Exactly...just because the odds may be stacked against you doesn't mean you shouldn't fight back with all you've got. If you don't make it, you can sure take plenty of them with you, and make their "victory" a costly one.
Also, make sure you take whatever you can off the MZBs you drop, after you've successfully defended your homestead. Grab any ammo, weapons, walkie-talkies, and anything else that could possibly used for barter goods.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Just a piece of advise if it’s from my stash don’t eat the rice with the red gamma lid. ;-)