End of the World

"Bang bang bang!"

Suddenly, a burst of gunfire was heard in the No. 1 auxiliary warehouse.

"What's going on? Why are you shooting?" Shi Dewen immediately led his men to the door of the auxiliary warehouse.

"Reporting to the battalion commander, we found that one of the corpses had mutated into a zombie during our patrol!" The soldier in charge of alert of the third company reported, and everyone was shocked.

"Did it mutate suddenly?" He Wenyu pointed at the zombie that was shot dead: "Is anyone injured?"

"no!"

"Platoon leader, when I was outside, I encountered a zombie lying on the ground pretending to be dead!" Chen Guangjun whispered to Gong Shusen.

Gong Shusen looked at Chen Guangjun suspiciously. This was the first time he had heard of such a statement. Their reconnaissance platoon had never gone out to kill zombies, so they had no idea.

Gong Shusen relayed Chen Guangjun's original words to Shi Dewen. As the battalion commander, Shi Dewen had heard of the relevant reports. It seemed that he had to change his mindset when he went outside. This mission was the first time that the reconnaissance battalion carried out independently.

"Pass on my order, everyone must pay attention to the corpses at our feet!" Shi Dewen ordered He Wenyu, urging the troops to try their best to avoid unnecessary casualties.

"Yes, I'll arrange it!" He Wenyu went out to convey the instructions.

What happened in the auxiliary warehouse was just a minor incident. The Third Company took over the warehouse at a small cost. The mission was going smoothly so far. The only thing that made Shi Dewen dissatisfied was that the other troops of the Second Company did not land at the designated location. After the mission, the commander of the Second Company might be in trouble.

"Battalion Commander, contact the Second Company. They are already outside the warehouse!" The battalion headquarters communicator found Shi Dewen.

"Tell them to prepare to write a battle summary for me!" Shi Dewen was very dissatisfied with the Second Company.

The soldiers of the Third Company all laughed. It was obvious that the battalion commander wanted to humiliate the Second Company. The Second Company did not participate in the warehouse battle, so where did the summary come from!

Gong Shusen and others also felt ashamed, as their first row was part of the second company.

"The first platoon will represent the second company to attend the celebration banquet!" Shi Dewen knew what Gong Shusen was thinking. Speaking of the matter, the first platoon's contribution has nothing to do with the second company, and the second company's mistakes should not implicate the first platoon.

"Yes!" Gong Shusen knew that the Second Company's facade depended on their row.

This warehouse has two underground floors. The second underground floor is where the secrets are. It is located eighty meters below the ground. The only way to enter the second underground floor is by elevator. The entrance is in the passage at the end of underground warehouse No. 2.

Shi Dewen led his men to the elevator leading to the second underground floor. There was also a 20-ton elevator leading to the second floor, which was specially used to transport ammunition.

After taking over the warehouse, Shi Dewen sent people to maintain the generator. At this time, the warehouse had sufficient electricity and the elevator should have been able to start, but the alarm light on the operating table showed that the elevator was damaged and could not be operated. The elevator was damaged by human beings.

The passenger elevator encountered the same situation. The elevator was on the second underground floor and there was no way to call it up. Someone had damaged the elevator control unit. They would find a way to repair the elevator later.

Since the elevator couldn't come up, we had to use the common method and descend from the elevator shaft with a rope. To be on the safe side, the battalion's electrical personnel cut off the power supply to the elevator.

The vanguard entered with the first row of the third company. Gong Shusen volunteered to serve as the second echelon. The second company performed very poorly, and he wanted to save some face.

The second underground floor is more complicated than the first floor. First of all, it is certain that there are survivors entering the second floor, but we don’t know whether there are still survivors at this time. Secondly, the area of ​​the second floor is only half of the first floor, and it is divided into hundreds of compartments, which means that the space is relatively narrow.

According to the warehouse documents, the electricity on the second floor may be independent, and the troops entering the second floor have to find the power room.

The first row of the third company took the lead and used brute force to open the elevator door and entered the second floor. As expected, the second floor was pitch black. After making sure that there was no problem, they sent a signal to the second echelon.

Both vanguard units are basically equipped with night vision equipment to ensure that they can deal with potential dangers in the dark.

The elevator is located in a special loading and unloading area with closed gates on both sides. Not surprisingly, there is a lift not far away, so the space here is quite large.

The two platoon leaders discussed and decided to take their men into the gate separately to speed up the mission progress. In the narrow passage, extra manpower would be a waste.

In anticipation of the gate, the troops made some preparations, which actually consisted of two hydraulic jacks, which they first had people use special crowbars to pry up a certain space, and then slowly lift up with the jacks.

Behind the door is the main passage of the second-floor warehouse, with sealed warehouse doors on both sides. No one probably knows what is inside.

There were still dark red bloodstains in the passage, and there were many bullet holes on the walls, with obvious signs of fighting.

"Be careful!"

"Yes!"

Gong Shusen carefully led his men forward by feeling the wall. Fortunately, the closed door inside was not closed, otherwise they would have to go back and bring a jack.

As we went deeper into the passage, corpses gradually appeared on the ground. However, the degree of decay of the corpses was far less serious than those in the auxiliary warehouse on the first floor, as if the corpses in the auxiliary warehouse had traveled through time.

