(Additional update for leader Leng Ruohan! The first leader in my writing career, hehe. [Fengyun.com])
Night battles are very detrimental to the survivors. Not only will the soldier's vision be obstructed, but combat fatigue will be accelerated. Although night vision devices exist, it is impossible for more than 2,000 soldiers to have one, so Wang Zhaowu's strategy is still physical lighting.
Every once in a while, the mortar will fire several lingering flares into the sky, lighting up the sky above the battlefield with its bright red light. Although it does not make the battlefield as bright as daytime, it is enough to provide a field of vision for soldiers aiming for S attacks.
On the other hand, for the zombies, night has given them many advantages.
Completely freed from the shackles of sunlight, the zombies became as fierce as if they had taken drugs. Not only are the speeds of ordinary zombies much faster than during the day, but the arm strength of the throwers among the zombies has also increased a lot, and each one is trying their best to "throw their sons" into the base. The explosive larval zombies really caused a lot of trouble for the soldiers on the wall. One stretcher after another was carried down, making everyone's heart suppressed by a thick Y haze.
The dumping of gasoline every six hours was the only respite for the soldiers who were stationed at the wall. Only the sea of fire that fills the sky can make the zombies instinctively feel awe and stop their attacks on the settlement.
However, when the fire light dissipates, the tide-like offensive will continue.
As the commander of the Second Corps, Wang Zhaowu barely slept a wink all night. He only lay down on the sofa and took a nap twice when he poured gasoline and burned the corpses.
Jiang Chen took Sun Jiao back to the villa at 12 o'clock. Although Sun Jiao wanted to do what she could to protect this base, Jiang Chen would never allow her to fight when she was tired.
But when it comes to Sun Jiao. Originally, Jiang Chen didn't care about how much impact one person could have on the battle situation, but it wasn't until later that he realized that her contribution was indeed considerable. With her frighteningly accurate shooting skills, many throwers had their heads blown off with a single shot from her sniper rifle before they could even throw out the larvae in their hands.
After 6 hours, more than 200 throwers died under her gun! While boosting morale, the pressure on the east wall, where the zombie attack was the fiercest, also eased a lot. (The east wall faces the city center)
After all, for now, the biggest threat to the soldiers on the wall is the throwers.
Early the next morning, the zombie offensive paused slightly.
Even in the midst of the alien tide. The activity density of zombies is not absolutely uniform. Often after a wave of zombies ends, there will be a longer or shorter vacuum period. The base is safe until new zombies wander into the area.
Standing on the wall and looking out, the scene outside is really spectacular.
The wall was burned black. The carbon residue and ashes on the ground looked black and white, and exuded a disgusting burnt smell. The gasoline burned an open space of seven to eight meters outside the wall, but beyond this there was still a mountain of corpses and a sea of bones.
The remains of the zombies began to emit a foul odor, and the tissues that were originally maintained incorruptible by x1 bacteria began to gradually decay. Mosquitoes and flies swarmed around this rotting heap of dead bodies. The flies as big as a washbasin and the mosquitoes as long as thighs can't help but make people's scalp tingle.
Occasionally, two or three zombies wandered toward the wall with dull eyes, and were felled among the piles of corpses by sporadic gunshots.
"Is this the end?" Standing on the wall, Jiang Chen asked Sun Jiao beside him.
"It's just the beginning." Sun Jiao sighed with the SK10 Sirius hanging on her chest.
Is it just the beginning? Jiang Chen stared at the increasing number of mosquitoes and flies not far away.
Generally speaking, the higher the density of alien activity, the lower the zombie density, and the branch densities of the two usually show an inverse trend. Zombie density now decreases. .
This is not a good sign.
"How long will it take for this alien wave to end?" Jiang Chen asked helplessly.
"We must restore the ecological balance in Wanghai City." Sun Jiao shrugged and teased.
Any creature, including zombies, has a sense of living space. When the number exceeds a certain threshold, the city center can no longer accommodate them. They will then expand outward, expanding the scope of the "city center".
Just waiting can't wait until the tide of alien species ends. Only by killing all these migrating zombies and alien species can this war end.
If not, then they can only give up their territory and migrate to distant places.
In this wasteland where everything has become deformed, only natural selection never deforms.
The zombies not far away approached. Sun Jiao took off the laser rifle from her chest, opened the folding gun stock and put it on her shoulder, aiming at the zombies. He pulled the trigger with half-closed eyes.
A needle-thick blue beam flashed, and a fist-sized indentation was instantly burned out on the zombie's forehead. The dark content flowed out, it continued to walk for two steps, and then quietly knelt down on the ground.
Several more beams of light flashed. Several zombies fell to the ground silently.
There is no "chirp" S-click sound effect like in science fiction movies. In reality, laser rifles are silent killers. Although this high-tech weapon is far less popular in the wasteland than C-resistant and practical gunpowder rifles due to troublesome maintenance, expensive parts, S-range flaw, and weak EMP resistance, Sun Jiao seems to have a soft spot for it. .
The trajectory is straight, no recoil, and high burst at close range.
"It's really science fiction." Looking at the weapon in Sun Jiao's hand. Jiang Chen said with envy.
In fact, he has always wanted to get two of these weapons as collectibles, but the weapons shops in the 6th Block only sell C-type batteries that can be used in laser rifles, and rarely sell the laser rifle itself. Occasionally he didn't see it when he passed by the Sixth Street, so he forgot about it.
It is said that the places where this kind of laser rifle is installed on a large scale are mainly in space battlefields. After all, in a gravity-free environment, who dares to shoot randomly with a conventional rifle? No one was hit by the shot, and he was afraid that he would disappear without a trace.
"Is this considered science fiction?" Sun Jiao rolled her eyes at Jiang Chen and put the rifle back to her chest, "Get ready to go down, the wall will not be safe later."
"Mutant flies and mutant mosquitoes?"
Squinting at the increasingly dense black mass in the distance, Jiang Chen turned around and walked down the wall with Sun Jiao.
Because of the emergence of flying alien species, Lu Huasheng urgently evacuated the survivors in the base and moved them to temporary shelter facilities in the sewers.
Although Jiang Chen didn't want to brag about his foresight, the temporary shelter he ordered to be built in the sewers did come in handy this time. These flying creatures can easily cross the walls of the base, which is undoubtedly a disaster for ordinary survivors in the base.
At this time, all you need to do is hide in the sewer.
After more than half a year of continuous reinforcement, this traffic artery, which serves as the link between China Unicom's Sixth District and the Fish Bone Base, has been reinforced as if it were an iron barrel. As long as the entrances at both ends are guarded, no alien species can penetrate here.
When Jiang Chen and Sun Jiao went to the community center, they could hardly see anyone along the way.
After arriving at the command room, the two met the only living person left in the community center - Han Junhua.
She folded her arms and stared at the holographic terrain map on the table with an indifferent expression.
The red and blue dots on the map are intertwined, marking own and enemy forces. Judging from the distribution of troops alone, the First Corps has the upper hand, but the expression on her face at this moment does not show much relief.
"How is the situation on the Western Front?" Jiang Chen asked immediately after seeing her.
"Something is wrong."
The expression remained unchanged forever, but Jiang Chen could faintly hear a hint of solemnity in her voice. (.)