Chapter 80 Communications and Command Center

Shen Chao poured himself a cup of coffee on the empty rostrum, where there was originally an indoor stand, which is usually used as a live broadcast stand and commentator's stand. The space is relatively large, with a few tables and chairs, and some live streaming equipment that looks ready to use. After Shen Chao saw the environment here, he almost immediately decided to set up the communication and command center here.

Of course, that would have to wait for the officers to complete their first task first. After all, counting weapons and ammunition is the most urgent thing at the moment. Thinking of this, Shen Chao began to study the area near the stadium on the map.

Since the establishment of this safe zone was purely a decision made by him and Custer, they did not have a complete plan of action when they arrived. Now he has to decide where to place the security posts outside.

This is an important decision, and many times, the strength of a fortress is not determined by the thickness of the walls or the intensity of fire. A good perimeter observation post can help them gather very important information. In the absence of intelligence support from drones, satellites, this is the best early warning measure.

After carefully comparing the nearby terrain, Shen Chao finally decided to place five observation posts outside the gymnasium. Each observation post is manned by a small team of men who are equipped with sufficient weapons, ammunition and supplies to serve as an early warning outside. At the same time, among the armed personnel guarding the gymnasium, an emergency force should also be formed to prepare for emergencies.

After deciding on this general idea, Shen Chao left the studio. As soon as he exited the gate, two officers followed him with weapons, not so much to put on a score, but to deal with emergencies, so that he could have someone to give orders at any time.

By this time, half of the survivors had already found a place to settle down, and all the interior spaces, including the hallways, were packed. Shen Chao knew the danger of such crowding, but he didn't bring it up, he knew that today's matter was not easy for these civilians who had never seen blood. So he just cautiously walked through the hallway.

When he arrived at the playground, he found that there were also many people in the stands outside who had spread out blankets and settled down on the spot. Fires have risen in many places, and people who have not slept have gathered together to keep warm, and although the weather is not cold yet, people's hearts need warmth to drive away fear.

Shen Chao asked the two officers behind him to go and find the others, an hour had passed, and he needed the latest statistics. In just a few minutes, the officers were all back in the open space in the center of the square, and of course, the female reporter was there.

"How many weapons have been found?" What about the ammunition? Shen Chao first asked about the armament. As a result, dozens of people in front of them took out small notebooks or pieces of paper, and they all said that they hadn't finished counting. However, Shen Chao didn't need more elaborate statistics, he only needed an approximate value.

In the studio just now, he looked at the group of officers in front of him and asked the survivors one by one, even if all the weapons and ammunition were not counted, at least eighty percent were counted.

When the officers heard his order, they showed him the number they had counted. Shen Chao took over these words and numbers in various handwriting and methods, and then recorded all the numbers on them on the HUD of the face armor, and then calculated them uniformly.

At this time, the advantages of this high-tech face armor were finally reflected, and with the calculator function that came with the face armor, Shen Chao only took 2 or 3 minutes to integrate the messy number in front of him.

"113 9MM pistols with a total ammunition of 4982 rounds and 47 pistols of 357 caliber with a total ammunition of 1794 rounds. 97 18.5MM CALIBER SHOTGUNS, SUPPORTING 2750 ROUNDS OF 12-GAUGE SHOTGUNS. 34 5.56MM CALIBER SEMI-AUTOMATIC RIFLES, 5187 ROUNDS ......" Shen Chao read out the final statistical results after reading it, and the people at the scene were all surprised, they thought that the Chinese in front of them was the type of IQ explosion in their eyes and mental arithmetic ability. …,

"Gentlemen, as I expected, we really don't have enough ammunition reserves. Shen Chao looked at the number in front of him and concluded, although it seems that the total ammunition of the survivors here is very powerful, but if it corresponds to each weapon, then on average, almost all the American weapons only have half a base ammunition.

To be honest, this result was much better than Shen Chao's earlier prediction, after all, in the previous battles along the way, he always saw the armed civilians in the convoy shooting indiscriminately in the direction of the zombies. There is always a lot of bullets to waste to deal with a small group of zombies. And in such a situation, there is still half a base of ammunition left, which can only be said that the survivors' previous ammunition reserves are still very sufficient.

