Darkness is Coming

On South Guang'an Road in the southern city, the normally bustling Zhejiang shopping mall is now crowded. In front of the door, a huge crack that is more than seven meters high and half three wide has driven away everyone around. The salespersons, shopping guides and customers in the mall are all under the joint management office. Under the command of , they quickly assembled to the basement of the mall.

   Right now, there are only a few wartime fortifications that are really safe in Nandu. It is impossible for all the people in the city to take refuge inside, and new cracks may appear in the surrounding roads at any time. The safest and safest solution is to stay in place. While organizing the people in the mall to gather in the underground parking lot, the officers of the Joint Management Office kept persuading them to believe that the soldiers of the defense army could intercept and destroy the monster tide.

Relatively speaking, there are two safest places in the mall, one is the top floor, and the other is the underground parking lot. The joint command ordered the crowd to gather in the underground parking lot mainly for two reasons: First, the top floor can have an unobstructed view of the battle situation. , this may have adverse effects, and hiding in the basement, unable to observe the situation above, the possibility of crowd noise will be less. Second, in case the troops stationed outside the mall failed to intercept all the monsters successfully, they could try to escape by car when hiding in the underground parking lot, while hiding on the top floor might only be possible by jumping off the building.

When the    Rising Sun team arrived at Zhejiang Mall, another team was already guarding the crack.

Two 92-type infantry fighting vehicles and a 99-type main battle tank stopped in front of the crack. Not only were infantrymen relying on the tank armor to prepare for the coordinated operation of the infantry and tanks, but there were also temporary fortifications quickly built using surrounding buildings on the other side. Soldiers in uniform bustled between transport trucks and positions, laying out anti-infantry mines and ready-to-detonate bombs in front of cracks, and setting up defensive positions with machine guns, flamethrowers, and grenade launchers, as well as others deployed on conventional battlefields. Weapons that are useless but may work wonders on the battlefield.

   Generally speaking, in this configuration, the main battle tank is responsible for the main task, and the wheeled infantry fighting vehicle is responsible for eliminating the enemy's light armor, simple fire points and anti-tank support points.

Considering that the Type 92 infantry fighting vehicle can effectively kill and injure the active forces of the enemy, it can provide strong fire support and assault capabilities, it has a certain self-defense capability against low-altitude targets, and it has good strategic mobility. Made the main equipment of the quick reaction force under the regular army.

   "There is someone in front." Xiao Liu looked at Cheng Xu suspiciously.

Cheng Xu nodded and replied: "Well, we and the regular army of the Nandu Military Region are under the command of the Joint Operational Command, but the military region's troops are still self-contained after all, they will definitely have their own arrangements and ideas, the front team should be the 163 Division. Or from the 177th Division, when their weapons and equipment exploded us, let them take the lead, and it would be reasonable for us to do a second interception."

  Liu shrugged and spread his hands.

   "Okay, hurriedly rushing here, it's a spare tire."

"Xiao Liu, don't make trouble!" Cheng Xu sternly stopped Xiao Liu from playing tricks and shouted, "Please put away your thoughts and prepare for battle. The regular army is indeed well equipped, and its combat effectiveness is far superior to us, but don't forget , the 163rd and 177th divisions have never been on the battlefield. You all remember how you panicked when you first entered the battlefield? So don't think that we can be blindly optimistic with the regular army in front. We were transferred here to assist us in combat, don’t take it lightly! Car No. 2, get off and arrange, Car No. 3, observe the surrounding firepower.”

   "Boss, can we call for air support if we can't fight after a while?"

Cheng Xu glared at him and scolded: "Are you awake? I thought it was shooting an American blockbuster, and air support is always available. This is the southern metropolitan area! Even if there is air support, it is very limited, otherwise the Second Artillery Corps and the Air Force will bomb it. , what monster can't be solved, why do we need to guard here?"

"Tsk, that's right, hey, since I knew that there was going to be a battle in Nanhui, I should have evacuated the residents as soon as possible, so that I could let go of the fight. The powerful weapons can't be used. Isn't it self-defeating?" Xiao Liu Shaking his head and sighing.

"It's not that easy." Cheng Xu shook his head, everyone could guess that the place and time of this battle must have been expected, but what is missing now is not smart people, but understanding people, "Think about it, if you advance in advance If we do the evacuation of residents, doesn't that mean to tell the world that we know when monsters will invade? Originally, the theory of the Huaxia threat is spreading around the world. If we do this, our country will be very passive in international public opinion. Furthermore, even if we disregard the impact, the evacuation of 8 million residents is a long-term project. The unstable factors that will occur during the period, and the various impacts and damages that will be caused will not be lower than a war. In the end, you prodigal boy is I don’t know that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive. Let it go? If the southern capital is in ruins, who will be responsible for the reconstruction work? The country has a headache to explode."

"On the contrary, be prepared to fight here. First, you can minimize losses. Second, you can leave a step for yourself, and shamelessly beat to death for not admitting that we knew in advance that the magic tide would come. Diplomacy, even if it is nonsense, As long as there is a reason to say it. Thirdly, if such a 'sudden' invasion appeared in Nandu, our Nandu Guard and People's Guard can respond quickly and protect the people from the crisis. Wouldn't this be more beneficial to the people of the country? What about the sense of security? You have been in Xinyuanjiang and Jiangxin Island for a while. You should know how important this sense of security is to the development of a region, right?"

"Oh, I know!" Xiao Liu suddenly realized that security and stability are important factors that directly affect the development of the region. Only the army and government that can bring a sense of security to the people can ensure that the country is tenacious when it is invaded by foreigners. will not be a country.

"Boss doesn't smoke, but..." Xiaoliu took out a four-pack of Zhongnanhai and lit it, scratched his head and asked, "But I didn't think about it, what if we couldn't keep it? Retire? 10,000 steps, even if we hold it, the casualty rate will definitely increase a lot, right?"

Although Cheng Xu had the demeanor of a regular army commander, he was originally a corpse hunter who was similar to a mercenary. He did not have the strict discipline of the army. The human smoke rolled twice in the lungs.

   "Six sons, you have heard a saying, war is the art of burning money..."

   "It is said that human life is at stake. In fact, human life sometimes has a price."