[Daily mission (limited time): Intercept the food convoy transporting from shelter 12988 to Wild Wolf Town. Reward: 50 technology points. 】
"It turns out to be a mission related to Wild Wolf Town!"
Zhao Yu showed his joy. The daily tasks were refreshed and they were related to Yelang Town. This was equivalent to killing two birds with one stone. It could not only weaken the power of Yelang Town, but also obtain the rewards of daily tasks.
I just don’t know how much defense this grain transport convoy has.
Zhao Yu thought for a while and decided to leave this kind of matter to professionals. He quickly came to three corps commanders to inform them of the mission and asked if they had any plans.
"Sir, if you know yourself and the enemy you can win every battle. I need to send out a reconnaissance team to find out the enemy's strength..."
The three commanders are all only corps commanders with limited abilities and cannot give advice when the information is insufficient.
Zhao Yu was a little hesitant. He only had three combat teams and one guard squadron under his command.
Currently, there are 15 people in three combat squads and 30 guard squadrons in the base, all of which are mobilized soldiers.
If he brought them all, there would only be 45 people, so he might not be able to win. Besides, with the 30 people in the guard squadron, he felt like he was not commanding the team well.
The last ambush battle completely destroyed Zhao Yu's confidence.
I took a look at the technology points, and luckily there were exactly 20 points.
"At 20 points, you can train a commander..."
Zhao Yu hesitated. 20 technology points were equivalent to 20 mobilization troops, or four full-scale special operations personnel.
"That's all, let's change it out and take a look!"
Thinking of this, Zhao Yu gritted his teeth and spent 20 technology points on training. After waiting for another five minutes, the commander walked out of the training camp.
Zhao Yu immediately informed him of his current mission and asked the chief commander if he had any ideas.
"Sir, their purpose this time is to transport food, not to ambush, so they will not have many manpower..."
"According to the division of forces around Yelang Town, they will definitely not be too worried about the safety of the food transport team..."
The commander was very capable. After looking at the hand-drawn map, he quickly came to a conclusion and gave a battle plan.
However, the equipment mentioned in it made Zhao Yu a little hesitant.
"Does it have to be a bazooka?"
He has a rocket launcher, but no ammunition, so it's like he has none.
The equipment requirements given by the chief commander are at least six rocket launchers and twelve rockets.
"If there were no rocket launchers to suppress the formation, the success rate of this operation would be only 69.33%..." the commander said in a neither humble nor overbearing tone.
"And if so?"
“81.65%”
Zhao Yu touched his chin. He didn't know how he got this winning rate, but he could give it a try.
Then, he asked someone to move a box of pistol bullets to the arsenal and carried out a wave of recycling.
The recycling result was as he expected, 20% was lost, but fortunately the finished product was turned into raw material.
After taking a look at the resource requirements for exchanging rocket bombs, I found that such a box of bullets would almost push the progress to about 90%.
"Look at it this way, a dozen boxes of bullets are enough!"
Zhao Yu breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that the gap of the rocket would be too big, but it could be used anyway.
It's just that the number of bullets consumed is a bit high. One box of bullets has 1,500 rounds, and a dozen boxes are close to 20,000 rounds of bullets.
Fortunately, he went to Heifeng Village last time and came back with tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition, which was enough for the time being.
Recycling involves losses and is not a cost-effective deal under normal circumstances, but now, Zhao Yu can't care about anything else.
Lean less.
Twelve rockets popped out of the furnace.
Next to them, there are twelve rocket launchers.
On the other side, the commander-in-chief has also prepared weapons and ammunition and is ready to go at any time.
"Sir, you can only carry six rocket launchers..."
"Um??!"
Zhao Yu was stunned, is this too much?
"The vehicle's load capacity is limited, and carrying six more rocket launchers will reduce the success rate of this combat operation..." the commander said.
Zhao Yu showed a pleased expression on his face, gave a thumbs up, and praised: "Professional, just as you said, bring six rocket launchers!!"
