By the time the troops at the back reached the outskirts of the central park, the battle at the front had already reached its final stage. Tanks and armored vehicles were rampaging through the zombie horde, and the zombies were crushed into pieces by the armored vehicles. The guards at the center were firing at them, and on the outside, the infantrymen who had arrived earlier were getting closer and closer to the center. The armored vehicles were cutting through the zombies, and all they had to do was surround and kill the zombies that had been cut down.
Seeing that they couldn't even get a share of the spoils, the troops at the back panicked and charged forward. Countless horse hooves covered the rumbling sounds of the armored vehicles. Hundreds of cavalrymen charged into the zombie horde from a corner of the city, killing the zombies one by one. The cavalrymen's efficiency was several times that of the infantrymen. They didn't even need guns, they just relied on their horses and sabers to cut down the zombies like wheat.
When the two troops finally converged, the circular fortification in the center of the central park was filled with densely packed zombie corpses. The flamethrowers with fuel tanks poured the raging fire on the corpses. The tens of meters of fire swayed back and forth, burning the zombie corpses within a radius of tens of meters ….
The image of the burning corpses was transmitted to the command room through the recon plane. Zhang Xiaoqiang stared at the burning corpses blankly and let out a long sigh. He turned his head and looked into Ishihara's eyes, and nodded heavily.
Ishihara rubbed his cheeks with both hands, trying to ease the fatigue in his bloodshot eyes. He walked to the communication station, picked up the communicator, and said loudly, "Attention all troops, attention all troops, we … won! The eastern front battle is officially over … We've taken back a city, a city with a population of two million, and everything inside is ours …"
Ishihara's words were instantly received by all the troops, and they cheered at the same time. It didn't matter if it was the center of the city, the temporary camps outside the city, or the cities across the Yellow River and the two northern detachments, they all cheered at the same time. At this moment, it was the joint victory of the grassland army …
"Zhang Xiaoqiang, what are we going to do next?
The northern army has released two waves of tentacles, and the path along the way has been explored by them. With the Z2, we can draw out all the zombies along the way and kill them. That way, the biggest obstacle will be gone. Can we contact the other side now? "
Ishihara wouldn't let his guard down just because of a big victory. Even though he hadn't had a good night's sleep since the beginning of the battle, now that they had won, he didn't want to rest, but to prepare for the next step of the plan.
Seeing Ishihara's bloodshot eyes, Zhang Xiaoqiang was a little worried. Everyone in the command room knew that Ishihara had stayed up all night. these days, it was common for Ishihara to sleep. Everyone knew that Ishihara of Ishihara, and he would of sleep for an hour or two at most, and he would get up. It was like a biological clock.
Commanding the troops had never been Zhang Xiaoqiang's strong suit. In the colony, there was Huang Quan. After the battle in the grasslands, the smaller troops were fine, but when the number of troops exceeded a thousand, he couldn't command them all. Luckily, Ishihara had dropped out of the picture. Otherwise, he wouldn't have known what to do.
Ever since Zhang Xiaoqiang had opened up the knot in Ishihara's heart, he no longer cared about power and position. He did his job with all his heart. His respect for his job made Zhang Xiaoqiang impeccable. Now, Zhang Xiaoqiang was no longer suspicious of Ishihara. Ishihara was smart, and he knew what to do and what not to do.
"Chief of Staff Ishihara, go and rest. We've won, there's no need to rush …"
Zhang Xiaoqiang's words made the people around him nod in agreement. Ishihara shook his head and said in a low, hoarse voice, "No, we can't.
Every minute, people are dying in the Yin Mountain Range. If we get there a minute earlier, we can save one person. What's the big deal about temporary fatigue?
When we finish the plan, we'll have plenty of time to rest … "
Ishihara's insistence won Zhang Xiaoqiang's respect. He stopped insisting and asked his staff to bring him all kinds of intelligence. At the same time, he showed the map of their forces on the electronic screen.
