Doomsday rat

"Niu, our volunteer troops should also go where they are most needed. They are all very good fighters with rich combat experience. They shouldn't stay behind!"

However, several other soldiers with western faces in the headquarters seemed dissatisfied with Niu Dafu's arrangement. They were volunteers from Central Asia and Europe, and they were basically arranged in the upper reaches of the two rivers, not far from the front line. It's five or six kilometers away.

"Uh... You tell that driver that our flanks are also very important, and the living corpses are exchanged. They will not only attack the front, but may also detour to the two wings. If the two sides of the defense line fall, the entire army will fall into a desperate situation of being surrounded. Their responsibility is not only great, but daunting!"

Niu Dafu took a deep breath, turned his head to explain his strategic intention loudly to the English-speaking staff officer, and tried to squeeze out a smile that he thought was quite gentle.

But in my heart, I have already scolded the ancestors of these foreign devils for eight generations. When they called themselves, they pronounced it very strangely, every time it seemed to be called "Niuer".

If they can make their own decisions, they should all be sent to the front line to be killed by zombies along with the defeated soldiers of the Southern Group.It's a pity that Gao Tianyi has a death order, so the volunteers in the Northern Group can't suffer too much loss. The reason is very simple, offending too many people is not good for the East Asian Alliance.

Most of the volunteers in the South Group are from the Americas and Southeast Asian island countries. Their groups are either too far away or too weak.

But these volunteers from Europe and Central Asia in the Northern Group are different.The groups behind them are relatively strong, and there are still people who serve as the chairman of the Human Survivors Alliance. It is best to establish a good relationship.

It's not that they can send troops to help the East Asian Alliance when they need it. They just need to have a slightly better attitude when confronting the Indian Federation in the future, which can play a big role in public opinion.

Chapter 1165 Battle of the Races

Only one night later, the wave of zombies that had already retreated south reappeared near Huai'an, and continued to advance northward at a constant speed of more than ten kilometers per hour.Although the Alliance Air Force evacuated Xuzhou's ammunition depot, it did not have the slightest effect on the momentum of the zombie tide.

But the Air Force soon discovered two major changes. The scale of the zombie wave seems to have expanded this time, and no one can estimate how much more.Ten thousand and one hundred thousand are obvious, one hundred thousand and one million are also obvious, but one million and three million are not so obvious, and three million and five million are almost the same in human eyes.

Moreover, the tide of zombies is no longer one, but divided into two streams, east and west, and the number of each is more than yesterday.The east one is heading north-east along the Changshen Expressway. The air force reconnaissance plane has already passed Guanyun County when it finds it, and will enter the urban area of ​​the intermodal port in more than two hours.

The west one still followed yesterday's path and rushed to the north without hesitation. It has already passed Xinyi and is only [-] kilometers away from LY. It is expected to be visible to the naked eye in five hours.

The war was about to break out, and the position of the alliance army was also busy.The soldiers were divided into several groups, and they demolished the buildings within the range overnight, and those that could not be demolished were blown down with explosives.

This is the experience accumulated in fighting zombies over the years. The more zombies you encounter, the more you need to broaden your shooting vision. Complex buildings are a good helper for street fighting with humans, but they are a huge obstacle to killing zombies.

"Dong dong dong..." A reconnaissance plane slowly flew over from the south, a few white smoke came out from the fuselage, and then three flares bloomed in the air.

"Beep beep... beep beep..." In an instant, sharp whistles sounded one after another on the ground, and the soldiers who were still busy among the ruins of the building suddenly dropped their work and ran to the fortifications in the north.

The tide of zombies is coming, and that small plane is not an ordinary reconnaissance plane, but an artillery correction plane.It is notifying the artillery in the rear that the target has entered the firing area and it is ready to start the test fire.

"Tom...tom tom..." In less than a minute, before the front-line soldiers had completely entered the fortifications to hide, there were bursts of muffled thunder from the north.

"嗖...嗖嗖嗡...Boom...Boom..." Soon the sharp whistling passed over the top of the head at high speed, and then was covered by waves of more violent explosions, and dozens of tall flowers rose from the south. plume of smoke.

"This is a 122 howitzer. Don't be afraid. When it fires, the target is at least ten kilometers away. Come on, smoke a cigarette slowly, and don't hold on to the trigger when you shoot for a while. It's useless to hit the zombie's body. Aim for the head and hit again.

