"Guys, the situation is already clear, our field platoon was ambushed...... Annihilated. ”

"It's an ambush from mutants."

In the combat command room of the Paradise Island Fortress, accompanied by the cold and deep voice of the commander of the fortress, Brigadier General Liu Zhiyuan, the officers attending the meeting all looked at the suspended screen with a stunned expression.

Just now, a set of videos collected by satellites, drones, sensors, and the soldier's helmet camera were shown on the screen.

In a battle that seems to be indistinguishable from normal, a soldier of an elite field platoon is ambushed by a large group of mutants, commonly known as "zombies", at a transit station for material collection.

Because this group of mutants was not only numerous, but also lurked in the shadows, in the sudden, continuous attack that did not leave any gaps, although this elite field platoon also caused a large number of casualties to these mutants, but in the end they all died.

"Can anyone tell me what that means?" Although he asked knowingly, Brigadier General Liu Zhiyuan's question still triggered a burst of thinking.

"Commander." A major stood up and replied: "This means that we are facing greater difficulties, especially in the transfer of materials, there will be greater troubles, not only that, but our energy, logistics, and external relations will be greatly threatened." Sir, is the behavior of mutants already a common phenomenon? ”

The answer to the question was a bespectacled colonel, who was the deputy commander of the fortress, in charge of battlefield information and battlefield technology, as well as communicating with the technical departments at the top.

"Major, according to the latest document jointly issued by the Intelligence Department of the United Nations Joint Command and the Ministry of Science and Technology, the emergence of conscious mutants around the world has become a common phenomenon. The conscious nature referred to here, i.e., the fact that some of the infected mutants are no longer unconsciously following the eating instinct, and their aggression towards the survivors is usually a conscious act. Available data suggest that this behavior is more akin to hunting in nature.

The so-called common phenomenon refers to the fact that there are reports of infected people consciously attacking survivors around the world, but the vast majority of infected people are still in a state of unconscious attack. If the proportion is to be calculated, the proportion of people who are consciously infected does not exceed 0.1%, and this degree of consciousness still needs to be further observed. ”

"Sir!" A captain, apparently the commander of a front-line combat unit, stood up and said: "Our entire field platoon was ambushed and annihilated. The number of mutants attacking on the scene was close to 1,000, and if this ratio was followed, could it be that all the conscious infected people outside the fortress were gathered together? ”

There were nearly a million infected people outside the fortress, and after more than a month and a half of continuous fighting, that number had dropped by at least a third. However, at the ratio of one in a thousand, it will take nearly a thousand conscious mutants to appear among the nearly one million mutants.

And yet it's all in one place?

"If that's the case." Another captain stood up and said, "Among them, there are clearly organizers. The ambush of thousands of people, even if it is a normal human being, must have an organizer, and the ability of the organizer must not be too bad, and the obedience of the executor must be highly unified. How do they convey their message? ”

At this time, Captain Hailingjia, who was sitting next to Li Xiaocheng, stood up, among the officers present, the number of women was very rare, and her dazzling red hair and tall figure made her feel like she had illuminated the entire venue. However, what she said was more lethal than any of the male officers before her.

"Commander, I don't think there's any need for us to look into the question of whether mutants are conscious or not. Since this trend is a very great threat to us, I think it is imperative to eliminate all the mutants in front of the fortress and even on the entire paradise island. Instead of hiding behind the fortress walls and waiting for them to mutate and become new species that are becoming more and more difficult for us to deal with, we should take the initiative to concentrate the heavy firepower of the fortress to cover the area where the mutants are concentrated, and then send the main force to clear out the scattered mutants who have evaded the covering attack under the cover of heavy weapons. Until the entire paradise island is completely restored to a situation where there are no mutants. The above is my personal suggestion, please consider it to the commander. ”

For a moment, the venue became a little quiet.

Indeed, why are mutants conscious? What level of consciousness is there? Are they able to communicate with each other, convey information, and are they organized and obedient?

These issues should be of concern to scientific researchers.

For Paradise Island Fortress, this mutant trend of mutants hides a very huge threat. The easiest way to deal with this long-term threat is to use artillery fire to cover all the areas where the mutants are congregated.

To put it more simply, it is to use artillery fire to wash the floor.

A similar battle plan had been proposed before, especially after the completion of the fortified defensive walls, which had also been on the agenda. But the staff officers of the Fortress Command, as well as the civil administrator of the Fortress, believe that there are many places on Paradise Island that hide survivors, and that this kind of rough shelling will hurt innocent people, and this devastating destruction will greatly increase the difficulty of reconstruction.

