Chapter 20. Patriot (24)
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Even if you have a place to eat, drink, and sleep, if you don’t have a weapon to protect yourself, you’re as good as dead. From that perspective, the four of us could be considered half dead. There is a gun, but no bullets.
When we laid out our guns in the hallway and sorted them by caliber of ammunition used, the problem became clearly apparent.
There were less than a hundred rounds of 45 caliber bullets left for the MP45 submachine gun and 9mm bullets for the Rok 17 pistol.
Although its firepower is less than that of other guns, its advantage is that it can shoot quieter than any other gun if equipped with a silencer. In places where you have to move secretly, such as a city, the more you secure, the better.
There are about a thousand rounds of 5.56Mm bullets left for standard firearms, such as the R-15 rifle or M4 carbine. Stopping power and killing power are standard.
A single hit will not explode a zombie, but it is enough to incapacitate joints such as knees and shoulders. If you aim for the head and neck, it will usually take one or two shots, but the body can sometimes take up to four shots. Fortunately, Camilla, I, and Leticia are all good at shooting, so we use ammo very sparingly.
The problem is not the slightly lacking performance of the 5.56Mm bullet. With great power comes great noise, which brings more zombies. It might have been a rural village, but this is a city. Even if I kill 300 to 400 zombies, it won’t make a big difference, but I don’t want to get bitten to death after firing a gun for no reason.
From that perspective, 7.62Mm is better. It’s noisy, but it can definitely destroy a zombie with one shot. The problem is that there isn’t a single shot. There were no bullets left next to Camilla’s favorite weapon, K11 SWS.
“If I had known this would happen, I would have brought more generously from the Liberation Corps.”
Camilla gently touched her beloved firearm. Next to her, Leticia sighed.
“I never thought I would say this, but it’s a shame I didn’t.”
Beast zombies were the problem.
If your opponent is only humanoid zombies, 5.56Mm will do just fine. That is, if you have enough ammo. The problem is that we have to deal with not only humanoids but also thick-furred beasts.
Of course, animals die when shot, but they are not just animals, they are zombie animals. Zombies don’t know pain. This means that unless the limbs fly off, they ignore the pain and just rush forward.
Instead, the shotgun bullets were quite plentiful. A total of 600 mid- to long-range slug bullets, and a total of 800 short-range bullets. The types of ammunition could not be more diverse, but most of them were good in terms of reliability.
“It seems fear marketing works everywhere, doesn’t it?”
I opened the pamphlet that was stuck between the bullet boxes.
It seems to have been made by a local gun shop, and it had quite provocative caricatures drawn on it. On the left is a picture of a man walking backwards while firing a small-caliber submachine gun, and a family screaming in fear behind the man.
On the other hand, on the right, there was a picture of a man who eliminated a group of zombies with a single ‘click’ of his shotgun and a cheering family.
“Well, it’s not wrong. “Not to mention the fact that there are more zombies coming in than we shot.”
In fact, from the perspective of local people, a single shot from a shotgun may be more attractive than a .22 Caliber bullet. It’s a weapon that can show off its spicy flavor to looters as well.
Other than that, there are about ten grenades, flash bombs, smoke bombs, and signal flares each, and three C4 bombs. It would be enough to blow up a house, but more than that.
“Anyway, to summarize, if a group of zombies rushes here, it will be difficult to stop them. “To put it bluntly.”
Cassandra slightly raised her hand at my point. She was still facing away from me and she was wearing a mask, so it was hard to read her expression.
“Could a bunch of zombies come here?”
“I think that guy named Ellen will do something ‘soon’. I don’t know what it is, but I think there will be a lot of trouble. Maybe there will be a shootout. Then the zombies will come running if they like it.”
Cassandra nodded her head at Camilla’s explanation. Camilla frowned.
“Do you really think Virginia will move for us? I mean, do you really think Virginia is going to capture Ellen? The regions are different, right? “I’m not even a direct subordinate.”
“If it’s the Virginia I know, of course it would be like that. She is a woman who ignores the entire chain of command to achieve what she wants. Thanks to his background as a nobleman, there are many people who flatter him. This is especially true these days when supplies are scarce and we have to rely on external black markets.”
