Chapter 557: The Last Age (8)
Today's early morning is so soft and dazzling for the soldiers of Wuxiang who have fought bloodily all night.
Although it was winter, the warmth contained in the morning light made all the soldiers who felt the temperature unload their last bit of strength and enjoy this moment of tranquility.
The neat and tidy military camp surface is now covered in blood, red, black, and white.
After fermenting overnight, these unusually viscous things have now become hard pieces after pieces, and it is disgusting to step on.
"It's a weird ingredient, so collect it and start testing it when I get back to the lab. "That mature woman with black glasses is an outlier in this barracks, when all the soldiers are tired and don't want to move, only this person is still in good spirits after staying up all night.
A group of white coats went up to collect various samples, mainly the blood of the living dead and the internal organs of mutant beasts.
In a sealed glass container, there was a living dead body with no lower body at all, only half of the shoulder, neck, and skull, but still full of vitality and wanted to bite.
There was smoke and flames everywhere, and the remnants of last night's battlefield had not yet been cleaned up.
Light and heavy machine guns roared in the distance, and their targets were not the living dead and mutants, but a threat from the sky.
The bloody Wuxiang military camp has attracted a large group of bloodthirsty mutant birds to come here to fight the autumn wind.
Ai can crush the mutant beasts on the ground, but there is nothing she can do about the birds in the sky, and she can't fly.
However, it is precisely because of the Hellfire Giant Ai that is here, and the huge biological power is there, so that this group of mutant birds waiting for the opportunity does not dare to be too public.
It's hard for those exhausted soldiers to sleep so soundly in the rumble of guns.
Among them, many low-level officers have not slept yet.
Wang Jun is a squad leader and used to be.
He is now the acting platoon commander, because yesterday when his platoon commander turned into the living dead, he was the first person to react, subduing and cutting off the head of this living dead.
So the company commander was optimistic about him and made him the acting platoon commander.
It is the dream of every soldier to be promoted and make a fortune, but Wang Jun, who has just completed a step in his dream, does not have a little joy and excitement in his heart.
There are a total of eight people in his class, one squad leader and one deputy squad leader, plus six big soldiers, and they are all brothers who usually sleep in a dormitory.
In last night's battle, only he and two other soldiers survived the negative energy storm, and in the end, only he and a twenty-year-old man named Erliuzi survived the bloody battle.
The name 'second-rate son' was given to this kid by Wang Jun and his brothers, because this guy is always lazy in training, and he has to be a few minutes late every time he exercises in the morning and evening, and no matter how Wang Jun cleans him up, he can't change it.
However, after this battle, the second-rate son became his last brother.
Wang Jun can't forget the scene last night when the second-rate son picked up the light machine gun to cover himself, and he can't forget the action of his other brother Zhao Han who was bitten to death by the living dead, and the second-rate son picked up the grenade and was about to rush up to take revenge.
Walking behind a potholed fortification, many soldiers were resting here, and many dead bodies on the ground had not had time to clean up, and no one cared, because it was their comrades who died.
In a dented crater, Wang Jun found the second-rate son.
The second-rate son is sleeping with a 'person' in his arms.
After patting the second-rate son, Wang Jun handed him a piece of bread. The battalion had just begun to distribute food, and Wang Jun took two cakes first by virtue of his identity as the acting platoon commander.
"Squad leader, I don't want to eat yet, Zhao Han said that he was cold. The second rate said.
Wang Jun glanced at the corpse held by the second-rate son, and tears couldn't stop flowing down from the eyes of this tough guy, Zhao Han was another brother in their class who survived the negative energy storm, but if the military hat was taken off, you could see that a large piece of flesh and blood from the back of his head to the cervical vertebrae was bitten off.
Zhao Han usually has the best relationship with the second-rate son, because only Zhao Han did not look down on the second-rate son for being lazy and lazy, and only Zhao Han used to treat the second-rate son as a brother.
"Don't talk nonsense! Give Lao Tzu food! After eating, go to Lao Tzu to recognize the clothes, Qian Liu, Zhou Wu, they have become the living dead, and they are also our brothers before they are alive, we can't let them die and not be able to be quiet!" Wang Jun scolded the second-rate son.
When the second-rate son heard this, he put down Zhao Han's corpse, sat up, silently took Wang Jun's dough cake, and stuffed it into his mouth.
The mutated living dead have changed dramatically from their appearance before they were alive, and the fact that they must have their heads cut off before they can die has left all the bodies of the living dead in the barracks in a state of mutilation.
Wang Jun did not have the luxury of retrieving the remains of the brothers, but only dug out their military numbers and name tags from the pile of broken corpses, and when the time came, he went to the outside of the camp with the second-rate sons and dug up a grave for them.
In China, the dead pay attention to the earth.
