Not only did Wan Qingshan's face change dramatically, but all the Beihu people also instantly turned pale.

That's a drone!

Everyone here is well aware of the impact of drones. On pre-apocalyptic battlefields, these small things brought shock and slaughter, known to anyone who follows the military.

But since the apocalypse, people subconsciously ignored these things.

Because drones are not very useful against zombies.

Firstly, there are no production lines, making mass production difficult.

Drone bombings were all targeted at armored vehicles; bombing zombies was too costly, and no one would do it.

What everyone pursued were essentially steel torrents, metal storms, and such things.

Drones were glamorously forgotten until recently, when people remembered their application, but mass production couldn't be achieved in a short time.

Unexpectedly, the Dawn Army actually mass-produced them!

At this moment, Wan Qingshan broke out in cold sweat.

The smooth military actions of these days now had a reasonable explanation.

No wonder, no wonder Ye Fan would proactively promise not to use the mushroom bombs first.

This should have been to give him a reassurance, allowing him to advance boldly.

Before, he thought Ye Fan was tricked by Jiangzhou reporters; unexpectedly, it turned out to be a trap for him.

No wonder the Dawn Army's air force was not deployed here, which was also a reason to lure him into advancing recklessly.

Unfortunately, he was greedy for merit and now fell into a big trap.

At this moment, Wan Qingshan no longer had the previous spirit; he immediately ordered the driver to retreat and simultaneously issued a withdrawal order.

But everything was already too late; his armored forces had advanced too deeply, already unable to evacuate immediately.

Over there, the Dawn Army's drones were buzzing like the call of the Grim Reaper, flying towards his armored forces.

"Open fire! Open fire! Shoot down those drones!"

On the wilderness, countless gunshots immediately rang out.

The soldiers began to jump off vehicles, firing towards the sky.

But it was of little use; the drones were too fast, and even when soldiers hit them, it was mostly like blind cats hitting dead rats.

Even with drones being shot down continuously, relative to the hundreds of drones in this wave, it was just a drop in the bucket.

Soon, a large number of drones penetrated Beihu soldiers' fire blockade, their target being those tanks!

A drone flew past with a trailing shadow, crashing head-on into a tank.

Boom~~~!

Accompanied by an explosion, smoke and dust rose, and the tank stalled on the spot.

The tank next to it was somewhat lucky; after enduring a suicide drone attack, it didn't stall immediately and still attempted to escape.

But the second drone immediately whizzed over, hitting it with another blast.

After being hit twice consecutively, this tank also turned into a heap of scrap metal.

This scene could be seen everywhere in the Beihu forces.

Tank after tank was continuously attacked, continuously exploding.

Tank soldiers caught fire, bursting out from the smoking tanks, fleeing in disorder.

This batch of drone attacks had just ended when the second batch of drones launched.

After two continuous waves of drone bombings, Beihu's four hundred tanks were all destroyed!

The entire wilderness was littered with countless tank wrecks, with a large number of armored soldiers unable to crawl out of the tanks, burned alive inside.

And the Dawn Army's drones still wouldn't stop, with the third batch of drones emitting that scalp-numbing buzz, starting to pursue the Beihu armored vehicle convoy.

Boom boom boom~~~~!

Clusters of fireballs appeared in the sky above the battlefield; aside from a few drones being shot down, most hit their targets with ease.

Armored vehicles couldn't withstand as much as tanks, essentially one drone took down one vehicle.

Alongside the armored vehicle explosions, many infantry inside followed the fate of tank soldiers, unable to leave the armored vehicle until death.

This led to soldiers no longer daring to ride in vehicles, jumping off and starting to flee for their lives.

Especially when they discovered that drones only pursued vehicles, some drivers even abandoned their vehicles.

This was a way to momentarily escape death, but it would mean losing transport capabilities; relying on legs wouldn't get far.

But the soldiers weren't concerned about that; surrender would be no worse, maybe surrendering would let them live.

The fourth and fifth batches of drones from the Dawn Army continued to take off consecutively.

Inside the Third Field Brigade, there is a large number of electronic warfare soldiers. These soldiers can not only intercept telegrams, but they are also adept at piloting drones.

When one drone was lost, the second one immediately took off. This time they brought a massive number of drones, swarming in like locusts, overwhelming the skies.

As the tanks and armored vehicles were destroyed, those troop carriers also became targets for the drones.

However, due to the troop carriers being further back, many managed to escape disaster.

On the battlefield, many troop carriers could be seen frantically fleeing along the route they came.

Even Wan Qingshan has run away, can you still expect these soldiers to risk their lives?

It's not that they don't want to exert some effort; the restraint imposed by the types of weapons is simply too severe.

Whether it be tanks, armored vehicles, or troop carriers, they have no defensive power when facing drones. Those not wanting to die should quickly flee.

