Just five or six meters away from Xu Renjie, a young female captain walked too fast, accidentally tripped over the table next to her, screamed and fell, and immediately triggered a domino-like vibration effect. Everyone turned their attention to this side, some of them began to scream, and a few of the panicked fellows even reached out for their pistols and pointed them at the embarrassed female captain who was getting up from the ground.

"Mommy is all cowards who can't get what they can't do, panic a dick"

Xu Renjie's face was pale, and he burst out with anger. He strode into the room, grabbed an officer who was trembling and couldn't help himself, and slapped him a few times, like garbage, to shake off the guy who had been knocked out on the spot.

"What are you panicking about? Take a good look at yourselves, what have you become? ”

Mr. Xu's anger is not without reason.

Although he is the commander of the 71st Army, his direct control of this force has only started a year before the outbreak of the virus.

Many people believe that the old units established before the Black Age are stronger in terms of combat effectiveness and organizational ability than the new units established after the outbreak of the virus. However, this is not the case. At least, this theory does not apply to the 71 Army.

The composition of a force is not just the combatants. It also includes logistics, mechanical, publicity, communications, etc.

When Xu Renjie had just been promoted to lieutenant general and became commander of the 71st Group Army, the situation he faced was very complicated. It was a time of peace, and the fact that he, a general, was able to successfully ascend to the throne was actually the result of multiple power transfers, collisions, and then mutual compromises. In short, the group army at that time had 200,000 men under its jurisdiction, and the troops that could really be directly engaged in battle were no more than 30,000. In addition, about 50,000 people belong to the "second-line troops" whose combat effectiveness is weak and takes longer to maneuver and assemble. In addition, the rest are all so-called "logistics and propaganda personnel".

The group army of 200,000 people actually had six art troupes and as many as 18,000 singing and dancing performers. These people have taken up a considerable share of the huge military expenditure, and in the name of performing training, purchasing costumes, touring performances, and so on, they have spent as much as hundreds of millions of dollars in the name of running out.

Xu Renjie has watched several performances of the art troupe. In all fairness, those performances are indeed excellent works, and they do have a strong appeal to the soul in eulogizing the great motherland and XXISM. However, singing and dancing are not bullets in the real sense of the word, and the number of performances of various art troupes in the army is also very few. Compared with the grassroots troops to comfort the soldiers with dance art, the so-called "artists in the army" are more keen to go out of the army and go to the vast world outside, and deal with nobles and wealthy businessmen with more artistic appreciation.

The reason is simple: no matter how well you sing in front of ordinary soldiers, the harvest is nothing more than warm applause. But once you get the approval of the "upper class figures", what you get is real money, and all kinds of media praise and reports are overwhelming.

Xu Renjie has several artists at the level of major generals. At every New Year's party in the army, Xu Renjie can see them. They were always active, talking about Mozart and Beethoven in public, and enthusiastically discussing the difference between foreign opera and domestic Peking opera. Although Xu Renjie can play the violin himself and plays the harmonica well, he never thinks that this is any capital worth boasting about. I even want to ask the other party: Do you know the difference between several major firearms since the founding of the People's Republic of China? How does it work? How many rings can you make in the shooting range shooting?

The situation of the logistics department is not much better than that of the propaganda department.

It was also filled with all kinds of soldiers in military uniforms, but they had never even touched a gun. They are either the product of a gift-giving bribe or a relative, or they are relatives of an official. Many department chiefs were even specially parachuted down from above to gild. In addition to playing prestige and taking advantage of the show, he will not do anything else, and he will not care about anything.

Xu Renjie really wanted to kick all these people out of the army, or arrest them all and shoot them for any crime.

This kind of thinking can only exist in the brain, and it cannot become a reality.

Whether it is propaganda or logistics, the large number of non-combatants who flood various departments are inextricably linked. If you move one of them, it will attract a strong counterattack from the opponent. The officialdom of the whole country is corrupt, and Xu Renjie alone is simply powerless. He also had to smile at the "singer major generals" who looked down on ordinary soldiers and thought that soldiers did not understand art, and turn a blind eye to logistics officers who would only drive white-plate cars on the streets.

Thinking of this, Xu Renjie only felt that his anger was getting stronger and stronger.

Suddenly, with a roar, he rushed in front of a young major at a strange speed, and threw his fist so hard that the major's head was smashed like a watermelon. Blood and white brains splattered onto the stereoscopic screen next to it, slowly sliding down.

The major is an immediate family member of an officer of the military department. Xu Renjie has long wanted to clean up this guy who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it. Now, he hit the muzzle right on the gun.

With a slightly suppressed anger, Xu Renjie grabbed the back of the major's neck and threw the body in the direction of the gate. Suddenly, there was a strange crash in the corridor outside.

"A bunch of useless rubbish remember who you are, you are soldiers, not civilians, and you are not cowards————"

With a long exhale, Xu Renjie cast a sharp gaze on the staff officer on duty next to him: "Tell me what the situation is now?" I want the most accurate and detailed information."

