Chapter 470: Jealous?

"With the combined strength of our five families, we are definitely the strongest in Qincheng, without a doubt!"

Yang Xin was the first to respond to the call. He could already imagine the reaction of Absolute Justice when they heard this news; they must be quite confused! It used to be that he had to be on guard against Absolute Justice coming to the north to make trouble, but now this phenomenon could finally be alleviated.

"That's right, whether it's the number of combat personnel or weapons and equipment, we are definitely the strongest. Even the guys in the Beihe District can't compare!"

Zhang Xin clenched his fists heavily.

"Over a hundred combat personnel, over six hundred logistics personnel, what a huge force..."

Li Zongkai couldn't help but sigh. Half a residential area used to have more than seven or eight hundred people, but now half a city only had so many people. What a huge gap.

"*Tsk*..."

Unexpectedly, after Li Zongkai's voice fell, Zhang Su immediately smacked his lips and shook his head: "The military-to-civilian ratio is too low. I set a standard before: the military-to-civilian ratio should reach three to one, meaning the number of combat personnel should be three times the number of logistics personnel! Even if the population base is getting larger and larger, we should try our best to ensure two to one, or have strong defensive fortifications. Otherwise, the more people there are, the larger the zombie horde attracted, and it will be very difficult to defend!"

"Logistics personnel" is a nice way of saying it. In fact, this group is divided into several situations. The best are those with special talents, like Fu Weijun, Xie Yan, Ma Changshou, and even Yi Xiaoling counts as half a special talent person.

Excluding a very small number of special talents, the rest are a large number of ordinary laborers. These are mainly the old, weak, women, and children, and there are also some disabled people. They lack the ability to protect themselves but can undertake the chores and tiring work of the camp.

Then there is the most helpless kind—those who not only lack the ability to protect themselves but have even lost the ability to take care of themselves. Such situations are generally not subjective wishes, but mostly due to objective reasons. But no matter the reason, they will become a burden to others.

In the early days of the disaster, such people would definitely be abandoned by the team. After all, everyone was in danger and couldn't take care of themselves at that time, but now it's different...

Human civilization is struggling to sprout in the apocalyptic wasteland. Normal forces will not abandon their companions unless it is a last resort.

"Two to one... that is to say, if there are six hundred people, there must be at least four hundred combat personnel. *Hiss*... this is too difficult. Not to mention anything else, just on my side, excluding the elderly over sixty, children under twelve, and disabled people, there aren't many left!"

Yang Xin shook his hands, very embarrassed.

Liu Yao calculated with his eyes rolled up: "I don't have many old people and children there. Except for two or three who are missing arms or legs, they can all be pulled up to train. However, some women have too low awareness. They are good at pleasing men, but they tremble when they take weapons to kill zombies. But if we scrape them together, we can barely raise the ratio to one to one!"

The Little Eagle Club has a total of seventy-plus people. Due to Liu Yao's standards for recruiting survivors, there are basically no old people or children. It is not difficult to pick out thirty or more people for combat training.

Seeing Liu Yao and Yang Xin talking about the situation in their own camps, Li Zongkai smiled awkwardly: "The situation on my side is somewhat similar to the Tianqi Group. We have taken in some old people and children. At most, we can prepare one-third of the people for training, but that way the logistics will be slightly weak."

"Oh, you guys are all struggling, then we are even worse off. Let alone one-third, we'd be lucky to pull out one-fourth!"

Zhang Xin spread his hands, his expression helpless. He didn't know the core information, but he knew the situation of the cats and dogs in the camp very well.

"*Ahem*..."

Yu Wen coughed and said softly to Zhang Su: "If we adopt the method of scattered residence or Satellite Villages, the military-to-civilian ratio can be considered to be appropriately lowered. If the later city defense construction keeps up and we can concentrate residence, with strong defensive fortifications, we don't need so many combat personnel. On the contrary, development in other aspects is more important."

Zhang Su did not deny Yu Wen's point of view. The military-to-civilian ratio cannot be rigid; it is a floating value. Two to one means two combat personnel protect themselves while taking care of one logistics person. But thinking about it the other way around, one logistics person has to complete the camp chores for three people, including themselves, or perhaps agricultural production.

If we talk about the core members of Tianma Island, almost everyone is a soldier. Except for Fu Weijun, Yi Xiaoling is slightly clumsy when facing zombies. But if the Satellite Villages are counted, the military-to-civilian ratio is basically three to two.

From the current situation, this is a very comfortable ratio, but once there are many people, it is difficult to maintain.

