The rumbling sounds of the Type-56 85mm Cannon sounded out behind Chen Youshan, one by one, the perspiring armed personnel carried down boxes of dusty cannons from the transport vehicles and placed them on the ground. Even more of them used rags to wipe the rusty cannons. After these cannons were fused, they were casually piled up around the cannons. There were also a few armed personnel who stood by the side of the cannons, stepping on the cannons to give encouragement to the dizzy cannoneers. Every time there was a boom and smoke, it would cause them to cheer. Seeing the smoke rising from the enemy's position, they felt extremely refreshed.
The strong wind blew the smoke up to their position, causing their defensive position to be completely covered, causing the enemy to not be able to see clearly. Zhang Xiaoqiang could only see the cannons that were mixed in with the infantry firing intermittently, causing him to feel heartache for the cannoneers. The other side was not in a hurry, the armed personnel that were previously swarming around had all stopped in their tracks and stretched their heads out to look. There was no need to talk about discipline, even the whispers were restrained. There were many people who were baring their fangs and brandishing their claws as they cheered loudly. There were even people who were firing from afar, it was unknown where they were firing at.
"Why aren't you going, give out the orders without missing a single word …."
"Order the troops, after initial contact, give up the first position, resist the second position for 15 minutes, and finally hold the core position … .prepare 50% of the firepower, maintain 30% of the firepower … await orders …."
Chen Youshan was one of the many armed personnel, as a top student of Fudan University, he was the pride of his village. At the age of 24 or 25, he was considered a big brother among the armed personnel. He had a strong physique and tanned skin, his eyes were brighter than others. Before the apocalypse, he was able to get into one of the top county high schools from a town with mediocre teaching quality. He then went from the county high school to the big city of Shanghai, which he yearned for day and night. He could be considered a small legend, after all, in the fiercely competitive county high school, his results could only be considered average. Even in his previous high school, he was ranked second in the whole grade by more than 30 marks.
As one of the 5,000 armed personnel, Chen Youshan knew very well that these seemingly powerful armed personnel were just consumables in the eyes of the evolved people. Even if they all died, there would be three times the number of armed personnel behind them who would continue to sacrifice their lives for the evolved people. Even if all the survivors died, there would still be 100,000 male survivors waiting to be substituted as armed personnel. They would be able to enjoy a few delicious meals when they risked their lives.
Just when the soldiers on the line of defense were getting ready for the battle, clouds of smoke floated from the Great Green Taoist camp. Then, with a faint roar, the spider web defense position exploded into a scarlet fireball that was wrapped in thin black smoke. The continuous explosions of smoke and fireball exploded into countless black gravel and debris that scattered on the position. It was a very lively scene. Zhang Xiaoqiang looked at the bombardment of his own position and shook his head. The explosions were scattered and messy, and their accuracy was also very good. Not to mention a person, even a pig could not be killed by them. It seemed to be lively, but in fact, all the explosions went to the back of the position. Time was short, and the position that the troops had built was very simple. Originally, it would not have been able to block the lowest caliber of 85 mm shells. However, he did not expect that the position would be safe and sound, and the soil and stones behind the position would be flying.
Therefore, Chen Youshan did not even think about making a career, because he knew that even if he killed a hundred enemies, he would still be an ordinary person. He would never be able to integrate into the circle of the evolved people. If he could not become an evolved person, he would not be able to enjoy a comfortable and rich life. There were many people who thought like him among the armed personnel, but of course, there were not many of them.
As a student with average grades, he was able to get into Fudan University because he was born with the ability to surpass others on the spot. The more nervous and pressured he was, the more tenacious he became. He had the talent to turn pressure into motivation. After he was admitted to Fudan University, he accepted the second challenge of his life. The students in the county high school were the best among the hundreds of thousands of people in the county, but in Fudan University, he was facing one of the best in the country. He suddenly realized that he was at the bottom of the group of students. Compared to other people who had connections and only needed to be gilded, he came from a village and had no future. On the contrary, he had to bear a debt of tens of thousands of yuan.
Those who could survive the apocalypse were not stupid, let alone a survivor like Chen Youshan who could always live a comfortable life. When the troops set off to attack Zhang Xiaoqiang, he was already planning for himself. He kept exchanging looks with the armed personnel that he was familiar with, exchanging looks that only they could understand. When others were anxious about the battle, he used the gold jewelry he found to bribe the quartermaster to get double the ammunition and combat supplies. He even exchanged the counterfeit Lafite that he had hidden for a long time for a bulletproof vest. All of this was so that he could survive the war that he had no control over.
