Chapter 553
"Let's listen to President Yao continue to say it. I want to hear the different behaviors of President Yao, the apocalyptic expert, on the civilians and the military in dealing with the zombie crisis after the outbreak of the zombie virus." Wang Qian did not respond to everyone's jokes about him.
"I have always been very interested in zombie games, movies, TV, and novels, so after Teacher Wang raised this topic, I specially sorted out the ideas in this regard. I am not an expert, and what I said may not be correct, and it is just to make everyone happy." Yao Chengzhou said a few modestly.
"Who else is an expert? If the zombie virus breaks out, Mr. Yao will definitely be the one who lives to the end." Others didn't buy Yao Chengzhou's modesty.
"Okay, then I will continue to talk about the topic just now. I just said that for civilians, the most difficult thing is to execute the wounded immediately. Therefore, among civilians, especially in densely populated cities, zombies will definitely spread virally and quickly kill most civilians and transform some of them. Survivors will face the threat of supplies, diseases, and sudden accidents due to the collapse of modern life order, and have to leave their safer shelter, which has caused secondary casualties after the collapse."
"In many works describing the post-collapse world, we will find that some survivor camps formed by civilians are generally set in places that are difficult to access by a large number of zombies. They have fortifications and arms, have stable water and food supply, and have strict foreign personnel management systems. They do not accept foreign survivors or isolation observation systems. Such camps can exist for a long time in the end of the world unless they are crushed by a million-level zombie legion."
"For regular army, we will not discuss strategic-level weapons, because for a city and a land, strategic nuclear bombs can destroy the zombie cluster, and humans themselves cannot afford such a price. Because of their organization and arming, the probability of surviving the zombie crisis is very high, including senior government departments that will be given priority protection by the army."
"Even if the frontal battlefield fails, the army will be transferred to military bases with sufficient supplies and strict protection, nuclear war fortifications, and ocean-going fleets and other locations, and it will be a very feasible plan to persevere until five or six years later, the zombies themselves disintegrate and return to the mainland."
"But the aforementioned advantage is based on the premise of abandoning the protection of civilians. If the army chooses to save civilians, the difficulty will increase a lot. Military fortresses themselves cannot accommodate most civilians, so the protection of civilians generally requires on-site resistance in densely populated areas or in set up good meeting points."
"In terms of tactical defense, if the army does not receive early warning in advance, it is not time to fully install the specialized combat equipment against zombies. The first problem of the army is that the weapons in their hands are to deal with living people rather than zombies. Even if kinetic ammunition can tear the zombies' bodies apart, it will not reduce its harm. Accurate headshots at a combat distance of hundreds of meters are a capability that most modern soldiers do not have, because they do not pursue this aspect in tactical training."
"The impact of fragmented explosive weapons on zombies can be ignored... The setting of zombies is that as long as the brain is not completely destroyed, the damage to the body will not cause death, blood, pain, and will not lose combat effectiveness due to the loss of important organs. Now, the fragmented explosive weapons that kill people will not hit and destroy the head, unless they are very lucky to hit and destroy the head, even if the steel ball or fragment is beaten into a sieve, it will not affect its harm. Therefore, there is no effect of a grenade that is tens of meters in a radius of no living creature, but can only knock down zombies that explode near the explosion, some of which may even get up, and the efficiency is very low."
"Flamethons and short-selling incendiary bombs are perfect weapons, but the former is not commonly equipped, and the latter has attracted the second problem of the army's head-on striking zombie legion: firepower sustained and replenished."
"Whether it is a barrage to smash the zombies or burn bombs to clean the floor, it consumes a lot of ammunition, which is consumed, but it takes time to reload. At the same time, the ammunition on the battlefield needs to be continuously replenished, which creates an inevitable fire vacuum period. Therefore, as long as there are enough zombies, it is only a matter of time to pile up across the defense line."
"While the ammunition vacuum problem, the soldiers' physical strength is also consumed at high speed. The zombie army is tireless and not afraid. It may take a battle for a while to fight for several days and nights. Whether the soldiers still have the physical strength to stick to the defense line in the later stage of the battle will become a problem."
