"Pff!"
The cold dagger stabbed the head of the infected person who was climbing. Harry, whose face was covered in blood, raised his foot and kicked the opponent towards the group of infected, knocking down the infected person who was also climbing up behind him.
There were already piles of corpses like a hill in front of the bus. Even if most of the infected people would be shot dead by the soldiers on the roofs on both sides when they climbed the corpses and tried to climb onto the roof of the bus, there would still be some infected people who managed to do so.
It was impossible for the soldiers to point their guns at the roof of the bus and shoot them, as it would be very easy to accidentally injure their teammates, so these scattered infected people could only be treated by the people on the roof by themselves.
Harry kicked the pistol that was without bullets away from his feet to avoid accidentally stepping on it and tripping. He raised his trembling hand and used his dagger to once again kill an infected person who was bothering the soldier.
At that moment, the soldiers on the roof were basically fighting the infected with their bare hands. Since the corpses under the bus were piled up so that the infected could get on, they did not have time to change the magazines of their firearms, using only their daggers and treat these infected people closely.
But no matter how strong and powerful the soldiers are, their manpower is always running low, and in the face of endless infected people, their strength gradually becomes insufficient.
Some of the soldiers on the roof of the car were scratched or bitten by the infected in hand-to-hand combat, but this did not make them fear at all, on the contrary, knowing that they were destined to die, it completely aroused fear in them. His eyes were like wild beasts, they hit harder and harder, and the more he slashed, the more angry he became.
There was even a critical situation when more than a dozen infected people climbed together. A soldier opened his arms and lunged to knock down all the infected people.
After an unknown amount of time, Harry's eyes gradually became blurry, and he waved the dagger in his hand in a daze. After a stab wound in the air, he collapsed and fell to the ground.
But no infected person attacked him. It turned out that at some point no infected person was able to climb on the roof of the car.
The outskirts of the city had already turned into a sea of fire. Infected people who were lit with Molotov cocktails rushed into nearby houses and ignited the flammable materials inside. Within ten minutes, the entire house was on fire spreading to neighboring houses.
The large number of infected people crammed into the sea of fire could not escape the fate of being burned by the flames. Hundreds of infected people fought desperately in the sea of fire, and eventually they all fell to the ground and turned into charred corpses.
The sea of blazing fire blocked the advance of infected people in the rear and separated the entire group of infected people from front and back.
And as soldiers in the defense area threw more and more Molotov cocktails, even houses a little further away were lit by flames.
Seeing that the road ahead becomes increasingly difficult, although infected people who are not afraid of death continue to run forward, some infected people, under the guidance of the Cordyceps fungus, choose to deviate from both sides and run south and north where there is no fire in sight.
"Bah! Bah! Bah!"
Seeing the situation slowly reversing, the soldiers blushed, their faces flushed, they howled, and they fired louder and louder with guns in their hands.
Instead of the soldiers, civilians blocked the bus and helped transport ammunition and Molotov cocktails. Some even did not fear death and used homemade long-handled weapons to remove the bodies trapped in the bus shafts and thus cooperate.
Gradually, the infected people huddled around the bus were unable to move forward and could only be trapped to death in the street. They could not move forward or backward. They could only let the soldiers on the roof of the bus shoot at them and finally get trapped on the ground one of the bodies in the pile.
The remaining infected attacked from both sides to other parts of the city or were blocked out of the sea of corpses. They tried to climb over the bodies and continued to charge towards the bus, but often stumbled halfway, shot by soldiers.
Seeing that the situation looked great, Harry couldn't take it anymore and lay down, his chest rising and falling violently.
The other soldiers on the roof of the car did the same, lying down together with involuntary smiles on their faces, as if they had achieved a great achievement. However, some began to feel the pain in their bodies, but their eyes inevitably remained open. They knew this wouldn't stop here.
After a long time, Harry regained his composure. As if he had thought of something, he began to desperately feel his body to see if there was any trace of having been scratched by the infected. After carefully feeling that he really wasn't hurt. Then he breathed a sigh of relief, climbed up with difficulty, and looked around.
