52: Fighting the zombie horde

With the order given, the expressions of the soldiers on the defensive line became even more solemn.

It was not as if they had never seen a Mutated Zombie before; in fact, the 4th Infantry Squad, which had been incorporated into the Infantry Platoon to form an enhanced Infantry Platoon—that is, the squad led by Squad Leader Yang Guo—had even killed Mutated Zombies with their own hands.

Naturally, they did not take these so-called Level 1 Zombies to heart.

After all, a single type 89 12.7mm heavy machine gun could deal with them.

Unless there were a huge number of them, the two type 89 12.7mm heavy machine guns on each defensive position could kill as many Level 1 Zombies as came at them.

But now, a second type of Mutated Zombie had actually appeared.

Its speed was extremely fast; at ten meters per second, it was like a speed that could shrink the earth under its feet, making it impossible for ordinary soldiers to lock onto.

This inevitably caused the pressure on the soldiers on the defensive line to rise instantly, and they gripped their rifles tighter.

"Comrades, stay sharp!"

"The zombie horde is arriving soon!"

Checking the time on their wristwatches, the temporary commanders of the defensive lines, Platoon Leader Chen Yuan and Platoon Leader Tan Shan, reminded the soldiers at their respective positions one after another.

They were also very nervous.

The Yan Country military had a good saying: 'Despise the enemy strategically, but take them seriously tactically!'

With the appearance of a new type of Mutated Zombie, and without having engaged them or having specific data on the enemy, they had to stay extremely alert.

Any injury to any soldier in the unit was a huge loss.

After all, in such an Apocalypse, a world where ninety-five percent of humanity had been infected and turned into zombies.

Human resources were the most precious wealth.

Moreover, it was a force that was one hundred percent loyal.

Even Lin Zhi in the command post kept his eyes fixed tightly on the screen of the electronic sandbox.

"Southern defensive line, zombie horde arriving in five minutes!"

"Northern defensive line, zombie horde arriving in seven minutes!"

"Southern defensive line, received!"

"Northern defensive line, received!"

The determined voices of Platoon Leader Chen Yuan and Platoon Leader Tan Shan rang out over the communicators.

"Tank Platoon, turn on the fire control system and enable automatic tracking and aiming mode!"

On the eve of the zombie horde's arrival, Platoon Leader Tan Shan issued orders to the Tank Platoon under his command.

"Report, automatic fire control tracking system is on!"

Hearing the voice coming back over the communicator, Platoon Leader Tan Shan nodded.

"When the zombie horde attacks later, the Tank Platoon will focus all efforts on dealing with the new type of zombies!"

"Tank No. 1, received!"

"Tank No. 2, received!"

"Tank No. 3, received!"

"Tank No. 4, received!"

The fire control system of the type 99a main battle tank included independent observation and aiming devices for the Vehicle Commander and Gunner, featured a thermal imager and a laser range-finding system, and relied on an advanced computer-stabilized fire control system for control.

This system could automatically calculate firing data, keep the cannon aimed at the target while the tank was moving, and achieve a "target lock" function, giving the type 99a main battle tank the capability for dynamic-to-dynamic shooting!

With this system enabled, the type 99a main battle tank's dynamic-to-dynamic aiming and shooting capability reached an accuracy of ninety-five percent, which could be said to rank among the best in the world for tank 'dynamic-to-dynamic precision shooting' capabilities!

Just after all the soldiers were prepared to confront the zombie horde.

The zombie horde finally arrived!

Thump, thump-thump...

The soldiers looked ahead.

What appeared first was not the swarm of zombies, but a dense series of footsteps that made the road itself tremble.

It was accompanied by a wind smelling of rust, carrying a nauseating, pungent stench of decay.

The smell was as thick as undissolvable mucus, sticking in everyone's nasal passages.

"Prepare for combat!"

"Open fire immediately when the zombie horde approaches the 800-meter defensive line!"

The moment Platoon Leader Chen Yuan raised his binoculars.

A gray-black wave had already risen on the horizon.

It was not the heaviness of dark clouds pressing down, but the vibration of thousands of feet crushing the asphalt road, climbing up from the depths of the earth along their rifles, making the web between the thumb and index finger of every soldier on the defensive line go numb.

As this dense dark cloud gradually approached.

The ugly appearance of the zombies was clearly presented to the sight of every soldier.

