A Post-Apocalyptic Journey to Another World

Pingyuan City, as its name suggests, is located in a plain area and has the Yangtze River estuary, making its terrain ideal for economic development. However, from a military perspective, the city's terrain is extremely difficult to defend, with the surrounding area being flat and offering no natural defenses.

Huo Mingde and Wu Sheng inspected the few remaining high ground positions along the front line. These so-called high ground positions were just small hills on the plain, but even so, they had to seize them in advance.

Huo Mingde watched with concern as his soldiers dug trenches and foxholes. Earthwork was a combat method used by the Chinese army decades ago, and had long been phased out after decades of military reforms, but it was being used again in this battle at Zhang Xi's suggestion.

Wu Sheng was somewhat puzzled and said, "We are a rapid reaction division, and mobile warfare is our specialty. Besides, is it really necessary to dig trenches to deal with monsters that use melee weapons? Do those monsters have heavy artillery?"

“Old buddy! Stop looking at things with old eyes. We’re not just facing monsters and beasts; they’re an army too. Zhang Xi said that during his risky reconnaissance mission, he discovered that the enemy had catapults that resembled long-range artillery, so he suggested that we take necessary artillery protection measures. I’ve decided to take his advice,” Huo Mingde said.

The soldier digging a foxhole stopped and saluted as soon as he saw the division commander approach. Huo Mingde took the soldier's multi-functional military shovel and examined it. The blade on one side was gleaming. This kind of multi-functional shovel could dig soil, chop firewood, even chop people, and could also be used as a small wok. Huo Mingde nodded in satisfaction; the maintenance of a soldier's weapon directly reflected his quality.

After giving the broken shovel to the soldier, the two continued walking uphill. Huo Mingde asked, "How many people have decided to stay now?"

Wu Sheng gave a wry smile, his expression unreadable. He said, "Those rich kids, led by Li Xianda, who came to the troops to get their resumes, have all left. They took a group of people with them, and along with a few others who left sporadically, about five hundred people have departed in total. Most of these five hundred are high-ranking officers like Li Xianda, not frontline commanders or soldiers, so they won't have much impact on our combat effectiveness. As for the rest, you've seen for yourself; they've decided to follow you to the bitter end!"

Suddenly, a long wolf howl came from afar, followed by a series of howls. It was the Black Wolf! The soldiers on the front line became very nervous. The company commander immediately ran to Huo Mingde and said, "Please leave immediately, sir. The Black Wolf is coming."

Huo Mingde smiled at the other person and said, "Come on, let's go take a look ahead!"

The company commander hurriedly said, "No, division commander, how can a division commander participate in frontline combat? Please retreat immediately!" Huo Mingde ignored the company commander's request and walked straight to the front of the position. Wu Sheng patted the company commander on the shoulder and said, "Young man, don't worry, I'll persuade the division commander to leave." After saying that, he followed.

Intelligence from the frontline drones indicated a large wolf pack, a dense, dark mass of several thousand, which had stopped two kilometers in front of the human defenses. Huo Mingde immediately became alert and said to his company commander, "This is a good opportunity. The wolves are huddled together. Call in artillery fire to cover that area. We don't know the enemy, and it seems the enemy doesn't know us very well either!"

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Leading his assault team tasked with destroying the teleportation portal, Zhang Xi, under the cover of the rain, took a long detour, relying on his experience from his previous life, and bypassed the orc army, arriving back near Maling Mountain. In his previous life, as an ordinary person, Zhang Xi naturally couldn't know the orc army's marching patterns. The reason he had a rough idea of ​​their route was because the battle of Pingyuan City in his previous life was so famous; mercenaries and officials alike had summarized the lessons learned from it. Furthermore, since Zhang Xi was from Pingyuan City, he paid even closer attention.

Zhang Xi glanced at the sky; the rain was about to stop, and without the cover of rain, the orcs would find them more easily. Moreover, they were about to enter the core area of ​​the Maling Mountain orc base. According to their plan, they had to reach the cave entrance discovered by Li Chengyu without alerting the orcs. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but thank the now-dead Li Chengyu; it was thanks to him that he discovered the natural entrance at the foot of Maling Mountain.

The assault team's journey was very smooth. Thanks to the individual exoskeleton system, the assault team gained an advantage over the orcs in melee combat for the first time. Along the way, they silently eliminated any orcs that were scattered on patrol. Unfortunately, the system was difficult to manufacture, and the assault team currently had all of Gao Longzhi's test products.

Zhang Xi led Xu Liang and several other soldiers who had pushed the limits of human endurance to form an assault team, which was the first to enter the cave, while Xue Gang led the rest of the team to follow.

The underground caverns were intricate and complex. Although the distances seemed short, navigating them was quite strenuous, and it took the group nearly two hours to finally reach the area Zhang Xi had previously visited. However, the assault team's good luck ended there. Perhaps due to the orcs' growing strength, the once empty caverns were now filled with patrolling gray werewolves.

The rest of the assault team tensed up immediately. If the orcs discovered them and blocked the cave entrance, the entire assault would be ruined. Zhang Xi, however, laughed. The orcs were indeed out of their minds, sending gray werewolves on patrol. These dim-witted, bloodthirsty, and belligerent creatures were incredibly curious; their first reaction upon discovering something amiss wasn't to warn them, but to run and investigate. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been lured out and killed one by one by Zhang Xi in the woods outside Liaocheng.

Of course, the following process is simple; it's just a matter of luring and killing monsters. However, this will take up a lot of time, but there's nothing we can do about it.

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The heavy rain that had been falling for a long time had just stopped when the main force of the First Division and the assault team engaged in combat with the orcs, while the other two divisions also encountered trouble.

The commander of the 2nd Division's heavy tank regiment was frantically directing his troops to unload the tanks that had just been loaded onto the railway. The reason? News had come from the railway authorities that angry civilians along the line had destroyed the railway tracks! Even worse, among these angry civilians were some of the railway company's low-level employees!

The well-trained soldiers of the tank regiment quickly unloaded their tanks and began moving along the highway. People threw stones at the tanks from time to time, but the soldiers remained silent and ignored them; they knew their actions were dishonorable. Even so, their speed slowed down as soon as they reached the national highway near Pingyuan City. A large number of abandoned vehicles from traffic accidents appeared everywhere! Vehicles that hadn't been seen in Pingyuan City for over half a year suddenly surged out. With so many vehicles, no traffic lights, and no traffic police, everyone was scrambling to escape. It would be strange if there weren't traffic accidents; in fact, there were accidents everywhere.

Due to the sheer number of abandoned vehicles, including many large trucks, many of which had been modified and fitted with thick steel plates, calling them armored vehicles wouldn't be an exaggeration!

The tank regiment commander glanced at the heavy truck overturned in the middle of the road ahead, and then at the many more vehicles behind it. He was immediately at a loss. Looking at the muddy ground beside the national highway after the torrential rain, he was at a loss for what to do. Tanks could barely move through the mud, and the truck could be pushed aside, but that would inevitably waste a lot of time, and that was his biggest fear right now!

Just then, the deputy regimental commander whispered to him, "A large number of black wolves have been spotted approaching us from five kilometers behind!"

The commander gritted his teeth and said, "Prepare for battle!"

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