Feng Jun stood on the turret of the N1 Tank, watching his troops systematically eliminate the zombies according to plan. Song Zhan's performance yesterday was somewhat unexpected. If it hadn't been for Song Zhan's combination of coaxing and threatening after capturing Hu Kun, Hu Kun wouldn't have surrendered so readily.
Therefore, afterwards, Feng Jun intentionally asked Song Zhan if he wanted some rewards, as Song Zhan and Song Peng were the first two to follow him.
Song Peng was more well-rounded, basically handling all the major and minor affairs in Longmen Town.
Although Song Zhan had a fierce appearance, he always acted like a simpleton when he was with Feng Jun, so Feng Jun never entrusted Song Zhan with any important matters.
Originally, he thought Song Zhan would ask for some delicacies or a large amount of helium crystal as a reward, but Song Zhan only asked Feng Jun for ten catties of baijiu.
And as soon as the topic of drinking came up, Song Zhan couldn't help but drool.
"Hehe, boss, you just need to give me more of the baijiu you brought out last time, and that's enough.
Just thinking about the taste of that liquor makes my mouth water uncontrollably," Song Zhan had been addicted since he drank the liquor Feng Jun brought.
Although some people in the Doomsday brew their own alcohol, they all use mutated plants from the wasteland.
For example, the bars operated by the Blackwater Merchant Guild sell a type of beer with slight radiation.
After drinking too much, people's lips and eyes will emit a green glow for several days, and the taste is also very ordinary.
People living in the Doomsday endure immense pressure, so many like to drink to escape reality or relieve stress.
Song Peng and Song Zhan were very fond of drinking, especially after tasting the baijiu Feng Jun brought, they simply couldn't drink the self-brewed inferior alcohol in the Doomsday anymore.
Seeing Song Zhan so eager, Feng Jun said nothing and readily agreed.
"After the matters here are settled, I will return to Longmen Town, but there needs to be someone to look after this place.
You haven't had any formal work in Longmen Town anyway, so from now on, you will be the Commander here.
I will send people to deliver the alcohol to you; you just need to ensure this place is well-looked after.
The production of Anti-corpse liquid is our most important task right now," Feng Jun specifically instructed.
"No problem, boss, don't worry.
With me here, you can rest assured," Song Zhan immediately said, patting his chest.
Afterward, Feng Jun gave Song Zhan some separate instructions: while building the base, he should try his best to recruit nearby scavengers and survivor groups, expand the population, and train soldiers.
Feng Jun had no intention of taking the N1 Tank back.
Although this fellow was incredibly powerful and intimidating, it was also too conspicuous.
It would be difficult for it not to be discovered after returning, and the Zhu Hong Business Association would inevitably be displeased, even thinking that Feng Jun had poached their talent, especially since the Zhu Hong Business Association had just given Feng Jun a Power Armor production line, and the two sides were still in their honeymoon period on the surface.
As for Hu Kun, Feng Jun did not plan to let him stay in Yanqing Industrial Park.
When he left, he would take this Fat Man back to Longmen Town.
If it was just one person, the Zhu Hong Business Association probably wouldn't notice.
If absolutely necessary, he would disguise him.
After Hu Kun leaned in, he revealed many secrets of Huaicheng District to Feng Jun.
Although Huaicheng District was ostensibly controlled by five major forces, the core power was entirely held by a five-person council composed of the five leaders.
Although Hu Kun was a relatively well-known junior officer in the Zhu Hong Business Association, he was only a Commander responsible for military operations.
Although he couldn't access the core circle, Hu Kun was very clear about the surface data.
The five forces in Huaicheng District constrained each other, but in terms of military strength, the Zhu Hong Business Association was still the strongest.
The Zhu Hong Business Association's strongest military force consisted of ten N1 Tanks preserved in the base by the Former Ming Empire government.
These tanks formed the core military strength of the Zhu Hong Business Association and were Zhu Wenyao's trump card.
Of the twelve missile silos in Huaicheng District converted into underground Refuges, the Zhu Hong Business Association controlled two, the Red Hand Mercenary Group controlled three, the Hongwen Gang controlled three, and the Blackwater Merchant Guild and Blood Bell Gang each controlled two.
However, the underground ammunition depot in Huaicheng District had always been controlled by the Zhu Hong Business Association.
Although most of the area inside had been converted into an underground Refuge, there were still some restricted areas not open to outsiders.
Even Hu Kun had never been inside, so it couldn't be ruled out that Zhu Wenyao had other trump cards.
As for the other forces, Hu Kun could also give a general overview.
The Red Hand Mercenary Group should be the second strongest after the Zhu Hong Business Association.
Jiang Si Yuan's Red Hand Mercenary Group developed from a Refuge, and its main military strength was in Refuges outside Huaicheng District.
However, after settling in Huaicheng District, he quickly occupied three missile silos.
Although he did not display any heavy weapons, his soldiers were all well-equipped and well-trained, almost indistinguishable from the Ming Army before the war.
Their individual combat effectiveness was far superior to other forces in Huaicheng District; even the soldiers of the Zhu Hong Business Association could not compare to the Red Hand Mercenary Group.
