Doomsday rat

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"Brother Zhou, don't scare me. This is the army, not a company. If you really pass this thing up, if you make a mistake, you will lose your head, right?"

Wang Gang took the paper and read it carefully twice, but he didn't seem to see any problems.It's not his fault, nor is he stupid, but lack of experience in large-scale cleaning of zombies, and he doesn't know what the density of zombies in similar cities should be, so they can't compare.

"This is called advice, not disobedience, it's just a reminder, and it won't get in the way of your head. Don't worry, they will listen if they like it, and if they don't like it... we can only figure out our own way.

Before your uncle came out, he specifically asked me to help take care of it. Not only you, but many of them have just had a full meal for a few days, and they haven’t come to enjoy the fruits of their labor. "

Hong Tao didn't take Wang Gang's worries to heart at all. Although he hadn't been in touch with Zhang Ke for a long time, and he had grown from a child to an adult, through observation these days, the child's general temperament should not have changed fundamentally, and he was not a listener. Bastards who don't go in for opinions.

However, there are accidents in everything, and it cannot be said that if you make a suggestion, others have to accept it.Everyone's position is different, and the focus of consideration is also different.

So, apart from counting on Zhang Ke to pay attention to the abnormal changes in the number of zombies, he had to think about other countermeasures.At any time, you can't completely give your life to others to control. This is the most basic element of Hong Tao's character and it will never change.

But no matter how he thought about it, Hong Tao never came up with a proper solution unless he planned to disobey orders or run away.What Wang Gang said was right. This is the army, and just obeying an order blocked most of the escape routes.

However, Hong Tao didn't accept his fate because he had no choice. He still made arrangements that were more inclined to retreat in time as much as possible under the premise of his ability.The first is to reduce the supply points closest to the front line, from 8 to 3.

The reason is simple, 3 points can fully meet the supply needs of the frontline troops, so why waste it.Freeing up these people will not only assist the troops in cleaning up, but also collect as many supplies as possible, a win-win situation!

Secondly, materials were transferred to Minggang Airport overnight, and another batch of supplies was brought in at the same time to ensure sufficient supplies in the next few days.This is paving the way for the worst-case scenario. Once you are really surrounded by zombies, with these supplies and ammunition, you may be able to resist for a while longer.

It is only 50 kilometers away from Minggang Airport. After receiving the news, the bomber can take off within 10 minutes and arrive in another 10 minutes.Even if I can resist for 5 minutes longer, I hope that sometimes life and death may be only a few minutes away.

The last thing is the eyes. If you find zombies on the ground with your naked eyes, you will basically be unable to escape. You must arrange for people to go to high-rise buildings and use binoculars to regularly inspect the surrounding area.Once suspicious signs are found, more than ten minutes can be left for the drivers to escape.

As for whether the army will be reasonable and let it go...Hong Tao thinks, love is allowed, and anyone who dares to stop him from showing his face will be shot, even if Zhang Ke stands in front of him, it will be a treat.

They are the army, and they cannot retreat casually without an order, but we are civilians, and we have never enjoyed the rights of the army for a day, so naturally we don't have to bear the corresponding obligations, which is very reasonable.

Before all these arrangements were finished, Wang Gang came back from the battalion headquarters, bringing back two pieces of news, one good and one bad.Let me tell you the good news first, Zhang Ke did not become a jerk as Hong Tao expected, and he immediately paid enough attention to it after reading the data.

The bad news is that it is useless to pay attention to it. He is only the deputy chief of staff of the airborne, and he cannot replace the command of the 8th regiment, so he can't order the whole regiment to do something immediately. He can only rush to the regiment headquarters overnight to discuss with Yang Ming. , and then look at the data over there to decide what to do next.

However, before he left, he ordered the 2nd Battalion to immediately shrink the defense area, withdraw the two forward platoons overnight, and at the same time send additional sentries to strengthen inspections. At present, there are only so many preventive measures he can do.

"Weasels lay mice, and a nest is worse than a nest. You can't even command a regiment of your motherfuckers, so what's the use of running over here?"

