Liu Shiba never dreamed that a small Dingbian gathering place with a population of only 30,000 people would have the ability to develop and manufacture land battle tanks, howitzers, and various missiles.
In a collapsed world that has lost the power of the system, what is the most important thing for survival? Fools all know that one is food, the other is weapons, and the third is population. All three are indispensable.
With food and weapons, you can gather people; with people and weapons, you can plunder food; with food and people, you can have a strong foundation...
And the Dingbian gathering place is like a three-year-old kid sitting on a treasure mountain. His own strength is not very good, but three golden characters are engraved on his forehead: Come and rob me!
For some large settlements whose population and strength far exceed those of the Dingbian gathering areas, they are just a piece of fat meat that no one would mind taking a bite of if they have the chance.
Seizing the population is secondary. The main target of other forces is the heavy research and development equipment in the gathering area. Even if all 30,000 people in the gathering area die in the zombie wave, no one will care. This is the rule of the game.
And those who have formulated such a vicious plan to annihilate other gathering places with corpse tides may have more than just poison in their hearts. What is even more terrifying is ambition!
A ruthless person or group with boundless ambition will bring boundless disasters to the surviving humans.
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On the second floor of the headquarters, Liu Shiba and Zhao Guohai were still sitting opposite each other. On the coffee table in front of them was a large map.
The map was not the large-scale national map that Liu Shiba was familiar with, but a hand-drawn map that only roughly covered a province.
Zhao Guohai pointed with his hand at the coordinates of other gathering places circled with a pen on the map, and introduced Liu Shiba one by one:
"This is the furthest known gathering place from Dingbian gathering place. Haotian gathering place has a population of about 100,000 and is about 500 kilometers to the west.
This is the Zhenbeitai gathering place, which is actually the former Yulin area close to the northwest, with a population of about 500,000, and is about 350 kilometers away from us.
And this is the gathering place of Panlong Mountain, which is about 260 kilometers away from us, with a population of about 200,000..."
Liu Shiba listened very carefully and interrupted when he heard this:
"You also said that this wave of corpses came from the south to the north. Can you tell me if there are any larger gathering places in the south?"
"Um!"
Zhao Guohai nodded and slid his finger on the map:
"There are three large gathering places closest to the south and closest to us. One is the Xihekou gathering place, which is 220 kilometers away from us and has a population of about 500,000.
Another gathering place is the Huanglong Mountain gathering place near the southeast, which is about 500 kilometers away from us and has a population of nearly 800,000.
There is also the southernmost gathering place of Baoji, which is about 600 kilometers away from us, and its population is conservatively estimated to be more than one million.
Among them, there are also some scattered small gathering places, such as our Dingbian gathering place, which is about the size of our Dingbian gathering place, with gathering places of 30, 40, 10, 20, 50, 60,000 people, and of course there may be some undiscovered gathering places.
land."
Liu Shiba touched his chin, took out two more cigarettes, handed one to Zhao Guohai, lit one and put it in his mouth, took a deep breath, frowned and asked:
"According to your estimation, which gathering place caused this wave of corpses?"
Zhao Guohai shook his head and said:
"I have analyzed it for several days, but there is no discovery or progress at all."
After saying this, Zhao Guohai raised his head and looked at Liu Shiba with a sad face and said:
"Right now, is there any point in pursuing who did it? The most important thing is how to save the 30,000 people in our gathering place from being treated as food for zombies."
"right!"
Liu Shiba also agreed with Zhao Guohai's words, but he had other options in mind.
Liu Shiba asked curiously:
"As far as I know, it is not easy for one gathering place to detect the existence of another gathering place in the current environment of dense virgin forests. So how did you know about these gathering places?"
Zhao Guohai smiled bitterly and said:
"There will always be brave men under heavy rewards, and there will always be some strong and bold people who are willing to explore the outside world. This is human nature.
And these surrounding gathering places were not discovered overnight, but were discovered one after another over decades.
Among them, those who explore these gathering places usually go out for at least three to five years or as long as dozens of years, and only dozens of people come back. It can be imagined that exploring unknown areas will cause great losses."
Liu Shiba's eyes flashed coldly, he touched his chin and said to himself:
"Based on what you said, I have some ideas. If we put ourselves in our own shoes, the gathering place where this batch of equipment is planned shouldn't be too far away from us, right?"
"Maybe!"
Zhao Guohai nodded in agreement.
Liu Shiba continued his analysis:
"Even for people who go out lightly to investigate, it takes three to five years to go back and forth. So even if we get the heavy equipment from the Dingbian gathering place, how many years will it take to transport it back?"
Zhao Guohai's eyes lit up and he immediately added:
"That's right! Even if it is not transported back, a large number of people will have to be mobilized to carry a large amount of materials to move here for production. If it is too far away, this is almost an impossible task."
Liu Shiba's eyes returned to the map. After sliding his finger on it, he gestured between the two gathering places:
"This is the gathering place of Panlong Mountain, 260 kilometers away from here, with a population of 200,000.
The Xihekou gathering place near the south is 220 kilometers away and has a population of 500,000. I think these two gathering places are the most suspect."
After Zhao Guohai nodded, he shook his head and said:
"But the gathering place of Panlong Mountain is not in the south, but in the northwest. Don't forget that the tide of corpses comes from the south."
Liu Shiba stared at Zhao Guohai strangely and smiled:
"Then the gathering place at Xihekou is even more impossible!"
Zhao Guohai said doubtfully:
"Why? Xihekou is closer to us, only 220 kilometers away. If we take a car, if nothing happens, we can get there in three or four hours."
"hehe!"
Liu Shiba smiled, pointed at the map and said:
"It does look like this from the map, but from the mouth of the Xihe River to here, it almost spans the entire Baiyu Mountains. Such a big movement can be said to be a waste of people and money, right?"
Zhao Guohai frowned and retorted:
"That's not necessarily true. What if they have other methods?"
Liu Shiba shook his head and said:
"You have forgotten the population of Xihekou. If they really have a population of 500,000, it would be very easy to temporarily recruit an army of about 50,000 and about 100,000 in logistics.
The pressure of nearly 150,000 troops gathered near Dingbian is enough, and you will surrender directly without fighting at all."
Zhao Sihai said strangely:
"If there were really 150,000 people surrounding us, we would probably have surrendered and compromised halfway... That's right!"
