SY’s army had been attacking their way towards SY County, and a large number of the zombies along the way had been killed by them. Yue Zhong’s forces thus had a relatively relaxed time.
After 2 days, Yue Zhong’s forces had come to a clearing that was about 10 kilometresa away from SY County.
The entire 8,000-strong army was segregated into 6 parts, the mutual trust between each party was not strong. Especially since the relationship between Yue Zhong and Su Dongming was like water and fire. The 8,000 strong army split into 6 different paths as they went on to clash with the zombies.
While both Yue Zhong and the military of SY were on guard against one another, they were also using one another. The zombies were the enemies of humanity, not only were they SY’s problem, they were Yue Zhong’s problem as well. The moment SY County fell to these zombies, they would target Yue Zhong next.
Yue Zhong led his troops and they came to a stop at Tiger’s Mouth Gorge.
Tiger’s Mouth Gorge was a channel that led to SY County, it had 2 hills that were a few tens of metres high on either side. The space of the valley in between only allowed for a maximum of 2 huge tracks to pass through. It was easy to defend and tough to attack, and was the perfect place to set up defence.
The moment they arrived at Tiger’s Mouth Gorge, Yue Zhong commanded the 1st and 2nd Battalion to commence work on some construction. A few steel barbed wires were laid out, while some steel strips, wooden fences, barricades and a huge pit soon appeared in the gorge itself.
The 2 small hills on either side were then occupied by some of Yue Zhong’s troops, in case the zombies made use of them to break past this line of defence.
After bringing the troops to Tiger’s Mouth Den, he handed over command to Xu Zhengang. Xu Zhengang was an outstanding officer, and had experienced many battles against both zombies and Mutant Beasts. Commanding a battle of defence was not an issue.
Yue Zhong himself went to the command centre, the 5 heads of the military were currently within giving commands as well.
There were many drones activated in the skies, with positions as the commanders of the military, the heads only had to give out orders from within the safe confinements of the command centre, while the battle would be fought by the subordinates.
Yue Zhong also obtained a few command vehicles and drones, however, he did not have the technical know-how to train up UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) personnel, therefore, he could only watch as the equipment collected dust within the armory.
Su Dongming saw Yue Zhong walking over, as he coldly snorted, before turning his head and not looking in his direction.
Yue Zhong possessed a military might that was way stronger than Su Dongming, and thus he could only resort to such petty means to display his unhappiness. As for picking a fight with Yue Zhong, Su Dongming was not that stupid.
Shen Hongyang saw Yue Zhong entering and laughed: “Yue Zhong, you’re here! Are your preparations done?”
This time, Yue Zhong had deployed more men than Shen Hongyang had expected, and thus he had a more favourable impression of him.
Yue Zhong laughed, “My side’s done! I can deploy them anytime!”
Shen Hongyang casted a meaningful look to Yue Zhong, “Let’s set off then!”
“Begin the assault!”
The 6 heads gave the command within the command centre, and their subordinates set off and began their ferocious assault on the zombie horde.
Various self-propelled rocket launchers spat out fire in a frenzy, as the rockets landed in the densely packed horde of zombies, blasting several patches of zombies into smithereens.
Regardless of the strong L1, or L2 which had high defence, or even the speedy S2s, any zombie that got caught in the blast zone of the rocket, would immediately be rendered into pieces.