In the next moment, hundreds of rockets with fiery tongues of fire whistled through the sky, flying towards the huge whirlpool behind the zombies. Following that, a rumbling sound could be heard, and behind the cavalry, 12 huge tanks charged forward at high speed.
When the tanks charged through the path created by the cavalry, the tens of thousands of zombies at the front were basically crippled. The tanks did not even fire a single round, and only relied on the momentum of the vehicles to crush the zombies. Countless zombies were crushed into dumpling skin under the tanks, their flesh and bones were twisted into the tank belts, turning into a bloody paste that flowed to the ground. As the tanks continued to advance, two dark brown trails of flesh and blood flowed out …
When the tanks destroyed the vanguard zombies, the zombies at the back had just broken free from the rocket attack. Countless zombies were engulfed by the fire, and even more zombies flew to the sides of the hillside and spread out, covering the hillside. For a time, the huge whirlpool on the road was blown into pieces by hundreds of rocket attacks, but it made the slow zombies more agile after the number of zombies decreased.
The hundreds of Type 2 zombies, with the D2s as the vanguard, sent countless ordinary zombies flying, creating a path, while dozens of S2s gathered together and followed closely behind the D2s, rushing towards the end of the road.
The zombies at the front had been crushed by the cavalry and the tanks, and only a few were left, while the two main forces were lying in ambush at the center of the zombie horde. After a barrage of rockets, in addition to the two groups of light and heavy weapons, they had basically cleared out the zombies in the middle.
The cavalry unit's ammunition was 7 magazines per person, 210 bullets, 12 heavy machine guns, 38 light machine guns, and 60 rocket launchers. These ammunitions were mostly used up when harassing the zombies, and then used up when luring the zombies. Just the cavalry unit alone had caused tens of thousands of zombies to die.
Half of the zombies had been killed, leaving less than 40,000. After being bombarded by the rocket launchers, the zombies immediately exploded, and the remaining tens of thousands of zombies rushed to the back.
On both sides of the road, there were ambush positions. The position in the middle was where Zhang Xiaoqiang concentrated the main force as a precaution, while the position at the back was where the garrison was. The garrison's equipment was not as good as the main force, but as the first garrison regiment commander, Zhang Xiaoqiang had always been at odds with Ding Ziqiang. Although they were both regiment commanders, one was the main force, the other the garrison, and his dream was to raise his regiment to the third main force.
Thus, after receiving the ambush order, Li Yao put in a lot of effort and discussed with the second regiment commander Li Grassland and the third regiment deputy commander Chu Suihou, to prepare for a better result than the main force.
The main force had the Type-98 tanks that they were jealous of, which they could not compete with. Their heavy firepower was also not as good as the main force, and the large caliber machine guns of the three regiments were not as good as the main force's. There was no need to mention the armored vehicles. Apart from giving each regiment ten armored personnel carriers, there was no hope for anything else.
Thus, they did not prepare to use heavy firepower to kill the zombies. On the contrary, they thought of ancient tactics, such as boulders and rolling logs, and setting fire …
After the three thousand soldiers were mobilized, the power they displayed was terrifying. They built hundreds of piles of rocks along the mountain ridge, chopped thousands of logs of different thicknesses, and weaved thousands of huge hollow rattan balls.
All the logs were doused with gasoline, needless to say, the rattan balls were filled with all kinds of flammable plastic bags and foam. Under the careful preparation of the few regiment commanders, they used the most primitive method to prepare a feast for the zombies.
Li Yao, who was dressed like an ordinary soldier, had been paying attention to the group of zombies below. The rifle in his hand had been raised and lowered several times. He was the same as Zhao Jun, he could not stand the smell of gunpowder. Either he did not go to the battlefield, or when he did, his greatest enjoyment was to kill to his heart's content.
Like officer, like soldier. His first garrison regiment was not a group of recruits like the second and third regiments. His regiment was the expansion of the original garrison camp. Among them, there were at least 500 people who had seen the battlefield, and 300 people who had fought in a big battle. These soldiers were all trained by him to become wolf cubs. They even dared to rob the main force's head.
