Bang! Bang! 2 of the soldiers who had retreated the fastest were instantly shot to death.
Yue Zhong was holding a gun in his left hand and the Dark Magic Sword in his right, as he stared at them and shouted out fiercely,
“I will kill whoever dares to flee without my orders!”
Yue Zhong pointed to Zhuo Yatong, who was already drenched in pigs’ blood yet still constantly slaughtering the Mutant Pigs. He roared at the soldiers,
“Even this lady is still fighting, yet you damn wusses still want to run?! Are you guys not even comparable to a woman?!”
Hearing Yue Zhong’s rebuke, the soldiers of the First Company all glanced at Zhuo Yatong, who was bravely fighting a battle full of bloodshed, and a hint of shame flashed past their eyes. At the same time, under the death threats from Yue Zhong, they already had no other choice: rather than being killed like dogs at the hands of Yue Zhong, they would much prefer to go down with a fight. Those 10 remaining soldiers of the First Company immediately turned towards the Mutant Pigs one by one, their eyes all crimson, before rushing towards the pigs with their blades in hand.
“Iron Bones, go provide assistance!” Yue Zhong called out a order to White Bones.
Upon receiving those orders, White Bones stopped helping Tong Xiaoyun and the other soldiers of the First Company rise in level- instead, it held its great big axe and took the lead to rush towards the 4th channel (corpse road ‘constructed’ by the pigs).
White Bones’ battle ability was extremely shocking. As it waved its huge axe around, it became like a horrifying meat cleaver as it ground and chopped up those Mutant Pigs that stood in its way. Under its lead, the warriors of the First Company also rushed out with valor; despite paying the price of 3 injured men and 1 fallen comrade, under the support of the firing squad behind them, the group managed to wrestle back the channel using force.
As the heavily injured warriors were carried away, the other 1st Company warriors who had undergone enhancements would step up and take over, maintaining the frontline defense against the Mutant Pigs. At every moment, there would be several warriors who were slammed onto the ground, resulting in severe wounds and perhaps even death. Nevertheless, there was still no sign of Yue Zhong’s side receiving a heavy blow yet.
Not long after winning back the 4th channel, Yue Zhong saw that the Mutant Pigs were now using their dead comrades’ carcasses to ‘construct’ a 5th and 6th channel against the fence. He knew that they wouldn’t be able to protect the city gates for much longer.
Clear Wind Camp was different from Yue Zhong’s Qing Yuan County. Here, there was no steel industry, and so not even a blade could be manufactured. The sharpest weapons currently in use were the 16 Replica Tang Swords, which Yue Zhong had pulled out from his own storage ring. The other people used all sorts of ‘weapons’, but for them to hope for a swift victory over a single Mutant Pig was incredibly difficult.
As soon as the 5th and 6th channels were set up, the podium would become a very perilous place for the soldiers to fight on.
Yue Zhong swiftly ordered,
“The reserve squadrons, immediately evacuate from here and retreat to the east of the department store.”
Hearing the order to retreat, all the men in the reserve squadrons heaved a sigh of relief as they withdrew. Under Yue Zhong’s strict guidance, these reserve soldiers had all learnt how to comply with orders, resulting in no chaos. Of course, they were only able to retreat orderly because they had not met with any enemies yet- otherwise, if they were being pursued by the enemy, they would definitely fall apart into disorder.
“Second Company, fall back to the east of the department store and defend there!”
Receiving Yue Zhong’s orders, those soldiers also heaved a sigh of relief.
Xiong Zheng glanced at Yue Zhong before summoning his vice-captain; after passing on some orders, he let his second-in-command lead the Second Company away to retreat. He himself then walked up to Yue Zhong’s side.
Yue Zhong furrowed his brows as he asked with some surprise, ”Why haven’t you retreated yet?”
Xiong Zheng grinned at Yue Zhong as he drew his own Replica Tang Sword, decapitating an incoming Mutant Pig in one strike: