In the office, everyone was looking at Shen Feng. Yu Renshu was the first to ask, "President, what do we do now? Should we resist head-on?"
Yang Chang also said softly to Shen Feng, "President, if we need to evacuate, the ships are ready!"
Shen Feng gently shook his head and slowly sat down in his office chair. He said, "At this time, we absolutely cannot retreat. We have reached this point. If we retreat, all our previous efforts will be in vain, because the zombies' target is us!"
Seeing that Shen Feng was unwilling to retreat, Chang Jianyi also stepped forward and said, "We absolutely cannot retreat. We have finally weakened the zombies' combat power by polluting the water source. If the zombies reach the Yangtze River now, our polluted water source will be useless. Therefore, this is the best, and only, opportunity for us to retake Luzhou!"
Guo Pinming quickly added, "Brothers, we cannot retreat now. These tens of thousands of zombies are the only fighting force among the zombies in Luzhou. As long as we can defeat these zombies, Luzhou will be within our grasp. If we miss this opportunity, who knows when we will truly retake Luzhou!"
Yang Chang heard everyone's analysis and could only say helplessly, "Then we can only fight. It's just that our base has never fought head-on with tens of thousands of zombies. Can we really win?"
Yang Chang's question was also the question in everyone else's hearts. Fighting sounds simple, but no one had experienced such a large-scale battle. If tens of thousands of zombies charged over and they couldn't hold them back, it would be all over. Even if the people in the base wanted to escape, with water all around, it would be difficult to escape.
"We have to fight even if we can't win now!" Shen Feng stood up and said directly, "We are backed by the natural barrier of the Yangtze River, surrounded by water on all sides. We only need to defend the dam, and the zombies cannot cross. Although the rain caused the Corpse King not to be killed, the Yangtze River has also risen, which is good for us!"
Shen Feng looked at everyone and continued to command, "Yang Chang, take half of the gasoline and pour it on the opposite side of the dam to block the zombies' path of attack. You can set fire to block the zombies at a critical moment. Hu Lai, take the transportation team and use cars to block the city streets. Use all the cars, don't be stingy. If the cars burn, let them burn. The rest of you prepare for battle. Once the zombies break through the two lines of defense, all of us will need to defend the dam. As long as we defend the dam, we have hope of victory!"
Chang Jianyi quickly asked, "Then how do we counterattack? We can't just keep defending, can we?"
Shen Feng looked at Luo Qing and said, "Contact the military immediately and request missile support. Just one more missile can eliminate the Corpse King. I will go and search for the Corpse King's whereabouts. If I can find it, I will return quickly!"
After that, Shen Feng looked at Chang Jianyi and said, "Senior sister, you need to organize the people in the base. They might need to help at a critical moment."
Chang Jianyi nodded in agreement, and then the group began to act. Originally, everyone thought that missiles could definitely kill the Corpse King, but now it seemed that was not the case at all. The Corpse King was not stupid and did not just stay in place. At this moment, the Corpse King was coming to attack, and now everyone could only unite and kill the zombies.
Shen Feng quickly went into the city to monitor the zombies. If he could find the Corpse King, that would be best. If not, then the base could only fight the zombies head-on.
When Shen Feng arrived at the outskirts of the zombie horde, it started raining again. The zombies immediately tilted their heads back and opened their mouths to drink the rainwater falling from the sky. It seemed that a heavy rain had indeed saved these zombies from being killed by the Corpse King.
However, speaking of which, the weather had been clear for the past period, which had also helped Shen Feng. Because the city was already lacking in water sources, the zombies could only drink dirty water from the ground, which eventually caused dysentery in the zombie horde. Now that it started raining, it saved the zombies. It could only be said that heaven did not care about humans or zombies; heaven just wanted to rain when it wanted to rain and be sunny when it wanted to be sunny.
Shen Feng quickly climbed to the rooftop and observed the zombie horde below from a high vantage point. It was estimated that in about twenty minutes, the zombies would reach the vicinity of the dam. During this time, the base would have already prepared for battle, and Shen Feng's most important task now was to find the Corpse King's location, so he had to search among the zombie horde.
