"Huh?
What's the matter? "
Zhang Xiaoqiang nodded and asked. He had learned to listen to people's opinions. Even if it was a stranger, he would still try to understand them. The more information he had, the more confidence he would have.
"There's something I want to talk to the leader about. Do you want to change the location?" The middle-aged man looked at the people around Zhang Xiaoqiang and said carefully.
"I'll just say it here. I don't have anything to hide."
"Yes, yes … It's like this. There seems to be something wrong with the big bird that the leader killed …" The man carefully mentioned the big bird that Zhang Xiaoqiang had killed.
"What's wrong?" This time, Zhang Xiaoqiang was a little puzzled.
"We don't know this one. The two we saw were pure black, without a single strand of hair."
Speaking up to this point, the man saw that Zhang Xiaoqiang was staring at him. He was a little nervous. He only dared to speak when Zhang Xiaoqiang signaled him to continue.
The big bird that the survivors saw was different from the one that Zhang Xiaoqiang had killed. They saw that it was much bigger. Although they didn't know how big it was, it was definitely much bigger than the one that Zhang Xiaoqiang had killed. If they were to compare, the one that Zhang Xiaoqiang had killed seemed to be a young bird that had just learned to fly. The other two big birds were very fast, like lightning, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
When Zhang Xiaoqiang heard this, he immediately walked to the pile of feathers that the big bird had plucked off. He touched the black feathers in his hand and realized that the density of the feathers was a little high. He looked at the beak and saw a faint trace of yellow in the deepest part of the beak.
This time, Zhang Xiaoqiang was really shocked. The bird that they had spent so much effort to kill was a young bird that had just learned to fly?
Nestling was definitely a newbie, with no experience at all. However, this newbie had caused Zhang Xiao Qiang's side to suffer huge losses, with over 20 injured members. What would they do if they met a veteran?
Total annihilation?
Zhang Xiaoqiang's heart felt heavy as he recalled the oppressive feeling from last night. He didn't know when the two mature strange birds would show up and how they would treat the caravan. He recalled the shadow hovering in the sky last night. It was definitely one of the two strange birds.
Now, Zhang Xiaoqiang had two choices. One was to turn around and return to the base. The base was hundreds of kilometers away, so it wouldn't be easy for the birds to find him. The other was to continue forward and find the missile base's inventory and weapons. It wouldn't matter if the birds didn't appear, but if they did, he would shoot them down.
After hesitating for a while, Zhang Xiaoqiang decided to continue forward. There were too many variables in the future. Relying on the old weapons at the base, he didn't have the confidence to face future dangers. There was a possibility that he could obtain some active equipment. Even if it was from the 70s or 80s, it would be better than the current weapons that were going to be scrapped. In fact, he didn't know if his choice was right, but reality forced him to choose.
When the caravan that was sending the injured back to the base was far away, Zhang Xiaoqiang led the rest of the team to the unknown road behind the village. Once they got on the road, they entered a canyon. The cliffs on both sides still had traces of steel drills. Some of the dangerous places were obviously caused by explosives. There were a lot of moss-covered gravel on the side of the road, but the original green moss had now turned yellow.
Sitting in the Hummer, Zhang Xiaoqiang sighed at the sky above his head while carefully watching for any movements on the side of the road. After the caravan drove for around ten kilometers, he saw a checkpoint on the side of the road. A red and white wooden cylindrical roadblock blocked the road. On the side of the roadblock, there was a small house with red bricks and green tiles. In front of the house, there were two black zombies wandering.
This was the first time that Zhang Xiaoqiang felt at ease seeing zombies. The zombies here hadn't been captured, which proved that the sky above their heads was blocking the view from the sky. At least they didn't have to worry about the strange birds rushing down from the sky to attack the caravan.
A few team members armed with knives and shields got off the car and killed the two zombies before entering the small bungalow. After entering the bungalow, there was only a writing desk, two wooden chairs, and a phone. There was nothing else in the bungalow.
The perfectly straight roadblock was raised up high, and dozens of vehicles orderly drove through the roadblock towards the canyon. When the last truck with a quadruple mounted anti-aircraft machine gun disappeared at the end of the road, the small checkpoint returned to its previous silence, except for the zombies that were lying on the ground in front of the door.
