Volume 1 Section 186 Tin Can

Three days have passed, and the entire outskirts of Lujiang County have become minefields. The blockade of mutant creatures is not limited to the ground, and the uninhabited high-rise buildings themselves are already full of murderous opportunities.

The number of heavy-duty trucks loaded in concrete has increased to 60. In order to make up for the number of technical personnel, Liu Jiangyuan specially transferred a group of drivers. He followed Su Hao's squadron for two days to observe, and yesterday night ordered all the besieging troops โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”of the 517th Division to launch this new combat method at the same time, gradually narrowing the encirclement to the core of the city.

The mutated creatures that had gathered in the city seemed to sense the danger approaching. They began to charge at the perimeter of the defensive line. Throughout the day, the assault squadrons were attacked a total of twelve times. When it was small, there were only twenty or thirty mutated creatures. When the scale is large, the number exceeds hundreds.

The 11th Separate Army was the first to die in battle.

Immediately after that, there is the second, the third......

The overall advance distance was 4.65 kilometers, and 38 people were killed in battle.

These data do not mean anything to Su Hao. He just kept ordering to divide the explosives, bundle them into bombs of about half a kilogram, and plant them in all the passages along the way.

The prohibition of the use of weapons of wide area destruction seems like a stupid order.

However, even in the realm of the future world, this command is still well known to everyone. Not only within the military, but also civilians in the wilderness. Many people don't understand this, and there have even been cases where civilians infiltrate abandoned nuclear power plants to steal uranium raw materials, make homemade super-large yield radiation warheads, and try to blow up cities occupied by mutated creatures in one fell swoop, but the military sends special forces to kill them on the spot and disarm the detonating device.

Su Hao has never understood what this is for?

He could only find ways to accumulate merit and then look for answers from Wang Qinian.

There are two sides to everything. Although Su Hao had explained in detail in advance, there were still some officers and soldiers who had doubts about whether the closed tactics could really work. However, the order has been given, whether it is willing or not, it must be carried out unconditionally.

A huge minefield, tightly tying the city like a snake.

From the air, there are no specific anomalies, however, on the digital map, the city itself has been replaced by a red minefield and a core of black mutant creature colonies.

The widest road leading to the city has been dominated by several makeshift guard towers. These towers are not sturdy, and are intended only to set up high-power laser generators in this direction.

While the engineering troops were busy with these tasks, Su Hao's direct troops also planted explosives in nearby buildings and streets.

On the eleventh day, all preparations were almost complete. At the end of the road leading to the outside of the city, a dense network of heavy firepower fortifications was set up. As the most powerful weapons, the six laser generators are supplied with enough energy to enter the firing state at any time.

The experience of the future world has made Su Hao already understand the true meaning of the phrase "while working hard, you must also know how to show off".

He sent messages to Xu Renjie and Wang Qinian respectively, conveying the concept and specific implementation process of the battle, which immediately aroused the great interest of the high-level leaders of the military department and the Academy of Sciences. As a judgment on the effectiveness of an experimental battle, the military department and the academy sent special personnel to serve as battlefield observers, and according to Su Hao's request, they gave substantial assistance.

In fact, Su Hao didn't ask for much, just a helicopter.

Under the clear sky, a small black dot slowly flew in.

The Nighthawk IV is a multi-purpose transport helicopter that can be used for tactical transport, rescue, reconnaissance, command, electronic warfare and anti-submarine warfare. Its maximum take-off weight is 10 tons less than that of the "Nighthawk 111," but its speed has been increased by 52 percent, and its range of more than 800 kilometers makes it very suitable for the role of a long-range liaison aircraft on the battlefield.

The streamlined body slashed through the air, sending a torrent of rapid air. Although ground observers had seen the striking military emblem of the red star on a yellow background on the side of the fuselage in the telescope, several armored vehicles carrying short-range anti-aircraft missiles raised their electronic probes high to bring the aircraft into the target.

Here is our country, our airspace. Although everyone knows the real purpose of the "Black Hawk" here, who can guarantee that the pilot who flew the plane will not encounter some kind of uncontrollable accident?

It's always good to be more vigilant and precautionary.

Su Hao stood in the middle of the highway leading to the city, his hands diagonally in the pockets of his combat suit, silently watching the undulating silhouette of the tall building in the distance in the sun and breeze.

He stood there like a statue, his face full of indifference and calmness. Under the slightly harsh light, the edges of the overly handsome facial contours appear faintly transparent, and there is a special masculine charm that is dazzling.

It has become the new defense area of the 11th Independent Army. Several days of intense work connected both sides of the highway and the surrounding area into a dense and sturdy fortification complex. Behind the tall concrete towers and sand barricades, there were armed soldiers who were ready to fight and looked nervous.

Liu Jiangyuan walked over from the side of the military off-road vehicle, stood with Su Hao, and looked at the high-rise buildings several kilometers away with the help of the sunshade on the edge of the military cap.

"You're the craziest and smartest guy I've ever met."