Don't be afraid to be slow, killing one is more useful than injuring ten.Don't be afraid of too many zombies. Where there are too many zombies, artillery will take care of them. If the distance is close, there will be mortars and heavy machine guns. We only need to fight one by one slowly.

Hey, I told you guys to listen up and shout to each other when we start firing, don't be foolish and aim at one.Do you understand with your brain, you have to use your brain in war, not courage! "

The soldiers on the ground heard the sound of the explosion, some were shrinking their necks while others were stretching their necks.These are recruits who have not experienced much actual combat. The real veterans will not watch any excitement at this time, and are checking their guns and bullets at the end.There are also some enthusiastic ones who took the opportunity to teach the recruits practical skills in fighting zombies.

However, there is not much time left for the recruits to study, and the learning environment is a bit noisy.As the explosion smoke rising from the south got closer, the mortars of the companies and battalions also began to speak.

Although there was no movement when they fired shells, their power was far less shocking than that of large-caliber artillery.But the little flower-like smoke and fire can be seen very clearly, and it is only one or two kilometers away from the position.

From this distance, a dark line can already be seen slowly approaching. From time to time, a few clusters of fire will flicker, and there will be a short gap around the fire, but it will be bridged in an instant, without affecting the forward speed at all. It is even more impossible to reduce the number visible to the naked eye.

"Da da da... da da da... pa... da da da..."

Just as the recruits watched the approaching black wave, their noses were sweating and their arms were trembling, there was a rhythmic knocking sound not far behind them.The heavy machine gun fired, but there were a few weaker crisp sounds mixed in, and some soldiers couldn't help pulling the trigger under the pressure of great fear.

"Brother Zhuang, what's on their heads?" The soldier who accidentally fired was immediately slapped by the veteran around him. Although his fingers were away from the trigger, his eyes were still fixed on the front, and he was keen to detect the abnormality.

At this time, the zombies have come to about 500 meters, which can be distinguished with the naked eye. If the eyesight is good, the details can be seen clearly. For example, many zombies hold some objects in front of their faces with both hands, or simply put some objects on their heads. .

"Bah... I may really not be able to go back this time! What to look at, aim!" In fact, veterans can see it even if they don't need to be recruited by recruits. I also don't know what it is, but I can guess what it is for.

What else can you do, it must be a bullet.As for whether holding it in front of the face will affect eyesight, if anyone asks that, the veteran will slap in the face if he rounds it!After so many years, anyone who still thinks that zombies have eyesight should be killed.

Although holding a block of wood to block bullets looks a bit funny and may not be effective, the veteran knows that in the previous confrontations between humans and zombies, most of the victories have been won not only because of the sharpness of the weapon, but also because of the Thanks to the fact that zombies are too stupid and don't know how to use tools.

Regardless of the zombies, they know that holding things to block bullets is only a small improvement, but coupled with the huge advantage in numbers, the accumulation of small numbers is a big disadvantage that can turn the tide of the battle for humans.It used to be possible to kill with one bullet, but now it may take two. The time delay and doubled ammunition consumption are enough to change the final result.

"Shoot, shoot!" But no matter what the veterans thought, the fight was going on.Following the orders of the company commander, platoon leader, and squad leader in turn, the defense line stretching seven or eight kilometers to the north of LY city suddenly burst into dense gunshots like popping beans.

The zombie striker who had rushed to a distance of 300 meters seemed to have hit a rock, and the momentum was stopped, and fell down in pieces.But those who didn't fall still walked at a leisurely pace, stepping on the corpse of their companions and getting as close to the target as possible.

"Tom tom tom... tom tom tom..." At this distance, the power of the heavy machine gun was exerted to the extreme, and almost every bullet would never miss.

Even if you can't hit the zombie's head accurately, you can penetrate the bodies of several zombies like candied haws, and tear up the bones and tissues along the way, causing a large number of zombies to die or lose their ability to move.

"The grenade is ready...to throw!" Even under such intensive firepower, a small group of zombies still rushed to a distance of less than 30 meters from the defense line.

At this time, due to the shooting range, in order to avoid accidental injury to our own people, the heavy machine gun can no longer exert 100% power.If you want to stop the zombies, you can only rely on the rifles and grenades in the hands of the soldiers.

