CHAPTER 644: CHAPTER 539: THE BLOODY MEAT GRINDER, LURKING ENEMY (5200 WORDS MEGA CHAPTER)

Nanzhuang Town.

Surrounded by rivers on all sides, with two large bridges to the north and south.

The bridge to the south is dozens of meters wide.

As a military area, the buildings around Nanzhuang Town are relatively low.

Li Yu and the others watched the drone fly over Nanzhuang Town, where it was much clearer to see below during the day.

Perhaps it was because, before the apocalypse, there were preventive measures to keep ordinary people from entering the military area, so there were protective checkpoints set up on the bridges to the north and south.

These checkpoints also resulted in many zombies not making it out after the outbreak.

The sheer density of zombies made Li Yu and his group’s scalps tingle.

To get through the densely packed two-kilometer swath of zombies and reach the center of Nanzhuang Town to drive away those armored vehicles and tanks was an incredibly daunting task, almost as difficult as reaching heaven.

Fortunately, they brought the modified loader this time.

Otherwise, just relying on them driving a few modified SUVs would have made it very hard to successfully reach that place.

"Once we get inside, the zombies will definitely go berserk and will swarm crazily towards us. At that time, we’ll need people to get out of the vehicle to check the condition of those tanks and armored vehicles," Li Yu said.

Getting out, especially in the midst of a horde of zombies, was extremely dangerous.

Gritting his teeth, Luo said to Li Yu, "I’ll go; you guys just make sure to cover us well."

His teammates, who had accompanied him, all had experience in operating tanks.

Li Yu nodded and said:

"It’s imperative—we’ll have the loader lead the way. Upon reaching the vicinity of the tanks,

look, although those tanks are positioned in the center, there are two buildings on the left and right at the back. We can fully utilize these two buildings to block some of the zombie attacks."

"Additionally, here’s the plan: after reaching the vicinity of the tanks, the loader will take on most of the pressure at this widest part.

The space behind is narrower, so the pressure from zombies won’t be as great. That’s where Tianlong, you’ll block zombies with the Unimog."

As for the remaining two vehicles, they’ll maintain alert around the tanks and eliminate any zombies that slip through."

Everyone felt that Li Yu’s arrangement was quite reasonable after hearing it.

It made full use of the terrain and surrounding buildings.

Old Zhou, who used to follow old Qin, added, "The three of us are familiar with armored vehicles. We can handle those three armored vehicles."

Li Yu nodded in satisfaction, finalizing the selections for those to operate the tanks and armored vehicles.

Under normal circumstances, a tank requires a crew of three: a driver, a gunner, and a loader.

However, due to the shortage of manpower at the moment, they would temporarily allocate only two people per tank, which accounted for six people.

Another three or four went to the armored vehicles.

Almost ten people in total would get out to drive away the tanks and armored vehicles.

Besides these ten, another four people were needed to drive the Unimog and the loader.

That left 21 people.

Li Yu made a quick allocation, arranging for Li Tie to lead ten people to get out and cover Luo and old Zhou when the time came.

The other ten would stay on the vehicles, using heavy firepower to strike the zombies and provide cover.

After the deployment, everyone prepared to set out.

After a brief test of the loader’s capabilities, the front meat grinder and the eight 1.5-meter-long saws extending from the vehicle body were also tested.

No problems.

Rumbling—

The massive loader, like an otherworldly object, slowly moved out from the Eastern Building Materials City.

The tremendous noise attracted the zombies hiding in the building materials city.

These zombies were drawn by the noise last night; not too many of them.

The group ignored these zombies.

On the wide road, from the low buildings, many zombies appeared.

In front.

The zombies charged straight towards them.

Faced with the colossal loader, they had no sense of fear.

Clacking—

The loader did not activate its meat grinder; merely using its two-meter-plus high tires was enough to crush the oncoming zombies.

Due to the slow speed, Li Yu and others could clearly see the zombies being crushed under the tires from inside the vehicle.

After the loader passed, the road was covered with flattened bodies of zombies, red and white smeared all around.

The ground shook.

Since the apocalypse, the streets, which had not been cleaned, were covered in dust. As the vehicle vibrated, it kicked up all the dust, and for a while, the road was shrouded in a dull gray mist.

The vehicles continued to drive, with the Unimog and other vehicles closely following behind.

Upon reaching the bridge.

They saw the checkpoints set up ahead, made of metal railings.

Behind the railings, many zombies, hearing the commotion, were crowding over.

And visibly, the number of zombies on the bridge was increasing.

This group of zombies, the hungriest, had been trapped in Nanzhuang Town for over a year now. They craved flesh and blood.

In their crazed surplus, some zombies were squeezed off the bridge.

Like dumping dumplings, one by one, the zombies fell into the river below the bridge.

But after soaking for a while, these zombies became even more agile and swam towards the shore.

"Crash through it," Li Yu said gruffly, looking at the rail.

Dapao, after driving the loader all day yesterday, had become very familiar with its operation.