「...... Recently, the concentration of spores in the air of Qingquan City has continued to rise, and according to the analysis results of the Alliance Biological Research Institute, it is confirmed that the wave will occur within two weeks.

At present, the Alliance Army Command has designated some urban areas of Qingquan City as temporary strategic preparation areas, and residents in the vicinity of Boulder City and Dawning City must pay attention to their personal safety, avoid activities in these areas as much as possible, and do not stay in their urban areas for a long time outside the settlement unless necessary.

But there's no need to panic, especially for newcomers. The annual wave is already a repertoire in Qingquan City, and even if they are menacing, the final victory must belong to us who are united!

The Daily Survivor will bring you first-hand updates from the frontline!

Boulder City, The Pirate Cove Tavern, the lively atmosphere is like a roaring fire, and the sound of staggering and noise is endless.

Looking at the old-fashioned radio with a holographic screen plugged into the bar, the man who had drunk too much burped and suddenly sighed.

"It's so nostalgic.

The drinkers on the side looked at him.

"What do you miss?"

"House's broadcast,"

The man laughed, cleared his throat and said loudly,...... My dearest listener friend

The tide is coming, and the hillbillies and beggars outside the giant wall are looking at us who are living in abundance. Of course we won't open the door, and we can watch their jokes by the warm fireplace, watch them scream with hunger, and watch them roll in the mud with the corpse eaters. And our boys, under the wise command of the militia regiment, suffered very few casualties, although a few people died, but those people did not have a single chip in their pockets, in fact, they are not from Boulder City."

He imitated House's exaggerated voice, and because it was so funny, everyone couldn't help but laugh when they heard it.

"House hahaha!"

"You didn't say I almost forgot about this guy!"

The days are getting better day by day.

Occasionally, though, they would think back to the unpleasant days of the past, and the guys who had gone away.

Some things can only be understood when you look back. There is no need to add a note, just repeat what Mr. House has said, and everyone will smile knowingly.

"Speaking of which, where did he go?"

"I also heard that he first went to Red River, but the mine bosses there didn't listen to the radio at all, so he had to go to Junk City again. As it happened, there happened to be his audience there, but they all thought he had been expelled by the Alliance, and the councillors there were so frightened that they didn't even dare let him in."

"Hahaha, I don't think the manager will be as knowledgeable as this guy, if he is like him, he is even here

I can't get out.

"I have heard that he later went to the Free State of Bugra, where he could continue to do his old job, whoever he was."

After that upheaval, many of the nobles of the inner city and the merchants who had done things for the nobles fled to the good place in the north where money could buy everything.

For example, Wei Jia, who has heard of it well, used to look like a slave, but after going there, he mixed up some decent people.

This guy is like a loach, from the half-clear water into the mud pool, but alive and more moisturized than before.

They weren't envious of that guy though.

For the vast majority of people here, they have had enough of the "winner-takes-all suffering", and whoever loves to eat can eat it themselves.

They won't be envious if they win, and they won't be pitiful if they lose, they will only go their own way in the future.

At this moment, there was a wind chime at the door, wet footprints stepped on the wooden floor, and Joey, the head of the militia regiment who had just gotten off work, strode towards this side.

"It's not appropriate for you to dump this pot on our militia regiment, we did the work, although I admit that we really didn't do much before."

Everyone's eyes looked in the direction from which the voice came, and when they saw that it was Joey, the man who had imitated House before suddenly showed a look of surprise on his face

Love, haha said with a smile.

"Joey? Of course we're not targeting you, we all know you're a good guy, how are you doing?"

With that, he took the initiative to pull out the chair for Joey.

Sitting down, Joey took the hot towel from the bartender at the bar and wiped his face.

The air quality is terrible these days.

Although the survivors here have long been accustomed to the musty smell, it is still inevitable that their faces and hair will be dirty.

Towel thanked the bartender, and Joey ordered a cup of hot mead and said in a casual tone.

...... As before, we are mainly responsible for defense, and the alliance has not embarrassed us, as long as we can contain a part of the wave in the area of the giant wall, they will launch an active attack from the North Third Ring Road to put pressure on our enemies."

The man put his hand on his shoulder, shook it, and said earnestly.

"Don't stand alone when you're in trouble, tell us we can fight too."

Everyone else was the same, looking at him without joking. Joey was stunned for a moment, then burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, come on, you, fight with a wine bottle? It's better to leave the professional work to us professionals."

The man grinned too, but his expression was still a little apprehensive, after all, the residents of the inner city had been in charge for the past 200 years

This year, not only is it the first time they have faced this threat, but it is also the most turbulent wave after the warm winter.

"Do you have enough men?" Joey said with a smile.

"There has never been a shortage, not to mention that there are a batch of useful guys this year.