The middle-aged brigadier general and division commander looked very emotional: "I have been trapped here for several months, and I have not moved forward even if I try my best. And then you come, and it's only been the first day, and the methods you've taken are already paying off...... Although reluctant to admit it, we must face reality. Lieutenant Colonel Su Hao, you are really good, there should be more people like you, and we will have a greater chance of winning this war. โ€

Su Hao turned around and looked at the brigadier general with a clear gaze.

"When you first arrived, I wasn't optimistic about the Eleventh Separate Army."

Liu Jiangyuan's gaze did not shift at all, but there were a few more different meanings in it: "I don't like recruits, they can't have any effect on the war itself, they can only bring more deaths." However, the reality is that no one can change it. There were so many dead in the war that I knew many soldiers from the time they first joined the barracks a few years ago. They were torn apart, devoured, and decapitated by the mutated creatures...... When the virus first broke out, we didn't have any relevant information about zombies, and every time the battle was never won, the corpses of the war dead could not be collected. We have been repeatedly asked to take the city, but most of the time the goal of the battle is simply to snatch the bodies of the dead. โ€

"Hehe, it's hard to understand, isn't it? I am a very traditional person, and I have always believed that the dead must be buried in peace. Every time they went in, some soldiers died tragically. For every corpse that was brought out, there were always a few people who paid with their lives. They don't sacrifice for some noble doctrine or the great goal of emancipating all of humanity, they simply don't want to watch their colleagues become food in the mouths of mutant creatures. It was a terrible battle, and there was nothing more difficult than snatching meat from the mouth of a hungry ghost. I went to the front line with a submachine gun, and even under the cover of intensive fire, I only brought back a few rotting maggot heads. There is a martyr's cemetery behind the position, and the bodies buried in it are all officers and soldiers of the 517th Division who died in battle. Many of the corpses were incomplete, some even had only some severed limbs and internal organs, and even their heads could not be found......"

Liu Jiangyuan's voice was very soft, but Su Hao could clearly see his lips trembling slightly in the wind.

"Every time I go to see them at the cemetery, I feel an indescribable sense of guilt."

Liu Jiangyuan's face was a little sickly pale: "I haven't been able to attack this city, and I haven't been able to kill all those mutated creatures. I don't want to see more soldiers die as a result, but I have to agree to the assaults launched by various units to recover the bodies of the dead...... It's a terrible cycle that never ends. Every time I went to sleep I had nightmares and there would have been fewer people dead, but I couldn't say no and I couldn't blame them. They...... A real soldier of the republic. โ€

Looking at the "Night Shadow" helicopter in the sky that was constantly decreasing in altitude, Liu Jiangyuan slowly put away the sadness in his words: "I have to thank you." The new tactics you've created have drastically reduced casualties, and many people will survive as a result. It's a shame I didn't meet you sooner, but...... It's not too late. โ€

After being silent for a few seconds, Su Hao changed the topic, wanting to use it as a comfort to Liu Jiangyuan.

"Actually, you blame yourself too much. Every person's death has his corresponding value. At least, those in Base City can survive. Think more about your wife, children......"

Liu Jiangyuan turned his head, his black eyes were extremely complicated.

He smiled noncommittally, raised his hand and patted Su Hao's shoulder, but said nothing, turned around, and walked in the direction he came from.

The breeze brought back the sound he had made from afar.

"I don't have any relatives anymore. Last year, they ...... They've all turned into zombies......"

The front of the "Night Shadow" helicopter is equipped with an electronic monitoring probe, and the image observed from the air is transmitted to the screen of the receiving equipment on the ground in the form of a signal.

The tactical computer in Su Hao's hand had already shown the edge of the city square. There, a place that cannot be seen through a normal perspective at the moment.

The square was crowded with mutated creatures. They are very peculiar in shape, except for the basic appearance similar to that of humans, head, limbs, shoulders, chest, ...... Each location exhibits the biological characteristics of the infected gene.

The layers of mutated creatures make the scalp tingle. At first glance, it looks like a square-shaped sugar brick crawling with countless ants. They roared in the square, waving their mouthpieces and claws at the helicopters circling in the sky, and even spewing out large expanses of thick green acid, but they could not reach the height, and soon after they burst into the sky, they lost thrust and fell obliquely.

There are cockroaches, rats, horses, geckos, spiders...... Whether it is the appearance or actual ability, it is similar to what Su Hao has seen in the "" level mutant creature atlas of the future life realm.

Another five minutes passed on the watch on my wrist.

Su Hao raised his head and looked up at the helicopter in the sky with the side hatch slowly open, and his face, which was occupied by indifference and emotion, showed a smile of satisfaction and relief.

"This is a war after all, it should come, it will come."

Just as the mutants in the square were crazily crowding and roaring at the helicopter, the plane had deflected and moved to the south of the city.

It's still a core area, and it's just as dense with mutated creatures.

Su Hao clearly saw that from the open hatch of the helicopter, a cylindrical object the size of a gasoline drum and shaped like an aerial bomb was thrown down, falling straight down and accurately falling into the middle of the mutant creatures.

No explosions, no fires.

