The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment and said, "Many of us haven't eaten for more than 24 hours, and now in this situation, even if we want to go out to find supplies, we don't have the ability, and we have been on the road, we don't dare to rest in the middle, everyone is physically and mentally tired."

Xie Tian nodded, from their expressions and looks, he could see that what this man said was not a lie, Xie Tian pondered for a moment, and said: "The safe zone can give each of you a pound of food, and then from tomorrow, you will have to find a way to find supplies, we have experience in going into the city to find supplies before, and in general, the safe surname and the feasible surname are very large, so if you decide to go out to find supplies, the safe zone can provide you with some heavy equipment, in addition, I can send up to 50 soldiers and a chariot to keep you safe. ”

Immediately, Xie Tian asked again, "How are your own weapons?" ”

"I have a gun, I participate!" A man in his mid-thirties raised his hand and said, "I'll sign up now!" ”

Immediately, some other people with firearms and equipment also raised their hands, and Xie Tian counted them, among the 1,500 people, 110 people had weapons, but most of them were some old-fashioned pistols, and the firepower was not very strong.

Xie Tian fell into deep thought, more than 1,000 people, basically in a situation of zero supplies, even if he immediately organized them to start going into the city to find supplies, as far as the current heavy vehicles, at most he could organize a team of more than 200 people, more than 200 people went into the city to look for supplies, and the rest of the people would be hungry, even if they took turns to come once a day, it would take at least a week to come down in a circle, so how should the last group of people survive in the previous six days?

After a long time, he didn't come up with a suitable result, so Xie Tian could only suppress this matter for the time being, arrange the more than 1,000 people first, and then think about anything else.

Thinking that the survivors carrying firearms will cause instability to the security zone, Xie Tian said: "In the security zone, except for soldiers and security joint defense personnel, no one is allowed to carry firearms, for firearms, we do not forcibly confiscate them, but if you have weapons, you must keep your weapons well, as long as they are still in the safety zone, as long as the safety zone is not attacked, weapons are not allowed to be carried or taken out, once found, all weapons will be confiscated, and another seven jobs will be fined, and the labor punishment will not be fed. It can be carried out in stages, and those who do not obey are expelled from the safe zone, is there a problem? ”

"Nope." These people are all from the Changsha safety zone, and they all know that the security zone controlled by the political axe has extremely strict requirements for the weapons of the survivors, basically they must be thoroughly searched before entering, and all weapons will be confiscated.

Xie Tian then said: "Other people can be responsible for supervision, if someone carries a weapon in the security zone, they can directly go to the Ministry of Public Security to report anonymously, once verified, the reward is half a catty." ”

Anyway, if you report one, you can reasonably recover a weapon, and you can also punish 7 days of voluntary labor, and the reward of half a catty of rice can be regarded as very superior.

After explaining the management regulations of the security zone to these people, Xie Tian asked the soldiers to lead these people to the dormitory area, and arranged all the remaining housing in the dormitory area to them, leaving more than 200 people with nowhere to arrange, so they moved out more than ten tents and set them up in a large open space in front of the dormitory building.

In order not to let them have problems due to hunger as soon as they entered the safe zone, Xie Tian gave each of them a pound of rice as a subsidy, and after a few days, this pound of rice was enough for them to last for two days, and within two days, he had to find a way to make a reasonable arrangement so that these people could be self-sufficient

"Brother Xie." Li Xiaohe spent half a day to do a good job of counting the new recruits, found Xie Tian, and reported: "Except for 83 old people and children, among the remaining 1438 people, there are 326 female surnames and 1112 male surnames, so many people, do you think about how to solve their food problems in the future?" ”

Xie Tian sighed and said: "So many people, relying on our little material reserves, it is estimated that it will be exhausted in less than a month, and we add the newly absorbed combatants, the total strength can barely reach three hundred, they are soldiers, they have to be on duty, they have to train and rest, I can't let them frequently go into the city to search for supplies, so these people can only feed themselves, just Xiaohe, I thought about it for a while, for now, every time I go to two hundred people, how should the rest of the people live, do you have a good way?" ”

Li Xiaohe thought for a moment and said, "Can you expand the size of the team so that they can go to more people at a time?" ”

Xie Tian shook his head and said: "Even if they are all allowed to go, with their kind of weapons and equipment, and vehicles, once they enter the city, the mortality rate will increase greatly, and our heavy equipment is limited, so in order for them not to die in vain, two hundred people at a time is the most." ”