After listening to Wang Gang's report, Hong Tao immediately lowered his evaluation of Zhang Ke by two notches, from a young and promising successor to a small bureaucrat who is restrained by the system.

If this matter were replaced by myself, as long as there was a [-]% possibility, he would have to be extremely vigilant immediately. After all, it was a matter of life and death, and it was still the life and death of thousands of people. Adjust deployment.

Chapter 830 Unfortunate Words

At the same time, I had to telegraph the two squadrons of the Air Force at Minggang Airport, get up and don't sleep, and hurry up to fight and perform duty.Fill the transport plane with fuel, load the bomb, and be ready to take off at any time.

This is not the end, tomorrow's cleanup operation must be suspended.As long as the weather permits, it is not out of the ordinary to send the Air Force to conduct low-altitude reconnaissance first, pass the whole city back and forth, and drop a few bombs to scare the snakes.

When will we find out the reason for the huge drop in the number of zombies, and when will we talk about resuming the clean-up operation.Don't talk about it, anyone who refuses to accept it will come and lead the team in person, and I will go to the airport on the north bank of Huaihe River to be your backup!

Of course, complaints belong to complaints, and it is much easier and clearer to stand aside and watch than to be in the middle of it.What's more, I just discovered some kind of abnormal phenomenon that I can't determine. If there is no further proof, it is really not enough to completely change the action plan, or even suspend it.

"In addition, I think the deputy chief of staff seems to have seen something, as if asking casually, but no matter how he sounds, he suspects that I didn't get these data. Brother Zhou, don't you always want to show up? Second, be more careful, if he does come, you have to think of a way to deal with it in advance!"

In fact, Wang Gang is not stupid at all. No matter how proud he is these days, he still doesn't regard the officer as his own, and he keeps his eyes open everywhere.He is also unique in observing words and demeanor. His appearance can deceive unfamiliar people. He is clearly a hot-tempered and reckless man, but he hides a fairly careful heart inside.

"Well, if you have any problems, put the stupid pig on top. If he can be spotted by the military, it's a good way out. Oh yes, you go back quickly, find a commanding height near the warehouse and send a sentry to watch all night, as long as you don't get out of the basket at night , the situation will improve a lot by daytime."

Regarding this point, Hong Tao already had a plan to deal with it, and he even found a scapegoat.Bungy's personality and marksmanship are very suitable for the army, but it is a bit inferior to stay in the transportation company.If he can take this opportunity to show more performance in front of Zhang Ke, maybe he can turn a bad thing into a good thing.

At night, the light rain is still falling, pattering non-stop, making the already low temperature even colder.Soldiers and coachmen who had been busy all day lit the bonfire near the camp after dinner, got into tents or ready-made houses early, wrapped themselves in blankets and sleeping bags and fell asleep.Except for the occasional howling of animals, there are only occasional snoring.

Hong Tao didn't sleep, mainly because he couldn't fall asleep due to something on his mind, even though he felt tired, but when he remembered that there were a large number of zombies hidden somewhere, he lost the slightest sense of sleepiness.

To put it bluntly, he is afraid of death!Oh, it’s not fair to say that. To some extent, he is not afraid of death, because every death is equivalent to rebirth. It is nothing more than a change of environment, a change of era, and after getting used to it, there is nothing to be afraid of.

But he was afraid of death for no apparent reason, especially when he was surrounded by a large group of ordinary people who had no chance of rebirth, he was afraid of death, more than anyone else.

"Brother Shu, it's time to change the guard. Come down and rest for a while!" At 2 o'clock in the morning, Bungy's voice came from the mobile station.

"Go ahead and sleep. I think it's okay. It's more than ten stories high. Don't go back and forth." Regarding sleeping, Hong Tao's attitude is similar to that of eating.If you have the conditions, it’s not too troublesome to sleep more. If you don’t have the conditions, you can squat in the rain and doze off every few tens of seconds.

This is the 18th floor. There is no elevator. After walking down, the sleepiness will be gone. After tossing and turning for an hour, the sky will soon be dawn. It is better to take a nap on the top of the building.

"Uh... do you really think something is going to happen?" It was originally a very casual truth, but it had a very special meaning in Bumblebee's ears.