"Boom boom boom..." With a series of explosions, the zombies who were too close were injured by shrapnel and knocked down by the shock wave.Before he got up, another cloud of grenades flew over, and then a cloud of rifles fired, finally holding the gap.

And this kind of situation, since the start of the battle for about half an hour, has continued to appear on the defense line, and has been continuously made up for.Occasionally, some places were not blocked in time, and the zombies got too close.

At this time, the platoon leaders and company commanders will blow their whistles and shout slogans, and order the soldiers to lie down on the spot, listen to the roar of heavy machine guns behind them, and let the bullets fly over their heads. Sweep it down, and then stand up and shoot according to the command of the officer.

Not only did the battle on the ground quickly become intense, but the blue sky was also not idle.There are always three or four transport bombers circling the battlefield at different distances, trying to find the location of the living corpses through thermal imaging equipment.

The reconnaissance planes flew lower, and they were also loaded with modified mortar shells and turned around. Once they found a suspicious heat source target, they immediately dropped two shells.

Chapter 1166 is different

"What are you guys doing! There are so many planes and we haven't even found a single living corpse. Is it possible that you want your brothers to kill millions of zombies with shells and bullets! Let me tell you, Fang, if you don't kill the living corpses Find it out, as long as I have one breath, you don't want to live!"

Although the line of defense has never been broken by the zombie wave, Niu Dafu is not in a relaxed mood.Not only did he know the approximate size of the zombie wave through the pilot of the calibration plane, but he also used a telescope to see the number of attacking zombies with his own eyes.Generally speaking, in one sentence, the situation is very bad!

He participated in the first battle to defend the capital, and had personal experience of the number and scale of zombies.That time was the record in the world to resist the largest number of zombies at the same time. According to rough statistics afterwards, there were more than 20 living corpses, and the number of zombies was more than 120 million.

But compared with today, apart from the fact that not a single living corpse has been found so far, the number of zombies has at least doubled.The striker has rushed into the urban area of ​​LY, but the tail of the team has not passed the Lanhe Expressway, stretching for more than 20 kilometers!

In fact, the number is not the most important thing. Zombies have no intelligence and cannot act independently. It is useless to get rid of [-] million living corpses under command.However, the air forces stationed in Xuzhou and Jining have found it since yesterday, and they say that they haven't found a single living corpse, which is a bit of a lie.

If you rely on the strength of the army alone, let alone a wave of zombies with a scale of millions, even 50 will not be able to kill them all.The number of bullets and shells is limited, human energy and physical strength are limited, and the number of times guns can be used is also limited.

But zombies are monsters that have no fear, no emotions, no pain, and no matter whether they live or die. If they can't rely on wisdom to attack their weaknesses and just rely on hard work, humans will never be opponents.

"Minister Niu, our Fang Xiangyun and all the pilots of the second brigade are not useless. They have been taking turns to search for them since yesterday, and they have to assist the ground crew in overhauling the plane at night. Up to now, many people have not even bothered to take a bite of breakfast, and their eyes are round. The son stared at it, just to find the living corpse as soon as possible.

But no matter how hard we tried, whether we observed with naked eyes or searched with instruments, we didn't see a single living corpse except for small animals.They must be hidden, but thermal imaging equipment cannot penetrate obstacles, and the pilot has no see-through eyes.There's really nothing you can do other than keep going around in circles.

Now there is a wave of zombies approaching Xuzhou Airport. If they don't turn around, all the planes and personnel there will have to retreat to Jining immediately.The situation is like this, even if I go to a military court, I will not change a word! "

After working for more than a day, he didn't get any grades, and was scolded by Niu Dafu as a waste, which made the captain of the Air Force's Second Transport and Bombing Brigade very annoyed.This proud man of heaven didn't flinch at all because Niu Dafu was the deputy minister of the armed forces. Even if he couldn't swear back, his tone and words were quite tough.

"...Captain Fang, you are a veteran of the Air Force. You have participated in many missions to clean up zombies. You should know more about living corpses than the Army. Now I ask you to analyze and analyze from the perspective of the Air Force. This wave of zombies and Was it any different in the past?"

Although Niu Dafu's personality is relatively mixed and he has a small belly, but he is more sober than most officers in combat, and he is very good at assessing the situation, otherwise he would not be able to serve as the brigade commander of the first brigade.