"Useful guy?"

"Slum scoundrels, those who trade with marauders."

Hearing this, the people in the tavern quickly remembered the severe blow at the beginning of the year.

That group of gang members is also stupid enough, the alliance has long looked at them unpleasantly, but they have always felt that it is a problem of Boulder City and is too lazy to care.

Now that Boulder City has joined the Alliance, the slums under the walls have become a problem for the Alliance, and those blind-eyed bastards not only don't know how to restrain themselves, but they have even hit the Vault residents with their ideas.

I heard that the manager was in Boulder City at that time, and after learning the news, he waved his hand directly, and more than a dozen tanks that had just come down from the front line turned around and surrounded the slum under the corner.

I don't know how many died in the end, but there were more than 5,000 of them anyway.

After that day, the whole slum was quiet, Boulder City

The orphanages and welfare homes were even more crowded with the rescued children.

「...... I heard that the administrators organized them into a punishment camp and received three months of military training in Qingshi County."

Taking the mead from the bartender, Joey took a sip to moisten his throat.

"It's time for them to pay their debts."

Near the Geopark in Qingshi County, there is a closed campsite.

Unlike the nearby Geopark, which has been converted into a mine, the people here don't have to spend all of their day in the dark mines like the marauders, who are not yet guilty of the same crimes as the marauders.

So they only have to work for 10 hours.

The rest of the time is spent in harsh militarized training, learning to stab and lift a gun with sticks instead of rifles, crawling in the snow, training courage in machine-gun fire and close artillery fire, and preparing for the coming wave.

Some of the people who couldn't hold it died in training, or collapsed in the mines, but that was only a minority.

Even though the terrifying amount of training was insane, the Wastelander's vitality was inherently tenacious, and as a result, people in their early 5,000s survived.

In just three months, these guys who were originally ruffians have completely changed their appearance, even if they were originally fat and had fatty liver

The guys are all out of the neck.

It is only after the loss of freedom and dignity that one realizes the value of both, and this is where the meaning of prison lies.

After this training of the punishment camp, even if it is not enough for these villains to understand the etiquette and shame of civilized people, at least they have remembered the punishment with their bodies.

At the end of the day's training as usual, the officers of the 1,000-man squad of the 1st Regiment of the Alliance called a group of 100 prisoners to the cafeteria and announced the mission for two weeks.

Although it was expected, when they heard that they would step on the battlefield as cannon fodder, everyone's faces still showed timid and panicked expressions.

However, the officer continued with a blank face as to the timidity of the crowd.

"This year's wave is different from previous years, and many of you will die, if not most."

One of the prisoners swallowed and plucked up the courage to look at the officer and asked.

"What if we survived?"

The officer glanced at him, knew what he wanted to ask, and continued.

"If you survive, you can earn your qualifications as human beings. As for whether or not you can become a resident of the Alliance, it depends on your performance.

"Still, the administrator promises. After the tide is over, whether you have won the approval of the inhabitants of the Alliance or not, you will not

If you come back here, you can go to the south as a 'regulated' and open up a new settlement there.

"If you behave well, you have a chance to become residents."

Hearing this, many prisoners showed happy expressions on their faces, no matter how bad the situation in the south is, it is better than here, besides, there is not a singularity city there?

As long as they're not exiled to the wasteland to fend for themselves, or thrown into the mines to die like brutes, it's acceptable to them.

However, there are also people who know the situation in Geumcheon Province, which is not the next battlefield of the alliance, so there are also people who show sad expressions.

Looking at the prisoners who were talking to each other, the officer continued with a blank face.

"I'm not bargaining with you, you only have two choices, either give up being human like those marauders and work in the mines until you die, or pick up the last bit of your pitiful dignity and at least let us see that you are willing to die for the sake of being human."

The cafeteria was quiet for a while.

One of the prisoners was the first to stand up and raised his right hand.

"I'm willing to go." "Your name?"

Faced with the officer's questioning, the man hesitated for a moment and bowed

Head said.

...... Dagger."

There are many people with this name in the slums of Boulder City, and some people who don't have a name will be given daggers, kitchen knives, axes and other names after joining the gang.

Looking at the crumpled growth skin on his arm, the officer frowned.

Members of the Dagger Gang would tattoo a dagger on their arm as a status symbol, and other gangs had a similar habit, and the League had previously used these tattoos to capture many of the gang's rank-and-file members.

Later, these guys went to the correctional camp, and at the behest of the supervisors, they either burned them with fire or sandpaper, and all the marks on their bodies were removed, but the scars still remained.

I guessed the identity of the guy, but the officer didn't say anything.

"From today onwards, your name is Bit, and you are responsible for the more than 100 people."

Raising his arm to glance at the time on his watch, he continued, "Count me who will stay before you turn off the lights and go to bed."

