Chapter 584 Surrounding Situation
This major earthquake did not only occur in YJ City. It was felt in several cities around YJ. A large number of houses collapsed, large and small cracks appeared on the ground, and all the cars parked around the road were swallowed up. read
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These are not the point. The point is that when the earthquake happened, unlike Cai Wenjie's situation, they were still fighting zombies at that time.
The human side was originally in a good situation. Under the strong interference of this earthquake, the great advantage was directly turned into a huge disadvantage. The human soldiers were staggering around, but the zombies didn't care at all. Even if they fell to the ground, they would climb up. The method continued to attack, especially those clawed zombies. They originally used their limbs to walk and move. The shaking caused by the earthquake had no effect at all on the clawed zombies.
Therefore, the first batch of clawed zombies to break into the human line were these clawed zombies. The soldiers picked up their weapons and wanted to resist, but under the violent shaking, let alone aiming, even shooting became a huge difficulty. If you accidentally hit a friendly soldier when shooting randomly, or even if you hit a claw zombie, it will have no effect if it misses the head. The claw zombie can still kill the soldier.
The zombies used the earthquake to start a massacre on the human side, and the leaders of the human side also realized that if this continued, the human army would only be annihilated.
"No way! Retreat! Everyone get out of here! Return to the gathering place on your own!"
After saying that, he didn't care about the others, and he took a few guards and started trying his best to escape from here.
From here, it is not difficult to see that this human leader is definitely not from the army. If he were the commander of the army, he would never issue such an almost suicidal order. Moreover, as the commander of the entire battle, he dared to abandon the large army and run away first. , this is even more stupid.
As the saying goes, the courage of the soldiers is the courage of the soldiers. In this case, as a general, you must not panic. Even if you want to retreat, you must make arrangements in advance, such as leaving a force to stop the zombies for a while, but this man not only did not Arrange a blocking force, and even say stupid things like returning to the gathering place on your own.
He is stupid because the distance between their current battlefield and their gathering place is at least ten kilometers. At this distance, it is simply an impossible task to get rid of the zombies following behind and return to the gathering place safely.
To put it more directly, there is no difference between letting these people die, because now the vehicles cannot be used at all, and they can only let these people walk back on foot. Isn't this just letting them fend for themselves.
However, in the current chaos and complexity, no one heard the so-called commander's order. Even if they heard it, they never took it seriously. As for why, it's a long story.
To put it simply, the commander is incompetent, and the people's combat capabilities are all supported by a few grassroots officers, that is, a few veterans. Without them, the entire army would have been wiped out.
And this so-called commander is also the person in charge of the gathering place, so people have to follow his command. Itβs not that he is bad or how he got it, but he just doesnβt listen to the advice of people around him and is very conceited, even if he Even those who are not good at commanding and fighting have to do it themselves.
However, because most people know this man's abilities, they ostensibly obey his orders during the battle, but secretly they are waiting for the orders of those veterans. This is why they can withstand the zombie attack for so long. The biggest reason.
The highest ranking among these veterans was a retired company commander, and all of them voluntarily obeyed his command.
"Company Commander Xu, what should we do?"
A young man who looked less than twenty years old asked Captain Xu in a panic.
"The situation is very bad for us. We must leave here right now, but we can't turn around and run away. We don't need to leave a group of people to stop the zombies from chasing them. As the most experienced person here, I will stay to stop the zombies. Is there anyone who wants to stay here voluntarily? Donβt worry, itβs dangerous, but I promise youβll be able to escape at the last minute.β
"Of course, if that's the case, then count me in!"
"Me too!"
"Add me too!"
These people were moved by Captain Xu's words and took the initiative to ask Ying to stay and fight. They were all willing to believe in Captain Xu. After all, Captain Xu's performance these days proved that they could trust him.
"Okay! You are all good! Platoon Leader Liang and others will be responsible for taking the rest back! I remember that I found a lot of unmanned vehicles on the way here. You can escape on those vehicles, but Be sure to remember! You must wait until the earthquake stops before driving! Otherwise, accidents may easily occur.β
"Yes! Don't worry, Captain Xu! I know."
"Time is running out, everyone starts taking action!"
All teams were divided into two columns, one column was for those who stayed here to block the attack, and the other column was for those who were responsible for returning to the gathering place.
The earthquake continued. The people responsible for staying behind to stop the zombies immediately returned to their combat positions and prepared to fight, while the other wave of people left the defense line with difficulty under the shaking.
There are a total of twenty people responsible for blocking the attack downstairs. They try their best to stabilize their bodies and use their weapons to fight against the zombies that are constantly coming up, giving as much time as possible to those who are retreating behind.
"Brothers! Hold on for five more minutes. We will withdraw in five minutes!"
Fortunately, there were discarded weapons and ammunition everywhere on the defense line, so they had enough firepower to resist the zombie attack. As mentioned before, zombies can use their limbs to crawl, but this also means that the zombies' killing line has also changed. They have to be unified. As long as people lie down and keep the muzzle of the gun thirty centimeters from the ground, they can accurately hit the zombie's head.
The sharp increase in the headshot rate made people's confidence explode. They thought that zombies were just like that, but before they were happy for a long time, the shaking ground returned to calm and the earthquake stopped.
Captain Xu, who had been observing the zombies, immediately secretly thought that something was wrong. The cessation of the earthquake also meant that the zombies could stand up again. Only 20 of his own men could not fight against the zombies that had stood up again.
"Everyone listen! Hold on for one more minute! Then retreat."
After a minute, when the defense line was about to go crazy, Captain Xu decisively issued the order to retreat. Five minutes was enough for the troops behind to retreat to a safe distance.
"Prepare smoke bombs! Throw them!"
Captain Xu directed people to throw out smoke bombs prepared in advance to interfere with the sight of the zombies, and then ran to the rear with the twenty people.