Faced with the air force general's rebuttal, he just took a deep breath and changed the subject very freely. He never raised the issue of responsibility, but hoped that the other party could provide constructive opinions from a different perspective.

"...Since yesterday, many pilots have responded to the zombie wave in various ways. I basically can't give an answer, but I have recorded them all, and I plan to hand them over to the staff for further verification when I have time.

Now that you've asked, let's briefly talk about it.This zombie wave is obviously different from the previous ones. First of all, it appeared so suddenly that it almost raided the urban area of ​​HA.I don't know how the Southern Group deployed their defenses, but it certainly wouldn't let a large wave of zombies approach unawares.

There is only one explanation for this situation. Their sentries were eliminated in advance, and they would be caught off guard if they lost the early warning system.It was night again, and the defenses were hastily erected, so that they were washed away in a few hours.

Secondly, the pilot reported that many zombies were wearing very bloated clothes, holding iron pans, and even holding stones and thick logs in front of their faces.My first thought when I heard it was bulletproof!Then I was terrified by my own thoughts.

If zombies know bulletproof and can assassinate sentries, the level of evolution of living zombies commanding them is unprecedented, and it is logical that it is difficult to find their traces.Generally speaking, Minister Niu, I'm afraid this battle will be very troublesome! "

Although it is the air force, Niu Dafu is already the deputy minister of the armed forces, and he has the full right to criticize any general in the sea, land and air.Now he has eased his attitude again, and the captain surnamed Fang stopped being emotional, and explained all the discoveries of the Air Force very carefully, even if he was not sure, he did not hide it.

"Huh...how does the Air Force think the living corpses use to command such a large-scale wave of zombies?" Of course, Niu Dafu couldn't understand these questions, but he understood, and after walking around for a few steps, he began to ask questions.

"Wild dogs, or zombie dogs. In the zombie wave that occurred in Xinyang, the living corpses relied on these infected wild dogs to command more than 20 zombies. From the pilot's observation of the battlefield, the only heat source that can be found is Small animals, suspected of wild dogs in terms of size.

In addition, the pilots also mentioned a phenomenon, which I personally think makes sense, but it cannot be 100% sure without verification.In their previous key bombing missions, they had never seen small animals inside the zombie tide.

When these monsters came, the animals were the first to escape, including wild cats and dogs, and even mice hid and did not show their faces.As long as the pilot finds a heat source, he is basically a living corpse.

But this time it's completely different. Since the discovery of the zombie wave yesterday, the pilots have been seeing heat sources from small animals, which are evenly distributed.They guessed that it was the command system. The living corpses commanded the zombies through infected wild cats and dogs. It might hide somewhere... Maybe there were rats! "

To say that Air Force pilots are indeed higher than the average IQ of the Navy and Army, they only spent one day summing up some conclusions through detailed observations, which is quite appropriate to the facts.

"Captain Fang, if I decide to retreat, will you object?" There was another silence, Niu Dafu walked around the window for a long time, smoking a cigarette, and stared at the rising gunpowder smoke across the river for a long time , Only then did there be movement.

"...Minister Niu, as a soldier, I very much support your decision. But as a military officer, I must remind you that this battle plan was drawn up by the staff and approved by the chairman. Before making any decisions should be authorized."

This question also made Fang Xiangyun silent for more than ten seconds. Niu Dafu used to have a bad reputation in the army. He was arrogant, lustful, and a bit reckless. He often used extreme methods to deal with problems, which increased the risk of his officers and soldiers.

For example, the assumption just now is also ill-considered.But speaking from the bottom of his heart, this is not a foolish person, let alone someone who casually sacrificed the lives of officers and soldiers for the sake of status.When he knew that he might lose the enemy, he was still willing to take responsibility on his own initiative.

However, doing so could not solve the problem. There was not only a regiment led by Niu Dafu on the battlefield, but also soldiers from the Southern Group, and tens of thousands of troops were assembled in Jinan behind.If you unilaterally choose to retreat, it will cause unnecessary confusion, or even a big rout.

Once this situation arises, Niu Dafu cannot bear the ultimate responsibility alone. All high-level commanders participating in this battle, including those in the air force, will definitely be affected.

