Wasteland Commander

Huacheng City Steel Group.

Wangbei Army Command Center.

This Survivor Alliance is slightly larger than Dawn City.

At least for now, only the core area and main city district of Dawn City are not as large as here.

In terms of numbers, it's even further apart.

The office building and dormitory of the Steel Group have now become the residential area of the Wangbei Army.

The Steel Group has a wall, three meters high.

Inside the wall, many sandbags are piled up to increase the height, forming a wall three meters high and three meters thick.

Of course, the solidity of this wall is far from comparable to the Dawn Army, but in their view, it's enough.

After all, zombies lack intelligence and don't yet know to proactively seek humans on a large scale, so a high wall is of little use.

The Wangbei Army has the largest armed force in the Huacheng Region, with over seven thousand armed personnel.

Their personnel form a brigade, led by Zhang Zhijian, the brother of Zhang Zhiguo, as the brigade commander.

Don't underestimate this brigade; all members are equipped with guns, and they even have as many as ten armored cars and numerous other various vehicles.

However, there are only nine armored cars left now, with one currently detained in Dawn City.

These days, the Wangbei Army has also been acting very tense.

Ever since learning about the zombie attack on the Dawn Army, they've been in this tense state.

At this moment, in the headquarters of the Wangbei Army, Zhang Zhijian is listening to the radio.

That's the radio of the Wangbei Army.

"This is the Dawn Army....."

"The battle has reached the second day. Yesterday, the Dawn Army achieved a brilliant victory, annihilating as many as 150,000 zombies, and victory is within reach."

"Commander-in-Chief Ye Fan states that the defense battle of Dawn City will be concluded within two days."

"We have the confidence, determination, and capability to win the war against the zombies, but we despise those shameless traitors."

"Over a thousand members of the Survivor Alliance fled the battlefield, and such despicable actions have deeply hurt our Dawn Army's heart. They must take responsibility for this....."

"If the Survivor Alliance cannot provide us with a reasonable explanation and account, we will not hesitate to wage war....."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhijian angrily turned off the radio.

"Zhang Xiaofei, tell me! Were there really that many zombies heading toward Dawn City?"

"Second Leader, there's absolutely no mistake, the number of zombies is at least 300,000. Haven't some of the survivors been saying in the broadcasts these days, countless people saw it with their own eyes."

"Then how can the Dawn Army be so strong? To be able to annihilate 150,000 zombies in a single day, are they made of Iron King Kong or something?"

Zhang Xiaofei remained silent, recalling scene after scene from Dawn City in his mind.

The fear dominated by the giant octopus was imprinted deeply in his soul.

In his view, probably no one could rival Ye Fan, let alone annihilating 300,000; he even believed if Dawn Army annihilated three million.

Of course, he couldn't tell Zhang Zhijian about these things. Zhang Xiaofei still had that bit of reason.

Having already disclosed the Wangbei Army's secrets to Ye Fan, he had no other choice.

Zhang Zhijian was still angry: "The Dawn Army has a lot of nerve! To dare threaten us, the Wangbei Army? Don't they just want gold? I won't give it to them."

Zhang Xiaofei tentatively asked: "Should we consult the Chief Leader?"

Zhang Zhijian glanced at Zhang Xiaofei coldly: "Don't bother my brother unless it's important; he needs rest now."

"Alright."

"Remember, I'm the one in charge of Wangbei Army now. If Ye Fan wants to dominate Huacheng, he'll have to ask for my permission first."

Zhang Zhijian waved his hand to dismiss Zhang Xiaofei and pondered for a while, then picked up the walkie-talkie and called someone over.

The person came up to Zhang Zhijian: "Second Leader, do you want to contact Rakshasa's Mr. Rikov?"

Zhang Zhijian waved his hand: "Not necessary for now."

"Send out a notice to invite the leaders of other forces in the Alliance to the Wangbei Army for a meeting to discuss how to deal with the Dawn Army."

After the subordinate left, Zhang Zhijian fell into deep thought alone.

"Ye Fan, I admit you have some ways to deal with zombies, but dealing with people is a completely different matter. If you want to take a bite out of me, let's see if you have the teeth for it."

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Ye Fan, as Zhang Zhijian had imagined, didn't have that many ways to deal with zombies.

The battle on the second day in Dawn City was extremely intense.

When the first batch of 30,000 cannon fodder zombies advanced, Ye Fan's side's rocket launchers began to unleash their might.

"Don't let these zombies near the walls, not just any zombie qualifies to be a stepping stone."

Ten rocket launchers began their frenzied roar.

Wang Huining made a mistake.

He thought there was no way Ye Fan's side could maintain such strong firepower, after all, this wasn't a military base, where did Dawn Army get their ammunition?

So he let the first batch of zombies advance quickly, and the distance inevitably got a bit close.

And this relatively dense formation was precisely what the rocket launchers loved the most.

Two consecutive rounds of bombardment inflicted heavy casualties on the first batch of cannon fodder.

Hundreds of rockets exploded among the zombie horde, and over ten thousand zombies were blown to ashes in this round of shelling.

Wang Huining hurriedly ordered the first batch of zombies to scatter, but their numbers had already dwindled significantly.

Only with great difficulty did they approach the base of the Dawn Army City, only to encounter landmines!

