Chapter 575 No Loss!

Elder Joseph held his breath, but when he calmed down, he became even more puzzled. Judging from the situation seen by the subordinates, this armed convoy that suddenly appeared has quite mature and strong logistical capabilities, which is very unusual.

The Brotherhood of Steel that controls the northern part of the United States dare not say that the troops they send can take a bath if they want to take a bath! Especially in this nuclear winter environment, do you still want to take a bath? It would be nice not to freeze to death.

"They have more than twenty vehicles, including a large-caliber howitzer, and are heavily equipped with heavy weapons. We'd better not conflict with them."

"The total number of them is more than one hundred. They are divided into two groups. The equipment and morale of the core personnel are extremely high. In addition, there are a large number of handymen. I asked, and the handymen seemed to be recruited from nearby settlements. "

"They occupied about five or six houses in the north of us, and then centered on these houses, they used chainsaws to cut down the surrounding trees to build a camp. The work was completed in a few hours, and the efficiency was quite high."

The more he learned about the situation, the worse Elder Joseph's face became. It seemed that the other party had plans to stay with them for a long time, but the shelter couldn't deploy a large number of people outside for a long time.

The Granit Refuge could only accommodate about 2,000 people to survive inside, but at most, more than 5,000 people were crammed into it. With so many people crowded in the underground city, the living conditions are extremely bad. The drinking water in the shelter alone has become scarce, and even breathing is a problem.

In a closed environment where material is scarce, many bad habits of human beings continue to erupt. Various vicious incidents continued to occur in the refuge, and finally the population was reduced to more than 4,000 before it stabilized. The more than a thousand people who disappeared were regarded as the tuition fees paid for the establishment of the sanctuary’s governance system.

If a defensive circle with a radius of two kilometers is to be deployed, more than a thousand people will be active on the surface. The shelter had to keep so many people from freezing to death outside, and the extra food consumed alone was unbearable.

"Don't worry, we are in trouble, and that team is even more difficult. I don't believe how long they can last outside." The next day, inside the shelter. Elder Joseph expressed his opinions at the elders meeting, and he was still very confident in his own safety.

Another elder asked, "Can we take the initiative to drive these people away?"

This is not easy. Elder Joseph shook his head, "The people in this convoy are very vigilant, and their mobility and firepower are very strong. The drones are always watching us. If we act rashly, we may lose four or five hundred people."

Although the loss of four or five hundred people can still reduce the survival pressure of the shelter, the loss of so many backbones and soldiers is enough to seriously damage the vitality of the shelter. In the end, the result of the elders' meeting was to raise their vigilance and look at the situation again.

"I believe that as long as it drags on for a few days, this convoy will not be able to stand it." Elder Joseph is sure of this. "They have such a convoy alone, and there are so many people, they can't last long."

In order to confront the inexplicable armed convoy for a long time, Elder Joseph still ordered to shrink the defensive circle, reduce the number of people on the ground, and reduce consumption. Then just passively wait for the other party to get out of the way after they can't take it anymore.

But just wait until the next day, a call came from the intercom, "Hey! Turtles in the sanctuary, I can make a deal with you."

"Get out! I will never sell any supplies to you." When Elder Joseph cursed this sentence, he still felt very relieved. He thought to himself: let you bastards fight against us, it is better to blow the cold wind outside obediently.

But the intercom continued to shout: "I don't need your supplies, I just want some manpower, how about selling me a little population? I can exchange it with medicine or weapons."

Population for medicine?

The refuge was short of everything except people. In fact, the underground space on the fifth floor was overcrowded. In a crowded environment, more than half of the patients are mildly or severely ill, and medicines and medical equipment are more scarce than food.

"We can change them one by one to ensure that you will not suffer losses and will not pose a threat to you." The intercom continued.

Elder Joseph had to think about it seriously. There were quite a few dispensable people in the refuge, and it didn't seem like a loss-making business to exchange these people for urgently needed medicine. After discussing with other elders, he decided to give it a try.

A bony woman was singled out, her eyes glazed over, and she was shoved out of the shelter like a puppet. The soldiers in the refuge felt that this was just a temptation. No one thought that such a useless waste could be exchanged for valuable medicines. It would be good if they could figure out the exchange price of population and medicines.

However, the Baltimore Action Team's way of doing things is always beyond the imagination of others. The person who came to negotiate is the butcher. After the physical condition, detailed inquiries were made instead.

"What's your name?"

"Patty."

"Ms. Patty, what was your previous occupation?"

After a moment of silence, the woman's rigid brain thought for a long time before giving the answer, "I used to be an air traffic controller at Baltimore Airport."

"Oh... there aren't many people in this job. How long have you been a controller?"

"fifteen years."

"Then you must have a lot of experience in airport aviation management. Your body is very weak, severe malnutrition, and a variety of chronic diseases. But it doesn't matter, a professional like you is actually very useful, and our airport just lacks Professional management.”

After the butcher asked patiently, he stood up straight and said to the escort: "We have this woman, and we can pay for her medicines. What medicines do you need? Diarrhea should often occur in the shelter, Norfloxa Star or montmorillonite are both good medicines.”

Really change the medicine? Could it be a joke!

Diarrhea is a seemingly inconspicuous disease, but it can easily kill people in the last days. In a closed environment like a shelter, if the sanitation is not done well, diarrhea can cause people to dehydrate and die.

The butcher simply exchanged a box of norfloxacin for a sick, good-for-nothing woman who was about to die. When he left, all the soldiers in the shelter who escorted the woman were stunned. No one thought that the transaction was so easily completed.

"Is this medicine fake? How could it be given to us so easily?" Several soldiers looked at each other, but they didn't know how to make a decision, so they could only return to the refuge to hand in the medicine.

When they returned to the refuge, the elders also stared blankly at the medicine that had been exchanged. Elder Joseph looked at the English label specially posted on the medicine box, and said suspiciously: "A woman who is dying has changed a box of life-saving medicine. Are these guys out of their minds?"

Diarrhea is a common disease, and there are many patients in the refuge who have diarrhea and weak limbs. Norfloxacin works very well in treating diarrhea and works quickly. In order to lure the people in the shelter to contact the outside world, the butcher also specially presented a box of montmorillonite powder. The combination of the two medicines helped many patients who were suffering from diarrhea to recover within a few hours.

Seeing that several people in the refuge were saved because of this, the elders who came to see the effect were all very surprised—this exchange is really worth it!