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After the troops had set off, Wang Lei led Little Qingshan's two divisions to the centre, Zhang Jianjun led the three Special Forces brigades to the left, and Qiu Yongqiang and Shark led the thirteen Legions to the right. Wang Lei's mission was to open the passageway from Mianzhou to the Cement factory and occupy the Cement factory in Dawn. Zhang Jianjun's mission was to open the channel from Eagle's Beak to the Cement factory in Dawn and to clear the high-voltage transmission line from Eagle's Beak to the Cement factory in Dawn. Qiu Yongqiang and Shark's right side army was to open the quarry and access the quarry to the Cement factory from ten kilometers to the right side of the Cement factory.

The army of the left flank led by Zhang Jianjun was located in the eastern part of Mianzhou. After the catastrophe, the plants had also evolved, and their vitality and reproduction ability had improved by quite a lot. At this time of the year, it was autumn and the temperature was rather high. Apart from a few green trees, there were all sorts of yellow and green weeds in sight. Of course, there were also a lot of crops, but you might not be able to recognize any of them. After all, when have you ever seen rice that was as tall as a person, wheat that was two to three meters tall, and corn that was as big as a tree?

At this time, Zhang Jianjun was leading the team from the Eagle's Beak, heading south along the mountain side road towards the Dawn Cement Factory. Of course, not all transmission lines followed the road, but the tens of meters tall transmission lines were not destroyed.

Walking on the road, the ten meter wide road was almost covered by tall weeds and trees on both sides of the road, but because of this, the advancing army didn't attract a large number of zombies, only a few zombies were killed by the vanguard.

At this time, the most numerous rabbits were already on this piece of land, because from time to time, they could be seen traveling from one side of the road to the other. Of course, there were also a few rabbits that fell into the hands of the soldiers. These rabbits were abnormally huge, and most of them weighed around ten pounds. A few of them were even like piglets, weighing over twenty pounds.

These rabbits are rabbits, of course. Of course, there are only rabbits in the world. Even if they were rabbits before, they have already become rabbits." Honestly, the species that would benefit the most after the catastrophe would be the rabbits. Why would they say that? There were several reasons for this. First, during the catastrophe, the rabbits had evolved, and their size had increased, and their vitality and reproduction ability had increased. Second, after the catastrophe, the growth of plants had accelerated, and the energy contained in plants had also increased. After all, plants had an innate advantage over animals, and could directly absorb energy from the environment. In the long run, rabbits were vegetarian animals, and when the quantity and quality of the plants increased, it meant that the rabbits had more tasty foods. Thirdly, fecundity was the key to the success of a species. In this world, aside from insects, the most fertile animals were probably mice and rabbits. Before the catastrophe, the rabbits were sexually mature for 4 months and were able to reproduce 4 to 6 babies per year. They were pregnant for about a month and could give birth to 6 to 10 babies per birth. After the catastrophe, the mature and reproductive periods of the rabbits had not changed, but the number of births had doubled.

What are the factors that determine a population? The first was food, the second was reproductive ability, and the third was natural enemies. At present, the rabbits have an endless supply of food, and it could be said that the food was of high quality and quantity. Coupled with the rabbits' terrifying reproduction ability, if they didn't take over the earth soon, then it would truly be a monster. Just imagine, if a pair of rabbits was born once every two months, the average number of offspring would be 16. And the 16 children of His first birth also began to reproduce after 5 months and 576 after 18 months. And then there were the descendants of Him, and the descendants of Him. This calculation was very complicated, but the result was very terrifying. There were 1,7120 of them.

Of course, there was another key factor determining the population size, and that was the natural enemy. At present, the main natural enemy of the rabbit was the zombie. Taking the area of tens of thousands of square kilometers as an example, at that time, there were about 1 million zombies in Mianzhou and about 3 million zombies in the surrounding area. Besides, there should be millions of rabbits in this area, right? After all, who doesn't eat a few rabbits a year?

Of course, zombies eat a lot of meat, a zombie would need at least 10 pounds of meat for a meal, but zombies can't necessarily catch up to their appetite, after all, rabbits are not necessarily easy to catch in a few meters of grass, so it's not bad if most zombies can keep their lives. We calculate it based on how many zombies we get, if only 3 million zombies can live on, then the amount of food that a zombie needs for a year and a half should be 810 thousand tons. However, most of the zombie food came from insects. After all, insects had a strong reproductive ability and there was plenty of food, so there was definitely a lot of insects. Most importantly, insects were easier to catch than rabbits. "Thus, the amount of food provided by rabbits should be lower than 300 thousand tons. That would be 60 million rabbits.