Soon, under the arrangement of the commander, the three combat teams each got into a vehicle and set off first.
Immediately afterwards, a temporary team of five mobilized soldiers escorted Zhao Yu away.
On the base side, there are 25 mobilization guard squadrons left to continue to protect the base.
The chief commander can command a maximum of 20 people, so the manpower he carries is limited. The extra mobilization troops are given to Zhao Yu to command.
Zhao Yu didn't have anything to command. He just followed a few people around, just to help with odd jobs.
With the commander's dispatch, Zhao Yu felt much more relaxed, and he didn't need to do many things.
The only thing he has to do is that the commander will tell him what order to give at a specific time.
Then he would just authorize it according to what the commander said.
Of course, in order to prevent accidents, Zhao Yu also gave advance authorization to the chief commander. Under special circumstances, he could respond directly without greeting him.
For example, if the last ambush happens again, a commander will directly organize a counterattack.
Or, under the commander's control, there was no chance that they would be ambushed.
Just like now, there are only two cars accompanying Zhao Yu.
The advance assault team and reconnaissance team had long since disappeared, obviously following the commander's instructions to carry out some mission.
An hour later, the convoy stopped in a depression.
"Sir, please order the engine to be turned off and on standby..."
"Turn off the engine!"
"Sir, please order the reconnaissance team to detect the enemy's movements..."
"Investigation team..."
Zhao Yu also enjoyed it. He would ask the reason for every move made by the commander.
In this way, he gained a lot of experience, which indirectly improved his military quality.
After a while, the commander came to report the situation.
"Report, the enemy's movements have been clearly detected..."
"The enemy has a total of 211 people, including 151 non-combatants and 60 combatants..."
After a long introduction, Zhao Yu finally had a preliminary understanding of this enemy.
This time, there were more than fifty vehicles responsible for transporting food and useful resources in the shelter.
Most of them are residents of Yelang Town, and a small number are armed personnel.
"Sir, for this operation, I suggest that the threat be removed..."
It was rare that Shi Chang took the initiative to make a suggestion, which surprised Zhao Yu and quickly asked why.
"Sir, if we only plunder once, then just wipe out all the enemies..."
"But we will also attack Wild Wolf Town in the future. Killing these non-combatants rashly will only be counterproductive..."
Zhao Yu immediately understood what Shi Chang meant.
The ruling class of Yelang Town is different from the residents of Yelang Town.
The ruling class is that group of armed forces, numbering about three to five hundred people.
Even if they were eliminated, the residents of Wild Wolf Town would not rebel and would not have such high loyalty.
But if the residents of Yelang Town are also killed in this trip, then when they officially attack Yelang Town, they will probably force all the people of the opponent to join the army.
There are more than 5,000 people in Yelang Town. If we go to the old, weak, sick and disabled, I am afraid that there are at least 3,000 to 4,000 people who can carry guns, so the battle will be too difficult.
Zhao Yu nodded slightly and said: "Then remove the threat, let the civilians go, and kill all those with guns and threats..."
"etc!"
Seeing that Shi Chang was frozen in place, Zhao Yu understood that he was passing on an order and quickly added: "When you have the opportunity, tell the civilians that this time is to avenge the last ambush, and ask them to tell Li Yang to wash his neck and wait. I'll kill him!"
"Yes, sir!!"
Next, Zhao Yu and others all got out of the car, hid the car in the woods, covered it with camouflage cloth, and then all moved forward on foot.
After walking for more than half an hour, we reached our destination, which was a hillside.
The chief commander was very busy and kept arranging tasks for the other three corps commanders.
There were fewer and fewer people around Zhao Yu. In the end, there was only one mobilization soldier left, and even the commander was missing.
While Zhao Yu was thinking about how this battle would be fought, there was a sudden slight tremor on the ground.
coming! !
In the distance, a convoy was slowly driving towards this side, led by an off-road vehicle with welded armor, and several gunmen sitting on the vehicle.
The first car was some distance away from the team behind it, and the gunman in the car was holding binoculars and looking at both sides of the road.
