Chapter 1: A Corner of the World

People who like music will not know that John. Strauss and, of course, the well-known "Blue Danube".

The Danube River is the second longest river in Europe, second only to the Volga River in Russia in terms of river length, and is an extremely important international river in Europe, with a total length of 2,857 kilometers and a basin area of 817,000 square kilometers.

The Danube River originates in the Black Forest region of Germany and flows through ten Central and Eastern European countries, including Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Ukraine, making it the most flowing river in the world, and finally flows into the Black Sea from the Danube Delta.

The Danube River Basin also includes Poland, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, the Republic of Macedonia, Albania and other countries, with more than 300 tributaries.

It is a great river that gave birth to European sentiments in the old era, and in this era, it guarded the future of humanity.

This is a river of life, the most important lifeline of the headquarters of the World Salvation Organization on the Eastern Front.

Central Europe, Hungary, Budapest.

The homeland of the former Magyar people.

The Danube River flows through Austria and Slovakia and flows north to south through Hungary, splitting the country in two, and then flowing south until it flows into the Black Sea.

Since the recovery of the Bavarian Black Forest by the World Salvation Organization, Hungary has become the third theater of the World Salvation Organization, mainly responsible for the war in southeastern Europe.

Budapest, located on the banks of the Danube River, was once known as the quietest capital in the world in the old days of Hungary.

However, it is not quiet here.

Very not quiet.

The artillery fire continued, and the whizzing missiles were scattered on the ground, bursting out with eye-burning light.

The ground is trembling, the world is trembling.

Budapest, in the old days, the city consisted of two urban clusters, Buda and Pest, divided into twenty-three districts.

Since the battle, the Pest region on the east bank of the Danube River has completely fallen into a paradise for zombies and a hell on earth, and only five of the 23 districts of the city on the west bank of the river are still in the hands of humans.

The command headquarters of the Third Theater of Operations, the executive commander General Falkas, stood on the belvedere of the Fisherman's Bastion on the bank of the Buda district, staring at the ruined wall on the other side of the Danube, his brow full of sorrow.

On the other side of the river, there is the city of Pest, the most famous pearl of Central Europe, and now, St. The Cathedral of Evants, the Castle of Vojdač and the Houses of Parliament are in ruins.

The once world-renowned architecture, the bright pearl of the tangible cultural heritage, was destroyed in front of him and in his hands.

As a true Magyars, no one will feel good watching their beloved hometown turn into scorched earth.

Even if Falkas is a notoriously cold-blooded killing machine within the organization.

Just now, Falkas personally ordered the artillery units deployed on the west side of the Danube to carry out an hour-long artillery bombardment to the east bank.

As soon as the dense missile scattering stopped, the smoke of gunpowder on the battlefield was still filled, and Falkas looked into the distance through the fog with a telescope, only to see a wave of zombies still roaring like mountains and seas. The corners of Falcas's mouth trembled, but an incomparably hard heart was quietly sinking.

Budapest, the city, the entire Falcas Line of the Third War Zone, is under the onslaught of zombies, stormy.

Two years ago, the organization issued an operational plan codenamed "Tiger".

That is, it took two years to set up an ambush between the Sahe River basin and the Danube River basin, and then attracted a large number of zombies entrenched in Slovakia, Ukraine and Romania, intending to completely eliminate this zombie wave of up to 80 million, so as to recover the land of the three war zones in one fell swoop!

However, when the battle began, the commanders of the World Salvation Organization discovered that there was a big discrepancy between the expected situation and the actual situation, and the number of zombies was probably far more than 80 million, and the proportion of high-level zombies among them was far beyond the estimate.

The battle lasted for two whole years, from the expected war of annihilation to a positional defensive war, and from a positional defensive war to a defensive war of attrition.

With the gradual collapse of the defense line of the Sasa River, the Danube-Sasa River strategic depth area was completely lost, and the zombies that smelled blood were a hundred times more fierce than sharks, and flocked to the banks of the Danube with complete desperation.

"Falcas, this battle, it's time to consider what the bitter fruit of defeat tastes like."

Behind Falcas, a white-bearded old man in a gray cotton military uniform said, the old man was holding a fountain pen in his hand, and he was constantly turning, and the blood-stained tassels on the military uniform exuded gray, yellow, and red.

