Chapter 179: Inside And Outside
Until it was pecked down by those annoying mutated birds.
So Xiao Zhao and they are now researching how to load drones with some small firearms, specifically to deal with mutated birds in the sky, or to provide fire suppression on ground units.
This idea is very good, it’s the most important project besides perfecting the database and train terminal.
Director Xu is now carrying out the preparation work with him as the gene primordium, his research personnel are interfacing with Professor Ma, conducting preliminary data collection for train modification, as well as material testing.
New materials since the apocalypse have caused a huge impact on the original scientific system, but they have also brought many results.
Su Huan brought up the drone’s operation interface and moved it forward a bit.
The lens just captured an armored personnel carrier breaking through the rain curtain, speeding on the asphalt road.
Behind it followed a bright red fire truck and several heavy trucks.
Around it were some small off-road vehicles, guarding the flanks.
Now the armored train convoy has formed its own convoy marching method.
Armored personnel carriers lead the way, fire trucks follow to handle difficult miscellaneous issues at any time, such as car accidents blocking the road, building collapses, etc., trucks as transport vehicles only carry goods and not people.
Other off-road vehicles were temporarily found, as long as there is an energizer in the convoy, vehicles can be easily started without even a key.
Discard them on the spot after completing the task.
But this time they can be used for station construction.
Just as Su Huan was praising He Jie in his heart for not losing his head this time, he suddenly discovered a huge iron-eating tree pulled between the last two heavy trucks.
Branches and leaves lush, dragging rainwater and road surface miscellaneous items like a broom.
Its size was even twice as tall as the trucks beside it.
“This guy… suitable to be a hunter.”
Su Huan ground his teeth.
……
“This iron-eating tree brazenly attacked our army, then was killed by our army!”
“Train Conductor, you know me, I’m an honest person, can’t stand bloody scenes.”
He Jie kept a straight face, his sonorous and powerful voice penetrating the rain curtain.
Even Liang Kuan’s steady personality couldn’t help but clear his throat.
The armed soldiers around all kept their faces taut rigidly, afraid of bursting out laughing and being remembered by He Jie.
He Jie is now their combat group’s instructor.
Specifically responsible for daily training.
If they offend Senior Attendant Elder Old Er, at most get scolded twice, but if they fall into Old Dog He Jie’s hands, nine strikes per second, no teammate dares to share the burden.
Su Huan looked at the iron-eating tree cut off at the waist under his feet, chuckled lightly, and jumped down from the tree.
Acid rain fell on his head, sliding to both sides along an invisible barrier.
Anyway, no one died this time, and the transport task was successfully completed, so it doesn’t matter even if he talks nonsense.
The Train Conductor is quite tolerant.
“How much building materials we need are left in the warehouse?”
Su Huan asked.
He Jie knew the matter was over, and let out a sigh of relief.
“In two transports, we only took about one-tenth of the quantity, the building materials we can use occupy only about two levels of the entire warehouse, estimated one more trip and it’ll be about done.”
He Jie flicked his finger, and a thick cigar was already in his mouth.
“The bullet workshop isn’t short on materials? This time I prioritized bringing back the brass.”
Su Huan kicked the branches under his feet, “First chop down these branches, send the good ones to the train, plant the rest around the station, tie a red rope, and mark them well.”
“Hey, got it.” He Jie chuckled and agreed, then turned with a cold face to the licking rabbit on the side, “Did you hear the Train Conductor’s words?”
Licking Rabbit instinctively wanted to salute, hesitated and clenched his fist to lightly tap his left shoulder, “Yes!”
Su Huan looked at He Jie who looked like a soldier rascal, pondered and said, “Today I plan to do the final internal construction of the station, and also select passengers for training soldiers, which job do you plan to do?”
“Training soldiers?” He Jie’s eyes lit up.
Su Huan casually swung a branch from the iron-eating tree, this one tender green, about three meters long, the first one and a half meters hard and stiff, the tip sharp and thin, like an oversized horsewhip.
Swinging it, the rain curtain was cut like cloth, excellent hand feel.