Bit breathed a sigh of relief, jotted down his new name, and gave a military salute.

"Yes, sir."

There are two weeks left until the wave, preparations for war

The work has entered its final stage.

A large number of military supplies were transported along the railway into Dawning City, and then transported to various positions in the urban area of Qingquan City through transport trucks.

After uniting Boulder City, the Coalition rehabilitated the city's main traffic arteries, both above ground

Divide or the underground part.

The edge of the North 5th Ring Road.

Chu Guang, who was wearing power armor, inspected the situation of the front-line positions accompanied by a wrench.

Although the defense line is still the same as the one from a year ago, it has changed drastically like Dawning City.

If the previous coalition army was just a bungag of weapons mixed with World War II and Cold War weapons, now standing here is an out-and-out regular army.

Fully automatic weapons were not only installed in the whole army, but even distributed to the squads.

One by one, the 155 guns stood tall on the position with thick barrels.

It's hard to imagine that, just a year ago, the vast majority of the Alliance's artillery was either third-hand goods captured from Marauders, or knockoffs pulled by hand by Mosquito Dude with a group of players who were tortured like him.

And not just artillery.

There are also auxiliary equipment such as exoskeletons.

At the beginning, the "KV-1" exoskeleton welded a few steel plates

Good equipment, now even the workers who load and unload the goods are wearing "miner" exoskeletons from Ideal City.

Of course, it's not just people and equipment.

The most intuitive change is the entire position itself.

The high-rise buildings are connected by concrete walls topped with barbed wire to form the innermost line of defense, and from there, the firepower fulcrum is built on the natural shelter of the skyscraper, leaving only a few main roads with gates for entry and exit.

The high-rise buildings that served as the fulcrum of firepower, like the corners of classical bastions, were able to provide almost all-round fire coverage to the adjacent streets.

The entire line of defense, including almost the south side of Dawning City and the north side of Clear Spring City, was enveloped in the entire area where the survivors were active, and if the slime fruiting body wanted to bypass this line of defense, it would have to go around the eastern or western front outside the city.

However, since the information exchange rate of slime molds is linked to the spore concentration, the activity of the slime fruiting body in a certain area will also be affected by the spore concentration.

It's like a server can only withstand a maximum of 100 players, and the processing efficiency and channel width of information are only that large, if the administrator forcibly changes the server protocol and lifts the limit on the number of people online, resulting in a server with a capacity of only 100 people and 10,000 people, the final result must be that everyone is stuck in a slide.

The same is true for the slime mold variants that rely on "node organisms" for their activities, but they are unable to control due to shortcomings in their DNA

The will of the brood extends to areas where the spore cloud is thin, and can only concentrate its forces in the form of a wave to break through the defenses of civilization.

Therefore, the fruiting bodies that detour must be in the minority, and most of the fruiting bodies will be concentrated in the frontal position, which is one of the conclusions reached by the Alliance Biological Research Institute through rigorous scientific research.

The Coalition did not need to follow the example of the Post-War Reconstruction Commission to enclose the entire city with a giant wall.

Instead, it would be sufficient to build a line of defense that "extends from areas with higher spore cloud concentrations to areas with lower concentrations".

「...... The positions we built in the last wave are still there, but this time we have strengthened them on the basis of the original, and we have also improved the defense mode!"

"According to the advice of the General Staff, we divided the defensive line into twenty sections, each of which was divided into twenty thousand-man teams, and each section was divided into ten positions in the front, middle and rear sections, which were spread outward in a 334' pattern to ensure that the firepower could cover every inch of land in front of the position!"

A more detailed improvement plan, of course, is not so simple, the firepower configuration, logistics transportation, and support methods of each position are more detailed, but these are not something that can be explained clearly for a while, and the wrench is not listed in detail.

In the last wave, the alliance lacked experience in large-scale operations, and this time it is different.

After the baptism of the Luoxia Provincial Campaign, officers and soldiers at all levels of the alliance have quite rich experience in various battlefield modes such as sports warfare and positional warfare.

Looking at the wrench introduced with a red face, Chu Guang nodded approvingly and gave a positive evaluation.

"Good job

Not bad. 「

The wrench smiled innocently, and the red light on the old face shone even brighter.

Most of the first officers of the Coalition were just like him, wastelanders rescued from the ravaughts of Vault 404.

He doesn't have a much higher or greater ideological realm, and he doesn't usually like to ponder that thing.

For him with simple thoughts, the affirmation of the manager is the supreme honor.

Looking at the wrench with a red face, Chu Guang paused for a moment and continued.

"But there's one thing I need to tell you." Hearing this, the wrench immediately said.

"Command!"

"It's not a command, it's all about the future.

Chu Guang smiled and said in a casual tone.

