Wasteland Commander-Chapter 417 - 108: Whose Doomsday Is Coming?

Over Dawn Island, the alarm had stopped, replaced by the piercing sound of gunfire and artillery.

Although the zombie horde had not yet approached the city walls, the long-range crossfire between both sides had already begun.

The artillery regiment of the Dawn Army had all been deployed to the front line. They stopped within firing range and began firing towards the southwest, in the direction of the Riverfront.

Not only the new rocket launchers but even the previous cannons, howitzers, and even mortars were brought out.

Anything that could be used was fired towards that side.

Above the sky, light flickered everywhere, some falling, some rising.

Countless explosions resonated in the sky, every minute and second consuming massive amounts of money.

In the sky, countless drones of the Dawn Army flew recklessly towards the zombies; they had to capture the first-hand information of the zombies because this horde was so different!

A large number of drones were shot down by mutant birds during their advance, but the Dawn Army was also no pushover; they immediately mixed a large number of suicide drones among them.

This tactic surprisingly worked wonders; many mutant birds were killed by the suicide drones, and finally, some drones made it through and captured images of the horde.

.....

"Sir! Look quickly!"

Ye Fan was running on the city wall at the moment, underneath his feet, extending eastward meter by meter.

He needed a ten-kilometer position to intercept the zombie horde in this area.

If the zombie horde broke through this section, Dawn Island would be in danger.

So he was racing against the clock, not even using a motorcycle at this point.

The city wall emerged every few meters, with sentry towers and Light Prism Towers placed synchronously.

Money was flowing out like water, nearly twenty million spent before even reaching close combat.

Behind him, a large number of Dawn Army soldiers followed, continuously entering the positions or climbing the sentry towers or setting up defenses at the battlements.

Beside him, the communication officer Wang Meng ran along while showing Ye Fan the footage captured by the drones.

Ye Fan turned his head to take a glance, his pupils dilating.

What did he see!

Along the Riverfront in the darkness, countless zombies were already landing.

And these zombies were actually firing continuously!

Some of the larger zombies had portable missile launchers mounted on them, with giant ammo boxes on their backs, firing missiles from their arms to intercept the dense artillery fire of the Dawn Army.

Such zombies were very numerous; they were the main force of the air defense.

Although they couldn’t precisely intercept every rocket or shell, the relatively scattered formation of zombies had significantly reduced the power of the rockets.

Occasionally, an artillery shell would break through the blockade, but it couldn’t cause much devastation.

The rest of the large zombie hordes advanced rapidly, all equipped with a variety of weapons.

Rifles, machine guns, flamethrowers, or rocket launchers!

Ye Fan could hardly believe his eyes; how could there be an armed zombie force?

Since when did zombies have such high intelligence to use weapons in battle?

Today they could shoot and fire artillery; tomorrow, could they drive planes and tanks, using hot weapons just like humans?

Despite thinking his ideas were absurd, the scene before him forced Ye Fan to question what was happening to this world.

"No way! They absolutely must not cross the city wall line, otherwise Dawn Island will be in danger!"

"Notify the armored regiment, all Apocalypse Tanks, move immediately to the east side and, no matter what, intercept the zombie horde before I complete the wall closure!"

"Yes!"

Wang Meng immediately notified the armored troops to move to the east side, and at this point, the armored troops were also approaching the battlefield.

While Ye Fan was busy and tense, the mutated birds and mutant rats finally closed in near the city walls.

The battle-hardened Dawn Army soldiers almost immediately opened fire as they entered range.

Countless bullets shot out from the city wall like strings of golden meteors, forming an interwoven web of firepower against the sky’s mutated bird flocks.

A large number of mutated birds were killed instantly, with countless bird corpses falling down.

When the mutated birds came within a hundred meters, the flamethrowers also began to unleash their power.

Now, the flamethrowers were heavily equipped in the Dawn Army because air defense was a crucial part, especially on this island, facing not only the mutated birds from the land but also seagulls and other mutant birds from the sea.

When the flamethrowers fired, the approaching mutated birds were almost entirely swept away.

The aroma of roasted birds filled the air, and as the mutated birds burned, the bombs they were carrying often exploded as well.

But the number of mutated birds was simply too overwhelming.

In the instant between flamethrower bursts, countless mutated birds finally swooped down.

They dropped bombs and poured strong acid solutions all over the city wall. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Under the fierce counterattack of the Dawn Army, many bombs lost their aim, falling under the city walls, yet due to the sheer number, bursts of fire still erupted on the city wall.

At this moment, the Dawn Army suffered heavy losses.

The explosions were not necessarily fatal, but the strong acid was indeed a serious concern.

Once a soldier was contaminated, survival was almost impossible.

