Zhang Xiaoqiang's heart ached as he gave the order to Huang Quan. Only the people who carried the bullets knew how hard it was to get them. Zhang Xiaoqiang hated it the most when people used one magazine to kill a zombie. It was a complete waste.
Seeing Huang Quan nod, Zhang Xiaoqiang remembered what Huang Quan had said before.
"You just said that they organized a few counterattacks and killed tens of thousands of zombies. What are the movements of the zombies? Can you tell me?"
Zhang Xiaoqiang had been paying attention to the movements of the zombies for the past few days. No one had told him about the zombies' counterattacks. Obviously, the zombies' counterattacks were small scale.
"They opened fire from 800 meters away. At first, the zombies didn't react, but they slowly became bolder. They gradually approached within 300 meters. Then, a few S2s came out from the side to launch a surprise attack. They were shot full of holes by the hundreds of people. Although a few people were killed by the zombies, it wasn't a big problem. The main group of zombies didn't move at all."
Hearing this, Zhang Xiaoqiang was puzzled. The zombies had only sent out a few S2s from start to finish. The rest of the zombies just stood there and let people kill them. This was very abnormal. It seemed that the Z-type zombie was enduring something?
"Did you guys go up to test the waters?
What are the zombies trying to do? "
Hearing this, Huang Quan immediately shook his head. "I feel that the current mission is to defend the position and stall for time. There's no need to cause any accidents. I only let the armed police and policemen test the waters. They only killed a few zombies at the periphery. They didn't open fire."
When Zhang Xiaoqiang heard this, he didn't blame Huang Quan for being conservative. Huang Quan was someone who treated missions very inflexibly. Everything was based on the mission. Although they might lose a lot of opportunities, they also avoided a lot of danger.
"How about this. You give me 100 people and call Cat Eyes. I'll go ahead and test the waters."
Zhang Xiaoqiang felt that it was necessary to go ahead and see for himself ….
The zombies that were originally 10 kilometers away weren't completely motionless. They were slowly advancing. The zombies at the front cleared out the shrubs while the zombies at the back slowly followed. Seeing the following zombies, Zhang Xiaoqiang somewhat understood why the zombies didn't throw the shrubs to a safe area. After being trampled by countless zombies, even the most rotten leaves would be turned into solid ground. The fire wouldn't be able to burn it even if it wanted to. It was obvious that the Z-type zombie's intelligence had reached a certain level.
Zhang Xiaoqiang led the 100 soldiers over the wooden wall and walked towards the sea of zombies several kilometers away. Beside him were Mu Peipei and Cat Eyes. When they walked past the wooden wall, they saw that the majority of the vegetation between the blockade position and the sea of zombies had already been cleared. Rotten zombies could be seen everywhere, but the sea of zombies was still several kilometers away. It was obvious that after the zombies cleared out the rotten leaves, they returned to their original position and waited. It was just that they didn't know what they were waiting for.
Countless zombies stretched across the mountain ridge, filling up the two sides of the mountain that was more than 10 kilometers wide. The densely packed zombies were arranged on the complicated terrain of the mountain. There were bulges here and depressions there, forming irregular zombie walls. Behind the zombie walls were zombie walls. Layer after layer of zombie walls stacked on top of each other, stretching for who knew how many kilometers.
The 100 soldiers stood behind Zhang Xiaoqiang, looking at the zombie wall that was less than 100 meters tall. This was the first time that they had no cover and no fortifications to observe the sea of zombies at such a close distance. The stench of the sea of zombies drifted with the wind, but they couldn't smell it. They only felt a palpitating fear. In front of the sea of zombies, they realized how insignificant they were. In their hearts, the thought of 'No matter what, they won't be able to kill all of them right?' was rooted in their hearts.
With this thought, many of them didn't dare to take a step forward. Their eyes constantly looked behind them, praying in their hearts that Zhang Xiaoqiang would give the order to retreat.
Their Company Leader saw the performance of his subordinates, and his face flushed red. It was a sign of humiliation. He softly reprimanded his subordinates, and his reprimand was heard by Zhang Xiaoqiang. He looked at the people behind him, and his eyebrows tightened. He took a member's Type 63 rifle, pulled the bolt, and raised it to fire at the zombies that were 100 meters away.