Zhao Yu was lying on the hillside, with branches in front of him as a shield, observing the situation on the road through the gap.
When he noticed someone looking this way, he quickly lowered his head.
"Huhu~~!"
Soon, the leading car drove past and Zhao Yu was not found.
At this moment, Zhao Yu didn't know where the other soldiers were ambushing.
After the first car left, Zhao Yu raised his head slightly and continued to observe.
He found that every few trucks in the convoy were mixed with an armed vehicle.
This made Zhao Yu frown.
The enemies are too scattered!
If he had enough manpower, it would be easier to spread the attack like this.
But he doesn’t have enough manpower!
Zhao Yu couldn't help but feel a little worried, wondering whether the Commander-in-Chief was reliable.
This is the first battle that a commander has participated in. If it fails, he will directly move the base without saying anything about going back.
As for revenge, let’s wait until we have the opportunity to talk about it later.
After thinking for a long time, Zhao Yu didn't think about how the commander should fight.
"Huhu~~!"
A car passed by on the road in front of them. Compared to the first car, the guards in the middle seemed to be more lazy. Not only did they not look around cautiously, some of them even played poker in the car.
Zhao Yu was also secretly observing the equipment of these armed personnel. Basically, they all carried rifles, and occasionally there was an armed vehicle with a vehicle-mounted machine gun.
In addition, Zhao Yu also discovered his car, which was the electric off-road vehicle that was abandoned in an ambush.
In a short while, twenty or thirty cars passed by, which made Zhao Yu a little confused.
I don’t know when the commander will take action.
"Bang~!"
Just as he was thinking this, a burst of gunfire suddenly rang out from the front.
"what happened!"
The people in the convoy suddenly shouted.
"parking!"
Someone who seemed to be the leader hurriedly stopped the convoy, picked up the walkie-talkie and asked.
The distance was too far and Zhao Yu couldn't hear what the man heard.
It was only after a while that I heard the leader shout a few words.
Immediately afterwards, several armed vehicles in the team rushed forward carrying gunmen.
This surprised Zhao Yu.
How did the commander do it? !
The enemies are relatively scattered, which is not advantageous for them, but now, they are actively starting to gather towards the front.
Zhao Yu also roughly understood that the main battlefield should be in front of the convoy.
Not long after the armed vehicle left, there was a burst of fierce gunfire from the east side.
When Zhao Yu heard the sound, he saw that it was not the direction of the front of the car, but the tail of the convoy.
"Creating in the east and attacking in the west?!"
Zhao Yu was a little stunned.
At this moment, the civilians who were guarding the goods were very panicked. Some got out of the car and looked behind them, while some huddled in the car and shivered.
But no one dared to run away. They all stayed beside the cars they were responsible for.
"Boom~!"
At this moment, several explosions came from the direction of the front of the car in the west.
"rocket missile!"
The sound was loud, and there were slight differences between the several explosions. It seemed to be a chain reaction caused by the rocket detonating the car.
The civilians on the road who had got out of their cars to watch were all startled when they saw this. Several people were so frightened that they squatted on the ground, and some people hurriedly got into their cars.
This made Zhao Yu relieved. These civilians would not carry their guns when danger came, which meant that the aftermath would be easier to handle.
"Bang~!"
Immediately afterwards, there were several more gunshots, but they were different from ordinary gunshots. They were sniper rifles.
Zhao Yu looked through the gap, looking east and west for a while, a little anxious, not knowing how the battle was going.
At this moment, his position was very awkward. He was just in the middle of the convoy. The front and rear of the car could not be seen because they were blocked by obstacles.
"Dead~~!"
"All dead~~!"
I don't know what happened in front of me, but someone suddenly shouted, and then several people ran towards the woods.
As some people fled, more and more people jumped out of the car and swarmed into the woods.
At this moment, no one dares to drive away in a car.
Because except for the main roads, the roads on both sides are basically unreachable by car.
