Chapter 272: 272
The six people I saw a few meters away are wearing baggy clothing and there seems to be this signature handkerchief that they’re wearing like a bandana. You could see a small glint from the chains around their necks and they’re walking like they own the place. The guy I saw slowly raising his pistol sideways made me quickly alert Nikolas.
He’s just about to raise the AK-47 I gave him and I immediately ran to the side to circle around the group.
*BSSHEW*
*BSSHEW*
*BSSHEW*
*BSSHEW*
*BANG*
*BANG*
*BSSHEW*
Screams followed after a few more gunshots.
*CRASH*
I don’t know who’s aiming at the lamp post nearby but it shattered.
*BSSHEW*
“AHHHHHHHH!!!” a voice where I’m headed at shouted.
“F.U.C.K! F.U.C.K! F.U.C.K!” another voice resounded.
The AK-47 I lent Nikolas is made from the US which I mentioned before. It’s semi-automatic unlike the AK-47 he brought since automatic rifles like the AK-47 were banned in the US. I think that he’s still getting used to it since his shots are not as fast and accurate as before. His shots were all I could hear except a few guys screaming in pain.
*BANG*
*BANG*
One of the guys he shot must’ve still had the strength to pull the trigger even if he’s down. However, it was all for naught since he’s aiming randomly and it only hits the walls that are way off from where Nikolas and the rest are at.
I dashed towards their general direction and my pistol was already drawn. The first thing I laid my eyes on are three bodies sprawled on the pavement with their heads blown off. The last three are still in the immediate vicinity but they are badly injured except for one woman. She only has a graze on her shoulder while the two have bullet wounds in their chest cavity.
They still haven’t noticed me so I finished what Nikolas started.
I implemented the rule of double tapping a zombie but there’s an actual rule against hostile survivors. I discussed this with my group in a few classes in between building the Killdozer.
The Mozambique Drill.
It is called a few things like Failure to Stop Drill, Failure Drill or even Triple Tap. I always remind my group to aim for the head but the Mozambique Drill is a close-combat shooting technique that requires the shooter to shoot twice in the torso and one in the head. It is a technique to ensure that the person you’re shooting is immediately stopped. Two quick and successive shots are placed to the much larger and easier-to-hit center mass, after that, the head which is a more difficult shot. It is practiced and taught even with our police and military forces from way back because two shots to a person’s chest cavity might not be enough due to different factors such as bulletproof vests, drugs, or the torso shots not hitting vital organs.
We aim to apply this technique when we go outside but I’m feeling really cheap today since we can’t replenish our bullets willy nilly at this place. A bullet is now inside their torsos so I just aimed for the heads of the two guys crouching down.
*bsshew*
*bsshew*
Their bodies slowly fall to the side much to the shock of the woman a few feet away from them. She was too late to react as I fired another shot towards her right clavicle. She’s holding her gun with her right and she lost hold of it. However, she’s gritting her teeth as she pulls out her knife from her belt.
“F.U.C.K YOU! I’D RATHE-” she quickly lunged at me while holding the knife in the opposite direction but I have other plans.
I quickly reached inside one of my pouches and threw it at her.
“POCKET SAND!” I shouted.
Direct hit.
“AHHH!!!” she let go of her knife as she tried to rub her eyes furiously while I could almost feel everyone at the truck facepalming.
I landed a left kick to her torso and I followed it by catching her flailing left arm and twisting it in the other direction to make her elbow dislocate.
*CR*CRRCK**
She winced in pain and she never got to scream again since my arms have already wrapped around her neck. It only took a few moments to knock her out and I called a few soldiers over my direction. I was tying her up when Tatiana and Cruz arrived and they saw the pile of bodies around me.
“Search their bodies and bring their bags.” I told the two while I tightened the restraints I placed on the woman.
They have a few beat up old guns that are scratched all over and the grime on some of them almost made me want to just leave them there and just take the bullets. Tatiana found a few loose rounds of .38 Specials in one of the guy’s pockets and different kinds of folding knives from each of them. We also found three satchels that contained Marijuana and a few packs of cigarettes in their pockets.
“What are we gonna do with her, sir?” Cruz looked at me.
“We’ll bring her in for questioning later and let her join her comrades when I’m done. Carry her to the truck and tie her against one of the rails. Let’s finish scouting the outside walls but watch out if a few more of them pops up due to the sound we made.” I replied.
We drove at the beginning of the Mabini Bridge which is also the other end of the wall. There is still a huge wall that encompasses the other side of it though it is just facing the Pasig River. We turned the vehicle around and we headed inside the only entrance. It is a huge engraved gate with fancy designs and just on the back of the wall where the huge gate is located is a checkpoint and a guardhouse with several dead bodies roaming around.
“Let’s clear that first.” I said as I drew my katana.
They followed my lead while the soldiers with Nikolas closed the gate so we could kill everything inside this huge place. Doing that will ensure that none from the outside interferes or adds to their numbers. Dismembered pieces were left after I’m done with them and now I’d sometimes let Cruz deal with one by himself because of the longer weapon that we found. He had a small upgrade but he’s still staying cautious which I greatly appreciated. A few minutes passed and we cleared the two areas.
“Where are we gonna proceed first? The park or the hospital?” Cruz asked me while wiping his blade off.
“The park obviously. It has a few small buildings around it for serving food or selling souvenirs and we could clear it much easier because of the huge open area. We could easily see where one of them are coming from and react accordingly. The hospital on the other hand is not that hard to clear but we’ll go with the easier one first.” I replied.
“Understood. I thought we would be simply driving inside to check more buildings and the status of their walls.” he said.
“Well, we can do both. It’s just making the job easier when we come back here in the afternoon. It’s just a shame I didn’t bring my drones or this scouting mission would be easy as pie.” I replied.
“There’s actually a time when you don’t have something at the ready?” Tatiana remarked, smiling.
“Hah! We have bigger ones at the base though so I omitted them. Those things just uses a f.u.c.k ton of fuel instead of the charge from their batteries. Joking aside, I really wish I could’ve brought them. It won’t help much in the park but it would be really helpful in the hospital.” I replied.
Inside the walls of this area, there’s still cemented roads to be traversed around and the view is amazing if you’d take out the bloody figures in the picture. There are the beautiful flowers planted by the benches located at some places and right next to it are trees that are bearing fruit. There’s different kinds erected here but there’s a lot more Mango Trees that I’m seeing.
We started clearing our way towards the dead occupying the open land and we’re making steady progress. However, I’m noticing a pattern that most of them are coming from the building which is a canteen on the far back.
“It could be that a large number of them are trapped inside.” I thought to myself.
I noticed this peculiarity since the ones I’m cutting down seemed like they’ve squeezed themselves out of a very tight spot. The skin on their arms up to their shoulders were almost rolled up like sleeves and it is a very gruesome sight. Some of them are completely rolled over or some of them got torn on one side and just flapping around while a few are almost melding with their clothes because of the muck combined with it. I couldn’t see the entrance from this side and I’m eager to find out for myself.
“Okay, let’s clear that canteen first and we’ll go back in the afternoon.” I said to my team.