Chapter 139 Food Problem, Return to the State Capital Jincheng

As the teacher said, fifteen thousand people fled at the same time, not to mention the danger of being chased and intercepted by the Zerg. Just maintaining the existence of this organization is a huge expense.

In peacetime or in wartime, these are actually not problems.

But now it's the end of mankind, which is invaded by alien creatures. Survivors in all countries and regions have no time to take care of themselves.

The ability to maintain and supply the logistical needs of frontline operations from the rear is entirely dependent on the developed transportation system that the Federation once established. But now as the front lines shrink and retreat, the expanded 13th Division that remains on the front lines will soon be reduced to a situation where they are running out of food and guns. Tough situation.

But if these soldiers are abandoned or disbanded on the spot, it will cause a heavy blow to the stability of the rear area and the future resistance of the Federation.

Naturally, the teacher didn't want to waste these precious soldiers.

Even though they had only been in the army for half a month and had only been on the battlefield for a few days, they were at least more capable than the civilians who had fled.

Within it, a systematic command system has been established. This organizational power allows these soldiers to obey orders and resolutely execute them.

Instead of being reduced to a mob, or like gangs and bandits, they become chaotic when encountering battles.

As the top management of the Thirteenth Division led the awakened people to evacuate, the remaining large number of strengthened people and early awakened people needed a strong leader.

Lead them to continue to grow and become the backbone of the resistance against the Zerg invasion.

The young man in front of him has the ability to block dangers and provide weapons. He only needs to solve the food problem and can take over the army that is about to be disbanded.

Lin Feng also knew this.

I also admire the magnanimity of the old man in front of me from the bottom of my heart.

He originally thought that the other party visited him in person to recruit him, or to help him complete something in exchange for benefits.

For example, catching second-level live insects, trading second-level insect eggs, so that the top management of the Thirteenth Division can smoothly enter the second stage, or hiring yourself to resist the Mother Emperor, defend the next key city, etc...

But what Lin Feng didn't expect was that all the other party wanted was for him to take over the Thirteenth Division, retain this team, and ensure that these soldiers would not be displaced and waste precious manpower to fight against the Zerg invasion.

Lin Feng strongly agrees with this point.

But the problem of food supply is equally difficult.

With the help of Hu Fei and Han Yuxin, Lin Fengshang was able to provide food for hundreds of people and nearly a thousand people. However, these fifteen thousand soldiers had fifteen thousand mouths. Just to stay alive, they would consume 1.5 per day. tons of grain.

If they are sent to participate in frontline battles, the food consumption will only be more!

Moreover, eating only rice as a staple food does not provide much strength. Meat rich in fat and protein is also in urgent need.

Maintaining an infantry division of 15,000 men is far more difficult than feeding 15,000 survivors.

The latter only needs to be full, but the former needs to have fighting power.

At present, most of these city-defending soldiers have also experienced defensive battles to stop the insect tide. Their combat effectiveness is not a problem. The key is how to solve logistics.

Weapons and equipment can be handled with replicas, but food cannot be replicated.

So before thinking of a solution, Lin Feng certainly couldn't agree rashly.

Otherwise, we will face fifteen thousand mouths, the chaos caused by hunger, and the distortion of human nature...

It would be more terrifying than defeat!

At this moment, the teacher has handed over his rank of major general. The two silver stars represent the supreme power in the apocalypse, but also mean heavy responsibility.

Normally, a division commander only has the rank of senior colonel, and at most is a one-star brigadier general. However, the teacher's commander once had outstanding military exploits. Under his hands, the Thirteenth Division also became the federal ace force, so he was promoted to a two-star major general.

But what Lin Feng cares about is not his military rank.

As the awakening of individual abilities increases, there is no corresponding strength level. Even if you sit on the presidential throne, you will gradually become the puppet of a powerful awakener.

Before the food supply is completely solved, Lin Feng will not consider these formal trivial matters.

He took out his mobile phone and saw that the three-bar signal was finally displayed in the upper right corner of the screen.

