MTL - Wasteland Commander

Chapter 33 Hometown

There were only a few zombies on the train crew in the carriage of the high-speed train. After Xu Haoran opened the door, he easily took care of them with a silent pistol.

Arrived at the front of the car, Xu Haoran checked the dashboard and found that there was no power in the car.

“Sir, the circuit power of this car is being repaired, and it can’t drive without power now.”

Ye Fan suddenly had a headache. This was the fastest way he could think of to get home. If the train couldn't run, getting home would be a problem. The 100-kilometer journey would probably take two days.

 “Can’t you fix it?”

“I can still drive a train, but I can’t repair it.”

Ye Fan thought about it and it seemed that the only way was to become an engineer.

 Fortunately, he still had enough money after selling the sentry building. He immediately opened the red alert page and clicked on the engineer on the soldier page.

“Sir, the engineer has been created. It will take ten minutes. Please wait patiently.”

 1,000 gold was spent, leaving only forty gold in hand.

Ten minutes later, the door of the carriage behind opened and an elegant man walked in.

Wearing military uniform, hard hat, yellow vest, and carrying a large toolbox in his hand, he came to Ye Fan and saluted: "Sir, engineer Huang Jie is here to report!"

  Ye Fan returned the greeting: "Tell me about your situation."

“Sir, engineers are the scientific and technological units in the Red Alert. They can repair, occupy, and have certain manufacturing capabilities and learning capabilities, but their combat effectiveness is only equivalent to that of ordinary people.”

“What can be repaired?”

 “Can repair basically anything.”

“Can you repair this train circuit?”

 “No problem, it will take half an hour.”

 “Okay, let’s go quickly.”

The engineer opened the door and entered the cab, where he started working.

Ye Fan felt dazzled after watching it for a while, so he simply backed out.

The Red Police soldiers were all sitting in the carriage, carrying military backpacks and firearms. They felt like troops going out to perform a special mission.

 Ye Fan couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction in his heart. These were his own soldiers, warriors with infinite loyalty.

At this time Nana spoke: "Sir, the number of troops exceeds twenty. Please give the troop a quota."

Only then did Ye Fan realize that, unknowingly, the number of troops had exceeded twenty.

 Eleven soldiers are mobilized, nine of them are here, and there are two more in the villa of Shengshi Jiangshan.

 Six army soldiers, one scout, one sniper, two medical personnel, and one engineer.

 There are also two military dogs.

Twenty-two people, plus twenty-four military dogs.

 But he didn’t quite understand what Nana meant by the quota.

“Sir, capacity refers to the fixed number of people in each battle sequence of the army, such as the number of people in a squad, the number of people in a platoon, and the number of people in a company.”

Ye Fan understood that in the real world, the number of a combat squad in the Qin and Han Dynasties ranged from six to ten, depending on the type of soldiers.

 Now for the order of battle of your own troops, you need to determine the number of people by yourself, how many people are in a squad.

If calculated based on eight people in a class, there were twenty-four people in the previous class, and my number was actually barely enough for a platoon.

 But there are some differences here, such as engineers, scouts, snipers, etc., which cannot actually be included in the sequence of combat squads.

 Special units should be managed directly by the platoon.

There are also medical staff and military dogs, which cannot be included in the order of battle.

 Ye Fan thought for a while, "When can I be promoted to company commander?"

“Sir, when the number of ordinary combatants under your command exceeds twenty-four, you will be promoted to company commander.”

“Well, then, the maximum number of people in a combat squad is still eight, but it is limited to ordinary combatants, that is, army soldiers and conscripts, and other combat units are not included.”

"The total number of combat units in a platoon should be thirty-two, excluding vehicles. As for the company... I'll wait until I reach the company commander."

Ye Fan calculated that there are twenty-four ordinary combat units, each squad is equipped with a military dog, and a platoon is equipped with two medical soldiers, and then plus scouts and sniper engineers, it is basically full.

However, he does not plan to start making appointments immediately, at least until the number of troops under his command increases. After he finds his family, he will immediately be promoted to the authority of company commander.

 After a busy day, Ye Fan ordered to start eating.

The buns made by the Su sisters are indeed delicious, but a little cold. Fortunately, the Red Police soldiers will not have any physical diseases as long as they do not eat rotten things.

