The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse
Chapter 208 - 205 Weakness

Chapter 208: Chapter 205 Weakness

Looking at the current situation, it seemed very hopeful to defend the Guisui Shelter. Of course, this was under the premise that the Serpent People had not yet taken personal action.

Zhao Qiang hesitated for a moment but quickly made a decision.

"Head for the caves, quickly!"

After speaking to Gao Yuan, Zhao Qiang urged in a loud voice, "Don’t interfere with the comrades from Guisui Institution No.1 fighting, let’s hurry there."

Typically, Xinghe listened to Gao Yuan, and Gao Yuan listened to Zhao Qiang, but now, Gao Yuan felt a strong uneasiness in his heart.

"I won’t go!"

Gao Yuan, unwilling to speak any ill-omened words, grabbed Zhao Qiang’s arm and said in a low voice, "I feel we can’t go."

After speaking, Gao Yuan told Yu Shunzhou and the others behind him, "You all... stay close to me."

The two aircraft of the Serpent People were already hovering in the air, and soon, the third ship finally arrived above the camp.

Accompanied by the sound of exploding shells, the outskirts of Guisui Institution No.1’s camp had turned into a sea of fire.

There were not only high-explosive bombs but also a large number of incendiary shells, which had effects beyond just killing; they were also an effective barrier.

Under no circumstances could zombies and Armored Beasts be allowed to mix.

Gao Yuan once again felt a moment of appreciation, aware that this wasn’t his first time doing so, but he truly admired the tactical advantage brought by the terrain, as well as its impact on combat methods.

If the Serpent People had no other tricks up their sleeves, then Guisui Institution No.1 had already won this battle.

Guisui Institution No.1 could concentrate all its firepower within a narrow valley. The density of firepower provided by an equal number of artillerymen could be dozens of times higher than that of Shimen Shelter No.2, and they could also launch a large number of incendiary shells to form a continuous line of fire.

Shimen Shelter No.2 simply couldn’t do that because scattered spots of fire were not as effective as using high-explosive bombs to kill a few more zombies.

Liu Muyang was responsible for leading the Expeditionary Army, but the safety measures for Gao Yuan and Xinghe were to be judged by Zhao Qiang’s ultimate decision. So now, if Zhao Qiang kept silent, Liu Muyang could only offer suggestions.

But Liu Muyang did not make any suggestions, trusting in Zhao Qiang’s expertise. Since Zhao Qiang had instructed Gao Yuan and Xinghe to follow the command of Guisui Institution No.1, they should do just that.

Liu Muyang had no intention of returning to his Expeditionary Army column to command because communications were disrupted, and there was no pre-arranged signal between him and the defenders of Guisui Institution No.1. Therefore, he needed to stay here, commanding the Expeditionary Army in coordination with the Guisui defending army through runners.

"Is there a radio signal?"

"No!"

Liu Muyang appeared somewhat tense, staring at the ships in the sky.

The ships finally began to move. Perhaps the Serpent People realized zombies were ineffective, so they decided to step in themselves.

The three ships suddenly dropped down, without surprise landing less than several dozen meters above the camp.

There were no anti-aircraft guns firing; that would be wastage of ammunition.

For the first time, Gao Yuan saw up close, truly, the appearance of the Serpent People’s small ships.

The black surface, devoid of windows, and absent of any patterns, he saw the Serpent People’s aircraft this close, and yet there was nothing special about it.

The hatch opened, and one after another, dots fell straight from the sky.

"Something’s not right!"

With just one glance, Gao Yuan started shouting.

Gao Yuan, pointing at the Serpent People’s ships, exclaimed, "Those aren’t Armored Beasts!"

Out of the three ships, two of them dropped the familiar Armored Beasts, whose size was greater than that of elephants and thus very conspicuous, but from one ship, what fell was something much smaller, severely out of proportion with the size of the Armored Beasts.

Liu Muyang and the chief commander of Guisui both raised their binoculars; Gao Yuan didn’t take a pair for himself, instead, he looked directly at Xinghe.

"What is it?"

Xinghe’s face remained tense. She wasn’t fearless, and facing the Serpent People’s attack directly again, now without the protection of the Mecha, naturally made her feel afraid.

"I don’t know."

Gao Yuan didn’t ask again, he simply stretched out his arms and pulled out the long knife Steel Mace from behind him.

The Armored Beasts landed, and the chief commander roared, "Fire! Fire!"

The sound of the anti-aircraft guns firing intensively was not a booming sound, instead, it was a continuous series of pops.

Lines of red fire poured down from both sides of the mountains; the first Armored Beast to land barely moved before it was shot dead on the ground.

The firepower was too concentrated; a focussed allocation of firepower concentrated on a single point proved too much for even the hard shells of the Armored Beasts. Most of the shells were deflected, but even if just a few at just the right angles hit directly, the Armored Beasts were as good as dead.

All the Armored Beasts landed and quickly dispersed to attack, but those personnel near the Armored Beasts, even if they were right beside them, absolutely did not open fire.

This was the experience that Gao Yuan had gone through, which he had then summed up.

The scene of Zhang Zhe’s sacrifice was deeply ingrained in Gao Yuan’s memory. The fact that the Armored Beast had skimmed by him to directly attack the firing Zhang Zhe left an even more profound impression on him.