The first counterattack from this afternoon to evening successfully pushed the Zerg activity area back beyond the first line of defense. With the large number of deaths of the new second-order Zerg, especially the Pulse War Scorpions, it must have been that the Haicheng Mother Queen had retreated to the rear overnight.

The electromagnetic interference caused by the Zerg mother nest naturally became much weaker as the mother queen withdrew.

So Lin Feng picked up the phone and replied:

"I'll make a call first..."

The teacher nodded, not feeling unhappy because of Lin Feng's hesitation. It was precisely the other party's cautious character that made him feel a little relieved.

Thinking carefully and taking precautions are the qualities a leader must possess.

If Lin Feng is like other young people who rise to the top in one step, coveting the power and status brought by these fifteen thousand soldiers, and directly agrees, then the teacher and elders will re-evaluate whether the other party is qualified, and some secret methods will be used in advance. layout.

Lin Feng called Hu Fei first.

It took half a minute before the call was connected.

The other party has returned to the safe zone in the rear area, just above Hulao Pass. He has already contacted the top federal officials and opened up the upper-level relationship network.

Through conversation, Lin Feng knew that he could exchange live insects from the Zerg tribe for a large amount of food...

Especially the second-order Zerg, which is in extremely short supply right now.

In order to maintain their status and power, those high-ranking officials are willing to use tens of thousands of tons of food, and even meat, to exchange the opportunity for second-level awakening with the insect hunters on the front line.

And this plays into Lin Feng's hands.

After all, the difficulty of catching a second-order live insect is dozens of times that of a black spine insect.

And how to safely transport them back to the safety zone behind, covering a long journey of thousands of kilometers, will be an even bigger problem.

That huge body of more than ten meters is even harder to hide.

However, live insects are difficult to transport, but the second-order insect eggs in Lin Feng's hands, which are not dangerous, can be easily transported back to the rear.

Moreover, the physical enhancement effect of the organic nutrient solution in the second-level insect eggs can also be exchanged for more benefits.

There was no problem on Lin Feng's side, but the key problem appeared on Hu Fei's side.

How to transport tons of grain and send it back to the front line has become a top priority again.

The cost of food actually lies in transportation.

It is large in size, light in weight, and cannot be compressed.

Grain has also become a typical representative of bulk commodities.

In the past, low-cost long-distance transportation could also be carried out through powerful transportation capabilities, such as railways and shipping.

But now we have arrived at the end of the world.

With the capital defense war about to break out and the reconstruction and restart of heavy industry in the rear, fuels such as oil, which the federation was already short of, have now become even more scarce, even more precious than food.

The fuel consumption and escort costs of transporting hundreds of tons of food are higher than taking back these soldiers.

If we take the water route, the fuel consumption is low, but the speed is too slow. In addition to the assembly at the dock, it will take five or six days. The 13th Division currently has enough food to last until tomorrow.

The evacuation of the top management and the 10,000 awakened people will take away most of the food, but the heavy weapons and equipment will be left to the defenders on the second line of defense.

Once the stable food supply is lost and hungry, even the awakened ones will not be able to hold on for long, and they will only consume more when they exercise.

At that time, a disintegrating escape is bound to happen.

Even if Lin Feng held his gun against them, he could not prevent the formation from collapsing under the torment of famine.

Although Hu Fei was unable to deliver food in time, he also provided another remedy:

"I have contact with the director of the Food Security Bureau. I used a few black spine worms to obtain from him a schematic diagram of the secret war preparation granaries set up across the country."

"There are several Jinchengs. I will send you the area map and coordinate addresses."

Lin Feng nodded. Sure enough, it was useful to open up high-level relationships, at least now he could deal with emergencies.

After hanging up the phone and receiving the message, the teacher sitting opposite him added:

"Actually, these are defense facilities under the threat of nuclear war in the last century. In addition to war preparation granaries, there are also many secret arsenals where old weapons are stored in case of emergency."

"The reserves of war preparation granaries are very small, and most of them are hidden in the mountains. The east side of Jiangnan Prefecture is full of plains, and only the westernmost state capital, Jincheng, has an old mountain chain more than 20 kilometers long... "

"If there is a war preparation granary, it's probably right there..."

