End of the World

"We will definitely not be able to rush back to the shelter in time. We can only take a detour to the northwest and go back from the back of the shelter!" Gong Shusen didn't know where the zombie swarm was. Going back rashly and encountering the vanguard of the zombie swarm would definitely be a dead end.

Gong Shusen reported the plan to the battalion headquarters, and the battalion commander Shi Dewen agreed after a little thought. The troops in other outposts of the third battalion basically evacuated to the shelter safely. Gong Shusen and his men were the last one and were far behind. Taking a detour was the best way, as there were not many zombies in the northwest direction.

After the Third Battalion Headquarters withdrew from the shelter, the shelter gate was officially closed and all troops were ready on the wall. After the shelter was fully prepared to resist the zombie attack, the shelter alarm was officially sounded.

“Woo~ woo~”

The shrill sound of the air raid sirens echoed throughout the entire shelter, waking the people who had fallen asleep. When they heard the sirens, everyone's sleepy brains suddenly became clear. Everyone knew that this meant zombies were about to attack the shelter.

Wu Bin and the others woke up the moment the alarm sounded. They were still a little confused. The clock on the table showed that it was only one in the morning. They had never experienced the last time the shelter was surrounded by a swarm of zombies, so they were unable to react for a while.

When everyone opened the door of the RV, they found that the tent area outside had become lively, like a vegetable market. Even a vegetable market would not open so early at this time, and it was raining. Something must have happened.

"Brother Bin, what's happening outside? It's so lively!" He Yuxin softened her eyes and looked a little listless.

"There must be an accident in the shelter!" Wu Bin didn't know what the air raid alarm meant, and guessed that zombies were attacking the shelter.

"What should we do?" Qiao Xinghua came over from the Mercedes Benz RV holding an umbrella. The humid air outside made him much more sober.

"What can we do? Just wait!" Wu Bin spread his hands. The shelter didn't tell him what to do if something happened, and there was no emergency response procedure.

At this time, bursts of rumbling sounds came from the direction of the military camp, like thunder.

"What's that sound? Is it thunder?" No wonder everyone thinks so, it's raining outside!

Wu Bin listened carefully for a while, then shook his head and said, "It's not thunder, it's more like the sound of a cannon firing!"

In an open area on a higher ground in the military camp, thirty-six Type 66 155mm towed howitzers of the two battalions were lined up in a row. Generally, in modern warfare, artillery would not appear in clusters, let alone the situation of thousands of guns firing at the same time. But there would be no problem dealing with zombies. As long as the defense line was not broken, they would not be able to pose a threat to the artillery in the rear.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The artillery roared and sent the shells accurately into the group of zombies discovered by the helicopter. The caliber of 155mm was no joke and the shells were extremely powerful. Some zombies that were close could even be torn apart by the blast.

According to the reconnaissance of the Army Aviation helicopter, the zombie group was several kilometers deep, so the artillerymen kept adjusting their coordinates and firing in depth, causing huge casualties to the zombies, and many zombies died in the artillery attack.

The bombardment lasted only fifteen minutes. The shelter had limited ammunition, and the ammunition production had not been restored so far. It was unable to support the high-intensity artillery fire, and the ammunition base left for each cannon was limited.

After the smoke from the artillery fire cleared, some zombies slowly appeared in front of the troops on the city wall. Few of them were intact. After avoiding the artillery fire, the threat they posed to the shelter was reduced to a minimum.

The original number of tens of thousands of zombies was reduced by nearly half by artillery fire. Most of the remaining zombies were injured and there were not many intact ones. The defense forces easily eliminated them.

At daybreak, the zombies had achieved nothing except leaving corpses in front of the shelter. Just when everyone thought they could breathe a sigh of relief, the Army Aviation helicopter detected another group of zombies with even more terrifying numbers. They were all zombies from nearby towns. They had been scattered originally, but gradually gathered together as the army went out to look for supplies. They were attracted to the shelter by the sound of artillery and the stench. Facts have proved that although zombies do not eat their own kind, their own blood is still attractive to them.

What's even worse is that there are signs that the zombies in the city are coming here. You should know that before the disaster, the urban population of Dongzhou City was 15 million, and the permanent foreign population was nearly 20 million, not counting the floating population. Even if only a small number of zombies from the city come here, there will be millions of them.

The military of the shelter has calculated that the weapons and ammunition they have can only eliminate more than half of the zombies in Dongzhou city under the most ideal circumstances. This does not include those that may come from other places. This is also the reason why the top leaders of the shelter have no plans to clean up the city. There are too many to clean up.

Wu Bin and his friends got up early in the morning, but they actually couldn't sleep. When they were preparing breakfast, Zhu Zhenguo suddenly came over.

"Old Zhu, come in and sit down!" Qiao Xinghua saw Zhu Zhenguo outside the door and wanted to invite him in.

"No, I still have a mission to complete. Is Captain Wu here?" Zhu Zhenguo refused. He came here specifically to find Wu Bin.

"Old Zhu, come in if you have anything to say!" Wu Bin came out and left the guests outside. What a shame.

"No, I don't have enough time." Zhu Zhenguo refused again.