The brutality and brutality suffocated everyone in the command, and the chaos and cacophony disappeared instantly. People held their breath, and although they were still afraid, the subject had already shifted from a mutated creature to Xu Renjie.

The staff officer on duty calmed down, hurriedly walked to the nearest monitoring screen, and quickly clicked on a few picture frames, and different monitoring scenes appeared on the screen.

"As reported five minutes ago, the Bio-Frenzy Strikers have arrived at Camp Twenty-two. It is only six kilometers from the base city. I have ordered all camps and outposts along the way to give up resistance, and all personnel to return to the base city immediately, or move in other directions on their own. As a supplement to emergency surveillance, three additional airships have been deployed to patrol the surrounding area. ”

"The situation in the civilian areas of the city is terrible. As soon as the alert was issued, there was massive chaos. A lot of people asked to leave Base City. We have closed the first cordon connecting the zone of military control, where an armoured brigade is responsible for guarding it, and has sent special personnel to persuade civilians. Now, the situation there is gradually easing. But I'm not sure how long the stability will last? Once mutated creatures start to storm the city, the situation is likely to worsen again. ”

"The outer walls have been put on full alert. All defenses are in place. There was no shortage of troops stationed there, and two divisions stationed in the base city were rushing to the various defense areas. Emergency plans have been activated for water supply, electricity, medical assistance and other systems. In the case of the zone of military control alone, there will be no problems. ”

Xu Renjie glanced at the staff officer on duty who was already in a cold sweat on his forehead, didn't say anything, and directly focused his attention on the monitoring screen.

All of these measures have been rehearsed repeatedly in advance and are already very familiar with them. The staff officer on duty is just doing it step by step, and there is nothing to praise.

After quickly skimming through the relevant records, Xu Renjie noticed the initial warning message. He turned around, pointed to the transcript on the screen, and said, "Pick me up CI09 airship, move fast." In addition, all combat units stationed around the base city were ordered to begin to shrink and defend on the spot based on the existing fortifications. ”

The signal was quickly connected, and a frightened lieutenant appeared on the screen.

His salute was visibly trembling. At this moment, the majesty of the commander was far less than the horror brought by the mutated creatures.

After all, the former can at most remove himself from his post and investigate, while the latter can gnaw his body and eat every piece of meat.

Xu Renjie frowned, did not scold loudly, but forcibly suppressed the anger that he wanted to attack, and tried his best to ask in a calm and calm tone.

At such times, roaring will only trigger negative effects. Nothing good for changing the situation.

"Tell me, how did all this come about? Why would those monsters suddenly run out of an abandoned city? ”

More than half an hour has passed since the initial warning was issued.

This time is enough for the crew of the CU19 airship to analyze the surveillance information and find the cause of the accident.

A series of surveillance images of Wang Jingjing after entering the abandoned city appeared on the screen. All the pictures are detailed and very clear, and you can see her every movement, as well as her face.

Xu Renjie's face has always been gloomy. Of course, he will not forget that the commander of the 104 Combat Engineer Regiment, who was shot by his own order just some time ago. Wang Jing quietly found the military justice department of the group army more than once for this, and even wanted to rush into the headquarters to find herself to explain. Although she was kept out by the guards, the surveillance camera captured all the records about her.

In a specially processed and enlarged photo, Xu Renjie saw the small iron can in Wang Jingjing's hand

His eyes bulged suddenly, and his emotions became uncontrollable and angry.

"Bastard, she can get war pheromones. Where did she get this stuff? Cha immediately checked all the people who had come into contact with her, and no one could let go. ”

"Arrest all of her family"

"Conduct a review of all personnel in the back office. In particular, the application form for receiving war pheromones was found out and checked one by one. I'm going to shoot all these guys and throw them out to feed the mutated monsters

It was not difficult to figure out the truth of the matter, and Xu Renjie's orders were resolutely carried out. However, neither the remedy nor the remedy can save the situation. The Creature Frenzy has left the abandoned city, flooding every camp and outpost in its path, and will soon reach the outskirts of the base city.

Xu Renjie studied in detail the Hefei Campaign and the "Moon Tide" in the Northern Theater. In order to deal with a similar situation that may occur in the base city of New Chengdu, he has taken a lot of precautionary measures in advance.

At present, the outer walls of the base city are equipped with flame vents, the key defense areas are equipped with sulfuric acid bottles, the city gate bearings have been repeatedly reinforced, and the surface of the door wall has been added with an anti-corrosion coating. The entire city's defense system was reorganized, and security towers were added to civilian and military areas. If the defenders are unable to withstand the attack and are stormed into the city by mutated creatures, they will be hit from all sides of the floor and from the defenses. Especially to the south, near the direction of the abandoned city, Xu Renjie has been carrying out a comprehensive renovation of the main street since last month. There is a dense network of fire, and it is also capable of dropping fragmentation bombs in an emergency. According to the results of computer deduction, if all the defenses are fully renovated, the base city can withstand a frenzy of mutated creatures of about 600,000 to 800,000.