When he first joined the team, the two he had the best relationship with were Fat Sheep and Pony, both of whom were also foodies. The greatest joy in his life was to study how to make ordinary ingredients more delicious through simple and simple means.

After getting acquainted with each other, in addition to discussing how to eat, the two of them also quietly told Bumblebee several precautions as veterans, including the sixth sense of Hero Yoro.

This hero is indeed different from ordinary people. He can always sense abnormalities in time when danger is approaching. I don't know how many times it has worked.

Therefore, if you want to live a long time, it is best not to use bean buns as dry food.As long as the hero seriously said that the danger was approaching, and set an example and gave a corresponding response, there were nine out of ten that something was going to happen.

Bumblebee saw it with his own eyes when he killed the blue devil and searched for wild dogs during the day, so he couldn't say he was convinced of the analysis, mainly because he didn't know exactly how many zombies there should be in the ruins of the city.But in the spirit of being careful not to make big mistakes and deeply superstitious about heroes, I am still willing to believe this prediction.

"...Well, to be honest, I'm not a magic stick, how can I predict the future. But, I have seen people who can, such as Kerim who is grazing by Lake Sailimu.

As long as he enters the mountains and forests, he can predict whether there are wolves on the road ahead without looking at any footprints or feces.I dare not say 100% right, but it will come true eight out of ten times.

I don't think it's a talent, but an instinct. This phenomenon exists from animals to humans. It's just that with the development of science and technology, most of human instincts have been replaced by tools.He lacks tools and can only rely on instinct to live all year round. After a long period of exercise, instead of deteriorating, it has been strengthened. "

In fact, Hong Tao himself did not know that he was so sensitive to the prediction of danger, let alone summed up how many times he had successfully predicted it. This stuff is always suspected of bragging, and it cannot be verified.But in order to make Bungy more vigilant, he told a true story in a desperate manner.

"...I understand. I'm going to pick up the sentry on the east side now. It's better to do some things by myself!" Bumblebee was silent for a few seconds after hearing this, and immediately took action.It is estimated that if you let him sleep at this time, he will not be able to sleep.

"...Brother Shu, Brother Shu? Are you still there?" But after saying this, there was no response from the mobile station for a long time, which made Bumblebe a little puzzled, and if you agree or disagree, let me know!

"Wait... I seem to see something... Fuck! Call the police, everyone, there are living corpses! Immediately notify the people nearby, and immediately transfer to the school warehouse!"

Hong Tao's voice finally came out from the mobile station, a little hoarse and a little out of breath.But compared with the content, the voice and attitude can be ignored directly, and the original worry finally became a reality.

"...Brother Shu, Brother Shu, where is the living corpse? How far is it? The sentries don't believe it!" After about a minute or so, there was a cries of Benzhu from the hand platform, almost crying up.

At this time, Hong Tao was still sitting under the temporary small shack built with wooden boards and wire on the roof, holding a thermal imaging scope and staring at the south direction.For most of the night, he scanned the area with a radius of more than 3 kilometers countless times at a frequency of once every 2 minutes, and finally got something when he was chatting with Bungy.

A less intense heat source was captured for more than ten seconds. It was in the shape of a human, walking upright, with an obvious torso, limbs and head.In view of the uncleaned zombie control area in the south, humanoid creatures that can appear there and have body temperature, there seems to be only one thing known so far, living corpses!

Living corpses appeared, and there must be a large number of zombies, which has been confirmed many times so far.From home to abroad, anyway, as far as Hong Tao knew personally, he had never found a single living corpse anywhere that was a solitary polished commander.

As long as it appears, there must be at least a thousand or eight hundred zombies around it. When it arrives in a densely populated area, the number of followers will rise to tens of thousands, or even 10,000+.So, chasing stars is a very bad habit, and it is easy to be beaten to death!

"Shoot, throw two more grenades, and then lead the brothers to retreat immediately. Believe it or not, as long as you notify in place, the rest is up to God!"

No matter tens of thousands or 10,000+, anyway, without preset fortifications and heavy fire support, a battalion alone will definitely not be able to stop it at night.No need to think about it now, there is only one solution, and that is to run!

