While Li Yao was communicating with Fan Zhongfeng, the armored company rushed to the side of the infantrymen. Following the sound of machine guns, a few things that were half the height of a person rushed to the top of the armored vehicles, jumping and scratching at the armored vehicles. For a moment, the armored vehicles actually couldn't do anything to those things. They stopped in place, not knowing whether to advance or retreat.
At this moment, after the infantrymen lost more than ten people, they all approached the position. With the help of the officers who escaped earlier, they began to quickly regroup. The armored company was in an awkward situation. Those black dots were quite persistent and kept scratching at the armored vehicles. They tore off everything that could be torn off, even the antenna.
The armored vehicles were not afraid of these things, but these things climbed to the top of the vehicle, so the armored vehicles around them didn't dare to make a move. They were afraid that those things would blow up their own armored vehicles before hitting them.
The armored vehicles didn't dare to make a move, and the tanks didn't dare to make a move either. While they were in a dilemma, seven or eight off-road military vehicles rushed up from behind. The driver of the military vehicles was very crazy and directly crashed into the armored vehicles. Just when everyone thought they were courting death, the military vehicles brushed past the armored vehicles and then seven or eight large nets covered the armored vehicles.
Then, more than a dozen valiant soldiers rushed down with their rifles and gave it a good beating. No one knew how miserable the thing that was surrounded was. The thing that was chasing after hundreds of soldiers was unwilling to leave the roof of the armored vehicle. After being beaten up, it was dragged down like a dead dog and dragged over in a net.
When the soldiers came over, the crowd immediately surrounded them. The group of soldiers that were chased earlier raised their guns and wanted to kill, but they were stopped by a few commanders. Then, everyone understood what was going on.
The thing that was trapped in the net was obviously not a zombie. It was half the height of a person, with thick black hair on its body, blood red eyes, and a protruding mouth. It looked like... a monkey?
"Yes... it's this thing. There are hundreds of them inside, and each of them is very fast. They can even run on roofs and walls. Bullets are completely useless against them. I don't know why, but after hundreds of rifle shots, that thing is swaying left and right, but it's completely unharmed..."
The Second Lieutenant felt strange, and the soldiers around him nodded in unison. They had been fighting in the city, but they had not killed any of them with rifles. The only effective way to deal with these things was to use rocket launchers. However, these things were abnormally agile, and in the blink of an eye, it was impossible to keep them in place …
"No matter what it is, we have to get rid of it. Everyone, pay attention. Don't use bullets. Everyone, equip yourselves with bayonets and fishing nets. Also, give out shields and broadswords. We will charge in …"
Wang Shaohua, who had been observing calmly, could tell that these mutant monkeys that were not afraid of bullets were not very intelligent. Perhaps not being afraid of bullets was their ability, but it did not mean that they were really invincible.
Wang Shaohua did not know, but if Zhang Xiaoqiang was here, he would absolutely be shocked. This was because the soldier's description was exactly the same as his ability. He and Cat Eyes, who had atavism, both had the same ability, dynamic vision. However, his dynamic vision was only obtained after eating the colloid, while Cat Eyes had it at the beginning of her evolution.
In other words, these mutant monkeys had the same ability as Cat Eyes, dynamic vision. Dynamic vision was not afraid of bullets, and its reaction to slower things was also slower. In other words, without high-speed objects, the reaction time of these mutant monkeys was the same as that of a wild monkey. Therefore, rockets could work, but bullets couldn't.
Li Yao and Fan Zhongfeng did not object to Wang Shaohua's orders. As for the remaining supply regiment commander, in terms of rank, he was only equivalent to a battalion commander. Naturally, he would not object either. When all the armored vehicles of the armored regiment were mobilized, the infantry of the three regiments followed behind and advanced into the city. The soldiers of the battalion and a half that had escaped also completed their reorganization and followed closely behind.
When they officially entered the city, the sounds of gunfire were still as intense as before. Along the way, they could see corpses falling down from time to time. All the corpses that had been killed by the mutant monkeys were mutilated. Bloody internal organs were pulled out everywhere, and the blood-red monkey paws left countless bloody handprints on the ground. Many people who saw this felt a chill in their hearts.
