Chapter XXXVII: The Fog in the Distance Section 15

The fall of night did not make the zombies linger in any way, and with the support of a sufficient number of them, the legions of the living dead were still able to maintain the same intensity as during the day!

This is different from the Battle of Baimapo, where there is a very wide small river as a barrier, here, what can make zombies suffer at the moment is only a swamp-like quagmire. But such a swamp is better than the narrow channel of the little channel! Just imagine the difficulties of the Red Army crossing the grassland back then, and you can know what these tragic zombies are facing! At 7 o'clock in the evening, the zombies who had lost more than half of them finally filled all the mud that human eyes could see, and the battlefield that had become a thoroughfare was no longer easily controlled by humans! Amid the screams of the Zombie Leader, the remnants of the Forward Zombies trampled on the corpses of their companions and opened a new round of death shock!

Listening to the roar of the zombies in the dark, Kenin couldn't help but sweat in his heart, even if the faces of these oriental generals in front of him were light, they couldn't make themselves calm for half a minute! Just the power of those zombie clusters made this foreigner who had fought with him frightened, how could he rest assured that the weapons and equipment were inferior to his own army You can withstand the attack?

"Petrol bottles!! Drop!! "Another concise and clear order was issued, with the sound of explosives and the roar of earthen cannons that broke out from time to time, one by one gasoline bottles began to be thrown as originally planned, different from the old-fashioned trebuchet in the past, this modified rough trebuchet makes full use of modern technology to assemble, just hundreds of large springs that can be used in turn can make the trebuchet can continue to throw a variety of scattered items, the idea of the technician who designed this trebuchet is very simple, It is that the machine can load as many objects as possible at the same time, maintain a certain degree of accuracy, in thousands of test shots, this kind of catapult has been proved to be enough to throw the explosive canister 200 meters away, but in terms of accuracy can not be perfect, fortunately, the number of catapults can always make the dense corpse group in the face of the flying explosive canister has no way, can only use the body to resist. The wisdom of human beings has been proven again in this battle, the pile of corpses is not very flat in the first place, the zombie group walking on it, is only a little better than in the quagmire, the human firepower has always maintained a proper density, and it can always disperse, divide, or even completely annihilate the zombies before they gather in a large number in a certain direction! After all, with advanced weapons and machine guns that shoot in turns, coupled with the high-explosive grenadiers that Niu Keshen was willing to use, he had already prepared a large amount of TNT collected from more than a dozen tons of earthen construction and mining areas, and Niu already felt that he was sure to win this battle!

At 12 o'clock in the evening, the fatigued human fourth mixed brigade has been rotated dozens of times, a large number of soldiers from the beginning of the tired, already feel that their hands and feet do not obey the call, change you, let you hold a gun--- even if it is a pistol with a relatively small number of shots, standing there for half an hour is enough for you, not to mention that each battalion must persist in fighting for an hour and a half before it can be rotated? Then you hastily rest in the makeshift camp for an hour, and then continue the battle again, if the battle situation is urgent, you don't have time to smoke a cigarette, and the new order has to make you move your ass immediately and continue to use your gun to maintain the fire on the front line! Of course, every time they rotate, many soldiers can still pat their chests and say that they still have the strength to continue fighting, but their slightly swollen shoulders and tired faces full of gun oil have begun to betray them, and many consecutive shots will cause certain damage to the shoulders, even if it is this kind of imported high-quality goods with excellent air conduction system, it will also make soldiers suffer different degrees of damage, not to mention the scattered bullet shells, those who have tried to shoot the target know that those iron bumps that have just come out of the chamber of the gun, the temperature is very high! If you don't care, there will be a shallow red mark on your face! It doesn't matter if you fall down one by one, but continuous shooting will only increase the chance of bullets being thrown in the face, so it is not uncommon for a few hours of combat to have a blue and purple face! In the case of Koning, their soldiers are equipped with high-tech helmets and special synthetic mold masks, and even their eyes are tightly covered with night vision devices, and after high-intensity battles, they will immediately arrange for soldiers to apply medicated oil that specifically relaxes meridians and activates the meridians, and in the too simple army in R County, this kind of welfare is not available for the time being, at most, the soldiers with red and swollen shoulders can only secretly go to the kitchen to discuss with the chefs and ask for vegetable oil to smear it! As for how long the lump can subside, it still depends on time to resolve. Here, the pace of the zombie group has been tested again, even if it is a drizzly weather, the effect of the gasoline bottle can not be ignored, the zombie is already boring corpses and enthusiastic flames, and soon, a personal torch began to spread in front of the position! Kenin clenched his fists tightly, staring intently at his night vision device, carefully observing the movements of the zombies, if this situation continues, this zombie will definitely be easily annihilated by the Fourth Mixed Brigade, but the absence of high-level zombies makes this suspicious foreigner dare not take it lightly, before that, he reminded the seemingly indifferent Niu Commander in front of him more than once, let him reserve enough firepower to deal with those elite zombies that may appear! But in the night, I didn't see half of the evolved zombie come out and scream, but this R-type zombie, like other stupid zombie leaders, only cared about filling the hole with a large amount of cannon fodder. Looking back at the human side, the darkness could not stop the play of these oriental generals, the fireworks they brought kept blooming in the air, compared to the cutting-edge equipment at hand, it was nothing, but it always allowed the front-line soldiers to see the enemy in front of them clearly, and then looked behind, those large searchlights set high on the platform, their role was to provide the best equipment for night snipers to illuminate. The wisdom of human beings always shines in these Orientals.

