Seeing the true feelings of the captain named Frank, even people who were not familiar with him could see the firm will of the iron-blooded soldier.
Leon smiled sincerely and said to Frank:
"Our goal is the equipment and supplies in the base. Since there is no conflict among us, we can try to cooperate."
Iron Wolf Frank came back to his senses, stared at Leon's smiling face for a few seconds, and said:
"What kind of organization is your Umbrella Corporation? I have never heard of it."
Surrounded by the guards, Leon led Frank towards the base wall, saying as he walked:
"As a self-help organization of survivors, we have rescued many talented survivors, including doctors, teachers, virologists, university professors, and many elderly people and children."
"We are determined to unite the strength of all survivors, defeat the zombie virus, and rebuild humanity's home."
As he spoke, he smiled a little self-deprecatingly:
"I know that such a goal sounds hypocritical when stated."
"But we've been doing a good job and have achieved pretty good results."
"About a quarter of Atlanta's urban area has been cleared and occupied by us."
"We have a large, secure and stable base."
After settling the equipment and luggage, Leon brought Peggy and her brother, Frank and others, as well as Colonel William and several guards, to the vicinity of the base again.
They built a simple command center on an easily defended high ground, and used many huge LCD monitors to form a huge screen that was two meters high and four meters wide.
While the two men were talking, their group had slowly walked up to Captain Frank's soldiers. Seeing that their leader was safe and sound and there was no sign of conflict between the two sides, all the soldiers secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
After struggling to survive among the mountains of corpses and seas of bodies in New York for half a month with his troops, Iron Wolf Frank finally couldn't stand the meaningless wait anymore. With longing for his family, he and his soldiers traveled a long distance from New York back to Fort Benning Army Base.
"If I had noticed it in time, this wouldn't have happened."
Even well-trained professional soldiers can easily be defeated by sneak attacks from zombies hiding in every corner.
Iron Wolf Frank did not deny it, but glanced at Leon and said:
It turned out that the scale of Fort Benning Military Base was far beyond what they had learned from the refugees. As the largest military base in Georgia and the main defense force for a region with a population of over 10 million, it not only has 80,000 to 100,000 professional soldiers stationed here on a daily basis, but also many of their families live here to facilitate their reunion.
Accompanied by officers Frank and Matt, Leon observed the bombs they installed. There were a lot of them, installed every half meter on the thick stone concrete foundation. They were all powerful TNT bombs. With such equivalent and power, they should be able to blow these concrete walls into pieces in an instant.
"Also, after you and your sister are done with the subsequent handover work, have Andrea bring the personnel team here."
"Thank you for your trust, Mr. Frank, and I wish us a smooth cooperation."
The soldiers on both sides had a brief exchange and got to know each other.
"We have found over two thousand survivors here. I will try to recruit them."
"Later, our patrol team discovered this incident and dealt with the zombies. However, this incident still made the relatives of the deceased elderly people dissatisfied. They believed that it was because of our improper management that several other innocent elderly people died."
Leon laughed and said in a humorous tone:
As if shocked by the strong confidence in Leon's words, Iron Wolf Frank was silent for dozens of seconds and then said:
"Okay, just one week."
"Why postpone it? Do you want to stop our action?"
With the help of the local tyrants, Lyon's convoy quickly found a safe base, which was a canning factory 2 kilometers away from the military base. It was surrounded by a two-meter-high wall and covered an area of 7 to 8 acres. There was also a 90% new workers' dormitory and a brand new factory building. The overall situation was quite satisfactory.
"Captain Frank, you should be very clear about how much of a threat releasing this group of zombies will pose to the survivors around you."
But soon, before these soldiers could recover from the disaster, the military issued orders to dispatch most of them to all human settlements in Georgia, responsible for clearing out zombies and maintaining local law and order.
Leon pointed to his head and said with a slight smile:
"The reason why we humans can rule the world is not because of our strength, but because of our wisdom."
Then, under the control of Peggy and her brother, they used reconnaissance drones to conduct a detailed investigation of the ground buildings of the entire military base.
After comforting the assistant, Leon continued:
After some discussion, Leon invited Frank and his soldiers to dinner.
"Captain Frank, I hope your blasting operation can be postponed for a while."
He glanced at Iron Wolf Frank, whose expression changed slightly, and asked:
"What about you, are you soldiers here?"
Frank and others were very surprised at the reconnaissance drone used by Lyon and his team. After learning that this was military equipment that had not yet been put into formal use, they all showed expressions of understanding.
"Although the number of zombies here is ten times that of Roberta County, as long as we are given a week, I am confident that we can kill these zombies with zero casualties."
"One of the elderly people we arranged to stay in the nursing home on the ground died suddenly in his sleep. However, because he was not discovered in time, he mutated into a zombie and killed three other elderly people in the same ward who were unable to take care of themselves."
The military base is very large, with many areas and a permanent population of about 200,000. About two hours later, corresponding to the picture on the screen, with the explanation of Captain Frank who is familiar with the internal structure of the base, Lyon and others finally had a comprehensive and detailed understanding of the interior of the base.
