The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse-Chapter 598 - 492 The Battle Begins
Chapter 598: Chapter 492, The Battle Begins
Chapter 598: Chapter 492, The Battle Begins
Wu Heng stood to one side, his eyebrows furrowing as well.
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From the central command, there was an encouragement to occupy and make use of the original materials.
By coming here, they resembled the nearby Mountain Overlord, demanding a share of the territory we had taken.
Qi Hancai looked at Wu Heng and continued, “You want a slice of the benefits for free? Fine, but let’s trade for them. I think that armored vehicle of yours is pretty good.”
A sneer came from the other side, “Am I discussing a trade with you? The resources of the entire provincial capital need to be unified in deployment. It is for better restoration and construction. You acting on your own has already disrupted our original plans.”
Qi Hancai didn’t want to waste words, “Go back, you won’t gain anything here. Go bully some small shelters instead.”
After all, Qi Hancai was the one whom Wu Heng entrusted with managing two cities.
He certainly wouldn’t hand over supplies just because of a few intimidating words.
If that were the case, then the trade stations in the other cities could no longer operate, as every day someone would threaten to seize food.
There was suddenly a heavy silence from the other side.
A few machine cannons slightly raised their barrels.
Through the walkie-talkie, filled with a menacing tone, a voice rose again, “Leader Qi, times have changed. Your Skeletons, armed with cold weapons, can deal with zombies, but can they fight armored vehicles? Don’t joke with your own life.”
By now, the threat in his tone was quite clear.
Qi Hancai leaned closer to Wu Heng’s position, feeling much safer, and then continued to press the walkie-talkie, “Guess what, do your Deputy Commander Liu and Deputy Commander Huang dare to speak to us in this way? We have fought our way here from Xinfu City; think about whether you could win against us.”
The other side seemed to have underestimated their strength.
Attributing their combat ability to Skeletons armed with cold weapons.
But upon reflection, it was unlikely they truly looked down on them; otherwise, with the boastful and overbearing way they spoke,
An ordinary small force would probably already have let the armored vehicles smash through.
There was a level of wariness in their hearts, thus they attempted to make them yield the factory willingly through words,
And share it with them.
The walkie-talkie burst to life once more, “You have five minutes to discuss. If a fight breaks out, our reinforcements will arrive quicker than those from Xinfu City.”
After that, there was silence from the walkie-talkie.
Qi Hancai then looked towards Wu Heng, “What should we do? It seems they won’t give up easily.”
Wu Heng pondered and then said, “Hand me the walkie-talkie, and you go to the back. If a fight really breaks out, make sure there are no issues there.”
“And you? Modern weapons have a very long range.”
Wu Heng smiled, “I’m not stupid enough to stand outside. I’ll hide when the time comes, don’t worry, they can’t do anything to us.”
Hearing him say this made Qi Hancai feel a bit more at ease.
He nodded, handed over the walkie-talkie, and walked towards the back.
Wu Heng also quickly moved to a safe position to avoid being caught in the crossfire if the battle truly commenced.
From the high floors of a building, one could see the positions of both sides.
At that moment, Xiao Xiao appeared beside him and said, “Uncle, I smashed two planes to pieces.”
Wu Heng had also seen the drones being shot down.
For taking down individual drones, Ghost was quite effective.
In the future, if any missiles were incoming, making Ghost detonate them in mid-air might also work.
“Awesome!”
Glenda also emerged from another side, “They don’t have many people on their side.”
“This kind of battle isn’t about the number of people.”
“I know. Your four armored vehicles took out hundreds from the Pirate Group,” said Glenda.
Wu Heng replied, “Mhm, the lethality is significant. Later, go and take out the people inside those armored vehicles.”
Glenda nodded.
“What about me?” asked Xiao Xiao.
“Xiao Xiao, you protect me. I’ll be counting on you if there’s danger,” Wu Heng responded.
A smile instantly spread across Xiao Xiao’s face, “Okay.”
Seeing that no new orders were given, Glenda vanished once more, quickly flying towards the distant vehicles, and slipping into an armored vehicle.
…
In the aid team’s armored vehicle.
“Captain, the five minutes are up and there’s no message from them?” someone said.
The crew-cut team leader flicked his cigarette butt out the window crack and picked up the walkie-talkie, saying, “Wait for my command, be ready for battle, prioritize taking out their armor… armor, arm…”.
Suddenly, the crew-cut team leader’s voice stopped.
The others looked over, puzzled.
They saw the leader’s mouth wide open, his face red from straining, his eyes filled with terror.
His neck twisted grotesquely to one side, making a crunching noise.
“Captain, what’s wrong with you?”
“Captain?”
Crack~!
Amidst the bewildered inquiries from his teammates, the captain’s neck turned 180 degrees to the back, coming face to face with the team member behind him.
Everyone’s eyes widened at the same time.
They had never expected their team leader to die in such a bizarre manner.
“The enemy killed the captain,” someone from the back row shouted.
Then, his body suddenly seized up.
He pulled out his handgun from his waist, switched off the safety, and with a bang, shot the driver in the pilot seat, then turned the gun on himself, placing it under his chin.
“No, don’t!”
Bang~!
The gunshot rang out, and the last man fell into a pool of blood.
The sound of gunfire passed through the open window out into the open and also attracted the attention of others.
Over the vehicle’s radio came a voice of inquiry, “Captain, what’s happening inside your vehicle?”
“Armored vehicle three, respond if you receive this!”
“I’m Deputy Captain Wei Gui, taking over command of the squad’s actions, all units fire towards the target.”
Successive voices came from the walkie-talkie.
Bang bang bang~!
Three armored vehicles spat flames back and forth, firing toward the front.
In the blink of an eye, the courtyard’s gate instantly shattered, walls exploded one after another, and pieces tumbled down.
Meanwhile, Glenda quickly crawled into the next armored vehicle, where gunfire erupted inside.
The machine cannon ceased fire.
Then the third vehicle, and the fourth.
Within less than a minute of the machine cannon firing, the four armored vehicles ceased shooting one after another.
They fell into a state of stagnation.
And in the opposite gloom of dust,
Dense figures wielding battle axes gradually came into focus.
The machine gun pickup and the people on the truck watched the shapes emerging from the smoke, those that seemed to walk straight out of hell, and involuntarily swallowed their saliva.
“Damn it, why are there so many?”
“Weren’t we told there weren’t many? There seem to be more than zombies.”
Someone picked up the walkie-talkie and asked, “Captain, Deputy Captain, please respond if you hear this.”
“Why have the armored vehicles stopped attacking, should we continue the assault?”
“Please instruct the armored vehicles to keep firing.”
The convoy began calling out, but no one responded.
Tramp tramp tramp~!
At that moment, a dense, noisy sound of footsteps arose.
Groups of skeletons burst out of the smoke, filling the field of vision, and charged fiercely.
The remaining people in the convoy’s faces went pale.
The skeletons in front of them were several times the number they’d been informed about at the rest area, and they were still charging out non-stop.
“Fire, fire now!” the people yelled.
The machine guns swiveled, while those on the trucks grabbed their rifles.
Bullets madly strafed downwards.