Looking at the watch, in another two hours, the grenadiers on hand of the Restoration Army will be exhausted, and those high-explosive explosives may last until tomorrow afternoon, but zombies will not be tired, and humans are likely to be forced to retreat again! Cornyn secretly continued to count the amount of ammunition consumed by the 4th Mixed Brigade, and rated the battle himself.

Demons and demons have never lacked wisdom, and in Eastern mythology, those ghosts and spirits are like this! The zombies that evolved based on human beings have of course become the true spokesmen of the evil devils who jumped out of myths and stories among these mountain people! Of course, their wisdom is also inherited from humans! At the moment when the battle raged at the forward position of the Falling Bull Beach, the woods occupied by zombies began to show new movements, dozens of dark shadows gathered together, these strange shadows were in good shape, and they moved as fast as apes climbing mountains and streams in the peaks, and between the shaking, these zombies all came to the outside of the woods, and the ordinary zombies who stood there like ancient warriors in preparation consciously parted the road to make way for these swarthy and strange zombies, By the time they can feel the smell of gunfire in the air, even the slower front-line commanders can use their night vision devices to see them --- a group of R-type zombies! I've never seen these arrogant guys get together to act, they are all evolutionary zombies with the self-esteem of kings, even if it is a division of labor and cooperation, these powerful beings will not tolerate other R-type zombies sharing command with themselves! Well, there is an explanation! There must be a high-level R-type zombie who has evolved to the fourth rank in command! Otherwise, no one would be able to suppress so many R-type zombies. The searchlight can't shine into the woods over there, and the snipers can only press the master's temperament, which is also a helpless thing, Zhang Jiaming's forces are not yet bold enough to equip the Seraph's really high-level equipment! "Captain, those zombies don't know what they're doing at the front line!" As a friendly army, it is still okay to provide a small number of night vision binoculars, no, several staff officers saw the unusual behavior of the zombies, and they all hurried over to report, "Tell the double machine gunner to prepare!" Tell them they are not allowed to fire without my orders! Niu tore off his military uniform and continued to command the battle, these hateful zombies are inexhaustible, and Niu Caoshen, who has already made the ammunition at hand begin to become embarrassed, become restless! That's nearly thirty tons of ammunition! And that's not even counting explosives like explosives and grenadiers! But a day is about to run out, looking at the list handed over by the quartermaster, it is estimated that if you really want to fight like this, you will have to vomit blood tomorrow morning to complete the task! I made a military order! If you don't annihilate these enemies, you will be punished and punished! With a gambler's mentality, Niu had to give it a go: "Go and report to Regiment Commander Qin, just say: The front-line war is urgent, please distribute ammunition quickly!" Just go! Sent away the heralds, Niu Keshen grabbed the night vision binoculars, staring at the high ground where the zombie leaders gathered, in the boundless night, this group of four-legged zombies were also coldly looking at the human defense position, led by a strong R3 zombie, its head is no longer like a human at all, just like the two of its companions that Zhang Jiaming personally took down before, the eyes have completely degenerated, and it can no longer see where it used to be eye sockets, and its ears are completely gone, Only two fleshy holes are left covered in thick muscles. The nostrils at the tip were split and raised as high as a pig's nose, and the face was covered with a plethora of exposed muscles, and if you looked closely, this Daredevil-like monster would send shivers down the spines of anyone who saw it for the first time! The kind of horror monster that only has the ugliest and most terrifying, and will haunt in the nightmares of countless people, has been produced in large quantities in this apocalyptic world, highly evolved means that it has lost its basic appearance of human beings beyond recognition, and its two forelimbs are also very strong, and its fingers are seriously degenerated, all of which have become something similar to bone claws, but the end is sharp and abnormal, and Zhang Jiaming's three wolf cubs died under the injuries of these murder weapons. The two hind limbs were also sturdy muscle groups in the past, and the curved legs that had been brutalized told humans that this is the reason why these R-type zombies move quickly, and similarly, the front end of the hind limbs is also growing that terrifying long claw, compared to Zhang Jiaming's guards, the damage of these sinister sharp weapons will not be low! The most striking thing is its disgusting mouthparts, a long bright red tongue that constantly squirms in the rain and fog as if it were alive! Disgusting, absolutely disgusting, the first reaction of any normal human being when they see this creature may be to draw their nearest weapon and destroy this demon from the abyss! Niu Keshen looked at this group of zombies, and an inexplicable fear suddenly surged in his heart, he is not a bold bandit, he is just a humble person who has eaten a few years of military food and mixed with some society, but the times create heroes! After all, he is one hand and one foot, and he has played a good future of his own, and he followed Zhang Jiaming before, and he didn't feel anything about fighting a good wind under his protection, this time, there was no big leader or his own military advisor by his side to coordinate and sit down, only he had the idea, and Niu felt a little heavier on his shoulders suddenly. The zombies still didn't move too much, they stood there silently, watching the development of the war, beside them, they couldn't see half of the M-type or Type I zombies that served as guards in the past, what are they doing with the above ideas? Kening's bloodshot eyes didn't dare to move away for half a minute, it had been fighting for a long time, and the zombies had suffered so much loss, but why were they still unmoved? Even if they are cannon fodder, their death should have a certain value!

