On the bank of the Ziya River in Tianjin, the joint headquarters of the 5th Army and the 6th Army, which were responsible for operations on the Tianjin front, was located on the Yongding Xinhe Bridge on the Beijing-Tianjin-Tangzhou Expressway, with Li Qiang in charge.

This operation is of an experimental nature of annihilating zombies with modern equipment, and the special committee is ready to test various tactics and explore effective and rational methods to annihilate zombies.

The basic labor brigade of the Ministry of Civil Affairs has been dispatched in advance to recover the materials in this combat area as much as possible, and the dangerous area has not been handed over to those companies, Sun Manfei wants to take this order, but the asking price is too high, and the special committee thinks that it is more cost-effective to let the prisoners and lazy people of the basic labor brigade bear it.

The General Staff of the Joint Command consisting of the 5th and 6th Armies drew up a detailed plan and submitted it to the Ministry of Armed Forces for approval on 2 August.

"How is it so fast?" Li Fengyi was surprised, although he didn't know how to make a plan in detail, but the thick stack of plan documents in his hand told him that this was not made in a day or two.

"In fact, the military of Huairou and Mentougou mountain bases has always had a plan to recover the city, but the conditions are not mature in all aspects," Shi Yongcheng, the chief of general staff who came to report, did not take credit, as a member of the professional soldiers, he also felt that the military had no action and was very faceless, "The materials needed, transportation, intelligence, etc. are insufficient, plus some internal chaos, so it has not been implemented, this plan is to use our existing conditions as much as possible on that basis, and some details, in the preparation stage, we need to continue to refine." ”

This is an all-hot weapon operation, which will calculate the amount of materials to be exterminated zombies, test whether the production, transportation, and overall organizational capabilities that the special committee can achieve at present meet the needs of eliminating zombies, and how to strengthen and improve them, and select Tianjin as the experimental base, because Tianjin is the closest to Beijing, and because Tianjin is also a super-large city in the country, and if Tianjin is done, it can be calculated the difficulty of recovering various small and medium-sized cities.

Beijing is a special case, and it was recovered at an immature period when the special committee had just been established, and if every city had been carried out for a few months, it would have taken several hundred years for the whole country to recover, so the significance of choosing Tianjin was to lure and annihilate on a large scale.

Every member of the Special Commission has been mobilized to rush for the operation, and every material in the area of the Special Committee has also provided services for the support operation.

A total of 2 armies and 6 divisions of front-line combat soldiers, each division is the main division of 20,000 people, according to the characteristics of the zombie group, some experimental improvements have been initially carried out, heavy firearms equipment has been strengthened, and the front-line impact areas and dangerous locations are all equipped with chain mail.

In turn, there are four front-line supply bases, heavy artillery positions, heavy machine gun positions, and infantry and tank coordination positions, each of which is subdivided into different levels according to their own conditions, so as to form a joint force echelon of weapon power, material supply, and personnel deployment without hindrance.

The defense of the position is mainly based on hot weapons, and the final battlefield cleaning is mainly based on cold weapons of chain mail troops, so there is no need to waste ammunition at that time.

In addition to the Ministry of Industry making them in batches, the Ministry of Industry also notified the whole army of the method and mobilized all units to modify them on their own if possible, and then sent technical personnel to inspect them everywhere to prevent problems at critical moments.

The roads on the front line were cleared one by one, and the former enemy general command thought that there was no need to do anything else, just a group of zombies without any weapons, and in the face of modern firepower, even the nomadic cavalry was inferior, and with that energy, it was better to carry more ammunition.

Out of caution, the Special Committee still asked for a trench on the front line, at least the cavalry would not be able to attack if there were a certain number of casualties, but the zombies would not, and they would not flee unless for unknown reasons.

And how to deal with the fleeing zombie group, the mountain base has no plan, just a few days ago, human beings still think that zombies have never had the consciousness of escaping, according to the latest zombie characteristics, the staff decided to intercept the fleeing zombies with long-range artillery fire.

One warehouse after another was opened, and ammunition and weapons were transported to the front line without money and stacked at designated assembly sites.

"Don't think about air raids," Li Qiang felt that this was not bad, such a dense stack, if there was an enemy air attack, even if a missile hit, the special committee could return to the era of cold weapons.

The soldiers prepared plenty of food and drinking water to stand by in the infantry armored vehicles, and they had to make food for the zombies to attract the zombies, and take on the task of cleaning up the battlefield at the end. ,

The artillery shells and bullet bases in the logistics supply base are the closest to the front line, and the transportation is also the most convenient, and the roads around them are transparent, because a lot of materials are still in the rear warehouses ready to be shipped or on the transportation road, once the battle begins, the material resources will be consumed continuously, and at the same time, there will be supplementary materials in the rear warehouses to be transported.

In comparison, the food and drinking water positions that are only transported three times a day are a little farther away, and 60,000 people are prepared for half a month's worth of food and drinking water at one time, and there is no road left behind them, and if it is insufficient, it will be too late to coordinate again, and basically if the number of half a month is insufficient, the ammunition will have been exhausted, and there is no need for more.

