Chapter 35: The Enemy's Tracks
In view of Lu Ming's advice not to expose the secret of the insulator to others that day, Wang Qiang has always buried this matter deep in his heart.
Not turning into a zombie after being bitten by a zombie is a big deal in itself. But for Jiang Haohan, he didn't have too much defense, because this was Jiang Yun's father. The simple Wang Qiang already has a psychological dependence on Jiang Yun, and for the quasi-father-in-law, he is naturally obedient, Wang Qiang thought about it and decided to tell Jiang Haohan what happened to him.
Listening to the truthful account of how he met Lu Ming, how he was infected by zombies, and how he was reborn, Jiang Haohan's pale yellow face showed an excited red.
As an excellent scientific researcher, Jiang Haohan has been searching for answers about virus X in the field of biology. And Wang Qiang's blood samples and adventures undoubtedly opened a new window for his scientific career.
Jiang Haohan had been suppressing his joy, and after trying to listen to Wang Qiang's words, he hurriedly took out a sterilized needle and asked Wang Qiang to contribute a little blood. Wang Qiang couldn't resist Jiang Haohan, so he could only obediently roll up his sleeves and be drained of a tube of venous blood.
Holding Wang Qiang's blood sample, Jiang Haohan threw himself into his work, no longer asked about other things, and even Wang Qiang no longer cared about it, and Wang Qiang felt bored and left in a huff. Scientists are all neurotic, Wang Qiang thought.
In the wild, Hu Kaiqing looked at the corpse under his feet, thoughtful.
The body lay in a bush, the eighth person to die in two days.
"Lao Yang has four wounds on his body, among which the wound on his neck is a fatal wound, and the trachea and vocal tract have been cut. This is a sharp wound with obvious rust marks, this is not a zombie attack, but man-made. Daddy, someone's targeting us. One of the explorers said.
Hu Kaiqing looked at Lao Yang's corpse, thinking in his mind that when he duel with Wang Qiang some time ago, someone sniped him with a sniper rifle, and now his exploration team members in the field have been killed one after another. Could it be the hands of the people in the settlement, is it Lin Er or Lin San, or that person?
"Tell all the dolls under your command to come back, and don't go out without permission recently." Hu Kaiqing ordered.
At this moment, another gunshot was heard not far away.
Hu Kaiqing trembled his eyebrows, and suddenly ran towards the location of the gun, and at the same time pulled out the long knife behind his back, and reached into his waist with his other hand, and took out a modified scorpion-style pistol.
Suddenly, just as Hu Kaiqing was nearby, the sound of pulling the trigger made Hu Kaiqing's hairs tighten, his running footsteps stopped abruptly, and his body jumped irregularly, jumping away like a ghost. At the moment when Hu Kaiqing jumped away, a few bullets rained down on his original position. If it was a little slower, Hu Kaiqing would have been hit by these bullets, and he would have suffered heavy damage if he didn't die.
Hu Kaiqing was not ambiguous, the scorpion pistol in his hand slammed, and a voice screamed at the position where the bullet was pointing.
As if in order to cover his teammates who were shot, two secret sentinels fired at the same time, forcing Hu Kaiqing to evade on the ground in embarrassment, and he couldn't take care of himself.
Fortunately, the follow-up exploration team arrived at this time, and the two sides engaged in a shootout in the dense forest. Because of the results of the Kaixian operation, the ordinary members of the exploration team were also equipped with firearms, so that they could fight the attackers in the field.
With the cover of his own people, Hu Kaiqing was finally no longer followed by bullets. Daddy Hu landed behind a big tree, leaning on to breathe, just after a while, the injury he suffered some time ago showed signs of recurrence. He looked at the brave snipers in the distance, and his heart was full of comfort.
Finally, with more people and more guns and sufficient firepower, the exploration team began to gain the upper hand after paying a few lives, and the attackers were also suffering heavy casualties and could not parry, so they threw down several corpses and retreated to the depths of the jungle.
The members of the exploration team wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, but they were stopped by Daddy Hu, the enemy was unknown, and the poor Kou Mo chased him, which was the field combat principle that Hu Kaiqing believed. After cleaning up the battlefield, Hu Kaiqing ordered people to carry the body of the attacker and retreat to Xiacheng.
On the hillside in the distance, Tan Wu observed with a telescope, and there was no expression on his resolute face. Although a few elite team members died, this war has just begun, and more people will die in the future.
Down into the city, the people gathered.
Looking at several strange corpses on the ground, Hu Kaiqing could conclude that the attack was not carried out from inside the base, because these two people, no matter what they were dressed and looked like, had never seen them in Xiacheng.
But that doesn't mean no one doesn't know them.
"This is the people from Fangjia Village, I didn't expect them to follow." Xie Ling said.
Xie Ling took the two corpses, explaining the existence of the Fangjia Village settlement, and also telling them about their grievances with these people.
For this reason, Lin He and Hu Kaiqing were both a little annoyed, and they couldn't imagine that these people brought back by Lin Er and Wang Qiang would still have such big trouble.
But in any case, after accepting the inhabitants of the tree, the affairs of the tree fields are the affairs of the lower town, which is the rule of the existence of the settlement. If a settlement is not accountable, it is not far from falling apart.
