Wasteland Commander

The Dawn Army once again arrived at Qinghe.

There are still about three hundred thousand zombies on the other side of the river.

Because the river is frozen, it is no longer an obstacle, so Ye Fan now uses long walls to block the zombies.

This incurs a considerable cost, but there is no other way, given the sheer number of zombies.

Currently, all the zombies in Qinghe are gathering on the opposite side of the wall, becoming restless upon hearing the vehicles arrive.

Ye Fan calculated that within a week, all the zombies in Qinghe would definitely be eliminated.

But as the battle commenced shortly thereafter, Ye Fan received a report from the War Hawk.

A large number of Burning Corps members left their base, using almost all their vehicles, and traveled through the outer ring road between Pinggang and Huacheng, heading toward the northern Shenlong Riverfront.

However, they encountered a large swarm of zombies on the outskirts of Huacheng.

Ye Fan immediately reviewed the footage shot by the War Hawk, witnessing a bloody massacre.

Over six thousand Burning Army members were completely annihilated at the edge of Huacheng!

Tens of thousands of densely packed zombies are scattered across this plain, feasting voraciously.

Since the apocalypse began, after the first wave of zombies had a hearty meal, they have rarely had opportunities like this.

With fewer humans, occasionally finding a survivor to kill wasn't even enough for the zombies to fill the gaps between their teeth.

But this time is different, with a full six thousand people!

The scent of blood fills the fields, accompanied by the sound of zombies gulping down food.

Though the quality of the footage isn't too clear, Ye Fan can see it is filled with numerous mutated zombies.

And there are King Kong Zombies present too.

From the perspective of the survivors trying to flee, they attempted to break through but failed because there were too many zombies, forming an encirclement that left no chance for the survivors.

Undoubtedly, this was a zombie horde commanded by a Corpse King.

Watching so many people die, becoming food for zombies, Ye Fan felt very uncomfortable.

If he had forcibly incorporated the people of the Burning Army into his command back then, would today's scene have been avoided?

The Dawn Army must quicken its pace, and survivors can no longer be scattered here and there.

Ye Fan made a decision almost instantly, he needs the Huacheng Region to be unified.

"Convey my order, supplement new recruits until the total number reaches two thousand two hundred, then leave three hundred people to guard the city. The rest of the troops will carry backup ammunition and come to Qinghe—I want this battle ended in two days."

The Dawn Army's numbers are close to two thousand currently, consisting of three battalions of 1650, a hundred paratroopers, and guard platoons, medics, watchtower guards, etc., totaling about nineteen hundred.

Four barracks can accommodate a maximum of 2200 people, and Ye Fan demands a one-time full replenishment of soldiers.

The four barracks sped up production, quickly filling the quota for soldiers.

Apart from the three hundred guarding forces, the rest rushed to Qinghe.

Upon reaching Qinghe, everyone immediately went into battle.

This time was different; every fighter brought sufficient backup ammunition, enough for sustained shooting.

The battle lasted from morning to noon, replenishing ammunition until afternoon.

Afternoon began using backup ammo, and it wasn't until dusk that this wave of battle stopped.

They collected supplies and burned corpses, working into the night, with all soldiers resting in their vehicles.

On the next day, well-rested and fed, Ye Fan again dismantled the wall at noon.

Ammunition refreshed, all guns started roaring again!

The battle kept on going until four o'clock in the afternoon.

The carried backup ammunition was almost completely used up.

However, the results were exceedingly fruitful: Ye Fan's nineteen hundred troops wiped out over three hundred thousand zombies!

All soldiers, whether veterans or new recruits, attained Star Promotion in this battle!

Even Ye Fan's ten tanks were all upgraded to Three-Star during the battle.

The performance of the Three-Star T5 model was exceptionally outstanding, with the main gun's daily ammunition reaching 50 rounds, and the anti-aircraft machine gun carrying 5000 rounds, it also included a grenade launcher.

The 40-round grenades can commence ground-clearing mode at any time.

If it weren't for these ten powerful Three-Star T5s, this battle might not have managed to annihilate thirty thousand zombie troops.

Moreover, Tang Yafei's combat helicopter also upgraded to Three-Star, flying back and forth in the sky, with four machine guns firing simultaneously, and occasionally a missile shot at any appearing Level 2 Zombie.

Late in the afternoon on the second day, the helicopter finally caught up with the last wave of upgrading to Three-Star.

After upgrading, the helicopter's firepower became more formidable, with four machine guns carrying a total of twenty thousand rounds!

Furthermore, the aircraft's missiles increased to eight, making it a formidable air combat weapon.

Besides that, the principal units upgraded to Three-Star included the Magnetic Explosion Infantry and two War Bears.

The Three-Star Magnetic Storm Infantry is definitely the most potent among all infantry types.

