However, what reassures everyone is that this place is quite remote. This is a highway located next to a Gobi Desert, about 15 kilometers east of Yinbu City.
Originally, the best road to take was through to Tayinzi. When we get to Tayinzi, it is only over 100 kilometers away from Aden, and the road is also the best.
However, Tayinzi is an important southern town of country y. If you control Tayinzi, you can directly control the entire southwest corner of country y, and you can also directly attack the port of Aden southward from here, so it is of very important significance from a tactical point of view.
Therefore, this is the place where the ZFJ will defend, and it is also an important place that the HS armed forces must capture.
When Li Zheng and his convoy were heading to Aden, according to the news from Hasselblad's informant, there was a fierce fighting in Tayinzi at this time, so the convoy had to maneuver eastward, intending to go south from Yinbu to Dalia, along the
The dirt road next to the desert reaches Maisani, and then enters Aden via Lahj.
Most of this road is in the Gobi desert, and the roads are mostly dirt roads. Although the road condition is not good, it is better because there are few strategic towns, and there are not even many towns. It has no strategic significance, so the chance of HS armed forces appearing here is relatively small.
Unexpectedly, because the load of the minibus exceeded the load, the tire was directly punctured by a stone here, and the water tank directly burned due to the high temperature.
Fortunately, everything was prepared in advance.
There were three spare tires in the car, as well as tools such as a jack. Changing the tires was not a problem for a few elite commandos. Without saying anything, everyone got out of the car and started changing the tires.
Qiang Yong went to look for water in the suitcase to refill the water tank to cool down. The people in the car also took this opportunity to get off the car and find a place to solve the problem that needed to be solved.
It was already 9:30 in the morning. This trip was much slower than expected because there were too many detours on the way, which increased the distance. The original drive of more than four hours was now three and a half hours later, and the distance
Aden is still 150 kilometers away and it will probably take more than two hours to get there.
Zhang Jian lay on the ground and used a jack to raise the car, while Li Zheng was responsible for using tools to unscrew the screws. The two of them cooperated tacitly, and within ten minutes they had removed the broken tire and replaced it with the spare tire.
On the contrary, Qiang Yong encountered some trouble.
After the water tank boils, you cannot open the lid and add water immediately, otherwise the hot cooling water will spray out from the inside and burn people. Therefore, he can only use a mineral water bottle to collect the water in the plastic bucket, and pour it on the water tank little by little to slowly cool down.
"alright!"
In less than twenty minutes, Li Zheng put down the tools in his hand, straightened up, wiped his sweat and said: "It's done! You can go!"
"You guys wait, I have to wait here."
Qiang Yong wetted a towel with water and wrapped it around the water tank cover. When the temperature was right, he could unscrew the water tank cover. The towel could not only insulate the heat, but also prevent him from being scalded by the high-temperature cooling water splashing out from inside.
"Qiang Ban, why are you so slow?" Li Zheng packed up the tools and put them into the tool box.
He even wanted to move the tire, but Zhang Jian finally dissuaded him and said, "Li Zheng, don't move it. Why do you need him to move it?"
After saying that, he added: "Let's get in the car and unload some sandbags. With so many sandbags in it, this car is heavier than a truck."
Several people got on the bus and started unloading sandbags.
Several male compatriots who had evacuated also got on the bus to help.
Everyone seems to be in a very relaxed mood. After all, it is not far from Aden, more than 100 kilometers away, and it takes more than two hours' drive at most.
Many people are already talking about how they should celebrate their escape from death when they return home, how many dishes they should prepare, and what kind of wine they should drink.
Someone even left their address and phone number, inviting Li Zheng and others, saying that they must visit their hometown when they had time, and asked them to express their friendship as landlords.
Just as everyone was chatting and laughing about half of the sandbags to be unloaded, Hasselblad, who was in charge of the lookout, barked like a mouse whose tail had been stepped on.
"Take cover!"
This sharp and thunderous sound instantly changed the relaxed atmosphere.
The trained Li Zheng and others reflexively pushed the people around them to the ground, and then rushed over and shouted to the compatriots who were still sitting around with confused faces: "Follow me!"
Although they were all in a state of confusion, everyone still followed the instructions of Li Zheng and others.
There is a ridge beside the road here, which is more than ten meters long and is a raised mound. This is very common in the Gobi Desert.
Li Zheng, Zhang Jian and the other three drove the big guys behind the mound like chickens.
Then, Hasselblad and Armani each dragged Chen Mi and Lin Yue over.
Everyone hid behind the dunes.
Li Zheng and the other three pulled out their pistols, quickly checked the ammunition, loaded the gun and opened the safety.
"Hasselblad, what's going on?!"
Before Li Zheng finished speaking, he suddenly heard the sound of machine gunfire.
Everything——
This kind of dull and thick gunshot will tell you that it is a gunshot with a caliber of 12.7 or above.
Then I heard the sound of a warhead streaking through the air.
Behind the sand dunes, the evacuated crowd of more than 20 people had turned pale with fear. Who has seen such a battle?
Li Zheng shouted in his heart that it was bad.
After all, he and his two teammates only had pistols, which were simply toys in front of the 12.7-caliber machine gun.
Moreover, it is surrounded by Gobi and the terrain is flat. Unlike in the city where there are buildings that can be used as cover, there is no way to attack in a roundabout way, and there is only a dead end in the confrontation.
Looking out from behind the mound, I saw yellow dust billowing in the distance on the dirt road, and several pickup trucks were speeding towards it.
The pickup truck in front seemed to be running for its life, while the one behind was chasing it.
A heavy machine gun mounted on a pickup truck was firing.
Perhaps because it was outnumbered, the pickup truck in front was hit before it could escape very far. It staggered like a drunkard and drove for more than ten meters before rushing out of the dirt road and flipping over.
"They are not here for us." Zhang Jian's nervous voice seemed to have a hint of relaxation.
Qiang Yong said: "Our car is on the roadside, what if we are discovered?"
Li Zheng glanced at the team's cars. After the tire burst just now, everyone drove to the side of the road, less than two or three meters away from the dirt road.
And there is absolutely no hiding place here, anyone can see it as long as they are not blind.
But there is definitely no way to escape now.
Pickup trucks are faster than minibuses.
What's more, CMB had just boiled water, and only two off-road vehicles had a chance to escape, but they couldn't leave more than 20 people alone.
"Hasselblad, can your bulletproof car stop a 12.7-caliber bullet?"
Li Zheng asked a question that made Hasselblad roll his eyes.
Sure enough, Hasselblad really rolled his eyes and said, "Do you think this is a ZT car? I'm not a ZT car. This car can protect against 7.62, which is pretty good!"
Li Zheng could only smile bitterly.
Looking at it now, I can only hope that the people on those pickup trucks are really blind and can't see the cars here.