"The more civilians to be protected, the larger the combat area, and the greater the pressure of ammunition supply and personnel fatigue. China has a population of 1.4 billion, with an army of about 2.5 million, the United States has a population of 300 million, and the number of local troops is about 500,000. Although this data is inaccurate, there is no order of magnitude difference. Even if there is temporary mobilization, because the war situation is directly blooming within the core of the country, the mobilization ability will be greatly reduced... because the reserve personnel you recruit may be on the way to escape."
"When facing the zombie crisis, if the state organization still has the ability to mobilize reserves, it generally means that the zombie crisis is still in its primary development stage, manifested as an ordinary public security incident, and the situation is controllable and does not require mobilization. If it enters a situation where mobilization reserves are required, a large number of people may have been converted, and the mobilization capacity has been greatly weakened."
"In this kind of military-civilian ratio, the army must shrink its defense line and give up a large part of civilians. The army does not have enough staff to deal with the wounded and uninfected people among the large number of civilians. The more civilians, the more serious the hidden dangers. The final result is that the army can be saved most of the time and civilians suffer heavy casualties."
"And most of these casualties will be replenished into the zombie army."
"To sum up, according to the zombie settings in most movies, TV, games, and novels, the result of the Resident Evil outbreak is that civilian society is destroyed by most of the destruction while armed organizations will be retained to the greatest extent and return to the world after the war to start reconstruction work."
"That's some of my shallow views on civilians and the army during the doomsday crisis caused by zombies." Yao Chengzhou concluded his story.
"Teacher Xu, you seem to have something to say?" Wang Qian reached out and signaled to Xu Jichao.
"Actually, most of my views are very different from Mr. Yao." Xu Jichao smiled.
"It's normal to be different! It's not normal to be the same. I just talked nonsense. Teacher Xu, you can tell anything you think of. This time it's just a symposium." Yao Chengzhou said a few words to Xu Jichao.
"I think the zombies themselves have very average strength. Most of the zombies in movies, TV and novels are slow to move, and a small number of zombies even if they are sensitive, they do not exceed the limit of human physical strength."
"In theory, a closed steel armor can make zombies helpless. You should know that human teeth are not good at biting, and simple steel armor is not difficult to build. You can produce and install them on a large scale by moving a few mouses."
"Unless it will be simultaneously launched in all cities around the world from outbreak to destruction, and it took only a few days, wearing a closed armor and holding an axe in your hand can safely experience the real-life zombie elimination game."
"The large-scale zombie tide always looks invincible in movies, TVs, and games, but in fact, this large-scale zombie tide lacks strategic planning and tactical coordination, and is no match for established troops at all. The army in movies, TVs, and games use light weapons to fight zombies head-on, which can only be said to be purely a plot requirement, in order to look better and more exciting."
"In reality, the army is not so stupid as to the point where it is, and it can easily lead a large-scale corpse tide to somewhere flat ground, and then the large-caliber artillery is blown to ashes. If not, there is no problem with rows of tanks over and crush them."
"The simpler method is to bury alive. Isn't there a lot of underground fortifications now? Underground airports, etc., use a few living people to attract a large number of zombies into the underground fortifications. When the holes are stuffed, then the holes at both ends will be filled and filled in and done instantly."
"So I think, one day of the world caused by zombies, the main reason is not how high the attack power of the zombies themselves is, but the extremely high transmission rate and conversion rate of the zombie virus. As well as the collapse of social order, the fight for survival resources, leading to the killing of each other between humans."
"When it comes to the characteristics of this zombie virus, there is no such virus at present. The transmission range and mortality rates of the infectious bacteria known to our human society are often the opposite."
"If a virus has a high mortality rate, it will not be widely transmitted because the host as a viral vector dies too quickly and there is no time to infect too many people, such as strong viruses such as Ebola."