Under the shooting of the electronic surveillance camera, the cylinder that had just fallen to the ground on the screen was immediately surrounded by mutated creatures. Through the chaotic gaps, the cylinder was opened from the inside by a remote mechanical force, split in half, releasing a very faint, but actually present white smoke.

In an instant, the mutated creatures gathered around seemed to be engulfed by some invisible force, and they froze in place for less than two seconds, and with a "boom", they instantly fell into a rage.

It was as if it was a fluctuation of energy that could not be seen with the naked eye.

They went on a rampage, without the slightest hint of the excitement they had seen a few seconds ago. Almost all of the mutated creatures showed expressions of extreme fear, and they began to run wildly in all directions in all directions. In a moment, a frenzy has formed from the inside out. Caught off guard, the mutated creatures gathered on the periphery could only follow suit, and under the coercion of a large number of their kind, they scattered and impacted like stuffy flies.

The scene was like shooting at a herd of up to 1,000 bison on the African savannah, which suddenly caused chaos, and the panicked cattle suddenly formed a tide, crushing all the obstacles in the way of escape on the grassland.

It's amazing, it's amazing.

Hordes of mutated creatures instantly flooded the road, filling the gaps of all sizes like a flood. This "tsunami", which consisted entirely of life and savagery, was quickly approaching the outer minefields, but it did not mean to stop at all, and the distance was getting closer and closer.

"Boom โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€”"

The dog-like mutant who rushed to the front was blown up on the spot. Large swaths of metal particles and fragments rained in, tearing apart its body, and a mist of blood and metal immediately filled the air. It was immediately engulfed in the rising flames, scattering in all directions.

Mutant creatures are not afraid of death, but that doesn't mean they are definitely not afraid of death.

The successive explosions triggered an endless wave of qi that shook the frantically fleeing mutant creatures to the ground. The range of each explosion was not large, never exceeding the fixed range and yield in the documents of the military department. However, it was an explosion after all, and the steel balls and fragments that were constantly sprayed in the air were extremely lethal, like the sudden arrival of the terrifying demon god, suppressing the unbridled actions of mutant creatures, devouring their already small wisdom.

Su Hao had already retreated behind the defensive line.

He stood next to a thick sand barrier, his black pupils flashing in the depths, and the muscles on his face and body quickly tensed, revealing an unconcealed excitement and killing intent.

In the distance, the sound of dense explosions grew tighter.

On the screen of the tactical computer, one could see a thirty-story building in the middle of the block a few kilometers away, a 30-story building beginning to collapse, large chunks of heavy cement slabs flying through the air, and countless glasses shooting out of the shattered windows. Televisions, refrigerators, furniture and miscellaneous objects fell like hailstones, and building materials mixed with countless broken bricks and sawdust steel bars fell overwhelmingly, crushing the hordes of frantically fleeing mutant creatures, forever covering the screams of despair and misery.

Only a handful were buried alive in the mud and sand, and tens of thousands of mutated creatures were forced to turn onto the main highway and rush in a southerly direction.

The tall buildings in the southern part of the city crumbled in the explosion, obscuring the view from the dust and making the mutated creatures fearful as the end came. They have no concept of food in their minds before they have yet to evolve, and they just want to run as fast as they can and get away from this terrible place.

The combat method of pre-loaded explosives has been proven countless times in the future world. Su Hao didn't expect those buildings to crush many mutated creatures. All they do is block the roads and force the fleeing hordes of monsters to turn around and concentrate on their chosen battlefield.

Even in another time and space, civilians and soldiers alike could not understand the many controls that prohibit the use of weapons of mass destruction by military departments. They are forced to find gaps between regulations to traverse, just as lawyers look for gaps in the courts that cannot be covered by the law, and seek pardons for defenders, desperately searching for every opportunity to torture mutated creatures under the premise of safety.

The ban issued by the military only mentions that "no form of bombing is allowed," but does not prohibit the air force from carrying out special missions.

This means that some objects with special purposes can be airdropped into the midst of the monsters that inhabit the city.

Among the hundreds of millions of refugees, there is still an extremely large community of experts and scholars. Although their understanding of biology is far less than that of professional researchers, they always have some constructive suggestions

Since mutant organisms are a combination of human base and foreign genes, why can't they spread a large amount of sterilization in the form of a gaseous state inside an abandoned city? If you can't mate, you can't give birth, and no matter how large the population is, there will always be an extinction day.

Why can't dysfunctional drugs be developed in a way that blocks the gene chain? With fresh meat as bait, mutant creatures will be very welcoming to food that falls from the sky. When certain important biological abilities are blocked by drugs, artificially creating pathologies such as central nervous system paralysis, confusion of thinking, and muscular dystrophy, the elimination of mutant organisms is just around the corner.

There are many similar research theories. In order to survive, to win the war and rebuild their homeland, the human beings in the future world are indeed racking their brains to find ways to fight. In the face of death threats, human wisdom has been concentrated and amplified like never before.

The cylindrical canister dropped from a helicopter is a highly concentrated biopheromone. This is also one of the effective tactics that has been verified by a large number of combat examples.