Wasteland Commander-Chapter 368 - 59: Jiangzhou Defense War, Phase Two

Chapter 368: Chapter 59: Jiangzhou Defense War, Phase Two

Zheng Jinnan’s hundred-thousand-strong army was annihilated at Red Maple Mountain, and a massive zombie horde is heading straight for Jiangzhou!

The entire battle lasted less than two hours, a result that no one anticipated.

Even Ye Fan hadn’t expected it. He watched the entire battle, and the fighting power of this zombie horde left him utterly shocked.

"The zombies are stronger again, or rather, the Corpse King has grown stronger."

The last time the Dawn Army killed the Corpse King, even Ye Fan got a bit carried away, but now he had calmed down.

The apocalypse isn’t ending as easily as people thought. While humanity advances, so do the zombies. At least the current human technology doesn’t have the power to crush them.

This zombie horde, if encountered without preparation, would undoubtedly lead to a heavy loss.

Luckily, this time it was Zheng Jinnan’s burden, and now Jiangzhou is in trouble.

Ye Fan immediately deployed high-altitude drones and the Heroic-level Warhawk Dark Cloud, in coordination with spy satellites, to closely monitor the battle situation in Jiangzhou.

According to the spy satellite, the Jiangzhou troops that came to support the Da Qiang base city had already turned back.

The ferocity of the zombie horde exceeded everyone’s expectations. For Zheng Jinnan, the safety of Da Qiang base city had become secondary.

At least the Loose Province still has over a hundred thousand troops. Let them fight to the death with Ye Fan as he couldn’t be bothered with that side now.

With Jiangzhou’s troops withdrawing, Ye Fan, while focusing on Jiangzhou, ordered the Dawn Army to continue advancing to completely resolve the situation at Da Qiang base city.

No matter the outcome of the zombie siege in Jiangzhou, he needed to quickly unify Loose Province and then start implementing Light Yuan.

....... 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Inside Jiangzhou City.

Zheng Jinnan frowned, filled with regret.

A hundred-thousand-strong army wiped out in just over an hour, it made his heart bleed.

He was careless, never expected the zombies to have grown this powerful. The tragedy this time was largely his responsibility.

Underestimating the enemy, he didn’t take the zombies seriously, and it came back to teach him a harsh lesson.

Jiangzhou had a regular army of 500,000, and losing a fifth of them at once would have a significant impact on the upcoming defense battle.

But he had no time to regret now. After calming himself, he immediately began arranging defenses.

Jiangzhou’s terrain is treacherous, with mountains blocking the west and the natural barrier of the Celestial River to the north. The base city was built leveraging these natural defenses of mountains and rivers.

All major defense efforts were concentrated on the east and south sides.

The zombies seemed to understand this as well. Now, the mutated bird flock had already flown over the east and south, circling nearby, monitoring Jiangzhou and almost cutting off the city’s land routes.

The zombie horde was advancing quickly, and all the land forces were already setting up defensive lines along the southeastern walls.

Residents near the city walls had been urgently evacuated, retreating towards the center, causing chaos throughout the city.

The Jiangzhou TV personnel arrived, hoping Zheng Jinnan would make a televised address to calm the populace, now unsettled by the annihilation of their hundred-thousand-strong army.

But Zheng Jinnan wasn’t in the mood as he had another issue at hand: the seventeen-thousand troops bound for Loose Province had yet to return.

He had already ordered the fleet to set off, sailing down the Celestial River to transport the seventeen-thousand land forces.

This was not a small project and would probably take three or four days to transport, given the numerous mutated birds now circling above the Celestial River, posing significant danger.

Zheng Jinnan thought of the situation in Loose Province and could only sigh at the map.

With his troops withdrawn, Loose Province was in danger.

But he had no choice. At this point, every man for himself. As for Loose Province, he could only apologize.

"Ye Fan... this time you’re getting lucky, but I don’t believe this zombie siege can do anything to me. Once I resolve this crisis, we’ll deal with each other slowly."

Zheng Jinnan arrived at the eastern gate, where many national representatives were already waiting.

To counter Ye Fan, and for a prison break rescue, many countries had sent troops here. People were rescued, but many countries’ forces did not leave and instead chose to stay, looking for opportunities to fish in troubled waters during the Qin Han civil war.

They even claimed it was to support Jiangzhou allies against the Dawn Army, yet they showed no effort, merely idling here.

Dozens of countries, a total of fifty to sixty thousand remained. Seeing the zombies approach, these people intended to retreat, but Zheng Jinnan stopped them abruptly.

Not fleeing earlier, wanting to escape now, no way!

Jiangzhou is in danger, and these foreigners must hit the battlefield as well.

As Zheng Jinnan approached, many foreigners started speaking all at once.

"Your Grace, you can’t detain us! This matter has nothing to do with us."

"Exactly, we’re here to help you deal with Ye Fan, not to waste our forces on zombies."

"These zombies are too savage. We demand to return to the Zijing Empire."

