Zhang Xiaoqiang was shocked by the Lieutenant Colonel's words. If all the equipment was given to the base, wouldn't that mean that half of the platoon would have to go?
"This is the equipment of a battalion. In other words, 160 people won't be enough. The 37 Cannon's marching weight is 2650 kilograms, and it needs to be towed by trucks. In addition, we need specialized soldiers to transport the ammunition and other people to coordinate with them. We need at least 300 people."
Hearing the Lieutenant Colonel's words, Zhang Xiaoqiang became silent. If that was the case, all the anti-aircraft machine gunners, heavy machine gunners, artillerymen, and riflemen in the base would have to become full-time anti-aircraft gunners.
"Hahaha … Lieutenant Colonel, what era are you talking about? If you ask me, we don't need so many people. First, we don't need to shoot the ones in the sky. We just need to shoot the zombies from the ground. That way, we will have one less observer. I will bring some people to make more magazines and make an automatic ammunition belt. That way, we won't need to hand the ammunition to the No.9 gun. That way, we will have three fewer people. It will be the same as the number of people for the quadruple gun."
This was Wang Le joking with the Lieutenant Colonel. At the same time, he reduced the number of people by more than half. Hearing Wang Le's reply, Zhang Xiaoqiang relaxed.
"Actually, I might be able to reduce one person. The 37 Cannon is a mechanical weapon. As long as we can adjust the direction, it will be fine. If we change it to the Earth Shield Battery, won't it be faster?
That's right, the quadruple gun is also fine. We just need to make an electric motor and use batteries to transmit power. "
Hearing this, the Lieutenant Colonel felt embarrassed. He said to Wang Le, "What about transportation?
And the installation?
If we can't react fast enough, by the time you set up the gun, the undying will have already pounced on us. "
"Hahaha … That's not a problem. You have a lot of empty missile launcher trucks. As long as the launcher is removed, it will become the best anti-aircraft platform. I've seen it before. A missile launcher truck can install three anti-aircraft cannons. With some modifications, it will become a firing platform. When the time comes, you can even add armor plates to the anti-aircraft cannons."
Hearing Wang Le's words, the Lieutenant Colonel was speechless. This was Wang Le's job. When Zhang Xiaoqiang heard Wang Le's words, he felt more confident. He also had an idea in his mind. He only needed to build two rapid-fire platforms and install six anti-aircraft cannons. The remaining 12 anti-aircraft cannons would all be installed on the walls. With the logistics of the base, what couldn't they do?
As the gate of the base slowly closed, Zhang Xiaoqiang, who was sitting in the Warrior military vehicle, thought about his next step. The discovery of the missile base was a complete accident. This accident almost caused him to be torn apart by the mutated birds. At the same time, the base also obtained a large amount of military supplies. Other than a large number of anti-aircraft cannons, there was also a battalion of light weapons.
Thinking about this, Zhang Xiaoqiang was happy. Although the battalion only had light weapons, other than a few hundred rifles, there were only nine heavy machine guns and some old Type 40 rocket launchers. There was not even a single Type 82 recoilless gun, but Zhang Xiaoqiang was already satisfied. One should not be too greedy. He had never thought of owning any aircraft or tanks. Even if he had them, he would not be able to use them. However, the current weapons were enough to ensure the base's safety.
In fact, Zhang Xiaoqiang was more willing to move the base to the missile base. The terrain here was dangerous. As long as he built some bases on the canyon and some fortifications on the road, the zombies would not be able to enter. In addition, this place was far away from the densely populated areas, so the possibility of being found by the zombies was not high. The valley was also very spacious, so it was the most ideal and safest base.
However, Zhang Xiaoqiang always had a kind of fear towards the country. He could rob the country, but he could not occupy the magpie's nest. If one day, the regular army came to find him, he did not believe that the old weapons would be able to stop the high-tech weapons. Moreover, no matter how safe it was, it was not safe on land. This was because there was a sea of zombies on land.
Thinking up to this point, Zhang Xiaoqiang looked forward to going out to sea. In his heart, the vast sea was an inexhaustible granary, and it was also the place of his dreams. In his opinion, even the most powerful evolved zombies would not be able to cross the sea to find trouble with him.
In fact, Zhang Xiaoqiang had walked into a blind spot. The heavy rain that could cause living things to evolve did not only fall on land. With the rapid increase in the living space of the animals, there were not many animals left on the road. Therefore, the number of times that Zhang Xiaoqiang encountered mutated beasts was very few compared to the zombies.
However, the vast sea was not something that could be scooped up by fishing boats. In the depths of the sea, countless creatures were rapidly mutating. Zhang Xiaoqiang did not know about this. If Zhang Xiaoqiang really brought the survivors to the island, then it would be a real dead end.
Zhang Xiaoqiang who was sitting in the Fierce Soldier military vehicle was lost in his thoughts, while Yang Ke-er beside him was fiddling with the 12.7mm anti-aircraft cannon in boredom. When the military vehicle stopped, they realized that the convoy had already reached the village in the valley.
Zhang Xiaoqiang alighted from the vehicle and looked at the long convoy that was carrying all sorts of supplies. Three shouted from a Fierce Soldier military vehicle, "Zhang Xiaoqiang, are you really not going back with us?
Do you want me to send the convoy over before coming back? "
"No need, when you return to the base, just stay there and don't go anywhere else. Also, send more people to patrol the perimeter of the base and tell Old Frank to speed up the construction of the outer wall. Oh right, get He Wen Bin to prepare some supplies."
The long convoy slowly drove back to the hot spring base. Seeing the convoy disappear at the end of the road, Zhang Xiaoqiang shouted from the convoy behind him: "Try not to come into contact with the zombies, try not to stray too far from the road. Also, try not to rush into the houses to search for food and supplies. Let's go …."
The convoy split into a few groups and searched along the mountain roads. Each group had an off-road vehicle and a truck loaded with food and medicine. Their mission was to search for as many survivors as possible. This was also the decision made by Zhang Xiaoqiang when he saw the small village at the entrance of the valley where the zombies and the Great Blackbird were the only survivors.
The base had an abundance of food and weapons. Zhang Xiaoqiang naturally wanted to find more people to replenish the base. He did not know why he wanted to do that, he had already decided to go out to the sea, hence he did not need as many people as before. But when he thought about how there were still many people struggling in the wilderness, he decided to try his best to find more survivors, it could be considered as him finding his conscience as a human.
This place was just like what the young worker had said. It was all mountains. The big mountains were like palaces in the sky, and there were many independent small peaks on the big mountains. Some were as straight as swords, and the tip of the sword pierced through the sky. Some were shaped like pen holders, piled up on top of the big mountains. At the foot of the mountains were crisscrossed paths. These paths were not paved with cement, and the mud and sand on the paths were bare on the road. There were some deep wheel marks on them, which were left behind by the vehicles that had been passing on them for many months this year.
Due to the large number of people walking on the small paths, the original surface of the path was compacted into pieces of hard soil. On the hard layer of soil, there were many different sized broken stones. Some of the broken stones were smooth, some were oddly curved, and some were like stone knives with sharp edges, causing the military vehicle that Zhang Xiaoqiang was under to shake non-stop.