Then we'll calculate how many rabbits there will be in a year and a half. If there were two million rabbits at the beginning, then there should be 17 billion of them according to their fecundity. Of course, these rabbits can't all survive, so we'll just calculate it based on our survival rate of 10%. Perhaps you want to ask, how do you know that rabbits do not lack food? Let me tell you, of course I know that if the rabbits didn't have enough food, you wouldn't be looking at an overgrown field, but a bare one, because a hungry rabbit would eat up all the grass. Although, according to the calculations from before, there should be 1.7 billion rabbits left alive, but there is still a mistake in this algorithm. That is, there can't be any more descendants from rabbits that died early, but in any case, there should still be hundreds of millions of rabbits, and the tens of millions of rabbits that were eaten by zombies was just a small portion of the total population.

Maybe you're worried about the rabbits gnawing off the grass, what do I do? Let me tell you, this kind of thing wouldn't happen. Because there were so many rabbits, the zombies could easily catch them. After all, there was so much food, so who wouldn't want to eat it? Besides, who would eat insects if they had rabbits to eat? Don't think that zombies don't have a goal.

On the other hand, Zhang Jianjun had led a huge army of over fourteen thousand soldiers to the cement factory in the direction of Dawn. They had originally planned to use this majestic force to annihilate all the zombies along the way. Who knew that after seven to eight hours had passed, it was either because the dense forest had affected the perception of the zombies, or because there weren't as many zombies as they had expected. More than ten thousand people walked the thirty kilometers, and they were only a few thousand zombies had been annihilated.

After 2: 8pm, Zhang Jianjun's team arrived at a slightly higher hill. The road in front of them was already covered by the hill. Zhang Jianjun and the others all knew that there was a big turn there. Zhang Jianjun stood in the jeep and raised his glasses to look ahead. What he saw was a huge forest, but what attracted Zhang Jianjun was the huge golden fruits that were embedded in the branches. Zhang Jianjun knew clearly in his heart that it was the world-famous Guishan Pear Garden in Texas. Before the catastrophe, most of the people in Mianzhou would go there at least twice a year. The first time was when the pear blossoms were in full bloom, and the second time was at this season, when the branches were full of fruits.

In Zhang Jianjun's camera, the large area of pear trees was like all the other plants. After the catastrophe, they also suffered from gigantism. The pear tree was originally more than ten meters tall, but after more than a year, its height had doubled, reaching a height of 20-30 meters. The pear trees weighed less than a jin, and now, most of them weighed more than a kilogram.

Looking at the golden color, the whole team was filled with excitement. After all, the chances of tasting the fruit after the catastrophe was too small. Most people had already forgotten about the taste for the past one to two years. Therefore, Zhang Jianjun decided to take a detour a few kilometers and let everyone have a taste before deciding.

The journey of 3 km took Zhang Jianjun and the others over half an hour to arrive. After passing by a building, that boundless golden light appeared unreservedly in front of his eyes. However, apart from the fruits of the branches, there were other things that appeared in front of his eyes.

At this moment, underneath those tall pear trees, there was a dense crowd of zombies. Most of the zombies were looking up at the branches, jumping up and down, and some fruits on the lower branches were also picked by the zombies. Some clever zombies picked up rocks and dirt from the ground and threw them into the trees. Occasionally, one or several of the pears would be hit by the stones, so the zombies were like a swarm of bees trying to snatch them away.

Seeing this situation, Zhang Jianjun and the others didn't feel any danger. After all, there were only a few hundred zombies in sight, so what if there were a few thousand? After all, Zhang Jianjun's team wasn't afraid of zombies anymore.

After putting himself into battle for a few minutes, Zhang Jianjun found out about the bad news. Not only did he not complete his plan of settling the battle within a few minutes, he even lost the lead of a large troop of over a thousand people in just a few minutes.

"Retreat!" Zhang Jianjun also reacted quickly and made a clear judgment. He quickly made a decision to kill the enemy. Otherwise, not only would they not be able to save the vanguard troops, most of the troops would be trapped here.

Less than 5 minutes after Zhang Jianjun had retreated, the more than 1000 people who were trapped there were all eaten up by the tens of thousands of zombies. Soon after, the zombies that didn't get any food, including the zombies that got food, all started chasing after Zhang Jianjun's big group.