Unfortunately, what awaited them was a ruin occupied by hundreds of thousands of zombies.
"And you can't guarantee that during your rescue, these zombies will not be lured back again, destroying your operation and killing everyone."
Iron Wolf Frank stared at Leon with suspicion and asked:
"There are hundreds of thousands of zombies here. How can you guarantee that you can deal with them?"
Leon shook his head and explained sincerely:
"No, I hope you can be reunited with your family in the end. However, we have a way to kill all these zombies, but it will take some time to prepare."
"Don't worry, this is not your fault. You can give some compensation to the families of those elderly people and explain the reason for this matter to them sincerely."
"Hahaha, this is inevitable. I have the confidence."
"Since then, all military communications have been lost. We can no longer contact our superiors, and no one has given us any orders."
The same was true for Frank's troops. Because they were the most elite troops in the entire state of Georgia, they were sent directly to New York State to support New York, the largest city in America.
"We already know the situation at Fort Benning Military Base."
During the conversation between the two sides, Lyon also learned a lot of real information about the Fort Benning military base.
"Mr. Custer, we will consider cooperation only after this matter is completed."
"But if it is handed over to us, there will be no such concerns."
Amy sighed softly and said:
"Boss, this matter is indeed my fault. I built the nursing home according to the peacetime plan, and did not take into account the difference in the end times now, which led to this tragedy."
Then, in less than a month, the soldiers who lacked material supplies and command systems soon suffered heavy losses. In the end, all these dispatched soldiers lost contact with their superiors, became a lone boat in the stormy waves, and were gradually submerged in the waves of the end of the world.
"Hey, little Amy, is everything okay in the base?"
Amy, who was sitting opposite her, took out her little notebook and wrote down everything Leon had told her to do. At the end of their conversation, Amy said in a slightly jealous voice:
"Boss, you and Miss Peggy stay over there. Make sure you get a good rest at night and don't tire yourself out."
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Leon smiled and nodded, then extended his big hand to Frank and said:
"I will transfer all the people from Moore's team and Daryl's team here this time, as well as some workers and vehicles from the construction team and a group of truck drivers."
The Iron Wolf Captain said with a hint of self-mockery, his voice still cold:
"We gave everything for this country, but in the end they threw us away like garbage, so now we have to live for ourselves and our families."
After the initial communication and understanding between the two sides, Lyon's talks with Iron Wolf Frank entered the formal stage.
"You should also make preparations early in the base. In the coming period of time, there may be a large number of new people joining our company."
"It was an order from the highest commander in the army, and we did not obey it. Only the craziest soldiers and officers would have carried out such an order."
"Tomorrow, I will transfer a group of people here. The number of people is about 200. You need to work with your sister to arrange the handover of work after the personnel leave, as well as the allocation of logistical resources required by this group of people."
However, no one could stop the trend of the world, and after the fall of New York, they also lost contact with their superiors.
Little Amy's voice was still as sweet as ever, but Leon could still hear a hint of guilt in it.
"very good."
Leon also took advantage of this time to take out his long-distance communication radio and get in touch with Amy who was far away in Atlanta.
Frank's expression paused slightly, a hint of hostility appeared in his eyes, and he asked:
"If you can do what you said and kill all these hundreds of thousands of zombies, then I will owe you a favor, and I will seriously consider cooperating with you."
"During this period, we will also assist you in completing the necessary work beforehand."
Hearing Amy's somewhat lost tone, Leon immediately comforted her:
"Amy, the rules of the world have changed. None of us can predict what will happen in the future. It is precisely because of the accumulation of these mistakes that we have learned lessons and made society continue to progress."
"Boss, everything is going well in the base. However, something bad happened after you left this morning."
At the beginning of the disaster, most people in the base were directly infected with the zombie virus, died quickly and turned into zombies. After a fierce fight between the living and the zombies, the Fort Benning military base, which originally had a population of about 200,000, was left with only more than 5,000 soldiers and about 10,000 soldiers' families.
When the captain nicknamed Iron Wolf heard that there would be wine and food, he accepted Lyon's invitation without any expression, then returned to his soldiers with his adjutant Matt and began to make simple arrangements.
Frank extended his hand expressionlessly and shook hands with Leon, saying:
Listening to Frank's expressionless and bland narration, Leon could hear their hardships between the lines. Alas, in the end times, life is not easy for everyone.
"I heard from some survivors that the military once issued a massacre order to all soldiers to kill the survivors in the refugee camps. Is this true?"
"But as managers, we must not lose our dignity as managers. You need to understand the scale of this yourself."
Leon laughed and said in a comforting tone:
"In Roberta County, we killed more than 40,000 zombies in just one afternoon, relying on our wisdom."
"Don't worry, little Amy. I'm trying to restrain myself. If you don't beg me, I won't give you rewards easily."
Amy on the other side blushed a little and snorted.
"Bad guy, who asked you for help? It's obviously you who took advantage of me."
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