Shen Feng carefully observed the zombie horde and found that there were about fifty thousand zombies, distributed across more than a dozen nearby streets, densely packed. Mutated zombies were scattered among them in twos and threes, with no intention of gathering. It seemed that the zombies also understood that gathering together made them easy to detect, so these zombies were dispersed within the zombie tide. It was extremely difficult for Shen Feng to find the Corpse King among them.
"They were probably scared by the missiles, so they don't dare to expose themselves at all, but they must eliminate us. The Corpse King must be hiding in the dark!" Shen Feng muttered to himself. Now it could be confirmed that the Corpse King had intelligence, and it was definitely stronger than the mutated zombies. Therefore, if the Corpse King hid, it would be very difficult for Shen Feng to find it.
As Shen Feng moved around on the rooftops in the city, the zombies had already begun to fight with the people from the base. The zombies first encountered the vehicles blocking the street entrances, especially the heavy trucks blocking the intersections, which were like a lone sentinel guarding a pass, impenetrable. However, the zombies immediately surged forward like a tide. Hundreds of zombies exerting force together actually managed to move the heavy trucks. In the face of so many zombies, the means of creating obstacles seemed to be ineffective.
At this time, Yang Chang had already had people pour gasoline all over the road by the Yangtze River. The asphalt road, tens of meters wide, was now soaked in gasoline, emitting a pungent odor. However, the zombies ignored this and directly stepped onto the road, preparing to cross the road to attack the people near the dam.
Seeing the endless stream of zombies charging over, Yang Chang gritted his teeth and said, "Wait until the zombies charge over before setting fire, and try to burn more of them to death!"
The base had collected a lot of gasoline, but more than half of this gasoline was consumed on the road, just to create a wall of fire to block these zombies. However, the current situation was different from before when they burned zombies. At that time, many fortifications were dug to restrict the zombies' movements, to allow them to move in a small area, which resulted in the achievement of killing thirty thousand zombies. But now, there were open spaces all around, with no cover. Using gasoline to deal with zombies was definitely less effective.
The obstacles created by the cars were the first line of defense, and the gasoline was the second line of defense. The zombies stepped onto the gasoline-soaked road without hesitation, not caring about the danger they might encounter when charging.
When hundreds of zombies had charged onto the road, Yang Chang gave the order and said, "Light it!"
Several people around quickly threw their torches. When the torches landed on the road, the gasoline was instantly ignited, and then the flames spread rapidly into the distance. In just over ten seconds, the entire road near the dam was burning. The road, tens of meters wide, instantly turned into a sea of fire. The zombies that had charged onto the road immediately caught fire. In just over ten seconds, these zombies had fallen.
Even though it was raining at this time, it was difficult to extinguish the flames after the gasoline burned. Thick black smoke billowed from the flames and rose continuously into the sky. The zombies could only fall in the sea of fire. No matter how fierce the zombies were, they were still flesh and blood, and of course, they could not withstand the scorching of the flames.
Seeing this scene, Yang Chang breathed a sigh of relief and said, "With the wall of fire, these zombies shouldn't be able to get through for a while, right?"
As soon as Yang Chang finished speaking, Li Minghua quickly said, "Team leader, look at the opposite side, those zombies are still charging forward!"
Yang Chang quickly looked and found that the zombies did not retreat because of the appearance of the wall of fire. These zombies continued to charge forward fearlessly, and in the end, they could only be swallowed by the sea of fire.
Seeing this, Yang Chang immediately felt that something was wrong and said, "These zombies are controlled. They don't feel fear! So, these zombies are preparing to use their bodies to create a path. Is this how ruthless they are?"
Everyone stared intently at the zombie horde in the distance and found that the zombies were continuously charging forward, and they were quickly burned to death. Some died from burns, and some died from suffocation. However, the fallen bodies piled up on the road. Although the bodies also burned, the burning was far less intense than the gasoline. Gradually, the zombies' bodies covered the road, tens of meters wide. Thousands of these fallen zombies, but their deaths created a path, a path made of corpses!