Soon, Zhang Jianjun found that this was not going to work, because the zombies were much faster than their team's retreating speed. What should he do? In the midst of danger, Zhang Jianjun quickly pulled out the small team of chariots and built a sniper line to cover the retreat of the large team.

But there were simply too many zombies. The sniper line formed by more than ten tanks delayed the zombies for only a few minutes before they were flooded by the zombie army rushing over. Fortunately, Zhang Jianjun's frontline had already retreated to the water's edge, which was 1.5 kilometers away from Pear Garden.

It is the main river that supplies water to three reservoirs in Mianzhou and Texas, as well as hundreds of thousands of mu of land in four counties.

At this time, Zhang Jianjun's team was evacuated from Pear Garden along a country road, so the Shuihe Bridge became the best sniping point. Zhang Jianjun immediately built a strong fortress on the west bridgehead with the remaining chariots, at the same time lining up a brigade of troops along the west side of the Shuihe River, and built a sturdy shield-wall gunforest to snipe zombies that might cross the river.

After the army crossed the river, the zombies that were rushing over to face the danger of the Shooting River and the Heavenly Risks of the Shooting River all rushed towards the bridge at the same time. The 20-meter-wide bridge was able to take care of most zombies, and the situation finally stabilized.

At this moment, only 20 minutes had passed since the beginning of the battle. Zhang Jianjun quickly counted and found that the troop's losses had reached almost a quarter, reaching more than 3000 people. After all, zombies still had a chance to break through the bridge, and the most important thing was that zombies were not very afraid of the water. Currently, a portion of zombies had already been pushed down from the bridge and the east shore into the water, swimming towards the west bank. But if most of the zombies jumped down into the river and swam over, the situation would be completely different.

What should he do? After calming down a bit, Zhang Jianjun naturally informed Wu Rong, Chen Jing, and Wang Lei about the situation. By this time, Wang Lei, Ouyang, Xiao Gang, and Zhou Tianyu had already opened a path to the cement factory and occupied it. After receiving Zhang Jianjun's report, they immediately convened an emergency meeting.

Zhou Tianyu was truly worthy of being called the Ghost Warlord. After opening up the map, a complete strategy and strategy was formed in his mind: "Commander Wang, leaders, from General Zhang's report, we know that we will face over a hundred thousand zombies. He remembered that in the early Qing Dynasty, there was a saying, 'over ten thousand flags, over ten thousand cannot be defeated'. Wasn't this also true for zombies? Moreover, we are facing more than ten thousand enemies. Even with a huge army of a hundred thousand, it's still hard to win in a head-on battle. Besides, where are we to find a huge army of a hundred thousand? "Then where is our chance of winning?

Saying that, Zhou Tianyu used the red pencil in his hand to draw a circle on the map: "The winner is right here! Look, three kilometers southwest of General Zhang is Gui Xian Town. Actually, Gui Xian Town is two towns, one is Gui Xian Town of Texas and the other is Mian Yuan Town of Mianzhou. Altogether, there are more than 10,000 people and tens of thousands of houses. What we need to do now is to bring a hundred thousand zombies into Gui Xian Town, and use the complicated structure there to separate the one hundred thousand zombies, and then slowly nibble on them. "

"Tianyu is right, I completely agree. Tell me all of your thoughts." Ouyang Zhenlin nodded and said.

"Yes, Principal Ouyang." Zhou Tianyu continued, "Bringing a hundred thousand zombies into Gui Xian Town is not an easy task. If General Zhang and the rest leave directly, then this three kilometer journey would be the dead zone for more than ten thousand zombies. After all, zombies are too fast, and if ten thousand of them manage to escape, half of them will burn incense."

"Therefore, we must create conditions for them! Look, President Qiu and the rest are less than 3 km away from Gui Xian Town, while we are 4 km away from here: the White Horse Mountain Pass tunnel is only 2 km away. So, we can set up a sniper line in the White Horse Mountain Pass tunnel, but this can only be the second route, because it's still too far from the river bridge, about 1.5 kilometers away. General Zhang and the others can't get that far, so we have to set up a sniper line in front of and behind each other. Therefore, I suggest that Commander Wang command President Qiu and the Shark Alliance Chief to head to Gui Xian Town to set up the formation first. Commander Huang Xiaogang will lead the 201 Regiment and 2021 Regiment to set up the first sniping line about 750 metres in front of the tunnel of White Horse Pass.

