A few days later, after such lengthy negotiations, the People's Union and Federal Envoy Roger finally reached a deal and signed an employment agreement.

Escorted by soldiers, hundreds of tons of food, consisting of a large number of good-power compressed biscuits, were divided into several times and loaded onto the train to Miami, and Rogette and the Union soldiers followed on the journey to Miami.

This is the result of consultation between the two parties.

Out of sincerity for the first large-scale cooperation, Lyon decided to send troops to help the Federation deal with the pirates, and at the same time transport the food they bought by sea.

And next time, if you still need to transport goods by sea, you will need to pay the corresponding remuneration.

This can be regarded as opening up a maritime trade route with the Federation, and in the future, large transactions between the two sides can be carried out in this safer and more convenient way.

As the second largest sub-base of the People's Federation, Miami City once had the largest port in the organization, with nearly 100 large and small ships, mainly ordinary fishing boats, and nearly 1,000 survivors working near the port.

Every day, the residents of the Human Union are provided with a large amount of marine food, as well as a variety of marine resources.

It is no less useful than many farm plantations.

Although fuel is now largely unusable, the survivors' efforts have led to the discovery of many decades-old coal-fired ships.

Although dilapidated, the tonnage is not outstanding, and it cannot carry too many goods and people.

However, after being repaired and improved by the Ministry of Scientific Research, it is barely enough as a fishing boat and transport ship.

Every day when the sun comes out, Miami residents can see billowing black smoke coming out of the harbor.

In this combat mission to eliminate the marauder pirates, Leon plans to wait for the return of his brother-in-law Colonel Frank's soldiers, and then send another thousand soldiers and various special units to assist in the operation, and he will continue the mission.

After so many years of getting along, Leon has deeply realized that his brother-in-law is indeed a combat talent, and every time he performs a mission, he can complete the combat objectives well, and he cherishes the lives of the soldiers very much, which can be said to be like a son.

A large part of the reason why so many soldiers were sent at one time was because the soldiers of the military headquarters were only good at land warfare and basically had never experienced naval warfare.

Except for some officers who had learned the corresponding knowledge of naval warfare in military schools, most of them were novices on the sea.

Although it was not clear whether the Marauder pirates were strong or not, in his mind, they should not be more than a thousand in size.

After all, if you want to maintain a combat force of more than a thousand people, you need at least several times more civilians to be able to support them.

And even if they had so many soldiers, it was basically impossible to discharge them at once.

Moreover, with the research results of Mr. White, some of the fuel can be reused, although the reserves are not much, but in an emergency, they can still dispatch armed helicopters or other air units to suppress the field.

With the departure of the envoy Rogert, Leon returned to his daily busyness, tens of thousands of people, fighting is not the whole of life, the residents eat, drink and Lazar, is the main theme of his daily work.

For example, before he could focus on the departing sea team, Miss Avril put two more problems in front of him.

"Coal burning bottomed out?"

Staring at Leon's frowning brow, the little secretary nodded a little aggrievedly, and said in a slightly complaining tone:

"Yes, boss."

"I told you this news last month, and I reminded you once in the middle, have you forgotten it?"

Leon coughed lightly, hiding his embarrassment, and at the same time lost himself in thought.

At the beginning, coal was a resource that was not commonly used, and although they also collected a lot of it and stored it in warehouses, they did not pay much attention to this heavy material that was difficult to transport.

But since a few years ago, when fuel oil was contaminated with fungal viruses, coal and wood have become the most important portable energy materials off the grid.

However, with the continuous spread of nuclear radiation, the natural environment has been very seriously eroded, and all kinds of green vegetation are dying rapidly, and the land loss is serious.

Even timber resources cannot be exploited as uncontrollably as in the past if you don't want the entire territory to become a dry desert area.

However, the current problem faced by the People's Federation is that the power system of the People's Federation base can only cover the surrounding area of the base, and it is difficult to continue to expand outward.

