At this time, a major staff officer with a nervous expression strode into the conference room. He walked around the crowd surrounding the vice chairman of the military department and walked straight to Zhao Zhikai, leaned down, leaned closer to his ear, and whispered in a hurry: "General, something went wrong——The signal monitoring department just detected that the radio signal emitted from the Xinnanyang base was a common frequency."

The major spoke not loudly. However, all the generals here have the ability to strengthen the third level or above.

"What did you say?"

The gray-haired Lieutenant General's face was full of shock. The news was too sudden. He could hardly believe his ears: "Public channel? How is this possible? The military dedicated line must be encrypted in two directions to connect. Once an external signal is found, the computer will automatically close the communication immediately. Xinnanyang... Su Hao... How did he do it?"

The major staff member's face was gloomy, and a little cold sweat oozed out of his forehead: "Xinnanyang used a hidden camera for secondary shooting, and then broadcast the call scenes to each public channel receiving unit throughout the process. This practice was impossible to detect. The monitoring department had just learned about this through information feedback from other channels. Colonel Su Hao cut off the public information link with the military department. We cannot supervise and cannot prevent the spread of information."

Hearing this, Lieutenant General Huo Ran stood up from the chair and his tone became nervous and serious: "What do you mean is that the content of the meeting just now has been broadcast?"

The major wiped a cold sweat on the back of his hand and nodded tremblingly: "...Yes... That's it

The lieutenant general's expression was stunned, and then he soon became furious: "He, how dare he do this? This has violated the confidentiality regulations, and it is simply blatantly revealing the secrets. The bastard... ordered the guard bureau to immediately send a special person to the Xinnanyang base to arrest Su Hao."

"Enough———"

Just when the surroundings were in chaos, Zhao Zhikai, who had always been calm in the military, suddenly spoke out more.

He sat upright on the chair, his eyes flashing with a volatile light. There were emotions, shocks, and flashes in an instant, inexplicable flashes.

"In what name is he arrested? Violating the Confidential Ordinance? Charge of Treason? Disobeying Shangguan? Or acting arbitrarily without authorization?"

Zhao Zhikai's eyebrows were tightly locked together, and he placed his hands on the table, holding each other hard, and his verb belt was as calm as usual: "Su Hao did not use the public channel directly. At best, he had a preset camera, shooting conference images from other angles to transmit. He had many excuses and reasons to clear himself out of it. The office of the Xinnanyang base belonged to Zhang Shengfei. He did not know the hidden facilities, nor did he know that the camera was connected to the public channel. Moreover, Xinnanyang is now in chaos, and the failure of the machine can easily cause signal connection errors. He had enough reasons to prove that it was not his mistake. Even if he was suppressed by forced orders, he could still create a bunch of witnesses to show that he was unaware. Don't forget that he is now the highest military rank owner in Xinnanyang. What's there, it is his freedom to do what he wants to do."

"When it comes to treason... what he said at the end of the meeting was resounding. Do you think the charge of treason is appropriate for a soldier who took the initiative to pick up his weapons and went to the front line in a critical moment?"

"As for disobeying Shangguan, it's hard to say."

Zhao Zhikai turned his head and glanced at the vice chairman of the military department who was being carried out of the conference room by several soldiers. A hint of mocking appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It is a very unique ability to make a general angry and get a cerebral hemorrhage. A heart attack on the spot is also a very unique ability. But then again, no one ordered the New Nanyang Base to be banned from sending reinforcements to the front line. The current situation in the Third South East War Zone is very complicated. The neighboring war zone must maintain the stability of the situation and all troops must be used for defense. No matter what the reason Su Hao is for, whether it is sensational or pretending to be at least, he acts like a soldier, rather than a "office general" who stays in the base and is waiting to die."

The Lieutenant General was stunned for a moment, opened his lips slightly to speak, but he finally failed to make a sound. He frowned and thought for a few seconds, retreated to his seat, pulled open the chair and sat down.

"Su Hao is a very smart guy."

Zhao Zhikai smiled and raised the volume: "There are certainly reasons for the refusal of several nearby war zones to send reinforcements. However, the officers and soldiers who were defeated on the front line would not think so. They would complain, be angry, and point the finger at the military headquarters. Although the "Military Department" organization consists of many people and different identities also represent different opinions, outsiders would not think so. Su Hao used the public channel to transmit the content of the meeting just to get more support. New Nanyang will soon fall, and the defeated troops of the 11th Independent Force and the 184th Army have become lonely. He needs sympathy, help, and needs to get a steady stream of supplies from other directions."

"snort"

The lieutenant general shook his head indignantly: "He is sensationalism and gaining political capital."

"You're right."

Zhao Zhikai looked calm: "However, no one can blame him. He was very brave. He was able to lead the troops to reinforce with a ready-to-do attitude at this time, which was already very popular. Su Hao's purpose of using the public channel is this. If we want to destroy his plan, we just need to send a few divisions to the front line. The problem is that we can do nothing except supply the defeated troops with the air force. Our troops are not evenly configured and the defense zone is insufficient. We can only watch him perform alone on the stage and receive a lot of applause and flowers."