Principal Ouyang and Commander Yang Dahai will lead the 201 Regiment of the 2012 Regiment and the 202 Regiment of the 2022 Regiment and the first special forces unit to the tunnel at White Horse Mountain Pass to set up a third sniper line about 750 meters behind the tunnel. Zhou Tianyu explained in a single breath.

"Alright, I agree with Tianyu's suggestion. Commander Wang, Commander Huang, what do you think?" Ouyang Zhenlin replied.

"Little Tianyu is right. Let's do it!" Wang Lei naturally did not use his brain.

"I don't have any objections either. How about we inform Captain Chen, General Zhang, Martial Political Committee, and President Qiu by telex right away?" Zhou Tianyu's plan was indeed perfect, and Xiao Gang had no objections.

Half an hour later, all the troops were in position and ready. Tian Yu was just about to get Wang Lei to inform Zhang Jianjun to leave, but Liu Weiping, the White Tiger Regiment's fastest 2012 brigade leader, ran over and shouted, "Commander Wang, Chief of Staff Zhou, something bad has happened! Qiu Yongqiang and Shark's troops suddenly attacked us, and Commander Ouyang was killed by Qiu Yongqiang, and the troops were defeated."

"What?" Zhou Tianyu was stunned after hearing that.

"Dog, gather the troops and follow me." Wang Lei was anxious. He picked up his weapon and was about to take revenge.

"Commander Wang, wait." Zhou Tianyu hurriedly stopped Wang Lei when he saw this. At the same time, he was also thinking, "What should I do?" What should he do?

In the midst of the danger, he glanced at the map he just opened, accidentally spotting 5 km upstream of the river, an idea formed in his mind: "Commander Wang, right now, the enemy is stronger than me, the odds of winning are slim, and this is not the most crucial point, the key is that General Zhang Jianjun can't defend against the 100,000 zombies. "One more thing, Qiu Yongqiang will definitely not die together with us, because since they dared to do so, they must have already thought of a way out. If I'm not wrong, they would have already escaped by now."

"For now, we can continue with our previous plan. Although we don't have Qiu Yongqiang to participate in it, I still have confidence in wiping out a hundred thousand zombies, but after thinking about it again and again, I find that we have no way to go through this path, because after we painstakingly grind down one hundred thousand zombies, there is no way we can still have the energy to deal with Qiu Yongqiang and Shark who suddenly attacked us."

"So do we have a way out? My answer was: yes! The way out is right here. " At this point, Zhou Tianyu heavily tapped the map. "As you may all know, there is an abandoned Qinghe Coal Mine more than 10 years ago 5 km upstream of the Shooting River. I know this location very well because one of my uncles once dug coal in Qinghe Coal Mine. The only way out for us is to escape into the mine. "

"Commander Wang, due to the lack of time, please allow me to give the order directly." Zhou Tianyu said as he looked at Wang Lei.

"No problem, you are the advisor. Just give the order!" Wang Lei immediately agreed.

"Okay, please inform General Zhang that they will be able to last for another half an hour. After half an hour, they will leave on time." At the same time, he informed Commander Huang Xiaogang to transfer the First Regiment of the 201 Regiment to a position one kilometer upstream of the river bridge within 20 minutes to establish the first line of fire. "In addition, the Special Forces Regiment and the 1st Regiment of the 202 Regiment will establish a third sniper line in 40 minutes at a position 3 km upstream."

"Alright." Wang Lei took out Big Brother to the side and made a call.

"Commander Yang, lead 201st Regiment 3rd Regiment to the area 2 km above the bridge to establish a second sniper line within 30 minutes."

"Alright."

"Captain Liu Weiping."

"Here."

"Quickly assemble the second and second squadron of the 201st Regiment and the two special forces of the 202nd Regiment. Reach the position of the mine within 50 minutes and set up a fourth sniper line."

"Yes."

"Captain Liu Bao."

"Here."

"You will lead the remainder of the 202 Regiment to the Qinghe Coal Mine as soon as possible. You are requested to clear the Mine within 50 minutes, clear the roadblocks, and at the same time, search for as many obstacles as possible."

"Yes."

"Commander Wang, let's head to the first sniper line." After giving the order, Zhou Tianyu called Wang Lei, who had just finished making a call.