Leticia answered confidently. However, even if she does, she has to stop Ellen’s ‘su’ at least once. Virginia’s only role is to prevent one event from becoming the second or third time.
“The problem is how Ellen harasses us…. Leticia. “What do you think?”
In times like this, playing with the red team and blue team is perfect. It’s a kind of thought experiment where we assume a virtual enemy and we try to stop it.
“If it were me, I think I would first dispatch reconnaissance to the public health center. “They probably know we’re here, or at least stayed.”
Well, you wouldn’t know the details of how he killed six of his superiors, laid them on the bed, and placed dog tags at their feet unless you came here in person. In other words, Ellen already knows that we have been here or are here. Leticia thought deeply and continued her explanation.
“Because it’s for reconnaissance purposes, it won’t come right in front of you. A good observer would be able to see the situation well from 1km away, right? “They will figure out our size and then send appropriate troops.”
I looked at Camilla.
“What about you? “You’re a master of the chase.”
“My thoughts are similar. I think I’ll send just two, three at most. I don’t want to make noise, so I’ll definitely avoid fighting….”
I didn’t expect much, but I also gave Cassandra a look. Cassandra’s face turned red and she shook her head wildly.
“Well, Cassandra doesn’t know much about this. But are you really going to fight here?”
That’s the problem.
The other party probably knows very well what this central district is like. Most likely, they will be sent with firepower and troops capable of penetrating this central district. It will never be an easy scale.
The conclusion has been reached. You shouldn’t fight here. All four of us can’t get hurt, let alone die. However, we cannot make this our front line and last stronghold. Because it is much more disadvantageous for us.
“John, what do you think?”
Cassandra asked me in reverse.
“It’s almost all the same. Hmm… I think the guys from the 284th National Military Police Headquarters will probably come. It’s reasonable to think that way, right? They created a mess here and then quietly disappeared, and more importantly, they reinforced this base themselves. “You probably know the geography here better than anyone else.”
According to the official report, 48 out of 253 members of the headquarters unit have returned. 200 People literally ‘evaporated’. In the worst case, you must be prepared for 200 soldiers to flock here.
“And yet you provoked me?”
Camilla and Leticia looked at me as if I was puzzled. I nodded.
“Think about it. In the worst case, 200 people will come, but in other words, supplies for 200 people will roll in? “I guess it’ll be okay if I don’t have to worry about bullets and food for a while?”
“Is that the correct calculation?”
The two women touched their foreheads at the same time. The only one standing motionless was Cassandra. But why on earth are you wearing a mask?
“… “John, you plan to kill all the soldiers who attack.”
Cassandra asked in a slightly gloomy tone. I shrugged her shoulders.
“It’s their fault that they crawl into their place of death, not mine, right?”
“Are you provoking me like that?”
“I don’t think the provocation given to Ellen was at the level of being shot to death. It was okay to curse at me in a dignified manner. And you should repay insults with curses, not with bullets.”
Leticia gave a very strange expression. Camilla seemed to be holding back her laughter.
“Is there a way?”
“Of course it is. “I just need to check one thing.”
“What is it?”
“If tomorrow is a good day, why don’t you go to city hall with me? “A fire department or police station would also be fine.”
Camilla blinked her eyes.
“Why is City Hall suddenly doing this?”
“Let’s see if the siren works.”
Public offices have an alarm system in place to prepare for disaster situations. Even if power and communication are cut off, you can sound an alarm as long as you have a loudspeaker. And City Hall has an integrated control system that can control all government offices.
There is no need to fight with a gun. All you have to do is know where it is coming from and the direction. Once their infiltration route is clear, if you ‘slightly’ sound the siren of a nearby government office by remote control, the zombies will bite you.
“What if the siren doesn’t sound? What if the remote control device breaks down?”
“Just set the alarm and have it go off every six hours. Then the zombies will spread on their own. It’ll be a little more annoying, though.”
“…Speaks very easily.”
Leticia seemed disoriented, but I narrowed one of her eyes.
“It would be easier than the four of us fighting against 200 people with guns.”