Fortunately, many of the Dawn Army soldiers hid behind the watchtower or went inside it, so they were not as concentrated in numbers.

Even so, in the first attack of the mutated birds, at least hundreds lost their lives.

Such a loss was unprecedented for the Dawn Army.

Luckily, Ye Fan had already deployed twenty thousand army soldiers, who were continuously climbing the walls, ready to take over the place of their fallen or injured comrades at any moment.

These One-star Soldiers were not weak in combat power either, and the machine guns in their hands were significantly effective against the airborne mutated birds.

If they could survive this battle, they would undoubtedly be upgraded from One-star Soldiers to elite Three-stars.

Meanwhile, the flamethrower warriors on the walls timely launched a second round of flame attacks, turning this wave of mutated birds that had breached the blockade into ashes once again.

The Light Prism Tower inside the watchtower kept firing, along with the relentless roar of machine guns.

As soon as a gun ran out of bullets, the soldier immediately withdrew to change the magazine, and the next soldier took over.

Inside the watchtower, they were heavily attacked by mutated birds, but the alloy watchtower was genuinely sturdy, immune to bombs or strong acid, unable to breach its defense.

So the soldiers inside the watchtower were temporarily safe, becoming the most stable firepower output at the moment, killing a large number of mutated birds every second, though their numbers reached hundreds of thousands and couldn’t be wiped out quickly.

Meanwhile, the mutant rats also charged towards the base of the walls.

These rats with red eyes hurled themselves directly against the walls.

The continuous explosions rumbled, credits to the alloy walls that held firm.

The bombs on the mutant rats were insufficient to shake the alloy walls!

These rats attempted to climb, but the fifty-meter-high alloy walls were not easy to scale. The soldiers of the Dawn Army were well-experienced in dealing with wall-climbing rats; unless there were massive piles of corpses below, an overwhelming number couldn’t breach; these rats wouldn’t threaten the soldiers on the walls anytime soon.

Seeing the walls unshakeable, the rats frenziedly scurried around, some began digging holes on the spot.

This was a common tactic used by the rats, with many bases conquered after they dug tunnels through them.

But this time they failed again, as the walls were embedded fifteen meters underground, not easily excavated.

So the rats scurried in disarray, many heading to the bend on the western wall.

They wanted to bypass the walls and swim across from the river.

But little did they know, Ye Fan had laid mines here.

Tens of thousands of naval mines were scattered here, and many rats triggered continuous underwater explosions as soon as they entered the water.

Rats blown to pieces floated up from the water, blood-staining the Celestial River red.

Unlike zombies, mutant beasts knew better to avoid danger, unwilling to step onto mines like zombies might.

So after more than ten thousand rats were killed by naval mines, these rats decisively changed direction again.

To the east.

In fact, if these rats concentrated their strength, madly charging west, this minefield wouldn’t stop them, merely costing more.

Yet, because they were mutant beasts, or their commander realized this path was unfeasible, they abandoned breaking through here, as the eastern wall wasn’t fully constructed.

Thus, they missed the best opportunity.

As the rats turned, the zombie horde following them finally closed in near the walls.

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On the riverfront of the Celestial River, Chang Liu crouched inside a kangaroo’s pouch, concealed in the shadows, commanding this side’s operations.

He could see the general situation on the battlefield and was utterly shocked at the sudden emergence of that towering wall.

He couldn’t comprehend how this dozens of meters high wall appeared, but he had to breach it at this moment.

He simultaneously ordered the Corpse King to direct the rats to attack the east, while pushing the zombie horde towards the walls.

When the zombie horde came within range, the Dawn Army opened fire, and he commanded his zombie horde to fire back as well.

Although the Dawn Army held a high ground advantage, he didn’t think they could rival his zombie horde.

Because the gap in numbers was too large.

The number of zombies here was seventy or eighty thousand, and he didn’t believe the Dawn Army could fend off so many fearlessly brave sharpshooters.

"Be careful to spread out the formation, don’t cluster too tightly, watch out for Ye Fan using the mushroom bomb in desperation."

Chang Liu instructed the Corpse King, but wasn’t actually too worried.

The battle was already in chaos; he didn’t believe Ye Fan would dare use the mushroom bomb.

The mushroom bomb was a double-edged sword, and his zombie horde couldn’t be wiped out by just one. If Ye Fan deployed many mushroom bombs, this area would become irradiated, a forbidden zone for humans.

This was Ye Fan’s old base, he didn’t believe Ye Fan would resort to destroying his homeland.

And at this time, Duke Zheng Jinnan, leading forces from other bases, had already begun advancing towards Dawn Island.

As long as he led the armed zombies to fight until five o’clock, the million-strong army would arrive, bringing doom to Dawn Island!