If not for Li Yao's ruthlessness, they would not have been able to pull the teeth out of the tiger's mouth. They forcefully snatched the T62 tank repaired by the equipment chief, Xiao Lang. Even if they did not know how to drive it, they would still snatch it. This made Zhang Xiaoqiang lose his temper. At least, Li Yao could be considered as his direct subordinate. In the end, he could only let the matter rest. The repaired T62 tank was divided equally between the first and second regiments, and finally, the third regiment was given a Type 96 tank.
Originally, there were three Type 96 tanks. One was given to the third regiment, and the other two were given to the main force. In the end, after the Silver Stream Army was reorganized into the second field regiment, Zhang Xiaoqiang returned the remaining two tanks to the Silver Stream Army. In the end, apart from the independent regiment and the cavalry regiment, every regiment had their own tank.
Now, seeing the tanks of the main force killing in all directions, Li Yao's eyes were exceptionally red. On the mountain ridge, the tanks could not climb up, so there was an additional flame in his heart. When Zhang Xiaoqiang gave the overall order, he rushed to the side of the Nightmare Rock and personally lifted a lever that supported the Nightmare Rock. After a loud shout, countless Nightmare Rocks suddenly tilted and rolled down the slope.
The smallest Nightmare Rock was the size of a human head as it rolled faster and faster. In the end, it jumped up high and ruthlessly smashed into the group of zombies. Every rock carried a huge force that broke the zombies' sternum or skull. Any zombies that were hit by a rock would definitely not be able to get up again.
The damage caused by hundreds of Nightmare Rocks to the zombies was definitely not less than the expensive rockets. Furthermore, the Nightmare Rocks could only be counted as an appetizer. One by one, the burning logs were pushed down with wooden forks. The rolling logs were burning with raging flames and were even more powerful than the rocks. From time to time, the logs would jump up and spin into the middle of the zombies. The spinning logs would twist into a huge circle and sweep the trapped zombies away. The zombies that were sent flying would at least land on the ground with broken bones and flesh.
Some of the logs rolled down smoothly. Although they did not bounce up, the power was still not small. The length of a log was the same as the number of zombies that were knocked down. After knocking down, the logs would roll again and then press down on the zombies to create a residual heat, isolating the zombies from the rest of the zombies.
The logs that crisscrossed each other spat out a tongue of flame, isolating the zombies in an irregular geometric area. Zombies were not humans, they did not know how to dodge or find cover. They could only passively endure the most ancient ambush method. In the next moment, the greatest killing weapon of the ancient times came.
Giant rattan balls that were three meters tall emitted black smoke as they slowly rolled down the mountain. How spectacular would it be to have thousands of giant fireballs rolling down the mountain?
One by one, the giant fireballs jumped on the mountain slope. Some collided with each other and scattered countless sparks. Some leaped into the air and fell apart. There were also some that got stuck in the rocks and could not move.
However, even more fireballs crashed into the zombie horde, engulfing countless zombies in the rattan ball and turning them into fuel. The most powerful part of the rattan ball was not the fire itself, but the thick smoke it emitted. Because of the heat from the burning of the logs, and because of the pressure from the wild wind, the thick smoke gradually pressed down on both sides of the hill. Countless zombies lost their sense of smell in the thick smoke and suddenly became crazy.
Under the torment of the fire and the thick smoke, the zombies bumped into the big and small rocks and stumbled from time to time. Once they fell on the burning logs or the fireballs, these zombies became fuel additives.
The tens of thousands of zombies at the back were smashed into pieces by the Garrison Division. In the end, only less than a few thousand zombies managed to escape and ran towards the back. Li Yao did not chase after the zombies that ran away. The remaining zombies were more than enough for them to take care of. Under his command, gunshots rang out and the soldiers shot out the bullets in their guns with all their might ….
Seeing that the zombies were about to escape from the mountain pass, Zhang Xiaoqiang could not help but become anxious. Originally, he thought that the Z-type would be in the middle of the sea of zombies. That was the safest way, but he did not expect that the Z-type would hide at the back. After several waves of attacks, the Z-type dodged. After another round of bombardment from the rocket launchers and 122mm heavy artillery, the zombies went crazy. The zombies under the road all rushed up the mountain slope and scattered.
Because of Zhang Xiaoqiang's miscalculation, the armed forces here were not strong. There were only 1500 people from the Blood Wolf Regiment, 1200 people from the Independent Regiment, and 3000 people from the Suicide Regiment that they were guarding.