[Book 2: The Sea of Zombies]
Yue Zhong looked to the extremely skinny and cultured-looking Gao Ming, who seemed 37 or 38, and asked, “You know how to create bullets?”
Gao Ming flinched a little before replying, “I do know how to make bullets. However, without the proper tools and materials, I can’t do it!”
Creating bullets was not a simple matter, without the right tools and materials, even an expert would not be able to make them.
Yue Zhong continued, “Where can I find the items you need?”
Gao Ming immediately began to reply with a torrent of words, “Long Hai County!! I was the Technical Director of the XXX Machinery Plant in Long Hai County. In the machinery plant, there is an entire set of tools that can create bullets, as well as materials enough to create a million bullets. Furthermore, the XXX Machinery Plant has some barrel manufacturing tools….”
From Gao Ming’s info Yue Zhong discovered that within Long Hai County, there were factories that specialized in manufacturing all sorts of ammunition. There were also factories that made mortars, grenades and even artillery shells. If they could subdue Long Hai County, then Yue Zhong’s army would stand to benefit hugely.
“Should I make an attempt to attack Long Hai County?” Hearing Gao Ming’s words, Yue Zhong was thinking quietly to himself.
Currently, whenever Yue Zhong wanted to send his forces out to clear the zombies around his strongholds, he could only send 3 out of his 7 battalions. The remaining 4 had to always be on guard in case SY County attacked.
If he sent out a huge force to Long Hai County, and SY County were to suddenly backstab him, then Yue Zhong would be in danger. Long Hai County had over 700,000 zombies, and it wasn’t a small number.
Furthermore, the zombies were continually evolving, and were not as easy to kill as before.
At that time, the reason SY County had been easily subdued by the military was due to the fact that not only was the military well-equipped, the zombies had not yet evolved to a fearsome level. Now that the zombies were continually adapting, the 700,000 zombies were stronger than a 700,000 zombie horde of the initial apocalypse by a wide margin. If Yue Zhong wanted to thoroughly eliminate the zombies, he would have to expend a huge force.
After pondering a while, Yue Zhong decided to abandon the plan to set out for Long Hai County, as the threat of SY County was still too huge to ignore.
“Go back to Qing Yuan County first! I appoint you as the Production Director in the Ammunition Production Department with a rank of Lieutenant. Once you are in Qing Yuan County, immediately train up a group of people. Even if it’s in theory, it’s fine.
Once I’ve obtained the materials and tools, we will have to start production straight away. As long as there are bullets manufactured, I will appoint you as the Deputy Minister of the department with a rank of Captain.
If you can manage to manufacture grenades, then I will appoint you as the Minister, with a rank of Major. As long as you work hard, if you want to be an official I will confer upon you the official position. If you want women, you will get women!” Yue Zhong stared at Gao Ming as he said this clearly.
Gao Ming’s eyes filled with warm tears, as he replied in a loud voice. “Thank you Boss Yue! Thank you!! I will definitely work hard for you!!”