The major general sitting next to him looked gloomy and gloomy: "Are we just watching him do whatever he wants?"

Hearing such unceremonious words, Zhao Zhikai only found it funny. He turned his eyes to the major general and said calmly: "What else can we do except watch?"

"Su Hao chose the most appropriate time, otherwise why would you think he would get angry at the military meeting? This young man is very smart and never weaves traps for himself. On the surface, he may be challenging the entire military headquarters alone. In fact, he has always been very careful and has not broken through our psychological bottom line. Reinforcements from the direction of Xinnanyang have no impact on the entire battle situation and will not put pressure on the adjacent defense zone. In a short period of time, the 11th Independent Force is our only mobile force in that area. To be honest, I did have the idea of ​​sending Su Hao's troops to reinforce. But he took the initiative to do it, and even his attitude was extremely firm."

"The reason why I did not punish Su Hao's actions of publicizing information was that I had to consider the series of consequences of the front-line defeat. He saw through this and knew that we would not suppress him on this issue, so his attitude and language became more and more presumptuous. This is his reliance and the fundamental reason why we cannot do it.

"Okay, there is no need to get entangled in this issue. In short, Colonel Su Hao's performance is indeed in line with the identity of a soldier. Especially the last few words, even I felt excited when I heard it. Biological warfare is different from any war pattern in human history. Since he is willing to do it, he will give him enough freedom."

Zhao Zhikai's expression was extremely solemn, and the wrinkles on his face became more profound, just like mountains squeezed by the movement of the earth's crust. Under the outline of the thick plates, there were magma with amazing temperatures.

"We need warriors, brave men who dare to stand up and face death and save their compatriots in dangerous situations. Everyone has selfishness, and there is no need to punish them for irrelevant small issues. As long as they are fighting with all their might and fighting for the survival of mankind, that is enough."

On the empty road, a group of ragged soldiers walked away.

The scorching sun burns the earth. In this season, at this latitude, the temperature during the day is mostly above 30 degrees. Without wind, all the moisture in the air is evaporated. The ground is hot, and walking barefoot on the road, a stream of blue smoke will immediately rise at the soles of feet, making the smell of scorched meat pieces, and a harsh and terrifying "hissing".

Liu Jiangyuan was surrounded by hundreds of soldiers and walked slowly towards the direction of Xinnanyang.

The 517th Division has been broken up.

Because of his previous relationship with the 11th Independent Force, Liu Jiangyuan had an inexplicable sense of trust in Su Hao. Although he did not understand why Su Hao strongly opposed the Hefei battle plan, Liu Jiangyuan believed that there must be Su Hao's own reasons. Out of instinctive sense of danger, when setting up the positions, Liu Jiangyuan reserved more than 300 trucks in advance. He ordered these military vehicles to fill up the gas, clear the carriages, equip drivers, and parked near the military highway on standby... Although it was just a preparatory method, in Liu Jiangyuan's heart, he still did not believe that the Hefei battle would fail.

That is extremely persistent, or even helpless fixed thinking.

He could not imagine the miserable situation of failure. It was more than 200,000 troops, the entire war zone. Once it was defeated, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The terrible prophecy finally became reality————When Liu Jiangyuan saw the creatures rushing through the end of the road and rushing to the position from the telescope, he felt cold hands and feet, and his whole body was fixed in place like a sculpture.

The attack speed of mutated creatures is far beyond imagination. They will glide for a short distance, attack in clusters, know how to maximize the numerical advantage, and even understand the importance of cutting off traffic hubs.

If it weren't for seeing it with your own eyes, Liu Jiangyuan wouldn't believe that this was true. The intelligence of mutated creatures is evolving faster and faster, and the division of labor and coordination between different types is becoming closer, which has produced a preliminary tactical concept. Especially the scene of cooperating with each other to shoot down the helicopter, which made everyone who saw it tremble and irresistible.

The dazzling sunshine forces people to lower their heads, and the rolling heat waves that hit their faces quickly evaporate sweat. The close-fitting military uniforms are tortured between moisture and sunshine. White salt condenses on the surface of the fabric, which quickly becomes hard and crisp, rubbing against the skin, making bright red grinding marks, thus forming a large area of ​​molting.

Whether soldiers or officers, there is no difference in this situation. They look dull, carry various weapons, and walk forward with machinery.

The attack tide of mutant creatures was extremely rapid, and no one expected that the tightly arranged positions would be broken through. When death came, people didn't care about anything else. They just subconsciously grabbed weapons, fought back, and retreated along the road. Their belongings were only bullets and first aid kits, and the small amount of food and water had been consumed. From last night to now, Liu Jiangyuan had never eaten anything, nor had he ever eaten a sip of water.

