The explosion was completed, which made Tang Zheng feel relieved.
Spending more than a million dollars at once was really enjoyable.
But after having fun, problems followed one after another.
Funds are almost at zero, and food reserves are running low.
Tang Zheng's team had collected supplies from Tailai Town before, and the food reserves were still sufficient for the time being.
But there is an essential difference between a company and a battalion, and now the food issue must be taken seriously.
Tang Zheng's troops were not idle either. He immediately ordered several of his field companies to go out immediately to kill zombies and collect supplies in surrounding towns and villages.
As for Tang Zheng himself, his goal was to collect funds.
During the process of collecting food, the soldiers also collected some funds, but the amount was not too much for the size of the current battalion.
Tang Zheng needs more funds. After all, a tank or an airplane now costs tens of thousands.
Tang Zheng is ready to find a gold shop.
In the Hanyue Empire, gold stores were generally found in counties and some towns, but they were not found in developed towns in coastal areas, such as those in western Sichuan, Lianghe, Grassland, and Mobei.
Therefore, Tang Zheng could only target the county town.
There are two counties within the radar range, Qingquan and Caiqi.
Tang Zheng carefully checked the two counties through radar.
There are many jewelry stores in the county, but they are basically located in the bustling areas in the middle of the county. If you want to get there, you can only attack them by force.
The populations of these two counties are more than four to five million, so it would be very difficult to attack them by force.
Of course, that doesn't mean you can't fight. In the past, you couldn't fight when you were at the company level. Now that you have become a battalion, you can slowly gnaw it down, but the process is relatively long.
Tang Zheng wanted to search again to see if there was a place that was relatively easy to hit.
But there are no other counties within the radar range. If you want to find it, you have to go out and look around.
Tang Zheng looked at the transport helicopter on the side and decided to go out.
Anyway, there are planes here, so just walking around and looking around is enough for one day.
After making the decision, Tang Zheng led the team to board the plane.
Hu Yuhang, the new Army Aviation company commander, opened the cabin door of the transport plane, put down the ladder, and asked Tang Zheng to get on the plane.
Following Tang Zheng were Ji Yuntian, Ning Yuwei, Guo Yun, Wu Di, He Xue, Lin Feifei, and twenty-four enhanced three-star warriors.
Tang Zheng's guard squad only has eight soldiers, but the first company commander Luo Fei still suggested that Tang Zheng first transfer some elite three-star soldiers from the field troops to add to the guard squad. After all, his safety is the most important.
Tang Zheng thought for a while and agreed. He transferred two more squads of soldiers to let the guard platoon barely take shape.
The soldiers in the guard platoon can be said to be elites. Ji Yuntian and Ning Yuwei are about to upgrade to two-star enhancements. This is the result of them being with Tang Zheng for a long time and not having much chance to fight.
After getting on the plane, Tang Zheng was shocked by the spacious cabin.
There are 46 seats in two rows in this cabin, as well as a large cargo hold, so there is no problem in transporting people and supplies.
More than thirty people sat in, and it wasn't crowded at all.
The crew members invited Tang Zheng into the cockpit, where they could better view the ground conditions.
"General, where are we going?" Hu Yuhang asked.
"Well, let's go to Shuanglin County in the southwest."
"Okay, let's go."
The propellers on the plane began to rotate, and it slowly rose into the sky.
The huge propeller drives the airflow, blowing smoke and dust everywhere on the ground.
Tang Zheng was sitting in the plane and could see the waves on the edge of the pool not far away. Tangtang poked her head out of the water and watched the plane take off and go away.
The plane flew out of Chasing Light City and entered the plain area to the south.
The area south of the city is a gently sloping plain, about five kilometers long, and there is a small hill where there is a dense forest area.
Flying through this forest area, Fengming River makes a turn here and begins to turn toward the southeast.
The plane flew southwest, getting higher and higher.
When the flight reached an altitude of about three hundred meters, Tang Zheng did not let the plane continue to rise. Some things would not be visible clearly if it flew too high.
Moreover, this height is just within the range of his own portable radar.
Flying at a semi-low altitude, he looked down from the cockpit.
Mountains, rivers, topography and landforms are all visible, which is more intuitive than what you can see on radar.
When passing through some towns, the situation on the ground is also unbearable.
There are still some rickety people walking on those roads, but they are no longer human.
Even on the radar, Tang Zheng could no longer see a single survivor in those rural towns.
Instead, there are some wilderness areas, and occasionally there will be some light spots representing survivors.
Because of the close distance, when Tang Zheng's plane passed over, he could even see the survivors staring blankly at the plane, with disbelief on their faces.
Some survivors waved their arms and shouted something at the plane.
"We need to move faster. It's already September, and the weather is getting colder quickly. If no one rescues these survivors in the wild, it may be difficult for them to survive this winter."
The temperature this year is very abnormal. In previous years, this area still has lingering heat in September, but at worst it is a time of crisp autumn air.
But this year is different. Fallen leaves have appeared in Zhuguang City today.