"Okay, Old Zhu, just tell me what you want to say!" Wu Bin knew that Zhu Zhenguo really didn't have time so he didn't force him.

"I came here to tell you that a million zombies will besiege the shelter next!" Zhu Zhenguo said seriously.

"A million zombies? Really?" Meng Zihan exclaimed when she came out of the RV and heard Zhu Zhenguo's words.

The faces of the people present were not very good either. A swarm of millions of zombies was something that most people could not even imagine.

"Does the army have the ability to defend the shelter?" What Wu Bin cares about is whether the shelter is safe.

"Of course we have the ability, but when the war gets intense, the troops won't be able to take care of other things." Zhu Zhenguo glanced around, he believed that Wu Bin could understand.

Wu Bin nodded. Zhu Zhenguo was giving him a warning to be careful of someone taking advantage of the situation.

"I understand. Old Zhu, do you have anything else to say?" Wu Bin felt that if Zhu Zhenguo just came to tell him these things, it would be an exaggeration.

"There is indeed something else. My fallen comrade left behind a family member. According to regulations, the families of military martyrs enjoy priority policies, but it is difficult for the army to take care of such people, so I would like to ask you to take care of them for me!" Zhu Zhenguo sighed. He went to visit yesterday and the situation was not very good, so he came to ask Wu Bin and others for help. Zhu Zhenguo trusted Wu Bin and others more.

"Look at what you said. Where is the family member?" Wu Bin waved his hand and said that it was because of Zhu Zhenguo's help that people like him were able to come in without spending any cost. He was indebted to everyone.

No one else objected. Everyone treated Zhu Zhenguo as one of their own, so this request was nothing.

"I would like to thank you all on behalf of my comrades!" Seeing that no one objected, Zhu Zhenguo saluted everyone solemnly.

"Her name is An Wenwen, and she is six months pregnant!" After Zhu Zhenguo finished his greetings, he took out a photo and handed it to Wu Bin.

"Oh? And you're pregnant?" Wu Bin took the photo. There was a beautiful woman in the photo, but her age could not be told because Wu Bin didn't know how to read!

"She was conceived before the disaster. I have other tasks to do, so I'd like to trouble you all to take over the baby." Zhu Zhenguo explained and said apologetically.

"Don't worry, I'll take Sister Yun over!" Wu Bin didn't think there was anything wrong, but since she was pregnant, it would be better to let Fang Xiaoyun go over as well so that she could get checked.

After getting Wu Bin's reply, Zhu Zhenguo left with peace of mind. Wu Bin asked him which unit Chen Guangjun was assigned to. Zhu Zhenguo didn't know either, so he said he would go back and help find out, and would come back to tell everyone when he had news.

So Wu Bin took Dafeng and Fang Xiaoyun to find An Wenwen according to the tent area code given by Zhu Zhenguo.

"Are you An Wenwen?" Wu Bin asked the woman with a big belly in the photo. She didn't look like it!

The woman was sitting in the tent, her face was sallow and she looked very haggard, nothing like she looked in the photo. No wonder, the photo was taken before the end of the world. Now An Wenwen has been eating steamed buns for several months, which is not enough for an ordinary person in a day, let alone a pregnant woman like her.

"Who are you?" The woman did not answer but asked Wu Bin and the other two.

"Zhu Zhenguo asked us to come!" Wu Bin was helpless. He was caught and questioned.

When she heard that it was Zhu Zhenguo who called her, the woman stood up to greet him.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know you were asked by Old Zhu. Come in and sit down, there's nothing to ask!" An Wenwen apologized. When Zhu Zhenguo came over yesterday, he said he would find some friends to help take care of her. She didn't take it to heart. Aren't Zhu Zhenguo's friends all in the army? She didn't expect someone would really come over today.

"It's okay!" The three of them entered the tent and took a look around. It was really simple here, with basically nothing in it, but it was spotlessly clean. Nowadays, most people don't care about their image or personal hygiene.

"What is your relationship with Zhu Zhenguo?" An Wenwen knew it was not a good question to ask, but she was still curious. Wu Bin was younger than her, let alone Zhu Zhenguo.

"We are the survivors brought in by Lao Zhu. He has helped us a lot. We can be considered friends!" Wu Bin didn't want to explain too much. To be honest, he himself was not quite sure what his relationship with Zhu Zhenguo was.

"Oh, what are you doing here?" Although Zhu Zhenguo had told her, An Wenwen didn't quite believe it.

"Old Zhu asked us to take care of you, so we came here to ask you to move in with us!"

"This... I'm afraid this isn't a good idea!" An Wenwen hesitated. She was a principled person. If they were in the army, it would be fine. Her lover had sacrificed his life for the army, and the army should take care of her. But Wu Bin and the others obviously had no connection with the army, and she was afraid that she would cause trouble for them.

"It's okay, we've already promised Lao Zhu!" Wu Bin could see that An Wenwen really wanted someone to take care of her. It was not easy for her to do anything with a big belly.

"How many weeks are you pregnant?" Fang Xiaoyun stepped forward. She saw that An Wenwen seemed to be still energetic, but she was actually very weak, especially the baby in her belly. If she continued like this, the baby might die in her womb due to lack of nutrition.