Most of the soldiers gathered on the rooftops on both sides and fired alternately to prevent the infected from having any chance of attacking the bus again.
When the civilians realized that there was no serious problem, they spontaneously formed a team and went out on both sides of the street to reinforce other areas of defense that needed manpower.
But when he looked at all the soldiers lying on the roof of the car next to him, his eyes were filled with regret and guilt. He knew there was a high chance that someone among them might have been infected.
Soon, all the soldiers on the roof of the car slowly lowered from the roof with the help of others, and other civilians who were armed with firearms, took the roof stall for the time being.
However, because they may be infected by the Cordyceps fungus, they are all temporarily gathered in one place, waiting to be scanned by medical staff.
These dozens of people watched those who passed by. Although their eyes reflected admiration, they kept their distance. They said nothing, just leaning against each other, staring straight ahead, lost in thoughts that no one could decipher.
After the scanner confirmed that he was not infected with the Cordyceps virus, Harry limped into the nearby residence. Since the situation here was basically stable, he now had to reassess the current situation.
Harry ran to the top floor all at once, took the binoculars handed to him by the soldier, and looked at the corpses of infected people densely piled up on the main street, and he couldn't help but feel extremely shocked.
The strong smell of blood, the smell of burning corpses, the smell of gasoline in the incendiary bottle, and other smells were intertwined. The refreshing smell made everyone who smelled this smell hold their breath, not wanting to be there anymore.
"How are the other street defense areas now..." After looking silently for a while, he narrowed his eyes and found that it was almost three o'clock. He then turned his head and asked the liaison officer next to him for the other lines of defense.
"Sir, most of the bloc's defense lines have not been attacked by a large number of infected people. A small number of lines of defense have been attacked by a large number of infected people. However, under Chief Colbert's command, the situation has changed. "Infections in the north and south gradually stabilized. The number of infected people cannot pose any threat to the bloc's line of defense, and there are currently no signs of infected people in the west."
"I just received a report from Lieutenant Moben of the neighborhood defense team. Most of the infected who entered from the houses and dark alleys in the defense zone have been eliminated. However, there are still some infected people who have undergone a second evolution. They are currently being hunted down on a large scale, and it is expected that all those who have invaded the interior will be eliminated in about thirty minutes."
Speaking of good news one after another, even the corners of the liaison officer's lips couldn't help but rise slightly, and his tone was a little energetic. It was obvious that they had basically survived this crisis, and it was only a matter of time before they took care of the remaining infected.
"Well, I get it..."
Harry picked up the binoculars again and looked towards the outer edge of the city. Even though black smoke filled the front and his line of sight was heavily obstructed, he could still see that it seemed like there were very few infected people left there.
He estimated that, during this period, they should have eliminated at least nearly two-thirds of the infected people, and as the fire burned ever stronger, more and more infected people would burn to death. The only thing to keep in mind is to prevent the fire from spreading to them.
Just when everyone was overjoyed, a liaison officer ran up the stairs in a hurry. When she saw Harry, she immediately got up and said:
"I'm sorry, sir, news has just come from downtown. Seven people stormed the east parking lot and took a truck full of food and ammunition. One of our own died. Four people have been captured and killed. One person escaped and the other two headed west of town to escape!
Upon hearing the news, everyone's expressions instantly darkened. You should know that there weren't many trucks with supplies, only a dozen or so, and the emergence of this crisis consumed a lot of their ammunition.
They had only left Dallas for less than a day and would need these supplies in the future. Now, at this critical moment of life and death, some were stealing while everyone was fighting on the front line.
"Bang!"
Harry slammed the table hard. His temper was not very good and suddenly his anger was aroused. He shouted angrily: "Who are they? Have you confirmed his identity?"
The liaison officer was a little shocked by such a bang on the table, but still said clearly, "The people who were caught said that they were severely punished by us for taking the initiative to cause trouble this morning."
Everyone immediately fell silent, understanding what was going on. Harry's eyes seemed to spit fire, he gritted his teeth and said, "Report to all the personnel on the western defense line to intercept them. If necessary, it can damage the vehicle, but you can't let them get away!