"Commander, take a break."

The correspondent handed over a pot of hot water and handed it to Liu Yibang.

Liu Yibang tried to raise his hand to get the kettle, but found that his hand was no longer obedient.

In the end, he could only hold the kettle in both hands and drink some hot water to feel warmer physically.

Beneath the walls, the battle continues.

The sleepless attacks of the zombies brought great pressure to the defenders.

Fortunately, last night was over, and after dawn today, those mutant birds had nothing to hide, and they were no longer so rampant, making the defenders' lives a little better.

Although the battle is still fierce, it is much better than last night.

The correspondent looked at Liu Yibang's hard work, and couldn't help but say: "Commander, either you should go and take a rest, you will feel much better after sleeping, if there is any situation here, I will wake you up." ”

Liu Yibang did not answer, but asked rhetorically: "What about Your Highness?" ”

"Her Royal Highness the princess has been in the live broadcast room, she is comforting the people, and she has not slept all the time."

Liu Yibang was silent for a while: "Then I won't rest, although the current battle is better than last night, but we can't take it lightly, tonight, it will be another difficult night." ”

The correspondent was silent, and last night in order to save the situation, the armored troops sacrificed their lives and took the initiative to go out of the city to fight a decisive battle with the zombies, and the whole army was wiped out in exchange for a night of peace.

But what about tonight?

The Fifth Army already did not have a second armored corps.

Liu Yibang obviously knew this, he didn't say much, just asked in a dumb voice, "How is the artillery over there?" ”

"It's okay that the artillery has been in the rear, but yesterday it was bombing all day, dozens of cannons have been scrapped, and the number of shells is not much, and the brigade commander of the artillery brigade said, fight one more day today, and tomorrow the artillery will be extinguished."

Liu Yibang's face became more and more ugly, and it can be said that the troops have been able to support it until now, and the artillery has played the greatest role.

If it weren't for the continuous firing of the artillery, eliminating the zombies in the back and helping to relieve the pressure on the troops in front, Hezhou might have fallen on the first day.

But now that some cannons have been scrapped, and the reserves of shells are insufficient, this problem is very serious.

At this moment, Liu Yibang regretted attacking Hezhou a little.

If it weren't for the fact that too much armament was expended in the attack on Hezhou, his Fifth Army would definitely not have fallen into this situation.

If you stay behind to guard the Jing River, isn't the strong city wall there much easier to guard than this ice wall?

Even if there are tens of millions of corpses in this group, it will not be easy to take down Jinghe in a short period of time.

But it's too late to say anything now, his quick success and quick success have certainly won him a temporary honor, but in fact, in terms of combat effectiveness, he has already lagged behind the other brother troops of the empire.

The military industry and military industry have not been developed, and the people's livelihood has not been done well, so they only took the false name of the first prefecture-level city in the country to recover, and now even the princess has stayed here and is in danger.

At this time, Li Wuwu may not be able to leave if he wants to.

In fact, the city of Hezhou has fallen, and now the entire estuary area is under siege.

In the southeast and northeast directions, the situation of the battle is not the same.

In the southeast, close to the riverbank, the sparsely populated terrain is open, and the battle can still be carried out.

On the northeast side, it is close to the densely populated urban area, and the zombies enter from the streets, and they can only shoot continuously, and the artillery is useless.

The sky is also dominated by mutant birds, and the helicopter is basically looking for death if it wants to take off.

Even though Liu Yibang's helicopter unit is still complete, with more than 100 helicopters, he does not dare to let the planes take off at all.

And Liu Yibang also has a not very good premonition, that is, he feels that this group of corpses has not really gained strength.

After all, those second-level zombies, as well as a lot of mutant beasts or something, haven't played at all.

It may be that the corpse battle line is too long, or there may be other reasons, but there are already some signs that he can't support it.

"Have we counted the casualties of our troops?" Liu Yibang asked the correspondent again.

"The statistics are out, yesterday our army suffered a total of 44,000 casualties, of which 36,000 were killed and less than 8,000 were wounded."

Liu Yibang was stunned for a moment: "Why is there such a high death rate?" The wounded are only a few thousand? Shouldn't it all be the number of wounded higher than the number of deaths? ”

The correspondent said: "Commander, we are facing zombies, under the invasion of the virus, injury is basically equivalent to death, these survivors of the wounded were all scratched by mutant birds, and they survived without infection." ”

"Only a few wounded people, after being scratched by zombies, immediately cut off their injured hands and feet, can be regarded as surviving, but they can no longer fight, and they can only be disabled in the future."

These bloody numbers made Liu Yibang's heart ache for a while.

But no matter how painful he is in his heart, the cruel reality is in front of him, and he still has to face it.

Liu Yibang did not despair, he still felt that his side was not without the strength to fight.

The Light Chaser Army can fight against a million corpses with more than 2,000 people, and there should be hope for 250,000 people on his side against tens of millions of corpses.

What's more, he still has reinforcements.

Yesterday, he had already sent a notice to the First Independent Division of the Fifth Army in Qinzhou, asking the other side to immediately send troops to support Hezhou.

Now Liao Yucheng's independent first division has grown to more than 80,000 people, and if he can send 50,000 people to support, then Liu Yibang can be more sure.

Moreover, Li Wuwu was not idle, and successively issued several orders, asking several group armies located in the central and northern part of Hanyue to come over to support Hezhou.