Since there are people who want war, then let's give them war, Lin He categorically declared.
In fact, Lin He has a spectrum in his heart, the arrival of Jiang Haohan and others has improved the medical environment and drug reserves in Xiacheng, and if he can, Xiacheng will definitely shelter the former cutting-edge talents of these countries.
Now that a tooth for a tooth was announced, Hu Kaiqing and Lin San began to form a counterattack team. According to Hu Kaiqing's analysis, since the Fangjia Village settlement dared to cross the field to Xiacheng, which was nearly 100 kilometers away, to provoke a battle, then their number must not be too large. Fighting back in the jungle is the most effective way to deal with small forces that harass them. However, the jungle is not safe now, zombies can appear anytime and anywhere, camping in such a wild, life and death are in an instant, and the bigger the target, the greater the possibility of being attacked by zombies. Coupled with the distant logistical supplies, Hu Kaiqing could conclude that the number of people who came to attack would not exceed fifty.
Since this plan is in place, it is imperative to organize a targeted counter-ambush. Otherwise, the people of the settlement will be besieged in the base, and after a long time without supplies, they will fall apart without a large attack by the enemy.
"What, Daddy Hu has recruited the elite to purge the enemies in the wild?" Wang Qiang put down his hand in "Ancient Chinese History" and listened to Jiang Yun with some surprise.
"I'm going to accept this call-up and go out into the field to fight back against the enemy." Regardless of Jiang Yun's dissuasion, Wang Qiang resolutely decided to join the ranks of the counterattack team.
"The wilderness is very dangerous, and Fang Zhong's people are all ferocious barbarians. I don't want you to go. Jiang Yun said.
Wang Qiang stroked Jiang Yun's hair and replied unswervingly: "This battle started because of me, and it was I who caused these troubles for Xiacheng, how can I ignore it, besides, Xiacheng is my homeland, and I must protect my homeland." ”
Jiang Yun knelt on Wang Qiang's chest and said aggrievedly: "These are not because of you, it is because of us, because of the residents of the original settlement of my tree, that we will bring the disaster to you, woo woo......"
Wang Qiang kissed Jiang Yun and persuaded: "Silly boy, your business is my business, and we don't separate each other." ”
"Don't worry, watch me beat them up and let that green-haired monster know that we're not that easy to bully." Wang is strong and strong.
Jiang Yun was speechless, so he could only bury his head in Wang Qiang's arms and cry bitterly. This scene is often recalled in Wang Qiang's battles many years later, but he has never remembered how sweet he felt at that time.
Just do it, after some tidying up, Wang Qiang came to take Lao Zhao's studio to get weapons. Now Wang Qiang has a private workshop in the storage area, which is also the special care given by Lao Zhao after Jiang Yun came, and the old man always looked at the little couple with an inexpressible relief, as if a major event fell from his heart. In the last days, inheritance is more important than life.
When he learned that Wang Qiang was going to the field to fight the enemy, and the enemy was obviously interfering with the normal operation of the city in a guerrilla manner, Lao Zhao was furious and even bullied people too much. He turned his head and rummaged through a large pile of equipment and machinery, and after waiting for a long time, Lao Zhao took out a device similar to a large TV from it.
"Strong doll, Zhao Ye gave you this is a good thing, don't let down my art." Lao Zhao handed the equipment to Wang Qiang.
"What kind of thing is this, Lao Zhao, how can I go to war with such a pimple?" Wang Qiang was puzzled.
"You know a fart, this is a red-heat induction device that I modified, it can cover a range of miles around, and it's a weapon for field combat!" Lao Zhao scoffed at Wang Qiang's superficiality.
"Oh, what's the induction method?" Wang Qiang instantly became interested.
Lao Zhao took out a panel with a plane coordinate system on it. When the thermal induction device was activated, dense dots appeared on the plane coordinate plate, Lao Zhao pointed to these dots and said, "Have you seen it, these are all living people in the lower city, and each dot represents an organism that emits heat from the outside." Lao Zhao talked eloquently, like an ace salesman selling products.
"Oh, wow! It turns out that this thing is so powerful. Wang Qiang's heart was full of joy, and he couldn't close his mouth with joy.
"Does this thing work for zombies?" Wang Qiang asked.
Lao Zhao looked at Wang Qiang like a monster and said, "You kid is really good at drawing inferences." The body of the first generation of zombies does not have heat, which is a complete death, but the second generation of zombies and other mutated zombies are not easy to say. Hey. ”
"Okay, whatever, as long as it's dealing with people, this thing is easy to use. I'll go too. Wang Qiang happily carried the thermal infrared sensor device and ran away, leaving Lao Zhao alone in the studio smoking a cigarette.
Lao Zhao looked at the back of Wang Qiang leaving, and sighed again and again, people, he is really old, whether he faces disasters or wars, young people can always face everything they have to go through positively, which is the greatest advantage that life gives to every vigorous person.
Lao Zhao fumbled and took out a group photo from under the glass partition of the workbench, looked at a young man who looked like Wang Qiang and said: "Xiao Wang, look at your son, he has grown up, this kid is very talented, and your set of skills can be regarded as a successor, but it's a pity that you can't see it." ”