 After dinner, engineer Huang Jie finally finished his work.

“Sir, the circuit system has been restored and the train can run.”

Ye Fan was overjoyed: "Xu Haoran, drive quickly, the target is Chengguan Town in Lingshui County."

 “Understood sir, we’ll be there in half an hour!”

 The EMU started and slid slowly on the rails, attracting the attention of some zombies in the distance.

They staggered towards this side, but they could not catch up with the speed of the train, and soon the train disappeared from their sight.

After a while, the speed of the car increased to more than 200 yards. Although it is almost a week since the end of the world, the power plant is still running. However, Ye Fan estimates that in another half month or twenty days at most, the power of the power plant will be reduced. Stop and the world will fall into darkness.

 When there is electricity, the survivors can still support themselves. Once the electricity is cut off, many people will be at a loss and have to come out of their hiding places to start a more backward and primitive life.

 At that time, the casualties will definitely increase greatly, and a new round of disaster will begin.

Whether the world can be saved or not, Ye Fan is not sure, but he knows that he does not want to watch the world fall.

 It is best to find your family, but what about after you find your family?

Ye Fan looked at the scenery outside the window and fell into deep thought.

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 The train left the coal city and entered the wilderness. After driving for a while, a new town appeared in front of it.

 Lingshui County and Coal City border each other, and the distance is not too far. Chengguan Town is between the two, which is Ye Fan's hometown.

But there is no high-speed rail station in Chengguan Town. Ye Fan used to take a bus when he went home. To take a train, he had to get off at Lingshui and go back 20 kilometers.

But this time there is no need. The train is driven by my own people and can stop directly here in Chengguan Town.

Seeing Chengguan Town appear in the field of vision, Ye Fan felt a sense of cowardice in the countryside.

 He was very worried, worried that his parents had died in the first wave of crisis.

I have to say that this possibility is very high.

 But he always held out hope that he could survive, and with such an adventure, it was very likely that his parents would also survive.

Since God has favored you, you should be kind to your family.

 The train stopped at the nearest place to Chengguan Town. Now there is no need to worry about blocking the road for other vehicles. There are trains on both sides, you can drive, and you can return at any time.

 Ye Fan led everyone out of the car.

This place is only two kilometers away from Chengguan Town, so you can just walk there.

 He first opened the map and looked at the surrounding situation.

Chengguan Town is a medium-sized town with a population of about 100,000, of which about 30,000 people live in the town.

With the outbreak of the biochemical crisis, if most of these 30,000 people mutated, it would actually be a lot, but they have already experienced great storms, and Ye Fan really doesn’t care much now.

With more than 20 people each carrying stars, as long as there is a defensive position, zombies with less than 3,000 are basically not a big problem. If there are more than 3,000, the opponent will be killed if it takes a few more days.

Ye Fan did not turn off the radar screen, he wanted to see the situation here through the radar screen.

The team moved forward, and Ye Fan stopped when they approached the edge of Chengguan Town.

 His heart felt a little cold.

 Because he had already seen his home on his radar.

His house is a bungalow, there is no overlap like buildings, and there are no blue light spots in the house!

 This also proves that there are no survivors in the family.

 “Are they no longer here?” Ye Fan felt sad.

 But he discovered another problem. There was no blue light spot at home, but there was also no red light spot.

 That means there are no zombies in the house.

“Did they go out when the crisis broke out? That shouldn’t be the case. They usually take a nap at noon.”

With a glimmer of hope, Ye Fan expanded the map and searched throughout Chengguan Town.

“Well...there are a lot of blue light spots here.”

 Soon he locked onto a place, Donghua Restaurant in the western suburbs of Chengguan Town.

This is a restaurant that hosts banquets. If there are weddings or weddings in town, the banquet will be reserved here. Ye Fan himself has eaten here several times.

The restaurant is not small, and it is relatively far from the center of the town.

 The radar map shows that there are nearly a hundred survivors here!

 Ye Fan saw a lot of blue light spots on the way here, but he had no intention of paying attention to it, but it was different here.

Since there are so many survivors, it proves that it is possible for parents to still be alive!

 “Let’s go to the restaurant and have a look!”

 (End of this chapter)