Casually explained, “The crew can basically cover the train’s functional parts, not so many positions for ordinary passengers, I plan to divert here, select those with combat potential, form an armed corps, the rest fill into the station, won’t keep so many people on the train.”
This was not unexpected to He Jie, space on the train was originally insufficient, no point using twenty carriages for ordinary people.
Outstanding talents among them have been gradually selected and absorbed into the crew during this time.
The rest put into the station can fill the station population, and also give this part of survivors work and a chance to live on.
After all, this is establishing a brand new settlement, opportunities far more than on the train.
Spitting a smoke ring that blew away the surrounding rain curtain, He Jie nodded, “Then I definitely choose training soldiers, but with so many soldiers, how do you plan to command them, all into the combat group?”
Su Huan raised an eyebrow, said indifferently, “Haven’t thought it through, but definitely can’t put into the combat group, combat group is elite warriors guarding the train internally, do you say to classify into the rear combat squads?”
He Jie frowned, “Several hundred people, can directly stuff the combat squad into an immobile fatso, forget about combat power.”
“Then what to do?” Su Huan spread his hands.
He Jie glared his eyes, “No, you’re the Train Conductor asking me?”
Su Huan narrowed his eyes, “You don’t plan to help the Train Conductor share worries?”
“……I thought you had it all figured out.”
“If I say I haven’t thought about it at all, do you believe me?”
“But I think your train with three systems is quite creative.”
“No choice, no experience in this area, can only proceed step by step.”
He is now too short of a strategist with big vision, unfortunately Li Tao died suddenly.
Now He Jie is fully committed to the armored train, some things can be discussed more deeply.
Regarding systems, he’s the only one on the entire train who understands.
After all, Captain He in his previous life was the Steel Council’s big plan executor, a bit reckless, but definitely rough with finesse.
Lin Jin that guy has always been a lone wolf, plus young age, can’t advise on anything now.
Qu Hang, Goat no need to mention.
Self-preservation experts.
Yu Jing has no interest in anything except machinery.
Professor Ma, Huang Hai and others busy at school their whole lives, not much management experience.
He Jie rubbed his chin, “Your idea of separating internal and external is right, but internally dividing into core members and crew is a bit redundant…”
After saying two sentences, He Jie felt he wasn’t clear enough, simply squatted on the ground, used a metal buckle to draw lines on the ground.
While drawing explained, “These two bars divide the entire train into three parts, us core members-crew-tactical squad, but honestly, there’s no strict chain of command or promotion channels inside, Lu Xiao they work hard their whole lives, he can’t become purser either, of course you opened the points channel which is good, but that terrifying amount is as good as none.”
Points redemption manual all core members have seen, and proposed some opinions.
He Jie probably saw the problem then, but the involved things were quite sensitive.
Su Huan asked today, so he spoke out the problem.
Then He Jie drew a new vertical line beside it.
Wrote Train Conductor at the top, crew on the left, armed corps on the right.
“Can divide internal and external, but shouldn’t grade between internal and external, combat itself is high-risk division of labor, without corresponding treatment and status, changes will breed over time.”
“Crew system is pretty good, and just modified a few days ago, try not to change it, perhaps you can add a chief crew leader above the four great pursers, then add some deputy positions, like four main four deputy, eight pursers, leave some positions open, not necessarily fill immediately, this is for the people below to see.”
“Below still level 5 crew members, whole added together seven levels, as internal grading.”
“As for armed corps, I suggest directly use existing military ranks, general, colonel, captain this set is already very complete.”
Su Huan looked at the middle crack on the ground soaked by acid rain, the chaos in his brain also split open like that.
His previous internal-external was divided front-back, and blocked promotion channels, those assigned to crew are higher level than tactical squad.
He Jie divided left-right, both sides, each path has promotion space.
“Then what if I want to keep this task delegation system?”
He Jie wiped rainwater from his hair, he didn’t have Su Huan’s clever ability to isolate rainwater, could only rely on tough constitution to endure.
