Chapter 11 The First Cataclysm—Pre-War Preparations

"Marshal, our second line of defense has been lost." A staff officer passed a telegram to Hilton Commander of the Northern Group, Atrio Himes Hilton, who was sitting in the command.

"......" Etreo reluctantly handed the note to a general in front of him, and then asked, "What are the Capani Army doing now?" ”

"They mobilized their troops to defend the beachhead and several bridges along the Wasl River, and told us not to cross the line lightly. Otherwise they will shoot indiscriminately. Another staff officer said with an unkind face.

"This is really too deceitful, General, we might as well ......" a Hilton Lieutenant General said something angrily, but was quickly interrupted by Aitlius.

"Let go of your crooked mind and don't think about it. If the other side thinks that we did it intentionally, and it causes them big trouble, then our two countries will definitely not die. Aitliu glanced at the lieutenant general coldly, and sighed slightly:

"It's understandable for the other party to do this, I think, all the generals here have seen the information of those ghosts, and if it were us, it might be more intense than the other party's behavior. When will the reinforcements arrive? ”

"The Gultoka Empire has sent two corps of mechanized troops, followed by a group of armies of the Northwest Corps, which will reach the outermost line of defense to the west in six days. The Kingdom of Capani sent two mechanized divisions, which would arrive on the periphery of the northern defensive line in two days. ”

"In other words, we will have to rely on our own troops to maintain the line for a short time...... How is the evacuation of civilians going? Elliot asked a crucial question.

"The vast majority of the indigenous people are willing to leave, and we have resorted to a little bit of violence. But compared to this, some young people are reluctant to leave. General, are we ......"

"Then send someone to persuade them to leave, if they are not willing to do so...... The people below can take the most appropriate action. Elliot's cold eyes released a trace of cold killing intent.

Many people know what is going on with the most appropriate action, but they know that this is not a good time to pay attention to these details, so they have no objections.

A few hours later, gunfire echoed over the empty towns and villages......

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Late that night, the scouts of the third line of defense spotted groups of black shadows surging on the road during their routine reconnaissance, so they took out an improvised flare and pulled the primer into the sky......

A crimson pyrotechnic flew up a few dozen meters and exploded in the sky.

Immediately, the alarm system beeped wildly.

One by one, the officers and soldiers of the Hilton Empire quickly got up from their covers, and some of them didn't even put on their coats, so they put on their undershirts, picked up their weapons and rushed out of the makeshift camp.

The artillery positions behind also began to be busy, with one flare after another being fired into the sky, and the light comparable to day quickly cut through the silent night.

After all the Hilton officers and soldiers on their positions saw the group of black shadows clearly, they didn't know who fired the first shot because of panic, and the gunfire began to rage on the position, and the artillery position also poured shells of various calibers towards this group of black shadows.

"Again...... It looks like the quality of our soldiers is still not very good. ”

"There's no way around it, who let that bastard let out this shit. Alas, it's a pity for the deputy commander, this matter has nothing to do with him in the first place. ”

"yes, but it's a mess of what we're doing, especially since a lot of those ghost things are dead colleagues, I'm afraid, that's probably what you and I can do."

"What now? Our artillery doesn't seem to have much effect on the enemy's damage. Are you still going to strike? ”

"It's a task I've been given, and I have to do it. But well...... If you artillerymen see that the situation is not good, you should run first. After all, a soldier can't be afraid of death, but if he is not a ghost like this, he is still exempt. ”

"You too, if you want to live, I'll wait for you to invite me to drink."

"It depends. Anyway, it's time to go. ”

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Half a minute later, the armored units behind the line began to move, bypassing the artillery positions that were rapidly pouring shells onto the shelling site, and rushed towards the blocking line......

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This scene happened in several important places.

No one knows how long they will be able to hold out, maybe for a day, maybe for two or three days, maybe not tonight......

Although their direction is not the last line of defense, because the front two lines of defense were lost too quickly, the rear lines of defense are still being reinforced. They know that they are in a sense abandoned. However, as a soldier, they were full of complaints about this task, but they still resolutely completed it.

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The next day, a temporary reinforcement saw the tragic situation on the blocking line like the Shura field:

Zombies could barely move along the road or in the field, dark red or dark brown stinking blood splattered all over the land.