Lin Feng's eyes lit up. Because the signal was slightly affected, after half a minute of loading, the regional map and coordinates sent by Hu Fei showed three war-ready granaries. Sure enough, they were in Laoshan Park, west of Jincheng, as the teacher said!

It was only two or three kilometers away from the research institute where Ding Chenghai was working.

The storage specifications are 50 tons per box. The food reserves are mainly canned and compressed dry food, with less meat because it is easy to spoil.

For other specific situations, you will have to open it in the past to know.

A total of 150 tons, which can temporarily cope with the consumption of 15,000 soldiers, as long as they can be transported back.

Seeing the change in Lin Feng's expression, the teacher rarely smiled:

"The large ship that comes to pick us up will dock at Jincheng Port tomorrow morning and finally stop at Wucheng Pier."

"If we leave now, it's still not too late."

Lin Feng nodded. He was not worried about transportation problems. Jincheng was only a hundred kilometers away from Wucheng, and there would be no other obstacles on the way.

And he still has this little fuel.

What's more, there is the help of Han Yuxin, a local.

Before the day after tomorrow, it would be no problem to move the food from the war preparation granary and transport it to the front line.

After seeing the map, Lin Feng had other ideas and wanted to confirm whether they could be realized.

After thinking for a few minutes, he finally smiled.

Lin Feng stood up slowly, walked to the teacher, and stretched out his right hand:

"I promised to take over the remnants of the Thirteenth Division."

The teacher stretched out his hand, the two shook hands and agreed, and then reminded:

"Are you sure you don't need the help of a transport ship?"

Lin Feng shook his head:

"I also have subordinate forces distributed in Jincheng City. I can enter Laoshan and move out food with just a phone call, and my fleet can also arrive in Jincheng at any time."

"No need to wait until tomorrow."

After listening to Lin Feng's explanation, the teacher nodded with satisfaction, then picked up the two-star military rank on the table and handed it to the young man:

"I will leave some of the grassroots backbone to join the defenders on the second line of defense. They will help you organize your team and take care of the new recruits below..."

"Of course, if you are not satisfied, you can replace him with Li Ran and others, but the execution ability and reaction speed will be reduced."

After saying that, the teacher who had fulfilled his wish patted Lin Feng on the shoulder and said with a hint of ridicule:

"Believe me, managing these fifteen thousand people is more difficult than fighting the Zerg!"

The two looked at each other and smiled.

Lin Feng took over the rank of the teacher, but tied it back for him, and then said:

"I don't have the qualifications and ability to command so many people in battle. Just give me a colonel, one level higher than Qin Hu."

"And the number of people needed for future battles will not exceed one thousand. I will arrange for the rest to be responsible for logistics. A colonel rank is enough."

The teacher nodded, which was in line with Qin Hu's view of future wars:

"Okay, then tomorrow afternoon, I hope that Colonel Lin can lead your invincible fleet to the second line of defense and hand over the command of the 13th Division to us!"

Lin Feng took a deep breath and nodded in promise.

The teacher saluted at last and turned to leave.

Watching the senior leaders of the 13th Division leave, Li Ran and others came over one after another, wanting to know what the two discussed.

After all, the teacher's face when he left was much more relaxed and happy than when he came.

Maybe the sergeant promised the other party a lot of things.

Lin Feng did not hide anything. After all, he would take office the next day. He asked Li Ran to gather everyone back to the camp and announced on the spot that the teacher had entrusted him with the succession.

Everyone's expression was exactly the same as when Lin Feng first heard about it.

The whole place was silent until Lin Feng waved his hand and announced the disbandment, and then cheers broke out.

The sergeant's rapid rise also means that their status will rise.

And being able to follow such a powerful awakener will also give them more room for growth and progress in the future.

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Lin Feng returned to the cockpit of the battleship. Chen Yanyan, who had woken up long ago, had already dressed and stood in front of the control desk waiting for her man to arrive.

She seemed to have expected it.

A telepathic smile asked:

"Are we going somewhere?"