Given Niu Dafu's current status and his relationship with the new chairman Gao Tianyi, there is a high probability that the real unlucky one will not be him, but other more innocent scapegoats.

"I'll call the staff immediately and ask the chairman, do you have any more reasonable suggestions before that?" Niu Dafu didn't refute, but he didn't intend to change his mind, he just improved it a little under the reminder.

Chapter 1167 Who Will Go To Hell If I Don't Go To Hell?

"The hard top is very difficult. It should be easier if we can withdraw to the fortifications on the north bank of the Yellow River and rely on the natural moat. But it is not easy to withdraw all the troops. LY is more than 200 kilometers away from Jinan. If we don't completely abandon the baggage, our troops will It will take at least three or four days to arrive.

According to the speed of the zombie tide two days ago, even with the barriers of the Li River and the Yi River, it would only take more than a day to reach Jinan.If they are overtaken by them during the retreat, I am afraid the whole army will be wiped out! "

Although Captain Fang is not in the army, he has a very clear calculation of the situation on the battlefield. This may be called standing tall and seeing far. After all, the Air Force has a wider field of vision and is used to large-scale transfers.

"Empty the ammunition depot in Xuzhou first, and then prepare to empty the ammunition depot in Jining. Give me half an hour!" After listening to Captain Fang's analysis, Niu Dafu threw his cigarette butt on the ground and stomped hard, turned and turned to Go to the telecommunications room.

He has roughly figured it out. According to the current strength, if he resists desperately regardless of losses, the 3000 people in his hand plus the more than 2000 people of the Southern Group should be able to rely on the advantage of the river to reach before dark, and there should be enough ammunition.

But once it enters the night, the difficulty of defense will increase exponentially.Once a zombie breaks through a certain point, it will trigger a chain reaction, and it may not help to push the reserve team up.After all, people are not zombies, and they need clear vision to fight.

The main force of the two brigades in Jinan had already received an order to march south for reinforcements yesterday, but they carried a lot of ammunition and heavy equipment, so they couldn't move too fast.Even if they managed to arrive by marching lightly, relying on light weapons and people alone would definitely not be of much help.

If you can't resist the arrival of the reinforcements, you have to retreat. Not only are the more than 5000 people in danger, but the more than 1 main forces behind will also be in trouble.It is obviously impossible to defend against a large number of zombies in the wilderness without preset fortifications.

Instead of being so passive, it is better to retreat in advance and redeploy to the north bank of the Yellow River.There are not only wide and swift moats, but also permanent fortifications that have been built for several years. As long as there are enough ammunition and equipment, the zombie tide will not even think about crossing the river for a while.

In fact, it is not the ultimate goal to stop the zombie tide from continuing to develop northward. The only way to completely solve the zombie tide is to find and destroy the living zombies who command them.Now the living corpses are getting more and more cunning. They know how to hide to avoid air strikes, and throwing more bombs is useless if they can't find the target.

But as long as the tide of zombies moves in a large area, the living corpses will definitely come out of their hiding places and follow them.During the more than 200 kilometers from LY to Jinan, the air force can find an opportunity to drop bombs. This is the solution once and for all.

Now what I need to consider is not how to hold the position, but how to use the troops in my hand to use the air force as bait and tease out the living corpses on the premise of minimizing losses as much as possible.

Niu Dafu's idea was quickly supported by Pan Wenxiang and Gao Tianyi, and there was no other way if he didn't support it. If nearly 2000 troops were thrown south of the Yellow River and consumed by zombies, although they could pull more than [-] troops to the south The group troops are behind, and it is the East Asian Alliance that will suffer in the end.

"Notify the first brigade and the second reserve brigade to immediately stop advancing and return to Jinan, and transport all the supplies to the north bank of the Yellow River to set up a defensive position. Send the first brigade engineer regiment to set up a temporary defense line along the river along the north bank of Qingyun Lake, east of Xintai, to meet the LY troops. withdraw.

Staff Officer Zhou, you immediately take the engineer battalion to carry the luggage and retreat to Taimiao Village, Mengyin County. After arriving, use this small river to arrange temporary fortifications and lay minefields on low hillsides.Be quick, take all the chariots and horses away, whether we can retreat to the north of the Yellow River safely depends more than half on you! "

After finishing the communication with the capital base, Niu Dafu did not hesitate at all, and immediately began to adjust the deployment.First order the reinforcements from Jinan to return the same way, and carry the baggage to the north bank of the Yellow River.

