Time flies, and it's April.

Thanks to the enthusiasm of the recruits and the residents, Lyon has been completely cleaned of the zombie herds in the residential and commercial areas after millions of rounds of ammunition have been expended.

The umbrella company not only harvested a whole commercial street and a large number of daily necessities of various types, but also obtained tens of thousands of single-family residential villas.

After about a month of shooting training, even the marksmanship of the recruits and residents has been significantly improved.

After some decoration in Lyon, a new medium-sized department store appeared in the empty commercial street that was cleared, with a wide variety of goods and all kinds of daily necessities, which can meet the needs of almost everyone.

And the more than 10,000 residential cottages have also become a big weapon for Lyon's long-term harvest of contribution points in the hands of employees.

Depending on the interior of each house, the materials it is built in, the surrounding environment and the value of each house, the staff of the government department will tailor a reasonable price for them to rent out to the company's internal employees.

Compared to Atlanta's underground parking apartments, these cottages are luxuriously furnished, fully furnished, and equipped with many useful household appliances.

On top of that, living here, enjoying life in the sun every day, living conditions are far from comparable to what they were before, and they are quickly sought after by everyone.

Almost every employee with a family is willing to pay for this rent.

Since there is no separate power supply system inside the military base, except for the most central fortified area, for a while, almost all the diesel and kerosene generators used for sale were sold out by employees, and the fuel reserves in the base are also declining rapidly, and Ms. Quinn expects that fuel reserves will fall below the warning line within three months.

In order to solve this urgent need, Lyon quickly set two goals, the first goal was to clear the city of Columbus and occupy the city's thermal power station, and the other was to occupy Atlanta's Jackson Airport, which he had heard about from Dr. Amlin a long time ago.

As a commercial city with a permanent population of about 300,000, because of the proximity to the Fort Benning military base, the zombies inside the city have been attracted by the sound of artillery fire, according to the detection and calculation of helicopters and drones in the base, the number of zombies in Columbus City is about 300,000, and the number of zombies wandering on the streets is more than 200,000.

Whether it's for security reasons, or for the sake of resources and construction, they must clear the city of threats.

Atlanta's Jackson Airport, known as the world's third largest airport in the world and the world's largest number of flights, is of great strategic significance.

After discussions between Leon and his subordinates, Colonel William volunteered to take on the task of cleaning up the city of Columbus.

In the conference room, Colonel William, still with his solemn appearance, stood up, gave a military salute to Leon, and said loudly:

"General, I hope to lead my squad on this mission with the Recruit Corps."

"In the last operation, we obtained a corps-level number of shells and artillery, and we are already in a position to form a complete artillery unit."

"This time, you can target the zombies in Columbus City, train the artillery techniques used by the soldiers, and prepare for the big war in the future."

Leon thought about it for more than ten seconds, Colonel William was the most reliable for military operations among all his subordinates at present.

And this man is taciturn, serious and old-fashioned, generally does not have considerable confidence, will not take the initiative to speak, worthy of trust.

So, he nodded and said to the middle-aged colonel:

"Yes, William, I'll give you two months, and the logistics department will also meet your logistics needs."

"You are allowed to use any tactics to clean up all the zombies in Columbus City."

"However, I also have a request."

"You've followed me many times, and you should know my principles very well."

"Be careful, we'd rather consume more supplies and time than put the soldiers who trust us in unnecessary danger."

"Can you do it? William. ”

Colonel William, straightening up, gave a respectful military salute to Leon, and responded:

"Thank you for your trust, General, I promise to complete the mission."

Leon nodded, acknowledging his resolve. After assigning the first task, he glanced around the faces of all the squad leaders.

In addition to William's team and the 400 new recruits, as well as Daryl's team and Moore's team lying in the ward, only Aggie's patrol team and Glenn's exploration team are left in the entire base.

Originally, there was a combat team led by T-boy, but that team had been assigned by Leon to Oak Village, a few dozen kilometers away, to protect the local Herschel family and the logistics staff who were in charge of farming, so they couldn't mobilize manpower at all.

The entire Fort Benning military base covers an area that is comparable to a small town, and Aggie's patrol team has less than a hundred people in total, and the patrol team is already stretched to the limit for patrolling such a large area, and they can't spare any energy to do anything else.

So at present, the only thing that can be mobilized in the entire base is the Glenn team that was transferred back from the prison stronghold not long ago.

This is the only reserve force in the base, and it is best not to move it at will, so as to be in case of other accidents.

Eventually, he turned his attention to Rick, who had come to the meeting for the first time, and after a few seconds of silence, he asked:

"Rick, how are the Stinger Squad's preparations going, and can you still adapt to the Guardian Armor?"

Rick met Leon's gaze, did not hesitate, and immediately said solemnly:

"No problem, Leon."

"After a month and a half of training, everyone has adapted to this set of Guardian armor, and everyone is very excited, and they want to go to the actual battle to test the ability of this set of armor."

Rick pulled up the sleeve of his coat, revealing a cool black and red armored wrist inside.

"The armor you equipped, I wear it on my body every day, it is both close and breathable, and the weight is not a burden, to be honest, such a powerful armor, I have never heard of it before."

As he spoke, he smiled.

"Even pistol bullets can only make us feel pain, but not really hurt our bodies, and I can't imagine how those zombies who use their teeth and claws can break through our defenses."

Leon nodded expressionlessly and said solemnly:

"Don't be careless, anything can happen in battle, and there are too many things that can threaten your lives."

Leon paused for a few seconds.

"Now that you're ready, capturing Jackson Airport will be the debut mission of our Stinger Squad."

"When you get back, you'll let you know, and three days later, we'll officially leave for Jackson Airport in Atlanta."

Rick nodded, ready to urge everyone to step up their training in the next few days.

Two months ago, he was appointed by Leon as the vice-captain of the Stinger Squad, and to be honest, he was still a little excited at the time, because Leon had said that it would be the strongest team in the Umbrella Company.

However, as more and more new members joined, he had some doubts about his own ability, wondering if he had the ability to manage those team members with amazing combat effectiveness.

As a responsible man, Rick doesn't want to live up to the trust of his savior, the big boss Leon, and Leon has also discussed with him that when his daughter Judith is old, he will take this cute little girl as a stepdaughter.

From now on, the relationship between the two families will be closer, and he naturally can't let Leon down.

(End of chapter)