As soon as Shen Chao said this, the people in front of him basically realized the problem, and they had wasted a lot of ammunition on the road before. No one cared at the time, and now that I think about it, the shortage of ammunition has become a problem. The most in the hands of the survivors are all kinds of semi-automatic weapons. In terms of firepower, of course, it is good and powerful, but the speed at which these weapons consume ammunition is also amazing.

"We should go out and collect some ammunition. "Someone among the officers mentioned yƬ.

"That's right, but we also have to collect food, water, and medicine. The other quick one continued.

"Which of you has ever been a logistics officer?" Shen Chao didn't answer their words, but asked directly, he only asked about the military ranks of these people before, and didn't have time to ask about their professional experience and expertise.

"I, sir, I worked in Marine Corps Logistics for a while. A young black man raised his hand in reply, and he saluted.

"Very well, you've got a job to do. From now on, you'll need to make a list of enough necessities to last all the survivors here for a week. It doesn't matter how we need to get the supplies, you just need to list. Shen Chao saw that he had really been in charge of logistics, so he threw the task to this guy without saying a word.

Although he can make a fairly reliable list himself, it is naturally better to have someone else do it for him, and he still prefers to trust experienced professionals. According to the convention of the European and American conference charters, after Shen Chao finished explaining the task, the black young man took the task and left, and he did not have to attend the subsequent meetings that had nothing to do with his mission.

"The second thing, we need to build a command center. And set up a communication center in it, establish radio contact with the outside world, and we also need to have a city-wide transmission function. To be able to broadcast our situation to other survivors in town. It would be better if we could monitor the channels of the other armed forces in the city. Shen Chao raised a difficult question.

"If you can, can you also let me set up a live streaming center?" The female reporter interjected that there was a reason why Shen Chao did not ban her from attending the meeting, in addition to the fact that they needed someone to be responsible for the live broadcast, and Custer also asked him for a favor before the meeting......

"Yes, but I'm not responsible for directly helping you set up this live broadcast center, I will arrange a vacant space for you in the room on the rostrum, but you have to figure out how to do it yourself." Shen Chao pretended to think for a moment and replied. In fact, the establishment of an external live broadcast is something they originally planned to have, and some people take the initiative to admit it at this time, and there is naturally no reason to refuse it. What's more, as long as you agree to this, Custer will have peach blossom luck tonight.

As the reporter's request was satisfied, the officers were also eager to know how to establish the communication and command center that Shen Chao said, these people, plus the survivors outside, naturally there were many people who were proficient in radio operations, but, professional equipment? Hardly, although the on-board radios are everywhere, but, by this to listen to other armed forces? And broadcast city-wide radio? It's a pure dream! …,

"Sir, that's not realistic. An officer who looked to be about 30 years old asked, according to his own introduction, he had been a communications soldier in the early years, so when he heard this, he immediately said that Shen Chao's plan was not feasible.

"No, it's not as hard as you think. With the equipment we have, we can listen to all the communication channels in the city. You just have to do what I say to do to make that happen. "Shen Chao is quite relaxed, of course, this is because he is wearing a nano suit.

The reason why he wanted to set up a command headquarters was because his nanosuit could crack and scan all the active channels in the vicinity, but it couldn't listen to them at the same time. This is very detrimental to their future actions, accurate intelligence is a great advantage for them, and Shen Chao is not willing to give it up.

Although the vast majority of military channels are encrypted, they can crack them with their own nanosuits. But the consequence of this is that they will miss a lot of information from other channels. In other words, most of the channels they can search for, they can't effectively monitor. That's why Shen Chao wanted to set up this communication and command center as much as possible.

"You need 20 radios here, and you need to keep 10 running at all times. We also need to have volunteers to help us listen. We need to teach them basic radio monitoring skills and record key information. Let's take a break today, but this communication center will be set up at noon tomorrow at the latest. Shen Chao commanded a large number of free laborers in front of him, asking them to remove some of the on-board radios, lay new wires here, set up generators, and store spare gasoline......

Shen Chao constantly had to arrange tasks for the officers and let them solve specific problems one by one, and as for where they recruited people, it was their own business. Shen Chao is only responsible for providing specific requirements.