Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

On the opposite bank of Qingyuan Mountain, where Jing Ge and his group were located, lay more than ten kilometers away.

A train is traveling from north to south.

Clang, clang, clang~
The train sped along the tracks.

This train was loaded with oil and steel, as well as thousands of rail construction workers returning from the Northwest.

They were all workers transferred from the headquarters base, who had been working outside for a year on the four railway tracks for the Great Camphor Tree faction. Now, they could finally return to the headquarters base and reunite with their families.

When I left home, the earth was cracked and covered with withered, yellow grass.

Now, they are returning home on the railway tracks they built with their own hands.

But it was all foggy outside, and you couldn't see anything through the window.

Inside the passenger compartment, the workers were in high spirits, chatting and unable to sleep, thinking about seeing their families when they returned to the headquarters.

"I didn't expect to stay in the oil city for three days. What time is it now?"

"It'll be 6:30 PM, so I estimate we should be able to arrive by midnight."

"It's so late. By the time we get there, my wife will probably be asleep. Why doesn't this train leave earlier?"

"I don't know the specifics, but it's said that the train encountered a horde of zombies on its way north and had to be repaired."

"I haven't been back for a year, Lao Sun. Your wife is so beautiful, I'm afraid she'll run off with someone else."

"Get lost! Your wife ran off with someone else."

"Ha ha ha ha."

A burst of laughter erupted.

Suddenly, the carriage shook.

Knock, knock, knock~
They weren't surprised to hear such sounds; after all, they had gotten used to it along the way.

The sound was caused by the triangular cone-shaped guard plate of the train locomotive hitting a zombie, and the zombie's body being rolled under the train by the wheels and crushed.

When they traveled from the Northwest to the oil city, they encountered almost no such situation.

However, since entering Jiangxi Province, a place shrouded in sea fog, we have frequently encountered such situations.

This train travels at an average speed of 85 kilometers per hour and weighs 20,000 tons. The impact generated by this speed and weight is something that zombies cannot withstand.

Because of its high speed, the train is basically safe as long as it doesn't encounter a large horde of zombies.

However, occasionally one or two King Kong zombies will jump onto the train at supersonic speed.

The King Kong zombie pounded on the train's exterior armor, producing a dull thud.

dong dong dong~
The train's exterior is reinforced with armor several centimeters thicker, covering the entire train, which is one of the reasons why this train can reach a weight of 20,000 tons.

The King Kong zombie cannot break through the armor, but it will be thrown off by the train's vibrations.

The train did not fire a single shot along the way, and the weapons carriages that were originally prepared were only used when entering and leaving the base.

Inside carriage 90.

Shan Zimo wiped the fog off the glass. The entire train had its heating on, and because the outside temperature was low while the inside temperature was high, a layer of fog formed on the bulletproof glass.

Even after wiping the fog off the glass, he still couldn't see clearly what was happening outside.

"Shan Gong, how did you and your sister-in-law meet?" Wei Cheng asked, cracking open a handful of sunflower seeds.

Shan Zimo turned his gaze from the glass to Wei Cheng and Lü Song across from him, both of whom looked like they were watching a melon seed.

"How did we meet? Why should I tell you?" Shan Ziming grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds from the table, glared at the two of them, and said, "I bought all the sunflower seeds in Oil City, and you two ate them all!"

"Hehehe, who told our Brother Shan to be so generous? Tell me, tell me, I want to hear it," Lü Song said with a smile.

Shan Zimo cracked open two sunflower seeds, and his eyes softened as he thought of his wife and daughter far away at the headquarters.

"I met her at the library. I bumped into her while I was borrowing books, and when I helped her pick them up, I saw her face. I swear, I was instantly smitten."

Shan Zimo's expression, so absorbed in the scene, made Wei Cheng and Lü Song burst into laughter.

"Later, we got married and had children as usual, but the following year was the end of the world. My daughter was only one year old at the time. During our escape, we were almost discovered by zombies several times."

A previous team dismissed us because they thought we were a burden.

Upon hearing this, the two men stopped smiling.

They could imagine how difficult it must have been for Shan Zimo at that time, to survive in the early days of the apocalypse with his wife and one-year-old daughter.

“During the most difficult time, we hid inside a cement pipe factory. There were some large grouting equipment inside, and we hid there. This kind of sealed grouting equipment was quite soundproof. She was responsible for taking care of the children, and I was responsible for collecting supplies outside.”

“There was hardly anything to eat back then. Duoduo almost starved to death. If my wife hadn’t known about plants and found a lot of wild edible plants in the mountains, the three of us would have starved to death that year.”

