Chapter 103: Convoy
The shelter was built to a very high standard after the Ministry of Security took over, and despite the incredible power of the cluster bombs, they were not able to completely destroy the 1.5-metre-thick walls of the shelter. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Protected by the remaining ruins of the wall, three or four H63 main battle tanks escaped the fatal blow.
However, Zhao Yi didn't plan to go back to clean up these remaining tanks, first, these tanks didn't have much fuel, and they could only wait to die after being surrounded by zombies, and it was a bit redundant to clean them up; Second, although the tank has lost its mobility, it still has a lot of ammunition, and it is inevitable that it will be damaged when it is really fighting; Third, even if you pack up these tanks, what can you do, even if you snatch the tanks intact, you won't be able to drive them, so let's just let him go.
Zhao Yi and the three of them sat in the wide cab of the MRAP heavy-duty truck, and began their journey to Kyoto Base City. It was not for nothing that Zhao Yi asked for this heavy truck from the rout, this car was really the most suitable means of transportation for him.
MRAP stands for Anti-Mine Ambush Vehicle, a modified 6×6-wheeled heavy military truck with a fully armored body and a high chassis design, with protection at the B6+ level. Class B6+ means that in addition to defending against rifle fire, the truck can also block some machine guns, explosives, mines, Molotov cocktails and grenades, and the non-magnetic underbody can also prevent magnetic mines from sticking to it.
All the doors of this heavy truck are extra protected, and there are windows on the sides and at the top, the side one is used for shooting and the top one is used for escape. The most important thing is that this 14-ton heavy truck is essentially a truck, which does not require the driving skills of a tank and does not have the terrifying fuel consumption of a tank. You must know that the fuel consumption of the H63 medium main battle tank is 400L per 100 kilometers, and it takes 500 kilometers to go with a full tank of almost two tons of fuel.
The disadvantage of MRAP heavy-duty trucks is also obvious, that is, it is still too eye-catching compared to civilian trucks. The apologetic Yaksha Tian Cheng, who was stuffed into the truck compartment, exuded a faint aura of armor corpses, and no zombies dared to touch their tiger whiskers at all. But the zombies don't dare to come, it doesn't mean that humans don't dare.
Zhao Yi and the others only drove 200 kilometers a day, and they met four groups of survivors who wanted to snatch heavy trucks. Among them, the most powerful group is a team of more than ten people, the weakest group is four women with a child, and the other two groups are seven or eight strong men.
The method used by the rout team was to set up guns to threaten and order Zhao Yi and them to get out of the car with their heads in their hands for inspection. Where did Zhao Yi fall for this, and let Liu Zuoyu drive directly over him.
Under the guise of exchanging supplies, the two groups of strong men wanted to lure Zhao Yi and others into getting out of the car. Zhao Yi did get out of the car, but these two groups of thugs painfully found that Zhao Yi who got out of the car was more terrifying than when he was in the car, and the general-purpose machine gun with the bipod removed was used as a rifle by Zhao Yi, and the two groups of thugs were directly swept into a sieve.
The most confusing were the four yellow-skinned women, who lied that the child was injured and needed treatment, in an attempt to win the sympathy of Zhao Yi and others. However, after the inspection of the yellow turban wrestler Zhou Li and Zhou Qiang, the scars on the body of the three or four-year-old child they held in their arms were artificially cut with sharp weapons. And the veteran zombie Tian Cheng keenly sniffed out that the corners of the mouths of the four women all had the smell of children's blood, and they actually learned that the living dead fed on human blood when there was no food!
There was really nothing polite to this kind of femme fatale, Liu Zuoyu directly hung them on a tree and fed the zombies. It's a pity that the child was still seriously injured after all, and he lost too much blood and was not saved.
All three were exhausted after a day's trek, not physically, but psychologically. For them, the number one threat in the end times has changed from zombies to kind.
A few people discussed it, and they couldn't go on like this. Now I just encountered survivor bandits and small groups of routs, what if I encounter a rout of the formation next time, an armor-piercing incendiary bomb hits, I'm afraid no one else will survive except Tian Cheng. You must know that it takes a certain amount of time to get out of the heavy truck and then hide underground.
The next day they were confronted by a cossack infantry fighting vehicle and two wheeled armored vehicles in a zigzag formation, with 90mm semi-automatic rapid-fire guns, 25mm chain guns, and 7.62mm side-by-side machine guns firmly aimed at the cab position.