In fact, they still had another option, which was a full-scale charge, infantry advancing. Although the Dawn Army positions opposite would incur them heavy casualties, as long as they charged through, they weren't without a chance.

Unfortunately, Wan Qingshan lacked both the military skill and the insight. These post-apocalyptic warlords might fare better fighting zombies, but facing an enemy army, they have no actual combat experience.

He fled first, and with drones raining down like a storm, they had no chance at all.

Defeat came as swiftly as a landslide!

The Dawn Army hadn't expected that the Beihu Army, which had appeared fiercely intimidating as if it were about to devour them, would collapse so easily.

Seizing such an opportunity, how could Xu Haoran, temporarily commanding the northern line for the Dawn Army, let it slip?

The Third Field Brigade of the Dawn Army immediately mobilized and pursued the fleeing Beihu Army.

A large number of Lynx all-terrain vehicles emerged from the Dawn Army positions, each carrying several drone operators and loaded with numerous drones.

Drones ascended one after another, pursuing and launching suicide attacks on the Beihu forces.

Buzzz~~~~!

Buzzz~~~~!

This piercing sound is a beautiful symphony in the hands of the users, but to those being hunted, these are the notes of death, instilling a fear that penetrates to the bone.

The fifty-kilometer route the Beihu Army came by turned into a path of life and death.

The weapons they depended on for survival in the apocalypse had no resistance against the suicide drone attacks. Whether human or vehicle, once targeted by a drone, there was no good outcome.

Almost all resisting Beihu forces faced ruthless slaughter, while those who opted to surrender mostly survived.

This battle lasted for a full five hours.

In the early stages of combat, because the Beihu Army's formation was too compact and had penetrated deeply into the heart of the Dawn Army positions, they suffered frantic attacks from drone swarms.

Suicide drones, through an inhumane self-detonating manner, completely destroyed over a thousand tanks and armored vehicles of the Beihu forces.

Out of a thousand troop carriers, more than half were destroyed under drone attacks, leading to the collapse of the Beihu Army.

As their leader fled, no one was left to organize resistance, nor was resistance possible.

A large number of defeated troops dispersed into the wilderness. With nothing but their legs to rely on, they were unable to escape. Aside from a few who resisted stubbornly, the vast majority became prisoners of the Dawn Army.

In this battle, Wan Qingshan ran away, but out of his fifty-thousand-strong army, only over two thousand managed to escape, with over eight thousand killed in action and more than thirty-five thousand captured.

The victorious Dawn Army left one regiment to escort the captives, while the rest of the forces continued pushing forward without pause, capturing the defenseless Beihu Base in one fell swoop.

Barely catching his breath, Wan Qingshan abandoned the base and fled once again, heading to Jiangzhou to seek assistance from Zheng Jinnan.

Meanwhile, Beihu Base, a large base with a population nearing three million, was also directly taken over by the Dawn Army.

The resistance forces here weren't as strong as on Dawn Island. After all, everyone here is among the Qin Han People. In the post-apocalyptic warlord chaos, they've seen it all. If Wan Qingshan fled, it meant he wasn't fit to be the master here.

It's simply a matter of changing to a more competent leader, and Ye Fan is quite well-known here.

After all, his recent live broadcast of fighting zombies opened everyone's eyes.

The established Dawn Army first followed Ye Fan's instructions to loot the banks in the Beihu area completely.

Unfortunately, the loot wasn't significant, with only over two million in funds, as most of the funds had been spent by Wan Qingshan on arms purchases. The wealthiest area around this territory is Jiangzhou.

While the battle at Beihu Base was ongoing, a conflict also erupted in the Nanhu region of the Loose Province.

The eighty thousand enemies in Nanhu engaged in a battle with the Dawn Army that lasted twenty-four hours.

The Dawn Army assembled three hundred tanks of the Apocalypse type, three hundred 99 main battle tanks, and over a thousand various artillery pieces. Coordinated with the air and naval forces, they engaged in a major battle against the Alliance Army in the Nanhu region.

Eventually, taking advantage of electronic jamming technology, the Dawn Army successfully disrupted the Alliance Army's air force signals, destroying over one hundred and fifty fighter jets and gaining air superiority.

Then bombers took the stage, commencing a massive bombardment of the ground forces.

The Alliance Army held on for nearly a day before finally collapsing, beginning a full-scale retreat, leading to fifty thousand prisoners taken and the fall of Nanhu Base.

With two massive victories achieved successively on the northern and southern fronts, some forces in the Loose Province have been beaten into fear.

Although they still have nearly two hundred thousand troops, they no longer dare to confront the Dawn Army head-on, beginning to retreat to several major bases while seeking assistance from Zheng Jinnan in Jiangzhou.

In their view, if Jiangzhou doesn't send troops, the Loose Province might not hold out for more than half a month.

Surely by now, Zheng Jinnan won't just use the threat of zombie hordes as an excuse, right?

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