Li Xiaohe pursed his lips and thought for a long time before he said: "Otherwise, Brother Xie, you treat them as a collective, don't you still have 1438 people to support yourself?" Then divide them into 7 teams, and these 7 teams take turns to go into the city to look for supplies, but the materials they find are shared together. ”

"Oh, I see!" The fog in Xie Tian's heart instantly dissipated, and he said with a smile: "You are treating them as a collective to manage, just like soldiers on duty, the action of entering the city to find materials is carried out in turn, but as a collective, the distribution of materials is also collective ownership, and every time the materials are obtained, they are enjoyed by the collective." ”

"That's right." Li Xiaohe said: "In this case, it should be solved, after all, there is nothing unfair about it, everyone has to go early and late, and they take turns seven times." ”

Xie Tian nodded and said, "Then tomorrow we will start grouping them, and then let them take turns to enter the city." ”

That night, Song Hui and the others monitored the situation in the dormitory building, but they found no trace of the thief, but Xie Tian was not in a hurry, expecting that this person would definitely appear, but not necessarily on the day he lied and announced that he had found the thief, so as long as he waited patiently, it would not be long before he would surface.

Early the next morning, Xie Tian gathered more than 1,400 new entrants, and the first thing he did was to let those who knew how to use firearms come forward, and after counting, there were 312 people in total.

Immediately, Xie Tian made an equal distribution, 1438 people were divided into 7 squads, each with a squad of 205-206 people, of which, each squad was evenly distributed with 312 people who could use firearms, about 44-45 people, and each squad was evenly distributed with 326 female surnames, about 46-47 people, in this way, the strength of each team was basically equal, and then, Xie Tian asked each of the seven squads to send a representative to draw lots, and the number caught represented the team serial number of their squad and the serial number of going out of the city.

The morale of the first squad drawn to number 1 was obviously a little low, and Xie Tian saw their scruples, so he said: "You can rest assured, in addition to fifty soldiers and one infantry chariot as your defensive force, before you set out, the safe zone will give 44-45 people in each of your squads who can use firearms, equipped with automatic weapons and bullets, to further improve your overall strength." ”

This reassured everyone a lot, so that fifty soldiers, plus more than 40 survivors with weapons, a team can guarantee about 100 combatants, at this time, Xie Tian changed his words and said: "However, provide you with vehicles, soldiers, and weapons, these are the resources of the security zone, plus the army is fed by the security zone, so the security zone will take 30% of the materials you get from each operation to maintain the development of the security zone, and the rest, Collectively owned by you. ”

After all, the security zone provides the most important heavy vehicles, guns and ammunition, as well as soldiers to help, which will multiply their success rate, so they have no objection to taking 30 percent.

Xie Tian continued: "The last time we went into the city to look for supplies, the various food materials we harvested at one time were about five tons, five tons of food, deducting thirty percent, and 3.5 tons, these 3.5 tons of food are enough for more than 1,400 of you to eat for five days, that is to say, your seven teams, the rotation cycle is at least one month, and it is also explained that everyone only needs to work hard once a month to ensure that you have no worries about food and clothing." ”

After this account, everyone's expressions softened a lot, and there was nothing unacceptable about worrying and risking food every day, but now, they may only need to take risks once a month.

Thank you for calling them in and explaining in detail how they move in a concave shape, making sure they have a thorough understanding of the pattern where most of the vehicles are blocked and a small part of the vehicles are moved, and once they are ready, they can leave early tomorrow morning.

In order to further ensure the safety of these people when they enter the city to find supplies, Xie Tian specially let all the welders gather, and above the cab of the excavator, welded an extremely strong large iron cage, the so-called iron cage, the diameter of each steel bar is at least five centimeters, and the gap is not more than five centimeters, and the central position in front of the iron cage leaves a gap of about ten centimeters wide and fifty centimeters long, and then, Xie Tianzhi placed an anti-aircraft machine gun in it and fixed it, and the remaining space can also allow one person to sit safely in it, As a shooter.

In this way, the advantage that the entire rotation mechanism of the excavator can be turned 360 degrees in situ is brought into full play, and at that time, as long as the excavator is stopped, the firepower of the shooter above can cover the entire area, so that the preparation can be said to be more adequate than the last time he entered the city in person, and for those survivors who need to be self-sufficient, they can be regarded as benevolent and righteous.

(To be continued)