Bang! Bang! Bang!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
There was continuous gunfire along the steel passage outside Fort Benning. Hundreds of soldiers with pistols fired at the zombies in the cages from a distance of two or three meters, carrying out precise headshot attacks.
At such a short distance, almost every bullet can take the life of a zombie. They are crowded in a cage made of welded steel pipes and rebars, squeezing their rotten and broken faces into the gaps that are more than ten centimeters wide in vain, trying to break out of the steel confinement and eat the fresh flesh and blood they desire most, almost tearing the skin and flesh on their entire faces into a mess.
It was already approaching four or five in the afternoon, and even the sun had begun to dim its rays. Five or six hours of shooting and moving bodies had made everyone feel exhausted.
The chassis of the steel tunnel had long been stained with large patches of black and red by blood plasma and minced meat. The sticky liquid gathered into a stream, flowing slowly, forming a shallow puddle in the low-lying area. When some swaying zombies stepped on it, it was already above their ankles.
Outside the passage, Leon was holding a camera and recording everything. On the flat ground not far away, tens of thousands of rotten and dilapidated corpses of zombies had already piled up like a mountain. Dozens of workers wearing gloves, protective clothing and masks moved these corpses onto large trucks and arranged them neatly like cargo.
These bodies will be transported to a valley more than ten kilometers away for burial, allowing these pitiful people to return to nature.
Another half an hour passed, and the number of zombies rushing out of the fortress gate became fewer and fewer. Peggy and her brother at the command center beside him also spoke up:
"Boss, these should be the last batch. Even if there are still some zombies in the ground fortress, they must be trapped in some remote corners and unable to come out. It is difficult for them to pose a threat to us."
Leon nodded. He had not taken any action this afternoon. Instead, he held an assault rifle in his hand, always on guard against accidents and protecting the safety of the soldiers.
Killing zombies on such a large scale inevitably caused numbness in everyone's senses and psychology.
"Thank you for your hard work, but you two cannot rest tonight. You still need to crack the password to the gate leading to the underground base. Wait, I will send someone to connect the backup power supply. I will personally protect you and work overtime all night."
Unfortunately, most of the artillery equipment here requires professional personnel to operate. Judging from the quality of the survivors in the current doomsday era, if they have not entered professional military academies to study, these powerful weapons are probably basically scrapped.
"Take your soldiers to rest, Frank. I have brought enough tents and food for you. Take a good rest and prepare for the next battle."
Apart from cracking the program inside the door, the only way to open the door is from inside the shelter.
"Once our people open the door to the underground base, I will have someone notify you."
That night, Leon led more than a hundred soldiers and Peggy and her brother into the fortress to rest. He did not relax his vigilance. He not only arranged many sentries, but also sent people to keep an eye on the resting place where Frank and others were, to guard against what they might do.
When Sherman heard that he had to work overtime, he immediately became listless. Although his sister Peggy yawned tiredly, she still looked at Leon with joy and asked:
"Boss, are you going to stay with us tonight?"
According to Lieutenant Matt, this is just a relatively basic defensive gate. The main material is 30 cm thick diamond plate, which can defend against attacks from almost all heavy firearms.
He took the soldiers to the rest area arranged for them by Lyon.
"Yes, I will stay here with a hundred soldiers to prevent other reckless forces from disrupting our plans."
The first layer is some fortifications to resist attacks from ground forces, and various public facilities such as canteens, bathrooms, lounges, etc. are built inside.
Leon could hear some frustration in his voice, but he did not ask any more questions. Instead, he replied:
"Yes, today's mission is accomplished."
This layer of fortifications is extremely strong. Not only are there various anti-aircraft turrets and long-range missiles, but also various large and small long-range artillery are arranged in various areas. Even close to the edge of the outer wall, there are many heavy machine guns installed to defend against attacks from ground forces. It is simply a real war fortress.
After entering the fortress this time, Lyon carefully observed the fortress for the first time.
He patted Frank on the shoulder. This strong man endured a gunshot wound in the abdomen, risking death at any time, and worked among the zombies for an entire afternoon. He was indeed a very capable soldier.
After listening to Matt's explanation, Leon was speechless. Since you could use the stupid method of oxygen cutting, why didn't you say it earlier?
"You guys should come back and rest up. We may have to continue exploring the underground area tomorrow."
Frank nodded, looked at Leon seriously, and said:
"Your method is great, Custer. I originally expected to sacrifice dozens of soldiers, but I didn't expect that your plan would greatly reduce our casualties."
The fortress's ground buildings are divided into three floors, with many areas connected around it. It has thick stone walls and a solid structure. There are few windows exposed to the outside, and there are various defensive buildings everywhere that are easy to defend.
Leon was not good at comforting others, so he could only say this lightly.
About ten minutes later, Frank's voice came from the intercom.
The second floor is for handling official business with various offices of different sizes, meeting rooms and reception halls.
But its defense is not particularly strong. Even if the password of the gate cannot be cracked, the gate can be cut directly with a high-temperature oxygen cutting machine.
In the core shelter located on the 5th underground floor, both the walls and the gates have adopted a defense level that can defend against nuclear bomb-level attacks. Basically, no means known to mankind can destroy the defense there from the outside.
Frank sighed as he spoke.
"Caster, have we completed our mission here?"
By the time Iron Wolf Frank came out of the fortress with a dozen of his subordinates, Leon probably guessed why his voice sounded a little frustrated.
The third floor is the infantry command center, which not only has various advanced equipment that Leon cannot name, a huge screen, and a sand table for simulation, but he also found the clearest map of the entire America here, which records all human towns and routes in the country.
"It's a pity that they died. We saw with our own eyes that their bodies were hollowed out by hundreds of zombies."
"They are all very brave soldiers who fought their way here with me from New York State and never feared a fight."
The bait mission had been completed, and Peggy and her brother no longer needed to control those armed mechanical dogs, so they relaxed and chatted with Leon with great interest.
"My condolences."
Frank was very clear about his physical condition. He did not force himself, but called his adjutant Matt and ordered him to stay with Leon throughout the process and await his orders.
After Iron Wolf Frank led the soldiers out of the steel fence, he took off his military uniform stained with zombies' flesh and blood, threw it on the grass beside him, came to Leon, met his eyes, and took the initiative to say:
"Several soldiers lost control of their emotions after seeing their relatives turned into zombies, and were discovered by the zombies."
"On behalf of my soldiers, I thank you!"
Lyon accepted Frank's thanks without hesitation. A big part of the reason why he came to clean up the Fort Benning military base in such a hurry was indeed because of the promise he made to Iron Wolf Frank.
With such emotion, Leon came to the entrance of the underground base, a huge metal door with a very high-tech feel hidden in a huge room.
In the morning, he went in with 20 soldiers, but now, only 17 people came out with him, and every soldier had a gloomy face.
Lyon suspected that once the machine guns and artillery here opened fire together, the firepower here might be able to wipe out a small town of thousands of people in an instant.
Anyway, there is no shortage of resources and time, so it is better to let Peggy and her brother have a good rest, recharge their batteries, and focus all their energy on the final door of the shelter.
He immediately stopped the work of the brother and sister and arranged for them to rest. Then he sent a message to transfer more than ten workers who were skilled in oxygen cutting technology from the logistics personnel who had just returned to the canning factory base, and asked them to bring all the equipment and come over immediately to finish the work.
Anyway, they can't help much in the combat mission, so working overtime is not a bad thing.
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