Beep beep~
"Everyone, assemble and board the vehicle!"
The assembly whistle echoed through Apartment No. 22, followed by a flurry of hurried footsteps.
The Elite Infantry Squad 1 lined up beside the Mengshi 3 Assault Vehicle.
After confirming all personnel were present, they boarded the vehicle in an orderly fashion and headed off-campus.
Today's target was the Yezhou University Phase II Expansion Resettlement Area, opposite the North Gate of the West Campus.
Before the apocalypse, Gu Chengyuan often visited this resettlement area because it was bustling with night market stalls in the evenings, making it the perfect spot for a late-night feast.
Familiar with its layout, the resettlement area comprised eight buildings, each 20 stories high, with two units per building and four apartments per floor.
This setup could accommodate 1,280 households, but considering its remote location, it was likely not fully occupied. Conservatively, there were about 1,000 households.
Assuming an average of two people per household, there were at least over 1,000 zombies that hadn't transformed.
Although clearing room by room was tedious and slow, with limited manpower, this method was undoubtedly the safest.
In promising times, strategic restraint was more crucial than ever!
As for the zombies in the school dormitories, Gu Chengyuan ignored them due to their low density and minimal yield per unit time.
The Mengshi armored assault vehicle quickly arrived at the entrance of the resettlement area.
Since this was the only large housing area within a few kilometers, Gu Chengyuan had no reservations.
"All personnel except the sniper, disembark and prepare for battle!"
"Yes!"
Upon receiving the order, the soldiers of the Elite Infantry Squad swiftly disembarked, assuming tactical positions.
"Our first phase task is to clear the roaming zombies in the resettlement area. Everyone, use the Mengshi 3 armored vehicle to build defensive fortifications on the spot."
"Prepare to engage the zombies with firepower!"
With that, Jia Sanniu led the team to push shared electric scooters parked on the sidewalk to the entrance, stacking them into a small barricade.
Once the barricade was completed, the soldiers stood behind it, ready to fire, as Gu Chengyuan issued another command.
"Hu Junpeng! Sound the horn!"
"Yes!"
Beep~
Beep~
Beep~
The piercing horn blared at the entrance, quickly resonating throughout the resettlement area!
Within seconds, the area was in turmoil.
Roar~
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The calls grew closer as the zombies, aimlessly wandering within, seemed summoned.
Like they were injected with adrenaline, they emerged from every corner, heading toward the horn's sound.
Bang~
Jia Sanniu's shoulder trembled slightly against the gunstock as the first zombie in his sights fell.
This was like the prelude to a symphony!
More and more zombies appeared in view.
Bang~
Bang~
Bang~
The gunfire grew more rapid, with nearly every shot taking down a zombie!
The soldiers wielding submachine guns and shotguns were anxious, unable to fire due to optimal shooting range constraints.
Fortunately, this anxious wait didn't last long. As more zombies gathered, they caught the scent of flesh and blood, entering a frenzy mode!
Like wild boars, they launched a collective charge!
Roar roar~
Amidst the bloodthirsty, frenzied howls
A zombie tide of hundreds surged forward!
The ten or so soldiers seemed like a lone boat in a black tide, seemingly in peril.
Feeling the overwhelming pressure, everyone's expressions grew tense.
Among the zombies, a few caught Gu Chengyuan's attention.
These zombies were at the forefront, widening the gap with the horde, clearly much faster than the others!
"Could it be evolution?"
Gu Chengyuan had no time to ponder, pressing the walkie-talkie to issue commands.
"Grenadier, find a shooting position and await orders!"
"Vehicle-mounted heavy machine gun, prepare!"
"Open fire!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, the heavy machine gun on the roof, long eager, unleashed a dazzling tongue of fire, roaring furiously.
The dense metal barrage swept across like a windshield wiper, clearing everything in its path, shredding them into pieces!
The speed-type zombies leading the charge were instantly pulverized by the metal whip from the machine gun, their remains scattering on the ground, mingling with the flesh of ordinary zombies. Enjoying the story? Read on at novelping.com.
This scene vividly demonstrated the equality of all under the caliber!
However, a single machine gun couldn't fully suppress this small horde, and several stragglers quickly approached the makeshift barricade.
Bang~
Several zombies broke through the firepower net, crashing into the pile of shared scooters, causing the barricade to tremble.
Boom~
Boom~
Boom~
The zombies that failed to break through were swiftly blown apart by the shotgun-wielding soldiers, their bodies blasted to pieces!
The splattered blood and flesh even reached the soldiers' combat uniforms due to the proximity.
Rat-a-tat-tat~
The submachine guns roared, suppressing the approaching zombies with firepower.
While suppressing, they controlled bullet consumption, alternating reloads to maintain a steady output of firepower.
Under such intense firepower, the vehicle-mounted heavy machine gun was about to exhaust its ammo belt.
Hearing the machine gun's intermittent roars, Gu Chengyuan knew it was running low on bullets, and he shouted into the walkie-talkie:
"Light machine gun, open fire! Heavy machine gun, reload!"
A sniper who had already set up the 5.8-caliber QBJ-201 Squad Light Machine Gun immediately pulled the trigger upon hearing the order.
Sweeping towards the horde that had lost the heavy machine gun's suppression, slowing their advance once more.
The sniper rifle had little effect on the horde, so Gu Chengyuan had preemptively arranged for a sniper to use the spare squad machine gun to fill the firepower gap.
Under this powerful firepower, the horde was rapidly depleted like machine gun bullets, and soon thinned out.
The frequency of gunfire decreased as the zombie density lessened, eventually vanishing entirely like the surging horde within the resettlement area.
Watching the last zombie fall, Gu Chengyuan's racing heart gradually calmed!
Only by facing the horde directly could one understand how terrifying these zombies, devoid of fear and pain, driven solely by bloodthirsty instincts, could be when they formed a scale.
A horde of just over a hundred zombies had repeatedly crashed into the pre-constructed barricade under the alternating heavy and light machine gun fire and relentless firepower.
Encountering such a horde without cover, this squad's firepower alone wouldn't have sufficed!
Thankfully, with foresight and a cautious approach, disaster was averted!
After numerous low-level skirmishes with scattered zombies, it was easy to underestimate their threat!
Yet a horde of just over a hundred was this fierce!
Imagining hordes numbering in the thousands in the district or hundreds of thousands in the city was beyond comprehension!
Looking at the ground littered with corpses, the joy of victory overshadowed Gu Chengyuan's physical and psychological discomfort, and he shouted with a hint of excitement:
"Everyone, rest on the spot for five minutes, then start cleaning the battlefield!"