Chapter 539: A Gathering Point Under the Night Sky

Two days after Chen Taiyuan's meeting, in the deep night, on the icy sea outside Beiyang Island, a huge ship quietly approached a beach. In fact, this is not a seaport at all, and it is not suitable for berthing such a large ship with a tonnage of nearly 10,000.

But it didn't matter, before it got close to the shore, one of the ship's helicopters took off with a bang. Mirrored by moonlight, the helicopter flew over the border and headed straight for a location marked on the map. This site is a human gathering point shown in satellite photographs.

This gathering point is not large, it is estimated that there are about 50,000 or 60,000 people, and the fighters of the Civil Self-Defense Forces are about 3,000 or 4,000. Because in the past two days, as the influence of the gathering points has expanded, the human beings near each gathering point have consciously moved closer to the gathering point, so the scale of each gathering point has also expanded.

At present, there are usually more than 100,000 people in normal gathering places, and the number of Self-Defense Force fighters formed is nearly 10,000. While resisting the invasion of zombies, everyone struggled to produce and survive. The large gathering point is said to have exceeded 200,000 people, which is comparable to the scale of a small city.

And the one in front of them is relatively small, mainly because they are on the border of Beiyang Island, and the population is sparse.

Due to the lack of even thermal weapons and the harsh living environment, the human condition in this gathering place is very difficult. To resist the invasion of zombies, you can only rely on various cover obstacles, coupled with self-made improvised weapons, in fact, many humans inside are almost desperate, and they can't wait to die with the zombies outside.

It was in this bleak situation that a group of uninvited guests quietly flew above their heads.

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At this time, several sentry members of the Self-Defense Forces were standing bored on the night shift. There is not even a single cigarette, because it is impossible for the ideal country to resume cigarette production, but even then no one dares to slack off. Because in this world full of zombies, slacking means death.

The day before yesterday, a human gathering point twenty kilometers away was breached by zombies. It was because the two sentry guys were lax in the middle of the night that a large number of zombies opened the gap. By the time the alarm was issued, it was too late, and the tide of zombies had infected many people. At first, the humans barely resisted, but when the infected humans became zombies and stood up, the situation was completely out of control.

It was a small gathering of 60,000 people, and it is said that as many as 20,000 people were bitten or poisoned to death, another 30,000 turned into zombies, and less than 10,000 managed to escape to other gathering points.

The lives of 50,000 people, just because of an overnight negligence!

In short, every gathering point is very nervous now, for fear of being targeted by zombies. And this gathering point in front of them is even more nervous, because they have been targeted, and they even fought off the first wave of zombie attacks in the evening!

At that time, there were "only" more than 1,000 zombies rushing over, and there were not many zombies of the powerful generation. Even so, the Self-Defense Force fighters at the gathering point paid the price of more than 800 people before finally exterminating 400 zombies and allowing the remaining 600 or so to temporarily retreat.

But everyone knows that according to past experience, as long as you are targeted by zombies, you will definitely not die. Zombies are very stubborn, they only have a very, very weak little consciousness, they don't know how to be afraid and have no strategy, they know that they are desperate to attack without a head or a brain. Only when the situation is very, very unfavorable will the choice be to retreat temporarily. But it won't be long before it comes back, even if there are no new tricks in the attacking routine.

"Damn it, I hope those guys don't come over at night, it's not good for us to fight. A member of the Self-Defense Forces rubbed his hands together and said with hot air.

"It doesn't matter what time these brutes are, you don't have this good dream. ”

"Hey, don't quarrel between the two of you, but you still have shovels and short knives, and I only have a triangle iron left as a weapon now." Damn it, why did I end up with that kitchen knife on the battlefield in the evening? ”

"Don't be so pessimistic, we still have more than 3,000 self-defense members, don't be afraid. There are only six or seven hundred of those brutes left, and we will definitely win. ”

It's good that there are such optimists.

But at this time, a bearded middle-aged man snorted and shook his head. He is the leader of this team, Sasaki, and according to the simple rank division of the Self-Defense Forces, he is a lieutenant colonel, similar to a lieutenant colonel in the outside world. It's not low, after all, the head of the Self-Defense Forces at this gathering point is a big one.

Sasaki was a seasoned veteran who had previously wandered in the wilderness and fought with a dozen brothers and sisters, and had survived the harsh conditions – though the rest of the siblings had died. Later, it became an officer at a rallying point and participated in several battles. It's a pity that the gathering point was broken by zombies, and he took a lot of people to the current gathering point.

With such rich combat experience, plus bringing three or four hundred fighters, he was directly awarded the rank of Nakazo after arriving here. In fact, the military ranks are all imaginary, and now there is no formal military rank system, and each gathering point is set in a vague way, as long as it is convenient for you to command when you are fighting.