As an ordinary person, as a country boy from a small place, he opened a bright road for himself in front of everyone's surprised eyes. The nationally renowned professors treated him like their own son, and argued with the school leaders for him to get a place to stay in the school. All of this was under the condition that he had not yet become a postgraduate student. Everyone was jealous of him and slandered him for sucking up to the professor. However, he quietly solved small problems in the midst of these rumors, and continued to add points in front of the school and the teachers. In the end, his name was printed on the academic report of the school, silencing all the voices that doubted him.
As a stupid bird, Chen Youshan didn't know what other people's university life was like. His university life was a copy of his three years in high school. While others were looking for beautiful women with their eyes wide open, he was in the library. While others were chatting and drinking with their friends, he was in the study room revising books. While others were addicted to games and shouting, he was silently calculating all kinds of formulas in the deafening background music. Step by step, his knowledge grew in the university life of others. In the end, he became a disciple in the professor's heart. When he was not a graduate student, the professor brought him in and out of the research room and taught him the obscure professional knowledge bit by bit.
Being stuck here made Chen Youshan very anxious. He wanted to dig a big hole and bury himself in it. The most important thing was that he could not remind the others loudly. Once he aroused their fear and caused the team to break up, he would still be killed by the evolved men. Compared to the survivors who thought that the shells had to be fired, Chen Youshan understood that it was more torturous for him.
Chen Youshan looked at the artillery formation that was a hundred meters away, and an inexplicable numbness spread all over his body, making him feel uncomfortable standing among the sweaty and stinky crowd. It was not because he was physically uncomfortable, but because he knew that the artillery formation was too close to him. The cannonballs were all loaded with fuses, and if anyone slipped and hit the trigger, no one would survive within a thousand meters, let alone a hundred meters. Coincidentally, he was in the middle of the group, and he did not dare to move forward, as he would become the first wave of attack. He did not dare to move backward either, as evolvers did not treat armed personnel as their own kind. If someone retreated, they would kill them without asking for a reason.
Zhang Xiao Qiang turned his head and bellowed, causing the young staff officer's face to turn pale. He immediately saluted and ran away. Zhang Xiao Qiang swept a glance at the back of the staff officer, before turning back to look at the armed men who were squeezed like sardines in the distance, laughing coldly. In his heart, these people were already considered slaves. The term "slave" had disappeared in China for a long time, but now it appeared so normal in this era. Zhang Xiao Qiang had never thought of turning people into slaves, he had always kept a bottom line in his heart. However, yesterday, when he saw the hundreds of bodies swaying in the wind, it was as though he could hear the silent cries and screams of these subordinates who had once revered him like gods, his heart had changed.
Zhang Xiaoqiang did not know that the armed men were not valued by the evolved men. They were just tools to manage the survivors, and their status was not much better than that of ordinary people. With the increasing number of evolved men, the status of these armed men was getting worse. At least Dan Qingchao was right about one thing. Compared to these armed men who had no worries about food or clothing, the survivors who were oppressed by the evolved men had a higher chance of becoming evolved.
He was like a piece of unpolished jade. He tempered himself in all kinds of difficulties and difficulties, using them as motivation and opportunities. Step by step, he struggled to survive in the post-apocalyptic world. From his body that was stronger than the other armed men and his full and shiny face, it could be seen that he could live a good life in the post-apocalyptic world. It was just like how he was holding onto a brand new Type 88 sniper rifle while the others were holding onto a Type 56 rifle. Even though he did not have the talent to be a sniper, he was able to hide behind and watch others charge at him like a sniper.
Six Type 87 82mm mortars were already prepared, and the 30-man artillery platoon was anxiously looking at Zhang Xiaoqiang, waiting for him to give the order to fire. Zhang Xiaoqiang did not see the anxiety of the artillery platoon, even though the mortars with a maximum range of 4600 meters were already within the firing range of the enemy. Zhang Xiaoqiang only watched as the enemy's scattered troops gradually approached the frontline of defense.
Zhang Xiaoqiang's order stunned the staff officer beside him. They gave up the first line of defense without firing a single shot, and the second line of defense was not allowed to fire at full force. They could only maintain three layers of firepower. What kind of battle was this?