Chapter 367: Killing the chicken to scare the monkey
"Don't panic, everyone!
Although there are many alien creatures, more than one-third of them have been killed or injured.
As long as we kill one-third of them, the morale of the alien creatures will inevitably collapse, and then retreat and flee.
Are you going to fight to the end and fight for a chance to survive?
Or are you ready to give up escaping and let tens of thousands of alien creatures chase you from behind?!"
Liu Cheng shouted every word.
Although the number of people he led was not small, the number of people who could fight was not too many.
Even those who could fight were a mob that got together temporarily.
He had to make them understand one thing.
That is, they didn't need to kill all the alien creatures, and it was unlikely that they could do it.
They just needed to kill the alien creatures until their morale collapsed and they retreated voluntarily.
This was also the only way for them to survive.
Whether it was for the human side they were defending or for the Terra Zerg side that was attacking.
Morale was the most important key.
Of course, Liu Cheng's explanation was also partly a test.
He wanted to find out what state these people were in when they really faced the moment of close combat with alien creatures.
It was understandable to be timid and afraid.
Even the regular soldiers of the United Government often felt afraid when facing the army of alien creatures in the front star field.
If they could suppress their fear and fight the alien creatures to death, then Liu Cheng would stay and continue to command them to fight.
But if they didn't even have the courage to fight head-on, Liu Cheng would immediately deal with Yan Hetian Tiantian and give orders.
Let them take their families and find the right time to escape.
Although Liu Cheng and the other two could not protect more than 100,000 people, their strength to protect their families was barely enough.
Hearing Liu Cheng's words, those who wanted to turn around and escape in front of them steadied their steps again.
In the end, after a fierce psychological struggle, they chose to stay where they were.
And those ordinary residents in the back who held homemade "cold weapons" and had no firearms or superpowers were in a very depressed mood.
They originally felt that they were not combatants, and blamed Liu Cheng for ordering them to be forcibly pulled out.
Some of them still hoped that others would protect them.
Someone shouted immediately:
"The aliens are coming, let's hide in the building!"
Others shouted angrily:
"What's the point of hiding in the building?!
With so many aliens, even if you hide on the top floor, you will be killed by them!!!"
There was also a teenage boy with a look of horror on his face.
He held the homemade spear with trembling hands and said to his mother beside him:
"Mom, let's run away quickly, we will definitely die if we stay outside!"
"Pah!"
A crisp slap sounded, and the boy's mother slapped the boy in the face.
The boy's side face was bleeding from the slap.
The boy was at a loss and looked at his mother aggrievedly.
His mother gritted her teeth and said angrily:
"Your father is at the front to protect us and fight against alien creatures, and you actually want to escape?
I tell you, the two of us will either live with your father or die together.
If you dare to say something about escaping again, I will treat you as if you don't have a son!"
The mother's character is also strong. In front of everyone, she taught her son a lesson.
The mother's son stood up with his face covered.
Although the tears in his eyes kept flowing, he still clenched the weapon in his hand and said to his mother:
"Mom, I know I was wrong. I will fight my father to the end... woo woo..."
After seeing the mother's actions, Liu Cheng finally made up his mind.
He felt that among these residents, although some people were afraid of death and unwilling to fight for themselves.
But overall, it was worth it for him, Liu Cheng, to take some risks and try to save them.
Immediately, Liu Cheng called a team of hundreds of adults including police officers and firefighters.
He ordered them:
"Catch all those who are still trying to escape and don't want to fight, and send them to the front line of the defense line!
If they resist, just shoot them directly."
Captain Li and his men were shocked when they heard this.
They knew in their hearts that the butcher platoon leader wanted them to be the supervisory team!
Captain Li and his men were fine, they were originally JCs, and sometimes they would fight some crazy criminals.
But the firefighters were originally doing disaster relief.
They had no complaints about fighting alien creatures.
But they would hesitate to attack ordinary people without mercy.
So a firefighter asked:
"This special forces platoon leader, isn't it not good to do this?
They are all ordinary people with no combat ability..."
He had just said half of his words when Liu Cheng glared at him angrily.
Seeing this, the fire chief, who had previously made Liu Cheng unhappy because of his indecisiveness, quickly stood up and reprimanded the firefighter:
"What time is it now? What's the difference between ordinary people and non-ordinary people?!
Who here is not an ordinary person?
Are you trying to disobey orders?!"
After being reprimanded, the crowd also realized that this was not Liu Cheng discussing with them.
It was a military order issued to them.
Then look at the alien creatures that are about to rush to the front of the defense line.
They didn't waste time, took the guns in their hands, and rushed towards the residents in the crowd who were shouting and running for their lives.
There were more than a hundred of them, and it was impossible to catch many people in a short time.
They only caught a few hundred people.
Even if it was not enough, a few hundred people were enough, enough to serve as a warning to others.
These people originally wanted to escape, and when they were forcibly caught by these police officers and firefighters, they kept shouting:
"What are you doing?! What are you going to do?!
You don't go to fight the alien creatures, why do you catch us?!!"
"Stand still, don't move!!"
Sergeant Li scolded these people.
How could they listen to Sergeant Li? As soon as the two police officers holding them loosened their hands, these people ran into the crowd.
"Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Half a burst of bullets was fired continuously, knocking down all the people who were leading the escape. Sheriff Li shouted again:
"Those who don't want to die, stand still!"
Realizing that Sheriff Li and his men were serious, these timid people immediately stood still, not even daring to breathe.
At Liu Cheng's signal, Sheriff Li shouted to these people:
"I'll give you 30 seconds to stand in a row with those melee-type psychics.
When the 30 seconds are up, those who haven't reached their positions will be shot directly!"