"We simply left the city and stayed in Qiyun Mountain for several years. The mountain was difficult to traverse, and there were very few zombies. We planted crops and cultivated fields on the mountain, and lived a peaceful life for a few years."

"Later, the drought was so severe that all our crops withered and died. We were forced to come down the mountain, and just then we saw an advertisement for the Big Camphor Tree, so we came to the Big Camphor Tree."

After hearing about Shan Zimo's past, Wei Cheng, who had been laughing and joking, suddenly fell silent.

"Brother Shan, I actually envy you a lot."

Lu Song knew about Wei Cheng's past, so after hearing his words, he sighed softly.

Shan Zimo looked at Wei Cheng and said, "Tell me about yourself."

Wei Cheng looked at the window, which was fogging up again, and said with sadness in his eyes:

"I wasn't as lucky as you, Brother Shan. My child died right when the apocalypse started."

Their previous busy work schedules left them with no time to get to know each other or their past.

Now that the railway construction is complete, they have returned in glory after completing their mission and have had plenty of time to get to know each other.

The train stops on average every 100 kilometers during its journey.

The supplies on the train were distributed to the personnel remaining at the station.

The staff stationed there rely on trains for their daily electricity.

The fully charged solid-state batteries, stored at the base, were transported by train to their outposts for use.

Generally speaking, three solid-state batteries are enough for on-site personnel to use normally for a month.

Time flies, and before we knew it, it was 11:30 p.m.

They have entered the territory of Ganzhou City, and in another half hour they will arrive at the headquarters base in Dazhangshu.

The passengers in the carriage all got up to pack their luggage in advance, as they couldn't wait to go home.

Eastern part of the headquarters base in Dazhangshu.

Inside Fortress No. 11.

Tang Ji lit a cigarette to dispel the haze in his heart.

After three consecutive days of fighting, he finally understood why the previous captain of the militia brigade stationed here was so exhausted.

He was originally Tiger's bodyguard, and he protected Tiger until Tiger passed away.

Later, Li Yu appreciated his loyalty and ability, so he arranged for him to join the militia brigade.

Within the militia brigade, he leveled up extremely quickly thanks to his formidable combat prowess.

In the latest large-scale promotion, he was also promoted to captain of the 43rd Detachment of the People's Armed Forces.

"Four more days. Just four more days, and we'll be able to get down from the fortress," he murmured.

Tread-tap-

There was a sound of rapid footsteps.

"Captain, the reconnaissance team has spotted a giant zombie that's heading this way."

"Based on sonar detection and the outline, it is very likely the SS-class giant squid zombie described in the zombie handbook!"

"What?" Tang Ji stubbed out his cigarette and stood up abruptly.

He rushed over to the reconnaissance team and stared at the images on the sonar imaging screen.

When the investigation team leader saw him approaching, he quickly pointed to the image on the screen and said:

"This is very likely a giant squid, with a body that is thirty meters tall and tentacles that are over a hundred meters long. This is much larger than the giant squid zombie described in our manual!"

Gudong!

Tang Ji swallowed hard and asked:

How far is it from here?

"Less than ten kilometers, they should be here in about ten minutes," the reconnaissance team leader replied. Tang Ji suddenly turned to the communications officer behind him and roared:

"Report it to headquarters immediately."

"Furthermore, immediately contact fortresses number 10 and 12 and instruct them to stop this giant squid zombie at all costs and absolutely prevent it from entering the vicinity of the Great Camphor Tree headquarters base's perimeter wall!"

He had watched videos of the judges battling the giant squid zombie.

Giant squid have many unique characteristics. Their eyes are bigger than basketballs, they have three hearts, and their tentacles have suckers that allow them to firmly attach to objects.

The giant squid is even larger. In the video, he even saw a giant squid easily climb onto a building, and with its huge size, it even collapsed the steel plate on the building.

The giant squid they encountered was even larger than the zombie giant squid seen in the video.

If this giant squid gets close to the outer city wall, it could very well climb over the wall, which is tens of meters high.

Tang Ji couldn't even imagine this scene.

He rushed to the command room and quickly contacted the artillery units of the three city fortresses to prepare.

Once he receives a reply from headquarters, he will bombard the giant squid zombie as quickly as possible!

Headquarters base.

Command Hall.

Neither Chairman Li Hongda nor Li Yu are here.

Upon receiving the message, Liu Jianwen, the deputy minister of the military department on duty, immediately issued an order.

"Eliminate this zombie king squid as quickly as possible!"

"Pass the order: have all reconnaissance teams in the city fortresses conduct a full-scale search to see if there are any more Zombie King Squid in the vicinity!"

"Yes!" Upon receiving the order, the messenger immediately notified the officials in charge of the city fortress.

