Chapter 332 - 266: The Key to the Breakthrough: Wilderness Battle Corps

Chapter 332: Chapter 266: The Key to the Breakthrough: Wilderness Battle Corps

Yu Dong nodded slightly. "Commander Deng, where are you? Can your troops make their way over?"

"He’s right next door in Youzhou City. It’s only a little over 200 kilometers at full speed, so it’s close. Deng, isn’t your unit highly mobile? Can you get to Yanhai City by tomorrow?"

Deng Changqing sighed. "Qiao, you give us too much credit... We’re a mobile Wilderness Battle Corps, but we still rely on the road network for rapid deployment. Right now, all the roads are completely blocked. It would be incredibly difficult for us to get to Yanhai City. I’m not making excuses, but with things as they are... my corps just isn’t equipped to provide rapid support to Yanhai City."

"That’s still just an excuse! If the roads are impassable, go off-road. What do you think all those all-terrain assault vehicles are for? I don’t give a damn. I’m the one who vouched for your unit. Without me, you wouldn’t have this many men left... You have to help me get Yanhai City under control."

"The roads outside are crawling with the living dead now. It would take us a very long time to fight our way through. Plus, we’ve lost over five thousand men and are in dire need of reinforcements. Otherwise, we can’t even operate all our equipment."

"Come to Yanhai City, and I’ll find you the men. A lot of veterans survived over here. I’ll get your unit back to full strength!"

At these words, Deng Changqing seemed somewhat swayed.

"But my superior officers haven’t..."

"Who cares about them! They’re a complete mess right now. You can try calling them ten times and not get through once. Who knows how long it’ll take them to recover? We should just do what we can first. You can consider it easing the burden on command and serving the people. Stop making excuses. Rest up today and set out for Yanhai City tomorrow to join the fight."

"Then you’ll have to wait a while... I need to rescue a group of logistics personnel who know how to drive before we can leave. Anything could happen on the way. I can’t guarantee when we’ll reach Yanhai City. The main road network must be completely severed by now. We can only take the back roads."

Qiao Yunliang could only sigh. "Just be as quick as you can..."

Deng had his own difficulties, but Qiao still had to press him.

But the logistical challenges and the dangers of the journey were, admittedly, a huge problem.

Yu Dong said, "If only the Huangtong Railway were still intact... A shame. It was too late; I couldn’t stop Yin Shuangyang’s people."

Yin Shuangyang had arranged to start the sabotage at 7:00, so it was already too late. The Huangtong Railway was likely a total wreck by now, full of crashed and derailed trains...

"The Huangtong Railway is fine. I had all the trains on that line stopped ahead of time," Wang Dingbei interjected.

The others could only look on in confusion.

Wang Dingbei then explained how he had discovered Yin Shuangyang’s underlings in advance, guessed their intentions, and had the railway shut down at 6:30.

Deng Changqing slammed his hand on the table. "Excellent! The Zunshou Station on this line isn’t far from my position. If we can get a freight train to come here, my men and I can take the train with our assault vehicles to Huangyang Port in Yanhai City and launch our attack from there."

"Excellent! Well done, Officer Wang!"

Yu Dong hadn’t expected Wang Dingbei to have covered for one of his oversights.

He had saved the railway line.

That meant the diesel locomotives they’d prepared at the station could set out immediately with a train!

Yu Dong hadn’t been completely confident they could take down the million-strong horde. It was just a strategic objective; if they couldn’t manage it, it might take twenty, even thirty days... The sooner they wiped it out, the better, of course. But he never expected Qiao to bring in such powerful outside help!

Bringing this Wilderness Battle Corps into the fight... They might only have a little over 500 men, but their firepower and combat experience were on a completely different level.

They definitely had a chance to wipe out the million-strong horde in the Urban Area before day ten of the apocalypse!

’Qiao really came through this time around!’

’And he landed me a powerhouse of an ally!’

"Hahaha! Many hands make light work. This is the power of the army and the people united as one! Deng, head straight for Zunshou Station tomorrow morning. Our people will bring a train to come get you!"

Qiao Yunliang could finally relax. Given Commander Deng’s location and the scale of his firepower, his unit was the absolute best choice to support Yanhai City. There was no one better.

Wang Dingbei checked the time. "I’ll have my people come get you at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow."

Some people had survived at the train station they controlled, including a few who knew how to operate a train.

The group then discussed the finer details. The plan hinged on their three main forces—those led by Yu Dong, Qiao Yunliang, and Deng Changqing—to clear out the horde.

The others lacked the firepower, so they could only provide support with things like melee weapons, crossbows, and Molotov cocktails.

As the meeting concluded, Yu Dong glanced at Ji Luo, who looked back at him. They both shared a smile that only the two of them understood.

"Dongzi, why the sinister smile? Don’t tell me you’re plotting against them, are you? Laying some kind of perfect trap to get all their weapons and equipment, then become the one and only power in Yanhai City!"

Huang Zhiqiang said with dramatic flair.

During the meeting, three people sat next to Yu Dong: Zhao Youcai, Huang Zhiqiang, and Jiang Zhuoyu.

Lin Mo was supposed to attend the meeting as well, but Yu Dong had tasked her with managing internal affairs, particularly with providing some counseling for the secretaries.

So here, only these three completely trusted individuals remained.

Two of his best friends, and the incredibly capable secretary who had taken over for Xufeng before the apocalypse.

"Why would I screw them over? They’re our allies."

"But that smile was weird. My gut tells me you’re definitely hiding something from them."

Zhao Youcai rubbed his nose. "I think what Huang said... isn’t a bad idea..."

"Don’t even think about it. We’re not trying to become local warlords. I just can’t let Qiao Yunliang touch the North River District. That place has to remain untouched until the specific zombie I’m waiting for appears."