Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 58 Fire the Cannon

After a long wait, nothing unexpected happened at the camp, except for an increase in the number of patrol members.

As the sun gradually set, the crowd put down their spears and gathered together in advance. The camp leader appeared alone before the crowd.

He waved his arms, as if calling on the crowd to join him in protecting their homeland.

[Commander, the pivot team has reached its designated position. Main guns are ready and can fire at any time.]

"Wait, get this camp leader away from the crowd. I want to seriously injure him and render him unconscious, so they lose their will to fight."

Lorraine did not want to see the madmen in this camp launch a suicidal charge against the pivot squad in order to avenge their leader.

The main gun was raised, and the ammunition supply system loaded a high-explosive shell into the breech.

[High-explosive shell, one round loaded.]

Shortly afterward, the camp leader finished his speech, left the spot, and prepared to head in the direction the food truck had left in the day before.

"High-explosive shells, fire!"

Lorraine pressed the firing button. The firing pin struck the primer, which ignited the propellant. The propellant burned rapidly, propelling the projectile out of the barrel.

The high-explosive shell drew an arc in the air and landed in the center of the crowd.

The shockwave from the explosion sent the camp leader flying not far away.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"

Patrols and sentries, these armed men poured out from all directions and gathered around the leader.

When Platinum saw this scene from the drone's perspective, he gave the order to begin the operation.

"Quickly occupy the designated positions according to the plan."

The Pivot Team and the Listening Beast emerged one after another from the two landing craft docked at the shore and rushed quickly to their respective positions.

Roy and Xuan Tie rushed to the makeshift position they had built during the previous mission to provide fire support for the squad.

The cat is on a sloping roof, which allows it to shoot at the leader's residence, while the view inside the residence is also blocked by the sloping roof.

The Di Ting silently approached the leader's residence, monitoring every move inside.

The platinum suitcase, completely wrapped up, slipped into the building and observed the direction of the residence from the third-floor balcony.

The last Kheshig to take his place circled around to the middle of the chief’s residence and the warehouse.

"Pivot Team in position."

"The Di Ting is in position."

"The situation is developing as expected. Everyone is on the defensive, waiting for nightfall."

"receive."

All the armed personnel nervously surrounded the leader's residence, and the sentries on higher ground also ran out.

"Cat, all enemy sentries are offline. The high ground threat is gone. You are free to choose when to fire."

"Received, kitty."

Cat stepped forward slightly, poked the muzzle of her gun out from behind cover, and began searching for the leaders.

Time ticked by, and all the armed personnel remained in place, forming an impenetrable wall around the leader's residence.

"Cat reports: The other side shows no signs of going out to investigate, and no leaders have been found."

Platinum and Lorraine were both taken aback when they heard the information reported by the cat.

"?"

"This person ruined himself. In order to concentrate power, he failed to establish middle-level leadership positions that might have diluted power."

"So, in his pursuit of flat management, he ruined himself?"

"Yes."

At this moment, Platinum didn't know what to say.

He was clever in that he didn't create a position to help him manage the camp.

He could be considered foolish, yet he could command the unwavering loyalty of everyone in a camp.

"The next thing to see is how he manages his subordinates. It would be even more interesting if the lack of leadership caused disagreements within the patrol team."

"I don't think so?"

Ouyang Nian had somehow entered the driver's seat.

"Who knows? After all, this level of lethality isn't something that can be achieved easily."

Lorraine smiled; he had a whole night to kill with them.

"However, it's highly unlikely you'll be able to take revenge yourself."

According to Lorraine's original plan, the entire camp would be filled with zombies.

"Then forget it, safety first."

Ouyang Nian waved and returned to the infirmary.

As darkness fell, the roars of zombies rose and fell as the sun withdrew its last rays.

"Second phase of the mission begins. Xuan Tie, blow up the gate."

"receive."

The grenade launcher on Xuan Tie's back slowly rotated, pointing towards the camp gate.

With a muffled thud, the grenade was fired.

With a "bang," the door swung open.

Before the armed guards could react, the zombies outside the door were already drawn by the sound of the explosion and the flying blood and flesh.

"Everyone, retreat to your dwellings and prepare for defense."

All armed personnel retreated to their residences in an orderly manner and established a makeshift defensive line.

"Kitty, Diting, have you spotted the commander?"

"Nothing was found."

The answers from both sides were exactly the same.

"Interesting, this camp leader is something else. And there's also a commander who's hiding somewhere."

Lorraine was increasingly relieved that he hadn't allowed the Pivot Squad to launch an attack rashly.

"The zombies will be controlled by a flagship, Platinum, be careful to stay hidden."

"receive."

Platinum and Lorraine watched from their respective positions as wave after wave of zombies stormed the small building.

These armed men held out from nightfall until 2 a.m., and their resistance barely lessened over those four hours.

"Kitty, how's the situation inside the warehouse?"

Once the cat's location was completely out of sight, Platinum sent her to investigate the interior of the warehouse.

"The warehouse contained some crops and seeds, as well as a large amount of daily necessities, but there were dried bloodstains on the ground."

Hummingbird drones flew through the warehouse, probing everything inside.

"There were no weapons or equipment, and the bloodstains on the ground stretched from the warehouse entrance all the way into the depths."

"The warehouse must have a hidden door."

This conclusion was suspected during the previous reconnaissance mission.

"Wait, isn't there an emergency exit in that building?"

Platinum and Lorraine simultaneously realized a problem: the four-hour-long, unyielding resistance, coupled with the leader's serious injury, had caused them to overlook this.

"The flagship will advance to within 5 kilometers. At the same time, reconnaissance drones will be launched for all-round surveillance."

【receive. 】

Cleveland controlled the flagship to move forward silently.

The last remaining reconnaissance drone on the flagship has also taken off, monitoring the small building from another angle.

"Platinum, all the zombies in the area have been cleared. You can decide when to break in and then call for backup."

Platinum received.

"Xuan Tie, Luo Yi, and Qie Xue, gather outside the main gate."

"The cat and the listening device regrouped and took charge of the guard duty."

"receive."

With the order given, the entire pivot squad began to move.

On the flagship, Lorraine controlled the decoy, drawing all the zombies within a one-kilometer radius of the camp elsewhere.