As for the trenches repeatedly requested by the Special Commission, the former tank crew thought it was redundant, but he still dug a trench behind the artillery position, and he did not want to spoil the good relations between everyone.

Hundreds of WZ551 general-purpose wheeled chassis, WZ8X8 wheeled chassis and BK chassis 100 mm, 105 mm, 120 mm self-propelled wheeled heavy guns, the new Type 90 122 mm wheeled self-propelled rocket launchers, 90A 122mm wheeled self-propelled rocket launchers are concentrated in the Ziya River north of the Beijing-Tianjin Expressway and Binbao Expressway junction along the Beijing-Tianjin Expressway to the north lined up, the other side of the highway lane for ammunition vehicles to provide ammunition supply back and forth.

Because the roads are in good condition, they use all wheeled self-propelled guns--- in order to avoid damage to the roads, tracked armored vehicles have been required not to drive on the road unless necessary, under the operation of professional soldiers, accuracy is not so worrying.

Each gun was flanked by a full crew, all of whom were trained, and in shifts they would soon have to operate on their own under the guidance of experienced veterans, which in peacetime would be a violation of operational norms, but no one was thinking about them at the moment.

They demarcated their firing boundaries and tried to avoid the roads in the zone of annihilation, which could be cleared by tanks at the end.

Li Qiang is a strong supporter of the tank artillery stream, and he lined up the ZTZ99 main battle tank on the north side of the Ziya River as the forefront of the defense line, the Ziya River is their moat, which will consume the first wave of zombies, and when it is time to attack, the corpses of the zombies have filled the river and will not cause obstacles.

Infantry armored vehicles put one side of the hull diagonally aimed at the Ziya River, the front of the car faces the road, easy to drive in and out of the maneuver, so that you can play firepower, each armored car only has the commander, driver, gun commander and 3 fighters, only need to keep the window operator and ammunition transport personnel who can shoot is enough, between the armored vehicles are heavy machine gun and light machine gun positions, they are responsible for the main task of annihilation, From the first generation of the Type 53 heavy machine gun to the new QJZ8912.7 mm heavy machine gun, there are all kinds of heavy machine guns of various calibers, and the Ministry of Armed Forces will gradually finalize a unified caliber in the future, and at present the main focus is to deplete the stockpile.

Each heavy machine gun squad only retained the shooting commander, the shooter, and the deputy shooter three operators, and the rest were all replaced by fighters who performed the task in a unified manner, without thinking about how to transfer, the position was also preset, and the ammunition was distributed by the transport personnel in a unified manner.

In the preparation stage, the ammunition boxes are already piled up in position, and the single chain can be reached at hand, and the replacement barrel and other consumables are also within easy reach.

At the back supply point, ammunition and various firearms and materials were piled up.

These non-armored fighters were required to wear chain mail, but their hands were not allowed to wear gloves when operating, and the Ministry of Industry had not yet had time to expand the trigger ring of the firearm to the extent that it could be operated with gloves.

The machine gunner's chain mail gloves are hung on his belt, and they need to be put on again, and there are cold weapons such as steel pipes and knives in the armored car, and no one knows what will happen to the tens of millions of corpses, whether they can withstand this impact, although the professional soldiers think that there is no problem, but the special committee still asked.

Taking into account the ground carrying capacity, armored vehicles are located about 100 meters from the river, and they are the first line of defense.

The intense and busy work went on like this, until the beginning of the campaign, the munitions production line was still being intensively debugged, they wanted to put it into production as soon as possible, to be able to ensure the stockpile, they considered that the ammunition would be consumed quickly, but they did not expect that the rate of consumption would be so fast.

The red flag of the troops participating in the battle reflects the operational assembly area, which is 40 kilometers long from east to west and about 10 kilometers wide from north to south; this area is surrounded by the Ziya River in the south, and is semi-surrounded by two rivers that flow into the Ziya River on the east and west sides; and in the north is a high concentration of all kinds of transport vehicles, personnel, and equipment. ,

On a 40-kilometer front, 1,250 infantry fighting vehicles are arranged, with 2,500 light and heavy machine guns in the middle, plus 2,000 cannons of various calibers, forming a flesh and blood grinding disc to wipe out tens of millions of zombies.

On August 10, 2015, the annihilation battle of the zombie herd in Tianjin began, and the Propaganda Department broadcast the battle live.

First, the armed reconnaissance vehicles threw fresh flesh and blood everywhere, gradually leading the zombies to the designated area, and then the armed reconnaissance vehicles drove from the reserved gap to the north bank of the Ziya River, and then the tanks blocked the exit.

Large expanses of floating dust floated high in the sky, like a sandstorm, and half the sky was blackened.

Immediately after that, the sound of dense footsteps "dong dong" resounded in the sky, and it was the zombie group that launched a dense charge, and they were attracted by the fresh flesh and blood thrown along the way and rushed over.

The water flow is abundant in the last days, after a few rains, the Ziya River is as wide as 6,70 meters, and the depth has been restored to about 3~7 meters, the water flow is turbulent, and the human warriors are looking at the black pressure zombie group approaching 2 kilometers away from the G205 National Highway in various vehicles, even the bravest warriors are nervous and breathless.