But now there is fighting at the front and rear of the car. Driving hastily is seeking death.
Several civilians also ran over to where Zhao Yu was hiding.
When they climbed up the slope and saw Zhao Yu, they all froze in place with fear and raised their hands high as a reflex.
"Don't shoot, we have no weapons..."
"Don't shoot..."
Several people begged for mercy.
Zhao Yu was a little confused at this moment as to how to deal with these people.
Other civilians who were still running this way saw the abnormality of several people and quickly changed their direction. Several people even ran back to the road and went to the woods on the other side.
Zhao Yu slowly stood up with his rifle, while the mobilization soldiers beside him were still lying on the ground meticulously.
"Get up and check if they have weapons!"
"Yes, sir!"
The mobilized soldiers then stood up and checked the civilians in front of them one by one.
These people had seen his face, and Zhao Yu thought about whether to silence him, but he felt that it didn't make much sense.
While he was struggling, he suddenly discovered that the gunfire seemed to have stopped.
Finished? !
Only then did Zhao Yu finally see the commander again, running towards this side along the road.
With such a swaggering move, it seems like the fight is really over? !
"Reporting to the commander, the mission has been completed. A total of 71 people were killed and 51 captured. All threats have been eliminated. Please give instructions..."
"All the armed men are dead?!"
"Yes, sir!"
Hearing this, the few civilians in front of him became even more frightened and looked at Zhao Yu with pleading expressions.
"Send them to other prisoners..."
Zhao Yu said casually, then left the hillside and walked towards the convoy.
When he came to the road, he looked to the east and west.
To the west, towards the front of the car, you can see thick smoke billowing in the sky in the distance, as if the vehicle is still burning after the explosion.
But there was no such movement toward the rear of the car in the east. You could only see a lot of people crouching on the ground with their hands on their heads, and a few people around them looking after them.
Zhao Yu took out his binoculars and found that the five people from the assault team looking after the prisoners from the rear of the car were all intact.
Only then did he react, looked back at the commander, and asked, "Where are our people? Are there any casualties?"
"No!"
"No?!"
Zhao Yu was shocked. There were 60 enemy armed personnel, but they only had 20 people on their side. Did they annihilate them all? !
"How do you do it?!"
After explanation, Zhao Yu finally understood how the battle was fought.
A roadblock was set up on the road ahead. When armed personnel rushed to support, the scouts ambushing on both sides of the road fired rocket launchers.
The first salvo directly destroyed six vehicles and killed more than 20 people, including the opponent's leader.
Immediately afterwards, the sniper fired at the remaining people. Those who tried to rush into the woods were killed by other ambushed mobilization soldiers.
According to the plan, the front of the car would attack first, and then the rear of the car. However, the distance between the two sides was too far, making it inconvenient to transmit information. Therefore, the commander issued an order in advance to launch an assault three minutes after the convoy stopped.
There were almost a dozen armed men at the back of the car, but they were all killed by five assaulters and a sniper.
"Isn't this too easy?!"
Zhao Yu was a little shocked. More than 20 people were defeated like this? !
Then he felt a little happy, feeling that training the commander was indeed a good deal.
At the very least, he doesn't have the ability to command.
Soon, after an inventory, dozens of guns, bullets, and machine guns were seized.
In addition, there were more than 40 carts of goods and more than 50 prisoners.
"withdraw!"
After a brief thought, Zhao Yu decided to take all the goods away.
Because there is still a dozen kilometers from here to Yelang Town, and without a car, it would take at least four or five hours on foot.
Therefore, it would be five or six hours before the escaped civilians returned to Wild Wolf Town and the new enemies arrived.
These civilians were obedient and followed Zhao Yu's instructions, turned the car around and started driving again, this time back to the base.
When Zhao Yu got back into the car and looked at the long queue of vehicles, he still felt like he was in a dream.
"It's too easy..."
However, he also understood that this was an ambush battle, and a normal battle between two armies would not be so easy.
Thinking about the situation when he was ambushed last time, this victory seemed to be nothing.