All the corpses here were shot in the head, and they should have mutated into zombies and then been shot to death. There must have been an internal infection here, but there was no trace of the survivors. Gong Shusen had people try, and the sealed compartments on both sides could not be opened.

When we arrived at the entrance of a T-shaped passage, we saw several inexplicable blood trails on the ground, extending deeper into the passage.

Gong Shusen looked at the passages on both sides. He didn't know what was at the end of this dark passage. If he looked at it for too long, a sense of unknown fear would loom in his heart. The bloodstains everywhere were a warning to anyone who broke in that unknown dangers might be lurking in the darkness.

"Guo Chang, you take the third and fourth shifts over there. If you encounter any irresistible danger, retreat immediately!" Although he knew the danger of the second underground floor, Gong Shusen still decided to act separately.

"Yes! Team three and team four, follow me!" Guo Chang didn't waste any words and led his men directly into the passage.

"Everyone be careful!" Gong Shusen exhaled lightly, glanced at the soldiers from the first and second squads behind him, and then walked ahead to explore the way.

The risk factor on Gong Shusen's side was obviously higher. The passage was filled with the stench of blood. The soldiers quietly tightened their rifles. Gong Shusen's head was unconsciously covered with many tiny beads of sweat. This passage was simply the road to hell.

Not long after they walked forward, a half-closed passage door appeared in front of them. A lot of fishy black blood was splattered on the door, which was more disgusting than that in a slaughterhouse.

"Platoon leader, why don't we just not go through? This...!" Zeng Jincheng hesitated. This door might be the watershed between two worlds, and there was real danger behind the door.

"You can stay if you're afraid. Don't forget what we are here for. Other troops are fighting the zombies in the shelter, and we have our mission!"

Zeng Jincheng shut up, he couldn't stay. Cherishing his own life did not mean living in disgrace. As a soldier he had to die standing.

Behind the door is the end of the passage. There are no three rows of bricks here, indicating that the passages on the second floor are not connected.

There is another T-shaped passage entrance here. There is a large radiation sign on the wall opposite the closed door, indicating that this is the mission target, the warehouse where radiation weapons are stored.

"This should be the place!" Gong Shusen looked at the sign on the wall, but the place behind the door was not as scary as he had imagined.

"Are these nuclear bombs?" The soldiers all rushed to the sealed door and looked inside curiously through the small glass window on the door. Basically, those who were not from the strategic forces had never seen what a nuclear bomb looked like.

Behind these sealed doors with radiation signs, there are several specially made metal boxes neatly arranged, all filled with nuclear bombs.

The United States tried to develop nuclear artillery shells in the last century, but the experiment was terminated due to the limited range of artillery. The cost of launching nuclear artillery shells was too high and it had little practical significance.

The nuclear shells here are not actually traditional nuclear bombs. They are similar to depleted uranium bombs. The explosion effect is similar to that of thermobaric bombs, but they are more powerful. They will have a certain degree of radioactivity after the explosion and will have a certain impact on the environment.

Tests have shown that the radiation produced by this type of nuclear shell only lasts about a week, which is just the safe amount for the human body. The period for polluting water sources or remaining in the soil is another matter, which may be as long as two years, and this is still under extremely controlled circumstances.

As for whether the shelter will use the shells after receiving them, there is no conclusion yet. If it really comes to a life-and-death situation, no one will care about the radiation from the shells. The impact of nuclear shells will significantly increase the rate of deformities in young children and the chances of cancer or other serious diseases.

The reason why the Longshan shelter did not use this type of artillery shells was because there were no conditions. Longshan only had a 105 light howitzer regiment, but the caliber of the nuclear artillery shells was 155. There were two 155 heavy artillery battalions on the Fifth Parallel, which met the conditions for use.

Just as everyone was excitedly watching the nuclear weapons stored inside, even if it was not a real nuclear weapon, it was very related to the word "nuclear", sporadic gunshots were heard in the distance, which was quite far away.

"Quiet! Is that a gunshot?" Everyone immediately quieted down and Gong Shusen listened carefully.

"Could it be Platoon Leader Guo?"

"No, it might be from the first row of the third company!" Gong Shusen denied. In just a few seconds, the distant gunshots disappeared again, as if they had never appeared.

"You guys check it out, we'll go over to take a look later!" Now that the gunshots disappeared so quickly, the third company and the first platoon should be able to handle it, but Gong Shusen still had to take people over to take a look to feel at ease.

After a check, the soldiers found no zombies except two corpses. Gong Shusen led his men to look for Guo Chang, and then joined up with the first platoon of the third company.

When checking the number of people, something unusual was found.

"Where is Huawen Middle School?" The monitor of Class 2 noticed that someone was missing.

"Wen Zhong? He was here just now!" The other soldiers looked around and indeed found that there was one less person.

"Go back and look for it!" Gong Shusen seemed uneasy.

The soldiers returned to the radiation channel, but still didn't find anyone.

"Platoon leader, no!"

"We are right here, where can he go?"

"No? We...!" Gong Shusen was about to speak when he noticed blood dripping from his head.

I reached out to catch a drop, the blood was warm.

"Watch your head!"

The soldiers noticed something was wrong and immediately raised their guns and stood on guard.