"The southern detachment is under the command of Division Commander Li Yao. So far, all the positions at the bridgehead have been stabilized. The zombies on both sides of the bridgehead have been cleared. If it weren't for the fact that they don't need zombies in the rear, they could have killed at least 3,000 zombies every day …"
"The northern detachment is under the command of Division Commander Zhao Jun. The Hunter Cavalry has caught up with the survivors from Beiqian under the leadership of Officer Xu Hao. During the negotiation, they killed 129 diehards who refused to cooperate. Now, they are covering the return of 12,000 survivors to Dengkou County. The Rank-breaking Regiment and the Fifth Garrison Regiment have entered the Wolf Mountain Range under the leadership of Division Commander Zhao Jun.
So far, they have cleared 43 towns, killed 200,000 zombies, and searched for more than 6,700 survivors. After screening, 800 prisoners have been transferred to the Rank-breaking Camp, 213 prisoners who should have been executed have been escorted to the virus test base, and all kinds of resources have been seized … "
"The road from Alxa to Yinchuan is completely open. 70,000 civilians have been relocated to the Yinchuan Plain, forming 52 new villages and towns. The administrative institutions at all levels have begun to improve.
Consul Zhou Jie has completed the recruitment of 5,700 new recruits. The construction of a military school has begun in Wuhai City. The factories at all levels in Yinchuan City have gradually resumed production. The production capacity has not been restored yet, but it has the ability to sustain the supply. "
All kinds of reports came from the staff officers. Zhang Xiaoqiang squinted with a cigarette in his mouth, while Ishihara frowned and stared at the map of the mountains from Ordos to Huhhot. Neither of them spoke, so the staff officers could only continue reporting. They reported all kinds of things, big and small, and even trivial.
"The supplies and food for 800,000 people, as well as their arrangements, is there a plan in the rear?"
The more Zhang Xiaoqiang listened, the deeper his frown became. It was easy to get in touch with the Northern Army, but it was difficult to settle down 800,000 people. Judging from Yuan Heping's various encounters and the supplies they had when they set off, it was really bad over there. The second unit had no vehicles at all. They were purely infantry, and it could not be ruled out that their vehicles were abandoned on the way, which showed that they were short of supplies. Cao Lidong's car was found near Ordos because they had collected all the fuel they could find along the way.
The Northern Military Region was now jointly managed by three parties. The other two parties had their own ideas, and only Yuan Heping was sincerely supporting the survivors. Obviously, they had not given up on internal friction even at the most dangerous moment. Zhang Xiaoqiang did not want to accept such a person into his own force. The only one he had his eyes on was Yuan Heping. With Yuan Heping and Ishihara, the combat power of his army could at least be increased by a level.
"There is a plan. Chief Zhou Jie is going to send Minister Lin Dongliang as the person in charge of the migration plan. The replenishment of food supplies will all be from the materials found in Ordos City. Tens of thousands of screened staff will be sent to Ordos City to assist.
There are two procedures for the resettlement work. One is to select technicians and distribute them to various factories, and the rest of the staff will be settled in the villages and counties near Ordos. This requires us to clean up the surrounding areas … "
With the report of the staff officer, Zhang Xiaoqiang finally sketched out a general outline in his mind. He understood what Zhou Jie meant. The total number of 800,000 people had exceeded their own population base. These survivors had their own organizations and managers. If things went wrong after taking them in, they would turn against them, and then it would be difficult to control them.
Ordos had just been recaptured, and the supplies inside must first be used to support the army. The transportation in the rear would be dominated by ammunition and military supplies for a long time. Those survivors could not get too many supplies. Let them not starve to death first, and then slowly screen them. Those who farmed and those who worked worked.
Of course, Ordos, as the third largest city in Inner Mongolia, would not let those survivors enter so easily. In this city, all the supplies belonged to the grassland army. The sea of zombies in Ordos had caused heavy casualties to the grassland army. If they were given to outsiders for nothing, they would lose the morale of the army.
In this way, they had to clean up the surrounding villages and towns, and control the Yellow River Bridge along the Yellow River to prevent the zombies from crossing the bridge. In this way, they could use the Yellow River as a natural barrier.