"How much longer until the main force of the horde reaches us?" Yue Zhong looked at the scout and asked solemnly.
The scout swiftly replied: "Based on their current speed, it is estimated that they will reach our first line of defence within 12 hours!"
Yue Zhong looked at the soldier with bloodshot eyes and said: "Go and rest well!!"
"Yes! Commander! "The soldier saluted Yue Zhong, before immediately retreating.
"12 hours? Time is really too tight!! "Yue Zhong frowned, his heart filled with anxiety.
The number of zombies moving towards SY County was over 800,000. With the current strength of SY County, it was impossible to defend against such a huge horde. Although Yue Zhong had subdued the remaining soldiers from the military, as well as the Special Forces and the police, there were over 1,300 people. However, these troops could not be used so easily. Yue Zhong's 4 battalions had fought against the zombies for an entire day, before fleeing for their lives. After that, they had fought against the humans, and were all exhausted. Furthermore, the heavy weaponry of SY County had been depleted in the battle against the zombies. Without any heavy weaponry or fortifications, it was impossible to defend against the sea of zombies.
SY County was in a situation where they had to give up. However, SY County currently had a population of 140,000 people, and it would be a huge problem to evacuate them.
First of all, it was very difficult to organize these 140,000 people. Due to Yue Zhong's killing of Peng Mingde, the original government was still in a state of paralysis. Many officials had deserted their posts, and those who stayed behind were anxious, not knowing what would happen to them in the future. The efficiency of the government was extremely low, and it would take a long time to organize these 140,000 people.
Yue Zhong immediately ordered a communications officer: "Go get Tai Yiyan, Cheng Peipei, Lu Chenguang, Liu Yujiao, Yun Qiang and Shen Hongyang. I want to see them here within 20 minutes. Tell them that they won't be here within 20 minutes. They are not to come and see me in the future. "
The communications officer nodded and swiftly left.
Yue Zhong summoned Chen Shitou and questioned him: "Chen Shitou! Immediately bring the 8th Battalion out to organize the survivors. Gather the survivors from Xin Yang Road, Zhong Shan Road, Beijing Road and Xi Jiang Road, and get them to cross the bridge in an orderly manner. Move towards Ning Guang County. How much time do you need? "
Chen Shi Tou thought for a while, before looking at Yue Zhong with a resolute face: "6 hours!! Please give me six hours! I promise to complete the mission! "
Yue Zhong angrily shouted: "4 hours! I'll only give you four hours! 4 hours later, you have to bring your men across the bridge!! After crossing the bridge, everyone went to collect a can of Type 2 Canned Food. Eat while walking! If you can't complete this mission, you can forget about being a Battalion Commander!! "
Yue Zhong could only make use of 12 hours, and even if he were to gather the 140,000 survivors of SY County, it would be extremely difficult. Not to mention, he still had to organize 140,000 people to cross the narrow bridge.
Other than the 140,000 people, there were still over 10,000 tonnes of rations, all sorts of food, precious machinery and all sorts of daily necessities that had to be transported. These were things that had to be transported out of SY County.
Every minute and every second was precious. If the 140,000 people were not able to cross the bridge in time, they would not be able to survive. Yue Zhong must let his precious soldiers stay behind and snipe the zombies, in order to gain precious time for the rest of the army to cross the river. The price of doing so would be that his soldiers would have to fight to the death with the zombies. The huge pressure on Yue Zhong caused him to be extremely frustrated, and his temper also became more irritable.
Yue Zhong was human after all, and although he had gained a lot of strength through his own hard work. However, he had been fighting on the frontlines for the past 2 days, and his time to rest was extremely short. Under such pressure, it was natural that he would lose his cool.
Chen Shi Tou frowned, and asked directly: "What if the survivors don't cooperate?"
In this world, there were many kinds of people, and in such times of crisis, the hearts of the people would be shaken, and it would be hard to avoid accidents.
Yue Zhong replied coldly: "I authorize you to use all means necessary to ensure the completion of the mission. I only want the results, not the process! "
Chen Shi Tou's heart turned cold as he replied loudly: "Yes! I promise to complete the mission!! "
After Chen Shi Tou made his promise, he ran out of the room in big strides. 3 hours, to him, was extremely tight.