And on several trenches, the surviving soldiers kept shooting their fallen comrades in the head.

For many of the surviving Hilton officers and soldiers, last night's experience will be unforgettable......

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For the Hilton Empire, this matter not only made their battle plan go down the drain, but at the same time, the heavy casualties of the troops made them helpless.

They lack combat experience against these zombies. At the same time, it relies too much on powerful weapons, such as heavy towed guns and self-propelled guns.

The attack power of these weapons is quite appropriate for a normal enemy.

But for zombies, many times, they are no more effective than a bullet.

Therefore, the lack of special allocation of more effective weapons against these zombies is an important factor in the successive fall of several lines of defense.

Zhang Shixin has long learned that a grenade may not even kill a zombie.

For this reason, Zhang Shixin didn't even want a bazooka this time, and most of the weapons assigned to them were either Molotov cocktail Molotov cocktails or three-type incendiary grenades that he used in World War II.

For the latter, Zhang Shixin was curious, did he really have this thing? Sinia didn't give an answer, but said that it could be used.

Zhang Shixin looked at the "short-handled stick" painted red in his hand speechlessly, and then asked Liu Hu to try how effective this thing was.

Liu Hu's arm strength was even much stronger than Zhang Shixin's summons, and after pulling out the primer fuse, the three-type burning grenade in his hand was thrown more than fifty meters away.

Zhang Shixin saw that after a burst of explosions, an irregular burning area with a diameter of more than six meters appeared on the ground more than fifty meters away.

This thing ignites much better than Molotov's Molotov cocktail cocktail.

It's just that the remarks of this thing actually are:

This thing is dedicated to killing zombies......

Well, Zhang Shixin, to be honest, did not completely replace the grenade with a series of incendiary bombs.

And to burn an enemy alive, many people will not be able to bear this feeling.

Zhang Shixin said that this situation did not have a great impact on him. After all, for normal enemies, there are many more effective ways to kill than incendiary bombs.

However, the other thing he felt was that since the Katyusha self-propelled rocket launcher was lit, his armored unit had also unlocked a new type of ammunition:

Armor-piercing incendiary bombs as well as high-explosive incendiary bombs.

The former is a special shell for tank guns and anti-tank guns, Zhang Shixin didn't care about these things, not to mention that the penetration depth has been reduced by a large margin, although the power has been improved a little, but the penetration depth comparable to high-explosive shells makes these things not have much practical combat significance.

Moreover, what is the use of tank guns and anti-tank guns with such a small caliber and charge?

In contrast, high-explosive incendiary bombs are something that can be used by almost all artillery pieces (except for conical guns), although the penetration depth is lower than that of high-explosive grenades, but Zhang Shixin is interested in the combustion range caused by this thing when it explodes.

For example, if the GW Tiger P's 170mm howitzer fires a 170mm high-explosive incendiary bomb, it will burn four-fifths of the fragmentation area and can burn at high temperatures for about 20 seconds in an open field.

I have to say that this thing works well in many places. It's just that if it hits the front armor plate of the tank, the damage level is not as good as that of a high-explosive shell, and even the armor-piercing incendiary bomb is much better than him.

Moreover, the burning flames generally have little effect on tanks moving at high speeds.

Of course, Zhang Shixin knew that if this thing fell directly on the energy tank of the opponent's tank...... Well, if the other party's energy tank doesn't burn to the point of bursting, Zhang Shixin can say that the other party is hanging.

Because it's something that is basically impossible to happen.

In contrast, self-propelled rocket artillery also has one more projectile type:

Boosted burn grenades.

According to Zhang Shixin's understanding, if nothing else, this thing is an improved version of the rocket of the three-type anti-air bomb.

I have to say that many of my weapons are garbage, but the power of this three-type anti-air bomb looks very powerful......

In fact, Zhang Shixin is honestly not interested in this kind of shells fired by artillery with a caliber of more than 203mm.

It's just that when he saw the shooting effect, to be honest, he was really shocked.

The 132mm booster incendiary bomb was able to shoot what should have been the effect of a 203mm shell, and the napalm covering about ten meters nearby could quickly ignite and stain it.