A young soldier whose lips had not yet faded shouted, "The 72nd Battalion of the 105th Regiment of the 5th Division of the Federal Fifth Army is stationed, please get out of the car for inspection and report your name and number!" ”
Zhao Yi gave Liu Zuoyu a slightly calm look, and the three of them got out of the car together. Zhao Yi took out his military ID card and handed it over, "Zhao Yi, special adviser to the Federal Ministry of Security." ”
The young soldier glanced at Zhao Yi suspiciously, there was no way that Zhao Yi's age and rank really didn't match much.
Fortunately, the young soldier didn't have much suspicion, he looked at the military truck behind Zhao Yi, ordered "You wait where you are", and ran to the convoy behind.
Zhang Legu observed it carefully and breathed a sigh of relief, "Brother Zhao and Brother Liu, this should not be a rout, but a regular breakthrough force, and their holographic recorders are all on." And you see that there are civilian vehicles in the middle of their convoys, and there are survivors in them, men, women, and children, and they move freely, not like they have been taken captively. ”
Liu Zuoyu nodded, "That's right, we can also consider joining this team later." This is a machine infantry company, a total of 13 armored vehicles, including three Cossacks and ten wheeled, the number is about one hundred and thirty-four, and there are no tanks, artillery and other heavy weapons. ”
"You still can't let your guard down, you all follow me, if there's a slight mistake, let's hide underground." Zhao Yi arranged in a low voice.
The company commander of the Jibu Company is named Qin Huamao, who is in his thirties and looks very capable, and immediately came to apologize to Zhao Yi after confirming the authenticity of Zhao Yi's military ID. Zhao Yi waved his hand and said no, and asked curiously, "Company Commander Qin, I see that there are many civilian survivors in your team, are they going to Jianxin Base City with you?" ”
Jianxin Base City is the closest base city to here, but Qin Huamao shook his head, "No, we are going to Kyoto Base City together." As you may not know, the central government and the War Commission have issued a notice to the whole federation via radio that all troops who break through from Shencheng will go to the base city of Kyoto to be examined, and those who go to other base cities will be punished as deserters. The other base cities only have the right to deal with deserters martialally, but not to censor, so we have to rush to Kyoto.
These survivors joined our convoy later, and we provide them with protection, and they have to pay a fee. There is no way, we were in a hurry when we broke through, we didn't have enough supplies, and if we didn't charge a fee, the team would expand indefinitely, and our ability was also very limited, so we couldn't accept too many people. ”
Zhao Yi nodded in understanding, "I don't know how you charge your fees, whether you only charge food or other materials, how to convert in the middle?" ”
"Twenty tooth shells or corresponding supplies per car per day, food, fuel, and ammunition are fine, and nothing else is accepted. Each vehicle can carry a maximum of four people, and for each additional person, if there is no other means of transport, the price of one car will be charged. The conversion is based on the material price announced by the nearest base city, and fluctuates up and down according to the needs of the fleet. Generally speaking, the closer to the base city, the more valuable the scallops, and the farther away from the base city, the more valuable the materials. Qin Huamao explained.
The base city will announce the price of the most basic materials of the day on the radio every day for the reference of the survivors, and Zhao Yi has also received this kind of broadcast. He thought for a moment and said, "Our truck also wants to join your fleet, I don't know if it is possible, of course, we will pay the full amount." ”
The biggest advantage of joining the convoy is that there is no need to beware of other routs, even if other routs want to raid the convoy, I believe that their first target will be an infantry fighting vehicle, not Zhao Yi's heavy truck.
Qin Huamao said with a smile, "Consultant Zhao wants to join, of course we welcome it, and the fee will be waived, although Consultant Zhao works in the Ministry of Security, he is also a soldier, how can there be a reason to ask his own people to charge." ”
"We still have to give it, although Company Commander Qin has a big family, but the expenses are also large, since we have joined the team, we naturally have to be the same as others." People give face, of course Zhao Yi will not climb the pole, he has always respected me, and I respect people.
Qin Huamao nodded, "Then I'll be disrespectful, I can't hide it, we even have more than 100 people and more than a dozen armored vehicles, and the daily consumption is indeed not low." On behalf of our company, I welcome Advisor Zhao to join, but there is one thing that we have to do a thorough search of the vehicle before joining. In the past, there were cases where family members were unwilling to give up the infected and secretly brought them into the convoy, and then the infected person's corpse turned into a large basket and almost stabbed the big basket, so we have formulated this rule, and we hope you can forgive me. ”