Ye Fan had been waiting at the construction site for a long time, and the moment the train station was completed, he placed it immediately.

Like the miraculous magic of a creator, a train station appeared out of thin air!

Even though Ye Fan had completed the placement of buildings multiple times, he was still amazed by this magic.

This station is a military train station, of course it wouldn't have huge waiting halls and ticket offices like civilian stations.

It has a huge steel frame, with long platforms.

There's a cargo loading and unloading crane, and a guard tower.

There's a small building with a control panel and intercom equipment inside.

The site covers an area of about 20,000 square meters, surrounded by barbed wire.

The station comes with thirty staff members and some small machinery, responsible for loading and unloading goods and other duties.

Overall, the station and tracks look seamless, not abrupt at all, as if there was a small station here all along.

The staff came over to report to Ye Fan, the stationmaster's name is Li Tao.

"Sir, all the equipment in the station is operating normally, we're just missing a train."

"No problem, I'll produce an armored train right away."

With the station in place, the conditions to produce trains were met.

Originally, the production option was dim, but now it's lit, indicating it can be produced.

An armored train costs 300,000, and Ye Fan added four carriages, raising the cost to 360,000.

"Confirm production of armored train, cost 360,000, will take three days, please be patient, sir."

After production, Ye Fan still had 1.3 million in his pocket.

After choosing the train, a new option was added to the defense buildings.

Tracks: Cost 50 gold per meter.

Note: Can provide production materials to reduce manufacturing costs, up to a 90% reduction.

After leaving Dawn City, he had slightly over a million in his pocket.

Now he only had 1.3 million, which probably wouldn't be enough to deal with the zombie horde, so Ye Fan decided not to lay tracks for the time being.

It may seem like 50 gold per meter isn't much, but a kilometer would cost 50,000 gold.

A thousand kilometers would be 50 million, even if he could provide raw materials, a thousand kilometers would still cost 5 million.

The original railway was not damaged, so using it was not a problem.

While waiting for the train to be produced, Ye Fan sent his men out to collect resources.

Around Shannan, there was a group of people highly agile, with coordinated command, wiping out zombies with ease.

Large batches of supplies were taken by them, and nobody knew who they were.

Later, someone noticed Dawn Squad selling large amounts of supplies daily, making them somewhat aware.

It seems this Dawn Squad is not simple.

Inside the base, many knew that the Heavy Truck Corps might target the three Adventurer Squads simultaneously, indicating a possible major battle.

However, nobody really believed in Ye Fan, Lawson, and Zhao Xiaoman.

After all, the strength of the Heavy Truck Corps was evident; if they consolidated other forces, they could muster over ten thousand armed men.

The overwhelming difference in strength made it seem like Ye Fan and his team had no chance.

After the train was produced, Nana once again said to Ye Fan: "Sir, please set the troop strength."

After the upgrade, Ye Fan was already considering this issue.

Previously, the limit for the Dawn Army was 4,000, now it must expand in scale.

Ye Fan didn't want to completely follow the structure of the Qin Han Army; it's the apocalypse, the army needs more troops for support, and his army size can certainly be larger.

He immediately presented a plan.

"Nana, I want to separate the non-combat troops from the official establishment, is that possible?"

Currently, the army has 4,000 people, but this includes some logistical personnel, such as those in hospitals, airports, radar stations, warehouses, power plants, tank factories, etc., who also occupy the establishment.

"Yes, sir, you have the highest command authority, you can choose to separate, but those people will still need your provisions."

"Of course, I just want to streamline the number of troops and concentrate the real combat power."

Ye Fan then raised another question: "Now within our Dawn Army, we also have air force components, like transport planes, helicopters, paratroopers, etc., I want to separate them into a Land Air Force Group, separately under the air force sequence, is that possible?"

"That is possible."

Ye Fan nodded, there was no problem then.

"Alright, we will now officially establish the troop strength for the Dawn Army."

"The main brigade of the Dawn Army is now set at 22,000, under which there are five combat regiments, a direct battalion, a guard battalion, and an armored unit."

"Additionally, establish a Land Air Force Group, with 4,000 personnel, including transport plane units, helicopter units, paratrooper units, and anti-air missile units."

Ye Fan issued the orders, which Nana immediately recorded.

With Ye Fan's command completed, the troop strength for the Dawn Army was also completed.

Including both army and air force components, 22,000 for the army and 4,000 for the air force.

Adding Ye Fan's logistical personnel, if Ye Fan's forces were fully staffed, it might exceed 28,000, even approaching 30,000!

This was the troop scale established by Ye Fan.

Of course, if these forces were stationed in Dawn City, it still couldn't accommodate them.

But the new city had already expanded, and the troops would also build some buildings, so there was much more space.

Moreover, Ye Fan had a vague plan in his heart, that in the future, he definitely shouldn't be confined to one corner.

The world is so big, he wants to go explore.