Not long after the battle started on the RS front, the defense of R County also began, different from the battle situation on the RS side, the rain on the R County side has stopped, and on the battlefield of the old site of Baimapo, the newly formed Fifth Regiment and the Sixth Guardian Regiment have been engaged with the corpses! At the beginning of the game, in the wide plains, two million zombies relied on their superior forces, but a single charge completely filled in the small river to the ground! Before the rising river water invaded the corpse pile, a large group of high-level zombies had already rolled across the river and directly pounced on the second mass grave position! It's not that the soldiers are not brave enough, but the 5th Regiment has not experienced any major battles in the real sense, plus there are many new recruits, and there are very few soldiers with combat experience! ---- never underestimate the role of veterans, from ancient times to the present, veterans are always the real soul of the army in the battle array! Shepherds who are proficient in shepherding will tell why they put a few highhorn goats in their flocks. That's because only these calm goats will calm down the entire restless sheep herd when they encounter the wolves, and unite against the wolves! It's a pity that there are too few veterans of the 5th Regiment, and the previous round of rebellion has lost a lot of elites, and this improvised patchwork militia has completely disgraced its commander! Under the wild impact of the corpses, they didn't hold on for even half an hour! Because the layout of the mass grave is wide on the front and narrow on both sides, but the number of zombies makes up for all tactical disadvantages, except for spending a little time on the front, the number of zombie groups on both sides of the attack is several times more than that on the front! As a result, the left and right flanks of the defense of the 5th Garrison Regiment began to rout without any suspense! Yakov, the number one veteran, faced with this situation, the whole person was about to faint! The big boss has always valued himself, and always entrusts those important things to himself, and even entrusts him with important tasks! Let yourself be in charge of the military and police worlds! This kind of grace is beyond the fate of the minister! It's almost a treatment that can only be enjoyed by friends of life and death! Seeing the militia that lost the courage to fight retreat from in front of them like a tide, these people who were still high-spirited before, just like a flock of chickens crying under the claws of fierce beasts, fled without any image, in order to win a chance to escape, those murderous people among them actually shot at their companions who stood in the way, and even some people ignored the fallen partners, so ruthlessly trampled over, and those who fell to the ground couldn't even make a muffled snort, In this way, he was trampled into minced meat by the so-called brother who swore to fight and fell to the ground! This kind of tragic scene can no longer make the veteran have the slightest emotional fluctuations, his guard and the closest guard company still maintain the structure, they are the first to follow the veteran close guards, for this old man's loyalty, can be called legendary. Yakov sighed, looked at the defeated army with a dull gaze, stretched out his hand and grabbed a cigarette, the sound of the soldier's screams was still ringing in his ears, but that had no effect on himself in the slightest, if he wanted to strictly enforce military law, most of his troops could be removed! Can he blame them? The reason why the Fifth Regiment was sent to garrison was that the staff