Chapter 1469: Chapter 850: Division of Labor, Using the Military Map (2)

There are shooting ports set up on the infantry fighting vehicle, allowing infantry to shoot while riding, and the vehicle is equipped with both large and small caliber cannons, significantly more powerful than armored personnel carriers.

Helicopters are even more indispensable. Without helicopters, Li Yu might not have taken Oil City as a branch of Big Camphor Tree Base.

The distance is too far. If anything happens over at Oil City, it would take two or three days to get there. After two or three days, the broccoli would have cooled.

But with helicopters, it’s different. They can transport dozens of fully armed combat personnel for support at once, and also provide aerial assistance.

Anyway, the typhoon has passed.

Having tasted success, Li Yu thought about using the damaged military maps at hand to explore military bases he might find, potentially resulting in considerable gains.

However, this matter could wait until returning to the base. The military map isn’t complete; it’s somewhat damaged, but this doesn’t affect their use of the map to locate military facilities that most people wouldn’t know about.

Typically, military maps are confidential and ordinary people have no opportunity to see them.

Normally, in a military base, if a major accident occurs, the first thing done is to destroy the military maps on hand.

It can be said that the military map Li Yu and his team acquired holds the value of a treasure map in the doomsday world.

Li Yu slowly rolled down the window, gazing at the scenery passing by outside, and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket.

After lighting a cigarette, the smoke began to drift away with the wind.

Li Yu felt an inexplicable fatigue. As the influence of Big Camphor Tree Base expands and its coverage grows, he gradually feels the challenges and pressure.

But it’s like an arrow that’s been shot — there’s no turning back, only the path forward.

Once he initiated the cooperative personnel mode, he couldn’t stop.

He can only continue onward.

However, this is good, at least it grants them stronger self-preservation abilities in the doomsday world.

Everyone experiences inexplicable weariness at some moment, questioning the significance of their current actions. While pondering these matters is inherently meaningless, what holds meaning is continuing onward; the future will reveal the answer.

......

After returning to Big Camphor Tree Base.

He received a message from Third Uncle over at Oil City.

A successful meeting had taken place at Oil City, and all the zombies there had been cleared out.

However, the losses were more severe than Li Yu had imagined.

Li Yu simply shared the issue of the Transfer Station with Third Uncle as well.

Third Uncle asked if he should lead a team there, but Li Yu suggested he come back first and await further discussion, hinting at plans to use military maps for finding some firearms.

Third Uncle pondered for a moment, realizing the importance of the military map Li Yu mentioned.

The base managed to achieve autonomous production of bullets, expending significant effort from Big Camphor Tree Base — from the mechanical assembly aspects, finding machine tools and other components took quite some time. With these machines, they could produce the most challenging bullet heads.

Moreover, raw materials are crucial.

In terms of gunpowder, sulfur, saltpetre, and charcoal—among these, saltpetre and charcoal are the easiest, but sulfur is quite challenging to find.

As well as brass...

Thus, many cooperative personnel and extra staff focus on collecting these materials when scavenging resources.

Fortunately, Big Camphor Tree Base can achieve autonomous bullet production, but various constraints mean production speeds aren’t fast.

Most importantly, the large caliber bombs, even hand grenades, and mortars depend on reserved bombs, making every bomb precious.

In resolving the Motorcycle Gang, they used a large number of bombs.

Luckily, after dealing with the Motorcycle Gang, they found bombs at a military district in Zheng City, providing replenishment.

Therefore, searching military bases via the military map is imperative.

....

In Oil City.

Third Uncle leaned against the helicopter, watching as Zuo Ruxue and the others pushed a large iron tank filled with crude oil onto the helicopter.

Meanwhile, Old Qin and Ant were refueling the helicopter.

They had departed at seven in the morning, including stopover refueling, spending a total of three and a half hours.

Upon arriving here, they were busy addressing the zombie issue in Oil City; Old Qin and the others didn’t stop for a moment.

Old Bi looked inside the helicopter once more and indeed didn’t find anyone else.

This time, just Third Uncle, Ant, Old Qin, and Jackals had come over. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

So he looked somewhat resentfully at Third Uncle, seemingly unwilling, saying, "Captain, I’ve already been here for a month and a half. Wasn’t it agreed to rotate every month? Why isn’t anyone coming to replace me....."

Third Uncle replied helplessly, "I’m not sure either; maybe you should ask Xiao Yu."

Old Bi, upon hearing this, seemed to deflate entirely, losing energy.

"But Xiao Yu just spoke to me about the Transfer Station, and it seems Xiao Jun will head over there — perhaps when he arrives, he can substitute for you." Third Uncle said, noticing Old Bi’s dispirited state.

Hearing this news, Old Bi immediately perked up.

"Really?"

Third Uncle glanced at him and gloomily replied, "Yeah."

Old Bi, after receiving Third Uncle’s confirmation, seemed completely revitalized, no longer feeling any aches or pains, exuding a newfound vigor.