Infinite Ebullience-Chapter 37 - 24 Counterattack Part 1

37: Chapter 24 Counterattack (Part 1)

37: Chapter 24 Counterattack (Part 1)

The entire room 1208 was a mess, the walls covered with bullet impact traces and black gunpowder smoke.

Flesh and blood remnants were scattered everywhere on the carpet.

Eleven mutilated Nazi Zombie corpses lay haphazardly in the living room, further darkening the room with the shadow of gruesome death.

Tang Zheng walked over to Han Li’s body, closed her eyes and then picked her up, placing her on the bed in the bedroom, and covered her with a cotton quilt.

“I’m sorry, this is all I can do.”, Tang Zheng stood mournfully by the bed and quietly said a few words of blessing.

The aftermath of using the Fierce Queen’s ability started to take effect.

He felt somewhat dizzy and weak, but he still persisted.

“To think she was hit by a stray bullet.

If she had left the room earlier, she would not have been killed.” Li Xinlan stood beside him.

Listening to Tang Zheng’s words, she felt sorrowful.

A former colleague had suddenly died right in front of her.

However, thinking about the potential dangers, the woman deflected the conversation, “Tang Zheng, what was up with those teleporting enemies in German military uniforms?”

“I’m not sure, let’s take a look.” Collecting his emotions, Tang Zheng exited the room and sat down on the floor to rest.

He picked up an M35 German steel helmet, while also examining the dead Nazi Zombies, “Eleven of them, this should be the size of a WW2 German squad.”

These Nazi soldiers, now zombies, in M36 Uniforms with a Swastika red armband on their left arm, are obviously decaying.

Their skin is rotten and gray, in some cases exposing muscles and tendons.

Pus was seeping out, but their tactical skills are impressive.

Considering the brief encounter we had and the damage dealt to Sophie earlier, these guys were quite tricky.

Of course, their equipment was also rather sophisticated.

The machine gunner was handling an MG42 general-purpose machine gun, reputed for its tear through abilities throughout World War II.

Two ammunition boxes and two chains of 300 bullets each, along with two spare gun barrels, were scattered around a Nazi zombie, presumably the assistant shooter.

The non-commissioned officer who was the squad leader, was equipped with an MP38 submachine gun, two triconnected clips filled with 32 bullets each hanging on his chest, and a Luger Pistol tucked in his waist belt.

The regular soldiers held a Mauser 98K Rifle, carried 90 bullets, each clip with five, and at least three to four M24 hand grenades.

Apart from that, one soldier was even responsible for carrying an ammunition box of 300 machine gun bullets.

These Nazi zombies were frighteningly well-armed; they even had backpacks.

Tang Zheng quickly rummaged through one of them to find apart from a raincoat, bandages, and some other daily necessities, there were also a few extra clips.

“Little Tang, the MG42 and Mauser 98K bullets can be used interchangeably, right?” Seeing the identical bullets, Li Xinlan who had begun to gather the weapons, couldn’t help but ask in surprise.

“If my memory serves me right, they should both be 7.92x57mm rifle bullets, and the MP38 uses 9mm pistol bullets”, seeing these spoils of war, Tang Zheng became considerably cheerful.

He set down the steel helmet and casually picked up a rifle, opened the bolt with a click to see the gleaming bullets inside and said in satisfaction, “There must be at least a couple of thousand bullets.

Enough for a small-scale battle.”

“There are only 46 grenades though, not as much as I would have liked.” It’s no secret that Li Xinlan considered the grenades extremely sharp, she began stripping the corpses without any concern for her disgust.

“M24 stick grenades, these are significant lethal devices.

If we make a bundle grenade, even a Tank Zombie can be defeated.” Tang explained and joined the search.

“Little Tang, leave the rifles.

You take the MG42 and I will carry the bullets for you.” Li Xinlan run into the bedroom, and when she came out she had a large travel bag they found during the day.