The news was sent yesterday that the royal guards in Yuanjing had already sent troops to rescue Her Royal Highness the Princess.

It's just that the royal guards are in Yuanjing, thousands of kilometers away from here, and some of them are far away and can't quench their thirst.

Several others have not responded yet, but Liu Yibang is also patient, after all, each one is far away from Hezhou now, and it takes time to prepare, as long as he persists, he can wait for rescue.

The battle of Hezhou City touched the hearts of countless people.

The surrounding forces have all focused their attention here.

In the face of the attack of tens of millions of corpses, people did not think that the Fifth Army would be able to hold on, but Li Wuwu issued several orders, if the Fifth Army could hold out for a while, or if reinforcements came quickly, then there might be salvation.

It's just that I don't know for what reason, the parties who were called for help have not responded.

Until early this morning, Liao Yucheng responded to Liu Yibang's order.

"The movement of the corpses around Qinzhou is strange, it is suspected that there is a corpse king haunting, and it is difficult to protect itself, not to mention that there is also the Tang Zheng bandit army of Chaser Light City on the side, and it is really powerless to support Hezhou, but the gate of Qinzhou is open to Her Royal Highness the Princess and Commander Liu Yibang at any time, you can come here for refuge."

When this news was issued, people were shocked.

If there is the most promising thing to support Hezhou in the short term, it is Qinzhou, after all, the distance between the two is not particularly far.

But unexpectedly, Liao Yucheng directly refused the rescue in such a way that was almost disobedient.

If it was before, Liao Yucheng would never dare.

Not to mention the strength that Li Wuwu mastered, Liu Yibang's Fifth Army alone was not something he could fight against.

But now the situation is different, Liao Yucheng dares to draw salary at the bottom of the kettle at this moment, which is simply eating leopard gall.

After Liao Yucheng's response, several surrounding group armies also responded.

There are various reasons, or zombie threats, or surrounding forces are ready to move, or the distance is too far to travel in winter, in short, there are reasons not to send troops.

At this time, people were vigilant.

The power of the imperial family has begun to wane.

Li Wuwu is a little girl, after all, she can't command such a big country.

If it was in the past, it would be fine, but now it seems that Li Wuwu and Liu Yibang have been trapped in Hezhou, and I am afraid that there is no hope of survival.

At this time, those bigwigs who support their own troops and respect themselves already have a different kind of mind.

If Li Wuwu dies, I am afraid that the empire will fall apart immediately, and those bigwigs will also become warlords and fight their own battles.

At present, it seems that only the Royal Guards are still loyal to Li Wuwu, but as far as the current battle is concerned, it will take at least a week for the Royal Guards to arrive, and I am afraid that it will be difficult for the Fifth Army to hold out until the arrival of the Royal Guards.

A zombie siege is about to completely shatter Han Yue?

When he received the news that all parties refused to send troops, Liu Yibang's hands trembled.

If he had support, his Fifth Army would definitely be able to fight, and even if there were not enough soldiers, he would recruit the survivors of the city to fight.

But now that there is no support, it is equivalent to directly draining people's spirit.

The morale of the troops was visibly starting to drop, and the next day's fighting was not as brutal as last night, and deserters had already begun to appear.

The people in the city were so frightened that they stopped carrying ice and strengthening the walls.

There is no hope for River State, what else do they work?

Many people go home directly and reunite with their relatives and friends for the last time, otherwise they will probably never see each other again.

Riots even began in the city, with desperate people taking to the streets and attacking shops and looting supplies.

Alcohol has become the most desirable thing for people, and many people want to rely on alcohol to anesthetize themselves before death.

The sheriff's office in the city was completely unable to control the situation, and even some vigilantes joined the rioters.

There are zombies outside who continue to attack, and there are chaotic crowds inside, in this case, what kind of soldiers are recruited?

As time passed, the time gradually approached the next night.

Night is about to fall again, and the zombie attack is becoming more and more violent.

And tonight, mutant rats joined the attack.

These crazy critters have become man-eating devils, and their sharp claws and innate talent allow them to dig tunnels through the frozen ground and appear in the city.

One of the tunnels even appeared in the depths of the city, and a large number of mutant rats rushed out and rushed madly towards the crowd.

Caught off guard, a large number of people were killed!

In just ten minutes, tens of thousands of mutant rats appeared, which has caused a catastrophe.

In the end, Liu Yibang decisively ordered the use of one of his few thermobaric bombs.

Two consecutive thermobaric bullets were launched, giving a blow to the crazy rat tide, and a large number of rats were eliminated.

Similarly, many people have died under the power of thermobaric bombs.

Plugging the rat hole that was dug through, this time the crisis was barely overcome, but Liu Yibang had realized that Hezhou would not be able to hold it.

His Fifth Army, even if he took his life to pile up, would hold out for two more days at most.

Isolated and helpless, there is nowhere to escape.

Thinking of his current situation, Liu Yibang regretted it from the bottom of his heart.

"Maybe. Maybe Tang Zheng's words are right. ”

This time, Liu Yibang did not hesitate any longer, and with the mentality of treating a dead horse as a live horse doctor, he asked the correspondent to contact Tang Zheng.

Holding the walkie-talkie in his hand, when Tang Zheng's voice came from the opposite side, Liu Yibang couldn't help but ask.

"Brother Tang, if you didn't fool me before, then please ask you to pull your brother again, I can agree to any conditions!"

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(End of chapter)