Chapter Eighty-Three: The Tasks of the Engineer Corps
At this time, the attack of the zombie tide on the battlefield in the northern suburbs had a few minutes of respite because of the repeated bombing of the bomber group, but everyone knew that this was just the first hurdle of this battle, according to the battle notice, it would take at least an hour for the bomber group to return to the battlefield to reload the missiles and then return to the battlefield. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Although it is estimated that the missile base in the Western Theater will provide long-range support to the battlefield in 20 minutes, these 20 minutes are the most critical moment in this battle, attracting the next wave of losses and holding the position, ushering in missile support, and everyone cannot hold it, that is the result of the annihilation of the entire army.
Ye Wenshan heard the gunshots of the soldiers who found themselves killed after being scratched by the agile zombies in the position from time to time, and after a heaval of his chest, he asked: "General, why can't we advance the time of missile assistance a little earlier? I don't know how many soldiers we will lose in these twenty minutes." ”
"The existence of the position is to attract the zombie tide and make them rush towards us more intensively, and we have to give the zombies in the distance time to run to us, so that the missiles can cause the maximum damage. ”
"It's all about saving those missiles in stock?"
Major General Mu Xian raised his finger and pointed to the countless missile craters on the battlefield and said, "What we want to recover is a city, not a ruin. ”
Colonel Ye Wenshan wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the tide of zombies that appeared again on the battlefield, and the zombie groups located farther away in the northern suburbs gathered to form a torrent of loss, and rushed to the federal position with a bloodthirsty roar again.
"Casualties!" Mu Xian said.
"Fifteen hundred, the number is still increasing, including fifteen ancient warriors!" Colonel Ye Wenshan replied.
Mu Xian stopped saying nothing after hearing the number of casualties, and stared closely at the last 300,000 zombie tide that rushed in.
A major general of the Federation in charge of the front-line command in the position fired a gun and roared: "Great Qin Federation Patriotic Army! Kill !!"
"Victory, victory, victory!" roared the remaining 14,000 soldiers.
"Shelling !!"
Hundreds of cannons rang out in unison, and hundreds of shells smashed into the zombie group rushing to the front line like a tide, and immediately exploded the limbs of the zombie group rushing in front of them.
"Armored troops, fire !!"
"Boom, boom, boom!!"
Immediately after the first round of shelling, another round of shells was fired, and the tide of 300,000 zombies suddenly stagnated, however, after more zombies fell with their companions in front, the empty space above the front continued to rush towards the federal position.
"Dada・・・・・・"
When the tide of zombies entered the optimal range of each soldier, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers picked up their guns and began to shoot with all their might.
Due to the rush of time, the Union position was only a half-man high earthen wall made of local materials, and the Union soldiers stood behind the earthen wall without paying attention to dodging, just standing or standing according to the pre-fired fire net.
At a certain distance, they didn't need to worry about the zombie tide returning fire at all, because the enemy on the opposite side was just a group of zombies who were unconscious and could only roar and pounce forward.
This seemingly simple war has become extremely difficult because of the huge number of zombies, not to mention, the only weakness of zombies is their heads, and only by hitting the heads of zombies can they be completely eliminated, otherwise, it is difficult to inflict substantial damage on them.
Artillery shells and heavy machine guns are terrifying weapons of mass destruction in conventional warfare, but in this war in the face of the tide of zombies, they have lost their due role as deterrent weapons, and the main lethality of all artillery shells in the ground forces lies in shrapnel, or the concussion produced after the explosion, thus causing damage to human beings.
But for these zombies whose fatal injuries are only in the brain, it doesn't make much sense, and the artillery bombardment of the ground forces can play a role in blasting the zombies in the distance, making them lose their mobility, but for the zombie groups that have approached the federal position, the effect is not much, so the artillery commander set all the shell targets to four hundred meters away from the beginning, in order to hinder the zombie tide attack.
Although the soldiers tried hard to pour ammunition into the zombie horde, how many soldiers could hit the head with a hundred shots? The zombie horde was covered by a fire net while still unstoppably approaching the Federation position.
Mu Xian looked at the tide of zombies that had rushed to the front of the position three hundred meters, pondered for a moment and ordered: "Let the artillery unit set the target at a distance of three hundred meters to four hundred meters, give up medium and long-range artillery bombardment, and solve the immediate problem first." ”
"Obey, sir!" Colonel Ye Wenshan immediately conveyed Major General Mu Xian's instructions to the battlefield commander Major General through the communicator.
After receiving the order, the artillery unit immediately gave up the medium and long-range artillery bombardment, and set all the artillery positions at a distance of 300 to 400 meters.
The good times didn't last long, as the artillery unit gave up medium and long-range shelling, and the subsequent zombie tide became more and more dense because of the threat of no shelling, the federal soldiers who had just breathed a sigh of relief were under pressure again, and had to hold up their tired bodies again and start shooting with all their might.
Looking at the tide of zombies getting closer and closer to the position, a trace of complexity flashed in Major General Mu Xian's eyes, and he hesitated for a moment and sighed lightly and ordered: "Order the engineer regiment to start moving!"
"Yes, sir!" replied Colonel Ye Wenshan.
A minute after Ye Wenshan conveyed Mu Xian's order, a fire and explosion suddenly appeared in the middle of the tide of nearly 300,000 zombies, and residential buildings and high-rise buildings collapsed under the sound of explosions.
As the building toppled, countless humans hiding in the building waiting for rescue were also buried under the rubble of the building, and dozens of buildings fell to stop the offensive momentum of the zombie tide as soon as possible, reducing the pressure on the precarious federal position.
Looking at the fallen buildings in the distance, countless humans were buried in them, and these civilians waiting for rescue died not in the mouths of zombies, but in the blasting of Federation soldiers.
Colonel Ye Wenshan looked at everything that happened in front of him in shock, and exclaimed in disbelief: "General!
Mu Xian stared at the tragic scene happening in front of him, and replied in a deep voice: "The task of the Engineer Corps. ”
"But there are still people from the Federation inside, General!"
"I know. ”
"General・・・・・・" Colonel Ye Wenshan looked at Major General Mu Xian in front of him in disbelief, unable to believe that this order was issued from Mu Xian's mouth and conveyed by himself.
"This is General Ye Yang's plan, if an irreversible situation occurs, this plan will be activated. Mu Xian replied with some difficulty.
"But・・・・・・ since we have this plan, why can't we rescue them in advance?" Colonel Ye Wenshan stepped forward angrily and grabbed Major General Mu Xian's arm.