Without fuel, there is no use of oil-fired generators, no use of large-scale mining equipment, and all mineral and metal resources must rely on the most primitive human resources.

Not only is it time-consuming, labor-intensive, and extremely inefficient, but the location of those mineral resources is very far away from the base of the People's Union, and there are no large-scale coal mines in the entire state of Georgia.

Therefore, even if you find a mineral, after mining it, it is really difficult not only to guard against the attacks of monsters roaming in the wild, but also to travel through mountains and rivers to transport those materials.

"What is the advice of the think tank on the matter of coal mines?"

Avril elegantly flipped through the notebook in her hand, read the record she had written on it, and said:

"The suggestion of the think tank is to choose a pit with relatively large reserves and easy to collect, preferably close to us, or a place with easy access to road connections and transportation conditions."

"Invest resources and build a small power station there, then slowly develop into a self-sufficient mining base."

"Only in this way can we provide mineral resources for our base without adding more burdens to our production and protection."

Leon nodded, according to his understanding, this should be the case, and these mineral-gathering strongholds must also be equipped with a certain number of soldiers to guard the strongholds, against those monsters in the wild, and even predators that may appear at any time.

And according to the current situation, I am afraid that in a few years or decades, when the resources collected in their warehouses are exhausted, if they want to continue to survive, they will not be able to let everyone stay in the same base for intensive production.

Instead, it is necessary to disperse many people into different resource bases, so that they can exploit resources, produce goods, and feed back to the general base.

Leaning back on the soft leather sofa, Leon took a sip of the iced Coke produced by Renlian, thought for a while, and said:

"That's it, let the engineering department write me a report on this plan and select a suitable mine site as soon as possible."

"At the same time, let the Ministry of Human Resources pay attention to select some residents who are willing to go out to work, or, directly select a group of people from among the prisoners who have behaved well, and let them work as miners."

Avril nodded, jotted down her boss's words in her notebook, and prepared to carry out the order later.

After another sip of cold Coke, Leon did not forget to remind:

"In addition to coal mines, the construction of other resource bases should also be on the agenda, so don't be in a hurry to deal with things when things come to an end."

Hearing this, the little secretary secretly rolled her eyes, she obviously reported this matter a month in advance, but she was forced to bear this pot.

After pushing the pot to his subordinates, Leon stretched out with peace of mind, and asked again with some curiosity:

"Didn't you say there's another piece of bad news?"

"What's the matter?"

Avril glanced at her boss, was silent for a few seconds, and said:

"Virginia stronghold, there's a message from you."

"The convoy they sent to the West Virginia stronghold is missing."

Leon frowned and asked:

"Is everyone missing? How many people are there? ”

Avril nodded, looking at the information she had recorded, her brow furrowed.

"Yes, boss."

"That team, including the wagons, transporters, and soldiers, made a total of twenty-five men."

"According to the message sent by Mr. Albert, the head of the local area, he subsequently sent to look for the soldiers of the transport team, but only found the materials that needed to be transported, and all the people were missing."

"Based on the blood on the ground and some traces of the battle, there is a high probability that they have been killed."

Leon leaned over his desk, tapped his fingers on it, and said his guess.

"Since you didn't take the supplies in the convoy, then there is a high probability that you should have been attacked by monsters or mutant zombies."

Avril nodded, but also raised her own questions.

"To be able to annihilate all our warriors and not let a single one escape, there should be very few monsters who can do it."

Leon nodded, as I said before, the People's Federation implements a policy of elite soldiers, and every soldier of the People's Federation has undergone professional training, is well-equipped, and has a combat ability far beyond that of ordinary survivors.

If the disparity between the enemy and the enemy is too great, the soldiers are allowed to retreat first to save their lives, after all, in the last days, population is the most precious wealth, this is what Lyon has always advocated. It is true that such a situation of total annihilation should not occur.

Although he was also a little irritated in his heart, Leon knew that it was impossible to deduce the truth from these clues alone, so he waved his hand at Avril and said:

"I've written it down, and after that, I'll arrange for someone to investigate it, and you don't need to worry about it anymore."