In less than a minute, he rushed to a distance of one kilometer, Li Qiang looked at his watch, and at 8:15, he gave the order to open fire.

If it is a human battle, it is necessary to start artillery bombardment within the range of the cannon, in order to destroy the enemy and hit the enemy's morale, but when fighting in the face of zombie groups, the scheduled firing order is 1000 meters away from the heavy machine gun blocking fire, 600 meters away from the light machine gun shooting, also blocking the main thing, and then 100 meters of rifle clearance.

Wait until the zombies reach a certain density and the guns can't take care of it, and then the heavy artillery comes on and crushes the flesh with a steel hammer.

Soon the blocking fire of the heavy machine guns piled up a high wall of corpses, and the zombies who heard the gunfire suddenly began to accelerate, they did not lie down or dodge like humans, they still rushed up the corpse wall so straight, and then kept rolling down, getting up and continuing to rush over.

The zombie wall formed by the heavy machine guns continued to rapidly approach the Ziya River, and the armored vehicles kept throwing out empty ammunition boxes and bringing in new ammunition.

Many zombies who had been beaten with missing arms and legs also continued to crawl towards the Ziya River, and the speed was as fast as a human trot.

"Maybe zombies are the best place to train cowards?" Li Qiang put down the telescope and had this ridiculous idea in his mind, and he shook his head.

Sporadic light machine gun fire rang out, knocking down the zombies that had escaped the net to the ground at 600 meters, and slowly the light machine gun firing became more and more dense, and a corpse wall was built on the flat ground.

2,500 light and heavy machine guns fired at the same time, consuming 2 million rounds of ammunition in a minute, with barrel life ranging from 3,500 to 12,500 rounds.

After an hour, the consumption of bullets reached 120 million rounds, and when the zombie wall made of heavy machine guns and the zombie wall made of light machine guns were connected together, the heavy artillery aimed at the zombie wall with a total thickness of nearly 600 meters and a maximum height of 15 meters.

When a 155 mm artillery shell fights against humans, the killing area is 1500 square meters, and there are no human limbs within 15 square meters, but in the face of zombies with missing arms and legs, and there has never been a concussion problem, it is estimated that the most reliable killing radius is 15 square meters, and the rest of the zombies will be blown away by the air waves, but unless the head is cut off by shrapnel, the rest should not be fatal.

The zombie wall is up to 50 meters thick flesh and blood, which can absorb the lethality of cannonballs very well, and when a cannon goes down, a dull explosion sounds, and the flesh and blood absorb the power and sound of the explosion greatly, and it will only be blown up A high pillar of flesh and blood, the range is not very wide, and the flesh and blood fly in the sky, forming a blood rain falling.

As a result, the zombie plain, which is 40 kilometers long, 600 meters wide, and up to 15 meters, shelled no less than 1.8 million shells, and each artillery position fired no less than 900 shells.

The firing rate of a gun is about 6 rounds per minute at the beginning, and then it can be maintained at 3 rounds per minute, for a total of 3 hours of shelling.

From the very beginning, the tanks blocking the exit of the bridge were densely surrounded by the zombies that rushed to the front, and stood still like a steel hill full of living people.

Whenever the zombies are piled up into a hill, there will be a tank in front of the tank to drive out, crush off, and then the follow-up tank on top, and wait for the road to be cleared, and then return to the original line of defense, not a few times, the tank will not be able to drive, approaching and crushing the zombie is like sealing the tank in a piece of meat several kilometers long, the tank also said that the pressure is very high, and the engine is suffocating.

Li Qiang urgently strengthened the density of machine guns on the bridge, but it still didn't work, so he had no choice but to order the bridge to be blown up.

The staff department estimated that about 1.2 million zombies were killed in the morning's battle, but there was no way, the zombies were piled up thick in some places, and empty in others.

No one can ask the zombies to be evenly distributed there, they can face the bleak life upright, and they are far beyond humans.

The logistics personnel drove the support vehicles to constantly pull away the shells and bring in new cannons, and often towed away the cannons that had reached the end of their barrel life and brought in new cannons.

Li Qiang picked up the binoculars and looked at the zombie encirclement site that was flattened, the ground there was basically blown into powder, and then melted into flesh and blood, but it did not form a quagmire, because the heat of the artillery fire was amazing, bursts of flesh and blood vapor came out, and behind the flattened field, the dense zombies continued to rush over.

"The effect is good," Li Qiang said with great satisfaction, "The zombies in the whole city have begun to rush over here." ”

"The density of zombies has dropped dramatically, as if ...... It's as if we're soldiers pulling out the stragglers," he didn't notice that the observation posts on the front line were frantically reporting......

When Li Qiang saw the scrapped and damaged materials of the logistics base, his face was bitter, the scrapped barrels and barrels were piled up, the empty shells were already several mountains, and the empty ammunition boxes were the same, which was still the result of continuous backward shipments, and the original ammunition and combat materials were consumed by nearly half.

If you don't speed up the transportation, you won't be able to resist it in the afternoon, and the long dark night will be even more dangerous, and the front line is critical!