Chapter 831

The quick retreat to the material warehouse set up in the school is not for supplies, but to gather the scattered troops first, and then retreat in an orderly and planned manner. The second stop is the Gugang Reservoir.

When we arrived at the reservoir, the sky should be bright. At that time, we would decide whether to stop on the spot or continue to retreat based on the number of zombies.At the same time, with the support of the air force, it might be possible to wipe out the living corpses in a short period of time, making a complete turnaround.

Following a few crisp gunshots, followed by two short explosions, the stage suddenly became lively.Not only the battalion headquarters was alarmed, but even the regiment headquarters a few kilometers away was asking what happened.

"Damn it, this guy is more cunning than Jiao Si!"

Hong Tao didn't answer those mentally handicapped questions, he still held up the thermal imaging scope and fixedly stared at the street where the living corpses used to haunt, and then cursed viciously.The living corpse seemed to have received military training. It didn't hesitate for a moment when it heard the gunshots and explosions. It quickly hid behind the building and never appeared again.

"F*ck... Hu Yang, you've screwed me to death now! Bungy, Bungy, stop talking nonsense with them, take your people and run away! Throw away everything except supplies, weapons and ammunition. Run as fast as you run."

In fact, when Hong Tao first discovered the living corpse, he was not too scared. The reason is very simple, he knows the living corpse very well.The body of this human-like creature is not as tough as zombies and blue devils. It is almost no different from normal humans, and it is not even comparable to adults who have received physical training. Its own threats are extremely limited.

Their only ability is to control zombies and blue devils with signals such as brain waves, but the range of command is limited, as long as they don't let them get close, there is no danger.Once the blue devil is beyond the command range, he still can't do anything by standing there stupidly.

But soon Hong Tao realized that he was wrong, or that he was a little behind the times.This living corpse has obviously evolved more perfectly. Not only is it smarter than Jiao Si, but it also has one more skill than Jiao Si, domestication!

When gunshots and grenades sounded, the living corpses immediately hid. This was nothing new, but Hong Tao suddenly saw two very clear heat sources a few hundred meters to the east.

But these two heat sources are not human-shaped. They walk on four limbs, are fast, can jump and jump, and make a long howl. They are clearly wild dogs that can be seen everywhere!

No, wild dogs are not everywhere. There are few mammals in areas where zombies are concentrated. They only gather in groups in the wild where there are few zombies. They never get together with zombies. She hid quickly, and ran away a long time ago.

But this time they didn't run away, they were still walking back and forth in place, not looking up to the sky and screaming.What does this mean?As long as you think about it with your toes, it is not difficult to deduce that these two wild dogs may have been domesticated by the living corpse. They are not wild dogs, but hounds of the living corpse!

"Brother Shu, Brother Shu, where are you?" Soon, Bungy's voice came from the mobile station again, with obvious panting sounds, and the background was a bit noisy.

"Leave me alone, you take the people and go first... Oh yes, leave me a horse in the camp!" Hong Tao fumbled with his hands and pressed the reply button, keeping his eyes on the two wild dogs, for fear that he would lose his mind if he lost his mind. their tracks.

Now the distance is still far away, about 2 kilometers, at this distance even if there are no horse zombies, they can't catch up with him.A mere two wild dogs are even more insignificant. They have body temperature and must be afraid of bullets. It is only a matter of two buckshots to catch up.

Now I can't go downstairs immediately, I must take this opportunity to be an eye for a while.In this way, not only can it provide accurate information to Bungy Pig, but it can also see if this living corpse has more abilities.

Thinking about it, Jiao Si was domesticated for a few months, and he already knew that chocolate bars were delicious, and he could roughly understand simple commands.It has been almost ten years, and as long as the living zombies with the same intelligence are not too stupid, they will definitely be able to learn some skills.For example, using simple tools, or domesticating wild animals.

If you catch up with a few people who are talented and intelligent, you may have created a language. If you don’t chase after them, you can chant a poem or shout: "Down with brutal human beings and establish a zombie kingdom, comrades." Let's go duck...

"I'm going, my life is over..." But looking at Hong Tao, he stopped muttering, and turned to staring with half-open eyes.