Sitting in the Hummer, Zhang Xiaoqiang kept feeling that something was wrong, as if he had forgotten something. After the caravan continued to drive for another five kilometers, Zhang Xiaoqiang ordered the caravan to stop.
This was a naturally formed slope under the cliff, and there were all kinds of shrubs growing on it. Perhaps because the canyon wasn't affected by the outside climate, the plants here were still lush and green. Everyone looked at the slope in front of them with some surprise. In their eyes, there didn't seem to be anything unusual, and it was no different than the slope they had passed before.
Zhang Xiaoqiang walked in front of the slope and pushed aside a plant. A hole the size of a large bowl appeared in front of everyone. This hole didn't look unusual, but it looked like a slightly larger rabbit hole. Zhang Xiaoqiang put his ear to the hole and listened carefully. After listening for about a minute, he pushed aside a plant next to him, and another hole appeared.
One rabbit hole could be said to be normal, but two rabbit holes were a bit strange. Zhang Xiaoqiang walked to the top of the slope and looked at the road. He turned around and pushed aside the plant, and just like that, he found the third and fourth hole.
If all the holes were to be put together to form a firing point, it would be able to seal off the entire road. Even a mouse wouldn't be able to slip through. Right now, even an idiot would know that this was a bunker. Zhang Xiaoqiang looked around the bunker and found a low-lying area opposite the road. This place was very well hidden, and if one didn't pay attention, they wouldn't be able to find it.
A heavy metal plate was pulled open. The front of the metal plate was no different from the rest of the ground, with the same soil, the same weeds, and the same gravel. After the metal plate was opened, a strong stench of rotting corpses wafted out. There was even a chill mixed in with the stench of rotting corpses.
Zhang Xiaoqiang took out his desert eagle and took out a flashlight. Just as he was about to go down, a large hand grabbed Zhang Xiaoqiang's arm. He turned around and saw that it was Three.
"Zhang Xiaoqiang, leave this small matter to me …."
Zhang Xiaoqiang smoked on the road as he waited for Three to return. Three had brought 10 people with him and had been in there for 10 minutes. Other than the weak gunshots, there were no other movements. Waiting was always anxiousness, especially today, the two strange mutated birds were still hovering above their heads. If anything were to happen to Three, Zhang Xiaoqiang would definitely not be able to accept it.
Just as he was about to go down to take a look, a member came out from the entrance. Zhang Xiaoqiang immediately walked over, but before he could ask, he saw the member pick up an item from below.
Three accompanied Zhang Xiaoqiang to inspect the row of firearms on the ground. 27 Type-95 rifles, one Type-88 sniper rifle, a few half-filled magazines and other personal equipment. The most eye-catching were two big fellows, two heavy machine guns. Zhang Xiaoqiang had never seen these two heavy machine guns before, at least not on television.
The two heavy machine guns were painted in black paint without any reflection. The machine guns looked very modern, with a streamlined body mounted on the same black painted tripod. The black gun stock was made out of plastic, which greatly reduced the weight of the gun. Compared to the heavy machine gun in Zhang Xiaoqiang's hands, it was much lighter.
The heavy machine gun mounted on the tripod also had a bipod. Zhang Xiaoqiang removed the gun from the tripod and held it in his hands. Zhang Xiaoqiang was surprised to find out that such a big fellow was actually the same size as the single-barreled large caliber handgun that Wang Le made for him. It felt like it was only slightly more than 16 kg, which meant that it was about the same size as a light machine gun.
Opening the bipod, Zhang Xiaoqiang was speechless. When the gun was mounted on the tripod, it was a heavy machine gun. When the bipod was opened, it was a light machine gun. He looked at Three and asked: "What's the situation down there?"
"It's not a big problem, there are only 20 zombies that can be taken care of in two to three moves. I estimate that there is a platoon of soldiers down there, the guns have not been fired, and there are no bullet casings on the ground. There are not many bullets, the rifles only have one and a half magazine, and the heavy machine gun only has 5000 bullets. Also, I noticed that the heavy machine gun's bullets are different from the ones we use."
Hearing Three's words, Zhang Xiaoqiang opened the ammunition box on the bipod and pulled out a chain of 200 bullets. The bullets were also 7.62mm bullets, but no matter how he looked at it, it was shorter than the heavy machine gun he used.
Zhang Xiaoqiang placed the chain back into the box and said: "There are a lot of bullets, they are just in front, waiting for us to take them."