The people below were still staring blankly at the spreading dust. With an order, countless death row prisoners stood up with their blades and shields in their hands, automatically lining up to the left and right. Under Bao Lingmin's lead, they opened up a path behind them.
18 Type-98 tanks, 5 Type-96 tanks, and 3 T62 tanks rushed out at the same time. Over a hundred armored vehicles followed closely behind, and behind the armored vehicles, there were 15 large oil tankers.
The tanks were the edge of the blade, the armored vehicles were the back of the blade, and the oil tankers were the handle of the blade. Following the sharp steel blade slashing towards the sea of zombies, a few branches spread out to the left and right, rushing towards the previously designated target area. Facing hundreds of thousands of zombies, too many tactics were useless, the only thing that could be used was fire. However, fire was not omnipotent, without the right environment and time, it would not be able to cause much damage to the zombies.
Today's plan was to first use rockets to open up a gap, then use the armored regiment to dig through, clearing up a clean area, then send out a few units that could still maintain their fighting strength to stick to the zombies on the periphery, luring the zombies that were surrounding Bamboo Shoot Mountain to return. Finally, when they were retreating, they would spray gasoline into the sea of zombies along the way, and when the zombies returned and recovered the lost ground …
The place where the battle first started was not the direction where the tanks and armored vehicles were charging, but in front of the armored regiment, all the black and green colors had become mixed. Countless large and small craters were like the surface of the moon, large pieces of floating soil had accumulated to a thickness of half a meter, following the tanks and armored vehicles, it gradually hardened.
There was no grass, no mounds, not even the previously dense horde of zombies could be seen. The entire place was filled with the smell of gunpowder and smoke, as well as the slowly rising green smoke from the soil on the ground.
Passing through the large and small craters, the armored regiment steadily moved forward. Within a radius of a few kilometers, not a single standing zombie could be seen, but at the very edge, countless zombie limbs piled up like a mountain. Under the intense firepower just now, the zombies at the center of the explosion were instantly vaporized, and at the same time, the explosion produced a huge shockwave that was like a hurricane, blowing away the surrounding zombie remains.
At this point, they were even closer to the bamboo shoot mountain that was fifteen kilometers away. Just as the tanks were about to accelerate and rush past the edge of the explosion to crush the zombies, hundreds of familiar whistling sounds came from behind them. The 122 rockets from the rear whistled over the heads of the armored regiment and smashed into the middle of the horde of zombies five kilometers in front of the armored vanguard. Another burst of fire roared and black smoke rose again. At the same time, the armored regiment accelerated again and rushed into the middle of the countless zombies that were crawling on the ground with great momentum.
At the edge, the cavalry regiment galloped around the edge of the sea of zombies. Hundreds of sabers were placed horizontally on the saddle, and using the speed of the mutant horses to increase their strength, they used the sabers to cut off the zombies' necks one by one. Not every time they could cut off a zombie's neck, but under the cavalry's formation, if the first time didn't work, they would do it the second time. If the second time didn't work, they would do it the third time, and the fourth time. As the zombies were like crops being harvested, the cavalry regiment launched the most suitable combat method for them. Every minute, there were hundreds of zombies falling under their sabers.
Bao Lingmin had always been in the lead. The long saber in his hand had already killed hundreds of zombies, and this time was no exception. As he continuously cut off more than ten zombies' heads, the morale of the death row prisoners behind him was once again boosted. They roared loudly, formed two iron pincers, and rushed into the middle of the zombies.
When the death row prisoners and the zombies were entangled with each other, the two iron pincers were heavily stacked together. The death row prisoners on the outside used layers of shields to block the zombies' claws and bites, while their companions behind them continuously took down the zombies that surrounded them.
The combat method of the Death Seeker Group was the combat method of the Black Sea of Zombies. They used local advantages and surrounded the zombies together. The surrounded zombies could only fight back from the outside, while the ones in the inside could only struggle in the crowd.
The death row prisoners of the Death Seeker Group were much more efficient than the zombies. It didn't take long for the thousands of zombies that were surrounded to be killed. Following an order, thousands of death row prisoners retreated like flowing water with their injured companions.