After telling the two bad news, the little secretary Avril also gave the big president Leon and reported good news.

"Colonel Frank's team will be back at base tomorrow."

"In this battle, little Claymanting has made a lot of efforts, you have to praise her."

………………

The next day, Leon remeets Dr. Mason with a beaming face, and Negan, the boss of the Salvation Army, whom he has known for a long time but has never met.

The old man Mason hopes to dedicate the biochemical army in the institute to Leon as a vote of fame in exchange for his status and life in the Human Federation.

However, there are still two problems to achieve this, and that is the external armor and combat chips of these biochemical weapons.

Of course, without external armor, these biochemical weapons can also participate in battle, but in this case, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced, and even less than one-tenth of the original level.

And more importantly, the combat chips, if they are not installed in the brains of these biochemical weapons, then, even as their maker, Mason has no way to control these weapons.

However, according to Mason, they had completed the experimental version of the combat chip before the outbreak of the nuclear explosion war, and installed it on the Tyrant type, although the function is relatively simple, but it is already considered to have the initial template.

With the current strength of the People's Union, even if it is not possible to innovate in this area, it should be able to replicate it in batches according to this initial template.

When the time comes, they will have a large army of cyborgs who don't need food, don't be afraid, and are tireless.

Of course, Leon was still skeptical of Dr. Mason's pie, but he decided to put Professor Thomas of the engineering department and Professor Amlin, the big man in software engineering, in charge of it.

And as Dr. Mason described, if you want to equip this group of biochemical troops with all-metal external armor, you have to consume a lot of metal mineral resources and power energy resources, etc., which is expensive.

With the current industrial strength of the People's Federation, although it can also complete production, the cycle required is also calculated in years.

But Leon felt that if after some of the finished products were made, after the actual combat test, this biochemical army really had the powerful words that the old man said, it was indeed worth tilting industrial resources towards this project.

Seeing that Dr. Mason was so cooperative, Leon was not stingy, and temporarily gave him the title of research director, and asked him to work under Professor Marlock's nose for a while, and wait until the initial manufacturing of the combat chip was completed, and then consider whether to let him return to his old job.

The old man was sent away, and with a hint of bad taste, Leon had Negan and the Dwights called over together.

He wanted to see what this outstanding character in his past memories would say at this point.

Soon, following his order, an old man in tattered clothes and tied to his body was escorted in by the soldiers, and it was not long before a man with half of his face covered in burn scars and a fairly good-looking blonde woman were invited in with a somewhat nervous attitude.

Leon, who was sitting in the office chair, looked down at the sloppy old man in front of him, and found that he was very weak mentally and physically, and after entering the office, he didn't raise his head, but just lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

He turned his gaze to Dwight and his wife, Shirley, who were standing to the side, and it was the first time they had seen each other, and both looked at Leon with a hint of surprise.

Obviously, he didn't expect that the handsome-looking and very young-looking man in front of him was actually the leader of this huge force.

When Leon set his eyes on the two, Dwight secretly took a breath and said:

"Your Excellency the President, may I ask you to summon us, what are your orders?"

His wife, Shirley, was also a little nervous, and after hearing her husband's question, she also followed suit, bowing her head slightly.

Leon nodded kindly to the two of them, and did not deliberately use momentum to oppress the two of them.

"The guy next to you is Negan of the Salvation Army, I heard that you used to be in the same organization as him, and there are still some grievances, so I ask you to come over and ask a few questions together."

In fact, Dwight found Negan as soon as he entered the door, but now that the husband and wife have joined the Human Federation organization, they have gotten rid of Negan's shadow, although they still hate this man, but they are not as reckless as they used to be.

Seeing that the top leaders of the People's Federation were so kind and just wanted to ask questions, Dwight was relieved, and said with a slightly stiff smile on his face:

"No problem, Your Excellency, can you ask us any questions about the Salvation Army?"

"We'll tell you without reservation."

(End of chapter)