The 577th Blockade of Cagayan

The fear of segregation throughout the city spreads in people's hearts like a plague. Although the Philippines sent two additional divisions to control the situation, the shadow of death still lingers in people's hearts.

There are only 70,000 people left in a city of hundreds of thousands.

Dongcheng District has been completely occupied, and most of the West District has also been occupied. Government soldiers repelled the attacking guerrillas overnight, and then spent a whole day pulling out a separation belt with barbed wire near the southern district of Xicheng District, establishing a safe zone.

On the second day after the air crash, the government forces opened a fence across the city, confining the zombies to the city of Cagayan. At the same time, the Black Hawk helicopter circled along the city, sticking to the front line of the battle to search for fish that slipped through the net.

At the same time, the Philippine government sent a transport plane to airdrop humanitarian relief supplies to the zombie-occupied area. As well as pamphlets printed by the Ministry of Health, instructing survivors on how to survive in zombie-occupied areas, how to maintain confidence in the face of disasters, and so on.

It is estimated that there are still more than 10,000 people struggling in the "occupied areas". They are either uninfected or lucky ones with innate immunity to the virus. In any case, their situation is very dangerous. However, the Philippine government has been unable to allocate more helicopters for rescue. Because of the danger of the virus and the impact of the civil war, even people from international rescue organizations are not allowed to enter.

People living in the safe zone are also suffering.

More than 70,000 people live in the isolation zone of only a few square kilometers and are not allowed to leave the city. The living space is extremely crowded, and the lack of living supplies leads to chaos in law and order. In despair, the ugly side of human beings is exposed to the fullest. People break their heads for a box of antibiotics and sell their bodies for a loaf of bread. The "cleaners" who are in charge of sanitation inspections hold the "power of life and death" for everyone, and the logistics soldiers who distribute relief supplies can freely decide who will go hungry, except for those soldiers who are generally not close to the place of residence, they are the local emperors in the safe zone .

No media of any kind is allowed into the quarantine area, and what happens here is unknown. No one knows how long the quarantine will last. There are more or less zombie viruses lurking in their bodies, but there is no outbreak. They are dangerous to society as a whole. At least until a vaccine is developed, they cannot be reintegrated into society.

This is the root of despair.

It's like a concentration camp here.

It took only two days for the situation to deteriorate to this point.

On the third day, the situation in Cagayan City was brought under control. The 21st Infantry Division began to push the line south. At the same time, the 14th Division sent out a mechanized brigade to advance from the safe zone to the Cagayan River and recover the bridge across the river. However, the action commander obviously underestimated the strength of the zombies, and the mechanical brigade had not yet reached the bridge.

suffered heavy casualties.

It stands to reason that soldiers with hot weapons will not be at a disadvantage when facing zombies, but this is not the case.

Although the equipment of the Philippine Army is not as bad as that of the Navy, its training level is notoriously low. This is not only reflected in marksmanship, but also in the quality of the challenge.

Shooting at unarmed civilians, even if there is an order from a superior, the person who executes the order will also be under tremendous psychological pressure. This pressure comes from long-established moral values ​​and the constraints of a society ruled by law. They know it's not true, but they have to

Many people couldn't bear the bloody pressure and pulled the trigger to shoot the corpses. Venting fear in the firepower, forgetting the order to shoot in the head. When dealing with zombies, such a mistake can be fatal.

What broke these soldiers the most was that they had to pull the trigger on those comrades who were bitten by zombies. No medicine can suppress the infection, and the only way to end their misery is death, at least for now.

Why not use support artillery to assist the advance?

Because of that damn humanitarianism.

As long as there is one civilian in the city, and as long as the outside world is still a civilized society, the Philippine government forces cannot fire on their own city. Countless eyes are on them, politicians do not allow them to do this, and the media does not allow them to do this.

Rather. Those "patients" are already under a lot of stress by shooting them instead of using anesthesia.

Cagayan City is a mess, and it is a mess that has to be managed. Aquino thought about it more than once. Just burn down the whole city, and burn down all those lunatics and viruses unless he wants to face charges of homicide.

Just after the 3rd Mechanized Brigade of the 14th Division arrived in the safe zone with low morale, the Philippine Ministry of Foreign Affairs received a declaration of war from the Star Ring trade.

Three hours ago, the naval formation formed at the border of the Philippines was completely wiped out.

Two and a half hours ago, the Philippine presidential palace repeatedly confirmed the authenticity of the news to the Navy Command.

Two hours later, the news reached the Second Army Army Command based in the city of Cagayan. at the same time. Halo Marines begin landing at Davao Harbor.

At this moment, Lieutenant General Airi Bailey is standing in the temporary headquarters, holding a simple combat meeting.

Just then, an officer walked into the barracks and interrupted the ongoing meeting.

"What's wrong, Sergeant Kaveller."

Sergeant Kavel gave a military salute, stood at attention and reported back.

