MM Racing Chapter 50 Military Command
Chapter 50 Military Command
The stadium in the eastern part of Wanshun City has undergone tremendous changes.
As the largest indoor sports stadium in the city, its main structure is made of reinforced concrete, giving it a much better foundation than ordinary buildings.
The glass curtain walls surrounding the stadium were completely removed on the first day of the apocalypse and replaced with protective walls made of steel plates and sandbags, with a firing port every few meters.
The top platform is equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns and several military radars, with antennas slowly rotating in the wind.
Several large shopping malls around the stadium are also undergoing renovations. Walmart's parking lot has been converted into a material transfer station, Gome's hypermarket has been converted into a temporary hospital, and Suning's warehouse has been converted into an ammunition depot.
Countless people moved back and forth between these buildings, carrying supplies, reinforcing fortifications, and transferring the wounded. Everyone's face showed exhaustion, but no one was idle.
The surrounding streets were densely packed with sentry posts.
Roadblocks were set up at every intersection leading to the stadium. These roadblocks were made of abandoned buses and concrete blocks, and soldiers were on duty behind the roadblocks in shifts 24 hours a day.
Any zombies, mutated creatures, or even suspicious unidentified objects that approach will be killed instantly.
The sniper lay prone on a high point of a building along the street, while the spotter scanned every alley and every window through the scope.
This is the temporary shelter established by Wan Shun City.
Since it started operating on the second day of the apocalypse, the number of people rescued here has approached 2.
However, this figure represents only 0.5% of Wanshun City, which has a resident population of over 200 million.
In other words, only 1 out of every 200 people in the city was rescued alive and made to a shelter.
For this reason, the authorities have always placed rescue missions as the top priority.
At this moment, a huge office on the second floor of the stadium was bustling with activity.
A dozen long tables were put together to form a huge command post. The walls were covered with maps and displays showing the zombie density heatmaps for various areas of the city, the real-time location of the rescue teams, and the distribution points of survivors.
Officers and technicians moved in and out of the corridors and rooms, with telephone lines, network cables, and temporary communication cables forming a dense bundle on the ground.
This is the military's command center, the brain behind all rescue operations in Wanshun City.
"How many more places in the North District need to be checked?" Zhang Zhenhua stood in front of the command console, his hands resting on the table, his eyes scanning the largest electronic map on the wall.
His rank was senior colonel. He was in his early forties, with short hair, a square face, and high cheekbones. He spoke in a soft but habitually authoritative voice.
Before the apocalypse, he was the chief of staff of the Wanshun City Garrison. After the apocalypse, he was appointed to take charge of coordinating the city's military rescue operations.
"Sir, there are only 5 sites left." A technician sitting in front of the monitor answered quickly while looking at the screen.
The screen in front of him displayed a live view from the drone, which was currently sweeping over the last few residential areas in the northern part of the city. One area showed a rooftop with a red flag, while another was shrinking at the edge of the frame as the drone returned to base.
"Very good. Once completed, have the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd reconnaissance teams head to the West District ahead of schedule."
Zhang Zhenhua said, "The West District is the farthest away. It will take time for the reconnaissance team to fly there. Let's not wait until the entire North District has been swept before we set off."
The communications officer next to him immediately began relaying instructions to each squad.
"Furthermore," Zhang Zhenhua emphasized, "have the 4th and 5th reconnaissance teams keep a close eye on the movements of the zombie bird flock."
"If necessary, we can sacrifice drones to lure them away. We must ensure the successful completion of this joint mission."
In the aftermath of the apocalypse, it's not just humans who will become zombies, but also various animals.
On the first day of the apocalypse, the military deployed a large number of drones and armed helicopters in an attempt to establish a reconnaissance network and rescue channels from the air.
At that time, everyone underestimated how terrifying birds that turned into zombies could be. After being zombified, the beaks and claws of these birds would be abnormally strengthened.
A zombie bird the size of a sparrow has a beak that can chisel through ordinary sheet metal. A zombie bird the size of a crow can dive twice as fast as it did in life, and its talons can tear through the skin of a helicopter.
Moreover, they are extremely aggressive, and coupled with their instinctive swarming nature after becoming zombified, they will appear in large groups.
In that situation, even armed helicopters would be shot down if they encountered a flock of birds, and on the first day they lost nearly a third of their air force.
Of course, the zombie bird swarm was also largely wiped out by the military's counterattack.
However, this refers to the original bird populations in the city. As time went on, bird populations from the surrounding mountains and forests also began to migrate towards the city.
Yesterday, drones detected two more large flocks of birds entering the airspace of Wanshun City from the direction of Xishan. The total number of birds is estimated to be more than 10,000. They are currently circling over the border between the South District and the East District.
Now all military air operations must avoid the activity areas of these two flocks of birds, and the flight routes of liaison teams have been replanned as a result.
"Understood!" several people in the command room responded simultaneously.
Zhang Zhenhua withdrew his gaze, then suddenly remembered something and turned to ask his adjutant beside him, "The West District is the farthest from us. Are there any outstanding superhumans there? How are the preliminary tasks for Project Dawn progressing?"
The adjutant immediately handed over a folder. It contained all the preliminary tasks that Xicheng District had successfully submitted before the internet outage yesterday; the data was printed inside, a mere few pages long.
"There are two rather special ability users." The adjutant turned to one of the pages. "One of them can control objects remotely, moving objects weighing no more than 20 kilograms within 10 meters. It should be a control-type ability."
He turned to the next page.
"There's something even more special." The adjutant placed the folder on the table in front of Zhang Zhenhua, pointing to a line of text on it, "According to the information they submitted, their superpower is—controlling zombies."
Zhang Zhenhua immediately became interested and picked up the folder to take a closer look.
The information on the form is concise: Name: Lu Chen, Age: 24, Address: Room 501, Building 3, Xiangyang Community, Xicheng District, Superpower: Zombie Control.
The prerequisite task was completed at 3:42 PM yesterday.
He submitted 10 photos, in which Lu Chen was in the same frame with 10 rescued survivors. The background of each photo was the corridor of the same building, with several fully armed zombies neatly arranged behind them.
"Controlling zombies!" Zhang Zhenhua repeated the four words, putting the folder back on the table. "This peculiar ability, capable of directly controlling zombies, are there any limitations or restrictions?"
"According to the other party, they can only control 10 zombies for now. However, judging from the speed at which they submitted the task, they completed the preliminary task around 3 pm yesterday, which is quite efficient. Their ability strength should be quite strong."
Zhang Zhenhua nodded. There weren't many superhumans in the entire city who could complete the rescue mission on the third day.
"Alright! Have the reconnaissance team head to the location of these two superhumans first," Zhang Zhenhua said.