The people in the independent column have a blind confidence that the Starlight Armed Forces and the Revolutionary Army composed of refugees are absolutely unable to cope with the dimensionality-reducing strikes of weapons such as bacterial bombs.

In order to reduce unnecessary casualties, the independent column adopted a wait-and-see approach. In addition to using artillery units to block the possible breakthrough of the Starlight Armed Forces, the rest of the soldiers began to rest and recuperate.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye. Although the situation was calm during this period, everyone in the Starlight Arms was very clear about the intentions of the independent column.

On the evening of the third day, the sun set and the sky gradually darkened.

Cave Mountain Position.

The platoon leader who once gave the recruits a drink was leaning against the mountain wall, looking into the distance with cloudy eyes and chapped lips.

Not having food or water for two and a half days has brought these people to the verge of physical and mental collapse.

During this process, some soldiers could not bear the hunger and cold, so they took off their protective clothing and wanted to eat. However, in less than ten minutes, they died tragically on the spot, which sounded the alarm for others.

Because they had not been replenished with water for a long time, their throats had been cut like knives, and their physical strength had also been severely reduced. Even raising their arms was a luxury.

The military headquarters issued a strict order requiring everyone not to take off their protective clothing. They could only urinate in their pants when relieving themselves.

The temperature in the dead of winter hovered below zero all day long, and at night it was often minus 20 or 30 degrees Celsius. Their pants had already been frozen solid.

Behind him, the recruit was lying on the ground, looking at his motionless comrades beside him, and whispered: "Platoon commander, two more people died... Platoon commander, are you still alive?"

"Talk less and save your energy."

The platoon leader reprimanded based on the experience of a veteran, but he knew very well that this sentence had no practical significance, because in his current state, let alone raising a weapon, he probably didn't even have the strength to pull the trigger.

"call out--"

Suddenly, there was a whistle in the air, and then countless cannonballs fell from the sky, reflecting the orange light of the sunset.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack...!"

The platoon leader wanted to speak to remind other comrades, but his hoarse voice could not make much noise at all.

The poisonous gas began to flow into the mountain pass with the whining evening wind. In the yellow smoke, the energetic soldiers of the independent column launched another charge.

"Tu tu tu tu!"

The first burst of gunfire sounded, and tracer bullets swept towards the enemy in the distance.

"Bang!"

"Da da da!"

"...!"

The sound of gunfire began to intensify. There were originally hundreds of firepower points in the Kukongshan position, but now there were only more than 20 firing points.

Even so, the Starlight Armed Forces are still relying on natural barriers to block the enemy's charge.

In the garrison cave located at a high point, the communication soldier held a microphone and kept opening his mouth, but his tongue, which had lost consciousness, could not even secrete saliva, and his throat could not make any sound.

"Hi your mother!"

The communications soldier looked at the gunfire flashing in the poisonous gas, mouthed three words, then tore off his protective clothing and unscrewed the lid of the military kettle.

The water inside has already frozen and cannot be poured out at all.

"Bang!"

The signal soldier pulled out his pistol and shot at the kettle. The bullet made a hole in the iron kettle. Fortunately, the water in the kettle did not completely freeze into an ice lump.

The signal soldier raised the kettle and let the icy water flow into his mouth. It was not as sweet as he imagined, but it hurt like a knife.

The lips just touched the kettle, and a layer of skin was peeled off.

Thirty seconds later, the communications soldier endured the severe pain in his throat, shook the power rocker of the walkie-talkie, and shouted into the transmitter: "Kongkongshan position, enemy attack! The enemy has launched poison gas bombs and is impacting our side.

position!"

A response came quickly from the walkie-talkie: "Received from the headquarters, please pay close attention to the enemy's movements and report them at any time!"

"I can't report it!" The signal soldier saw the blood dripping on the ground along his chin and gasped: "I am infected by the virus and I won't live long. I have to send someone... to keep them out of the defense line, otherwise my family will

Old and young...it's all fucking over..."

…

Inside the Starlight Company headquarters, everyone was in a hurry and busy.

In the command room, Ning Zhe held the cigarette in his hand tightly and asked Hu Yihan: "How many soldiers are left at the Kukong Mountain position?"

"I don't know. The soldiers have not taken in water and rice for nearly three days, and they have no combat capability. At present, the communication in the cave mountain has been lost, and they are in a state of no command. The soldiers are resisting based on their own fighting will, but according to our predictions

I estimate that if the enemy launches a large-scale charge, it will be difficult for them to resist."

Hu Yihan shook his head unoptimistically: "We have organized a death squad of a thousand people here and are preparing to march to Kukong Mountain. We will rush to the battlefield in batches of a hundred people to carry out blocking operations."

Ning Zhe took a deep breath: "According to the information we have received, the virus in Cave Mountain has a short attack time and a 100% fatality rate. It can kill a person in about ten minutes on average. If a thousand people rush forward, they can only survive for two at most.

hour, if the enemy troops charge continuously, have you thought about how to respond?"

Hu Yihan took out his cigarette case and said helplessly: "We currently don't have any response plan, so we can only use this crude method to rush forward. If Professor Yan doesn't develop a vaccine, we can only use this method to hold on to the cave mountain."

, if we don’t want to lose our position, we can only move forward bravely!”

…

Cave Mountain Position.

"throat!"

The roar of heavy snipers resounded in the poisonous gas, and the machine gunners at the Kukongshan position were torn to pieces by bullets, their flesh and blood flying everywhere.

Without the suppression of heavy firepower, the escort troops began to collectively pass through the road ahead.

A soldier armed with Starlight saw that the enemy was about to pass through the traffic junction and rushed to the cave next door with all his strength. However, as soon as he got close to the machine gun position, he was shot dead again.

In the cave next door, a soldier fired several shots at the passage, but was quickly suppressed by the opponent's bullets. He lowered his head and shouted: "Damn it, where is our sniper? Why don't you shoot back?"

?!"

"No more! They're all damn dead!" A desperate roar came from another cave: "We have no ammunition here!"

"Everyone pretend to be dead, let them in!" Another voice came from the distance: "We can't run away now, and we can't defeat them with our physical strength, but we can defeat the virus! Let these people enter the cave, as long as they can tear them apart

If we take off the enemy's protective clothing, we will win!"

"Damn it, I have to fight with these idiots!"

"Grenade!"

"...!"
Chapter completed!