Chapter 147: A Global Emergency
From the satellite, the towering buildings and constant traffic of the once prosperous and beautiful United States of America are long gone. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info was replaced by columns of smoke rising on the ground from time to time, as well as large areas of fire.
Lieutenant Stephen, platoon commander of the second platoon of F Company of the 3rd Marine Division, was leading his men through the ruins of the city.
Sometimes, things are so impermanent, Stephen was comfortably stationed in Japan two months ago, living a comfortable life of playing and playing every day, and now, two months later, he has not only returned to his homeland, fighting here covered in stinky sweat, but the United States has lost its lustre.
From the moment that damn zombie crisis caused by the T-virus, everything started to go in the worst direction.
First, the entire United States withdrew hundreds of thousands of elite troops stationed around the world, and then a large number of countries that lost the clamping down of US overseas bases were first stunned and then ecstatic. Japan, for example, immediately broke through the security law and expanded its military by 1.5 million troops, citing threats to its homeland. Not to be outdone, the Germans announced the resumption of compulsory military service and announced the expansion of the army by 1 million. Then the world's major countries began to expand their armies, and in short, the world seemed to be back to 1914 or 1939 overnight.
However, instead of the expected world war, a human zombie phenomenon caused by a terrible virus began to suddenly appear around the world. The infected lost control of their bodies in a short period of time, and their only thought was to bite the living, tearing them into pieces of flesh with their unfit teeth and hands.
The infestation went from sporadic to massive outbreaks in a matter of days, especially in the hardest-hit United States, where the federal government lost control of most cities within a week.
And in Europe, where the population density is also very high, the recruits who are still training in the boot camps have not played a role in the face of the zombie mutiny and the crazy zombie frenzy. In short, from Europe to Asia, from Asia to the Americas, from the Americas to Africa and even Oceania, the flame of human civilization seems to have been extinguished in just one month.
But among them, there are two countries that can still maintain the functioning of the government and the basic social order: China and the United States.
In China's case, the reason is not to be said, relying on the authority of the government and the strong suppression of the army that was expanded to 70 million in the later period, the whole Chinese people, even in remote mountainous areas, as long as you have a household registration book, whether it is a centenarian or a baby who has just opened their eyes, has received the injection of T virus serum. As for the 15 per cent mortality rate, the Republic has built the world's largest number of centres for the disposal of corpses, of the best quality and on the scale.
If you happen to be in the vicinity of the corpse treatment centers, you can look up and see that the sky around the corpse processing centers is filled with black granular black clouds, or from time to time snowflakes drifting on your hair, your shoulders, and your clothes. Those are either pellets after the body has been burned, or something like ashes.
However, in any case, China, which has paid the price of nearly 190 million people, has finally survived the greatest crisis of extinction since the birth of mankind.
As for the United States, they have managed to maintain order by abandoning all the cities of the country with a population of more than 200,000, relying on 3 million troops who have survived the serum injections and a steady stream of support from the Chinese government.
"All rest, we have to maintain good energy. All the zombies here must be cleared this week. The lieutenant used the teleportation device he carried with him to issue orders to the soldiers walking around behind him.
Today, Stephen's second platoon and even F Company had an easy task, just clearing a small town that was not very densely populated. At this time, Stephen had to rejoice in his good fortune, the young Third Army was not sent to New York or anything like that, and you must know that not to mention clearing the corpse tide in the big city, the outskirts of the city alone could not be penetrated by their current strength. I heard that only 1/8 of the living people in the entire United States are now uninfected, which means that there are only 3 million soldiers left in the entire United States and less than 27 million civilians, and the rest have become damned zombies!
Oh, God! It's all just too bad!
Stephen casually found a fairly flat place to sit down, and above his head, a rumbling helicopter gunship was flying in a neat queue, and the people of the army aviation were going to solve a small zombie tide dozens of kilometers away.
Flames rose high, and the zombies that were densely packed together were constantly cut into two or more pieces by the scorching, scattered shrapnel, and as more than a dozen Apache helicopters opened fire with all their might, the zombie tide that had been moving along the road towards the U.S.-controlled area finally stopped their momentum.
