Chapter 139: Emergency Military Intelligence
"Yuke, hurry up and get it! Ya, slow bitches are faster than you! β
In the flagship command center of the Imperial fleet, Tong Zhong and Mi Kai were blushing, looking at the holographic picture, a colonel with drunken eyes and a layer of mist on his face seemed to be covered, and shouted at the ** next to the picture with bared teeth.
"Ahem!" Lao Tong Zhong was very unhappy, because the colonel in front of him was like a drunkard and a veteran ruffian, and a wine stain that had not yet dried could be vaguely seen on his colonel's uniform. And after connecting the communication, this product was still stunned and screamed at the ** around him, and Tong Zhong's heart unexpectedly burst into anger.
However, Tong Zhong also knew that in the Imperial Army, almost all the senior officers above the ninth level were from the so-called imperial nobles. Although, among them, there are also many very outstanding natural professional soldiers. But most of them are straw bun leaders who only know how to act according to orders. If it weren't for the fact that among the high-ranking officers of the Imperial Army, there were many excellent commanders who came out of the federal colonial civil war, plus those non-commissioned officers with rich combat experience, Tong Zhong couldn't even believe that the Imperial Army in his hands could still have the appearance of an army.
Anger turned into anger, but Tong Zhong could only turn the indignation in his heart into a trace of helplessness. Because he knew that almost every officer from the high-ranking nobles of the empire had a huge network of inextricable connections behind him. Even if he wanted to deal with an unqualified aristocratic officer, Tong Zhong had to think about the consequences first. Otherwise, he believed that there would be countless books of impeachment of him and presented to the FΓΌhrer Hadi. When the time comes, I am afraid that even the head of state may not be able to speak for himself.
"Ahh Checkmate! Hearing Tong Zhong's deliberate light cough, the soldier ruffian colonel seemed to have suddenly come to his senses, and hurriedly saluted Tong Zhong and the two with a fairly standard military salute.
"Colonel, I heard that you have any urgent military situation to report to General Ben?" Tong Zhong's eyes narrowed, and he asked coldly and disdainfully. He really didn't dare to imagine what kind of valuable military information the noble officer in front of him would report to him. Did he want to ask for credit in advance? What benefits do you get for yourself when you are in the triumphant class?
"Ah, General Hui, last night a patrol of our department was suddenly attacked by an unknown enemy, and almost all of them died honorably! However, we also found one near the scene of the incident, how to say, hey, old general, you can see it at a glance! The colonel scratched his head and ears, looking like he didn't know how to express it clearly, and he shook his head again when he saw Tong Zhongxin. However, for some reason, Tong Zhong vaguely felt that the words and deeds of the colonel of a regiment commander in this district were actually a little familiar.
"General, look!" As he spoke, the Colonel received a birdcage-like object from the side of the frame. When Tong Zhong and the others saw the contents of the birdcage clearly, they couldn't help but gasp together.
"It's ...... What is it? Before Tong Zhong could speak, Mi Kai on the side exclaimed.
"Well, we can't figure out what the hell this guy is!" The colonel replied helplessly, then reached out and dragged a tall marine from the side, patted the team member on the shoulder and said, "This is Eli, a member of the Hound Dog Squad, and it was their team that encountered a sudden attack by the enemy last night. That is, he heroically repelled the enemy army, and while pursuing the enemy army, he found that the enemy army had dropped this thing, so he brought it back! Eli, tell the generals what you saw last night? β
"Yes! What the hell, when our team patrolled to the foot of the hill last night, we wanted to rest in place for a few minutes! However, just as we sat down, some black shadows suddenly sprang out from near the hillside, and they pounced on us and began to fight us in close quarters. They seem to be human too, but they don't seem to be human, and almost no one speaks during the fight! Several of our brothers were killed, but we also killed and wounded several of them. β
"Zuihou, I'm the only one left in our team, and there are only two left on the other side! Perhaps frightened by my heroic momentum, the two obviously injured guys on the other side turned around and ran up the hill. Of course I can't let go of these bastards who sneak up on them, and I chased them without even thinking about it! Halfway through the chase, this thing fell off them! I was startled and thought it was a grenade or something that was thrown down, so I quickly lay on the ground. So, just let them take the opportunity to run away! β
"And when I picked it up and walked back, there was a big explosion where our team members died. Later, I learned that when I was lured away, it seemed that someone on the other side had sneaked back and used the remains of our teammates to make a trick mine. Killed and injured several other squads on the spot! That's probably it, sir! β
Although the team member who still had blood stains on his armor said intermittently and a little messily, Tong Zhong and the others still roughly understood what he was trying to say.
"You say the other person is like a human and not like a human? What is the meaning? Mikay on the side frowned and questioned.
"Oh, sir! At that time, the light was dim, and I could only vaguely see that the other party seemed to be wearing the uniform of our Imperial Army! It's just that those people look more like corpses that have been dead for a long time, and some even have big holes in their bodies that are bloody and blurry......"
"Zombies!" Before the team member finished speaking, Tong Zhong subconsciously gasped and whispered.
"Ah, that's right, sir! Look, they really look like zombies! We can only effectively kill them by directly destroying their heads! The team member exclaimed in a flash of realization.
As soon as the words landed, Tong Zhong and the others, along with the other senior staff officers in the command center, were all stunned.
How can zombies appear on this battlefield? After so many years of fighting against the Alien Worms, the Imperial Army had never encountered such a situation. Could it be that the swarm has mutated and evolved a zombie class that uses the remains of Imperial officers and soldiers to make it into an attack force?
For a while, a series of unpleasant thoughts flashed through the hearts of Tong Zhong and other senior generals of the Imperial Army one after another.
"Colonel! Who else knows about this? With a gloomy face and a moment of silence, Tong Zhong suddenly asked in a cold voice.
"Except for this surviving team member, and these staff officers in the command center of the regimental headquarters, no one knows! Even the squad that rushed to reinforcements didn't know what was going on! I have ordered that everyone is strictly forbidden to discuss the attack on the patrol last night! Colonel Soldier Ruffian reported with a straight face this time.
"Very good, well done Colonel! I now order you that your unit will not participate in today's general offensive mission for the time being, rest in place and wait for further instructions from the headquarters! Also, give a gag order to all the staff officers of your regimental headquarters who know about it. Once anyone discovers and leaks this matter without authorization, they will be punished for the crime of leaking secrets! β
Tong Zhong almost did not hesitate to give a secret order to the soldier ruffian colonel. In his opinion, if the news of the zombie raid patrol spread, it would inevitably cause a shock in the hearts of the Imperial Army. Although in the face of the brutal and bloody alien insects, the soldiers of the Imperial Army will not panic. However, once they saw that those former comrades-in-arms had turned into lifeless zombies and pounced on them fiercely, I believe that most of the Imperial officers and soldiers would collapse.
"Understood, General!" A hint of casual smugness flashed in the colonel's eyes.
"By the way, Colonel, is this thing lying there all the time?" Then, Tong Zhongcai looked at the birdcage in the colonel's hand with curiosity. Inside is the little man Ray who is lying on his back like a pocket baby.
"Yes, General! When we brought it back, we had it thoroughly examined by the medical staff and found that it had all the characteristics of our human beings. However, its little mouth is not our human tongue! Rather, it's a few tongues as terrifying as a small snake! The colonel's words once again aroused the curiosity of Tong Zhong and the others.