Some had arms and legs twisted at anti-joint angles, like broken ragdolls crumpled by a strong wind.

Some dragged broken spines as they writhed on the ground, intestines dragging across the gravel, leaving winding trails of blood.

Some surged forward by stepping on the shoulders of their own kind, rotting palms gripping the back of the heads in front of them, forcibly snapping their companions' cervical vertebrae at a ninety-degree angle.

They did not roar; there was only the wheezing sound squeezed from their throats, like countless leaking bellows being pulled at the same time.

Although the soldiers were entities summoned by the system, they were also real, living people with their own existence and thoughts.

Facing this terrifying scene, no one could remain indifferent.

Ordinary people without strong minds might have already dropped their guns and fled in fear the moment they saw this scene.

However, as soldiers.

Even if they were fearful inside, they could not commit the act of desertion.

Soon, the zombie horde approached the 800-meter defensive red line!

"Open fire!" Platoon Leader Chen Yuan narrowed his eyes and gave the order.

Rat-tat-tat—!

Immediately, all the soldiers leaning against the defensive fortifications pulled the triggers of their firearms at the same time!

Bullets like raindrops flew toward the direction of the zombie horde!

The orange-red arcs drawn by tracer rounds in the gray-yellow afternoon sky exploded into blood mists upon hitting the bodies at the very front of the zombie horde.

But those bodies only swayed, and with dark brown mucus mixed with bone fragments gushing from the severed parts, they continued to rush forward, stepping on the corpses of their companions.

The dense swarm of zombies was like an overturned anthill, and the black tide was approaching rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The speed of the zombie horde was extremely fast, especially several crawling-type zombies, which darted out from the swarm in the blink of an eye.

Moving their long limbs equipped with sharp claws, they rushed toward the defensive position like rabid, hungry wolves!

This was the Level 2 Mutated Zombie: Gray-Scaled Crawler!

An intuitive perspective is different from a macroscopic one.

Facing the charge of the Gray-Scaled Crawler with his own eyes, Platoon Leader Chen Yuan could better understand just how fast that so-called 10 meters per second speed really was!

The soldiers could not aim at the extremely fast Gray-Scaled Crawlers at all; the bullets almost always missed by a hair's breadth as they dodged by brushing past their bodies.

In order not to waste limited ammunition and to conduct point-to-point precision strikes.

Platoon Leader Chen Yuan did not hesitate at all and immediately issued an order!

"All units, open fire immediately!"

"Heavy machine guns, take care of those big fatties for me!"

"Tank Platoon, aim at the new type of zombies!"

"Everyone else, don't waste bullets; try to take care of that group of primary zombies!"

"Understood!"

"Received!"

Responses from the soldiers came through the headsets.

On the two dongfeng mengshi armored vehicles, the soldiers operating the type 89 12.7mm heavy machine guns immediately turned the muzzles, the thick, long barrels aiming at those few huge dark shadows in the zombie horde, and then pulled the triggers without hesitation!

At the same time.

The type 99a main battle tank, which had already arrived directly in front of the fire position and joined the defensive formation, also began to aim.

"Automatic tracking system is locking onto the target!"

On a highly sci-fi electronic screen, a green crosshair was constantly scanning through the dense zombie horde.

And the Level 2 Zombie, the Gray-Scaled Crawler, was moving rapidly within the shooting range at a speed of 10 meters per second.

But fortunately, the electronic system loaded on the type 99a main battle tank was very advanced.

It could be seen that on the electronic screen, the green crosshair always followed the movement track of the Gray-Scaled Crawler.

"700 meters!"

"600 meters!"

"500 meters!"

In just a moment, several Gray-Scaled Crawlers, leading the other zombies by a wide margin, broke through the 500-meter defensive line range!

Fortunately, at this moment.

Red light suddenly began to flash rapidly on the screen in the Vehicle Commander's compartment of the type 99a main battle tank, accompanied by a wooing sound like an alarm.

Even the originally green crosshair on the screen suddenly turned red, and a red exclamation mark wrapped in a yellow triangle popped up!

"Warning! Target locked!"

"Warning! Target locked!"

"Report! High-explosive anti-tank shell loaded, ready to fire at any time!" At the same time, the Gunner responded loudly!

The Vehicle Commander of the type 99a main battle tank did not hesitate at all.

"Fire!!"