did not take into account the power of the zombie cluster, thinking that it would allow this army that had just come out of the shadow of the rebellion to be able to train with fighting! immediately adapted to the cruelty of the battlefield, coupled with the Sixth Guardian Holy Order, it was purely to fight soy sauce and brush up on the sense of existence. But the result was a big surprise, under the leadership of a military layman --- a priest, others actually withstood the frontal impact of the zombies, and with the advantage of the location, they annihilated all the more than 40,000 zombies! Although the 6th Regiment could not avoid retreating in the case of the loss of both flanks, they fought first and then retreated after all! How do you count it on your own side? A bunch of cowards! Coward! The depressed veteran smoked a cigarette, tossed his hat aside, and began to slowly reload his pistol. "Commander Yakov, Commander Yakov, Father Christopher's regiment is retreating, please retreat with us!" A staff officer hurriedly stepped forward and told him. "Retreat? Go there? Asking blankly, the old man's face was still full of endless vicissitudes, and the dim cigarette head emitted a bright or bright light, shining on the veteran's wrinkled face, so that the staff officer who came up to advise couldn't help but be surprised! He had seen that kind of face, but it was on the execution ground of the Seventh Division of R County, when those few young rebels were about to walk towards the noose, and the staff officer saw that kind of indifferent, ruthless, and unattached color to life, and today, all of them appeared in the eyes of the veteran!

"Captain! Stay in the green mountains without worrying about no firewood! The staff officer was also an old man who had been following the veteran for a long time, and he sensed Yakov's resolute will to die, "You will order a retreat!" If it's too late, the zombies will be around! Head! "The tears of the staff officers are about to come out, these civilian officials don't have the courage of military generals, they usually dance and ink on the drawings to point out the country, once they encounter this kind of huge war, they are not a little stronger than ordinary people!" Where can we go? The army is gone, where else can we go? "It seems to be asking myself, the veteran is playing with a pistol, this weapon is the old-fashioned 77 pistol assigned to him by the big chief, and he has always kept it, and he is not willing to change it to a better one, in order to remember the promotion and knowledge of the big leader back then!" The guard platoon listens to the order! Without saying anything, the staff officer suddenly stepped forward and grabbed the veteran's weapon, and then ordered the fighters behind him: "Immediately retreat with Commander Yakov!" "This usually weak staff officer, usually can't see any decisiveness, who would have thought that at such a critical juncture, he crossed his authority and directly seized the command, which made all the soldiers stunned!" Look at what you see, get moving! Take the old head down with you! The others, divided into three combat teams, tried to take turns with Mr. Priest's troops to stop the zombies before Captain Fred arrived to meet us! "The order was issued in a very timely manner, when the troops began to withdraw from the whole line, the tide of zombies had already broken down the thorn pile positions arranged on the front line, and began to hit the huge civil fortifications behind them, but under the impact of this corpse tide, no matter how strong the fortifications were, it was difficult to consolidate for a long time, not to mention that there were no humans as defensive forces on it!

