Chapter 331 - 266: The Key to the Breakthrough: Wilderness Battle Corps

Chapter 331: Chapter 266: The Key to the Breakthrough: Wilderness Battle Corps

"Kill a tide of one million zombies in ten days? Just the few of us?"

The moment the video conference started, Fan Zhenyu couldn’t hold it in anymore.

He and his martial brothers had fought from one end of the street to the other, from one residential complex to the next. Their hands were numb, their eyes were dry, and their entire bodies were soaked in blood.

By his count, they’d only killed a few hundred zombies... averaging about twenty per person.

They were already exhausted.

’A million? What does that even mean?’

"To be precise, we actually only have eight full days to achieve this strategic objective. Today is the evening of the first day of the apocalypse, and it’s almost over. On the tenth day, a massive rainstorm will begin at dawn."

"Our golden window for this operation is from the morning of the second day to the late night of the ninth day."

"In eight full days, we will eliminate the one million zombies gathered in the Urban Area, significantly slow down the mutation rate of the zombies in Yanhai City, keep the number of mutated zombies within a controllable range, and then mobilize the masses to gradually reclaim all of Yanhai City."

Yu Dong once again laid out his strategic objective for the leaders of the various settlements.

Everyone wore thoughtful expressions.

At this point, what was supposed to happen had already happened. The contents of Yu Dong’s manual had been proven true one by one, so there was no reason for them not to believe his predictions about the future.

Qiao Yunliang asked directly, "Is this a decision you made on your own, or one we all came up with together in the last life?"

Yu Dong replied, "We decided it together."

’But you weren’t included.’

Qiao Yunliang frowned slightly. "You all plan to clear out the Urban Area of Yanhai City, which is our Harbor District. But what about the North River District? The North River District is our city’s largest tourist area, with a population second only to the Harbor District. Around this time, there should be about 500,000 people there, and they’re highly concentrated. If those zombies gather... they’ll also be a huge threat."

"They’re still not as big of a threat as the Urban Area, Commander Qiao. We have to prioritize one. We’ll handle the biggest threat first, and then we’ll deal with the North River District."

"Our military sub-district base is in the suburbs of the North River District... It’s too far from the Urban Area. Even if I wanted to support you, this strategy would be very difficult to implement."

"I can arrange for a ship to pick you up at the North River Pier in the North River District. Your base has a small mountain path that leads directly to this pier. My ship can drop you off at a port near the Urban Area. You can resupply on my ship, or I can have it take you back to the North River District before dark. I’ve checked. By sea, it’s less than 15 nautical miles, only a half-hour journey."

Yu Dong had planned this all along. Qiao’s regular army forces would be the main strength for clearing the zombies in the Urban Area. Without them... it would be impossible.

He had to rope Qiao’s people into this no matter what, even if it meant directly lending them a large cargo ship modified by Yin Shuangyang.

’Besides... I can’t let Qiao Yunliang clear the zombies in the North River District this early. I absolutely can’t.’

"By sea..."

Just as Qiao Yunliang was considering the feasibility of the plan, Song Jinchuan chimed in.

"Going by sea is a great idea. The manual says that after soaking in the water for a long time, some zombies will mutate into ones that can spit projectiles and leap. If we deal with the zombies soaking in the sea ahead of time, we can also reduce the number of mutated zombies."

Ji Luo added, "While the North River District’s population is significant, it doesn’t have many skyscrapers. The population is mostly residents and tourists near the scenic areas, relatively fixed in a few locations. If we have wide-area weapons, it will be easier to clear. Even if climbing zombies appear later, they won’t be able to climb very high, making street-to-street fighting relatively simple. The environment in the Urban Area is much more complex... Once the zombies evolve, urban warfare will become extremely difficult. It’s logical to take out the most difficult part first."

Zhang Yihuai said, "You can all see that the Urban Area has the most zombies, but you should also see that... even if the casualty rate for survivors is higher in the Urban Area, their absolute number is still the largest. If we liberate the Urban Area first, we’ll rescue a huge number of survivors. That will make it much easier for us to deal with the zombies in other districts later."

Seeing everyone in agreement, Fan Zhenyu nodded vigorously. "Everyone’s making good points! But how do we actually fight them?"

Wang Dingbei didn’t speak. He was waiting for Qiao Yunliang to say something.

Qiao Yunliang conferred with Advisor Shao beside him for a moment and finally approved the plan.

"Clearing the zombies in the Urban Area is fine, but taking out a million of them in eight calendar days is pretty much impossible. Unless..."

Everyone looked at Qiao Yunliang. He smiled faintly. "I’m going to pull someone into the meeting. One moment."

A moment later, a middle-aged military officer appeared on the video call. He was about the same age as Qiao Yunliang but with a much sterner expression.

"Hello, everyone. I am Deng Changqing, commander of the Yan Zhao Province Wilderness Battle Corps. Greetings, comrades."

Yu Dong’s heart skipped a beat.

’In this life, Qiao actually managed to contact the head of the Wilderness Battle Corps at this stage! And this... this is the regular army!’

A mechanized unit of the regular army tasked with defending the capital, equipped with the big guns.

’In the last life, if Qiao had actually called them in... Cai Hong and those hulking zombies would have been instantly obliterated!’

’They would have never broken through their defensive line.’

’In the last life, they had failed because they lacked heavy firepower and were held back by a horde of those hulking zombies.’

Qiao Yunliang said, "Deng, the one in the middle, Yu Dong, he’s the Reincarnator I told you about... Before the apocalypse, you called me crazy. You believe me now, don’t you? When are you going to bring your assault vehicles and missile launchers over and blast the zombies in the Yanhai City Urban Area for me?"

Deng Changqing saluted the camera. "Thank you for your information, Comrade Yu Dong. It allowed our corps to save about one-tenth of our soldiers!"