Chapter 276: Material Situation
Seven people sat around a large wooden table, and everyone chatted while enjoying various foods.
There are all kinds of dishes on the table; There are cold dishes, there are hot dishes, and there is a wide variety, from broth to stir-fry. Such a lineup of food may not have been much a month ago, but today only the leaders of powerful factions can enjoy it.
In fact, most of this food came from supplies from Kangrong's former villa.
After Lu Xiaoxiao proposed the idea of helping Bai Ze build a children's school and a junior military academy, everyone came to the restaurant where lunch had been prepared.
As Bai Ze sat down at the dining table, he noticed that the girls in the villa were lined up on either side of the table, except for the servants who were still busy with different jobs. Although this kind of scene was normal among the ancient aristocracy, Bai Ze was not comfortable with this situation, as it would make the women look more like slaves than servants.
Therefore, under his direct order, all the servants retreated to the dining room, and without waiting for the leader to finish eating, they could have lunch themselves. However, all the necessary things are already ready, so there is no need for others to serve them.
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While eating and chatting about the base, Lu Yan not only expressed his full support, but also gave Bai Ze some ideas on how to control the army more easily. However, what surprised Bai Ze the most was that Lu Yan's daughter, Lu Xiaoxiao, was really smart.
This little girl, who is only 18 years old, is quite proud, and it can be seen from her eyes that she must have been pampered since she was a child. However, maybe it was Bai Ze's strength that affected her, or maybe she was a little more mature compared with Shangguan Bingxue, Nangong Ling and other women, so she began to analyze things logically and give full play to her potential.
We talked about the children's school and the military school for about 20 minutes, discussing the personnel needed, the content of the professors, the remuneration package, and so on. The group began to eat calmly, and Lu Yan carefully explained the number of soldiers he controlled, as well as the number of guns the camp had.
"At the moment under my leadership, there are about 346 armed men. But only about 70 of them were proficient in firearms, and all of them were small-caliber weapons with low recoil. It's a pity that many of the policemen in Kang Rong's camp and I died after the end came. ”
Bai Ze nodded expressionlessly.
When the end comes, there will be more or less deaths on the way to flee and find supplies.
Therefore, Bai Ze understood that Lu Yan was forced to recruit people from among the rescued survivors, just like Kang Rong's side.
In fact, these survivors prefer to pick up a gun because only strength can make them feel safe. But even if it's just for food, if you have the opportunity to join the main force of a faction, you will definitely not refuse such a good opportunity.
"What's the most powerful weapon you have right now?" Bai Ze asked, and added after a while: "And what about ammunition?" You should have a rough estimate, right? ”
"The most powerful weapon we currently have is the Type 79 assault rifle, and there are only about 20 or so of them. On the first day of the breakout, we lost a lot of weapons because we couldn't carry everything, and due to the chaos in the police station, we found that all the weapons were gone when we calmed down the zombie riots a bit...... Presumably, other survivors also took weapons. Lu Yan sighed.
The Type 79 assault rifle is a fairly old gun, based on the Soviet AK-47 design. There is no doubt that it is a powerful firearm, but it is somewhat outdated compared to modern weapons.
However, the Type 79 assault rifle is more than enough to deal with zombies, and it can even break through the defenses of many mutant beasts, and it can penetrate the shells of level 15 monsters; Not to mention the deterrent to humanity.
"As for ammunition...... Lu Yuan continued with a bitter face, "about 3/10 of the ammunition we consumed on the first day...... Killing zombies and mutants consumes a lot of ammo. Judging by the current situation, the remaining ammunition can only last for half a month. ”
When the people present heard Lu Yan's unreserved revelations, they reacted differently one by one, and their hearts were clouded with a layer of haze.
Nangong Yi wanted to force a smile, but he couldn't. Suddenly feeling a great loss of appetite, he put down his chopsticks and sighed heavily.
Lu Xiaoxiao stood there in astonishment, looking at her father with wide eyes. It was the first time she had heard her father say such a serious matter, but it was hard for her to believe that the huge ammunition reserve that was tightly controlled by her father could only last less than half a month at most.
What should they do without ammunition? Although there are nearly a hundred evolutionaries in the North Camp, it is far from enough to repel zombies and even more terrifying mutant beasts. It is impossible for a hundred men to protect more than three thousand, unless the strength of these hundred men is so much stronger than the enemy that the difference in numbers can be ignored.
The more Lu Xiaoxiao talked about really important and serious things, the more she realized that her previous sense of security and self-confidence was nothing more than nonsense. The small cardboard house is waiting to be blown down by the winter wind that blows faster than expected.
Bai Ze listened to Lu Yan's words and sighed. He also put down his chopsticks, rested his elbows on the table, and began to rub his temples gently.
It was worse than he expected.
Since his home was more than 2,000 kilometers south of the starting village, Bai Ze's main goal was to move south. He had no interest in staying in Beiying at all, and he had no intention of going north. At least not for the time being.
Therefore, Bai Ze's idea was to transfer more than 3,000 survivors to the starting point village. Then, capture Baiquan Street between Yanqing District and Changping District in the south, use this battalion as the central base, gradually clear the remaining roads to the south, and finally reach Zhuanghe Town, where the family lives.
However, transferring more than 3,000 survivors was too risky and time-consuming. It will take at least three weeks, or even a whole month, to do this well.
Unfortunately, the shortage of ammunition hit him hard at this unexpected point in time.
Bai Ze glanced up at Shangguan Bingxue and asked calmly, "Do you know where Eva Jielin is?" It's been a long time since I've seen her. ”
"I didn't get up until noon, and it's normal not to see her." Shangguan Bingxue responded lightly, shrugged her shoulders slightly, and said, "She went out early, saying that she would come back in the afternoon." ”
Bai Ze ignored the first sentence and nodded, "I see......"
Then he got up and walked to the back of the villa.
"Where are you going?" Nangong Ling stood up and asked puzzled.
"Go to the basement, you come with me." He answered without looking back, and quickly disappeared around the corner of the hallway.
The others looked at each other, then got up and followed him. Although the others did not say anything, the matter of ammunition has already left everyone with no appetite and no mood to sit anymore.
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Bai Ze soon arrived in the basement of the villa, followed by Shangguan Bingxue, Lu Yan and others.
The basement is quite large, about 80 square meters.
Seeing the things in the basement, Nangong Ling was stunned, and Lu Xiaoxiao gasped.
"Wow......" Nangong Yi whistled excitedly.
In the corner of the wall with moisture-proof paper, hundreds of large bags are neatly stacked. Bai Ze had already opened a bag, and everyone saw the food inside.
A kilogram of rice, bags of instant noodles, canned food, no less than 500 liters of pure bottled water, etc., and even a large freezer with mutant animal meat.
"So much food." Shangguan Bingxue frowned.
With so much food stored here, if Kang Rong was fair, the survivors' survival situation would not be so bad. Obviously, most of the materials Kang Rong found in the expedition were kept by himself, and even a child like Xiang Feng did not have a trace of pity.
This kind of behavior is disgusted by Shangguan Bingxue from the depths of his soul. Although she is cold, she is not a heartless person, and she will not watch others starve to death.
Even Lu Yan was a little surprised. Although he also diverted some of the supplies he found under his command for personal use in case of emergency, the amount of supplies here was more than five times that of the basement of his villa.
"The one surnamed Kang is really a pig!" Lu Xiaoxiao sneered.
was almost sexually assaulted by Convoy, Lu Xiaoxiao hated the Kang family so much that she just wanted them to disappear from the earth.