“Then separate it.” The metal buckle extended a line beside armed corps, “I suggest contracting tactical squad qualifications, after all you only need elites, only general, colonel, captain have qualification to form tactical squads, for example lieutenant can select one or two followers from reserve or formal soldiers to form tactical squad, execute train’s delegation tasks.”
“Turn tactical squad into a benefit, a benefit only for senior officers!”
“Not directly drawing backbone to form some special operations team.”
Su Huan narrowed his eyes, this line of thinking he hadn’t considered.
If according to He Jie, it’s equivalent to senior officers having permission to form private armed forces, then can do train’s delegation tasks, or private matters.
Compared to Steel Council there’s a bit difference.
This system doesn’t completely dismantle the armed corps as a whole.
In previous life Steel Council later stage, all officers went their own way, even secretly killing each other.
Su Huan hammered the decision, “Okay, but qualification to form squad raised to colonel level officers.”
He Jie used the tattered metal buckle in his hand to scratch the ground lines, stood up swallowing clouds and blowing fog.
“That’s minor…”
Su Huan satisfiedly patted his muscular knotted shoulder, “Good, wait until you select the soldiers, then formally execute this system.”
He Jie stunned, the remaining half cigar in his mouth also fell to the ground, extinguished by rainwater.
“I was just saying casually, no more consideration?”
Su Huan waved his big hand, branch breaking air sound rang, “No so much time to consider, fix problems when they arise.”
He Jie scratched his head, “Really is a makeshift team…”
……
One hour later, listening to the gunfire and cannon fire outside, He Jie’s face was black as pot bottom.
Said just two tasks, his side just started training soldiers, Yu Yue immediately led team out to execute clearing task within three kilometers of station.
Su Huan absolutely did it on purpose!
Survivors here were confusedly gathered, surrounded by fully armed elite soldiers, each with tactical boots tied tight, tactical vests on chests full of magazines, already a bit uneasy, then seeing He Jie’s bear-like burly figure, and complexion gloomy as water, even suspected they were to be executed by shooting.
Children in the crowd started to sob softly.
Licking Rabbit carefully glanced at the gloomy Old Da, looked at Qu Hang.
The latter holding sniper rifle leaning on steel pillar watching rain threads in daze, like nothing happened.
Could only carefully step forward, said resonantly, “Report, North Area One personnel assembled.”
“Bang!”
‘I knew it!’
Licking Rabbit wailed in heart the instant he was kicked flying.
He Jie arms crossed chest, eyebrows inverted, opened mouth and cursed, “Why shout so loud?! Think I’m deaf?! You scared the kids crying.”
The more than three hundred people in front originally whispering, silenced by this roar.
Soft sobbing also gone.
He Jie nostrils flaring, looking at the elderly, weak, sick, disabled in front frowned, “Women and children under sixteen stand to the side.”
Crowd immediately delighted, more than one hundred stood aside, left about two hundred men.
A few obviously over sixteen boys stood aside, soldiers didn’t care.
Made many who didn’t dare run secretly regret.
He Jie looked, still not satisfied, “Over forty-five to the side.”
This time many more, over half ran aside, left about one hundred young and strong.
Young adults at one-third proportion not strange, apocalypse already screened them once.
“Armored train recruits reserve soldiers, all selected reserves can become evolvers, points calculated by battle merits, highest can rise to general, treatment equivalent to core members, includes food and lodging, issues equipment, higher level better treatment, you should have seen that points booklet today right?”
Everyone first dazed, then reacted with eyes turning green.
Especially those ordinary people not even evolvers.
Someone emboldened asked, “That potion above that one shot becomes powerful evolver, do we have it too?”
“Have, but depends on points exchange, points from combat definitely more than doing other jobs.”
Crowd started whispering.
With He Jie’s hearing could easily hear their words.
Nothing more than doubting truth, any costs, whether treat them as cannon fodder etc.
No matter how they doubted, He Jie had no intention of explaining.
This kind of thing gets blacker the more described.
Even if armored train wants to recruit cannon fodder, do these people have a choice?
Those with unclear brains cleaned out early is just right.