Whenever the armored vehicles encountered a corpse, they would stop. If a monkey appeared, they would let the monkey pounce on the roof of the vehicle and bite it. The assault vehicles behind would rush over and use a large net to cover the monkey. At the same time, soldiers with steel pipes and wooden clubs would rush over and first break the monkey's four limbs. Then, like dragging a dead dog, they would drag it to the back and throw it into the carriage to prepare for post-battle research.
And the soldiers who died in battle would be carefully collected and carried to the back, waiting to be transported back to Silver Stream for burial. Just as the troops slowly approached the central district, the tactic of using the armored vehicles as bait failed. More than a dozen mutant monkeys jumped down from the rooftops on both sides and sprinted along the walls. Then, they leaped into the air and pounced on the soldiers below.
The soldiers below maintained a dense formation. Thousands of people formed a long line. The outermost stood the soldiers of the supply regiment with blades and shields, while the innermost were the soldiers of the main battle regiment with bayonets raised. As they entered the city, the long line dispersed along the streets. Every unit did their best to maintain their formation.
So when these monkeys pounced down, the soldiers on guard shouted loudly. Hundreds of bayonets were raised at the same time. At the edge, rows of iron shields formed an inclined surface, protecting the edge of the troops.
Some of the monkeys were unlucky and fell directly into the bayonet formation, becoming full of holes. Some of the lucky ones landed on the street, turned around, and bounced off the shields. They were either beheaded or split into two. Even if they occasionally bit a soldier, they would be covered along with the monkey. Then, countless rifle butts would hit them. Whether it was a man or a monkey, the priority was to beat them to the ground. Although the soldiers who were covered were injured, their lives were saved.
As the troops went deeper, the soldiers who were stuck in the houses were rescued one by one. The rescued soldiers received instructions and automatically joined the troops. They advanced with the troops, but no longer fired.
Every place in the city where there was smoke and fire was the place where the soldiers were fighting. The troops followed the streets and advanced towards those places. The 1st Regiment had four battalions, each with 600 people. Including the battalion headquarters, the total was close to 2,600 people. Along the way, the number of corpses found was more than 200. Therefore, many of the troops didn't suffer too many losses. It was more likely that they were missing.
The screams they heard through the walkie-talkies were mostly the screams of soldiers who had been bitten and scratched. The real losses were not as serious as they thought. However, there were many wounded. Many of the wounded were hiding in the surrounding houses. When they heard the shouts outside, they ran out to be treated.
The troops still couldn't find the Bloody Battle Group and Ding Ziqiang. Just when they were surprised, there was a sudden explosion on the other side of the city. A thick cloud of black smoke rose up into the sky and spread out, forming a dark cloud that covered the sky in the distance.
Under the dark cloud, Ding Ziqiang's expression was ferocious. His face was twisted as he shouted. The rifle in his hand spat out hot lines of fire from time to time. Tens of meters below them, nimble mutated monkeys were dodging the rain of bullets. Again and again, they pounced on the smooth concrete slope, scratching marks on the surface. They slid down quickly. If they were lucky, when the monkeys slid down, a bullet would hit them and cause blood to blossom.
Next to Ding Ziqiang, hundreds of soldiers lined up in a line around the maintenance tunnel under their feet. They kept firing at them. More than a hundred meters in front of them, there were also hundreds of soldiers standing on the same building as them shooting at them.
Ding Ziqiang was now in the core area of the Shizuishan Thermal Power Plant. Shizuishan City was the first large-scale ignition technology approved by the state in the new century. Relying on the high quality coal mines in the neighboring areas, the total investment was 4.5 billion yuan. It was specially used to supply electricity to the Yinchuan City area.
Under their feet was one of the two symmetrical cooling towers. There were many cooling towers in the power plant. Each of them was a huge object. Hundreds of soldiers standing on top of them looked like a group of ants. Similarly, hundreds of monkeys below them were also a group of ants.
At this moment, Ding Ziqiang was extremely anxious. They were trapped in the power plant. There were only about half a battalion of soldiers left. The rest of the soldiers were either trapped in the city or trapped in the thermal power plant. Almost every cooling tower, old or new, had soldiers, and under each cooling tower, there was a different number of mutated monkeys.