Because it is not so much that this booster incendiary bomb is detonated by the warhead, but that after the warhead explodes, it quickly ignites the small solid gasoline beads that are splashed away by the pressure explosion, causing a large-scale combustion effect.

Zhang Shixin said that this thing was really a good thing, and after a volley of fire, it was hard for him to imagine that there was anything else in an area that could resist this terrifying thing except for metal objects.

But he was more curious about another thing:

"Cinya, tell me what special warheads there are?"

"Poison gas bombs, white phosphorus incendiary bombs, rocket mines, armor-piercing bombs, cluster rockets......" Sinia just said a few types of bombs, which made Zhang Shixin's eyes light up.

However, the next moment, Zhang Shixin was like being poured a basin of cold water, and was dispelled by Xinia: "There are many bullet types that you didn't have the right surname to use before you were promoted to the rank of major general." Unless, you make it yourself. Of course, as a friendly reminder, there is no quality guarantee for what you make yourself. ”

Belch...... Well, Zhang Shixin reluctantly gave up some ideas.

But that doesn't stop him from continuing the YY tactics:

Gas bombs...... Pass it, unless someone uses it first and gets blamed by someone else......

White phosphorus incendiary bombs...... This thing has to be used on a case-by-case basis, otherwise it will end up no different than using a gas bomb first......

Rocket Mine ...... It's not a good thing, but it's not a useless thing, and it also depends on the occasion......

Armor-piercing ...... Well, the power of the hesh is really good, but this thing has no better advantage than hollow stray bullets, and the two are half-hearted.

Cluster Rocket ...... Zhang Shixin knows how terrible this thing is, it's not a good weapon to kill people, but when a tank encounters it, as long as it hits the place where it should hit, then ......

The elf dragon on Zhang Shixin's shoulder looked at Zhang Shixin's almost drooling pig brother, and rolled his eyes angrily.

So, when he set up camp that night, Zhang Shixin asked his subordinates to change their combat equipment again:

The armored forces are still dominated by high-explosive shells, supplemented by armor-piercing shells, and the machine gunner on the roof uses an M2 heavy machine gun, and the hull machine gun is still an MG-34, because the M2 heavy machine gun cannot be plugged......

Self-propelled artillery units are mainly high-explosive incendiary bombs, supplemented by high-explosive grenades; Self-propelled rocket artillery is mainly based on booster incendiary bombs, supplemented by high-explosive rockets.

Infantry weapons have been strengthened accordingly.

One infantry is equipped with two M2 grenades and two Type 3 incendiary grenades.

The sniper rifleman used the FG-42 paratrooper machine gun (conventional magazine type) with a scope.

The rocket gunner switched back to the S-44 assault rifle or the FG-42 paratrooper machine gun (drum type).

In addition, while Zhang Shixin was heartbroken about the money he spent on the installation, he still gritted his teeth and insisted on installing 30 M20 general-purpose armored vehicles as a mobile fire support team.

Although its prototype M8 "Greyhound" is cheaper, Zhang Shixin knows that the 37mm gun has no effect on zombies, so it is better to spend more money and change it to an M20 general-purpose armored vehicle with a better surname.

The 50-inch M2 heavy machine gun is far more powerful than the 37mm gun in fighting zombies.

And......

The M20 also comes with two Bazooka anti-tank rocket launchers, well, this thing is not a later modification - as General Patton said of this thing: "The role of Bazooka is not to destroy tanks, but to prevent tanks from bullying infantry at will." To do this, Bazooka had to shoot at a range of 30 yards. ”

Therefore, Zhang Shixin would rather give away 60 Bazooka than use it himself.

30 yards away...... What are you kidding, it's no different from sending the infantry to death......

Fortunately, Zhang Shixin has his own backup plan - Panzerschreck "Tank Killer".

After preparing everything, Zhang Shixin asked everyone to take a good rest, and then prepared for the upcoming battle tomorrow.

ps: I stood for another day today, and if I didn't want to go, I told me directly, saying that I had a cold and fever, and the birdman saw that I didn't bird him, so he actually told the supervisor about it directly, and I cursed him. It's a vacation today......

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