When they rushed to a hundred meters away, the injured people were shot in the head by the supervising soldiers with pistols, and the corpses were moved to the back. The remaining death row prisoners were panting violently and arranged into a new formation. Under Bao Lingmin's leadership, they once again counterattacked. They surrounded the thousands of zombies that stretched out from the sea of zombies, and it was another short but bloody strangulation battle …
Compared to the cavalry regiment and the Death Seeker Group, the tactics of the first and second main forces did not change. They fought more intensely. After two days of fighting, the soldiers were no longer as cautious as before. They lined up in two layers and slowly approached the sea of zombies. The soldiers on the first layer would shoot with their rifles every few steps. Every time they shot three bullets, they had to kill at least one zombie.
It was simple and effective. The soldiers were all veterans who had shot thousands of bullets. At close range, they would not miss when shooting upright. Their mental fortitude was also strong. Facing the zombies that pounced on them, they were not nervous at all. They knew that even if they used up all their bullets, the comrades behind them would immediately take their place.
The first and second divisions had a total of six infantry battalions, with more than three thousand two hundred people. Under the two-layer line, they could kill at least a thousand zombies with every two steps. The premise of their tactic was that Shi Yuanye already knew that Zhang Xiaoqiang had killed hundreds of S2 zombies at Bamboo Shoot Mountain. In addition to the number of zombies that had died in the battle against the zombies, and the number of zombies that had died in the pursuit of the second garrison regiment, there were not many S2 zombies left in the sea of zombies. That was why they were able to advance in such an efficient and risky manner.
From the looks of it, whether it was the cavalry regiment or the Death Seeker Group, their efficiency in killing zombies was not as good as the first and second divisions. As the commander of the first division, Ding Ziqiang personally led the armored regiment into the sea of zombies. Since the commander had run away, the soldiers of the first division could only helplessly accept the command of the second division's commander, Wang Shaohua.
Wang Shaohua was an evolver, and usually did not show off much. But today, he finally revealed his trump card. His trump card was two ten-meter long titanium alloy chains. The chains were as thick as a finger, but in his hands, they were extremely sharp. His fighting style was very similar to Tie Zhongyuan's. Although the two chains could only be controlled with his hands, they were extremely nimble. The chains were like two long snakes that could soar in the air, circling around his body. They had a strange vibration, and in the midst of the buzzing sound, they easily cut a few zombies in half.
Under Wang Shaoyuan's leadership and coordination, the soldiers fought very easily. It was as if they were shooting ducks. They aimed, pulled the trigger, and then marched in formation, just like the musketeers of 18th century Europe.
When the cavalry regiment had run back and forth ten times, no less than five thousand zombies had fallen to the ground. When the Death Seeker Group had killed the fourth group of zombies that they had surrounded, Wang Shaoyun and his six infantry battalions had already killed more than thirty thousand zombies, and had advanced more than two kilometers.
There were a total of five divisions: the tank division, the first and second field division, the cavalry regiment, and the Blood Wolf Regiment. As the vice commander of the Blood Wolf Regiment, Lakshon had been fulfilling the commander's responsibility. The Blood Wolf Regiment was different from other divisions. With Zhang Xiaoqiang's words, no matter if it was in terms of manpower or replenishment, they were considered as a marginal force. In the eyes of others, they were inferior to an independent regiment, and only slightly better than the Death Seeker Group.
However, the Death Seeker Group would always have reinforcements, and the Blood Wolf Regiment's reinforcements had to rely on Zhang Xiaoqiang's approval. Without Zhang Xiaoqiang's approval, the logistics department would simply ignore their requests.
This caused Lakshon to cherish his troops very much. Without complete confidence, he would not let his troops fall into a disadvantageous battle. Confidence was relative, and the mission had to be completed. However, how to complete the mission to reduce casualties was Lakshon's responsibility.
The other divisions continued to move, and only the Blood Wolf Regiment was not very enthusiastic. Just when the Blood Wolf Regiment's soldiers were anxious, Lakshon roared with a head full of sweat. He brought a group of logistics personnel with hundreds of flatbeds and rushed forward.
The flatbeds were not the kind that were used to transport goods. A third of the front of the flatbed was sawed off, and the sawed off planks were nailed diagonally to the front of the flatbed. The back was supported by wooden strips and nailed into the shape of a tripod, just like an ancient shield car.