably Wayne also told you, now our troops are very insufficient, and there are comrades who die every day. There are currently two battalions of troops in the Joint Shelter and three SWAT teams, who are not only responsible for the defense of the entire Vault, but also all field duties, so our situation is very unoptimistic. Okay, let's not talk about that, I'll take you to your companions first, your camp is in Area C. Also, since you're in the United Vault, your weapons will be under the unified management of the military, so that's fine. β
Xia Wei, Zhou Muzhe, Zhang Xing, and Zheng Bingwen naturally had no problem with this, and immediately nodded in agreement. So Song Yangming took them out of the office building after completing Wang Weien's task handover.