The major general looked at the lieutenant colonel coldly: "It has been less than three months since Su Hao was promoted last time. He is a non-military officer who has been directly converted to a second lieutenant. According to the relevant regulations - for two years, he is not allowed to be promoted again. ”

A colonel interjected: "Yes! Rules and regulations must be complied with once they are formulated. No one shall be exempt. ”

The lieutenant colonel was reluctant to say, "That's for civilian and non-war periods." He has military exploits, which is more important than anything else. It's just a commendation on paper. Don't you think it's too much?"

"Excessive?"

The major general lifted his sliding eyes and sneered: "Who here has no merit?" Who doesn't work up from below step by step? Without the logistics department to dispatch materials, without the support of the transportation department, and without the production of the military industry, where will the weapons and ammunition come from the front-line troops? Don't say it's a war, I'm afraid even food supplies will be a problem. Young people, the army is a whole. It's impossible for anyone to be special. That's right, Su Hao's battle in Kunming City was indeed a good fight. But don't forget that he wasn't alone. At best, he was nothing more than in charge of command. A commendation order is already very good. Think more about the soldiers below, and the survivors. These words are high-sounding and righteous. Although the young lieutenant colonel felt that something was wrong, he could not find a flaw in it for a while, so he had to look angry and stammer. Xu Renjie smiled with satisfaction. Verbal encouragement without any real effect, that's what he wanted. Chen Yanlin put down the teacup in his hand and said calmly: "It's normal to have a dispute

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He paused, looked around, and his flat tone did not change in the slightest: "Regarding this battle record handed in by the KD03 base, I have already forwarded it to the military department, and the above is responsible for adjudicating. ”

This sentence, like a boulder thrown into a deep pool, immediately caused a strong reaction.

"Why do you want to hand it over to the top?"

"It's not procedural—"

"Has the staff vetted it? Why don't I see the report?"

Most of the people in the conference room were Xu Renjie's cronies. The noisy and chaotic atmosphere was almost an expression of the will of Xu Renjie, the commander of the group army. He strained his face, pursed his mouth, leaned sideways, and looked at Chen Yanlin coldly.

"Ladies and gentlemen! I want to show you something. ”

Chen Yanlin didn't care about the attitude of these people. He turned on his pen computer and connected to the large projection screen in the conference room. Select an electronic document that has already been prepared and press enter. Bloody and tragic battle scenes immediately appeared on the screen. More than a dozen heavy tanks lined up in battle formation, firing at their chosen targets as they picked up speed and stormed the city along the streets. Hundreds of soldiers followed the position dozens of meters away from the tank. With guns in hand, they shot at the zombies swarming from the opposite side. The explosions and fires attracted thousands of zombies. The chalk bombs blew up large swaths of rock and dirt, and many zombies were lifted high by the air waves, leaving them far into the depths of the corpses.

They lunged at the human army, flooding the tanks as quickly as the waters of the rising tide. The zombie climbed onto the roof of the car on the tracks and reached for the barrel. They were desperate to smash through the sturdy armor of the tank, but they were crushed by the powerful tanks. The infantry that followed kept firing, but they couldn't resist the surging crowd of corpses. Hundreds of soldiers were soon surrounded by zombies that pounced on them from all directions.

At such a short distance, the firearm has lost its effectiveness. They began hand-to-hand combat. Smash zombies with tomahawks, sappers, daggers, and fists. The soldiers were all given immunizers. They are not afraid of zombies scratching and biting, but the terrain and environment are not in their favor. The zombies, who have an absolute advantage in numbers, don't care about casualties at all. They stubbornly and frantically crowded forward, forcing all the soldiers into the corners, squeezing them to death...... Then nibble.

Tanks are still firing. Their tracks are stuck in a thick layer of corpse and blood, and they can only idle in place. Narrow streets limited the maneuverability of combat vehicles. Eventually, these heavy machines, known as the "Kings of Land Warfare", were trapped and could no longer move.

The scene freezes on an officer wearing a captain's epaulettes.

His face was terrified, and he was covered in blood. Next to it, there were several corpses of comrades-in-arms. In the distance, there is a tank crawling with zombies.

The captain held a chalk pistol with the muzzle aimed at his temple.

Everyone in the room has seen the video.

This was part of the 86th Army's counterattack on the city of Zhangzhou in the second week after the outbreak of the virus. At that time, the troops participating in the battle suffered heavy casualties, lost a large number of technical weapons, and the death rate was as high as more than 60 percent.

The Major General had no expression on his face, took off his glasses and slowly wiped them with a handkerchief. He asked casually, "It's all old information from the past." What's the point of looking at this stuff?"

Chen Yanlin did not answer. He selects another video and presses the keyboard again.

