Lord of Illusions City
Chapter 573 Lin Qiang's Trump Card?
Lao Wu was stunned for a moment, his back drenched in cold sweat. Lin Zong was planning a desperate gamble, completely disregarding how many people would die.
To be honest, those people at the base looked like a huge, overwhelming crowd, and they did create a good impression, but that was all they were good for.
Previously, Lao Wu had suggested bringing these people over, partly to delay time, and partly to use them as cover for himself, making it easier for him to slip away if things went wrong.
But letting them charge alongside the combat personnel was a bit of a disaster. Not only would it not help their attack, but it would also affect their morale and formation!
The reason was simple: the combat personnel here, no matter what, were carefully selected, and they had fought zombies and humans many times, so there was no doubt about their combat ability!
But if they were mixed with these ordinary survivors, they would definitely be a hindrance, just like those who surrendered before!
Although the surrendered were a disorganized mob without weapons, they were still a large number, tens of thousands of them.
If they had been attacked at that time, they could have rushed fiercely in one direction, whether towards the manor or the convoy, and they would definitely have succeeded.
Although they would have suffered heavy losses, they would not have been completely wiped out. They could have broken through with at least a third of their number!
But those guys were too chaotic. They ran to the side that wasn't being attacked, and then ran back when that side was, and some even ran sideways, which meant they were always stuck in the middle of both sides' lines. That was the root cause of their final annihilation.
And those ordinary survivors were no different from these surrendered people. Once they were allowed to charge together, the momentum would be there, but once the manor attacked, Lao Wu was sure they would turn around and run.
On the battlefield, the most important thing was morale. If these guys ran, some of the combat personnel who shouldn't have run would definitely follow, and in the end, they would definitely be easily repelled!
Moreover, Lao Wu didn't believe that Lin Qiang didn't know this, so why would he issue such an order?
A thought suddenly arose in Lao Wu's mind, and he suddenly felt a chill in his body. He looked up at Lin Qiang's expressionless face, took a deep breath, and respectfully replied:
"Yes! Lin Zong, I understand. I'll go and arrange it immediately!"
Watching Lao Wu's retreating figure, Lin Qiang's eyes flashed with a fierce light. Then, he closed the door of the RV and picked up the communicator…
"Lao Wu! What did Lin Zong say?"
"Lao Wu! Are we attacking tonight or tomorrow?"
"Lao Wu! Are you okay? Why does your face look like you've eaten shit?"
"Lao Wu…"
Seeing Lao Wu return, Lao San, Lao Qi, and the others asked all sorts of questions. Lao Wu just perfunctorily replied that he was too tired from running back and forth. Then he relayed Lin Qiang's order, telling everyone to stay put tonight, eat their fill, and then tomorrow morning, after receiving the order, everyone would launch an attack on the manor!!!
Regarding the order conveyed by Lao Wu, the others just looked at each other. No one had any questions. Some even felt that letting those survivors charge with them was a kind of protection that Lin Qiang was giving them, obviously letting those guys act as cannon fodder to block bullets for them!
After conveying Lin Qiang's order, Lao Wu discussed with the others who would be responsible for which direction. After all, they needed to spread out and surround the manor, and then launch an attack together tomorrow morning!
This spreading out, of course, had to be done after dark, so that the people in the manor wouldn't notice at all! But the location of each team had to be pre-assigned.
"I'll stay here! You guys can go wherever you want!"
A strong man raised his hand first.
Lin Qiang was here, and this was just the main entrance of the manor. That car was in this direction, so no matter how it was allocated, the people who ultimately stayed here would definitely be the most, and the absolute main force, so naturally it would be safer!
Therefore, in the eyes of some people, staying here was the best choice, but because the strong man was the first to grab it, others had no choice but to choose other directions, and for them, other directions were basically the same, it didn't matter where they were!
So, northwest, southeast, northeast, in a little while, all the teams had determined their positions!
"Haha! Lao Wu, you're the last one to speak, there's no good place left. You've chosen the furthest one?"
After the determination was completed, Lao Si looked at Lao Wu and laughed loudly. The others looked at Lao Wu with a bit of schadenfreude!
That's right, Lao Wu's position was just the opposite, which was the direction behind the manor, just opposite this side!
For these guys, the best of all positions was naturally here at the main entrance, because their boss was here.
And the worst, that was definitely the opposite side, not for any other reason, just because it must be the furthest! It's like a clock, if you want to circle the dial from the six o'clock position, it's definitely the furthest to the twelve o'clock position!
"Alas! I'm just born to be a hard worker. I just ran back once, and now I have to run to the furthest place!"
Lao Wu also pretended to be annoyed and shook his head, then waved his hand as if to comfort himself:
"It doesn't matter, anyway, this place will be taken tomorrow, no matter which direction it is, it's ours. Running a few more steps won't kill me!"
Saying that, Lao Wu called his men and said to the other brothers:
"Okay, then I'll take the people over first. Remember, tomorrow when you see the signal flare go up, no matter which direction it is, attack together. Don't delay Lin Zong's big plan!"
"Don't worry! Lao Wu!"
The others nodded one after another, watching Lao Wu leave with his team. No one felt anything unusual!
And Lao Wu commanded his men, leading the ordinary survivors, taking advantage of the night to circle around the manor until they stopped at their scheduled position!
At this time, the others also began to act. They each led their own teams, driving the ordinary survivors, and soon completely surrounded the entire manor.
"They're in position, completely surrounding the manor! You guys choose your own positions. Tomorrow I'll launch a signal and let them attack the manor. After that, you can act according to the circumstances!"
At this time, Lin Qiang in the RV was holding a strange communicator and speaking into it:
"Remember, I don't care what you want, but I want that car. As for the others, do whatever you want. You can kill people as you please, and all the things are yours!!!"