End of the World

When Wu Bin and his two companions rushed to the air force base, the outer troops had just dealt with an outbreak of infection inside. A dozen soldiers from the new regiment had turned into zombies without any warning, causing dozens of casualties as the insiders were caught off guard. Afterwards, the troops shot and killed the mutated soldiers and isolated all the injured.

"What is going on!" Major General Lu Yun, the highest commander in charge of this operation, asked with a gloomy face.

"Fourteen men in the new regiment suddenly mutated. They attacked other soldiers in the camp and had to be suppressed only after the patrolling sentries arrived!" replied his adjutant Hu Shaolong.

"Are the troops ready?" Lu Yun did not ask about the specific casualties. In today's world, human life is as worthless as grass, so casualties are normal.

"The follow-up troops are ready and can reinforce the front line at any time. According to the estimated time, the troops that set out first should enter the air force base." As if to verify Hu Shaolong's words, bursts of artillery fire were heard from the direction of the air force base.

"Okay, let's try to take down the air force base in one go!" Lu Yun punched the table hard.

Entering the air force base were a veteran infantry regiment and the new second and third regiments. A tank battalion also joined the battle, mainly providing heavy fire support.

To support the combat, the troops released ten small drones to provide reconnaissance. The Army Aviation Department dispatched two armed helicopter combat formations to stand by outside the air force base. The ground communication company has set up regional communications, and the ground troops can call for armed helicopters to provide support at any time.

As long as the air force base is captured, the shelter can obtain a large number of heavy weapons, such as fighter jets, large attack drones, etc. More importantly, it can open up air transportation channels to all parts of the country and strengthen exchanges with other shelters, which is particularly important for the development of the shelter.

With the care of the artillery in the past two days, there are less than 20,000 zombies in the air force base. They are all the zombies that besieged the air force base in the early stage. If the defense forces of the air force base had not suffered heavy casualties, it would not have been captured by tens of thousands of zombies.

The troops attacked the southern area of ​​the base fiercely. The piles of corpses in the warehouse were creepy to look at, and they were actually new zombies. The internal infection of the troops was caused by them. In yesterday's battle, this type of zombie finally exploded. The new regiment soldiers who were splashed with blood did not deal with the zombie blood on their skin in time, and were then invaded by the virus.

People have not yet discovered that the blood of this kind of zombies can invade the human body through the pores of the skin, so they have suffered a lot of losses, all due to lack of knowledge.

After the pile of corpses in the warehouse was reported, the command did not support the use of missiles to attack. First, the number of missiles on hand was not large, and second, the missiles were extremely powerful and might damage important facilities in the air force base. The command believed that the tank battalion had enough firepower to destroy them.

The zombies in the airport were scattered everywhere. Without gathering together, they could not withstand the powerful firepower of the troops. Even the tanks rushed directly into the zombie group and crushed them all with their tracks. The scene was very bloody.

"Ready rockets!" The first platoon of soldiers rushed to the warehouse, saw the pile of corpses, and immediately set up heavy firepower.

The accompanying armored assault vehicle stopped immediately and opened fire with the vehicle-mounted machine gun. The originally quiet pile of corpses immediately became agitated, and countless zombies woke up and waved their limbs wildly, but were torn to pieces by the hot bullets.

The tank that rushed into the zombie horde also discovered the dancing zombies and took aim and fired a 125mm high-explosive fragmentation bomb.

"boom!"

Shrapnel flew everywhere, the pile of corpses was cut off by a quarter, and shell fragments even penetrated the iron wall of the warehouse.

“Those guys from the tank battalion, they dared to attack us when we were so close!” the platoon leader scolded, “Be careful not to get too close to the warehouse!”

"boom!"

There was another explosion, scattering zombie parts everywhere. Under the fierce firepower, the huge warehouse almost collapsed.

"Be careful, thousands of zombies are attacking from the east!"

"Destroy them one by one, vehicles 101 and 102 provide support!"

"101 received!"

"102 received!"

Two tanks rushed to the front, followed by the company-level armored assault vehicles. The tanks did not fire their cannons, but instead used the mounted tank machine guns to fire. The thousands of zombies in front were not gathered together, so it would be a waste to use artillery shells.

The zombies' offensive was immediately suppressed, and the zombie in the front was even shot in two by machine gun bullets. After falling to the ground, they still crawled forward resolutely, and blood seemed to be the only obsession in their minds.

A large number of zombies fell down and soon piled up on the ground. Those who were not completely dead were pressed underneath by new corpses, layer upon layer.

The heavy machine guns played a huge role in the battle. One heavy machine gun bullet could often penetrate two or three zombies. The first one was the worst off, basically being shot in two. The ones after that were okay, with just a blood hole the size of a fist on their bodies. This was not fatal to the zombies, but it could reduce their threat. Zombies with injured bodies were easier to deal with than those with intact bodies.

