Hearing Mu Peipei's answer, Zhang Xiaoqiang had an idea. Mu Peipei didn't ask for a lot of weapons. If they were equipped immediately and cleared the zombies along the way, her machine gun battalion would be ready when they returned to the base. However, how should he deal with Mu Peipei's soldiers?
Should he choose from the women of childbearing age in front?
"Okay, you go to Zhang Huai An and ask for it. Tell him that I asked him to equip you with two sets of ammunition. You can take turns to clear the zombies around and find more vehicles and supplies. I don't want yours. You can keep them. I won't give you any supplies in the future. You can feed yourselves.
And soldiers, you can go to the front to pick them. You can't force them, they have to volunteer. The number is set at three hundred, no more. "
As for the female battalion, Zhang Xiaoqiang decided to let go. As long as Mu Peipei didn't want to be independent and obeyed the base's command, he would be Mu Peipei's private guard. Anyway, he had prepared a guard for Yang Ke-er.
"You don't need to go to the front to find those women who are waiting to be born. There are many women in the poor who are not worse than men. They also found food and killed zombies. I just need to recruit them."
As for the soldiers, Mu Peipei didn't appreciate it. But then again, the women who dared to go out to find food were all excellent soldiers. There were two kinds of women in the poor. One was waiting for their men to come back and exchange their bodies with them. The other one was like the men who went out to find food. The second kind could overcome the fear in their hearts. They were much better than the men who only dared to dig grass on the side of the road.
"That's up to you. You called me here for this?
Well, you can do what you need to do. I'll go first … "
Zhang Xiaoqiang didn't want to stay here anymore. Mu Peipei always kept her distance when they talked. It seemed that she was afraid of Zhang Xiaoqiang getting close to her. Zhang Xiaoqiang didn't want to make trouble for himself. He turned around and wanted to go out. There were too many things waiting for him to arrange.
"Wait, I'm going to bring the female battalion with you to stop them …"
Mu Peipei stopped Zhang Xiaoqiang. Zhang Xiaoqiang frowned when he heard this. This was different from the encampment. Everyone had to listen to orders. Zhang Xiaoqiang could not guarantee that Mu Peipei would listen to his orders. Besides, this was a long-range attack. It would give time for the rear to prepare. Mu Peipei was used to close combat.
"No, this is not a drill. Your female soldiers are not experienced enough. It's fine if they kill themselves, but what if they kill others?
This is a battle of life and death. You guys should go and fight the scattered zombies first. Learn how to cooperate … "
Zhang Xiaoqiang rejected. He didn't want to talk to Mu Peipei anymore. He turned around and was ready to leave. Who knew that Mu Peipei's figure flashed and appeared in front of Zhang Xiaoqiang. She gritted her teeth and said to Zhang Xiaoqiang, "You are discriminating against me. My female soldiers are not as good as my male soldiers. Do you need to look down on them?"
Zhang Xiaoqiang looked at Mu Peipei and shook his head. He sneered and said, "Mu Peipei, you are not a qualified commander.
"Mu Peipei, you're not a qualified commander. You can't be absolutely rational. In front of me, you go back on your word again and again. If you're just an ordinary woman, it's fine, but you're not. Can you persevere even when nearly half of your female troops are dead?
Could you do it? Hundreds of female soldiers were eaten by zombies in front of you, and still continue to command as if nothing had happened?
I am not looking down on female soldiers. I am looking down on you. Your identity as an officer is worthless in my eyes. If you really have a little military accomplishment, you won't keep asking me for this and that. Don't you understand that obeying orders is a soldier's duty? "
Zhang Xiaoqiang's words made Mu Peipei speechless. She wanted to fight back but she didn't know where to start. She was puzzled. Did she really do something wrong?
"War is not a game. You have seen it yourself. In the two battles, hundreds and thousands of people died. I don't want those excellent soldiers to die fearlessly because of you."
Zhang Xiaoqiang walked past Mu Peipei to the gate. Mu Peipei grabbed Zhang Xiaoqiang.
Zhang Xiaoqiang looked at Mu Peipei in confusion. She was the one who took the initiative to touch him.