A thousand miles of collapse is exactly what is used to describe the defeated fifth and sixth teams! The entire two regiments of 1,700 people were actually lost more than half, and most of the casualties were trampled on in the process of escaping! The battle of shame of the R County Restoration Army was born!

The news of the defeat and retreat quickly spread to the rear headquarters, and there was silence in the staff headquarters commanded by Wei Zhongshu, who would have thought that Fred, who had been struggling to stop the zombies for more than a week, would actually carry out the blocking mission in front of the infantry corps, which was much larger than them, and still had full preparation! I didn't even hold on for an hour! How can this battle be fought? The defense of HW Village is basically civil fortifications, and a small number of pillboxes are cement, but so many militias are arranged to cement fortifications? Squeeze a bunch of people to death first!

"I won't say it, Mr. Priest, he is not a military officer in the first place! But what about Yakov! Didn't he take part in all sorts of battles? Not to mention the loss of the position, even the troops were scattered to the point that they couldn't be seen, if it weren't for the old man brought out by the big leader! I killed him early in the morning! Liu Xuetang's face was pale, and he slapped the table loudly! After several days and nights of hard work, as the upper commander, the nerves of several of them here were not tense? Coupled with the fact that the Fifth Garrison Regiment had been stained by the rebellion, there had always been messages in the army to settle accounts after the fall, and now, the defeat had become a mouthful, and in the face of the imminent trial, and the fear of the terrifying Seventh Division, the entire remnants of the Fifth Garrison Regiment who had retreated were all timid.

"They can't be blamed for this, the strength of the enemy is indeed something we can't predict." As the nominal chief of staff, Qin Zaixi's father also attended the meeting, and his smoking pot never stopped. "If you think about it, you'll always come up with an idea! How many winds and waves have we all come through? Daddy's calm speech made everyone's minds a little more stable.

"Daddy Qin's words are right, Lao Liu, I think so, you immediately take a group of migrant workers to transport a batch of ammunition from the mountain road to the front line!" Lao Wei took over the conversation, and he naturally had more things in mind than his father's.

"RS County's arsenal has been taken! We also send ammunition over? Lao Liu was a little surprised, but he really wanted to stay and help Wei Zhongshu share some affairs.

"The ammunition you get everywhere is bullets, no high explosives! I just read the report from the front, and it seems that explosives are more beneficial for defense! Hurry up, and if the battle goes well on the front, stay there for the time being! Lao Wei patiently explained. This time, Liu Xuetang didn't have any extra nonsense, and left in a hurry after saluting. The military is like that, when there is an order, it is carried out immediately! Won't procrastinate!

"Dad, you can discuss with the priest about the withdrawn troops, immediately integrate them, replenish the missing people, and in addition, immediately inform the people in the Hedong area, so that they can start moving out this afternoon and go to the west bank together!" Lao Wei said to the old man in a very gentle tone: "Now, the situation can still be controlled by us, but we can't take it lightly!" I will temporarily transfer the first battalion of teaching to you, do you know what I mean? “

"There is no problem of fewer people in replenishing manpower, but." Father Qin Zaixi narrowed his eyes, and seemed to be very embarrassed by his next speech.

"Let's be straightforward, this is a barracks, there's nothing to hesitate about!" Old Wei's serious face didn't necessarily have any hesitation.

