In the past three to five days, the conflict in the city of Baltimore has escalated sharply. Since the armored convoy under Zhou Qingfeng entered the city to harass, tanks from both sides have exchanged fire no less than twenty times. Although Colonel Piano's side has an absolute numerical advantage, the result of the battle is
A one-sided defeat.
A dozen m60a1s were no match for a single t-62a. In the end, even the 'zombie' tank crews themselves admitted that with their slow reaction speed and weak strength, it was too difficult to control the tanks, and they could not beat the agile chaos.
Running opponent.
It didn't matter if they couldn't win, but it was difficult to hold on. Colonel Piano tried to search the defense line and hold on to several key points, but he soon discovered that his opponent not only had tanks, but also self-propelled artillery.
The enemy has at least one self-propelled artillery with a caliber of over 150 mm. It can slingshot Colonel Piano's camp from several kilometers away. Although it is not accurate, it can blow up people every time.
The counterattack should have been carried out five days ago, but the assembly work has not been completed yet.
However, another thing that Colonel Piano presided over went relatively smoothly, which was the transportation of various materials collected from Baltimore city, and the shipment of mutants and "zombies" to leave. These were valuable human and material resources.
Colonel Piano has sent away more than ten large cargo ships filled with supplies, and has also used large passenger cargo ships to transport more than 10,000 mutants and zombies. This result far exceeded expectations and has been approved by the leader behind it.
Commendation.
However, in the cabin of the command ship, Colonel Piano was still hesitating whether he should endure huge losses and kill the human armed forces harassing him? Or should he ignore the flies and find a way to send away the remaining cargo ships in the port first?
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The former is likely to be involved in a protracted battle and disrupt the transportation plan, while the latter does not have enough crew and fuel, and has to endure riots by various mutants, which is not an easy task.
"Colonel, several observation posts we set up in the south sent back news that they saw at least three C-130 transport planes flying over from the south, seemingly landing in the direction of the Granit Shelter on the outskirts of the city." A 'zombie'
Act as adjutant and make reports.
"It's a transport plane again." Colonel Piano made several low hums from his throat. While the mutants gained strong physical fitness, their intelligence seemed to have declined. He felt that things that were easy to figure out in the past were now slow to react.
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Colonel Piano has always suspected that the armed force that recently harassed it may be the armed reconnaissance force of the Brotherhood of Steel. But the constant transport planes coming from the south seem to remind it that things are not as simple as imagined.
Thousands of scattered pieces of information are meaningless if they are not connected by a main thread. Colonel Piano pondered over and over among these meaningless clues. Just when he hoped to obtain some certain information, he led this
All the black hands have aimed at its core vitality.
"Our target is the USS Georgia and the Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarine docked on the shore. This submarine provides power for Colonel Piano's various tasks, and without the power supply, the enemy can do very little.
It's limited. But we have to remember one thing: don't kill people indiscriminately, even 'zombies' are useful.
Especially the 'zombies' on that submarine. Those guys should be just like the 'zombie' scholars on our ship, they are extremely valuable technical personnel. We need to capture those 'zombies' to work for us, otherwise we will get the submarine.
It’s also nearly 8,000 tons of scrap iron.”
Zhou Qingfeng knows the benefits of having a nuclear-powered ship. The almost inexhaustible power supply can be used for many things. For example, the reason why the 'Aurora Legion' was established and survived, and the 'Aurora' nuclear-powered scientific research ship is constantly
The constant supply of energy is indispensable.
There is now a nuclear submarine parked in the port, and it also comes with a full set of control crews. It would be strange for Zhou Qingfeng not to make up his mind. Anyway, now that 'ntz-49' is expected to successfully complete the preparation work in the near future, it is not a bad idea to take the opportunity to get a nuclear submarine.
The one who supported Zhou Qingfeng in taking this action was Lina Fox. Miss Fox had already transported all the personnel and equipment of a Chinese teaching company by air. Although this mechanized infantry company that had completed two months of training was still very young,
I'm young, but it's time to make my debut.
With this infantry company in hand, even if Colonel Piano becomes furious and attacks afterwards, Zhou Qingfeng is not without the ability to contend. And another part of his confidence has also arrived. After five days of high-speed sailing at sea, a small fire
The steamship fleet is approaching Baltimore.
This fleet was used to transport trading materials to the Granite Refuge, and Zhou Qingfeng wanted to use this fleet to quietly tow the cruise ship laboratory and the nuclear submarine away from the port.
"This takes a lot of time. From the time you launch the operation to the time you tow the submarine to a safe area, it won't take more than an hour or two, and it may even take longer. And once you move the nuclear submarine, you will inevitably cut off the power supply to the city of Baltimore.
, it’s impossible for the enemy not to notice it.”
Catalina is deeply worried about this plan, because there are thousands of mutants stationed at the dock where the nuclear submarine is parked, and they will be besieged if they are not careful.
"Maybe we can transport the ultra-high voltage transformer equipment here." Zhou Qingfeng touched his chin and thought, "If the enemy dares to attack on a large scale, we will electrocute as many as they come."
"Do you want to build another electric shock trap?" Catalina also pondered. "It's not impossible, but who will do the entire wiring work? It's impossible to send a few human electricians there. I'm afraid that I won't wait until the work is completed.
It’s already been eaten.”
"What do you think of the twenty or so mutants we imprisoned? Send them quietly to do the wiring."
"Don't be ridiculous, there is definitely something wrong with mutants' brains. Letting them go on the battlefield is fine, but letting them work as electricians will only make things messy."
"Then let the 'zombie' come in. There are more than fifty 'zombie' scholars in the laboratory."
"But the 'zombies' work slowly. Do you plan to let them work all day? It would be weird if they were not discovered."
"Then let the mutants do the work, the zombies be the overseers, and I will personally supervise the battle. No matter what, that nuclear submarine and the crew who pilot it are too precious.
Although I can’t figure out where Colonel Piano found this nuclear submarine and the man who piloted it, since I discovered it, I must get rid of it.”
Zhou Qingfeng finally said fiercely, "If it doesn't work, I will dispatch the AC-130 to control the ground. Anyway, the gunship has arrived at the temporary airport of the Granite Refuge. Although the fuel we transported is not enough for it to fly freely,
But it’s worth the gamble.”
Zhou Qingfeng came up with the idea, Catalina was responsible for deducing the details, and finally it was Zhou Qingfeng who made the decision. As frontline commanders, the two of them thought about this matter for a whole day, and finally decided to do it. As long as they can get that
If you can tow a nuclear submarine back to Havana, you will make a lot of money!