Watching the continuous explosions go off, Wang Huining knew his initial strategic intention was unattainable.

With great effort, they breached the minefield, but only a few zombies managed to reach the base of the walls.

They didn't accomplish the goal of piling up at the base of the walls.

"Damn Ye Fan, even after such fierce fighting yesterday, he still had reserves!"

"Never mind, as long as we breach the wall, no matter the sacrifices, it will be worth it. Capturing the Dawn Army Base will allow me to easily march anywhere and raise another 300,000 troops."

With no other options, Wang Huining could only order the second batch of zombies to continue the assault.

This batch of zombies is completely different from the first batch.

There were no mutations in the first batch, but among these thirty-thousand zombies, mutated zombies number more than fifteen hundred.

Have the zombies spread out their formations, mutated zombies should take care to protect themselves, then start charging again.

"Are there still rockets and shells?" Ye Fan asked Zhongjing.

"There are some that haven't been used yet, and the spare ones haven't been touched."

"Good, use some of the ones that haven't been used yet, and keep the spare ones for now."

"Understood!"

The Dawn Army started firing again, but this time the firepower was far less intense than the first time.

Rocket launchers mixed with mortars. After a few shots, about two thousand zombies were killed before falling silent.

This made Wang Huining, who was very wary of the artillery's power, extremely pleased.

He had been reluctant to commit in large scale, worried about the opponent's artillery fire.

Now it seems that this worry is unnecessary.

"Looks like the Dawn Army is out of ammunition!"

"Third batch, advance with the second batch!"

The third batch, initially waiting behind, moved forward.

Due to the short range of firearms, the third batch gathered together fearlessly before entering firearms range.

The second batch of zombies falling is inconsequential, as they conveniently pave a path towards the wall for the closely following third batch.

The gap between the two batches is closing, and the third batch is more densely packed.

Ye Fan, on the wall, was overjoyed upon seeing this scene.

Sure enough, that bald zombie was fooled.

It's quite normal to be fooled; even if that bald zombie has mutated, its mind operates like an ordinary person's, not capable of accounting for every detail.

"Rocket launchers ready!"

"Mortars ready!"

Most of Ye Fan's rocket launchers are Two-Star, and the newly produced five units are also about to be upgraded.

Mortars are all Three-Star mortars, lined up in front of the rocket launchers.

"Target, the vanguard of the third batch of zombies, damage the enemy and cut off their support to the second batch!"

"Fire~~!"

With a command from Zhongjing, the artillery erupted once more!

At this moment, the third batch of zombies is about three to four kilometers from the wall, right within artillery range.

Over a hundred rockets whooshed into the air, delivering a lethal blow to the advancing third batch of zombies!

A long row of explosions sweeps the ground!

Countless zombie limbs flew off, dying on the spot!

Seeing this, Wang Huining almost bit his tongue off!

The Dawn Army still had ammunition!

Is their Dawn City built on top of an ammunition depot?

He urgently ordered the third batch of zombies to halt because the King Kong and Crawlers were there, mixed in the large zombie group, and couldn't be blasted by artillery.

He had to separate the King Kong and Crawlers from the zombie horde, disperse the formation and then advance.

This adjustment inevitably took time.

The Dawn Army immediately concentrated fire on the second batch of zombies.

After one round of bombardment, the upgraded rocket launchers adjusted their barrels, delivering yet another round of carpet bombing on the second batch of zombies nearing the wall.

The remaining zombies continued to advance, entering machine gun range.

It's a journey of death; faced with human firearms, these zombies had no better option but to rely on their numerical advantage and charge forward.

Gunshots rang out continuously, zombies fell one by one on the path forward.

Their dying value lay in enabling their companions to dash a few steps further.

At this stage, the sniper's role is most critical.

The Dawn Army had thirty snipers, tasked with ensuring the mutated zombies didn't make it to the wall as the zombies charged.

In such intense battles, snipers upgrade quickly.

Even newly made snipers upgraded quickly, their ammunition almost instantly replenished before running out.

Out of the fifteen hundred mutated zombies, fewer than three hundred reached nearby.

Despite a hefty number of thirty thousand, after losing over ten thousand zombies, this second wave finally charged the wall.

The Dawn Army infantry opened fire, bullets, flames, grenades continuously poured down from the wall.

Zombie corpses began to pile up in layers.

Seeing the armored zombies ready to repeat their throwing tactics, the rocketeer and air defense infantry on the wall opened fire.

The air defense infantry's portable missiles were used as rockets at this moment.

A single missile shot out, trailing a long tail, could easily obliterate an armored zombie.

Even if zombies occasionally threw things over, the military dog squad inside would eliminate them.

The second wave of zombies merely carried out the role of the first wave, piling up under the wall.

Without the third wave of zombie reinforcements closely following, these thirty thousand zombies turned to ashes under the Dawn Army's strike.

Wang Huining's intention failed, missing a golden opportunity to attack the wall.

The third batch of zombies' next charge, unsure how much they'll lose on the way.

After the last agile zombie was killed, Ye Fan, who had been watching the battle, released his tightly gripped hand.

His palm was covered in sweat.

"Great, the zombies' numbers are less than a hundred thousand now!"