Because there were explosions at the rescue site, the progress of the rescue was delayed again and again. In order to avoid innocent casualties of the rescuers, the on-site commander began to recruit engineering troops from surrounding fortresses to prepare for the rescue at the site.

After Ning Zhe heard the news, he already understood the thoughts of the higher-ups. In the face of such a large-scale storm, the official road has completely disappeared, and people are buried under the sand, which is worse than an avalanche. This

Fine sand is like water, not only pervasive, but also blocking out the air.

It is estimated that by the time the rescue team arrives, the buried people will have no chance of survival. The military's purpose is obviously to give up personnel and give priority to preserving supplies.

In order not to increase the burden on the rescue site, except for the combat troops responsible for defense, all the others were sent back to their original stations. As for the independent battalion, there was no point in staying and they were sent back directly.

Returned to Shijia Ridge.

When the transportation team passed through Xiejia Ridge before, the people of the Independent Battalion were always very busy. Now that the transportation line is cut off, everyone feels relaxed.

The fact that the transportation lines were blocked made the military personnel extremely busy, but Ning Zhe was definitely no less impatient than them.

The batch of diesel fuel that Lu Meng helped provide could only sustain Starlight Company for half a month at most. Now more than a week has passed.

Since Starlight Company started purchasing materials, many excavation teams have begun to seek cooperation with Starlight Company as if grasping at straws. In order to open up Starlight Company's acquisition channels, Qin Xiaoyu has currently reduced the supply of materials to several gangsters in Xinmeng.

The acquisition progress is used to prioritize the acquisition of materials for the excavation team.

Nowadays, it is difficult for gangsters in Lingnan to obtain supplies provided by chaebols, which naturally reduces the frequency of robberies. Faced with the rapid expansion of business, fuel and vehicles have become things that Guanghui Company is in urgent need of.

The reason why Ning Zhe chose to cooperate with Diao Henda from the Xian Gang is because the other party has a large number of transportation vehicles. It is impossible for the chaebol to provide such heavy-duty trucks to the gangs. They can only rely on robbing the transportation of other chaebols.

Ning Zhe has not yet obtained the channel for transport vehicles, and 80% of his future expansion will have to rely on grabbing. As the vehicles are still sufficient, he must solve the company's supply problem before the fuel runs out.

Now that the transportation line is blocked, it is not known when this route will be accessible, which makes Ning Zhe, who was already worried about energy, depressed all day long.

Ning Zhe returned to the camp to solve the problem of fuel. Now that the independent camp has been excluded, he has resumed his previous life.

Two days later, in the early morning, before Ning Zhe woke up, he received a call from Lin Dayong. After getting up, he went to the battalion headquarters and asked Zhang Duo who came over: "What's the matter? It's not dawn yet.

Are you coming here?"

"I was ordered to inspect the official road, and I stopped by to deliver a military order to you." As Zhang Duo spoke, he handed a file bag to Ning Zhe: "Now all the troops are clearing the blocked roads, and we have a lot of manpower.

It can't be opened, so the teacher

An order was given to let the Independent Battalion be responsible for the maintenance of the official road. As you know, Lingnan is very windy. If the official road is not maintained, it will be buried by yellow sand in a few days. This is the transfer order, and we entered the official road before.

Layout of the minefield at that entrance."

Ning Zhe took the file bag and asked curiously: "Don't the minefields of official roads change every time you enter and exit?"

Zhang Duo nodded: "Theoretically, this is true, but as you have seen from the recent situation, the military does not have too much energy to deal with these matters, and the layout of the minefields has not changed."

Ning Zhe took the file bag: "The situation at the rear is still not optimistic?"

"Previous sandstorms have completely destroyed the official road. Repairing and excavation are very time-consuming and labor-intensive projects. Moreover, there are a large number of minefields on both sides of the official road. The surge of sand dunes has caused the displacement of a large number of mines. I am afraid that in the short term,

Lu's own team did not dare to enter the official road rashly." Zhang Duo did not regard Ning Zhe as an outsider. When there were only two people in the room, he said: "The higher-ups have made a decision to give up the rescue work and go all out.

Guarantee supplies.”

"I have thought of this a long time ago. People buried under the yellow sand cannot hold on for too long." Ning Zhe is not very interested in these things among the chaebols. He heard that the transportation line will be difficult to restore supply in the short term.

, nodded without interest.

Zhang Duo's current identity is a staff officer of the First Division, and his original transfer was just to make way for Ning Zhe to take over the independent battalion. After being transferred to the staff department, he was not exposed to any core business.

Although this blockage of the official road was a natural disaster, the huge losses caused made the top management very dissatisfied. The people below also knew that the popularity at the top was not going well, and they also knew that excavation and rescue was a thankless job. If you do it well, there is no merit, but if something goes wrong

Zhang Duo would definitely become a punching bag for the higher-ups. Naturally, Zhang Duo, a big enemy, couldn't avoid this kind of thing. He was directly pushed out by the First Division and became the person in charge of the rescue operation.

Zhang Duo also knew how dangerous this job was. In order not to become a scapegoat, he worked diligently every day. After meeting Ning Zhe, he left without stopping.

The project of maintaining official status has no meaning to Ning Zhe, and now he has put all his energy on Starlight Company. The independent camp is just a channel for him to obtain legal status and resources, so he directly

So he left the matter to Lin Dayong.

That night, after Ning Zhe had dinner, he had just called Qin Xiaoyu on the playground to confirm that everything in the company was operating normally. When he saw Lin Dayong running from a distance, he looked at him speechlessly: "What are you doing in such a hurry?

Expelled?"

"Battal Commander, I have something to report!" Lin Dayong adjusted his breathing and said to Ning Zhe: "Something happened on the official road!"

Ning Zhe perked up: "What happened? Is there any soldier who accidentally touched a landmine?"

Lin Dayong shook his head: "No, but a soldier is missing!"

"Missing?" Ning Zhe raised an eyebrow: "What is the specific situation?"

Lin Dayong responded quickly: "After we received the mission, everyone went to the official road in batches and started cleaning and road repair. However, when we just gathered, we found that three people were missing!"

Ning Zhe asked: "Did the person disappear inside the official road or outside?"

"Outside! We had people on guard at the perimeter! But when we gathered, the three sentries outside were missing!" Lin Dayong responded: "The excavation work and the sentries are all on duty in shifts, and those three people have just been replaced by one.

He disappeared within hours, and the troops searched for him for a long time, but there was no trace."

"In the desert, when a gust of wind blows, all traces will disappear. This must have been done by wild beasts!" Ning Zhe suddenly remembered their encounter with the monitor lizard in the quicksand area and said, "Starting tomorrow, go and clean up
Chapter completed!