Just as Tang Zheng expected, the Fifth Army also came up with a similar method.
When Liu Yibang came to Xiangshui River, he ordered the ice on the river to be blown up.
The Fifth Army had a large number of people, and the first wave of explosions was quite effective, continuously destroying more than ten kilometers of river surface.
But the next action was not so smooth.
The mutated birds began to attack the engineers who placed explosives on the river, causing heavy losses to the group army.
When the zombie army was ten kilometers away from Xiangshui, it began to split to the left and right.
At this moment, Liu Yibang ignored the casualties and forcibly dispatched engineers to continue blowing up the river.
Under Liu Yibang's strict order, the engineers had to continue setting off with explosives, blowing up sections of the river.
However, during this process, the casualties were increasing. When the total area of the river destroyed by the explosion was close to 30 kilometers, more than 5,000 engineers had been killed, which forced Liu Yibang to stop this suicidal action.
During this time, Liu Yibang and the others began to seize the time to build the ice wall.
A large number of survivors were gathered together and came to the Jinhe River on the other side of the city and began cutting ice blocks on the river.
Basically all the trucks available in the city were recruited to transport ice to and from the riverside and the city.
Huge water pipes were connected directly to the river water. After the ice cubes were placed together, water was poured on them immediately.
Cold weather causes water to freeze quickly, solidifying the ice cubes together to form walls.
Regardless of whether it is beautiful or not, nearly two million people participated in the construction of the city wall under Liu Yibang's repeated orders and the princess's call.
With the help of delaying time by blowing up the ice, the Fifth Army successfully survived the night.
That night, nearly two million people in Hezhou went out to cut, load and transport trucks. Those who did not have suitable tools had to pull the ice cubes with ropes or push them on the road.
Transport the ice cubes to the southeast of the city.
Zombies come from the southwest, but the river mouth area is surrounded by water from south to west and then to the north, constantly blowing up the river surface and cutting ice, so the zombies can only continue to move toward the northeast and southeast.
In fact, on the west side, there are still passages to enter the estuary area, which are the road bridges and railway bridges over the two rivers.
However, this narrow passage is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Liu Yibang deployed heavy troops here. After the corpses arrived, he actually chose to bypass this place.
However, there was also a group of corpses that blocked the other side of the bridge, preventing people from the river mouth area from leaving.
The troops and the corpses faced each other across a river of two to three kilometers, and the battlefield was opened elsewhere.
The southeast direction will be the first area to welcome the arrival of zombies.
Two million people worked hard overnight to build an ice wall in the southeast area that was more than ten kilometers long and twelve meters high. It is now more than six meters thick and can be used for guarding for the time being.
People who had been up almost all night could not rest even at dawn. The Fifth Army was stationed on the southeast wall, and the survivors were assigned to continue moving to the northeast, where they continued to build the ice wall.
The battle also started at the southeast wall at 7:50.
When countless zombies approached in darkness, the soldiers of the Fifth Army realized what a huge difference there was between a group of zombies with a unified command and a group of zombies without a command.
In the snowy field, corpses are constantly coming. Standing on the ice wall, you can't see where the end is.
Mutated birds were flying everywhere in the sky, blocking the light of the sky which was not bright at all.
The roars of zombies and the chirping of mutated birds make people's eardrums buzz and make them feel upset.
Liu Yibang came to the top of the city wall. Looking at the scene in front of him, his heart couldn't help but beat wildly.
His eyes were red from staying up late, his beard was unkempt, and he was no longer the suave general he used to be, and he couldn't care less about it now.
Just as he was about to direct the battle, the correspondent ran over.
"Commander, call from Tang Zheng."
Liu Yibang was stunned for a moment and took the walkie-talkie.
Tang Zheng's voice came: "Commander Liu, don't speak yet. Listen to me. If your Fifth Army can support it, just pretend I didn't say anything. But if you feel bad, don't hesitate to contact me immediately. I will
I'll try my best to help you evacuate people, after all, those people don't deserve to die."
Liu Yibang felt that his nerves were a little sensitive again. If the people should not die, should he die?
Just as he was about to retort, Tang Zheng had already ended the call.
"Oh shit!"
Liu Yibang threw down the walkie-talkie and started directing the battle.
Facing the incoming corpses, he first asked the artillery unit of the Fifth Army to launch a long-range strike.
No matter when, artillery has a place in war, even now.
The cannon sounded, and clouds of fire and smoke exploded in the distance. The scene was quite shocking.
The Fifth Army has a large number of artillery, with more than 400 cannons.
The roar of cannons sounded, and many zombies were killed in the explosion.
However, a blow of this magnitude is not painful at all to a group of tens of millions of corpses. The group of corpses continued to move forward despite the gunfire.
Liu Yibang has not resumed the production of landmines here. Although his military industry line has recovered to some extent, it has not reached the level of unscrupulous mass production. The previous stage of attacking Hezhou has consumed most of his inventory of ammunition. His current life is not
Not rich.
The group of corpses advanced under the gunfire, and after paying a certain price, they finally approached the city wall.