The 20 rifle bullets were emptied in the shortest time. In the midst of the soldiers' fear, Zhang Xiaoqiang opened up a gap in the dense zombie horde. 20 zombies rushed to the edge of the sea of zombies, and following that, the zombies' corpses were automatically stepped on by the zombies behind them. The gap in the zombie wall was filled up, and the zombies were alerted by the gunshots that were 100 meters away. They all turned towards the direction of the zombies, but their bodies remained in their original positions.
Zhang Xiaoqiang looked at the zombie horde, and secretly said: "As expected …."
"Everyone, fire at your original positions. Only aim at the zombies' heads. No one is allowed to stop unless I give the order …."
Zhang Xiaoqiang changed a magazine, and gave the order to fire. Even though the soldiers were firing, he did not open fire, and only looked around, waiting for the zombies to react.
A huge gap appeared in the zombie wall, 5 meters, 10 meters, 15 meters, the gap was expanding, and the depth was also increasing. The gunshots did not stop, and the soldiers had gotten over the initial nervousness. Seeing the zombies standing in their original positions and allowing them to shoot, they all became excited. This was much more exciting than target practice. Many people had already forgotten that there were countless zombies in front of them, and while they were shooting, they stepped forward, wanting to get closer and shoot more accurately. These people were unsurprisingly kicked back by their platoon leader.
Over a hundred people had dug a huge hole in the zombie sea, and thousands of zombies had fallen in front of the soldiers. Although the zombies were constantly filling up the hole, the zombies that fell were faster than the zombies that filled up the hole. In a 300-meter radius, the zombies had piled up into a small hill.
Just when the soldiers were at the peak of their excitement, 7-8 S2 zombies suddenly appeared from both sides and pounced towards the soldiers. All of the S2 zombies lowered their bodies and ran on all fours. Their speed was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, they were about to come into contact with the soldiers. Mu Peipei and Cat Eyes rushed to both sides at the same time. They were confident that they could intercept the zombies before they came into contact with the soldiers.
The soldiers were completely unaware of the zombies pouncing at them from both sides. They were excitedly firing at the zombies in front of them, or quickly reloading their magazines. They did not know that the King of Hell was closing in on them. Amidst the chaotic gunshots, the S2 zombies that pounced at them began to bleed black blood from the back of their heads. When Cat Eyes and Mu Peipei rushed to the edge of the soldiers, a few S2 zombies powerlessly slid on the ground and stopped in front of them. Looking at the S2 zombies that had their heads blown off, they turned around and saw Zhang Xiaoqiang expressionlessly reloading his rifle.
Not long after, the four 20-round magazines that the soldiers carried were emptied. Most of the soldiers had stopped firing, and only a few soldiers with 30-round magazines of Type-56 submachine guns were still firing. As they fired, the soldiers checked their results.
When everyone stopped firing, Zhang Xiaoqiang led them to retreat about a kilometer away. Only when they were about a kilometer away from the zombies did everyone break free from their excitement. They whispered to each other, bragging about the number of enemies they had killed. Only Zhang Xiaoqiang looked at the distant sea of zombies with a pensive look. Not long after, the zombies that were killed were devoured by countless zombies. Looking at the distant sea of zombies that had become slightly chaotic due to the devouring, Zhang Xiaoqiang turned to look at Mu Peipei.
"You have been here for the past few days, did you notice anything amiss?"
Zhang Xiaoqiang felt that it was strange that the zombies did not retaliate. If that was the case, then as long as they had enough bullets, a thousand people could kill at least 50,000 to 100,000 zombies in a day. This made Zhang Xiaoqiang a little confused. If that was the case, then the danger of the camp was no longer considered dangerous. Since the zombies were stupid, they just had to kill them from afar.
When Mu Peipei heard Zhang Xiaoqiang's inquiry, and how he treated her as a subordinate, she was unhappy. She had handed over the female camp, but it did not mean that she had sold herself to the camp.