"I am from the mountains of the Miao family, and I have never been a soldier, but I understand the rules of the army!" The old man's eyes flashed with a little bit of energy, and his voice became choked up a lot, and he put down his chimney and sighed repeatedly. "You gave me a battalion, you want me to enforce military law! I know that too! But when I am old, I have killed pigs and fought bears, even if the mountain ghost comes, I dare to share the level with him! Dad said, suddenly coughed violently, so that a cadre of people couldn't stop and wanted to persuade him, but the old man raised his hand to stop the movement, panting, Qin Zaixi Dad took the tea handed by others, raised his head and drank it in one breath, and then he passed his breath. I've killed everything! But I haven't killed anyone! I know that one will make a thousand bones dry! But under my order, how many heads rolled to the ground! “

Military law is different from civil law, there is no slightest warmth at all, even the former Soviet dictator Comrade Dalin has no affection to talk about when facing his son's defection to the enemy! Rejected the Nazis' offer to exchange prisoners of war! The Fifth Regiment was defeated before the battle, and it had already fallen into the military prestige of the R County Restoration Army, not to mention the truth of the previous rebellion, it was already an unforgivable crime! A brutal purge is imperative! Isn't that one of you the kind of person who is a mixed bag? When this kind of thing happens, it is often the moment to stand in line, and if you accidentally choose the wrong one, your future will of course be ruined!

Therefore, even if the old man Qin Zaixi repeatedly prayed sadly for Wei Zhongshu to open up, no staff officer dared to say anything to help and intercede! Lao Wei also sat quietly and motionless. Lao Wei knows that he is two catties, and without a big leader, he is nothing! However, the big leader gave himself the right, but he did not have any involvement in the desertion of his disposal at the critical moment. Once the order is issued, he is the main person responsible for the whole thing, and if the big leader wants to be held accountable afterwards, he must be the first to take the knife! Wei Zhongshu's face changed color and he didn't know how many times he was reincarnated, and no one could guess what he was thinking.

After a long while, the dark-faced deputy brigade commander finally made up his mind. "From this moment on, there are orders about me that are not allowed to be changed! Staff officer, you write it down right away! Wei Zhongshu lit a cigarette, exhaled a long puff, and then continued to promulgate the R County Kill Order, which was criticized countless times in later generations: "Therefore, the participating combat troops, the establishment above the company level, in the course of the battle, unless all the commanders who led the team to participate in the battle were all killed!" Troops are not allowed to withdraw from the battle without permission! In the course of the battle, if the entire regiment-level cadre dies in battle, the deputy regiment is on top, and the deputy regiment dies in battle, and the battalion commander takes over! And so on! Until the last platoon commander was all killed, before he was given the order to retreat! Not a single soldier who fought was allowed to evacuate his position for half a minute! Those who dare to disobey the order, kill! And cancel all his past exploits! All the family members are reduced to sinners! In serious cases, exile their relatives and never return to R County! “

All the staff officers were stunned, which means that the military order symbolizing the bloody battle in R County is about to be promulgated, different from the past, but the so-called five prohibitions have been repeatedly said several times before the establishment of the army, and in most of the combat time, whose army will not have a few deserters? Now, this lore order will completely block the back path of those defeated soldiers who are lucky!

"Then, what about the disposition of the Fifth Regiment this time?" In addition to being shocked, it was the concern for the fate of the Fifth Regiment, Dad stood up straight, he knew that many of the elites in the Fifth Regiment were his own blood brothers!

"At the level of company commander, all of them will be shot! Including the squad leader! Tell those soft-hearted cowards that they don't want to die on the battlefield, and don't want to mess around when they come back! There is no room for the slightest cowardly factor in the army! As for the soldiers who escaped, they were all incorporated into the 8th Death Regiment! Lao Wei's lips were pursed tightly, as if he had made up his last determination to cut off the last trace of luck in the hearts of those speculators in the army!

"Well, what about Yakov?" Daddy's face turned extremely pale, and with a look of disbelief, the old man asked dryly.

"Since the establishment of the Restoration Army of R County, Yakov has been loyal and has made a lot of contributions! But sin cannot be deducted by merit! Otherwise, everyone will use this as a threat, and the law and discipline of the army will naturally be in vain! If you don't kill him, it will be difficult for the people to be angry and boost the hearts of the army! Lao Wei's face was completely dark, it was not that he didn't want to let Yakov go, but the rules set by the big leader were ahead!

Qin Zaixi's father sat down dejectedly, no longer spoke, and all the staff officers became heavy-hearted, seeing that an old minister like the founding father was about to be decided, everyone had a sad feeling of the death of a rabbit and a fox.