73: Unexpected situation, armed gang

Three type 99a main battle tanks, plus four 04A Infantry Fighting Vehicles and over a hundred cooperating combat personnel, constituted a small-scale steel torrent.

When the motorcade drove into the small town, they encountered almost no decent resistance.

Although thousands of zombies swept in from all directions, under the powerful firepower, they could only be reduced to pieces of shredded meat.

Facing such powerful firepower configuration, the visible zombies fell row after row, like a scythe cutting through wheat waves.

In the blink of an eye, both sides of the road were piled high with zombie corpses, and the air was filled with the smell of blood.

12:30 PM sharp.

The zombies in the entire town were basically cleared out, with only a small number remaining in sealed buildings, which the army did not have the leisure to search thoroughly one by one.

When the rescue team finished saving all the survivors in the town, the total number of survivors was only over twenty people.

Seeing the arrival of the national army, these survivors invariably burst into tears of gratitude, thanking the military for their rescue.

After Lin Zhi instructed the base to dispatch two dongfeng mengshi armored vehicles to transport the survivors, he had the troops temporarily station themselves in the town.

They rested for an hour, and after eating lunch, they continued toward the next target.

1:00 PM sharp.

The Mechanized Infantry Company, plus a Tank Platoon, arrived at the second target town marked on the map.

It was the same routine as before.

First, the uavs were sent to observe and mark the locations of survivors.

Then, the type 99a main battle tanks and the Artillery Team conducted a round of shelling on the zombie gathering points.

Finally, the main force drove into the town.

This method proved to be simple and fast.

By four o'clock in the afternoon, the Mechanized Infantry Company led by Lin Zhi had successfully liberated four towns and rescued up to 150 survivors.

However, just as Lin Zhi led the Mechanized Infantry Company to the last planned town for the day, some Unexpected Situations occurred.

This small town still had a population scale of tens of thousands.

However, according to the information relayed back by the Battlefield UAVs.

The number of zombies in this town was far lower than in the four towns they had previously cleared.

At the same time, the number of survivors was large, and they were essentially all gathered in one location.

The location where the survivors were gathered was a factory situated on the north side of the town.

And according to the real-time information transmitted by the uavs.

There were guards present on the periphery of the Chemical Plant.

The people on guard actually held... weapons?

If the uav got too close, it would easily be discovered and noticed.

Therefore, the uavs could only hover above the town.

The returned footage could distinguish between people and zombies, but it was not detailed enough to identify the models of the weapons being held.

However, no matter how they looked, the attire of this group of armed security personnel did not resemble that of official personnel.

It was not surprising to Lin Zhi that Survivor Bases could be established elsewhere.

But if they possessed weapons, the nature of this situation changed.

"Commander, this is clearly a group of armed personnel with unknown identities."

"What should we do now?"

Inside the temporary command room.

The eyes of the officials fell upon Lin Zhi, full of questions.

Facing this, Lin Zhi pondered for a moment, then spoke.

"Let's negotiate with this group first, and confirm their identities."

After speaking, Lin Zhi had the UAV Team fly a uav, which was carrying a Walkie-Talkie, toward the factory inside the town.

With convenient communication equipment like uavs and Walkie-Talkies, Lin Zhi would not let his soldiers risk themselves by personally negotiating with the opposing armed personnel.

After all, no one could determine the nature of this armed group.

This time, as the uav appeared openly above the town and continuously approached the factory.

It could be discovered very easily even by the naked human eye.

When the uav arrived above the periphery of the factory, the guards there immediately noticed its arrival.

It was clearly visible that the several armed personnel holding firearms were all stunned.

But soon, they raised the firearms in their hands and pointed the muzzles at the uav.

Now, Lin Zhi and the others also clearly saw the model of the firearms held by this armed group.

It was actually a Type 95 Automatic Rifle?

The type 95-1 automatic rifle held by Lin Zhi's troops is an improved version of the Type 95 Automatic Rifle.

The Type 95 Automatic Rifle is usually carried by local police, which is significantly different from the weapons models held by the military.

Just then, one of the security personnel, watching the approaching uav, subconsciously almost pulled the trigger.

But fortunately, the person next to him stopped him.

Although the appearance of the uav was surprising, it had a Walkie-Talkie hanging underneath it, indicating that the other party intended to communicate.

So, this person waved toward the uav.

Soon, the uav hovered in front of the group.

The person then took the suspended Walkie-Talkie from beneath the uav and spoke in a questioning voice.

"Hello? Hello?"

"Who are you?"

His voice clearly sounded on the terminal receiving equipment inside the Temporary Command Post outside the town.

Lin Zhi picked up the Walkie-Talkie and immediately asked.

"We are the army. Please state your identity."

When Lin Zhi's voice sounded through the Walkie-Talkie in the person's hand.

The person nearly stumbled and dropped the Walkie-Talkie he was holding.

"Ar-Army?"

"Is that true?"

"Are you really military personnel?"

The person held the Walkie-Talkie in his hands and asked tremblingly.

"Yes. Please state your identity and simultaneously surrender your weapons."

Lin Zhi's command carried an unquestionable tone.

Because he had determined, based on just one look, that this group of armed personnel holding firearms were definitely not pre-Apocalypse official personnel.

They exuded more of a bandit air.

And after hearing Lin Zhi's voice.

The person couldn't help but exchange glances with his companions.

After a good while, he finally replied.

"Uh... could you please wait for me? I need to go find the Boss."

With that, he immediately handed the Walkie-Talkie to a companion beside him and quickly turned and ran toward the interior of the factory.

Seeing this scene.

Everyone inside the Temporary Command Post seemed to realize something; they just exchanged glances but remained silent.

Lin Zhi naturally realized certain things as well.

There was no doubt that the behavior of this armed group was overly sensitive.

Clearly, it seemed as if the army's arrival was a bad sign for them...