The CU19 airship is being monitored over the abandoned city. According to the data they sent back, the scale of the biological frenzy triggered by Wang Jingjing was about half a million heads. Although there are still some of the subsequent mutant creatures, the number has been greatly dispersed, and it is not as concentrated as the original part.

500,000 ......

A helpless wry smile appeared on Xu Renjie's face.

This damn woman is really going to get herself in trouble.

If she had known that her revenge was so strong, she should have cut down the grass and killed her entire family in the first place, leaving no one behind.

If she had retaliated a little later, she would have been able to deal with it herself.

But Wang Jingjing chose now.

As of yesterday, only 6 percent of the defense renovation project in the new Chengdu base city had been completed. Although the direction of the mutant creatures' attack has been considered from the location of the abandoned city, the project will first be carried out from the south of the base city, but the actual coverage area is still not large, and the containment of the biological frenzy that breaks into the city is limited.

With the current comprehensive strength of the new Chengdu Base City, it is simply impossible to deal with this biological frenzy, let alone concentrate forces to confront them in the wild.

Xu Renjie made a judgment.

"Ask for help from the military department, ask for help from all the troops in the adjacent theater of operations, and ask them to send reinforcements as soon as possible

After giving various orders briefly and hurriedly, Xu Renjie, with a solemn expression, walked quickly through the hall, walked into the independent office connected to the headquarters, and slammed the door shut.

The moment the door closed, beads of sweat the size of beans appeared on Xu Renjie's forehead without warning. The feeling of wetness made him uncomfortable, so he reached out and wiped it, and found that the sweaty part had extended to his neck, and the entire collar was soaked.

Commanders are human beings, too, and they are just as afraid.

500,000 mutated creatures, a number that makes the scalp tingle just to think about.

In front of his subordinates, Xu Renjie must remain absolutely calm and dignified. Otherwise, the battle has already been lost before it has been fought.

Shaking his head vigorously and clearing all kinds of chaotic negative emotions from his mind, Xu Renjie walked to the desk and pressed the switch on the communication screen hard, and soon showed Wang Qinian's figure.

"Fatty, I'm in big trouble. This time, you're going to have to help me anyway."

As he spoke, Xu Renjie quickly uploaded all kinds of information and data he had collected, and transmitted it to Wang Qinian as quickly as possible.

The fat dean's complexion was much better than before. The complexion is ruddy, full of energy, and it looks a little proud.

"A creature frenzy on the scale of half a million? Haha

Wang Qinian's vicious language style has not changed at all: "Tell me, what method did you use to provoke those mutant creatures?" You're in real trouble this time. ”

"Don't talk about that boring nonsense. Hurry up and find a way to help me."

Xu Renjie's face flushed for a while, he looked at the time in the lower right corner of the screen, the temples on both sides of his forehead bulged thick blood vessels, and the roar and pleading tone were mixed with each other: "I have asked the military department for help." You know, those guys don't really do anything at all. Even if they did send reinforcements, they would not be able to catch the thirst from far away. It is estimated that the adjacent theater of operations will not be able to send reinforcements either. At most, they can only attack and contain from the flank of the abandoned city. ”

The old fat man smiled without any conscience and said, "Don't just pick up these useless words. You definitely have your own hole cards. Xincheng is not a new Nanyang, and the amount of defense is not as simple as it seems. Regardless of the rest, you have accumulated a lot of energy potions in your hands, which is enough for you to withstand for a while. ”

"Lao Tzu really has no choice but to ask you for help."

Xu Renjie's tone was sad: "Help, there are millions of people in the base city, inside and outside the city, are you watching them die?" Energy potions are indeed very effective, but I only have less than six thousand standard units in my hands. Once those monsters rush in, it's too late to say anything. ”

"It's too late for me to get over now."

Wang Qinian put away his laughing expression, and his expression became serious: "The number of 'black dragons' in my hands is not much, and it has almost no effect when I go into battle. I can't really help you with this kind of thing. You've found the wrong person to turn to. ”

Xu Renjie was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: "You mean, I should ask Su Hao for help?" ”

"Who else but that kid?"

Wang Qinian pouted disdainfully: "He has a full ten new divisions in his hands, and the distance is closer than mine." I think you're so angry that you burn out your brain, and you can't even think of this kind of thing clearly. He should not be far from you. Perhaps, on the way. ”

Although the old fat man's words were ugly, they made Xu Renjie's eyes shine.

He suddenly remembered that just last week, the 505 Group Army sent a telegram, claiming that because the terrain of New Guiyang was complicated and not conducive to daily training, some of the recruits would be transferred to the direction of Kunming.

Xu Renjie didn't pay much attention to it at the time, and only thought that Su Hao was playing some kind of trick on the surface. After Wang Qinian's reminder, I remembered that the "recruit unit" mentioned in the telegram should be near the base city of Xinchengdu.

The reason why Su Hao was not listed as a target for help was because the 505 Group Army had just been established. In his subjective consciousness, Xu Renjie instinctively regarded it as a newly established unit with weak combat effectiveness. Instead of letting others come over and send him to death in vain, it is better to ask for help from the more powerful Wang Qinian.