"Quick! Fast! Coordinates xxx! Rapid Fire! "On the hill some distance ahead of the zombie tide, shirtless American artillery was loading howitzers like crazy under the instructions of the commander.
Rumble!
The 105mm caliber shells continued to explode in the zombie tide, and the moment the zombies with their teeth and claws and grinning teeth were hit, they were evaporated by the heat wave and the blood that remained in their bodies was evaporated.
The roar of artillery and the firing of helicopters are like a magnificent dance music, and such scenes are constantly playing out around the military-controlled areas of the United States.
"London is missing, Paris is missing, Rome is missing, Berlin is missing, Moscow is missing, that's how it is now. In addition to the United States and the Japanese government, which has evacuated to China, the orderly resistance of human forces in these places has basically collapsed. ”
As Tan Kenian handed out his report on the current situation in the countries of the world, including Matt and Alice, the three people in the room fell into a dead silence.
Matt and Alice took advantage of the gap when Tan Ke flew back to the capital from the northwest to find Tan Ke with a tired face in the house arranged for Tan Ke by the military of the Republic.
Although the current situation is still as bad as the original plot, at least humanity has the hope of not perishing and even being able to counterattack the zombies. On the North American continent, with a large number of troops and perfect weapons and equipment, the U.S. military has built a line of defense between the military-controlled area and the zombie-controlled area.
In addition to Tokyo, which has become a ghost region due to its high population, there are also all the islands of Honshu and Shikoku. On the island of Kyushu, there are still about 10 million Japanese who are struggling with the support of the Republic Air Force by air. As for the European countries, the best situation at the moment is probably Russia, but the European part of its three-quarters of the population is basically wiped out at present, and some large cities east of the Ural Mountains have also lost almost all under the attack of zombies, and only the Far East part near the northeast of the Republic has received direct military support from the Republic, coupled with the advantage of being vast and sparsely populated, barely maintaining the operation of the local government.
"Chen, do you think this crisis can pass in half a year?" Matt asked. Matt is a more optimistic guy, which can be felt in the process of getting along with Tank and him before. And now, Matt's face looks like he's ten years old, and it's hard to find a smile on his face.
"I think it's hard." It was Alice who spoke, and she brushed back a strand of hair that floated into her mouth, "The T-virus doesn't just work on humans, it also works on mammals and even aquatic life in the ocean. Mass zombies are a threat, as is the Earth's biosphere, which is no longer friendly to humans. ”
"Those damn bastards of Umbrella Corporation! What the hell did they make! When Matt heard this, he couldn't hold back his whisper anymore.
"Matt, don't do that, we've at least had hope now compared to the original situation, haven't we?" Tan Ke said comfortingly.
The three of them walked to Tan Ke's restaurant together, and the military arranged for Tan Ke to be a very spacious house, with a small courtyard in the capital where every inch of land is valuable. There are no guards around this house, because all the people who defy the law are currently executed and sent to the incinerator without exception, so the current public security atmosphere in the whole republic is unprecedentedly good.
There are a few hard-boiled eggs on the table in the restaurant, which is a miracle in the current outbreak of the zombie crisis. Fearing that zombie poultry would threaten human safety (in fact, some farmers have been pecked and infected by their own zombie chickens), all poultry were disposed of centrally. The eggs that Tan Ke eats are born from chickens that have been injected with serum, and the current production of such eggs is very small, and the people who can get this egg supply are at least ministerial cadres or military major generals in the republic.
Gobbling up two hard-boiled eggs, Matt wiped his mouth with a tissue, and then said, "Chen, I've decided to go back to the United States with the next plane to transport serum, and I'm going to join the army and do my part to protect my compatriots." ”
"Matt, do you know that what your country is currently lacking is not soldiers, but ammunition and food." Tan Ke listened to Matt's words, smiled wryly and shook his head.
"What? Old? I can understand the lack of food, but how can the United States lack such a thing as weapons? Matt paused for a moment, he had no idea that the United States, which was the most productive in the world, would be short of ammunition.
ps: Thank you for the reward of tears drifting away in the wind! In addition, this book friend, I know that I mistyped your symbol, but I can't type that symbol, so I can only use this instead.
(To be continued.) )