After all, he was almost wiped out last time.
As before, when the route was misleading, Zhao Yu left two mobilization soldiers to deal with the aftermath and prevent others from tracking him.
Zhao Yu felt a little uneasy on the next road, worried about being caught up by the enemy, and looked back from time to time.
Although he knew in his heart that it would be several hours before the other party knew that their goods had been robbed, he was still nervous.
Fortunately, the journey was smooth and we returned to the base safely.
After taking a short rest, Zhao Yu arranged for more than fifty prisoners to move the goods from dozens of vehicles and pile them into an empty building next door.
"Are they going to kill us?"
"have no idea……"
"These people look like powerful people..."
"They are all wearing military uniforms..."
More than fifty prisoners gathered together and communicated anxiously.
At this moment, a soldier walked towards them.
"Everyone is here, line up and get your meal!"
Hearing this, everyone immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Giving them food means that they will not be killed for the time being.
When a group of people lined up and walked towards the meal point, they were shocked.
"White rice!"
“There are also dishes!!”
The people at the front of the queue had their eyes wide open and their mouths watered as they looked at the fragrant food in the big pot.
"Sir, is this for us to eat?!" someone asked in disbelief.
Zhao Yu was standing next to the meal point and asked casually: "Can't you eat these in Yelang Town?"
Several people looked at each other, "What we eat the most on weekdays is naan..."
"It's dry, hard, and has a rancid smell..."
"Sir, is this really for us?!"
someone asked uneasily.
Zhao Yu nodded slightly, "Everyone has one, so take a bowl and a plate to eat."
On the way back, he was thinking about what to do with these prisoners.
You definitely can't let go, at least not until Wild Wolf Town is captured.
So we can only raise them first, as they happen to need to do some chores.
So, after Zhao Yu received the 50 technology points rewarded by the daily mission, he spent 25 technology points extravagantly to train 5 cooking soldiers.
Although there were only a few cooking soldiers, they were good at cooking large pots of rice, and they easily cooked enough food for a hundred people.
Soon, the skinny man at the front of the queue received his meal, a bowl of porridge, and a snack plate with a portion of rice and three vegetables.
The skinny man swallowed a mouthful of saliva and hurriedly took a sip of porridge without waiting to leave.
"How about it?!"
"There is no sand!" the skinny man said with tears streaming down his face, crying with joy.
"Quick, quick, get out of the way, it's my turn, it's my turn!" the man in second place said hurriedly.
Zhao Yu pointed to the open space guarded by soldiers over there and said to the skinny man: "Don't block here, go over there to eat!"
Judging from the reactions of these people, their lives in Wild Wolf Town were not easy either.
Zhao Yu took the opportunity to ask about the situation in Yelang Town.
"You are producing guns?!"
Zhao Yu was a little shocked. He didn't expect that there was an industry producing guns in Yelang Town.
"Not the complete gun, just the barrel..."
A man who looked somewhat clever scratched his head and said: "The barrels we have made will be taken to Black Rock City for assembly..."
Zhao Yu thought for a moment and understood the situation.
The weapons production line must be in Black Rock City, but for production in the city, wages must be paid, and there are quite a lot of them.
On the contrary, if these weapons are broken down into parts and outsourced to these towns, the price will be much lower.
According to the descriptions of these people, working is compulsory for them, and it is voluntary labor that allows them to stay in the town. They have to work at least 16 hours a day. Not only are they not paid, but they only have two meals, and the porridge is also mixed with sand.
"Why don't you leave?!" Zhao Yu asked with some confusion.
"Leave..." The skinny man was a little confused, as if he had never thought about this problem.
At first, Zhao Yu was a little worried, fearing that these prisoners would mutiny.
But after a brief exchange, he found that his worries were overblown.
Each of these prisoners was as skinny as a stick, and they all looked malnourished, and their eyes were full of numbness, as if they had long lost the idea of resistance.
"Sir, when do we work?!"
The skinny man had a full meal and was eager to work.