The electromagnetic gun with 50,000 volts, instantly sweeps away a mass of zombies.

Several times when zombies were about to charge, it was always the electromagnetic gun of the Magnetic Storm Infantry that eased the pressure.

The War Bears were equally mighty, fearless of zombie virus infection, rushing into the horde for a killing spree, ordinary zombies getting slapped flat with a single blow.

After upgrading to Three-Star, these two War Bears' height exceeded four meters, appearing like Primordial Magical Beasts.

In particular, when Ye Fan saw the two big guys join forces and easily twist off the head of a King Kong Zombie, he knew how powerful the infantry unit he had acquired was.

This was technology obtained from the Rakshasa, but even the native Rakshasa War Bears couldn't be as strong as Da Pang and the others.

After all, Ye Fan's Red Alert Team could undergo Star Promotion, something no one else could match.

Another person contributed the most in the battle, and that was Wang Huining.

Shen Ruihui brought Wang Huining to the battlefield, and when it became unbearable, Wang Huining would diligently convert the nearby zombies.

By controlling zombies and making them kill each other, the number of zombies controlled and killed by Wang Huining alone definitely exceeded ten thousand.

Wang Huining was very useful, but Ye Fan did not want him to regain his former strength, as it might result in a loss of control.

Improving the army's strength was a minor matter; the most important thing was that Ye Fan truly captured Qinghe.

After Ye Fan personally shot the last zombie dead, the riverbank was deserted.

Opening the radar screen, there were only some scattered zombies left in Qinghe City, and they were mostly trapped inside buildings.

Those wandering outside had been lured by Ye Fan and were annihilated here.

Looking at the vast Qinghe Town, Ye Fan couldn't help but spread his arms wide open.

The stench in the air no longer mattered; this city was his!

"Let's go! Time to make a fortune!"

Passing through the zombie corpses scattered all over the ground, leaving some troops to gather resources, Ye Fan led the main force thundering across the bridge they had fought over for countless days.

It was a day of great significance; Ye Fan didn't know if any other survivors had the strength to recover a small town, but his Dawn Army had achieved it.

Don't think the Rakshasa had reclaimed Hai Shan Wei; the number of zombies there was barely half of Qinghe's.

Moreover, Ye Fan had to constantly fight zombies and other humans while achieving such spectacular results, which was truly remarkable.

The moment of great harvest came next.

Ye Fan entered Qinghe Town, knowing the location of every gold shop in the small town by heart.

He divided his troops into multiple groups, sending them to every corner of the small town to bring all the town's gold before him.

In the winter snow, a large area had been cleared.

Soldiers kept returning, pouring tray after tray of gold and silver jewelry here.

Pile after pile, glittering with golden light!

Ye Fan sat beside the jewelry piles, looking at the ground covered in resplendent gold.

Since the day the apocalypse began, he had been dealing with gold and silver, but never had he been this excited as today.

He even found the reason.

Previously, he wasn't as excited because there wasn't enough gold and silver.

To most people, these things were useless, but to Ye Fan, they all represented strength!

The work of transporting gold and silver lasted two full hours, and it wasn't until dusk that it ended.

Ye Fan had the surrounding vehicles turn on their headlights, illuminating the heap of gold and silver.

With eyes glowing green, Ye Fan placed his hand on the pile of gold and silver.

"Beep beep~~! Precious metals detected, can be converted into System Money, convert?"

"Convert it all!"

"Conversion successful, congratulations Commander, you have gained 3,442,537 Money!"

Ye Fan was stunned for a moment, shaking his head and taking quite a while to process this figure.

He had not misheard, it was in millions, not hundreds of thousands.

Three million four hundred thousand!

It was a whole million more than his original plan of over two million!

Ye Fan had been hustling in the apocalypse for over three months, and all his harvests added up might just equal today's harvest.

This could spawn so many soldiers!

If conscripts were spawned, over thirty thousand people could be recruited.

Ye Fan carefully looked at the Money figure in the system.

With his accumulated wealth, his total Money now reached 3.8 million.

With this money, the overall strength of Ye Fan's Dawn Army was bound to advance by leaps and bounds.

After a while, he calmed down his excitement.

He didn't do anything else; he immediately selected two Barracks.

The core area could still accommodate two Barracks, so he decided to get these two buildings up first.

As for how to spend the remaining money, it couldn't be done all at once; Ye Fan decided to cool down a bit.

"Everyone, get ready to start gathering resources. From today, Qinghe Town will become our safe zone, and everything here will belong to our Dawn Army!"

Feeling the leader's joy, the surrounding Dawn Army soldiers cheered.

Ye Fan, too, was filled with excitement.

After capturing Qinghe, he would start the march to unify Huacheng City.

With ample funds as a backing, the rise of the Dawn Army was unstoppable!