"If the infection is widespread, the mortality rate will definitely not be high, such as cold viruses. So the key to dealing with viruses is to find antibodies. Due to the differences in the human body, large-scale infection will definitely lead to immunized people. With immunized people, immune serum can be produced."
"The second is to block the path of infection. Europe relied on cleaning water quality, eliminating mice, and isolating patients to eliminate the Black Death. However, the zombie viruses in movies, TV and novels are different. The zombie virus is that it is fast infectious, has high conversion, and has no cure to solve. This is actually not realistic."
"I just argued with President Yao about the issue of inhabitable cities after the outbreak of zombies. After thinking about it, I felt that President Yao's statement was indeed very reasonable. The spread of this virus in densely populated areas is irresistible. On the other hand, the ecosystem of big cities is indeed fragile beyond imagination and is completely dependent on the support of the surrounding areas."
"The sewer blockage can make the city uninhabitable. Once the zombies break out, the delivery of food and drinking water will be blocked. In addition, the power and gas are cut off, and the existing food and water will be exhausted at a rapid speed. In less than three days, the remaining people will have to start killing each other for food. By that time, living people will be more dangerous than zombies."
"Most of the living people are probably killed by living people, so I say that movies, TV, and novels do overestimate the power of zombies. Perhaps zombie viruses will quickly spread in cities, forming dead cities, but once they leave crowded areas and lack a rapid infection path, it will be difficult for the virus to spread quickly, because not everyone lives in cities."
"From a global perspective, most people still live in vast rural areas. In this way, the infection path set by zombie movies is actually not very scientific. It is roughly because it is zombie mouth biting in China and traveling abroad by plane. Given that not everyone lives in cities, most rural areas, mountainous areas, desert areas, islands, and sparsely populated areas. Not only is the traffic difficult, but it is also difficult to meet the density of the infected population. It can be completely closed and self-sufficient, making it difficult to spread on a large scale."
"Every time I go back to my hometown, I take more than ten hours to take a bus. I will take a high-speed rail, a long-distance bus and a short-distance bus. Finally, I will walk with my feet. Before I even enter the village, the dogs from far and near have already turned into a group. I will quietly see that the zombies do not take a bus, but only walk with my feet. When will they be able to get to my hometown?"
"In addition, not all regions have aircraft, such as Asian, African and Latin American countries, such as African tribes. Not to mention aircraft, there are not many trucks. They are infected by human bites alone. The zombies may have rotted their toes on the road and have not yet reached the human land!"
"So, if a zombie virus really breaks out, at most, the urban residents will be exterminated at the beginning, and the armed forces will withdraw from the city without hope of resistance. The vast rural areas with sparsely populated areas will be difficult to spread the virus on a large scale due to inconvenient transportation. Then, with the entry of the army, a military fortress will be formed."
"After installing various anti-bite armors or developing vaccines, and digging a large pit, take the initiative to lead the zombie legion in the city to the predetermined area, and then burn it, whether it is fire, bombardment, or burying it alive, in short, it is so easy that it crushes the brainless zombie legion." Xu Jichao ended his story.
"I just heard Mr. Yao talk about zombies and thought zombies were quite terrible. Now, after hearing what Teacher Xu said, I feel that nothing is scary." Zhang Mengdi expressed her opinion.
"Is zombies scary? What is the real situation? I think practice is the only criterion for testing the truth. What is said here is just a paper talk. Whether Teacher Xu is right or President Yao is right, or will it still be necessary to wait until the zombie crisis breaks out. However, if Teacher Wang is interested, we can work together to shoot a zombie movie. At that time, please ask Mr. Yao and Mr. Xu to go over for technical guidance." Liu Xiaomei also spoke.
Just as everyone was speaking enthusiastically, a staff member responsible for delivering tea suddenly rushed into the stadium with a dark face and a mouth full of blood. She drooled, her eyes staring at all the guests in the stadium like a hungry wolf, as if looking for targets to attack.
"Who put on makeup? It's too similar, right?" Xu Jichao praised.
Chapter completed!