Chapter 28: Formation of the Militia

After dinner, Gu Chengyuan and Pu Guangqiang met Zhao Jie on the way back to the dormitory.

As soon as he saw Gu Chengyuan coming, Zhao Jie immediately smiled.

"Brother Yuan, what a coincidence, have you just finished eating too?"

"Yes, we just happened to meet, let's go together."

Gu Chengyuan didn't care that his address changed from Chengyuan to Brother Yuan, nor did he care whether it was a coincidence or not. Instead, he wanted to hear what Zhao Jie wanted to say.

Judging from the contact before the end of the world, Zhao Jie is a good person. Although being good at scheming among students is not a compliment, it is indeed a good quality in the adult world.

They used to have some friendship, and if the request was not too excessive, Gu Chengyuan would be happy to help him.

Chatting along the way, Zhao Jie took the initiative to find many topics, talked about interesting things that happened in school before, and recalled the first time he met Gu Chengyuan.

It was not until they entered the dormitory and were about to part that Zhao Jie finally lost his patience and made his request.

"Brother Yuan, you know I'm an active person. I prefer movement to quiet! I was deeply inspired by Director Cai's speech just now. I can't be a parasite waiting for relief. I want to do something for everyone! Create value for our shelter!"

"Can you let me join our army? I also want to kill zombies and take up arms to protect everyone!"

Gu Chengyuan looked at Zhao Jie who had a worried look on his face and was thoughtful. He thought Zhao Jie came to him to ask for some preferential treatment or some power, but he didn't expect that he wanted to join the army.

But at present, Gu Chengyuan has no intention of recruiting ordinary people into the army.

Firstly, the weapon problem cannot be solved. System weapons cannot be exchanged individually. Although there are ammunition supplies, we cannot just give them bullets. We have to equip them with a small hammer to fire them by striking.

The second is the issue of loyalty. The current size of the army is still not large enough. If guns are allowed to spread into the hands of ordinary people whose absolute loyalty cannot be guaranteed, the danger will be relatively high.

If we absorb ordinary people into the team, their combat effectiveness will be greatly weakened. Most people can't even shoot a gun. Apart from increasing their own danger, it will not greatly improve combat effectiveness.

So Gu Chengyuan immediately denied this matter halfway. Why did he say halfway? Because he had a compromise idea.

That is to set up a logistics unit similar to the ancient auxiliary troops, responsible for supporting the regular army. For example, transporting and handling supplies, digging out zombie brain cores, and directly accompanying the army to the front line.

Judging from the zombie eradication some time ago, whether it was digging out zombie brain cores or temporarily settling the survivors on the spot...

These things outside of combat took up a lot of the soldiers' time and reduced their combat efficiency.

Thinking of this, Gu Chengyuan spoke.

"I'm sorry, Ajie, our army currently has no intention of recruiting combatants from ordinary people."

After hearing this, Zhao Jie's heart sank and he instantly felt cold. Although he had prepared himself mentally for the possibility of being rejected, he still felt a sense of disappointment when he heard it with his own ears.

"Oh, I see. Brother Yuan, I'm just asking casually. It's okay if you don't have a plan. It's the same if you contribute elsewhere."

Seeing Zhao Jie trying hard to hide his disappointment, Gu Chengyuan didn't keep him in suspense.

"Although there is no plan to recruit official combatants, there is a plan to recruit militia members. Do you think you are interested?"

"Militia?" Zhao Jie's hope was rekindled when he heard that.

"Yes, we will act together with the regular troops, but we don't have to fight zombies directly. We will just do some battlefield support work! For example, we will be responsible for the transportation of battlefield supplies, logistical support for combat personnel, etc..."

"Also, if the regular army wants to recruit ordinary people as combatants, they will give priority to selecting from the militia, which is similar to the reserve force!"

Gu Chengyuan can now make promises fluently. Perhaps this is the innate skill he gained after switching to a leadership profession.

Insult the leader, understand the leader, and finally become the leader!

"Are you interested?"

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Zhao Jie's mood at this moment was like riding a roller coaster. He was very disappointed before, but now there is an additional compromise option, and the result seems to be pretty good.

At least you won't lose face in front of others because the thing didn't work out.

"Then Brother Yuan, where should I report?"

"Haha, you don't need to report anywhere, just report to yourself!"

"what?"

Looking at Zhao Jie's confused face, Gu Chengyuan did not continue to tease him, but said:

"This militia is just an idea. Now we need you to make it a reality. I remember that you are quite popular among your classmates."

"I will now appoint you as the captain of the militia team. You will be responsible for recruiting and managing the militia. Your first task is to recruit members. You will be assigned 50 members!"

"Are you confident?"

Zhao Jie felt his head getting hot when he heard that, and he became excited. He originally just wanted to be a soldier, but he didn't expect to become the captain of a militia team!

This kind of management authority is not self-appointed, nor is it voted for by a group of people playing house, but comes from official appointment!

In the eyes of all survivors, Gu Chengyuan's troops represent the official authority, and their legitimacy and credibility are extremely high!

If they were just a group of armed men with guns, Zhao Jie would be very happy, but he would not feel so satisfied, because he would always have a feeling of ascending the throne in a remote mountain village and not being able to show his status in public.

"I have confidence! I will definitely live up to the trust of the leader!" With red eyes, Zhao Jie changed roles very quickly and entered the system in an instant.

Looking at the excited Zhao Jie, Gu Chengyuan was also quite satisfied. Real emotion can't be deceived, at least not something Zhao Jie can fake at his age.

Gu Chengyuan actually doesn’t care who the militia captain is assigned to, as long as he can complete his task and not hold others back.

Anyway, Gu Chengyuan had no intention of distributing weapons to the militia, at least not yet. The militia was just a nice name, and in reality it was just a labor force that accompanied the army to do odd jobs.

Gu Chengyuan had his considerations for letting Zhao Jie recruit fifty people at a time, mainly to solve the food problem.

There wasn't much food in the cafeteria, and it was impossible for them to eat it all, so before going to rescue his parents in two weeks, Gu Chengyuan planned to do something!

After all, if you have food in your hands, you won’t have to worry!

He remembered that there was a military food store on Zhonghuan Road in Xishui District, and planned to go and grab some supplies!

At that time, the militia will come in handy. The soldiers will be responsible for dealing with the zombies, while they will be responsible for transporting food and supplies!

After receiving the assignment, Zhao Jie returned to the room excitedly after saying goodbye to Gu Chengyuan. On the one hand, he wanted to share the good news, and on the other hand, he wanted to show off that he had become a manager.

After all, if a man doesn’t show off when he’s young, he’s in vain! This kind of happy event would be less joyful if there were less “wow” and “awesome”.