Zhang Xiaoqiang looked down on the women in the female barracks. He believed that a man could become an excellent soldier after going through a few bloody battles. As for the women, to bring sanitary pads to the battlefield?
He believed that every woman was like a firefly in the night. They were so bright and unique under the noses of the zombies.
"Don't joke around. Women are only suitable to take care of children and do chores. Maybe they could go to the battlefield in the past, but in the post-apocalyptic world, it is dangerous for them to march."
Mu Peipei's eyes were filled with anger. She always believed that women were not worse than men. Especially the new recruits, each of them performed better than the men. Even if they were exposed to the sun on the training ground, they would not make a sound. Even if their arms were thicker than their thighs, they would not give up. Mu Peipei was proud of them, but she did not expect that Zhang Xiaoqiang would directly reject them. She felt that Zhang Xiaoqiang was not rejecting them, but slapping her face.
"I know that you looked down on the female soldiers in the past, but it's different now. I've seen your soldiers fight the zombies from the beginning to the end, and I admire their courage. However, I have to tell you that my female soldiers are not inferior to your best soldiers. They also have the courage to fight in a desperate situation. Even if you randomly pull one of them out and ask them to chop off their own hands, they wouldn't even frown. They are much stronger than most men …"
Zhang Xiaoqiang looked at Mu Peipei who was like an angry wild cat and felt it was funny. Could women really do this?
Then he stopped smiling. He knew that there was a group of women who were more hateful than men. He had prepared a private guard for Yang Ke-er, with Yan Qing as the leader.
Thinking back to the time when Yellow Springs had fallen into the hands of the Black Widows, he hesitated, and looked at Mu Peipei suspiciously. If the current female soldiers were so outstanding, would Mu Peipei hand them over so easily?
"I know you won't believe me. You can come with me and see how they are trained. Back then, when you didn't have any food, it was the female soldiers who carried the food. That angered Qian Kaixi, so he ordered the police to surround them. My female soldiers picked up bricks and stones and rushed out of the encirclement. Go and ask Captain Zhang Huai An, he saw it all …"
Zhang Xiaoqiang's suspicion of Mu Peipei fell into Mu Peipei's eyes and became suspicion of the female barracks. She tried her best to explain, hoping that Zhang Xiaoqiang would accept it.
"Stop!
I believe that your female soldiers are not worse than the men, but why did you hand them over to me? If they are really that good … "
Zhang Xiaoqiang was a straightforward person and did not know how to beat around the bush, so he asked Mu Peipei directly.
Mu Peipei was stunned at first, then she understood what Zhang Xiaoqiang meant.
"What else can I do?
What else can I do?
The lives of thousands of people are on my shoulders. I have to worry about their food and their safety every day. All of this is making me break down. I thought I was strong and could easily kill any man, but in the face of them, I don't know how to go forward. "
After Mu Peipei said this, she felt a deep sense of exhaustion. The female barracks had made her and Zhao Xiaobo worry a lot. The previous ideal country had been destroyed by the undercurrents of the gathering place. More than once, she had thought of abandoning the female barracks and leaving with the people close to her. If it was not for the paratroopers that she had abandoned, and the eyes of those women looking at her, she would not have lasted until now.
The wave of millions of zombies made her understand the true meaning of fear and despair. In the face of millions of zombies, she had no ability. At the same time, she had truly realized that the outside world was definitely not as good as the gathering place. Mu Peipei was at a loss. She could not think of any way to lead the female barracks through the crisis, so she simply handed it over to the man in front of her. At least, he had taken in tens of thousands of women and children. At least, he was not willing to give up on his own people. Since that was the case, let the entire female barracks become his people, let him bear his responsibility.
Mu Peipei gave the female barracks to Zhang Xiaoqiang effortlessly as if she was giving out a steel ball. Zhang Xiaoqiang, on the other hand, was thinking carefully about the feasibility.
The female barracks were different from the poor people in the gathering place. They were a whole and could advance and retreat together. There was no need for him to waste extra energy and manpower to organize them.
The female barracks could not march in the wilderness, but they were qualified to be the garrison troops. Women were naturally sensitive and careful. If the female barracks were really not afraid of death, perhaps they could replace the troops on the receiving island and the marine troops. In that case, Zhang Xiaoqiang would have more troops to deal with emergencies. Moreover, he still maintained a small team of female barracks in the hot spring base. The former assistant machine gunner and policewoman were all official members. In other words, it was not impossible to accept these female barracks. Of course, the premise was that Mu Peipei had completely cut off all relations with these female barracks.
"Even if you hand over the female barracks to me, it will only increase my burden. I can't even withdraw all my current personnel. What do you want me to do?
Leave them in the gathering place to fend for themselves? "
Zhang Xiaoqiang then thought about the consequences of accepting the female barracks. A few thousand women were a huge resource, but they were also a huge burden. Especially now, before the fleet arrived, he had close to seven thousand people left in the gathering place. If he had known this would happen, he would not have thought of preserving the vitality of the gathering place and recruited two thousand women and young men and women. Now, he was in a difficult position. At the very least, he would have three thousand people left in the gathering place and could not be transported out.
"That's your problem. After you take them over, they will be your people. It has nothing to do with me. As long as you treat them the same as your original subordinates, even if they are destroyed due to accidents, it will be their own bad luck."
Mu Peipei was very straightforward and directly pushed the responsibility to Zhang Xiaoqiang. What she meant was that as long as Zhang Xiaoqiang treated them the same as his original subordinates, it would be fine. According to Zhang Xiaoqiang's personality, of course, his own people would be prioritized.
Zhang Xiaoqiang fell into deep thought. If his people could all be transported out by ship in one go, he would not care even if he had to throw away all the heavy vehicles and armored vehicles. In the future, he would not have the chance to obtain these things. However … according to his plan, at least three thousand people would be left behind. These people were people that Zhang Xiaoqiang would not give up. At least, he would not give up until the very last moment.
Thinking about this, Zhang Xiaoqiang seriously considered the follow-up plan. The bridge was blown up, the ship did not have enough capacity, the heavy equipment would be thrown away, and the three thousand people could not be transported. All of this made him very conflicted.
After thinking about it, Zhang Xiaoqiang did not want to worry about these things. He began to think about how he could bring his people and the heavy equipment out. The bridge had to be repaired. It was the colony's and his hope. At the beginning, Zhang Xiaoqiang was prepared to block the news. He only wanted to protect himself first and then inform the colony. He did not really want to kill more than a hundred thousand survivors. Otherwise, he would not be able to forgive himself.
Coincidentally, Zhang Xiaoqiang had asked Wang Le to build a bridge in the past. Although he had only built half of it and left it there, it was still better than building it from scratch, right?
The tools and materials were all ready-made. Thinking about this, Zhang Xiaoqiang clapped his hands together and held them tightly. At least he had solved the first problem.
Mu Peipei did not leave. Instead, she sat at the side and looked at Zhang Xiaoqiang who was pacing back and forth. After handing over the women's camp, she felt a sense of relief but also a sense of loss. After all, she had invested too much in the women's camp. It was like her own child suddenly following someone else.
However, compared to the responsibility she had to bear, the loss of the women's camp was nothing. After a short period of loss, she focused all her energy on Zhang Xiaoqiang. Seeing this man frowning and pacing back and forth, she knew that Zhang Xiaoqiang was thinking hard about the future.