Sasaki's eyes surrendered with some pain in the deep night sky, and the ruins of the town beneath the night sky. His wife and five-year-old son died in that cruel world, so every time he looked at it late at night, he seemed to be able to hear his son's immature cry for help before he died, and he even seemed to be able to see his wife's painful and desperate eyes before she died.

But just a few months ago, his wife was cooking soup for him at home, and his son was still playing happily with his friends in the kindergarten......

All of this is caused by that damn ideal country!

Sasaki has long been born without love, but he insists on living because he hopes to see the day when the ideal country falls. Best, he can also add strength to this downfall.

It's a pity that their weapons and equipment are too weak...... Back then, he was a regular Self-Defense Force officer, so his combat experience and literacy were so good, and his chances of surviving on the battlefield were so good. However, he did not even have the original military pistol, only an iron rod and a dagger at his waist...... It's really a life.

He is no longer in the mood to talk to others, and more time is spent on nostalgia. But when he heard a subordinate say that kind of overly optimistic argument, he couldn't help but remind him, after all, underestimating the enemy and carelessness will lead to death. And it's not the death of the underestimate of the enemy himself, it's the death of the big guys.

"Six or seven hundred zombies?" Sasaki shook his head, "Don't you know that the gathering point of Yokozuna has been breached the day before yesterday? There are tens of thousands of more zombies wandering around this area! Once these guys meet with those zombies who were repelled by us during the day, they will be led to us by these six or seven hundred zombies." When the time comes, you can't be sure how many horrible guys there will be!"

Tens of thousands, many fighters were taken aback.

This news only reached the junior officer and above in this gathering point, because he was afraid of causing confusion. However, the head of the gathering point has already reminded an officer on duty like Sasaki to be vigilant no matter what, and be prepared to fight a vicious and protracted battle.

"Okay, don't be too pessimistic!" Sasaki snorted coldly. In fact, he used to be similar to these inexperienced fighters, so he could still understand the horror of these subordinates. Now you can't scare them too much, a fighter with a broken heart can't fight.

He continued: "Although there are tens of thousands of zombies over there, the zombies' actions are unconscious, they must be running around, and they will be divided into many shares. Even if one or two of them happen to run in our direction, it's hard to say how powerful they are. In case it's just a small group of zombies of hundreds, or even dozens, it's actually nothing. ”

This is also true, it is impossible for all of them to run to their side when they go out for dozens of miles. Those warriors finally felt a little relieved after hearing this, but their faces obviously lost the ease they had just now.

Finally, after a short while, a soldier suddenly stood up, and his voice seemed to tremble a little: "It's coming...... Bastard, how can there be so many!"

Everyone stood up and looked up, and sure enough, a large group of zombies emerged in the barely visible area. The fellows came from the ruined town opposite, and it was from this line that they retreated in the evening.

"Sound the alarm, quick!" Sasaki ordered as he roughly counted the number of zombies. The exact number is definitely unknown, but with his rich combat experience, he still breathed a sigh of relief and encouraged everyone, "This batch of zombies is about 1,000, which is estimated to be a confluence with the Yokozuna zombies I just mentioned." The news is not bad, after all, there are only a few hundred more. ”

Mmmm, everyone repelled the attack of a thousand zombies during the day, and it's okay now! Although 800 warriors died during the day, the remaining warriors are more experienced, so they will definitely be able to survive.

After a while, the people in the entire gathering point got up, some panicked, and some reacted quickly to the front line to support. Of course, nervous yells or children's cries are inevitable, and the atmosphere in the crowded gathering point is suffocating.

All three thousand warriors got up, each with shoddy weapons. Under the command of the commander-in-chief, more than two and a half thousand fighters rushed to Sasaki's defensive line, leaving only four or five hundred men to defend in the other three areas, which was already considered to be exhausted.

And everyone calculates that if two thousand five hundred soldiers face a thousand zombies, although the combat power is very tense, it is estimated that it can still be supported by virtue of the home advantage. Of course, if it doesn't work, the male laborers in the gathering point will also rush up to participate in the battle.

But at this moment, Sasaki suddenly roared in horror, and the roar resounded over the entire gathering pointβ€”

"Oh no, that was the vanguard zombie army just now......! A larger contingent of zombies appeared on the horizon, about ...... About 3,000 heads...... No, at least 4,000 zombies! plus more than 1,000 in the first place...... Alarm, all units pay attention, the total number of zombies on the opposite side is no less than five thousand, all units pay attention to ......!"

The warriors who were originally going to participate in the battle stopped panicking and stopped running, and the weapons in their hands fell to the ground with a clatter. One by one, they stood on the spot, including all the residents in the gathering place.

There is no suspense at all in this kind of battle.