From the beginning of the war to the brutal attack and defense of the city wall, only four hours passed.
As the zombie siege began, life for the Fifth Army was not so easy.
At the beginning, their firepower was very dense and fierce, and countless zombies were killed on the snowy field.
However, as high-level zombies join the battlefield, their firepower is subject to certain restrictions.
It is difficult for the indestructible bullets to kill those iron armors with one shot, and the sharpshooters who usually can move at a hundred steps cannot hit the fast and agile zombies with one shot.
Advanced zombies and ordinary zombies were mixed together, and a lot of bullets were wasted on the cannon fodder, but they were unable to stop the advancement of the zombies.
By two o'clock in the afternoon, the corpse group charged under the ice wall.
Just like the siege of Chasing Light City, corpses piled up quickly.
At this time Liu Yibang also realized that his city wall was a little short.
But he had no choice. The time was tight and the tasks were heavy. Almost all the people in the Hekou District who could be used were mobilized. Some old and weak people also had to cook and boil water in the rear and provide logistics. What could be done was the limit.
Facing the pile of corpses, Liu Yibang could only order the use of petrol bombs.
But this time there are disadvantages again.
As a defense, the ice wall cannot withstand the burning of gasoline bombs.
The ice wall continued to melt, which shocked Liu Yibang. He could only ask the workers to continue transporting ice blocks and thicken the city wall at the back.
Others moved ice blocks onto the city wall to temporarily raise it.
Just putting ice cubes is not enough, you also need to water it, and the disadvantages of watering it with water pipes are also great.
Soldiers who are fighting can easily get wet if they are not careful.
In this cold winter, if you get wet in the cold wind, you have to go back and take off your clothes immediately and take a hot bath to avoid catching a cold.
It is very common to freeze to death if you are not careful.
But there is no such condition now. Many soldiers were frozen and fell stiffly on the city wall. They did not die in the hands of zombies, but died in the hands of their own people.
It was under such difficult conditions that the Fifth Army persisted until dark.
Liu Yibang also knew that the night of the first day was the most difficult time.
In the dark night, the cold wind howled and whistled across the entire wilderness.
The soldiers stood on the ice, their eyelashes frosted and their faces pale.
People kept falling down with stiff hands and feet, and were immediately carried away.
This is not difficult, the key is to deal with the zombies coming in a steady stream below.
Round after round of illumination bombs were launched into the sky, and the Fifth Army fought through the night.
Compared with the relatively abundant troops during the day, it is already difficult to fight at night.
Because the zombies have arrived in the northeastern area, they have to divide their forces to defend the northeastern city wall.
Soldiers on both sides were fighting hard, barely moving their stiff limbs and raising their guns to shoot.
The zombies on the ground were easier to target, but the mutated birds in the sky had now become a serious problem for them.
In the dark night, it was impossible to find the location of the mutated bird.
Even if the flares take off, as the light gradually weakens, those mutated birds will hide in the darkness behind, find the right opportunity, and suddenly rush out of the darkness.
Then, there was a soldier on the city wall covering his face and screaming.
The mutant bird can easily catch them blind, or even take away a large piece of flesh on their face.
Some soldiers were blind and tried to grab the mutant bird and jump off the city wall to die together. Unfortunately, they fell to their death, and the mutant bird could still flap its wings and take off to fight again.
The flames of the flamethrower penetrate the night sky, and sometimes they can burn down some mutant birds, which is considered a good achievement.
Under the double attack of the sky and the ground, a major danger appeared in Hezhou on the night of the first day.
Before a pile of corpses could be burned, zombies rushed up the wall.
Seeing more and more zombies climbing up the city wall and even jumping into the city through the city wall, Liu Yibang was so anxious that he personally led his guard battalion and a reserve division to rush forward.
It took nearly 7,000 people to overcome this crisis and successfully burn the pile of corpses.
Afterwards, there were more than two thousand injured people, all of whom had been scratched by zombies, but they had not yet mutated.
Looking at these brothers with gray faces and despair in their eyes, Liu Yibang wanted to cry but had no tears.
He could only distribute some explosives to these people and let them make a final charge.
The soldiers infected by the virus gritted their teeth and rushed out, and died together with the zombies in the explosions.
Courage and passion cannot really turn the situation around.
The joint battle between zombies and mutated birds made the Fifth Legion difficult.
It's not that they have no fighting power or courage, it's just that there are too many zombies, and there are countless high-level zombies, so they can't be killed.
After a day of fighting, they had killed more than half a million zombies, but it was just a drop in the bucket and was of no help.
Seeing that in the middle of the night, the city wall was in danger again, Liu Yibang could only grit his teeth and sent armored troops out of the city to meet the enemy.
The 2,000 tanks and armored vehicles of the Fifth Army went out to fight bloody battles with zombies. They killed an unknown number of zombies, and the rumbling sound of artillery continued for several hours.
The night was finally passed, but at dawn, of the two thousand armored troops, only less than sixty tanks were able to come back alive.