169: Reorganize the military

With Regiment Commander Xu leading the way, Qin Shilei quickly found Chen Pengfei in a luxurious office.

Chen Pengfei recognized Qin Shilei instantly, and his expression turned very ugly.

He tentatively asked, "Can you give me a way out?"

Qin Shilei glanced at him and replied indifferently, "What do you think?"

How could Qin Shilei let such a rebellious subject go? He was perfect for establishing his authority in the military.

Chen Pengfei's expression instantly turned frantic. He pulled out a remote control and said fiercely, "Since I have no way out, none of you will live either."

With that, he tried to press the remote control in his hand.

But everyone's vision blurred, and Qin Shilei instantly appeared beside Chen Pengfei.

A red light flashed, and his right hand, holding the remote control, fell to the ground with a smack.

The remote control was now in Qin Shilei's hand.

Qin Shilei waved his hand again, and a line of blood appeared on Chen Pengfei's neck.

Chen Pengfei reached out and pointed at Qin Shilei, but he couldn't make a sound.

Then, with a thud, he collapsed to the ground, and the gushing blood instantly stained the pristine white carpet red.

Seeing their Legion Commander killed in front of them, the people in the office instantly descended into chaos.

Qin Shilei let out a loud whistle.

Upon hearing the whistle, Zhang Qiang immediately flew to the office window with Commander Kong.

Commander Kong jumped in from the window: "I am Commander Kong, everyone shut up."

With General Commander Commander Kong stepping forward, and after Qin Shilei killed a few more of Chen Pengfei's loyalists, he finally successfully took over the entire Storm Legion.

Afterward, through investigation, it was discovered that Chen Pengfei had installed a large number of bombs in his office.

If he had pressed the remote control just now, Qin Shilei would have been fine, but the high and mid-level leaders of that legion would have been buried with him.

As soon as they thought of this, those people secretly cursed in their hearts: "I must have been blind to follow that dog, Chen Pengfei."

Qin Shilei arranged for the Storm Legion to first clear out the zombies in Nanzhuang City, while he and Commander Kong continued towards the Kuanglei and Zhouyu legions.

Half an hour later, Zhouyu was also subdued.

When they arrived at the Kuanglei Legion, they found that their Legion Commander Cui Yuanliang had already fled outside Nanzhuang City yesterday, taking several hundred elite soldiers and a large amount of crystals and other supplies.

Since he didn't know the direction of their escape, Qin Shilei couldn't pursue them. After reorganizing the legion, he and Commander Kong rushed back.

Commander Kong asked, "Qin Shilei, how do you plan to deal with these legions?"

Qin Shilei immediately knew he was trying to give him advice, so he replied, "I plan to temporarily assign An Qian, Zhang Xiaoli, and Kong Qingshu as Legion Commanders."

"And transfer a group of people from the Panshi Battle Group to replace the mid-to-high-level leaders within."

With the Silver Realm strength of An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli, suppressing dissenting voices in the army would be no problem at all.

As for Kong Qingshu, with Commander Kong's help, there shouldn't be any issues either.

Commander Kong nodded: "Just now, to stabilize the situation, we didn't kill those regiment commanders and division commanders, but now we should indeed replace them. As for An Qian and Zhang Xiaoli, though they are not familiar with military affairs, it doesn't matter with the General Staff Department."

He paused and then said, "However, to make it easier for them to take over the army, I think we should assign a military officer as their deputy, for example, Lu Tian罡 and Zou Xinyue are both quite good."

His original idea was for Lu Tian罡 to become a Legion Commander, but since Qin Shilei already had his own plans, he didn't say anything further.

Qin Shilei pondered for a moment and nodded, replying, "Uncle, you are indeed more thoughtful. Let's arrange it this way."

Over the next two days, the scattered zombies within Nanzhuang City were finally cleared.

An Qian and the others also initially gained control of the army's operations.

Qin Shilei once again came to the basement of Jingcui Garden and controlled the City Guardian Monument to expand to its maximum extent.

As the towering city walls slowly rose, the survivors who had been unable to move in due to Hope City's small area could finally relocate.

The former city hall now served as Hope City's administrative center.

In the conference room.

Zhang Cheng reported: "Reporting, City Lord, Hope City currently has a total of 381,700 people. Among them, over 40,000 elderly, weak, women, and children are in a state of long-term hunger and could starve to death at any time."

"The Panshi Battle Group has three thousand combatants, with ninety-eight of them in the Bronze Realm."

"The four major legions have 127,654 people, with thirty-five of them in the Bronze Realm."

"There are three teams with over three thousand combatants among the civilian forces: Feixing Society, Yunyan Pavilion, and Dragon Tiger Society. There are five teams with one thousand to three thousand people, and twenty-six teams with five hundred to one thousand people. The civilian combatants number approximately 120,000, with sixty-seven Bronze Realm experts."

Qin Shilei nodded and instructed, "I will provide a batch of food and arrange for people to provide relief to those elderly, weak, women, and children."

"Expedite the resumption of production for some materials, and arrange for those with little combat ability to engage in production for compensation."

"Establish a Martial Artist Guild to uniformly manage the various mercenary groups in the city."

"Arrange teams to search and investigate the surrounding counties of Nanzhuang City."

He was now the City Lord of Hope City, and he felt obligated to provide relief to the elderly, weak, women, and children within it.

Leading the Panshi Battle Group of a few thousand people before, Qin Shilei felt it was relatively easy.

Now, suddenly becoming the City Lord of hundreds of thousands of people, with a myriad of issues, he didn't know how to proceed.

Fortunately, Commander Kong was there to assist, and the military's staff provided advice and planning, so no major problems had arisen yet.

Commander Kong said, "City Lord, although our food supply is abundant, we cannot simply consume it all. We still need to arrange for people to resume production."

"As for resuming production, the first issue to resolve is power, and the issue of raw materials also needs to be considered."

Qin Shilei had also considered these two issues.

For food production, he could find fertile land outside the city and try to cultivate crops.

Also, he could destroy a portion of the bamboo forest in his small space for cultivation.

As for the electricity problem, he had consulted relevant experts and knew there was a hydropower station about eighty kilometers from Nanzhuang City.

As long as people were sent to retake it and then arranged to restore power generation, it should be able to supply Hope City's electricity needs.

However, the hydropower station was located in the suburbs, and there might be attacks from mutated beasts, requiring a permanent stationed team of elites.

The raw material problem was not significant for now; general factories usually stored materials, so they could temporarily support operations.

Qin Shilei instructed, "Zhang Qiang, lead a team, bring agricultural experts, and go out of the city to survey suitable places for growing food, then arrange for people to plant."

"He Kaige, lead people to this oil company a hundred kilometers away and see if there's oil inside."

"Find an expert to accompany me to this hydropower station to see if power generation can be restored."

Soon, an expert in his fifties was found and, riding on Zhang Qiang, flew towards the hydropower station.