Although the heavy machine gun has powerful firepower, it cannot be fired continuously. Continuous high-intensity shooting will not only shorten the life of the barrel, but in serious cases it will directly cause the barrel to explode. There have been several such accidents, so after the machine gun barrel begins to glow red, the machine gunner will stop firing and wait for the barrel to cool down.

The machine guns stopped firing one after another due to overheated barrels, but not all of them stopped firing. Several of them kept firing at the lowest rate of fire. These machine guns were modified by adding water cooling modules on the basis of the original air cooling. If it was a normal conventional war, air cooling would be enough, but facing thousands of zombies, the machine guns were required not to stop firing until the bullets were exhausted or the barrel was scrapped. This was the experience summarized from the zombie siege of the shelter.

In addition to machine guns, the troops also have other infantry support weapons, such as mortars or mortar-howitzers, light howitzers, etc., but the light howitzers were not brought out.

"Boom! Boom!"

The mortars opened fire, aiming at locations where zombies were relatively densely packed. There were more mortar shells than other shells, and of course more grenades, but the soldiers could only throw them fifty or sixty meters at most. This distance was too close and it was easy for the zombies to break through.

There was no suspense in the battle, it was a one-sided massacre, and thousands of zombies were quickly slaughtered.

The other companies carried out the cleanup in an orderly manner. The old troops were particularly outstanding, showing extremely strong combat qualities. The new troops were somewhat disappointing. They consumed more ammunition, killed fewer zombies, and were almost broken through by the zombies. If it were not for the support of the nearby company at the critical moment, the new regiment would have suffered casualties.

"Boom!"

With a loud bang, a hangar was instantly blown to pieces, and all those who were close to it were blown away by the huge shock wave. It turned out that there were several aerial bombs under the pile of corpses in the hangar, and a 125mm high-explosive bomb detonated them.

Generally, aerial bombs are stored in underground ammunition depots and not placed in hangars. This was obviously an accident. It should be that the fighter planes were preparing for live-fire drills before the disaster, and the ground crew placed the bombs in the hangar, ready to hang them on the plane.

Although there were some casualties, the battle went relatively smoothly and the zombies' offensive was gradually disintegrating.

Just when everyone thought that the battle was going to be a foregone conclusion, a greater crisis was approaching. Wu Bin and the other two rushed back to the air force base, but lost track of the corpse moths. However, they must not be too far away from here. The air force base is now very lively.

"Attention everyone, there is a civilian pickup truck approaching from the southeast!" Wu Bin and his two companions were quickly spotted by a drone in the sky, and soon an armored assault vehicle came to intercept them.

"Stop immediately!" The machine gunner on the assault vehicle aimed at the pickup truck.

"squeak-"

The pickup truck stopped and three people got out.

Seeing that the three men were all wearing camouflage, someone got off the assault vehicle.

"What are your names? Which unit are you from?"

"Report, Wu Bin from the Second Battalion of the New Fourth Regiment!" Wu Bin gave his name.

"Report, Qiao Xinghua from the Second Battalion of the New Fourth Regiment!"

"Report, Liu Haifeng from the Second Battalion of the New Fourth Regiment!"

Dafeng and Qiao Xinghua also gave their names.

"They are from the Second Battalion of the New Fourth Regiment." The soldier signaled to the machine gunner, "Return to the team!"

Although the old troops looked down on the new recruits, they would generally take care of them. Besides, it was quite admirable that Wu Bin and his two companions returned to the team instead of becoming deserters. They were on their way to becoming qualified soldiers.

"We have important information to report!" Wu Bin said anxiously.

"Important situation?" The soldier frowned. "What is it?"

"There's a swarm of bugs coming this way!"

"Bugs?" The soldier's face changed. He knew what bugs were. "Really?"

"Do we dare to lie about military intelligence?"

The soldier also thought so: "Drive and follow me!" Based on the principle of believing it is better to believe it, the soldier took the three people to meet his company commander.

"I am Feng Yang, the company commander of the first company of the seventh regiment. Is what you said true?" The company commander stared at the three people.

"Every word is true, absolutely no falsehood!" said Wu Bin.

"Take them away!" Feng Yang waved his hand. After listening to the descriptions of the three people, he felt that it was a bit exaggerated, but he still decided to report it.

However, this took some time. Just after reporting to the superiors, the air defense alarm sounded over the air force base. A group of insects were approaching from the east, which was basically the same as what Wu Bin and the other two reported.

"Everyone, form a defense line on the spot!" The commanders of each unit responded immediately. They could no longer care about the zombies on the ground. The threat in the air was much greater.

The tank battalion took active action. When the infantry could not take care of the ground, they had to take on the main responsibility of the ground defense line. After all, the corpse moths could not threaten the tank crew.