In less than 20 minutes, Tai Yiyan, Cheng Peipei, Lu Chenguang, Liu Yujiao, Yun Qiang and Shen Hongyang appeared in front of Yue Zhong.
Yue Zhong was now the person in control of SY County, and with a single order, he could annihilate them along with their families. Such a person, they did not dare to offend him.
Yue Zhong looked at the 5 of them and said in a deep voice: "Tai Yiyan, Cheng Peipei, Lu Chenguang, Liu Yujiao, Yun Qiang, after the 5 of you return, immediately gather the survivors near the bridge and await further orders! The more survivors you gather, the more rewards I will give you. "
The Tai Family, Zheng Family, Lu Family, Liu Yunjiao and Yun Qiang all had quite a bit of influence in SY County. In order to quickly gather the survivors, Yue Zhong had to make use of these local tyrants. After all, this was not his base of operations, Ning Guang County or Qing Yuan County.
Tai Yiyan's sharp senses could tell that something was amiss from Yue Zhong's words: "Brother Yue, did something happen?"
Upon hearing Tai Yiyan's reminder, the other 5 also turned their gazes to Yue Zhong, as they too felt that something was amiss. Yue Zhong had never been so anxious before, and his tone revealed a hint of anxiety.
Yue Zhong's face was heavy as he spoke slowly: "In 11 hours, the zombie horde from SY County will reach SY County. That is to say, SY County only has 11 hours left. "
Hearing Yue Zhong's words, the faces of the 6 people who had been summoned by Yue Zhong immediately changed. They had never thought that things would be this bad.
The military had been defeated, and the humans were fighting amongst themselves. Under such circumstances, the zombie horde was practically invincible. SY County did not seem to have any strength to resist.
Cheng Peipei knew that Yue Zhong would not lie about such an important matter, but she could not help but ask: "Is this true, Yue Zhong?"
"It's true!" Yue Zhong looked towards Shen Hongyang, the old general of SY County who had been placed under house arrest, and directly stated his conditions: "Commander Shen! I'm really sorry for putting you under house arrest. However, he had no other choice. Now, I need your help. "
Yue Zhong stared at Shen Hongyang and spoke softly: "As long as you're willing to send your troops to help me get through this, I only want those 10 tanks, 7 assault helicopters and their supporting personnel. After this, I can let you and your subordinates bring along a certain amount of ammunition, 2 tonnes of fuel and 100 tonnes of rations. Regardless of where you go, I will not stop you. "
Although Yue Zhong was extremely envious of the old soldiers under Shen Hongyang, now that he had killed Shen Hongyang, he did not dare to make use of his remaining troops. Shen Hongyang's position in this unit was still rather high. Killing Shen Hongyang would only force Shen Hongyang's remaining troops to stand against him.
Shen Hongyang laughed lightly, as he looked at Yue Zhong, his eyes flashing with a radiance: "How can an army that can't protect the citizens be called an army? Yue Zhong, this time, I will help you, not for any other reason, but for the 140,000 citizens of SY County. After this battle, I can hand the troops over to you, but I hope that you can treat them well. "
Compared to Su Dongming and Luo Tianyi, Shen Hongyang was truly someone who prioritized the citizens, and was a true soldier who believed that the army was to protect the citizens. Even in this apocalyptic world where humanity had crumbled and morals had fallen, he still maintained that pure and innocent faith.
Yue Zhong was taken aback, as he nodded: "Good! Don't worry. I will definitely not mistreat them!! "
After the negotiations, Tai Yiyan and the rest quickly left, and began to carry out their own tasks.
Yue Zhong also released all the soldiers under Shen Hongyang, and returned the light weapons to them. As for the heavy weapons, there was only a grenade for each person.
Without heavy weapons, Shen Hongyang's troops could not pose a threat to Yue Zhong's troops, the only threat was the experts under Shen Hongyang.
Under Yue Zhong's orders, the entire SY County began to move.
At the frontlines of SY County and SY County, there were over 2,000 soldiers who were making use of the resources they had on hand to build fortifications. Barbed wire, steel tripwires, barricades, antlers and other ancient fortifications were also brought out.