The picture is also a battle, and the tanks and infantry cooperate with each other to attack the massive corpses entrenched in the city. Compared to the previous video, the soldiers on the screen now move faster, shoot more accurately, and have more hand-to-hand combat power. Instead of rushing ahead as they had done at the beginning, the tanks followed the infantry slowly, aiming deep into the corpses and firing grenades. The crowds of corpses rushing down the streets were still dense. Among them, a considerable number are dark red bloody corpses. They have learned to run. Some agile bloody corpses jumped directly from the heights, hugging the unsuspecting soldiers and gnawing indiscriminately. In the end, it was still defeated. This is last month's Guangzhou Assault. The 336th Division's battle loss rate was as high as 20 percent. This is also the first order of the Booster that has been injected into all soldiers, and the individual weapon has been replaced with a more powerful 7. 62 mm caliber, the result of an all-round increase in combat effectiveness.

Neither video is new. Every time there is a battle, the military headquarters will send special personnel to follow the recording of video materials throughout the whole process, and then distribute them to all units at all levels of the army.

"Zombies are a whole new species. They do not have the characteristics of known animals. Since May last year, we have lost a large number of men and weapons. We withdrew from the city and built bases in the field. How many of these mutated creatures are there? There is still no exact number. These bloody images give us a glimpse of fear and ferocity. We're trying to strengthen ourselves and find ways to win, and they're constantly evolving and getting stronger. ”

"What's the use of all this?"

The major general unceremoniously interrupted Chen Yanlin's words. He unabashedly ridiculed: "Anyone can say the truth." You can prepare a draft in advance and submit it to the Director of the Political Department to speak. Hehe! In doing so, it is really in line with the procedure. ”

As he spoke, the major general turned his gaze to Xu Renjie, who was sitting at the top, and his expression quickly changed to a bit of flattery.

"The Academy of Sciences is developing more advanced enhancement agents, and the General Logistics Department is also verifying the possibility of equipping 9mm individual weapons. The opponent of this war is not a certain country, but another non-human creature. We are new to it and need a completely new and more applicable tactic. ”

Chen Yanlin stared at the major general at all, and did not let him look at him, and spoke in a cold and non-negotiable tone: "This record handed in by the KD03 base is very valuable for reference. In terms of personnel and vehicle configurations, as well as methods of attack, it far surpassed any previous battle. ”

Chen Yanlin straightened up, glanced at the other participants with blazing eyes, and said seriously: "There is a rule for everything. As someone just said: the army has the rules of the army. Indeed, if a commendation order can solve all problems, then there is no need for such a discussion at all. To this point, I'm going to paraphrase someone — "Think of the soldiers down there, and the survivors." "Without them, would we be able to sit here and talk? If zombies attack the base and everyone here has to take up arms and fight to survive, who else would think of any damn qualifications? You can ignore the people below for various reasons, you can send Su Hao with a piece of paper, or you can press down this battle record and refuse to report it for personal interests. But comrades, zombies are not ordinary people. They will not hold back in the face of injustice. They eat people and use only their teeth and claws to show their intentions. If soldiers and junior officers refuse to fight because of the selfish desires of some people. Then we'll have to go to the front and face the monsters ourselves—" Some began to frown in thought. Some of them still had sarcastic expressions. There were also some people with cold eyes, and their eyes were full of hostility when they looked at Chen Yanlin. "Don't think that Base City is heavily defended and has a strong automatic defense system, and those zombies will be kept out forever. You've seen it: in just a few months, the zombies have already mutated twice. There may be a third or fourth time for this change...... What will the situation turn out to be? None of us could have predicted that. Turn your attention to the battlefield! Think more about what you can do for the frontline troops. Ladies and gentlemen, this is not 2019, nor is it 1949. A lot of people have died, there are thousands of people out there who are homeless, and we should feel lucky, not complacent. ”

After a pause, Chen Yanlin ended with a few simple words.

"Now it's a chalk discussion. Despite the fact that I am the chief of staff of the army group, I cannot veto the decision made by the collective vote. If the majority of people are in favor of issuing a commendation order, then I can only abstain. Again, the same sentence - think of the soldiers below, and those who survived. "The weather is getting warmer. Looking at the bright sun and clear sky overhead, people's inner depression and gloom will also be swept away, and their mood is often happier than in winter.

Throughout the winter, the strength of Su Hao's team doubled.

There are more than 3,000 inhabitants in the "castle", all of whom are worker bees who have been identified through blood sampling.

Lao Song is a loyal elder, so naturally he will not do things like cheating, abducting, and trafficking in human beings - on the highway adjacent to the "castle", there are refugees in twos and threes every day. All they want is food and a safe place to live. Hot baths and soft beds have become a luxury. They are willing to do anything to get these things. The refugees no longer have the unrealistic illusions of the early days of the virus outbreak, nor do they want to exchange money for food and shelter. Their faces were full of grief and vicissitudes, and many of them looked much older than their actual age.

Regardless of whether the status was once noble or poor, there are no longer the contradictions at the beginning of the construction of the "castle". According to Su Hao's plan, outsiders who had not yet been screened by identity were placed in a temporary camp on the outside of the "castle" near the river. Although the defenses there are not as complete as those of the "castle", they are spacious enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people. Due to the proximity of the team, in case of danger, the team members in the "castle" are always available to support.

