Chapter 178 - Prison within a Prison
After a strange battle between man and bird, everyone did not feel the slightest sleep, in order to prevent the blood of the killed birds from attracting living corpses or other mutated animals, so everyone discussed for a while and decided to set off for the naval base overnight.
Two armoured vehicles with 2-car compartments slowly drove out of the bushes in the dark night, and the driver had to identify the road through the night vision devices equipped with the car, which could see the 120-degree field of view in front of them.
"The two old drivers don't drive too fast, just keep the engine at medium speed, the sound will travel farther at night, be careful not to cause trouble"
Zhou Zhiyuan, whose upper body was outside the car, pressed the earphones and said
"Stinky old man, you are the old driver, can you worry a little about the title of the female driver?"
Fang Xuan's breathless voice came out of the earphones
"Hehe, I'm sorry, don't be angry for a while, wait a minute, there are two roads to walk after leaving this hill, one side is an artificial asphalt road and the other is a wilderness mountain road, which side do you think you want to go?"
Zhou Zhiyuan made a haha and changed the topic
There are four county-level cities on the perimeter of the naval base to the north and two prefecture-level cities to the east, which means that there is an encirclement of 12 million living corpses outside the naval base if the probability of corpse transformation is the same, so if you want to enter the naval base, you can only find a gap from its west side.
"We're in a position close to the gathering place of those living corpses, I think it's better to avoid it and go into the wild."
Chen Guohao, who is always observing his surroundings, said
The same view was expressed by other members
"About 3 kilometers west of the naval base, there is a forest amusement park built on a hill, which is considered the highest place in the city, and I suggest that we should go there first to observe the situation inside the city."
Fang Xuan said confidently
"yes, I forgot that we have locals here who can be guides, so I'll leave it to you to give orders on how to get there."
Zhou Zhiyuan chuckled
Under the guidance of Fang Xuan, two all-terrain armored vehicles passed through the mountains and jungles, crossed mud ponds and paddy fields, shuttled through many small villages and small pastures, and with the support of the armored vehicles' strong off-road ability, everyone came to the foot of the mountain where the amusement park was located without danger.
"Brother Yuan, I can already hear the radio signal from the base, do you want to take the initiative to contact them?"
Chen Guohao asked with a little excitement
"I can understand your feelings, but I think it's better to know about the situation here, it just so happens that it's completely dawn now, and you can fly a drone to observe the city when we get to the top of the mountain."
Zhou Zhiyuan said calmly
As the team got closer and closer to the naval base, the mood of three of the team members became heavier and heavier, and there was only one such stronghold within the administrative area of their hometown, where there were signs of human activity.
"Ji people have their own natural appearance, think about the disaster day to the present encounter we are also blessed people, to believe that our family is too"
Liu Jianyu said softly
This sentence soothed the mood of the three teammates a little.
After reaching the top of the mountain, the members of the team held binoculars to observe this large city by the sea, and the telescopic photoelectric observation instrument on the communication command vehicle had also reached the highest point to search for clues in the city, and the wolves who had finished searching the hill around the armored vehicle were scattered and resting.
"It doesn't seem to be good, the survivors of the naval base don't have much space, only the pier fenced off by the blast wall, no wonder there is no sign of patrols along the way, it turns out that it is besieged"
Zhou Zhiyuan muttered to himself
"It's strange, there is already a high wall on the periphery of a military base, why do they have a ring of explosion-proof walls inside?"
Zhang Hongda asked suspiciously
"I'll know when the drone flies over, and there will be three minutes to arrive"
Chen Guohao said heavily
After the drone was positioned, everyone saw that the 3-meter-high explosion-proof wall was full of inverted steel bars, and there would be soldiers wearing Marine Corps uniforms standing guard in the wall at intervals.
After the drone flew away from the blast wall, it was found that there were living corpses moving inside many warships in the base, and there were also many figures shaking in other buildings near the dock, but there were no figures on the roads and ancillary facilities of the entire base from the air.
"It turns out that they don't completely control the entire base, only about one-tenth of the area, such a large base should not be without weapons and ammunition!"
Zhang Hongda asked in surprise
"I don't know why they didn't kill the other living corpses, but I think it had something to do with the warships."
Zhou Zhiyuan groaned
"Look at the soldiers, they seem to be running out of food"
Liu Jianyu said in a somewhat unbelievable tone
"No, this is the base camp of the Nanyang Fleet, and the news previously broadcast that there are ten years of military quartermasters for 30,000 troops stored here!"
Zhang Hongda exclaimed
"The facts are in front of your eyes"
Liu Jianyu sighed
There was a moment of silence.
"Guohao, after recalling the drone, call their radio, we have to find out what is going on inside"
Zhou Zhiyuan said in a deep voice
"Fatda, make sure that the 120mm mortars can hit any part of the city, we may need to make some movement"
Zhou Zhiyuan instructed Zhang Hongda again
After confirming each other's identities on the radio, Zhou Zhiyuan asked the real situation in the base directly.
"Tell me about your internal situation, how many people are there now?"
Zhou Zhiyuan asked
"There are more than 1,000 soldiers and more than 2,000 civilians."
The temporary commander replied
Everyone gasped when they heard this, judging from the area enclosed by the explosion-proof wall, the buildings in this range could not accommodate so many people.
"How come there are so many living corpses still staying in the base, locked up by you? Why don't you kill it?"
Zhou Zhiyuan asked again
Because the Nanyang Fleet has been in a period of renewing warships in recent years, and the most advanced and powerful warships are parked in this port, he is worried that it will be a pity if it causes irreparable damage during the shootout on the ship, and there is another use for leaving the living corpses on the ship is to keep secrets and prevent espionage.
Most of the living corpses held in other buildings are relatively high-secrecy facilities, such as warehouses for spare parts, ammunition warehouses, logistics warehouses, vehicle depots, etc., originally thinking that one day when the state sends people to clean up the mess, they will be less guilty because they have saved a lot of important assets, who knows that this wait will be more than three months.
Zhou Zhiyuan then asked the officer to assist them in asking for information about their teammates' relatives and agreeing on the next contact time.
"It is too difficult for more than 3,000 people to leave, not to mention that the base itself is within the range of this prefecture-level city, and as soon as the helicopter lands, a large number of living corpses will definitely swarm in."
Zhou Zhiyuan thought with a deep brow
Good evening, sleep is a health killer, I hope all book friends can insist on going to bed early and getting up early, good health, good night, I wish you a good dream. Weakly ask for a guaranteed monthly pass, recommended ticket, subscription, collection... T_T
(End of chapter)