Three took one last look at the woman, turned off the safety, and holstered the gun. He nodded at Yomi and the others, opened the door, and got into the car. Before he started the car, he saw more than fifty men running towards him from the rearview mirror.
"Bro Three, bring us along …."
"Squadron Leader, I'm willing to follow you …."
"Leader, I've been saved by you twice, now I'll return it to you. We've roamed outside so many times, I don't believe …."
More than 50 men surrounded Three's small carriage and started talking. Three was also confused by the sudden appearance of his subordinates. Zhang Huai An and Huang Quan who were standing at the side looked at each other, and called a soldier over to give a few instructions.
Three got off the chariot and looked at the 53 brothers in front of him. They were the subordinates that were sent to ambush White Horse. Originally, there were 60 of them, but 7 had died in battle. The remaining ones stood in front of him, they were the Iron Blood Warriors that he had brought with him.
"I was the one who made a mistake, I was banished because Miss Ke Er was lenient, why are you guys joining in the fun …."
Three was slightly angry, they did not want to be official members with high benefits and high income, and followed him to roam around, and not a single one of them was missing. Were they stupid?
"Bro Three, you've always brought us out on missions, you've saved many of our lives, we're already used to following you …."
A squad leader walked out and explained to Three on behalf of the majority. Three frowned, he stared at the squad leader's eyes, the sternness in his eyes caused the squad leader to avoid his gaze, unable to continue speaking.
"Speak the truth, what's going on?
I don't believe that all of you are thinking like this, don't forget who I am, I am Three, your squad leader. Do you think I don't know what kind of people you are?
Don't play games …. "
Three was angry, he got his men to close their eyes, not daring to speak. Soon after, Three realized something was wrong with them, none of them were wearing any belts, their guns were gone, even their helmets were gone.
"Where's your weapon?
Where's your equipment? "
Hearing Three's question to the senior members, Huang Quan's expression turned unnatural, but Zhang Huai An shamelessly walked over to Three's side and said: "Three ah, this time, there were many official members who joined the rebellion. Although they have been executed, but for the sake of the stability of the base, we have decided to temporarily disband the previous armed forces. Not only them, Old Frank's and the reservists have all been disbanded as well. The only ones remaining are the cadets from the military academy, they have nothing to do with the rebellion ….."
Three couldn't take it anymore. He fiercely kicked the car and grabbed Zhang Huai An's collar. He looked at Zhang Huai An and roared:
"They were meritorious. They destroyed White Horse's subordinates outside and brought back a lot of supplies. They even lost seven of their brothers. Why were they disbanded?
I don't care about the others, but they were meritorious. A third of the supplies in the base were brought back by them. They are the best, every one of them has gone through hundreds of battles. Even if Zhang Xiaoqiang was here, he would not disband them …. "
"Three, it is not Zhang Xiaoqiang now, it is Miss Ke 'er. We are now loyal to Miss Ke' er, at least until Zhang Xiaoqiang returns.
The previous armed forces are too deeply involved with the base, and are no longer suitable to be the base's guards. Our future fighting force will be the elites that followed Zhang Xiaoqiang to kill millions of zombies …. "
Huang Quan could not stand it anymore, and walked out to announce their decision. Three's lips trembled, he did not know what to say, and weakly leaned against the car. A new ruler brings his own subordinates. These people had left Zhang Xiaoqiang for too long, and had completely lost the trust of Huang Quan and Zhang Huai An. Huang Quan and the rest had reduced the threat to the base to the minimum.
The previous official member system was outdated. Even with thousands of troops, it was impossible for all of them to become official members. Furthermore, not many of them had the qualities and achievements of an official member. Huang Quan decided to abolish the official members, and to reform the troops. In the future, the squad leader would be the squad leader, the vice squad leader would be the platoon leader, the vice squad leader would be the company leader, the vice squad leader would be the battalion commander, all the way up to the regiment commander. The first to change was the artillery brigade, which had the weakest veterans, they would form an artillery regiment.
