The Mid-Autumn Festival quickly passed, and Lin Yuan's life continued as usual.
Meanwhile, interactions between Lin Yuan's and Zeng Yilong's camps became more frequent, and sometimes they would exchange hunted prey when their patrol areas overlapped.
On October 1st, a special holiday, many songs were played on the radio, not just the national anthem or the revolutionary songs, but also many familiar tunes.
"Qilai..."
"Yi tiao da he bolang kuan..."
"Hong ri chu sheng, qi dao da guang..."
"Wan li chang cheng yong bu dao..."
"Tian qing se..."
"Hai ji de ni shuo jia shi..."
"...Nan wang jin xiao..."
"...Bie kan wo zhi shi yi zhi yang..."
"..."
At the end of the broadcast, the announcer said, "People in the safety zones are also listening via radio. Don't worry, we've learned from the movies, and no sound will reach outside the safety zones. Readers.
On this special day, we can't see the red flag on Tiananmen Square on television, we can't watch gala performances on TV, we can't watch TV dramas, we can't watch cartoons, and we can't pick up our phones to scroll through short videos while eating barbecue.
We have escaped the most terrifying mobile phone addiction of this era, and we have also escaped the procrastination that we could never cure before. We are constantly facing unknown dangers and life-or-death crises.
I think we still want to return to that peaceful, tranquil, and slowly progressing society.
I want to end with the words of a great former leader."
"No difficulty can stop the heroic Chinese people!!!"
After that came the long-announced clearing operation. The country had never broken its word about what was broadcast. When it said it would launch an attack on October 15th, it did. The clearing and strike operations in sixteen cities were successfully completed.
Under the attack of Dragon God series missiles and rockets with a range of 400 kilometers and an error of 1700 kilometers, a considerable number of zombies in the sixteen cities were cleared. However, the country did not rush to counterattack the cities but quickly occupied the airports and established an air transportation network.
Zombies cannot fly, so air transport is the safest. Coupled with the nation's emergency aviation fuel reserves, the exchange of supplies between major safety zones became more frequent and faster.
Moreover, because the cities attacked in this clearing operation were almost all major metropolitan areas in China, the number of zombies was reduced, and survivors breathed a slight sigh of relief. The entire China was slowly recovering its vitality.
However, it now appears that zombies are still the biggest threat to China, and indeed to the entire world. China endured the pain and used its entire inventory to clear more than half of the zombies in these sixteen cities.
There was no other way. They dared not use nuclear bombs at all, for fear of creating some strange mutated creatures from nuclear radiation. Ordinary weapons like fuel-air explosives and thermobaric bombs were effective, but their inventory was not large, and they had to reserve some for fighting "nest" mutated creatures.
Therefore, incendiary bombs were used the most. But zombies are not completely stupid. Before the sea of fire burned out, the zombies that came later dared not approach. Even with sound and attractants, with continuous flames, the zombies were gone, and so were the speakers.
If ordinary explosives were used, the earth would be blown open layer by layer, and the effect would be worse and worse.
The China Anti-Biohazard Command Center was also racking its brains. The lack of power caused the phobia to relapse. They thought and thought about the super bombs stored in the research institute but still did not plan to use them.
Their value must be maximized. This led the highest coordinating department to decide to deploy space-based weapons, but they held back in the end. Those things were too powerful. Although there was no radiation, once they fell, nothing would be left.
Not abandoning and not giving up is the tradition of China, and rescuing survivors is the top priority.
The original expected goal was to eliminate 46% of the zombies in sixteen major metropolitan areas, and it was not bad that the results were quite good.
After the clearing operation was completed, China began to recuperate and prepare for the second airdrop operation.
Slowly, the time came to October 31st. Today, the date for the second airdrop operation was confirmed for November 8th, the 25th day of the ninth lunar month, the beginning of winter. kanδん
Tonight, Lin Yuan and the others were still busy, and they had to check the condition of the potato field in the middle of the night.
The temperature had already dropped, and they had set up a simple greenhouse to ensure the growth of the potatoes. As for the fences and bird nets around the potato field, they had been installed long ago. These were common in rural areas, so there was no need to risk going to the town.
"No signs of animals. Let's withdraw and go back to rest."
"Understood, Captain!"
The beam of the flashlight shone in the field for a long time, and then gradually disappeared.
Today is Halloween, but they don't celebrate it. In the apocalypse, what is Halloween? It's nothing.
The next day, before the sky had fully brightened, Lin Yuan woke up. The team members were still asleep, only Lin Qingshan was energetic and was humming a tune while kneading dough. They were making steamed buns this morning with chives and eggs filling.
Seeing Lin Yuan wake up, he was a little surprised and quickly called out to him, "Xiao Yuan, why are you up so early? Didn't you go to the vegetable patch last night? How are you not sleepy yet?
Go back to sleep quickly. I had enough rest yesterday, so I got up to make steamed buns for you."
Lin Yuan smiled and waved his hand, "Uncle, I don't know why I can't sleep. I might as well get up and take a look. Shall I help you wrap them?"
"You just don't listen to advice from elders. Come here, and cut some pickled cabbage. The egg and chive filling has a slight fishy smell. Eating some pickled cabbage will relieve greasiness and stimulate the appetite."
"Alright, I'll wash my hands and be right there."
There was no well in the stockade. Lin Yuan and the others took the time to make a water diversion channel with bamboo, leading water from the mountain stream. They made a loop, and when not in use, the water would flow back along the bamboo channel. When in use, they just needed to move a movable bamboo channel over.
This project was not easy. It took them a full 20 days to repair it. It wasn't just about laying it down; they also had to build guardrails to protect some easily overturned places and check it from time to time.
After washing his hands, Lin Yuan scooped a few handfuls of pickled cabbage from the vat and cut them into small cubes. While cutting, he had to keep an eye on the pot of porridge to prevent it from burning.
After preparing breakfast for the team members with Lin Qingshan, he sat on a chair, staring blankly ahead. He really couldn't sleep, not because his body was too good or his energy was too abundant. It was because he was restless. Since returning from patrol last night, he had a vague feeling, as if something bad was about to happen.
He thought for a long time but couldn't find any loopholes in the team's defenses. So, he picked up the walkie-talkie and contacted everyone one by one. It was just dawn, and only the fixed sentry posts had people.
Each night watch had two people, taking turns. Each day watch had one person, guarding the entire day. They brought their own dry rations and food to heat up. Lin Yuan set up two fixed sentry posts, both within 2 kilometers of the camp. There were also two mountain patrol teams, each with two people, who could monitor the two mountain paths and some not-so-steep areas.
"Captain, everything is normal on our side."
"Captain, everything is normal here too."
"Okay, don't let your guard down. Let's have breakfast and get ready to hand over to the next shift. The mountain patrol teams will set off after breakfast. I'm feeling a bit restless, so please be extra careful and report any situations promptly."
"Understood!"
Releasing the call button, Lin Yuan rubbed the bridge of his nose, becoming more and more agitated.
What did I overlook?
At this moment, the light broke through the darkness, and the first ray of sunlight shone on his face.
Half light, half darkness.