The Walking Dead: Rebuild

Chapter 107 Columbus

Time flies and it’s April in the blink of an eye.

Thanks to the enthusiasm of the recruits and residents, after Lyon spent millions of bullets, the zombie swarms in residential and commercial areas have been completely cleared.

The Umbrella Company not only acquired an entire commercial street and a huge amount of various types of daily necessities, but also acquired tens of thousands of single-family residential villas.

After about a month of shooting training, even the marksmanship of the recruits and residents has been significantly improved.

After some decoration by Lyon, a brand new medium-sized department store appeared in the cleared commercial street. It has a dazzling array of products and a variety of daily necessities, which can meet almost everyone's living needs. , this is a shopping mall funded and managed by the Umbrella Company. As the person in charge, Ms. Quinn recruited more than a dozen beautiful young women to sell the materials stored within the company.

And those more than 1 small residential villas have become a powerful tool for Lyon to harvest the contribution points of its employees for a long time.

Based on the interior decoration, construction materials, surrounding environment and value of each house, the staff of the Ministry of Government Affairs will tailor a reasonable price for them to rent to the company's employees.

Compared with Atlanta's underground parking lot apartments, these residential villas are not only luxuriously decorated and fully furnished, but also equipped with many practical household appliances.

The most important thing is that living here, you can enjoy life under the sun every day. The living conditions are far from the same as before, and it will soon be sought after by everyone.

Almost every employee with a family is willing to pay for this rent.

Since there is no independent power supply system inside the military base except for the central fortress area, almost all the diesel and kerosene generators for sale were sold out by employees, and the fuel reserves in the base were also sold out. Amid rapid decline, Ms Quinn predicts fuel reserves will fall below warning levels within three months.

In order to solve this urgent need, Leon quickly set two goals. The first goal is to clean up the city of Columbus and occupy the thermal power stations in the city. The other goal is to occupy Atlanta, which I heard about from Dr. Amlin a long time ago. Jackson Airport.

As a commercial city with a permanent population of about 30, because it is close to the Fort Benning military base, some of the zombies in the city have been attracted by the sound of gunfire. According to the reconnaissance and calculations of helicopters and drones in the base, Columbus is currently There are still about 30 zombies in the city, and the number of zombies wandering the streets exceeds 20.

Whether it's for security reasons or the need for resources and construction, they must clear the city of threats.

Atlanta's Jackson Airport is the busiest airport in the world, claiming to be the third largest in the world in terms of area and the largest number of flights. It is of great strategic significance. Professor Amlin alone has a fuel reserve of more than 10,000 tons. And they are all high-end fuels with higher values.

After discussions between Lyon and his subordinates, Colonel William volunteered and accepted the task of cleaning up Columbus.

In the conference room, Colonel William still had his serious look. He stood up, gave a military salute to Lyon, and said loudly:

"General, I wish to lead my squad on this mission with the Recruit Corps."

"In the last battle, we obtained a regiment-level amount of artillery shells and artillery, and we have the conditions to form a complete artillery unit."

"This time, we can just target the zombies in Columbus and practice the shelling techniques used by the soldiers to prepare for the future war."

Leon thought about it for more than ten seconds. Colonel William was the most reliable among all his subordinates for military operations.

Moreover, this man is taciturn, serious and old-fashioned, generally does not have considerable confidence, and will not take the initiative to speak, so he is trustworthy.

So, he nodded and said to the middle-aged colonel:

"Okay, William, I will give you two months, and the logistics department will also meet your logistics needs."

"You are allowed to use any tactics to clear out all the zombies in Columbus."

"However, I also have a request."

"You have followed me many times, so you should know my principles very well."

"Everything is prudent. We would rather consume more supplies and time than put the soldiers who trust us into unnecessary danger." "Can you do it? William."

Colonel William stood upright, gave a respectful military salute to Lyon, and responded:
"Thank you for your trust, General, I promise to complete the task."

Leon nodded, recognizing his determination.After assigning the first task, he scanned the faces of all the squad leaders.

Except for William's team and the 400 new recruits, as well as Daryl's team and Moore's team lying in the ward, only Aggie's patrol team and Glenn's exploration team were left in the entire base.

There was originally a combat team led by T, but that team had been assigned by Leon to the Oak Village dozens of kilometers away. It was responsible for protecting the local Hershel family and the logistics employees responsible for farming, and it was impossible to mobilize manpower. .

However, the entire Fort Benning military base covers an area that is too large, comparable in size to a small town. Aji's patrol team has a total of less than 100 people. It is already stretched to be responsible for patrolling such a large area. There is no spare time to do other things.

Therefore, in the entire base, the only one that can be mobilized is the Glenn team that was transferred back from the prison stronghold not long ago.

This is the only reserve force in the base. It is best not to mobilize it at will and keep it to prepare for other accidents.

Finally, he set his sights on Rick, who was attending the meeting for the first time. He pondered for a few seconds and asked:
"Rick, how are the Sting Team's preparations going? Can everyone still adapt to the Guardian armor?"

Rick met Leon's gaze, without hesitation, and immediately said solemnly:
"No problem, Leon."

"After one and a half months of training, everyone has adapted to this set of guardian armor. Everyone is very excited and wants to go into actual combat to test the ability of this set of armor."

Rick pulled up the sleeve of the coat on his hand, revealing a cool black and red armored wrist underneath.

"The armor you equipped us is too powerful. I wear it every day. It is close-fitting and breathable, and the weight is not a burden. To be honest, I have never heard of such a powerful armor before."

As he spoke, he chuckled.

"Even pistol bullets can only make us feel pain, but cannot really harm the body. I can't imagine how those zombies using teeth and claws can break through our defenses."

Leon nodded expressionlessly and said solemnly:

"Don't be careless. Any accident may happen in battle, and there are too many things that can threaten your lives."

Leon paused for a few seconds.

"Now that you are ready, occupying Jackson Airport will be the first mission of our Sting Team."

"After you go back, you will inform everyone that in three days, we will officially set off for Atlanta's Jackson Airport."

Rick nodded and prepared to urge everyone to train harder in the next few days.

Two months ago, he was appointed by Lyon as the vice-captain of the Stinger team. To be honest, he was a little excited at the time, because Lyon once said that this would be the strongest team in the umbrella company.

However, as more and more new members joined, he had some doubts about his ability, wondering if he had the ability to manage those players with amazing fighting power.

As a responsible man, Rick does not want to let down the trust of his savior, the big boss Leon, and Leon has also discussed with him that when his daughter Judith is one year old, he will take in this cute little girl. Girl as stepdaughter.

From now on, the relationship between the two families will be closer, and naturally he cannot let Lyon down.

(End of this chapter)