"Our military is getting bigger and bigger, and the old command structure is already a bit bloated. Therefore, I plan to wait until the tide is over, and then redivide the troops, and change the original division of 1,000 troops and 10,000 troops to the establishment of the era of the Human Federation."

There has been a lot of discussion on the formation of the coalition army at the forum, and he had previously synthesized the opinions of some of these professionals and discussed them with Vanus.

The legion uses the 10,000-person team and the 1000-person team to move forward, because they have three years of quick clone cannon fodder, plus the Weirante officers themselves are military aristocrats with fiefdoms, and the promotion channels of the entire society are based on military merit, and there is no need to set additional military ranks, so this simple and rude establishment is easy for them to manage.

Although the other survivor settlements in the wasteland do not have a three-year clone, because human life is not valuable, and there is no shortage of cannon fodder, these settlements have also copied the same.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with this copying method.

The Legion's munitions are selling well throughout the wasteland, and as the most powerful Survivor Force, it's only natural for the Survivor Forces to be emulated by other Survivor Forces, who are starved of armed forces.

Not to mention the Marauders, who follow the primitive laws and worship the violence of the Legion, so that the Centurion and the Centurion are not only titles of power, but also a symbol of honor and valor.

With the dual choice of most survivor settlements and raider tribes, the formation of Thousand and Hundred Troops became the mainstream in the wasteland.

However, the mainstream is not the same as the unique, for example, the establishment of the enterprise is diametrically opposed to the corps.

Most of the private armed companies in Ideal City carry out tasks in small teams, which are more extreme than the battalion-level tactical groups in reality, and have been reduced to the level of "company-level tactical groups".

The troops directly under the enterprise organization are composed of commandos with 100 people.

However, Ideal City was not originally expanding to the outside world, and the directly subordinate troops also swept away the surrounding mutants, and the most annoying things were basically spent on money, and there was nothing wrong with using this kind of short and concise establishment.

Neither the enterprise nor the corps adopted military concepts fully correspond to the needs of the alliance.

Chu Guang intends to make a compromise on the basis of the two.

That is, the existing NPC corps will be reorganized by using the sequence of corps, divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, companies, and platoons and the establishment principle of the "three-three system".

The reorganized First and Second Corps of the Alliance will be called the First and Second Army Groups of the Alliance, with 10 to 20 standard brigades of 2,000 men under its command.

Such an organization is not only more concise and straightforward, but also more convenient for the awarding of military ranks.

As for the players, they still follow the original "corps" rules.

So far, the combat efficiency of the various corps has been quite good, and there is no need for large-scale reform, and at most some fine-tuning of the battlefield positioning has been carried out.

These corps are effectively the Alliance's "battalion-level tactical groups," responsible for carrying out more dangerous and exciting special operations missions.

For players with strong individual combat power, it is not practical to expect them to fight exclusively to the standards of the regular army.

According to Chu Guang's own experience, players can accept being cut leeks, and even the pleasure of being cut, but they can't accept it

Be educated by the operator on how to play the game.

So he never teaches players what to do, only sets rules to tell them what they can't do and what penalties will be there for doing it.

Taking this opportunity, Chu Guang briefly talked about his plans for the future alliance army, navy, air and space forces.

Although neither of them was yet visible, the wrench still listened attentively and didn't think he was joking in the slightest.

After listening, he immediately gave a military salute without saying a word, and said with a loyal face.

"The Alliance's 1st Corps is resolutely obedient to your orders! Your will is the will of our army."

Looking at the wrench with a worried expression of loyalty, Chu Guang smiled faintly and said.

"Don't be so serious, after this wave, you just have a good idea of it, and you don't need to notify it for the time being. The reason why I told you in advance is that I hope you will try to grope in the direction I said in the next battle. I will hold a meeting at the General Staff Headquarters and consult with officers at all levels."

As soon as his words fell, an elongated alarm sounded due south.

The two of them looked over there in unison.

I saw that the gray-green fog, which was originally as quiet as a lake, suddenly rolled along the street towards their defense line like a flash flood

Come here.

It's foggy!

It's a wave!

Looking at the menacing gray mist, Chu Guang's brows couldn't help but curl up with a hint of surprise.

The wave came earlier than the Institute of Biology expected.

But it's normal.

There is no 100% accurate weather forecast.

Seeing the rolling fog, the pupils of the wrench contracted slightly, and he quickly looked at Chu Guang on the side.

"Administrator, please stand back."

His instincts honed on the battlefield told him that the fog might not be that simple.

However, Chu Guang didn't move, just raised his chin in the direction of the defensive line, and said concisely.

"Don't care about my safety, you should care about everyone behind this line of defense.

"Do what you have to do now, and I'll be here to witness your bravery!