Although they had killed over 400,000 zombies, every single soldier was exhausted. If this continued on, they would not be able to hold for more than 2 days. The crux of the matter was that the battle was too intense, anyone who had to fight continuously for more than 8 hours without rest, was definitely going to feel exhausted.
When fighting against other humans, the war could take a pause and both sides would retreat to rest. Against these inhumane zombies, which only knew how to charge forward without fear of death, the soldiers did not even have the time to catch a breath, and had to maintain the defence like a robot. Under that high intensity, a lot of gun barrels were used to the point of waste, and many soldiers had swollen shoulders.
Of course, it was not without merit, after killing the 400,000-over zombies, there were some individual zombies straggling about that retreated, converging with those in SY County, this led the soldiers to breathe a little.
Su Dongming laughed coldly: “That’s right! We should retreat immediately! As for the assault from the zombies, we can let one of the teams stay behind, and cover our retreat! Since Yue Zhong’s forces are the strongest, and they had suffered the least losses, I suggest to let Yue Zhong and his men stay behind, to cover our retreat!”
After Su Dongming’s words, the rest of the 4 heads all shifted their gaze towards Yue Zhong. Yue Zhong’s crafty yet brilliant move in defending Tiger Mouth’s Gorge, in addition to the preparation and construction they had done, had indeed wore down the zombies’ fighting capabilities, and thus they had suffered almost no casualties.
Luo Tianyi looked towards Yue Zhong apologetically and said: “I too feel that Vice-Division Commander Su’s words are right. Yue Zhong’s forces are indeed the strongest. Letting him stay behind and cover our retreat, is the best option available. Yue Zhong, as long as you are willing to do so, you will become a huge hero in SY County’s eyes. All the citizens will definitely remember this.”
Yue Zhong flatly refused: “I disagree!! Covering the retreat is definitely a good idea, which I feel that the responsibility should fall on Su Dongming Commander Su and Luo Tianyi Commander Luo. The chance to be a hero, I’ll leave it to you guys.”
Su Dongming let out a cold laugh, and raised up his right hand: “Let’s vote! Then it’ll be fair. Those who are in favour of letting Yue Zhong stay behind please raise your hand!”
Luo Tianyi also raised his right hand.
Qian Weimin and Liu Huifeng seemed to hesitate a while, and raised their hands as well. Yue Zhong was an outsider after all, letting him stay behind, even if there was loss, it would be borne by Yue Zhong. It was not their problem.
Shen Hongyang pondered a while before offering some conditions: “Yue Zhong, as long as you stay behind and cover our retreat, once you’re back at SY, as long as you have the power, how many survivors you want to take you may take. Since you like women, we’ll try and find 300 pretty virgins for you as well!!”
Yue Zhong had an icy expression as he directly refused: “Not interested!! If you insist on my staying back, I’ll pull my troops back immediately!”
If Yue Zhong covered their retreat and suffered losses, without power, the military would pounce on him the first chance they got.
Luo Tianyi frowned and spoke loudly, “Yue Zhong! Why are you like that, can’t you see the big picture!! Our army is now facing a crisis, only you have your fighting power intact. Just to protect your own power, you’re not willing to stay behind. Do you really want to force all of us to our deaths?”
Yue Zhong gazed at Luo Tianyi contemptuously, and said cooly, “Since Commander Luo can see the bigger picture, why can’t you stay behind and cover the retreat?”