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Heavy Truck Corps Core Area.

Gold Vault.

Mu Haiyang pushed open the door of the vault and stepped out.

He had just finished tallying the earnings from the past few days.

Now, gold isn't so easy to acquire; they've used helicopters to collect from all the jewelry stores they could nearby.

Those shops on the main streets that remain are not something that can be taken over in a short time.

Using gold as currency in the Heavy Truck Corps isn't an idea unique to him alone.

According to Mu Haiyang, there's a bigger force in the Luqi Province capital.

That force also uses gold as currency, so as part of the Heavy Truck Corps, aligning with them on currency unification is ideal.

Having money means having everything—he knows this well.

Mu Haiyang doesn't want to always remain holed up in Shannan as a king of the mountain; he desires greater achievements.

Thus, completely unifying the Heavy Truck Corps is just the first step in his vision.

The vault is the place he values most.

The entire vault is constructed of reinforced concrete—Mu Haiyang had given a dead serious order during its construction.

Build the vault as a super fortress impenetrable even by explosives!

This square building, thirty meters in both length and width, is at the end of a road.

Inside, there's not only gold and silver collected over so long by the Heavy Truck Corps, but it's also an ideal hiding place.

Mu Haiyang has prepared plenty of food and water inside, so if anything unexpected happens, he can hide in there for a year or so without issue.

Leaving the vault, Mu Haiyang received good news.

Guard Team Captain Wang and Jiang Army of Half Sky Cloud had finally agreed to pledge their full allegiance to him.

Mu Haiyang clapped and laughed loudly.

"Good! Very good! As long as you agree, those people from the commerce guilds will sooner or later see the situation clearly and obediently follow my lead."

Captain Wang and Jiang Army kept smiling flatteringly at Mu Haiyang.

The reason they swiftly decided to fully support Mu Haiyang also involves an important factor.

The pressure they've been under recently is too great.

Lawson, Zhao Xiaoman, and Ye Fan are clearly already allied together.

Especially Ye Fan's Dawn Squad, though it appears to be only about thirty people, the things they accomplish daily far exceed what thirty people could do.

Added to the last prison break incident, they realized Dawn Squad still has hidden forces beneath the surface.

If things turn sour, they alone are unlikely to suppress the other side.

So after some discussion, they simply fully aligned with Mu Haiyang.

As a result, Mu Haiyang's strength has increased, and the situation of dominating alone is forming.

Mu Haiyang was very happy; it seems his plans can be put into action ahead of schedule.

The original plan was to launch around the Chinese New Year, but now it seems unnecessary; maybe everything can be resolved in twenty days.

He immediately took Captain Wang and Jiang Army with him to visit the big shots of the commerce guilds.

Using both soft and hard tactics, he aimed to quickly achieve his goals.

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Time passed day by day.

Ye Fan's Dawn Squad became the most active traders in the market.

Their daily revenue consistently exceeded 50,000 gold, and Ye Fan's materials came without cost.

After two consecutive weeks, Ye Fan's accumulated funds exceeded 2.2 million!

As funds built up, Ye Fan also began feeling the change in atmosphere at the Heavy Truck Corps base.

Banquets in the core area started happening with a very high frequency.

Mu Haiyang moved actively among the commerce guild members every day.

Some members visited Mu Haiyang in secret, all of which was noted by the War Hawk.

Private mercenaries of the commerce guilds were continually integrating into Mu Haiyang's regular forces. Though their training was secret, it couldn't escape Ye Fan's notice.

The Heavy Truck Corps' numbers had already exceeded ten thousand.

All signs indicated that the opponent had completed most of the integration, and the launch date wasn't far off.

Although Lawson and Zhao Xiaoman were also preparing, the gap in strength between them and the opponent was clearly widening.

On the twentieth day at the Heavy Truck Corps, Ye Fan received a message from Dawn City.

Nana sent a prompt.

"Sir, the engineers in the Combat Laboratory have unlocked the option to produce Magnetic Storm Infantry based on the armor and weapon specs of Udyr. Please check on the Barracks page, sir."

Ye Fan immediately opened the Barracks page, and indeed, there were Magnetic Storm Infantry listed.

Magnetic Storm Infantry: Cost 1500 gold!

Nana said the engineers in the Combat Laboratory weren't just messing around, and now it's proven true.

They successfully incorporated this unit, not belonging to the Qin Han faction, into Ye Fan's combat lineup.

Moreover, Nana also informed Ye Fan that the Giant Cannon's development was in progress.

The Giant Cannon, as the ultimate ground weapon, was naturally something Ye Fan looked forward to, but it seemed it wouldn't be ready in time for the battlefield this time.

However, with the addition of the Magnetic Storm Infantry—a heavily armored unit—Ye Fan had much greater confidence in the upcoming mass troop mobilization battle.

It's time to first leave Shannan and prepare for the mass troop combat!

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