"According to the pictures taken by the US satellite, after breaking through the naval blockade, the soldiers of the Star Ring Trade Marine Corps have landed in Davao Port, and heavy weapons such as rocket launchers are suspected to have landed ashore."

"What about the US military?" This is the question that Airi Bailey is most concerned about.

"The Stennis aircraft carrier has not moved at the moment. The White House said that it will provide intelligence support to our operations through satellites and provide assistance in diplomatic mediation to solve the problem," Kaville replied.

"These treacherous cowards," Ali Bailey cursed, dropping the marker on the map.

Jiang Chen is currently in a coma. The reason why the United States considers this kind of appeasement strategy is that on the one hand, it is worried that the star ring trade, which has lost its leadership, will react excessively, and on the other hand, it is not sure about its combat effectiveness.

The combat performance of the Guardian-class frigate's electromagnetic naval gun and Aurora 20 shocked the USS Stennis aircraft carrier, which watched the battle through the Global Hawk drone. Therefore, the White House has to reassess the strength of the new country and discuss whether to adjust its diplomatic strategy towards the new country.

Although the Hamilton patrol ship is a type of ship eliminated by their maritime guard, it is still a bit too scary to be hit by a single shot. In particular, this kind of semi-curved artillery is not like a missile, and cannot be defended by anti-missile equipment. They didn't intend to take this risk until they were sure that the Stennis aircraft carrier could take a shot. After all, their real opponent in the South China Sea is Hua Guo. Even if they get rid of Xin Guo's navy, if the aircraft carrier battle group deployed around the South China Sea is damaged, it will be a loss outweighed for them.

Yes, they don't think those two Guardian-class frigates are the opponents of the USS Stennis aircraft carrier battle group. After all, no matter how awesome they were, they were just two frigates. Compared with an aircraft carrier battle group with comprehensive combat functions, their capabilities are still too small.

But no one doubted that being bitten by these two "ants" would be very painful.

There are still many things to discuss, but before they come to a conclusion, the soldiers of the star ring trade have probably beaten the Philippines to the ground.

That's the essence of Blitz!

"What should we do now?" Brigadier Ludel, who was sitting at the command table, picked up the marker and handed it back to Lieutenant General Airi Bailey.

"Nothing to do." Airi Bailey raised his eyebrows, picked up a marker pen and drew three circles on the three inflection points of the Cagayan River that goes deep into Mindanao.

"In these three areas, the 21st Infantry Division has established a defense line here, deploying anti-aircraft guns and machine gun fire points. I need you, take the 15th Mountain Division through the foothills on the east side of the Cagayan River, and at these five points Deploy new U.S. troops to support our medium-range anti-aircraft missiles, as well as infantry artillery positions, and coordinate with the 21st Division deployed along the river on the west side."

"In addition, transfer the 101st Armored Brigade in the Northeast Theater to the outskirts of Cagayan City. Once the opponent concentrates on attacking our defense line along the Cagayan River, push the 101st Armored Brigade south to cooperate with the 19th Airborne Brigade's attack Davao Port, drive those arrogant Xin Chinese into the sea! Let those useless navies see the strength of our army!"

As a result, the road from Davao Port to Cagayan City will be completely blocked by the firepower of the two divisions. Any troops attempting to break in will pay dearly!

"Defense? How long will this war last?" the quartermaster turned his pen and asked, looking at Eli Bailey.

"Maybe half a year, maybe just a month," Airi Bailey said.

"If those laymen swarmed into our defense line, it might only take ten days." Seeing that the meeting was almost over, a rough-looking officer joked.

There was a proud smile on the corner of Eli Bailey's mouth.

He agreed with his subordinate's speech very much, although he didn't think that the other party would die so stupidly.

Anyway, the military power of the Philippines ranks 25th in the world, and this is still being dragged down by the trash of the navy.

Although this ranking is not something to be proud of, but facing Xinguo, which did not make it to the list at all, they are completely worthy.

While the Philippines was making defensive deployments, two guardian-class frigates had arrived in the waters near Davao Port. The Type 50 J-type electromagnetic gun has been set up, waiting for the command to fire.

A night's rest.

More than 1,000 Starlink trade soldiers wearing mechanical exoskeletons have entered Davao City by landing craft and stationed in the area designated for them by the Moro Kingdom to rest. Dozens of large and medium-sized transport helicopters are already on standby in the open space, waiting for the order to attack.

Mindanao is mountainous and jungle, and it is not easy to use armored units to fight. This is very beneficial to the Moro guerrillas and the star ring trade.

Wearing sunglasses and a general cap, Ivan arrived in Davao City again in a Black Hawk helicopter, this time as a field commander.

The commander of the 5th Infantry Division of the Moro Kingdom arrived at the airport by car to pick him up, holding his two strong hands together.

"Ready?"

"It's ready."

Taking off his sunglasses, Ivan stuffed them into the pocket under his collar.

"Then, the battle begins!" (To be continued.)