Although this zombie squid has extremely high research value, he cannot gamble with the security of the headquarters.

If we can take down this zombie king squid from a distance, we will definitely not let it get close.

At this point, the role of the city's fortresses becomes fully apparent.

Located ten kilometers from the headquarters, the fortress serves as an outpost in extreme weather conditions like sea fog. It not only detects approaching zombies in advance but also expands the strategic buffer zone for the headquarters.

Further protect the security of the headquarters base.

Fortress No. 11.

"Captain, the Zombie King Squid is only 8 kilometers away from us," the reconnaissance team reminded us.

The giant squid zombie on the screen was incredibly oppressive to them; it was a zombie that was as tall as a dozen buildings!

Tread-tap-

The dedicated communications officer ran over, "Captain, Minister Liu said to directly bombard that zombie king squid from a distance!"

"And monitor whether there are any other giant squid zombies!"

"Once discovered, eliminate them all!"

"it is good!"

Tang Ji's expression turned serious. He personally went to the command room and used the communicator to contact his subordinates:
"On my command, artillery units at fortresses 10, 11, and 12, launch a concentrated bombardment of that zombie squid eight kilometers to the east!"

"Roger that!"

"Roger that!"

"Roger that!"

Immediately, the artillery units of the second combat platforms of the three city fortresses began to calibrate their positions.

"Target area identified."

"Calibration complete."

"emission!"

Boom boom boom boom boom boom~
next second.

Illuminated by tracer rounds, a series of shells soared into the sky, piercing through the torrential rain and the sea fog high in the air.

It flew towards the direction of the Zombie King Squid.

Boom~
Boom~
Boom~
Hundreds of mortar shells landed in the area where the Zombie King Squid was located.

The shells landed with a deafening thud.

Tang Ji breathed a sigh of relief. No matter how strong the Zombie King Squid is, it can't withstand the bombardment of heavy firepower.

Unexpectedly.

A terrified voice came from the investigation team:
"Captain, that zombie squid isn't dead. The sonar detector shows that it's still approaching, and it's even moving faster."

"They're only six kilometers away from us!"

"What!?" Tang Ji was completely bewildered. He quickly asked the artillery team:
"Did you bomb the wrong spot? Why is the Zombie King Squid still there?!"

The artillery was also confused; they were bombing based on the positions given by the reconnaissance team.

"It should be correct. We followed the locations provided by the reconnaissance team."

Donji didn't care about anything else and immediately ran to the observation point at the top.

The giant zombie squid was only six kilometers away from them. In the heavy rain, they should be able to get a general idea of ​​it using binoculars.

He picked up his binoculars and, sure enough, saw a gigantic figure in the east, running at an extremely fast speed between numbers 11 and 12.

The direction this zombie squid was heading was the headquarters base.

He used the communicator to immediately make the arrangements:

"Artillery, bombard again, a saturation bombardment! This time, make sure the bombs hit their mark!"

"Roger that!"

The artillery unit immediately recalibrated its altitude and angle, and reloaded.

Ten seconds later.

dong dong dong~
Streaks of fire appeared on the horizon again.

Tang Ji stared intently at the giant squid through his binoculars.

He was only slightly relieved when he saw the shell land on the figure with his own eyes.

This time, let's see if you'll live or die!

Smoke filled the air.

Amidst the smoke and fire, he saw through his binoculars that the giant squid was still moving.

And it's getting closer and closer.

They were moving toward them at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Big!
It's enormous!

When they were only four kilometers away, he saw the main body of the zombie squid.

hiss!
Through the binoculars, the giant zombie squid was seen writhing and waving its tentacles, some of which appeared to have been severed by the recent artillery shell.

Why can't the mortars kill them?!
He can't figure it out, he doesn't understand it at all!

But time did not allow him to think it over carefully.

"Close-in weapon system! Close-in weapon system, fire over there! Use brand new tungsten carbide ammunition!" he shouted, picking up the communicator.

At such close range, close-in weapon systems can easily reach them from three or four kilometers away.

"Yes!" Upon receiving the message, the close-in weapon system operator at the top of the city fortress immediately adjusted the parameters of the close-in weapon system, preparing to fire rapidly at the Zombie King Squid!

Close-in weapon systems (CIWS) use 30mm bullets, which are generally standard ammunition.

But this time they used 30mm tungsten carbide alloy bullets, which have extremely high penetrating power and can completely penetrate a tank.

He doesn't believe it!
The reason why conventional mortars cannot kill may be because mortar shells are primarily explosive and their armor-piercing capability is not very strong.

But this kind of highly penetrating armor-piercing projectile isn't enough?

(End of this chapter)