As a division commander, the situation of soldiers and ordinary officers is naturally worse.

More than 300 reserved trucks were launched, and less than twenty were able to escape the attack range of the creature frenzy.

Their pursuit speed is extremely fast. Perhaps it is because of the remaining human thinking deep in the brain, humanoids and blood corpses know how to distinguish the severity. In local battlefields where the number is not dominant, they give up attacking the fugitive soldiers and instead use their hard mouthparts and cuticles to hit the vehicle and tear the fuel tank. Some insect-like people with gliding ability rushed directly into the cab, killing the driver, destroying the steering wheel and joystick. Even vehicles that were lucky enough to start and have already started accelerating, mutated creatures kept hitting the tires, blocking the axle rotation with their flesh and blood, forcing the vehicle to stop.

Relying on a few trucks to break out of the encirclement, in order to rescue more people, Liu Jiangyuan ordered the convoy to drive more than 80 kilometers and then stopped. All the officers and soldiers, including him, got off the car and walked towards Xinnanyang. The convoy turned around and returned to save those comrades who were still struggling.

The truck has not been able to keep up. Maybe it was because of the round trip and execution of the order, or it may have been destroyed...

The shadow of early warning aircraft can always be seen in the sky. Yesterday at noon, Liu Jiangyuan built a simple guidance sign on the ground in accordance with the battlefield regulations. After waiting for nearly three hours, he finally waited for a helicopter. Due to capacity limitations, it only transported 100 servings of water, food, and some ammunition. After sending more than a dozen seriously injured people onto the plane, the pilot told Liu Jiangyuan in a hurry and nervous tone that the biological frenzy is chasing, and just behind them, there are several other batches of collapsed troops. At present, the entire Southeast Third War Zone has collapsed, and the remaining troops are moving in different directions. Due to the different retreat targets, the troops are scattered, and the air force has limited capacity, and it is impossible to provide assistance to everyone. It can only be replenished according to the number and direction of the remaining combat groups.

According to the agreed time, the next air transportation supply should be 4:00 this afternoon. The warning opportunity will process all ground signs in the area. As long as you move along the highway, it will not be difficult for the helicopter to find them.

Compared with hunger and thirst, what is even more terrifying is the fear of death that is shrouded in people's minds all the time.

Soldiers and officers have been exchanging their views on mutant creatures. From the various preparations and signs before the outbreak of the virus, to the emergence of large-scale zombies, people's views have become increasingly pessimistic, believing that they cannot win the war. Living is just a stagnation, and the final outcome...it is likely to be human extinction.

Liu Jiangyuan could not stop these remarks.

Although he is a division commander and a general, he cannot control the thoughts in other people's minds.

What's more, Liu Jiangyuan himself is also a victim of biological warfare. He has no relatives anymore, and he has nothing but fighting and anger.

Without food and water, extreme fear, death scenes that have been experienced in person, hundreds of thousands of troops were defeated... People only felt that their steps were getting softer and weaker, and their reinforced bodies could not be lifted. They were staggering like refugees, their eyes were empty. Every few minutes, they would turn their heads and look behind them to see if the monsters had caught up with them? Can they still survive?

Courage is inseparable from the actual environment.

If there is sufficient supplies, weapons and bullets, soldiers can easily be motivated and burst out with surprising combat power. However, when the material foundation is insufficient, there is no support, and when physiological extreme thirst and hunger are extremely physically irritating. The only thing left in people's minds is how to escape and how to live.

As for dignity and courage... they are nothing in front of life.

From Hefei to Xinnanyang, there is a straight line on the map.

When passing through the abandoned cities along the way, Liu Jiangyuan would order to speed up. They were just a group of defeated soldiers, with severely weakened combat power and insufficient physical strength. They could do nothing but escape.

They can't even go to the nearby areas to find food and water. The mutant creatures that follow may catch up at any time. It would be better to be hungry and thirsty than to be killed and eaten.

Last night, no one rested and kept walking. Many people were so sleepy that they couldn't even open their eyes.

"Stand by, we must go back alive."

"The military headquarters will not ignore us, they will send planes and reinforcements. Do you remember the agreement they made with us yesterday? At four o'clock in the afternoon, there is water to drink and food. We are not alone, someone comes back to help us

"Come on, cheer up and you are a soldier of the Republic, not a waste of silly things. Go ahead and speed up———"

Such sounds kept popping up in the team. They were several officers with higher ranks cheering the soldiers.

Despite this, the team is still moving slowly.

Everyone was staring at the sky, hoping that the sun would be faster than the west and that the sound of the helicopter propeller rotating as soon as possible in the sky.

Liu Jiangyuan suddenly heard a loud footsteps in his ears, which were hot in the sun.

He stopped, turned around, and looked in confusion in the direction of his coming.

A lieutenant colonel came over and said uncertainly: "The division commander, it seems to be ours."

Liu Jiangyuan nodded silently.
Chapter completed!