Falkas turned his head, glanced at the old man, and said, "My dear Comrade Horva, the situation has not deteriorated to that point. Our defense line is still strong, and our supplies can last for a week, as long as the organization sends us people, this battle can be fought! ”

The old Horva said in a deep voice: "Falcas, don't be too naΓ―ve, the war organized in the Mediterranean region has been crushed, and even the most elite Sebastian army has been wiped out. Now, those cowards on the hill of the Alpine Parliament can't even solve the trouble at our doorstep, where do they have time to care about us? Believe me, they can't count on it, we have to prepare to save ourselves. ”

Falkas was stunned for a moment, and said with a gloomy face: "Horva, we are at the forefront of the eastern front, and if we are defeated, the large plain area behind us will not have the slightest defensive position. After the zombie tide breaks through the Danube, it can be advanced all the way to the doorstep of the organization, which is our foundation, where can we go? ”

Falkas took a sip and continued, "Besides, we can see it, can't those old guys on Capitol Hill see it?" Blackbeard can't see? We're done, and they're going to die! ”

Horva was silent, and the officers of the staff also put down their work and sighed.

After Blackbeard took over as Speaker, the organization experienced a brief period of rapid growth, and then the situation began to take a turn for the worse, although the organization tried to remedy its disadvantage.

Take the Third War Zone as an example, the biggest problem in the battle so far is the lack of personnel, the number of troops that can be used on the defense line is too small, and the corps that organizes internal mobility cannot be withdrawn!

Just when there was an eerie silence, a senior intelligence officer who had been sorting out the information spoke: "General Falcas, General Horva, not all the bad things, there is also good news. ”

Falkas and Holva raised their eyebrows and asked in unison, "Is there any good news?" ”

The intelligence officer pulled out two pieces of information and said, "There are three pieces of good news, which one do the two generals want to hear first?" ”

Falcas scolded, "You bastard, I command you to speak out at once, and if you have a little reservation, I don't mind having someone take you to the other side of the river!" ”

The intelligence officer immediately put away his playful smile and reported at a very fast pace: "The first good news is that the [Shibora Project] of the 29th Theater of Operations has made a major breakthrough, and it will be able to be used in actual combat in the near future!" ”

Horva was taken aback, and the pen in his hand fell on the table: "What? There was a major breakthrough in that farce of live broadcasting? ”

There was a muffled laugh from inside the staff.

Falkas looked up and saw that the senior officials present were all characters with positions in the Shadow Council, and they were not afraid to say more: "Didn't you say that when New Bangalore fell, the laboratories in South Asia were also destroyed?" With so many researchers and equipment lost, they can still complete research and development in a short period of time? ”

The staff officer touched his head and replied with a bitter face: "Dear General Falcas, your status in the council is higher than mine, how can I know things that you don't know?" ”

Falkas waved his hand: "Let's not talk about this matter for a moment, this can only be regarded as encouraging news, but I don't have much hope for the [Shibora Project] at all. In the past 20 years, there have been fewer androids in the organization and research, and they have not been infected by the X virus and become zombies. The most damn hateful thing is that those androids implanted with titanium alloy in their bodies, after being infected by the X virus and turning into zombies, are even more terrifying than human mutated zombies! This [Shibora Plan] is a blessing or a curse to know. Let's talk about the next thing. ”

"The second piece of good news is that several teams that have been withdrawn from the Eighth War Zone have brought back a set of research materials that can be immune to the X virus, and the researchers at the headquarters are currently working intensively on the cracked data." The staff officer spoke.

Falcas sneered: "What kind of bullshit good news is this, the information that can be immune to the X virus?" Did the squad in the Eighth War Zone have their heads clipped to the door panels? Is this whimsical good news? ”

Holva pondered for a moment and then said, "I remember Brian was in the Eighth War Zone, and I dealt with this German, but he was not a braggart. ”

When Falkas heard this, he also pondered: "Brian of the secret service department is a member of the old-school organization, and he is a reliable guy. But how could such a guy come back with such a ridiculous news? You must know that we have been working on the development of the X-virus immune agent since 23 years ago, but unfortunately all the research projects have failed, and the older generation of scientists have either died of scientific research accidents, or died of old age, and now, even those old guys who fantasize about it all day on Parliament Hill will not have illusions about this kind of thing! Damn it! ”

Horva looked up and said to the staff officer, "Is there any other good news?" ”

The staff officer looked at the light brain in front of him and replied, "Yes, this news is true, and it is also what we urgently need. ”

"Tell me, Valdin, you're definitely not a qualified counselor, you should go to the opera house and be an actor!" Falkas was already impatient.

The staff officer patted his head and said: "According to the latest news from the headquarters, there is an elite team of 1,500 people on the way to help us, and now it has arrived at the western border of Austria, and I believe that it can reach us the day after tomorrow at the earliest." ”

Bang!

Falkas slammed his fist on the table, and let out a long sigh in his heart, the organization was finally willing to send people to the Eastern Front!