204: Battle of Lingnan (3)

The artillery battalion commander gave the order, and it sounded like a clap of thunder!

“Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom—!!!”

Eighteen 155mm self-propelled howitzers were the first to let out a world-shaking roar! Huge rings of blazing fire erupted from the muzzle brakes, violently blowing away the surrounding dust!

Immediately following that was an even denser and more shrill screeching! Sixteen vehicle-mounted rocket launchers of various models fired simultaneously. Dozens of rockets trailed dazzling exhaust flames, like flaming meteors streaking across the sky, blotting out the sun as they pounced toward the distance!

The County Town No. 5 Train Station had now become a living hell. Tens of thousands of zombies were crowded in the station square, waiting halls, and on the tracks, their roars rising and falling. There were also a large number of various types of high-tier zombies.

The train station lacked shelters, food had long since run out, and a Tier 3 Corpse King was present; it was almost impossible for any survivors to still exist.

The first wave of 155mm high-explosive shells fell like the Grim Reaper's scythe, accurately landing in the densest parts of the zombie crowd!

“Rumble—!!!”

Deafening explosions rang out one after another! Terrifying shockwaves collided with the surroundings like invisible trucks, instantly tearing ordinary zombies within range into fragments! Those slightly further from the blast center were also tossed by the violent air currents, their severed limbs and broken parts falling like a rain of foul blood. Red-hot shrapnel flew everywhere, igniting everything flammable in the station, and the entire train station was instantly plunged into a sea of fire!

A Tier 3 Ice Fatty, eight or nine meters tall and covered in thick frost armor, let out an angry roar amidst the explosions. The ice armor on its body constantly shattered under the impact of the shockwaves, only to be rapidly repaired by its own frost energy. However, the artillery fire was too dense and fierce! A thick 370mm rocket, like a precision scalpel, whistled shrilly and struck its chest directly!

“Bang—Boom!!!”

The ice armor shattered completely upon impact! The fatty layer inside was exposed and instantly ignited by the ensuing high temperatures, making a 'sizzling' sound. Foul-smelling grease dripped down, lighting small clusters of flames on the ground.

Although its powerful vitality still drove its body to attempt repairs, under several minutes of sustained saturation bombardment, its recovery ability had approached its limit. It became riddled with wounds and its movements grew sluggish.

Just as the artillery preparation ceased and before the smoke had even cleared, the steel torrent of the 1st Heavy Combined Arms Battalion roared into the wreckage of the train station area. Two apocalypse tanks from the Red Alert Legion led the way, followed by dozens of military-green 9a main battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, with fifty Evolvers following behind to hold the line.

“All crews attention! Maintain formation and expand the clearing range! Gunners, free fire, clear all remaining zombies, leave none alive!” The 1st Battalion Commander's voice echoed in the public channel, calm and majestic.

Instantly, the tanks' coaxial machine guns and the IFVs' heavy machine guns spat out countless tongues of fire! The dense rain of bullets was like a metal storm, sweeping across the battlefield filled with charred corpses and wreckage. Those Tier 1 and Tier 2 zombies that had luckily survived the bombardment but were already crippled were mowed down like wheat under this violent barrage, being blown to pieces one after another!

Inside an IFV, a young fire control operator excitedly manipulated the weapon stick, shouting, “Damn, this feels great! We should have fought like this long ago! Before, we were always stingy and saving ammo, it was so freaking frustrating!”

“Shit! You kid, save some for me!” the vehicle commander cursed. “Do you really think the bullets we traded for from Xijiang Province were blown in by the wind?”

“Squad leader, the Battalion Commander said to fire away, a soldier's life is more precious than bullets!” The fire control operator grinned, revealing two rows of white teeth, his hands not stopping for a second.

“That doesn't mean you should spray it like water! If you keep wasting it like this, you'll be doing a twenty-kilometer cross-country run with a heavy pack when we get back. I'll run you to death!” The vehicle commander's eyes bulged with anger. The fire control operator chuckled sheepishly, but his hands still held the control stick tightly as the muzzle continued to spit fire.

“Battalion Commander! Found a big guy! That Tier 3 Ice Fatty isn't dead yet!” An apocalypse tank crew spotted the massive figure struggling to stand in the ruins and immediately sent a warning over the channel.

“Permission to fire granted! Concentrate fire and take it down!” the Battalion Commander ordered without hesitation.

“Roger!”

“Eat a shell from your grandpa!” The apocalypse tank's commander and driver operated quickly, and the AI-assisted loading system rapidly pushed high-explosive armor-piercing shells into the breech.

“Hey, don't say, this Red Alert Legion's smart AI is really something. It's saved us loaders so much trouble!” the driver remarked while aiming.

“Less talk, lock the target! Fire!”

“Boom! Boom!”

Two 155mm shells, fired with precise prediction, hit the Ice Fatty's chest almost simultaneously, just as it had finished condensing a thin layer of ice!

“Pfft—Chuh!”

Ice shards mixed with burning fat and shredded meat flew everywhere! The Ice Fatty let out a cry of agony, its massive body swaying unsteadily.

“Cease fire! Leave it to me!”

Feng Wu's cold voice came over the public channel. A green figure was seen riding the air currents, as if walking on the wind, crossing a hundred meters in an instant to hover fifty meters in front of the Ice Fatty.

His hands quickly formed complex seals in front of his chest, and the air currents around him spun rapidly!

“Wind Erosion: Thousand Blades!”

With his low shout, dozens of highly condensed green wind blades with edges shimmering with cold light appeared out of thin air. They made 'whooshing' sounds as they cut through the air, shooting toward the Ice Fatty from various tricky angles as if they were alive! These wind blades were like precision surgical scalpels, accurately carving the fatty's heavily wounded body! Pieces of charred fat and tough muscle were stripped away, revealing ghastly white bones... This process lasted for a full ten minutes. The once-colossal creature now only remained as a giant skeleton, scraped clean, which collapsed to the ground with a loud 'thud'.

Feng Wu landed lightly, a look of satisfaction on his face. He walked forward, raised his blade, and cleanly cut off the massive, hideous head, digging out a blue Tier 3 crystal core that emitted a piercing cold air.

Under the powerful firepower of the 6th Brigade, the train station was quickly cleared. This proved once again that as long as there is enough firepower, ordinary carbon-based organisms are nothing but shredded meat before human technological creations.