Those barricades, antlers and other ancient fortifications were still very useful to those ordinary zombies. To Yue Zhong's troops, the most troublesome to deal with were not the evolved zombies, but the ordinary zombies that were the most numerous. Those ordinary zombies gave off a feeling that they could never be killed. If it wasn't for the huge numbers of ordinary zombies, the army would have long since wiped out the evolved zombies.
On the bridge, there were a number of trucks loaded with rations as they made their way to the other side of the bridge, as they unloaded the rations and machines before entering SY County once again to transport the rations, machines and other resources.
As long as they could reach the other side of the bridge, they would be safe for the time being.
Within SY County, Chen Shitou and Tai Yiyan were constantly sending people to gather the survivors near the bridge, as they divided them according to gender, age and age, into 4 regions.
After the apocalypse, there were still the elderly, of course, there weren't many of them, only about 5% of the survivors.
Guo Quan had deployed his troops to guard the entire bridge. The bridge was Yue Zhong's lifeline, if anything were to happen to the bridge, Yue Zhong and his troops would be trapped in SY County. If they wanted to reach Ning Guang County, they would have to take a detour of more than 100km, and head towards an unexplored and dangerous area.
After making a series of arrangements, Yue Zhong handed over the responsibility to Da Gou Zi. Da Gou Zi had always been Yue Zhong's supervisor, and was extremely familiar with the distribution of resources and manpower. With Da Gou Zi's help, Yue Zhong could finally catch a breather.
Yue Zhong walked out of the office, and felt that the lighting was slightly dim. He raised his head, only to see that the sky was filled with dark clouds, and the air was damp, as though it was about to rain.
"This weather, is it going to rain??" Yue Zhong's face turned pale as he thought to himself.
Marching in the rain was extremely difficult even for trained soldiers. Not to mention those survivors who had been through the torture of the apocalypse, and had suffered greatly.
If they were to march in the rain without any preparations, the moment the rain came, it was likely that 40% of them would collapse under the heavy downpour, unable to stand up again.
"Fuck me!!" Yue Zhong couldn't help but curse out loud, as his body flashed, and he barged into the command centre.
Yue Zhong's face was ashen as he shouted, "Da Gou Zi! Immediately inform Guo Quan, and get him to think of a way to get some ginger soup and raingear. Also, quickly distribute the Type 2 Meat to the survivors that have gathered, and supervise them to eat it!! As for those resources that are being transported across the river, try to store them in houses that can be sheltered. "
Da Gou Zi nodded his head, and immediately informed Guo Quan of Yue Zhong's orders, "Yes! Captain Yue!! "
Xu Yang, who had been promoted to the position of Deputy Company Commander, grumbled to Guo Quan, "Commander!! Commander's orders are too harsh! We only have a battalion of people here, how can we do so many things? "
Guo Quan's Ning Guang County's 1st Battalion only had a little over 400 people. Not only did they have to ensure the safety of both ends of the river, they also had to keep an eye on the tens of thousands of survivors that were gathering. They also had to distribute the Type 2 Mutant Beast meat that was constantly being shipped in.
Guo Quan then ordered Xu Yang, "Commander's orders, no matter how harsh, we have to do our best! Xu Yang, bring some men to recruit some helpers from the survivors. Get them to be your assistants, and distribute the Type 2 Meat to the survivors first. As for the ginger soup and raingear, organize a few more people, and try your best to find them. "
Raingear and ginger soup were not things that could be found in a short period of time. Guo Quan understood Yue Zhong's intention to save these survivors, and he made the right decision, and distributed the Type 2 Meat to the survivors. As long as they ate the Type 2 Meat, the survivors would be able to recover their vitality quickly. This way, they would still have a chance of survival. If it weren't for the Type 2 Meat, once they were drenched in the rain, the survivors would probably die in droves.
"Yes! Commander! " Xu Yang responded, and went to the survivors, and with the price of 10 jin of rice, he easily recruited 400 helpers.
Xu Yang had only sent out the message to distribute food to the survivors, and there was already a long queue in front of the 400 helpers.
Every survivor was given a cartridge, and that cartridge was their proof of receiving the Type 2 Meat. As long as they handed over a cartridge, they would receive a Type 2 Meat. (To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com to vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation.)
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