Zhao Yu turned his head and glanced at the prisoners. Basically, those who received the food finished their meals in three or two minutes.
It tasted like he was gobbling it up, as if he was afraid that someone would take it away if he ate too slowly.
This saves Zhao Yu a lot of trouble.
He thought for a moment and ordered some people to wash away all the bowls and plates they had eaten.
Then he took the remaining people to the building next door.
There are three buildings next door, one is used to store supplies, one houses soldiers, and one is empty.
Zhao Yu took them to the empty building and asked them to clear out the top floor.
Then, he drove all the prisoners to the top floor to rest, and sent several mobilization soldiers to guard them.
After making these arrangements, Zhao Yu stayed in the base and fell into deep thought.
There's nothing you can do about bringing a prisoner back, unless he doesn't want those supplies.
As far as he understood, the shelter had been basically emptied. Except for some industrial equipment, all movable and valuable things were here.
It is obvious that Wild Wolf Town does not intend to occupy the shelter, but only wants to take the things away.
However, judging from the fact that they have not destroyed the indoor cultivation equipment, they also intend to take over this industry and treat it as a fertile land.
“We’ll think about things in Wild Wolf Town later…”
Zhao Yu shook his head slightly. He felt that the most important thing at the moment was what to do with the prisoners in the base.
It doesn't seem appropriate to stay next door all the time. It's too close to the base. If the news leaks out in the future, there may be some hidden dangers.
As for killing all these prisoners, Zhao Yu couldn't bear it. After all, he was not an executioner or a murderer.
"No, we need to plan carefully..."
Zhao Yu gradually had an idea in his mind.
He plans to reopen a piece of territory and expand the scope of his base.
There is a river to the east of the photovoltaic power plant. Although the flow is not large, it can meet daily needs.
"A gathering place can be built across the river to house these civilians..."
"In addition, it seems inappropriate to place the base in a photovoltaic power plant..."
Zhao Yu feels that as there are more and more buildings in the future, it will not make sense for them to be crowded together with photovoltaic power plants.
Let's simply make the division of labor clearer. The photovoltaic power plant will be used exclusively to generate electricity, leaving some people to guard it. The base will be moved outside the power plant and a military zone will be re-established.
By then, the military area will be separated from the industrial area and residential area, which can effectively prevent the base situation from being leaked.
After all, his buildings all appear out of thin air, and no one can see them in the short term. If this happens in the long term, there are indeed some hidden dangers.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yu found the map and started planning.
After some careful consideration, he designated an area five hundred meters north of the photovoltaic power plant to use as his military base.
To the east of the photovoltaic power plant, a residential area is drawn.
The area outside the east gate is very large. The area to the north in the east is occupied by Meng Xian's camp. The area to the south is still vacant and can be developed to house these prisoners.
Fortunately, there are still 10 engineers in his base who are idle and can direct these civilians to carry out infrastructure construction.
"If you want to set up a gathering place, you must give it a name so that it doesn't look out of place and won't be suspected..."
"What's the name?!"
The biggest headache for Zhao Yu was to come up with a name. He couldn't remember it for a while, so he simply stopped thinking about it and planned to wait until the gathering place was built.
"Then let these people work first, so that we can continue to expand the guard force..."
There are now a total of 30 mobilized soldiers, all of whom are included in the guard force.
According to the plan, he needs to divide the guard into three waves, one to guard the residential areas, one to guard the photovoltaic power plant, and another to guard the military base.
But fortunately, mobilizing soldiers is not expensive. Each one only has one technology point. Zhao Yugang harvested a batch of food, which can support even a thousand people.
There is really too much food in the shelter, which can feed a thousand people for a year. This is really too much food to put down.
That night, Zhao Yu thought for a long time about the base, about the residential and industrial areas, and the future farm.
In addition, he also thought about the war with Wild Wolf Town and whether Black Rock City would intervene.
In a pile of thoughts that were constantly being sorted out and confused, Zhao Yu fell asleep unknowingly.
(End of chapter)