"It's a bit like the relationship between the number of people paying social security and the number of people receiving pensions. Okay, let's be flexible and keep it between three-seven and seven-three. After going back, all members will decide their intentions, and we will immediately start working on this."

Zhang Su decided not to worry about it for the time being, because there were more important things in front of him.

"No one will disagree. In my opinion, asking for opinions is redundant."

Liu Yao said very frankly.

"That's right, what else do they want?"

Yang Xin and Zhang Xin also felt that those survivors living at the bottom of the forces had no choice but to follow the arrangements.

"It's better to go through the motions according to Mr. Zhang's requirements. How they choose is their business, but whether they can choose is our attitude. Give everyone a chance, don't leave hidden dangers."

Li Zongkai knew Zhang Su's thoughts and explained for him.

"Old Li is right. I naturally know that those bottom-level survivors have no choice, but it doesn't prevent us from giving them a chance to choose. Be tough when you should be tough, and be generous when you can be generous."

Zhang Su didn't hesitate to share some of his experience as a leader with the few people present. In the future, these people will need to manage some people. If they are allowed to operate according to their previous methods, it probably won't work.

"While handling these things, there is another task that needs to be promoted at the same time, which is to establish a communication network. I believe that through this incident, you have all seen the importance of instant communication. This is a top priority! Old Li, do you have enough equipment on your side to connect our five families?" Zhang Su raised another matter.

"Oh my... " Li Zongkai frowned and said: "There is some equipment, but I don't understand this aspect. I'll find a professional to ask later. It can only be left to someone who understands to operate."

"Okay, I have people here who specialize in electronic communication equipment. I'll let them help later... That's all for now. Rest for a night, and we'll set off early tomorrow morning. It's been a long time since I've been to the city, and I'm really looking forward to it."

Zhang Su lay on the chair with memories in his eyes. Suddenly, he noticed Ju Wuying looking at him, so he sat up straight again and said: "By the way, do you know the situation by the sea? Can we go out to sea?"

"By the sea? Never been..."

"Not very clear, but we can ask the people who found the safety camp there."

"It's so cold, the shore with low salinity must be frozen. Yama King, why do you want to go out to sea?"

Liu Yao asked curiously.

Zhang Su curled his lips and said: "There is something that needs a trip out to sea. But since it's not clear, let's leave it at that. I'll go and see for myself when I have a chance. Okay, you guys go play. I don't have any entertainment projects here. If you want to play cards, play cards. Don't go into the mountains in the dark. It would be a shame if you didn't get bitten by a zombie but fell to your death in a mountain gully..."

"Haha, don't worry."

"Just in time to call the subordinates to have a meeting and study tomorrow's plan."

"To be honest, Yama King, your place is quite suitable for retirement. Life is too plain."

Several people got out of the car one after another, leaving only Yu Wen and Ju Wuying in the car.

"Sakura, is there any situation?"

Zhang Su waited for the car door to close and asked straight to the point.

"Liu Yao and Yang Xin have hostility toward each other. Their attitude and Zhang Xin's attitude toward you are all normal, but that Li Zongkai's attitude toward you..."

Speaking of this, Ju Wuying frowned slightly.

Zhang Su's heart jumped. He never expected that Ju Wuying could even perceive the special connection between Li Zongkai and himself. This was too heaven-defying. He quickly changed the subject: "Okay, I know. That, I told Zhong Xiaoshan, you go find her to get two bottles of good wine, as a reward for escorting the hostages today."

Seeing this situation, Yu Wen's mouth couldn't help but twitch, and he looked at Zhang Su with strange and inexplicable colors in his eyes. Then he looked at Li Zongkai's back in the distance through the car window, secretly speculating about the relationship between the two that was insufficient for outsiders to know. Strange, too strange. Could it be...

"*Ahem, ahem, ahem*..."

Not knowing what he thought of, Yu Wen coughed for a while.

"Old Yu, are you okay?"

Zhang Su sat up and asked with concern. Don't let this old advisor get sick.

"Choked, choked on saliva..." Yu Wen wiped the corner of his mouth awkwardly.

Ju Wuying's eyes flashed faintly, and she said calmly: "Don't be in a hurry to drive me away. I haven't finished speaking yet."

"I didn't drive you away. If you haven't finished, then speak..."

Zhang Su raised his hand to signal her to speak.

"Li Zongkai..."

"Didn't I say not to talk about him?"

"It's not aimed at you, it's that Li Zongkai has faint hostility toward Mr. Yu!" Ju Wuying explained.

"Huh?"

"Ah?"

This time, not only was Zhang Su surprised, but Yu Wen was also confused. He secretly thought: Could it be that he is jealous? (End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 471 =====