It was past four o'clock when everyone finished boarding the buses. Each brigade had hundreds or even thousands of vehicles. With so many vehicles lined up in the wide open space, it looked like a sea of black at a glance, which was quite spectacular. Fortunately, there was a large open space on the west side of the city, otherwise so many vehicles would not be able to park.
Some of the cars had lights on, and the flashlights in the hands of the people busy going back and forth in the convoy flickered as they walked. The scattered voices were difficult to hear because of the wind, and there was also the sound of cars parked in an irregular manner and being directed to reverse.
And around, there are occasional gunshots, which are the sounds of hitting zombies.
In short, the overall atmosphere was very solemn. The people in the cars were either resting or waiting for departure with nervous excitement, but the departure time was nowhere to be found.
We waited from four o'clock to five o'clock, and from five o'clock until dawn.
Lin Tantan got out of the car, rubbed his eyes and yawned, climbed onto the roof, and looked at the crowd of soldiers and survivors in the distance.
Compared with the ten neatly arranged convoys over here, the one over there seemed extremely chaotic and noisy, and the team was still not in order.
Lin Tantan saw people shouting, begging, squeezing and clamoring to get on the dark green military trucks, but there were only a limited number of trucks and only a small number of people could get on.
Jiang Xiaotian also got out of the car, crunching some potato chips, and said to Lin Tantan, "I heard that those people who can ride on those big trucks are not ordinary people."
"Why is it unusual?"
"For example, they may be former officials, or they may be special talents needed by the base, or they may have connections in the military, or they may be very rich and have donated a large amount of supplies to the military. In addition, there may be family members with special abilities who have joined the military and are under the command of the military. In any case, ordinary people can't even think of getting on a military vehicle." Jiang Xiaotian said while shaking his head.
"Will you be protected if you get on a military vehicle?"
"About the same, right? The army is less than 20,000 strong, but there are quite a few survivors... maybe over 200,000. We either have to manage them like we do, or we can only prioritize preserving a small number of people."
Lin Tantan saw a large truck full of people driving to the side, with the back of the truck facing her. Lin Tantan could vaguely see that the truck was full of people dressed relatively well, men, women, young and old. They sat safely in the truck, looking at the messy team behind them. Some of them had sympathy on their faces, some smiled smugly, and some were laughing and playing.
As for those who couldn't get on the bus, many of them looked at the people on the bus with resentment, and some looked at the ten large convoys here with complicated expressions.
Lin Tantan held his chin and thought about the various aspects of life.
She looked at the dozen or so majestic armored vehicles in the army. They were like steel beasts. Once people hid inside, no zombies could get in. The most important people must stay inside.
At this time, Ye Xiao was standing next to one of the armored vehicles, talking to Major General Xing.
After talking for a long time, it seemed that there was finally a result. Ye Xiao seemed to say something on the walkie-talkie in his hand, and then two people walked out of the convoy and drove back an armored vehicle from the army.
Lin Tantan's eyes widened slightly. Did he ask for an armored vehicle? And Xing Guoliang agreed?
The armored vehicle stopped not far away. Ye Xiao got off the vehicle, walked to the front of the Fifth Battalion and said something to Xu Qin. Then, the latter nodded and went towards the armored vehicle. The armored vehicle pulled him up and headed towards the First Battalion.
Hey, that's the captain of the Fifth Squadron! Where are you going?
Ye Xiao walked towards Lin Tantan again. Lin Tantan jumped out of the car and looked at him: "What happened? Where is Xu Qin?"
Ye Xiao said: "I asked him to lead the first brigade."
"Huh? That's not what you brought?"
"We previously thought the army would lead the way and we would follow behind, but now that they're stuck over there, it's our turn to lead the way. This means I have to lead another team to explore the way."
"Ah? We're going to go ahead?" Jiang Xiaotian interjected, "The detector's range isn't quite enough. I'll try to improve it."
He said as he got into the car.
The detector he mentioned is an instrument that can detect the presence of zombies or animal zombies. He made it not long ago. There are not many of them in stock, and the detection range is also limited, only about two or three hundred meters. It is installed on a light and flexible vehicle, and serves as a detection and alarm. In fact, it is better than nothing. After all, a detection range of two or three hundred meters does not make much difference.
But now we need to explore the way ahead of the main group, so expanding the detection range becomes more urgent.
Ye Xiao said to Cheng Qinan in the car: "Qinan, you have a certain premonition ability about zombies, come with me."
Cheng Qinan didn't say anything and got out of the car: "Okay."
Ye Xiao then said to Lin Tantan, "The Fifth Battalion no longer has a captain. How about you take over?"
Lin Tantan gave him a fright: "Me? I can't do it!"
A brigade has more than 15,000 people, especially the fourth and fifth brigades are responsible for escorting most of the supplies, and there are even more vehicles. The line can be very long, and she feels that she can't manage it.
Ye Xiao nodded: "Yes, you may also be responsible for treatment and participate in combat. This is indeed too hard. Then, can you be the deputy captain?"
“…”Is there a big difference?
"I'm quite optimistic about Jiang Zhongyi. He was originally the deputy captain, and I plan to let him be the captain, and you will assist him... Everyone will trust you more." Ye Xiao said.
Jiang Zhongyi is a college student. He has received a lot of training in the past ten days in the west of the city. Originally, he only led more than ten tall and strong students, but now all the college students in the west of the city who can serve as combatants regard him as their leader, including some young people.
