#518 - Chapter 518 Return to Pearl City
Inside the armored vehicle.
Listening to Gao Qiang's slow explanation, Li Bowen and the others finally understood.
Those who had set up tire-puncturing obstacles on the road, trying to cause trouble, were actually a group of cannibals!
"These people had been eyeing our large convoy since yesterday, guessing that we would come out to search for or transport important supplies, so they set up ambushes on the road we traveled yesterday."
"They weren't sure if we would pass by here again, but it just so happened that they encountered us on our return trip, and they wanted to wait for us to fall into their trap!"
"They knew we were not easy to mess with, so they didn't dare to rush out and do anything. They just wanted to create chaos in our convoy, preferably causing cars to overturn and casualties. They didn't mind any scattered supplies or corpses that might appear; to them, they are all good things!"
Hearing this, everyone felt a chill run down their spines despite the hot weather.
These damned cannibals!
They deserved to die!
"They had already eaten countless survivors, and recently they planned to do this one last big score and then hide to wait for the drought, but they didn't expect to encounter us."
"According to their plan, it would be best if they could overturn our vehicles. If that didn't work, they would hide and let us leave."
"But they didn't expect that we also had eyes in the sky, and they were discovered in their hiding place."
That's the general situation.
This was a group of vicious survivors who liked to intercept passersby and rob them.
Unfortunately.
Today they encountered even more vicious people.
Regarding this, Captain Li and the others could only say that these people did not die unjustly!
This small battle could also be considered eliminating a scourge for other survivors.
The entire convoy continued to drive quickly. Today's goal was to continue to the training ground for the night. This incident was just a small interlude.
The Green Source combat troops had naturally encountered similar situations before when they went out. Similarly, as long as anyone dared to provoke them, basically everyone became a ghost under their guns.
What goes around, comes around.
Mentang Town.
Today, after the base woke up, the small residential area continued to open its doors to receive female survivors and children under the age of 12 from the outside.
Here, the age of the children was lowered even further, after all, these children had not yet obtained Level 1 or higher qualifications, and there was no need to take in too many.
Children aged 13-14 had already been preliminarily shaped. If they could survive, they would naturally have the opportunity to join the base in the future. If they couldn't survive, then it could only be said that their fate was not enough.
The operation to save women and children continued.
Main Base.
Today, Qin Jin had new things to do.
Last night, he received good news from Xu Gong and the maintenance department: the newly retrieved smaller airship had been repaired and refitted!
With the experience from the last time, and the fact that this airship was smaller, the speed of repair and refitting was much faster.
After receiving this news, Qin Jin immediately had an idea that he had been wanting to do for a long time.
That was to take a trip to the Pearl City oil base to see the situation there!
Hearing Wang Bin and Zhang Tiankai introduce the situation was not as good as seeing it for himself!
The fuel problem was the most important thing for the development of the entire base!
So this morning, after dealing with some urgent matters and explaining it to the cadres, he ran to the airship parking area and set off directly!
Yesterday, this No. 2 airship had completed its testing, and some supplies were prepared at night to be put in and taken to the oil base.
It could also be regarded as a material transportation before the drought.
Thus, with the exception of a few cadres at the base, most people were unaware that the Green Source leader was flying towards Pearl City on the No. 2 airship!
These days, the airship often flew and stopped for testing, and no one would care how long it flew.
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Flying high in the sky, due to a slight headwind, the airship was cruising in a straight line at a speed of about 110km/h.
Qin Jin sat by the window in the cabin, wearing sunglasses and looking at the scorched earth below, wondering what he was thinking.
The high temperature outside currently does not affect the work of the airship, because the materials it uses are not ordinary types, and it is completely no problem to withstand temperatures of about fifty degrees.
Normally speaking, the airship can fly without any problems at temperatures from minus 30 degrees to plus 70 degrees.
Its core working airbags and engines are hidden in the cabin.
At about 11 a.m.
The airship arrived near the Pearl City oil base!
Looking at the greatly changed oil base below, Qin Jin's heart fluctuated slightly.
He hadn't been here for several months. Now, looking down from the sky, the entire periphery of the oil base was surrounded by a wall about six or seven meters high.
Further inside, there was an inner layer of walls about twenty meters high.
In the center of the two almost concentric circles of walls were various functional modular buildings.
As Wang Bin and the others said before, the entire oil base has been strengthened and reinforced a lot.
Without looking at the airship for too long, he contacted the people below through the equipment and began to find a place to land in the outer area of the oil base.
Yesterday, he did not tell Wang Bin and the others that he would come today, but only notified them when he set off in the morning.
And he also left a few backhands.
Let's not mention these for the time being.
It is essential to be vigilant.
Wang Bin and Zhang Tiankai have been out of the control of the headquarters for a long time. Although they hold the lifeline of grain, and many of their relatives are still left in the headquarters, they also supported a lot of heavy weapons to the oil base some time ago to help resist those foreign coveters.
It can be said that if the oil base wants to become independent, they can really rely on those weapons to become a not weak force again.
This is also the reason why Qin Jin wanted to come here before the drought reached its peak and he couldn't get out!
If he delays any longer, he is worried that the people at the oil base will become disloyal.
The airship landed smoothly between the inner and outer walls. As soon as it stopped, many people ran out.
It was the managers here, Wang Bin and Zhang Tiankai!
"Boss! Why did you suddenly say you were coming here this morning! This is too sudden. We haven't prepared anything, and we're afraid we'll neglect you when you come!"
As soon as Wang Bin came out, he said a lot of polite words.
There was no way, this person had been accustomed to welcoming superiors since he was in the chemical factory, and he was a complete expert. Otherwise, he would not have been able to get a management position and be favored by Qin Jin at that time.
This is his shortcoming, and it can also be an advantage if used well.
On the other hand, Zhang Tiankai was much calmer. After coming over, he just nodded seriously and said a few words of welcome, and then stopped talking.
Qin Jin stared at the clear gazes of the two, and heaved a sigh of relief in his heart.
Of course, it is best if these companions who I have been pulling together since the beginning of the apocalypse and have been fighting side by side for so long do not have any problems.
Otherwise, he would have a little difficulty.
(End of this chapter)