The two wild dogs were not only the pets of the living corpses, they seemed to understand some kind of order, they kept circling and howling, and suddenly ran away, heading northeast by north.

Fortunately, the drizzle had stopped at this time, and the thermal imaging scope received much less environmental interference, so Hong Tao could see not only the wild dogs running, but also a few faint figures behind them.

These figures are not heat sources, and the temperature is not much different from the ambient temperature, but after moving at high speed, they still disturb the surrounding airflow, and some shadows can be captured by the high-precision thermal imaging equipment.

What is it that can run with wild dogs without body temperature?There is no need to think too much about this question, there is only one thing that can meet all the conditions, and it is the Blue Devil!

If the number of wild dogs that can be commanded by the living corpse is small, it is not a concern, but if these wild dogs can also lead the blue devil to charge, it will be terrible.If the living corpse is the commander, then the wild dog is the company commander, the blue devil is the mechanized infantry, and the zombies can only be regarded as cannon fodder.

"Benzhu, Bungee, don't run away, find a sturdy high-rise building, move all the supplies in and stick to it. There are wild dogs under the zombies, those things can command the blue devils, you can't run them!"

In addition to being surprised, Hong Tao's brain was not idle. He stared at the direction the wild dog was running, made a rough calculation, and then came to a conclusion.This blue devil team led by wild dogs is rounding and outflanking this side. With the speed of the stupid pigs, they can still get rid of it during the day, but it is definitely useless at night.

In the wild, at night, being entangled by more than one blue devil, Hong Tao couldn't think of a way to get rid of and fight, and could only wait for death.Rather than doing this, it is better to stick to the spot, find a building that is not easy to be breached until dawn, and then rely on the air force to break through.

"Brother Mouse...what do you want? Deputy Chief of Staff Zhang personally ordered us not to run around and explain the situation, otherwise we will be punished as deserters!" Bungy was also unlucky, and received countless orders in less than 10 minutes. It's all the opposite, and neither side can afford to offend.

"Listen to me, but don't stop. Immediately find a few high-rise buildings nearby to move all the supplies up, weapons and ammunition are distributed to everyone, block the doors and windows that can enter people, and then send signal flares to tell me the location Oh yes, leave me a passage to get in.

On the side of Chief of Staff Zhang, you said that you found living corpses and a large number of zombies, which are about two kilometers to the south.This time the living corpse is different, it can command the blue devil to outflank, and now the escape route has been cut off, so it can only find high-rise buildings for defense and wait for air force support.

Believe it or not, you can tell us where we are, and they will come if they want to, and if they don't want to come and drag us down.Also, if the nearby soldiers are willing to enter the building, don't stop them, but they can't let them enter our building, find one next to it, and then distribute some supplies.

Remember, I'm not kidding, in less than 10 minutes you'll see what Zombie Special Forces are!It's done, let's talk about it when we meet, I can hardly breathe.Remember, the gate of the building must be made strong, and there is no need to demolish anything nearby, at most 10 minutes, no delay! "

When Hong Tao said these words, he was already running downhill, and he could jump down four or five steps in one step.At this moment, I only regret that I am not a dog, and I don't have four legs. I don't have the energy to think about whether others will believe it.

"I see, I see, I'll be right there!" Just as he ran out of the building door, Bungy's voice came from the mobile platform again.He had found a suitable high-rise and fired a flare.

In fact, there is no need to ride a horse. The high-rise building that Bungy is looking for is next to the camp. It is a community that has just been cleaned during the day.There are 6 slab buildings with more than 500 floors, and more than a dozen slab buildings with less than [-] floors. There is a residential area, less than [-] meters away, from the high-rise tower where Hong Tao is serving as a sentry.

When Hong Tao ran back out of breath, the drivers had already occupied a high-rise slab building closest to the roadside. Some of them were moving supplies from the vehicles, while others were holding tools to buckle down the cement square bricks paving the road. block the door.

The nearest platoon of soldiers was doing the same thing, occupying another adjacent board building.As expected of a regular army, in addition to blocking doors and moving supplies, they also set up machine gun fire points on the balcony and roof facing south.