But he is young after all, and is not capable of managing a car team. It will be different with Lin Tan Tan's help. Lin Tan Tan has an extraordinary status in the hearts of the survivors in the west of the city.
Lin Tan Tan also knew that Ye Xiao and the others had put a lot of effort into getting ten team leaders. Now that a vacancy had become available, it would surely take some time to find a suitable person, so he could only nod.
Hey, she obviously wanted to hide all the way, and she is a doctor, so she should be a logistics staff!
Seeing her face wrinkled, Ye Xiao said with a smile, "It's not that difficult. Bai Cheng is in the Fourth Squadron. He will keep an eye on this area. You can just rest in your car when you have nothing to do."
Ye Xiao looked at the carriage. It was a large silver-white car. The carriage and the driver's seat were connected. There were many of Jiang Xiaotian's tools in the carriage. At this moment, he was busy fiddling with something. Mei Baisheng was sitting in the corner, frowning and thinking about his supernatural powers. Black things kept appearing and disappearing on his hands.
Lin Tantan sighed, "That's definitely not going to be easy."
Ye Xiao said: "Well, I can't think about hanging out anymore."
Lin Tan Tan: "..." She looked at Ye Xiao suspiciously. Was he jealous that she had an easy life and that's why he found work for her?
Ye Xiao coughed. This really wasn't his intention. It was just an emergency and they were short of manpower. He turned around and called out to Meimei. Mei Bosheng looked up with a bewildered look on his face. Ye Xiao said seriously, "How's the research on superpowers going?"
"Almost. This ability is too strange." Mei Baisheng said with a bitter face, "I don't know how to use it."
"If you have no idea, put it aside for now. I'll arrange something for you to do."
Mei Baisheng's face changed in seconds: "No, no, no, it will be very soon, give me some more time." Then he immediately lowered his head to study again.
Lin Tan Tan: “…” Still felt something was wrong.
Just as he was about to speak, a calm voice came out from the intercom in Ye Xiao's hand: "Everyone, get ready, and set off in the order of your car numbers."
Lin Tantan looked up and saw several rather imposing bulldozers at the front of the First Battalion driving out first. They were used to remove obstacles on the road, followed by armored vehicles, and then trucks, buses, vans, cars, and all kinds of vehicles loaded with people or supplies.
Ye Xiao said: "Follow me, I will tell you what to pay attention to."
So the newly appointed deputy captain Lin Tantan, the forced captain Jiang Zhongyi, and some other captains were arrested and given emergency training.
To ensure the safety of each convoy, each brigade and small group has its own guard, composed of psychics, fully trained and partially trained individuals. Each small convoy has approximately 1,500 people, and the corresponding small guard is approximately 50 people. A large brigade has 500 people, all of whom are combatants. In addition, there are some non-combatants who assist the guards in managing and restraining the people.
Lin Tantan barely managed to memorize the faces of the main personnel. Ten minutes later, Ye Xiao left to be his pioneer in exploring the path. Lin Tantan and Jiang Zhongyi exchanged a glance, both feeling overwhelmed. However, compared to Lin Tantan, Jiang Zhongyi was more eager to try: "Sister, you have to support me."
"Okay, okay, just go ahead and do it. We have spiritual support, military support, and prestige support." Lin Tan Tan said with a sigh.
"I feel relieved with your words!"
At this time, the first battalion had already set off, followed by the second and third battalions.
Lin Tantan returned to her own squad, Team 5. The squad leader had walked with her all the way and gave her an embarrassed smile before pulling out a loud speaker and shouting, "Everyone from Team YS0505, get on the bus! Everyone, supervise and get ready to go."
Oh, everyone is so motivated.
Then Lin Tan Tan discovered that the truck seemed to have no driver. Cheng Qinan had been towed away, Mei Baisheng looked like he was racing against time, and Jiang Xiaotian also had things to do. Originally, they took turns driving, and the remaining three people could still play Landlord, but now that was out of the question, and they had to find another driver.
Lin Tantan thought for a moment and ran to the car behind. It was a dark gray Jiangling Yuhu pickup truck. The back bed was full of things, covered with a waterproof cloth and tied tightly with ropes.
There were two people in the car, a man and a woman. The man was the driver hired by Lin Tantan, named Qian Kai. He was a student at Peking University and was recommended to her by Jiang Zhongyi. He had no other skills, but he was a rich second-generation and was very good at racing, so being a driver was no problem for him.
The woman was the one who had helped her negotiate the medical expenses with the families of the injured, and helped her collect fees and manage supplies. Her name was Qian Feifei, and she was an accountant. Bai Cheng found her. She was also a very capable white-collar worker in the past. Lin Tantan felt that it was a bit of a waste of her talent to have her manage some supplies for him.
Lin Tan Tan said to Qian Feifei, "Fei Fei, you can drive too, right?"
"Yes." Qian Feifei said.
So Lin Tan Tan asked Qian to drive the truck and Qian Feifei to drive the pickup truck. He told them that he would find a replacement for them later and brought them a bunch of food.
Then the intercom in Lin Tantan's hand also started ringing, and this time it was Jiang Zhongyi's loud and heroic voice that came out: "The YS04 team in front is about to leave, it's our turn, attention! YS0501 team, move out! ... YS0502 team, follow! ... YS0505 team, move on!"
The author has something to say: Tan Tan: I think he is just jealous that I don’t have to work.
Ye Xiao: Well, now I can’t hang out anymore, and playing Landlord is out of the question.
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