The subsequent zombies stepped on the corpses one after another and charged towards the dam. The second line of defense made of gasoline had also been breached. Several thousand casualties were nothing to the zombies. They still had more than forty thousand zombies and could continue to charge forward. The base's defense line was left with only the combat team as the last line.
Yang Chang turned his head and shouted, "Everyone, hold on with me and kill these damned zombies!"
After that, Yang Chang led his men to stand at the head of the dam and began to fight the zombies. The zombies' combat power was indeed not good. On average, each member of the combat team could fight three or four zombies, but they couldn't withstand the endless stream of zombies charging over. Tens of thousands of zombies charged desperately, instantly suppressing the members of the combat team.
Yang Chang and the combat team members fought hard, but their space was constantly being compressed. They were pushed back from the outside of the dam to the dam itself. The dam was about ten meters wide. They continuously retreated because some members of the combat team had been caught and bitten to death by zombies. In just a breath of time, that member was caught and eaten by zombies. It could be said that he didn't even have a whole corpse left.
Some, seeing such a fierce battle, instantly collapsed and fled backward with cries. Yang Chang quickly shouted, "No deserters! Come back to me immediately!"
However, the several people who fled completely ignored Yang Chang's shouts. They would rather bear the name of cowards, bear the stares of being pointed at for desertion, than face those brutal zombies. They regretted why they joined the combat team? Why did they risk their lives to fight zombies?
Yang Chang looked at the fleeing few people with great anger. It was not a big deal for these few people to escape, but it was bad if they shook the fighting will of the other team members.
What Yang Chang worried about the most was not being able to hold the line. Once the line collapsed, all the people in the base would be finished! Ironically, the appearance of deserters made everyone start to waver. If one person ran, then the rest would think of running together. No one wanted to be a scapegoat.
At this moment, Chang Jianyi appeared with her people. All the people behind her were women. These women were all confidantes secretly trained by Chang Jianyi. More than thirty people were all evolved individuals. They had not been recognized by everyone before because the evolution potion had always been in the hands of Shen Feng and Chang Jianyi. Every time the evolution potion was rewarded, it was done individually. If they did not actively declare their identity as evolved individuals, others would not know who was evolved.
Chang Jianyi, leading a group of evolved women, stood in the center of the dam and looked at the combat team members who were fleeing back in embarrassment. She sighed and said, "Kill these deserters!"
Since Chang Jianyi had spoken, the women quickly followed the order and killed the few people who had fled from the front. These deserters never dreamed that they would not die at the hands of zombies, but die at the hands of their own people. However, who told them to run? Not only did they disrupt military morale, but they also spread a sense of terror.
"All members of the combat team listen up! If you dare to flee again, this will be your fate!" Chang Jianyi shouted, holding a short knife and standing in the center of the dam. The women she brought had formed an inspection team. Their mission was not to kill zombies, but to kill their own people who dared to flee.
Many members of the combat team were actually recruited recently, so they lacked combat experience. When the zombies charged over, they quickly began to flee. However, with Chang Jianyi leading the team to form an inspection team, others were immediately deterred from continuing to flee.
"Hold on, everyone! The people at the front need to rotate, and the front line needs to shrink slowly," Chang Jianyi commanded.
The women under Yang Chang were all evolved individuals. Apart from her and Shen Feng, no one knew their true strength. Now that the base was at a moment of life and death, Chang Jianyi could no longer hide it. She led her people to form an inspection team and killed the deserters at the front one by one.
The members of the combat team slowly retreated to the dam, and the pressure of the zombie attack immediately decreased. This was because they only needed to defend the width of about ten meters of the dam on the left and right. With more than twenty people, they could block the zombies. In the narrow space, the zombies' mobility was instantly weakened.
At this time, Yang Chang finally breathed a sigh of relief, but as the zombies charged forward, after the ones in front were killed, the ones behind charged forward again. This was completely using a "filling oil" tactic to fight, which made people feel fortunate amidst misfortune. The road above the dam was narrow, and the zombies could not launch a large-scale attack. They could only advance in order, which meant they could only be killed one by one by their own side!
However, there were tens of thousands of zombies without end. Looking at them, there were only dense heads. Yang Chang couldn't help but wonder if it would take several days to kill all these zombies.