At the same time, let the engineering regiment of the first brigade build temporary fortifications in the northeast of Xintai City, more than 100 kilometers away from LY, and use the narrow strip between the two reservoirs to set up a blocking position.

This line of defense alone is not enough. The soldiers cannot run more than 100 kilometers overnight, so a temporary line of defense must be added on the way to effectively stop the tide of zombies that may be tracked.After a few minutes of checking, I finally found a suitable location on the map, which is the embankment reservoir in the northwest of LY.

The reservoir is roughly east-west and stretches for more than ten kilometers.Between it and a mountain range to the west, the Beijing-Shanghai Expressway and the National Highway pass side by side.Fortify here, and the width of the battle line is only about three kilometers. With the help of geographical advantages, it should be able to effectively stop the tide of zombies for a period of time.

"Guaranteed to complete the task! Minister, we have taken all the horses and chariots away, what about our heavy artillery?" The staff officer immediately stood at attention and saluted to show his determination, but before he could put down his hands, a problem arose.

"There is no heavy artillery and baggage, and the shells will stay where they are... As long as we can keep the zombies south of the Yellow River, we can come back to get them later. Don't dawdle, hurry up, every minute and every second counts now. By the way, by the way, tell the security platoon leader to ask Mr. Yu from the Southern Group to come up."

Speaking of discarding the luggage, Niu Dafu couldn't help but blush a little.A few hours ago, I joked with my staff about the embarrassment of the Southern Group.

Now, not only do they have to follow in the footsteps of the Southern Group, but they also have to gain the cooperation of the other side as much as possible. The first step is to reveal the general situation and the decision to retreat, and they can no longer say half and hide half.

But it's not just turning hostility into friendship, Gao Tianyi gave himself another idea.After reaching the north bank of the Yellow River, find an excuse to control the amount of ammunition supplies of the Southern Group, so that they are neither useless nor too abundant.

When the air force found the traces of the living corpses and cleared them up, they found excuses to provoke disputes, and then used superior forces to force the opponent to disarm and directly eat the regiment, which was more cost-effective than encircling and eradicating them.

Near noon, the battle on the LY line of defense became more intense. It wasn't that the zombies stepped up their attack, but that the survivors' artillery fire suddenly became more violent, and shells of various calibers fell on the zombies as if they didn't need money.

The air force also went crazy. They no longer controlled the number of bombs they dropped, nor did they seek out key targets to bomb. Instead, they flew about 200 meters in front of the defense line while throwing them.

In the end why the soldiers don't know, even many middle and lower rank officers don't know.But the effect is quite obvious. The offensive of the zombie wave has been suppressed, and the pressure on the defense line has been eased.

But it was only a relief, giving the soldiers a short break to catch their breath, drink saliva, and smoke a cigarette.Looking at the endless gray and black waves in the south, most people can figure out whether there are more shells or more zombies. This is a simple math problem.

On the southern outskirts of LY, beside the Yi River, in a relatively complete pumping station hut, Hong Tao was holding up his earphones and pickups to talk to Zhou Yuan and others who were a hundred kilometers away.

When Zhou Yuan heard that she had defeated the southern group with an army of zombies and was besieging the northern group, she didn't seem too surprised. Instead, she raised a problem that was the most troublesome but also the easiest to solve, how to deal with human survivors in the future.

Hong Tao was very emotional. After going through so many people, only this woman really had a sympathetic heart with him, and his thinking on many issues was almost the same.But it's a pity that I have to pass her by again. Not only can't we go hand in hand, but we have to become enemies.

"It's not worth it. I discussed with Commander Wada and decided to abandon Hokkaido and turn to Australia. The number of survivors there is small, and we are fully capable of fighting with our strength. If you can come together, you can swallow them. In For a long time, no one can attack Australia across the ocean, we still have time to develop!"

Zhou Yuan didn't quite understand Hong Tao's decision, and she definitely didn't want to be the leader of zombies like Zhuma and Alexie.Although she already has antibodies in her body, there is a high probability that she is not afraid of zombie infection, but as a normal human being, who would want to become a monster, live with zombies all day long, and take care of becoming the public enemy of all mankind!