"Then I will not bring female soldiers. I will go alone. You know what I am capable of …"
Zhang Xiaoqiang continued to shake his head and said to her, "This time, I will not bring any evolvers.
"This time, I won't bring any evolved humans. Our fighting style is different. What we need is long-range mobility. It's inconvenient to bring you along …"
When Mu Peipei heard this, she was infuriated. She felt that Zhang Xiao Qiang was purposely trying to shirk the responsibility. In the past, she had fought well, why was it not working now? Could it be that Zhang Xiao Qiang was trying to marginalize her?
"That is not a reason. Mobility?
Who can be faster than me?
You are doing this on purpose … "
Zhang Xiaoqiang looked at the agitated woman and felt that she was unreasonable. He wanted to walk away, but he felt that he should not talk too much. So he explained to Mu Peipei, "I did not bring any of my women. They are all evolvers …"
Zhang Xiaoqiang's words meant something else to Mu Peipei. Zhang Xiaoqiang said that he did not bring any of his women, so naturally, he would not bring her. It seemed that she was one of his women. Although Mu Peipei was not interested in men, she was not against it. At least, she would have someone to rely on in the future. Of course, as a strong woman, Mu Peipei would not share her with others. She allowed Zhang Xiaoqiang to find other women, but she would not allow her husband to find a concubine.
"Oh?
Are you asking me to marry you again?
I can marry you, but you are only allowed to marry me. Don't let me see those dubious women … "
Zhang Xiao Qiang looked at Mu Peipei who was full of arrogance, his mouth wide open in a daze. After a long while, Zhang Xiao Qiang muttered three words:
"You are so beautiful …"
"Haha, you are smart. How am I beautiful?"
"In your dreams …"
Zhang Xiaoqiang once again succeeded in making Mu Peipei mad. When he reached the end and met up with Feng Kun, Mu Peipei had already brought her female soldiers to meet up with the other female soldiers. She was also looking for Zhang Huai'an to exchange for the equipment.
This time, Zhang Xiaoqiang came over. In addition to a large amount of ammunition, he also brought 12 122mm grenades modified by Wang Le. The grenades weighed 60 to 70 pounds and were fused. Three of them were bundled in a row in the middle of the road.
The sea of zombies in the distance was like a black tide, slowly pressing towards them. Although the terrain on both sides of the road was open, the zombies were inevitably affected. They were separated from the road, allowing the zombies on the road to be one step ahead.
It was not an exaggeration to describe the scale of the zombies. Thousands of meters away, Zhang Xiaoqiang and Feng Kun's subordinates were waiting. They were at an intersection in the middle of the hills. There were fish ponds on both sides. The fish ponds were only connected by a small road. Within two kilometers, the zombies would not be able to quickly pass through. Two kilometers away, the terrain was even more complicated. There were rivers and water networks. Although most of them were dried up, it was still not easy for the zombies to pass through.
Here, Zhang Xiaoqiang was prepared to block the zombies for a night until the zombies came from both sides of the complex terrain. Therefore, cutting off the road was the most important thing.
The 122mm grenades did not necessarily cause much damage to the road, but three grenades added together was enough. The grenade's killing radius was 50 meters. Although the killing radius of three grenades would not be very far, it could cause a devastating attack within a 100 meter radius. The density of zombies was too high. If it was a conventional artillery shell, it could only be absorbed by the zombies on the periphery. If it reached a certain limit, it was believed that within a 100 to 150 meter radius, no zombies would be able to survive.
Eight hundred soldiers and eighteen 14.5mm anti-aircraft machine guns were waiting. At the intersection, on both sides of the small mounds, there was a quadruple machine gun on each side. It was enough to seal off the intersection. Moreover, there were ten 12.7mm heavy machine guns mounted on vehicles.
The small roads in the middle of the fish ponds were dug. The shallowest fish ponds were three to four meters deep. If there were not enough zombies' corpses, they would not be able to fill up these fish ponds.
No one was nervous. Most of the people had experience fighting zombies. Therefore, when the zombies slowly approached 300 meters away from them, there were still people whispering.
Regarding the voice below, Zhang Xiaoqiang did not care. In his eyes, there was only the black mass of zombies. The artillery shell had been buried by the zombies. Countless zombies were passing by the artillery shell on both sides …