Dong Guoping led the engineering team and began to expand the "castle".

The main project is still the city wall, but the height is slightly lower than the original one. According to the drawings, there will be a large area between the two walls. In addition to the construction of more residential buildings, new machine repair shops and warehouses had to be built.

There are already as many as 2,000 outsiders waiting to be selected in the riverside camp. After leaving enough vigilantes in the surrounding area, Lao Song took them and some of the "worker bees" in the "castle" to start a large-scale spring ploughing. Actually, there is a lot of food in the city. But they are scattered and not easily concentrated. Although Su Hao had sent a large number of men to move between the buildings and houses in the control area every day, he was unable to collect more food in a few months. Eventually, they will rot and deteriorate. This city is so big. In the city, the three teams of Su Hao, Cao Rui, and Du Tianhao are expanding. The number of people in each team has exceeded five hundred. They are all real "worker bees".

After several consecutive operations, Su Hao received a large amount of materials from the "Sheng Fei" group. This huge wealth, coupled with Zhou Chen's research theory of "worker bees", gave him the material basis for a large-scale expansion of the team.

The sun is getting warmer, and the street trees on the side of the road are already growing green leaves.

Su Hao took Xinyan along the street that stretched to the south, between large abandoned buildings.

Although the strength of the entire team swelled rapidly, they still could not control the entire city.

The three camps in the city have an absolutely safe radius of about one hundred and fifty meters. This number refers to the range where there are no zombies. Of course, outside the radius of 200 or 300 meters beyond the limit, some team members have been set up to be on guard. Their function is only reconnaissance, and there is no way to curb the mass movement of corpses.

Su Hao was on guard on the side of the road with an assault rifle. Xinyan approached a residential building on the side of the road and made sure there were no zombies in her line of sight. He then took out a thick chain from his backpack and locked the iron door at the entrance to the ground floor of the building.

After doing this, Shinyan took out a bottle of red spray paint and drew an "X" on the wall of the closed door.

With the bank building as the core, it spreads outward to the edge of an absolute safety radius of 150 meters. Between the building and the street, two protective nets have been erected.

Narrow alleys where vehicles cannot enter and exit are sealed with bricks and concrete. Various obstacles are set up in the middle of the road. Various discarded vehicles are pushed together and stacked on top of each other by cranes, forming a thick and sturdy barricade. As for the entrance, it consists of two trucks placed side by side. They can drive away at any time to let other vehicles pass. When night comes, they are used as "latches" to keep all danger out.

All buildings in the security zone have been cleared. Sewers were also stuffed. With the ability of zombies, it is impossible to enter at all.

Su Hao divided the team into small groups and began to gradually clean up other buildings on the periphery of the security zone.

The enhanced mind can sense the fluctuations of living creatures inside the building. In other words, at an effective distance for consciousness detection, it is possible to detect the presence of humans inside a building without the naked eye.

Su Hao used this method to continuously collect refugees near the security zone.

Due to limited manpower, it is not possible to garrison every unmanned building. Zombies are active all the time. The buildings that have been cleaned up today may have new zombies overnight. In order to avoid duplication of ineffective work, Su Hao ordered team members to carry chains and locks with them – as long as it was an uninhabited building, they were all locked. After cleaning up, it was confirmed that there were no zombie-infested buildings, and the entrance was sprayed with green paint in the shape of a "tick". Those that have not yet been cleaned are marked with red paint with a "cross".

As long as there are no living people or other animals to attract, zombies will not destroy obstacles, let alone pick locks and burrow into empty houses in a daze.

A rough survey of the entire city has been largely completed.

On the map, Su Hao drew irregular circles with a red pencil.

It represents an entrenched area for a large group of corpses, and can also be seen as a nest for zombies.

Su Hao is an officially enlisted officer. He borrowed a helicopter from Wu Guoguang and circled the entire city from the air.

The size of the corpses in the red zone is staggering. They were densely clustered together, and more than half of the zombies had turned dark red. These mutated creatures crowd around buildings, and sounds and smells can easily lure them away. As for the quantity...... Probably up to a million.

Wu Guoguang once suggested that he apply to the air force for large-scale bombing or drop incendiary bombs. Su Hao stopped his thoughts. It's not that Su Hao thinks that he will lose a lot of silver bones by doing so. Rather, according to similar combat records in the future world, large-scale air strikes have little effect. Bloody corpses, in particular, tend to flee the bombed area quickly. What's even more terrifying is that the high temperature generated by the explosion can promote the evolution of zombies. Zombies that survive the bombardment will become stronger and more difficult to kill.

After Xinyan sprayed a red "cross" pattern at the entrance to another building, it was almost lunchtime.

Su Hao beckoned her, and the two of them chose a fairly clean stool next to the roadside bus station, and took out the lunch box prepared in advance from their backpacks.

Just as he was about to sit down, in the alley across the road, two bloody corpses covered in dark red suddenly walked out.