Chapter 54 - 51: Discussion
The next morning, bright and early.
Second Uncle was already waiting downstairs.
After washing up, Li Yu began to eat breakfast and concurrently shared with Second Uncle the incidents that occurred yesterday.
Hearing Li Yu's narrative, Second Uncle's face shifted between shades of doubt and clarity.
"This world, to have such incidents! Well killed! Such scum deserve to die!" Second Uncle exclaimed.
Then he added, "Who exactly is that Hao Ge, I wonder what kind of group they are."
Li Yu shook his head; he wasn't clear on that himself.
Second Uncle noticed Li Yu getting the guns and asked, "What are you doing with the guns?"
Li Yu replied, "Today, I want you all to practice shooting. We were too busy before and had no time, but now that we have a moment, I will teach you properly."
Second Uncle's brows were tightly knotted, voicing his concern: "The firearms and ammunition we obtained initially were already so few, and at this rate, we'll quickly run out of bullets!"
Li Yu had also considered this problem.
Upon seeing his Uncle Liu Jianwen leaving the villa, it suddenly crossed his mind.
"Uncle, Uncle, I have a question to ask you," Li Yu called out.
Hearing this, Liu Jianwen, with a puzzled face, walked over.
"What is it, Xiao Yu, got a question?" asked Liu Jianwen.
"Uncle, doesn't the Armed Police Battalion have a special armory?"
Liu Jianwen pondered for a moment and replied, "Yes, there is such a place. Usually, when we are on duty, we don't carry many bullets, but I remember we do have such a place."
"Do you know where it is?" Li Yu asked eagerly.
"Of course, I know. Such places are rather confidential and typically only those with the rank of captain or above are privy to it. Why? Are you planning to get some guns?" Liu Jianwen answered.
Li Yu nodded.
Liu Jianwen spoke with some concern: "When the apocalypse initially broke out, I also thought about getting some. But the armory is in the basement of a big building, and there are lots of zombies around that area. I didn't go because there were too many zombies back then."
Li Yu replied, "No problem, we should have enough people now, let's go together and fetch some later. What do you think?"
Liu Jianwen, seeing the determination in Li Yu's eyes,
thought about the possible future need for firearms and nodded.
He agreed with a simple "Okay."
As if remembering something,
Li Yu said to his Uncle, "Uncle, we currently have 6 Type 79 submachine guns, 2 Type 95 automatic rifles, and about 15 handguns."
"The total ammunition is roughly around 30,000 rounds.
Right now, including you, me, Third Uncle, Li Tie, Li Gang, Yang Tianlong, Zhao Dapao, only the seven of us can truly handle guns.
Others, like Xiao Hang and my dad, were only given basic instructions, and others still, have no idea how to use guns at all.
That's why I want everyone to learn shooting, to be prepared for emergencies."
Liu Jianwen, upon hearing this, nodded his head approvingly and said, "You make sense. Alright, let's do as you proposed. When shall we teach them?"
Li Yu looked at the sky with its bright sunshine,
Today seemed like a good day.
He said, "There's no day like today; how about we start now since the weather is nice?"
Liu Jianwen also noted that the weather was indeed fair and felt it was a good idea.
Li Yu soon rang the bell in the middle of the Big Camphor Tree.
Everyone hurried over upon hearing the bell.
They saw the ground laid with submachine guns and rifles,
and were curious about what Li Yu was up to.
Noticing a couple of people were missing, the brothers Li Haoran and Li Haoxian,
someone asked, "Where are Haoran and his brother?"
"They're on duty in the Observation Tower today," Li Hang answered.
After thinking it over, Li Yu didn't say anything and decided not to call them back,
after all, learning to shoot wasn't something that could be mastered overnight; they could learn tomorrow.
"Everyone is aware of the current situation, so now, I will teach you how to use guns!"
"Tiezi, Gangzi, Tianlong, Dapao, Uncle, since you few are very experienced veterans, please teach them together.
For the bullets, try to use them sparingly, give each person five rounds.
Once we retrieve more from the Armed Police armory, we can increase practice."
Everyone started to practice their shooting skills, but Li Yu's mother and a few aunts,
worried about wasting ammunition, gestured with their hands that they would pass and let others have the chance.
Li Yu tried to persuade them, but in the end it was in vain, so he didn't continue. Once they had more bullets later, he'd let them practice.
The few who didn't want to waste bullets on practice went to the Observation Tower to replace two people.
Li Haoxian and Li Haoran from the Observation Tower were thus freed and came running over,
looking excitedly at Li Yu, their enthusiasm for shooting guns was evident.
Li Yu helplessly shook his head and earnestly said, "This is no game, be careful."
while instructing them.
Zhao Dapao and the others had been in the army for many years and had plenty of experience in teaching newcomers how to shoot.
As for Liu Jianwen, back when he was in the Armed Police Battalion,
his spear skills were among the best.
Before they started firing, they had them practice the motions for a long time, standardizing some basic movements,
then they began to let them try shooting.
It's only possible to do so within the base, otherwise firing outside would have zombies swarming in minutes.
Because of these solid walls, everyone's heart was filled with a sense of security.
...
After a day of shooting, Li Yu found Yang Tianlong and the others,
discussing the matter of retrieving guns from the Armed Police armory; no one had objections.
Zhao Dapao suddenly mentioned the car parked at the gate last night had not been brought into the base yet.
It was unclear if there was still fuel in the fuel tanker that was at the gate,
The tanker was likely left behind in haste by the Village Chief's son and his group when they were chased away.
So it was not taken away in time.
Thinking this, Li Yu glanced at the sky and pulled Yang Tianlong and the others towards the gate.
Looking from the Observation Tower over the wall outside,
fortunately, there were not many zombies.
Li Yu led Li Tie, Zhao Dapao, and Yang Tianlong out.
Li Haoxian and Li Haoran, the two brothers, also returned to their shift on the Observation Tower.
Open the gate.
Go out.
Li Yu, with great success, ran over to the fuel tanker.
He knocked on the tanker's metal body, which produced a few muffled sounds!
These were not the sounds an empty tanker would make.
There was still fuel, and judging by the sound, quite a bit!
Li Yu was overjoyed, as the significance of gasoline in the post-apocalyptic world was self-explanatory.
Whether it was cars needing fuel, generators, or even using it to start fires, it all came in handy!
Li Yu walked over to the truck's window, gave it a tug, and the door opened at once.
Luckily, since those people had left in such a rush back then, they hadn't even taken the keys with them.
Roar, rumble!
The fuel tanker was started by Li Yu,
the surrounding zombies seemed to be attracted by the sound of the vehicle and began to approach.
Li Yu wasn't too worried; it was still early, and the zombies could be seen clearly.
Moreover, there weren't many zombies approaching.
So he drove the tanker unhurriedly towards the gate,
Yang Tianlong and the other person also successfully drove the car that was parked on the road back.
A few zombies that had followed were taken down by Li Haoxian from the Observation Tower.
Open the gate,
Close the gate,
very smoothly, after getting off the vehicle, Li Yu carefully examined the Dongfeng Tianlong large tanker truck,
and upon inspection, found that the large tanker still had about 30 cubic meters (25 tons) of fuel.
It seemed that this truck was originally on its way to deliver fuel to a gas station,
Li Yu looked at the tanker truck before him and a smile appeared on his face.
Now, there should be no shortage of fuel!