In the entire barracks, there were many soldiers who survived with Wang Jun and second-rate people, and the fierce battle of the night made all of them feel a big stone in their hearts.
"How's the statistics?" Commander Ma asked the two staff officers standing in front of him.
"Of the 5,327 people in the brigade, 1,265 have survived, of which 362 were seriously injured and 589 were lightly injured. A staff officer said.
"The loss of ammunition and materials is serious, in addition to the consumption of one-third of the spare warehouse under the command, the biggest loss is the No. 2 and No. 3 ammunition depots that were affected and detonated during the battle. Another staff officer reported.
"Are there only more than 1,200 people left...... "Commander Ma muttered, and then he said, "Is there enough medicine, I will save none of those light and serious wounded!"
A staff officer looked embarrassed, but still truthfully reported: "We have more medicine than we have lost ammunition, and now only the headquarters has a little spare left, and if you want to have enough medicine, you have to go to Wuxiang to get it, where there is a town hospital and several small clinics, which should be in stock." ”
"Wuxiang. "Commander Ma looked in the direction of Wuxiang, Locke had been there all night, and he didn't know what was going on on his side.
"Let the soldiers who are still ready to fight recover as soon as possible, it is not safe here, and we need to build more solid fortifications. Commander Ma ordered.
"Yes!" the two staff officers stood upright, then turned down to relay the order.
As soon as the two of them left, someone came in from the outside, this time a scientific research and technical talent.
In addition to the soldiers in the early 1,000s, there are more than 20 scientific researchers in the Wuxiang military camp, as well as more than 30 people from the Maoshan faction.
"How's the cracking going?" asked Commander Ma impatiently.
The man shook his head and said, "It's going to be a day, but we've restored radio-telematic." ”
Commander Ma nodded, now that the satellite is scrapped, the wires and optical cables in various places have been damaged to varying degrees by the living dead and mutant beasts, and the only means of communication is radio.
"How far is the radiation range of the radio?" asked Commander Ma.
"Due to the interference of unknown factors carried by cosmic rays, the radiation range has been reduced by nearly twenty times, and now we can only guarantee our signal at a maximum distance of 10 kilometers. ”
"Is there a way to increase the radius of use?" 10 kilometers of radio is less than a tenth of the distance from the nearest military base in Wuxiang.
The scientist paused and said, "There are two ways, one is to lay the signal antenna outward, and the other is to increase the radio frequency, but the latter will increase our power consumption."
When Commander Ma heard this, he was extremely disappointed with both methods.
What is the situation outside now, Commander Ma doesn't have to think about it to know how bad it is, and now he is too busy to take care of himself, how can there be extra troops sent out to lay signal tower antennas.
Power consumption is even more of a problem, and now the military camp is using backup power supply, how to generate electricity and produce electricity is the most urgent situation that Commander Ma needs to consider at the moment.
"One more thing. The researcher said, "Ten minutes ago, our radio station received intermittent calls for help, suspected to be Commander Zhao. ”
The scientific researcher's voice was very low when he said this, and his brain for playing science and technology was not bad, so he naturally knew better than ordinary big-headed soldiers the battle and strategy of these two in the army.
"Where are they?" said Commander Ma, who was sure to pause, before asking.
"Just three kilometers away, there are about 300 people left, mainly armed police, police, and firefighters, carrying some citizens, but now they are surrounded by a group of living dead and mutant beasts. The researcher said.
This is suspected to be Commander Zhao, such a detailed personnel distribution and the current situation, the following departments must have understood the situation clearly, and then came to tell Commander Ma.
This 'suspicion' is to give Commander Ma the step down, let's put aside the personal grievances of the two commanders, it is unknown whether their Wuxiang military camp still has the ability to rescue their troops.
Even the technicians of the intelligence department did not want to meddle in their hearts, and if the soldiers sent out did not come back, they would not be far from extinction if they lost this available force.
In the face of life safety, everyone is selfish.
"Armed police, police ......," Commander Ma muttered, he is not as short-sighted as this scientific researcher, he values this group of new forces.
Now that the entire Wuxiang has experienced a night of fighting, Commander Ma, as the supreme leader of the army, is fully confident that this team has been in his hands, and it will be difficult for Commander Zhao to take the lead when he comes.
So now that Commander Zhao is late, Commander Ma is not worried at all that his old rival will compete with him for power.
Let's not talk about whether Commander Zhao can win this group of soldiers from Commander Ma's men, just talk about Commander Ma's character and methods, and he will not let Commander Zhao make small moves there.
When Commander Ma was still thinking about whether to rescue Commander Zhao and the others, on the other side, Locke had already returned to the Wuxiang military camp.
As soon as Locke, who was floating in mid-air, descended, a special soldier ran to report to Commander Ma.