Back at Shimen Shelter No.2, shooting wasn’t about killing the Armored Beasts; it was just to attract the Armored Beasts’ attention.

But now, here, the soldiers didn’t need to sacrifice themselves to buy time, so there was no need to fire at the Armored Beasts.

The Armored Beasts stood still on the ground, and after a short period of turmoil, each burst toward the mountains on both sides.

Gao Yuan gripped his knife mace even tighter, while Zhao Qiang and Li Yang, along with the other two, silently walked from behind to stand in front of Gao Yuan.

"Remember! Once we lose hold, don’t bother with anything else, just run!"

Zhao Qiang said softly, watching as an Armored Beast approached closer and closer.

The Armored Beast couldn’t charge to the front as it fell under the concentrated fire of at least four or five flat-trajectory anti-aircraft guns.

Gao Yuan took a deep breath.

But at this moment, the Serpent People’s attack methods finally saw some results.

Those much smaller monsters began indiscriminate attacks on any humans they saw.

Finally, guns started firing, because those much smaller monsters were causing a large number of casualties and deaths.

Bullets hit the bodies of small monsters, but were ineffective. Rocket propelled grenades were fired reluctantly, with rocket launchers that hadn’t been used on Armored Beasts being shot out like they were free, but to no avail.

It wasn’t that the small monsters could withstand the attack of the rockets, but their speed was too fast.

Like cheetahs chasing gazelles, they moved at incredible speed, darting left and suddenly bursting forward, making the power of the anti-aircraft guns and rocket launchers more than adequate, yet unable to aim in time.

"The machine guns! Use the machine guns!"

Liu Muyang was jumping with urgency, screaming for people to use the machine guns, but his voice had long been drowned out by the sound of gunfire and artillery.

Machine guns had already opened fire, it’s just that they were useless.

There were a total of thirty Armored Beasts, and now only five were still active. They would eventually fall to the concentrated fire of the anti-aircraft guns; it was only a matter of time, and it wouldn’t be long.

But those smaller monsters, numbering at least fifty or sixty, thus far not one had been eliminated.

"Are these turtle shells really that hard?"

Liu Muyang was nearly going insane, while the commanding officer shouted hoarsely, "Armored vehicles, go crush those little creatures!"

When Liu Muyang referred to the small monsters as turtle shells, he was actually quite accurate in his description. Looking at them, those small monsters did indeed resemble turtles or tortoises in shape, being low to the ground with a thick shell and pointy heads, but their speed was many times faster than that of turtles on Earth.

New species, new monsters, how were they to fight this?

Watching a monster charge into the ranks of the Expeditionary Army, causing chaos where it went, the soldiers of the Expeditionary Army fired at the creature but still could not stop it. Gao Yuan’s eyes turned red.

Finally, Gao Yuan charged out.

Zhao Qiang had been watching Gao Yuan closely. When he felt Gao Yuan was about to move, he reached out to grab Gao Yuan’s arm, but as he turned his body, he almost stumbled.

As for Gao Yuan, of course, he charged straight down.

"Don’t you—"

Zhao Qiang shouted again, but Yu Shunzhou and Nie Erlong still charged down, yelling, and as for Song Qian, he didn’t speak, but also charged forward.

Gao Yuan ran at full speed towards the monster closest to him.

The monster had already rushed into the crowd, which scattered, firing weapons, but the monster still managed to approach each person, and whether it ran into them or bit them, blood was sure to splatter.

"Cease fire!"

Gao Yuan certainly didn’t want to be accidentally hit by friendly fire, he shouted loudly, and then squeezed past his comrades to face the monster.

Just about a meter tall, it indeed looked quite similar to a giant tortoise, of course, that was just a general impression; there weren’t any specific similarities.

Gao Yuan swung his mace at the monster’s head.

The monster’s head actually retracted into its shell, and then Gao Yuan’s steel mace came crashing down onto the monster’s shell.

With a loud clang, Gao Yuan’s arm went numb from the shock, but the monster also thudded to the ground.

A small piece of the monster’s shell had been broken off, about the size of an egg, but after lying down, the monster stretched out its head and lay motionless.

Just one strike, and it was a success.

"Watch out!"

Someone behind shouted, Gao Yuan turned and saw a monster rushing towards him from the side.

With incredible speed, Gao Yuan dodged to the side while laying down his long knife on the ground. The rapidly charging monster ran its legs right onto Gao Yuan’s long knife.

The monster’s legs were severed, and using its remaining two legs, it skidded in an arc before finally stopping on the ground.

Gao Yuan immediately ran over. He didn’t use his mace to smash down, but instead put his foot under the monster and gave it a shove.

The monster wasn’t large, but it was much heavier than he expected.

After flipping the monster over with his foot, Gao Yuan still didn’t plunge his knife or smash down but shouted instead, "Shoot! Try shooting!"

A soldier ran over and fired a burst of bullets into the monster’s belly at close range, and soon the creature stopped struggling.

Then Gao Yuan immediately started shouting.

"The belly, the monster’s weak point is beneath the belly!"

With a weak point identified, things became easier. Gao Yuan glanced around and immediately charged towards the next monster, while the soldiers behind him began to shout together, "The weak point of the monsters is on their belly. Try hand grenades!"