Chapter 832 Dilemma

"Take off the horse and pull it in... put it in the basement first... how is Wang Gang doing now?" The first question we met was to ask about the other teams of coachmen.

"They were all withdrawn to the college warehouse... If we go on horseback, is there still time?" Bungy glanced at the soldiers not far away, intending to slander.

"Don't think about it, we are the fastest cleaning row, and we were praised for it at dinner, forget? If we run too, not only will we not be able to escape, but we will also implicate them all. Stop talking nonsense, take Guns and ammunition, follow me up to see what's going on, and you'll understand what's going on. You've got to climb stairs!"

But if he could run away, Hong Tao would definitely not stop running just because soldiers were watching.There's a good chance he'll shoot the group first to make sure they don't shoot deserters like himself in the back.

But now there is really no chance, even if all the soldiers in this platoon are killed, it will be in vain.So, the villain turned into a good person in a sudden transformation, not only can't do evil things, but also has to become a friendly army with others to help each other.

Fortunately, this building is seven or eight floors shorter than the tower, but it needs to bear weight, and it sinks while carrying it on its back.When they reached the top of the building, the blue devil team led by two wild dogs happened to pass by the tower where they had just been, and continued to move northward in an arc.Obviously, the living corpse knew the location of the group's camp and planned to completely surround it.

"What's that?" Bungy didn't use the overheating imaging scope, he only saw the heat source of the wild dog, and didn't find the phantom behind him.

"Fire a flare and see..."

"Oh my god... so many blue devils!" Benzhu was really obedient, raised his hand and fired a flare, pointing directly at the area where wild dogs were infested.Then he was dumbfounded. The wild dog and the blue devil didn't intend to avoid the flares at all, and their IQ probably wouldn't allow them to think so, and they were still running northward.

"Boom... Boom..." At this time, two flares were also fired from the roof next to it, and three or four soldiers were standing on the roof staring at the wild dogs and seven or eight blue devils in a daze.If it hadn't been for Bumblebee's insistence on going his own way just now, they would have encountered these guys on the way to the college warehouse in less than 10 minutes.

Not to mention a platoon, in the night when you can't see your fingers, even if you encounter so many blue devils, your entire army will be wiped out. None of them can escape, or even one of them can't be killed.

"It's all right, we don't need to be sentinels if they are here. Excuse me, you go down and order everyone to continue blocking doors and windows, let me rest for a while, and run again. My old bones don't have to wait for zombies to bite me! "

It is best for the soldiers to see the truth, and they will naturally explain it to Zhang Ke.It was only at this time that Hong Tao felt that his calf was a little cramped. When he went downstairs, he jumped too fast and slightly strained it.

"Wh...wh..." Before the words finished, there were continuous gunshots from the north side. It was not an ordinary firearm, but a large-caliber sniper rifle, and there were more than one.They were originally used to spot the Blue Devils, but now they are their job.It's just that it's so far away, whether it can be accurate is a problem.

"Damn... what luck!" Facts have proved that most of the soldiers who have undergone formal training are better than Hong Tao's marksmanship, or better luck.

After only firing more than ten shots, the soldiers got something. It was not a blue devil, but a wild dog.Under the bombardment of large-caliber anti-material firearms, wild dogs are also very vulnerable, as long as they are stained by bullets, they will be half disabled.

Unfortunately, it was hit in the abdomen by fragments that bounced off the ground. Along with a cloud of blood mist, its stomach flew like a goddess scattering flowers, and it was almost broken in two.But just like that, he was still breathing, and he still tried his best to raise his head and grin his teeth in the direction of the bullet.

At this moment, Hong Tao, who was watching the excitement with a cigarette in his mouth, suddenly stopped smiling, and reached out to adjust the mode of the thermal imaging sight, from color to black and white, and then from black and white to shimmer.Then most of the cigarette in his mouth floated down, and he didn't close his mouth for a long time.

In the thermal imaging mode of the thermal imaging scope, wild dogs 500 meters away can only show outlines and movements, and the facial features cannot be seen clearly.But after changing to low-light mode, with the help of the light from the flares, Hong Tao finally saw its appearance clearly.