"Crash! Metal-crunch!"
The heavy steel bumper of the lead SIMBA APC slammed violently into Maximum Gate 1, tearing the reinforced iron doors off their hinges!
"Vroom!"
Nine SIMBA Armored Personnel Carriers and Kia KM-450 tactical utility trucks surged into the broad outer avenue of Maximum Security, their heavy off-road tires crushing iron debris!
Inside the open avenue, over fifteen hundred turned inmates snarled in unison, turning their gray, blood-caked faces toward the intruding armor!
"Grrr... Raaagh!"
A massive wave of infected rushed down the broad concrete avenue!
Standing high in the commander's hatch of the lead SIMBA APC, Elias raised his R4A3 assault rifle, his 3x Peak Human vision locking onto targets with terrifying speed!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Elias fired precision triple-taps into the frontal ranks, blowing open turned inmate skulls before the APC turrets even opened fire!
"Heavy gunners, suppressive fire!" 4th Platoon Leader commanded over the radio!
"Rat-tat-tat-tat!"
"Rat-tat-tat-tat!"
The roof-mounted .50 Cal M2HB heavy machine gun turrets on all nine SIMBA APCs erupted simultaneously!
Massive twelve-point-seven millimeter armor-piercing rounds hammered through the oncoming horde!
"Splatter! Shatter!"
The heavy caliber bullets tore through ranks of turned inmates like paper, disintegrating torsos and painting the concrete walls in thick crimson rain!
Suddenly, a gray shadow leaped from a second-story cell balcony directly toward the lead APC's heavy machine gunner!
"Swish!"
It was an Evolved Fast Zombie, its rotted claws aimed straight for the gunner's neck!
"Look out!" the gunner yelled!
Before the beast could strike, Elias moved in a 3x Peak Human blur!
Elias leaped across the armored roof of the SIMBA APC, drawing his combat knife with lightning speed!
"Slash!"
Elias sliced his tactical blade straight through the Evolved Zombie's neck mid-air, decapitating the monster before its body slammed uselessly onto the steel roof!
"Thud!"
"Nice save, Supreme Commander!" the heavy gunner shouted in awe!
"Keep firing!" Elias barked, wiping dark blood from his blade as he landed cleanly on his feet!
With Elias fighting shoulder-to-shoulder alongside nine heavy APCs, the surface horde of fifteen hundred zombies was obliterated in ten minutes.
"Dismounted fireteams, follow me into NBP Hospital!" Elias ordered, jumping off the APC hull!
Elias spearhead 1st Company dismounted riflemen, kicking open the broad glass doors of the NBP Hospital building!
"Kick! Shatter!"
"Bang! Bang!"
Elias fired double-taps into two turned orderlies lunging from behind the lobby desk!
The riflemen fanned out, clearing first-floor emergency rooms and pharmacy storage corridors with lethal CQC precision.
"Slice!"
"Bang! Bang!"
Within fifteen minutes, the first floor of the NBP Hospital was completely cleared of turned infected.
Elias led 1st Squad up the concrete stairwell toward the second-floor surgical operating suites.
"Creak..."
At the end of the second-floor corridor, a heavy, bulletproof steel surgical door was barricaded from the inside with iron cabinets and IV stands!
"Hold your fire!" Elias commanded his men, raising his hand.
Elias stepped up to the heavy steel door, knocking three times.
"Knock! Knock! Knock!"
"This is Supreme Commander Elias of the Armed Forces stationed at Bilibid," Elias called out clearly through the door.
"The hospital building is secured. State your identity!"
Dead silence hung over the corridor for three tense seconds before a trembling male voice answered from behind the steel barrier.
"Military...? Are you... real soldiers?!"
"We are heavily armed military forces," Elias confirmed calmly. "State how many survivors are inside."
"Click... Clack!"
Heavy iron bars and filing cabinets were frantically dragged away from the door!
The heavy surgical door pulled open, revealing a pale, exhausted man in a blood-stained blue doctor's coat holding a surgical scalpel with trembling hands.
Behind him, standing inside the sterile surgical suite, were fourteen more terrified individuals in medical scrubs!
"Thank God... Oh God, thank you!" the doctor wept, dropping his scalpel to the floor!
"I am Dr. Aris Mendoza, senior surgeon at NBP Hospital!" the doctor cried, tears streaming down his tired face.
"We have two doctors and thirteen nurses trapped in here since the outbreak began!"
The thirteen nurses threw their arms around each other, weeping hysterically in profound relief as they saw Elias in full combat gear leading heavily armed riflemen!
"We thought we were going to die in here... we ran out of food yesterday!" a female nurse sobbed, clutching her chest!
Elias stepped into the surgical suite, his presence exuding calm, unshakeable authority.
"You are under my protection now," Elias told the medical team reassuringly.
"Dr. Mendoza, this hospital is officially designated as Bilibid Warlord Military Hospital."
"You and your thirteen nurses will manage this one-hundred-twenty-bed medical facility under my command."
Dr. Mendoza wiped his tears, looking at Elias's sharp eyes and the disciplined soldiers standing guard.
"Yes, Commander! Absolutely!" Dr. Mendoza saluted with deep gratitude. "We will serve as your medical team!"
Elias turned to 1st Company Commander Santos.
"Bring up our wounded soldier for immediate treatment," Elias ordered.
"Transfer emergency rations and bottled water from our supplies to Dr. Mendoza's team."
"Yes, Supreme Commander!" Santos saluted sharply.
Elias walked out onto the second-floor balcony overlooking the Maximum Security compound.
Below, nine heavy SIMBA APCs and tactical utility trucks held the outer courtyard avenue while work details prepared to harvest fifteen hundred Red Cores from the fallen surface zombies.
With NBP Hospital secured, two doctors and thirteen nurses rescued, a 120-bed medical center operational, and Elias personally leading 1st Battalion at the front lines, Phase 2 was off to a dominant start!