Tang Zheng was almost certain that today's winter would be an unprecedented cold winter in recent years.
These survivors can barely survive in the wild now, but in winter, if there is no rescue, most of them may not be able to survive.
The plane did not stop because it encountered some scattered survivors and continued flying according to its established goal.
At a speed of three hundred kilometers per hour, in half an hour, it had already flown out of the radar range of Chasing Light City.
After flying for about twenty minutes, a county town appeared ahead.
That was Shuanglin County, a county at the northern end of Fengcheng.
Tang Zheng was in the air and could see a bright color in the city.
It was a river flowing along the Yunshan Mountains, passing through the county town.
"Lower the altitude and idle over the county."
The plane lowered to an altitude of about 200 meters and flew over the county town.
At this height, it's like looking down from the top of a skyscraper, and the view is clearer and more intuitive.
Tang Zheng asked everyone to pay as much attention as possible to see where the gold shop in this county was located.
But it sounds easy to think about, but the actual operation is not that simple.
It is difficult to see clearly the words on the plaque from a high altitude, even with a telescope, it is like finding a needle in a haystack.
Instead, some zombies discovered the plane and roared at the sky.
Tang Zheng looked at it for a while and felt his eyes sore.
"I'm so tired. It would be nice if I could find someone to ask."
At this time, the captain said to Tang Zheng: "General, when we were flying over the edge of the county town, I saw a small survival base in the urban-rural fringe area, and there were some zombies around. Do we want to go and take a look?"
"Okay, go take a look and ask a survivor. It will be much faster than us searching like this."
Tang Zheng didn't have high hopes, after all, the situation in each county was similar.
If Shuanglin couldn't find a suitable gold shop to start with, he would go back to Qingquan County.
I couldn't chew it down in a month, but I couldn't chew it off in two or three months. I hope this winter won't come too soon.
The plane turned around and returned to the sky above the urban-rural fringe.
Soon, Tang Zheng discovered the survival base mentioned by the captain.
It seemed to be a large yard for purchasing grain. There were some machinery inside, including drying equipment, scales, conveyors, etc., but most of them should be scrapped.
There are also several large granaries here, which are considered the most precious things.
A watchtower was set up at the gate of the courtyard, and there were about a hundred people in the courtyard and in the house.
The protection of this courtyard is not very reliable. Thick sandbags are now piled up in front of the original iron gate.
Outside the sandbag, there were some zombies roaring, and it looked like there were about two to three hundred of them.
One of the tall armored zombies was also wandering outside the yard, trying to find a gap to enter the yard and enjoy the feast inside.
And a group of people are currently guarding the wall, guarding on the sandbags.
The sandbags were piled up to more than four meters high. It was really difficult for the zombies to climb up, but those people did not dare to be careless at all. They were always on guard with simple weapons.
Their weapons were indeed crude enough. Except for one person holding a double-barreled shotgun, the remaining long-range weapons were mainly bows and crossbows.
And there weren't many crossbows, only six or seven, and most of the people had homemade spears in their hands.
Some zombies tried to climb up the pile of sandbags, and these people used spears to stab them. The crossbows there were rarely fired. As for the shotgun, it was more like a decoration, and they would never be fired easily.
Everyone's eyes were almost focused on the group of corpses below.
No one noticed the helicopter passing by in the haze overhead.
"Hurry, hurry! There are zombies coming up."
"It's difficult to deal with. Some zombies were killed and became their stepping stones. The height of this sandbag is not enough."
"What's going on with that big zombie? It can't be hit at all. Crossbow arrows can't pierce it, and bullets can't penetrate it. It can tear apart sandbags with just one claw. We can't supply sandbags, and it's mainly because of it."
"If you really can't, just shoot. If you can kill anyone, count them all."
"No, bullets can't kill iron armor, and killing ordinary zombies will be more troublesome. We can only take turns to hold on to prevent them from entering the gate. More than a hundred of us have spent almost a week, and I don't believe we can't defeat them."
"Where's the brain? Zombies don't know how to get tired. Although there are more than a hundred of us, half of them are old and weak. If we continue, we won't be able to hold on anymore."
One of the leaders, a mature man, sighed: "It's over! If this continues, for two days at most, no one will have the strength to fight against the zombies. As soon as the door is broken, everyone will feed the zombies."
"What should we do, Brother Yue? Otherwise, let's run away."
"Run? Where can we run? This world is full of these ghosts, and the mobile phone can't be used anymore. We don't even have a goal or direction. And we can survive until now, aren't we relying on the food in the yard? What will we eat if we run out? Even if we can still run, what about the others? Leave them behind?"
Everyone was silent. This was almost a dead end. Even if they could run out, how long could they stay in the wilderness?
Just when everyone was helpless and almost desperate, a gust of wind fell from above.
Tu tu tu tu~~~!
The huge wind fell, making everyone unstable and unable to even open their eyes.
Everyone still reluctantly raised their heads and looked towards the sky.
It was a scene I will never forget.
(End of chapter)