This way, the original combat members of the base who did not have the qualities and achievements would not be able to get rid of them. Huang Quan might as well use the White Horse Rebellion of the base to remove all the official members. That was why he brought the fifty veterans who had escaped the rebellion to look for Three.
Huang Quan had reorganized the troops, but Three did not understand this. He wishfully thought that these brothers were implicated because of him. His heart was sour, and tears flowed down uncontrollably. He pushed away the brothers in front of him and took three steps forward, kneeling in front of Huang Quan. He shouted loudly: "Everything is my fault, it has nothing to do with them. They have done meritorious deeds, they are heroes, they cannot be chased away like this!"
After saying that, Three burst into tears, and repeatedly kowtowed to Huang Quan. Huang Quan tried to pull Three up a few times, but Three was like a madman, and refused to get up. His forehead was bleeding from the kowtowing on the hard ground.
"Captain, we don't want to be soldiers anymore, please get up …."
"Brother, Brother Three, you are my blood related brother, wu wu, brother, let's go, don't stay here anymore …."
"Squadron Leader, don't beg them anymore, with you, we will go find Zhang Xiaoqiang, no matter where Zhang Xiaoqiang is, we will find him and ask him for an explanation …."
The veterans below all burst into an uproar, they all rushed over and hugged Three, wanting to pull him up, but Three refused to get up, crying and shouting, asking Huang Quan to take back his orders.
Huang Quan was pushed out by a dozen people, standing at the side, his face was ashen, his right hand clenched and unclenched repeatedly, not speaking for a long time. Zhang Huai An stood at the side and looked at Three crying, his heart sighing, but he did not want to say anything. Old Frank stood at the side with tears streaming down his face, wanting to ask for help, but seeing Huang Quan's ashen face, Old Frank knew that his generation's power had collapsed, and in the future, he might not have the chance to lead troops anymore.
"So noisy, a bunch of grown men crying, what's the meaning of it …."
Yang Ke-er held onto her previous playmate, the little girl who looked like she was carved from jade and walked over, behind her followed two exquisite doll twins, with Cat Eyes following closely behind them.
Seeing Yang Ke-er, Three did not have the face to continue making a fuss, he stood up and did not speak, his eyes staring at the ground, until Yang Ke-er's toes entered his eyes.
"I've heard about your matters, Huang Quan is right, now we have 8000 soldiers, it is enough for the time being, these soldiers only receive a third of your pay, but the number of zombies they kill is many times more than yours, even tens of times more.
My husband is still floating outside. What are you two doing here? What's the point?
Three, the reason why you can live is because of your subordinates, if they want to follow you, then let them follow you. The base can't let them be soldiers, but can't they be soldiers outside?
You've made a mistake and will be punished, but you're still my husband's subordinate. No one can take that away from you. If my husband is outside, you can go find him. If you can find him, do you think he'll chase you away? "
Yang Ke-er had a sharp tongue, she spoke a lot of words, causing Huang Quan and Zhang Huai An to be surprised, they did not expect Yang Ke-er to be so eloquent, could it be that she was just playful in the past?
When Three and the rest heard Yang Ke-er's words, their faces turned red. Just now, they were indeed acting like girls, and when they heard Yang Ke-er wanted them to go out and find Zhang Xiaoqiang, then he would become an explorer looking for Zhang Xiaoqiang. In that case, he would still be a member of the base, he would be able to get supplies from the base, and at the same time, he would have a backer.
"Three, since Miss Ke Er said that, I will give you a chance, I will officially appoint you as the leader of the outstation team, your mission is to search for information about the provinces outside of HB, and to establish a base. The members will be selected from the old members, Yangtze River Fleet will cooperate with you, the base will provide you with weapons and ammunition, the rest is up to you …"
Yomi took the opportunity to give Three a title and resources for his initial development. The future depended on Three. Three was overjoyed when he heard the appointment. The old team members beside him were also very happy. Not only did they become soldiers again, they also had the Yangtze River Fleet to cooperate with them. When the time came, they could search along the Yangtze River, and if they couldn't win, they could retreat to the surface of the river. At the very least, it was countless times better than wandering outside empty-handed.