She unzipped it and started tossing grenades and bullets into it.

“Sure thing.” Tang Zheng unstrapped an M24 grenade pouch from a corpse and tied it around himself.

Initially, he intended to also get a bag for the bullets, but upon hearing Li Xinlan’s suggestion, he decisively gave up on it, instead picking up the MG42.

“It weighs over twenty pounds.” Tang Zheng, trying the weight of the machine gun, saw Li Xinlan struggling with the big travel bag and said, “Even if we have to carry fewer bullets, we must not compromise our speed of escape.”

“I understand.” Li Xinlan was pleased to hear that Tang Zheng wasn’t disregarding her physical condition in order to carry more bullets.

She knew she could rely on a person like him.

However, she still tried to carry as many bullets as she could manage.

“Damn, I forgot.” Playing with the MG42, Tang Zheng suddenly remembered that he hadn’t turned on the walkie-talkie.

This realization gave him quite a scare.

Sure enough, when he turned it on, Lin Weiguo’s slightly distorted voice came through.

“Little Tang, can you hear me?” Lin Weiguo, hearing the crackle of static from the walkie-talkie, immediately yelled, “You bastard, looking for death?”

“I’m sorry.” Tang Zheng quickly apologized, “How’s your situation over there?”

“We got separated, Qin Yan, along with the stewardess and Zhao Jingye, are together, only Bai Guo and I reached the security room.” Lin Weiguo stated hurriedly, then asked, “Are you still in room 1208?”

“Of course, are there many enemies?” Tang Zheng was getting anxious as well, if they were separated, it meant there were other Nazi zombie squads crawling around.

“Instead of worrying about us, you better get moving!

Another fully armed group of eleven zombie Nazis is storming towards the 12th floor.

The target is surely you guys!” Lin Weiguo freaked out; he didn’t want this young adult to die.

In his view, Tang Zheng was absolutely no match for those Nazi zombie soldiers.

“Coming up via the stairs?” Tang Zheng pulled off a half-used bullet chain from the MG42 and replaced it with a new one.

“They’re coming up from the north side.

What are you going to do?

Don’t do anything foolish.

You can’t handle this!

Run quickly!” Lin Weiguo declared- he had a bad feeling.

He thought this kid was about to have another bout of madness.

“I need to teach them a lesson before running away.” Tang Zheng crawled out into the hallway, aiming the machine gun toward the north side.

Then he called out to Li Xinlan, “Sister Xinlan, get five grenades ready.

Unscrew their base covers so we can pull the pins easily.”

“You don’t need to tell me that, I’ve watched enough World War II movies.

Their grenade handles are a bit long; German soldiers like to stick them in their belts and tall military boots.” Li Xinlan had noticed Sophie and sneakily size up her earlier.

She even saw her disappear before her very eyes but didn’t ask anything, she kept her doubts to herself.

When Tang Zheng was ready, he would reveal the secret himself.

“Old Lin, are they approaching?” Tang Zheng shouted into the walkie-talkie.

“You crazy man, your recklessness will get you killed someday!

They’re here, they’ve reached the 11th floor.

You don’t have enough bullets to hold them off.

What are you going to do?” Lin Weiguo’s fury was palpable.

However, thinking about Tang Zheng’s previous actions, he had a sudden realization, “Wait a minute!

You’re the kind of guy who plans before making a move.

Do you have another plan in the works?”

Bai Guo tugged Lin Weiguo’s arm, motioning for him to look at the monitor.

As Lin turned his head, the images on the screen left him stunned.

“Holy shit, how did you kill the dozen Nazi zombies in room 1208, and even take the MG42?

And there are grenades too.” Lin Weiguo’s voice got louder and louder, as if only by doing so could he vent his excitement, “Kill them!

Kill those bastards!”

Tang Zheng could no longer hear what Lin Weiguo was saying.

After pulling the bolt of the gun, he gripped the MG42, focusing intently on the stairway entrance.

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