Lin Feng shrugged and smiled back:

"Yes, taking over the 13th Division means that we will officially step onto the stage of this human-insect war. Become a force competing for the final victory."

"Right now, in addition to the soldiers' food, drink, defecation and urination, there are other more important things that need to be prepared in advance."

Chen Yanyan walked over gently and leaned on Lin Feng's arms:

"Are you going to Jincheng to find that Professor Ding?"

Lin Feng nodded and kissed the woman:

"Not only that, we also have to occupy the entire Jincheng as our temporary base."

"As for now, let's solve the rations for 15,000 people tomorrow first!"

"Call a few captains and vehicle commanders to arrange the action."

Chen Yanyan nodded and called the captain using the intercom on the battleship.

This time when returning to Jincheng, all eight tanks must follow, otherwise their various attributes will disappear after the land cruiser battleship leaves.

Furthermore, transporting food and goods also requires the help of eight chariots. Although they do not have storage space attributes, they also have 20 cubic meters of reserve space inside, which can help transport more goods.

Now that the Queen Mother of Haicheng has been repelled, the service area far away from the front line is not dangerous for the time being.

Lin Feng asked the captain to drive the chariot and follow the action, and the other captains stayed in the camp to appease the soldiers.

Shen Jie also needed to stay because he had to take care of Zhang Liying, who was in the second-level upgraded awakening state.

And his personal strength was enough to deal with any attack from the second-level Zerg.

Before leaving, Lin Feng found Shen Jie and told him to remember to drink the organic nutrient solution of the second-level insect eggs to strengthen his physique, which was very beneficial to his recovery.

Shen Jie nodded. One hundred kilograms of nutrient solution could fully meet the consumption of him and Zhang Liying.

After instructing everyone to keep watch carefully, Lin Feng waved his hand and boarded the battleship.

Chen Yanyan then drove the battleship out of the service area.

Originally, they wanted to follow the last time, take the highway, bypass Taihu Lake and head north, but Lin Feng unexpectedly took the walkie-talkie and gave the command:

"Follow the Land Cruiser and rush out of the highway."

"We will not take the land route this time, but go directly by water!"

"Remember, if you see anything related to fisheries, whether it is a fishing boat or a fishing net, remember it in your mind, mark it, and remember to bring it all back to the shore on the way back."

At first, Chen Yanyan was a little puzzled, but when Lin Feng finished the reminder order, she suddenly realized:

"You want the 15,000 people entrusted by the 13th Division to come and fish!?"

Lin Feng nodded.

At this moment, after the Land Cruiser drifted and turned, broke through the guardrail and drove into the water of Taihu Lake, the waves splashed on the bow of the ship, and the sound of the waves drowned out the conversation between the two.

Lin Feng looked at the fleet riding the wind and waves, driving on the lake with surging power, reaching a speed of more than 100 knots, equivalent to 120 kilometers per hour, which is not much different from the average speed on land.

But compared with naval vessels, due to the limitation of power system efficiency and the stress factor of armor, they can only maintain an average speed of about 30 knots.

Even aircraft carriers can only reach about 35 knots.

But smaller torpedoes can break through 100 knots, and even the latest supercavitating torpedoes can reach a terrifying 200 or even 300 knots.

If the underwater units of the Zerg can have such an amazing strike speed, it is no wonder that the powerful navy that countries are proud of will lose contact in an instant within a day and capsize...

As the warships continue to upgrade and become larger in size, the speed in the water will surely decrease.

More replicas are needed as wingships.

While thinking, Lin Feng opened his mouth and replied loudly:

"That's right. There is not a lot of meat in the war reserve granary. It can only barely fill their stomachs, so they have to use their own hands to get food."

"And this will greatly weaken the strength of the Zerg."

Half an hour later, the fleet entered the tributary of the big river and saw many fishery shops on both sides.

Lin Feng immediately ordered to go ashore.

Then he took out the phone and dialed Han Yuxin's number:

"Hello, find a few locals in Jincheng, especially those who are familiar with Laoshan Park."

"By the way, there is no need for the title of the State Guard. Now, I am the commander of the 13th Division of Lu!"

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