When he said this, Feng Jun found it somewhat unbelievable.
Logically, the Zhu Hong Business Association inherited the Ming Army forces left in the base before the war, so the soldiers' combat effectiveness should be the strongest in Huaicheng District.
When Feng Jun asked Hu Kun about his doubts, Hu Kun just smiled.
"That was ten years ago.
Do you know how long Zhu Wenyao has lived?
He's almost 100 years old."
The current time showed the year 2262.
If calculated from the year the World Government abandoned Earth and announced its dissolution, the Doomsday had already lasted for 49 years.
Many things had happened during this period, and Huaicheng District had also experienced multiple regime changes.
Originally, Huaicheng District was not its current name, but was called 【Qing-Li 274.
Permanent Missile Launch Base】.
In the first few years, the remaining Ming Army had been trying their best to gather refugees and survivors from the surrounding areas, hoping to rebuild order on the wasteland.
And there were no less than five such bases around Shangqing City, all large Refuge bases established by remnants of the former Empire's army or government.
"I heard that the first ruler of the missile base was a female Commander named Yang Qingqing.
I really don't know what they were thinking at the time.
It was already the Doomsday, yet they still let a woman serve as the base's General Commander.
And she was a second-generation military officer who had never been to the front lines," Hu Kun was not an officer in Huaicheng District from the very beginning of the Doomsday.
He woke up ten years ago in an underground Refuge near Huaicheng District, and after a period of wandering, he managed to join the Zhu Hong Business Association as a Commander.
The first Commander was, after all, a woman.
Even in the midst of the Doomsday, she always preferred to manage the base using pre-Doomsday methods, and she had a very severe 'Holy Mother' complex.
Even when the base's food supply was insufficient, she would squeeze a portion from the soldiers' rations to distribute to the refugees.
Finally, in the eighth year after the Doomsday, a riot broke out in the base.
The refugees in the base, in conjunction with outside bandit gangs, broke into the base, and the soldiers had long been fed up with this female Commander.
It is said that her final fate was to be eaten by a group of Cannibals who rushed into the base.
At that time, the mid-level officers in the base had long been dissatisfied with her policies, so when the bandit gangs rushed into the base, they chose to turn a blind eye.
Instead, after Yang Qingqing's death, they quickly quelled the riot within the base.
Afterward, this group of officers implemented a ten-year council system, with ten officers jointly managing the base.
During this period, the base gradually transformed into a warlord-like Refuge.
The subsequent events became much more troublesome.
The missile base also had to face the Zombie Tide and the problem of material scarcity.
Moreover, various conflicts arose between several large Refuges due to resources.
Some Refuges even dispatched their soldiers to ambush opposing bases during Zombie Tide outbreaks.
Zhu Wenyao woke up thirty years ago.
Unlike Hu Kun, he woke up directly in a hibernation pod within the missile base.
The underground base in Huaicheng District had a place similar to a Refuge, which housed dozens of hibernation pods, all containing Imperial officers who had entered hibernation.
Whenever some officers died, someone would replace them with new hibernating officers, allowing them to take over the previous positions.
Zhu Wenyao was one of them, but his mind was more flexible than his other colleagues.
He was not satisfied with the ten-person council system.
Finally, after a series of his schemes, he completely gained control of the military power in the base and renamed the missile base to Huaicheng District.
However, while gaining power, he also made some minor sacrifices, such as leasing out the usage rights of some missile silos in the base to some smaller gangs or other large bases at the time.
This also led to the current situation of five fragmented forces in Huaicheng District.
Until twenty years ago, after more than a dozen power struggles, Huaicheng District became what it is today, divided by five forces.
However, the Zhu Hong Business Association established by Zhu Wenyao remained the strongest force on the surface.
For example, the Blackwater Merchant Guild was formerly established by a group of female soldiers stationed at the Shangqing City naval base.
Their original base was destroyed thirty years ago due to a combined attack from a Zombie Tide and Mutated Creatures in the ocean, and Zhu Wenyao actively took them in.
Fang Xinglong of the Blood Bell Gang was a bandit gang that rose in the wasteland.
After his evolution, he also possessed considerable strength, and most of his soldiers were genetically modified bio-soldiers.
The Hongwen Gang, which also controlled three missile silos, was equally powerful.
Almost all UAVs in Huaicheng District were produced by this gang, and its leader, Tian Jia, was also a pre-war individual who woke up from a Refuge.
Zhu Wenyao was already 49 years old when he woke up.
Having lived until today, he is over 90 years old.
It is said that he found life extension technology in a Refuge, and the scientists inside provided him with methods to prolong his life, which is why he has been able to live until today without appearing decrepit.
However, he is merely long-lived now; he completely lacks the vigor of a young person, otherwise, Huaicheng District would not be in a situation where five forces take turns controlling it.
Moreover, when it comes to individual combat effectiveness, the Red Hand Mercenary Group and the Blackwater Merchant Guild should have the highest combat proficiency among Huaicheng District's soldiers now.
The Zhu Hong Business Association, however, had long recruited a large number of free people from the wasteland due to a shortage of troops, but the soldiers' combat effectiveness had also significantly decreased.