As the commander of the fortress and the supreme leader of the entire Paradise Island, Brigadier General Liu Zhiyuan said with a calm face: "Let me tell you the truth, Captain Hailinga, the fortress does not have such a powerful firepower to carry out the whole island to wash the ground, and there is no way to ensure that the infrastructure related to the survival of the entire fortress will not be destroyed while washing the ground." ”

Some people at the venue couldn't help laughing, and the dignified commander of the fortress actually used the word "washing the floor" simply and rudely, which made most of the grassroots officers feel very down-to-earth.

However, after Commander Liu's explanation, most people realized that this fortress was only built for mutants, and because the fortress had the inventory of the garrison on the island and the air support of the superiors later, it could be said that there was plenty of guns and ammunition.

But there was no heavy artillery on Paradise Island itself, and the previous artillery was basically based on the vehicle-mounted guns of infantry combat vehicles, ranging in caliber from 30 mm to 105 mm, and the largest caliber guns were the 125 mm caliber guns of only a few tanks. And the shell washing that Hailinga has experienced is also the only time so far, and the long-range artillery support is still from the naval guns on the destroyers of the navy.

Hai Lingjia also looked at Brigadier General Liu Zhiyuan calmly and said, "Commander, even if the fortress does not have such heavy artillery, this should not be a problem. We can request long-range support from the Navy and Air Force, as well as short-range ballistic missiles. ”

Liu Zhiyuan didn't seem to be angry because the little captain questioned his opinion that he was already a coffin, but looked at the expressions on the faces of many young officers who agreed with Captain Hailingjia, he was a little touched, he used to be so hot-blooded and simple, from a purely military point of view, it is more time-consuming and troublesome to use long-range artillery fire or air strikes, and a simpler weapon is a tactical nuclear bomb, which is very advanced and controllable, and there is no pollution but a weapon that is extremely powerful.

But in fact, his similar request has long been denied. So he could only say: "Captain, there is no long-range artillery fire, no ballistic missiles." ”

"Why?" This question was not asked by Hailinga, but by the voices that came from many places in the hall at the same time.

The bespectacled deputy commander said with a solemn face: "There has always been an argument in the United Nations High Command, and some influential scientists have cited various evidences since the outbreak of infection, believing that mutants can still be treated theoretically, and there have been certain cases of improvement in clinical treatment."

In fact, more than 60% of the infected people are now infected, and if all the infected are eliminated with weapons such as tactical nuclear bombs, it is equivalent to destroying hundreds of millions of their own kind, which is a decision that no decision-maker can make. Moreover, the nuclear strike itself is a Pandora's box, once opened, it is bound to produce a series of chain reactions, simply put, similar tactical nuclear bomb strikes are also likely to trigger the reaction and automatic counterattack of the defense systems of various countries, and eventually it is likely to lead to the destruction of the entire earth.

I would like to share with you that the heads of state of the United Nations Supreme Joint Command have now agreed to focus their efforts on shutting down the existing nuclear power plants in various countries, in order to prevent nuclear power plants from being left unattended in the event of a spread of infection. In other words, the goal of the United Nations, as it should now be called the world's highest joint command, is to sustain human civilization, not to let the entire human race and the virus die together because of the spread of the virus. ”

Hailinga sat down, the issue was too big for a small captain of her to refute. And although her heart was full of uneasiness, she also couldn't convince herself to accept the end of the whole earth, which was not what she wanted. It's just that I still feel that something is wrong.

Suddenly, someone asked in the corner: "So, the senior officials of the so-called global highest joint command should be staying in a very safe place now, right?" ”

"Don't be ashamed." Brigadier General Liu Zhiyuan did not investigate the source of the voice, but said coldly, a little more murderous than the previous coldness: "As a soldier, dying in battle to defend your homeland is the best destination!" Whoever asks again such meaningless questioning will wait to be executed by the bullets of his own companions in shame! ”

The ensuing meeting soon became bogged down in a series of debated battle plans.

When they came out of the meeting, the headquarters of the fortress commander still could not agree on a specific battle plan.

Hai Lingjia and Li Lingcheng came in the same car, and also took the same car and went back, when they went back, Hai Lingjia asked Li Lingcheng to drive, and she herself was a little depressed and sat in the passenger seat.

After being silent all the way, when he was about to return to the barracks, Hailinga suddenly smiled and said: "Suddenly I feel that this is like a game, our opponent has been given various protective laws by ourselves, and we have opened up the opponent, but added a lot of restraints to ourselves. You say, which of us will be the next to die? …… I don't care, I want to live! ”