Zheng Jinnan sneered, "Too late! When I asked you to send troops against Ye Fan, only the Foot Basin Chicken [Japan] and Shanshen Country participated. If you had left then, with the sky high and the emperor far away, no one could stop you. But now you’re thinking of fleeing; do you think you can still get away?"

"If not for your detainment, we would have had the chance to escape."

"Haha! Yes, a few of your representatives could fly away, but where would your troops go? Jiangzhou is already surrounded; we’re all grasshoppers tied to the same rope, so no one should think they can stay out of it. Your troops better prepare to fight, or don’t blame me for being ruthless! This is the apocalypse, and no one is following international law here."

The representatives were left speechless, indeed, there was no way to run now.

Standing on the city wall with binoculars, looking east, a black line could already be seen moving toward this direction at the horizon.

The zombie horde came fast. A hundred kilometers, covering eighty kilometers in just over two hours, these zombies ran faster than athletes.

Those creatures didn’t know fatigue or exhaustion; they indeed ran better than even athletes could.

A gust of east wind carried the stench that could be smelled from twenty kilometers away.

Around Zheng Jinnan and others, a large number of soldiers were protecting them, with things like flamethrowers at the ready, because countless mutated birds were still circling in the sky.

These mutated birds covered the sky densely, blocking the sunlight; every soldier was on high alert, nervously watching the sky.

If possible, no one wanted to stay on the city wall, but they had no choice at all.

The fifteen-meter-high, five-meter-thick city wall still provided them with some sense of security.

Some landmines had been temporarily placed below the city walls, but not many, only tens of thousands.

It wasn’t that they didn’t want to place more; there wasn’t enough time. After just placing tens of thousands, the mutated birds came, and dozens of people placing the mines were killed, forcing a retreat.

Heavy machine guns, rocket launchers, machine cannons, and so on, had all been moved up to the city wall.

Everyone was drenched in sweat, moving things back and forth. The medical unit below had set up many temporary tents, ready to treat the wounded.

But everyone knew, in this situation, the wounded were basically goners.

If a hand was clawed, it had to be cut off; if a foot was clawed, it had to be cut off.

If the wound was on the body or head, it was better to commit suicide directly.

Many survivors in the city were also temporarily conscripted to either transport supplies or prepare food.

TV reporters also came to report; at this time, they dared not hide anything from the public.

Zheng Jinnan couldn’t care about much else, continuously issuing orders, directing deployments.

The defenses, which normally seemed impregnable, at this moment felt unsafe everywhere, with hidden dangers.

During a busy moment, he glanced at the sky; it was already past five in the afternoon, leaving Zheng Jinnan uneasy.

Fighting at night on the first day was very unfavorable.

His deployment wasn’t yet complete, and the zombie horde was already within a ten-kilometer range.

......

Wang Huining rode on a Licker, mixed within the dense zombie horde, making it almost impossible to be discovered.

On the way here, he had already arranged the tasks for the four Corpse Kings.

Little One, with the strongest strength, led a horde of over four million to attack the southern part of Jiangzhou.

While he, Xiaoxue, and Old Tan, the three Corpse Kings, advanced towards the eastern part of Jiangzhou.

This city was too large; thanks to the Celestial River and the western mountains blocking, otherwise their zombie horde of tens of millions wouldn’t have been able to surround it.

Now, attacking from just two sides was much better, some places didn’t even need to be tightly surrounded; with the mutated bird flock around, no one could escape by land.

As for escaping by water, Wang Huining wasn’t worried at all.

There were too many people here; it was impossible for all to leave by boat. In a critical moment, maybe some leaders could escape, but that didn’t matter at all.

Leaders without public support were just ordinary survivors, and it didn’t matter if the zombie horde ate a few less people.

When he saw the Jiangzhou city wall with the naked eye, he was completely exhilarated.

"Oh ho ho! Finally here, what a big human base city this is!"

"So much food is here; after taking this place, the strength of our zombie horde will step up to become the strongest in the world!"

At this moment, Wang Huining seemed to find the meaning of life, found the motivation to live. When they reached ten kilometers from Jiangzhou, without any prelude, he issued the attack order.

"Old Tan! Send out fifty thousand of your men to teach these terrified humans a lesson, Xiaobu, do the same over there!"

With a horde of tens of millions, the attack started at the scale of millions.

A million zombies detached from the horde, starting to accelerate towards Jiangzhou.

And at this moment, Jiangzhou also began to open fire. Cannons rumbled continuously, countless shells flew out, landing within the zombie horde, causing some damage.

Wang Huining glanced and curled his lips disdainfully.

Too poor, compared to the Dawn Army’s attack and accuracy, it’s not a mere difference of One-Star.

Actually, Jiangzhou’s military at this moment was much stronger than the Dawn Army back then, but unfortunately, the zombie horde was also stronger now.

Zombies were all tough; ordinary shrapnel barely tickled them.

As long as they weren’t hit directly, they were generally fine.

Also, Wang Huining naturally feared Ye Fan, which made him feel that Jiangzhou’s firepower was seriously insufficient.

This mindset made the zombie horde’s attack even more reckless, destined to bring enormous trouble to Jiangzhou.