Zhou You's words were not just for this middle-aged man. They were also synchronized to the sweeper's loudspeaker through the intercom and amplified to everyone's ears through the loudspeaker.
This was not a profound speech, and it did not sound enthusiastic at all. It was just a simple statement and seemingly understated persuasion, but it instilled the right new beliefs into every hard worker present at the right moment.
In his heart, these hard workers who had just escaped from the sea of suffering and watched others help them complete their short-term revenge goals were a little confused for a while. The hard workers who were about to sink into pain regained new faith that was enough to support them further.
Just like Lin Yao back then.
It is impossible to eliminate the hatred in their hearts and free them from pain.
I'm afraid even the best psychiatrist in the world won't be able to work if he comes here.
Instead of doing nothing in vain, it would be better to further amplify their hatred, infinitely magnify their motivation and obsession for revenge, and set them a distant goal that seems almost impossible to achieve. The effect will be better.
Five minutes later, all 3,500 surviving human workers boarded the sweeper.
The assault force immediately returned and drove along the road in the factory area toward the small square at the entrance.
The motorcade had just turned the corner and passed the warehouse, when it saw the office building surrounded by raging fire.
At this time, there were countless female rats running away alone, trying to get out of the line of fire.
There were also countless mother rats carrying several baby rats on their backs, rushing outward.
But this time humans were more prepared, and the burning zone that needed to be created was shorter, so the gasoline poured was denser and thicker.
The depth of the gasoline fire line alone is more than one meter, and most female rats cannot escape at all.
Occasionally, strong male rats forced their way through, but to no avail. The drone patrolling in mid-air only fired a casual shot, killing these male rats whose movements were slightly slow due to burns.
This battle was basically a complete victory.
In just one hour, the number of rats exterminated by the Lelai Expeditionary Force approached 300,000, almost catching up with all the achievements of Kangyue County's combat personnel so far.
I can't say that the people here in Kangyue County are incompetent, let alone that they don't work hard.
Although the quality of combat personnel in Kangyue County is not as good as that of Lelai, the economy is more developed after all. In the past, the GDP of Lelai County was lower than that of Lelai County. There are also more and larger enterprises in the county, and the material reserves must be more adequate, even if it is due to early
Power was cut off due to natural disasters, but Kangyue County's overall military capabilities were still as good as Lelai.
The reason is that in matters such as marching and fighting, in addition to one's own war capabilities, one also has to consider the right time, place, and people.
Let’s not talk about Kang Yue, let’s just talk about the Zhou family and Lelai County itself. In addition to the battle at the substation, they have also been cleaning up the rats in the county for so many days. The preliminary estimated total result is actually less than thirty.
Tens of thousands of people are still not as good as today's battle.
Rats are so good at hiding in the wild that once they disperse, it is really difficult for humans to find them. Even if they dig three feet into the ground, the rats will dig their holes to three feet and three inches and return in vain.
In addition, after the rats in Lelai County suffered a big loss at the substation, they learned a lesson and almost never gather in large groups again.
Even if there are occasional gatherings, they will never be easily found by humans. Instead, the secret gathering place will be placed in dense forests or even under the ground. Dispersed escape channels that extend in all directions will be selected in advance, and there will also be people responsible for keeping watch.
More sentinels.
But the rats here in Kangyue County have obviously not learned this crucial lesson, and Tongming Town itself is also in a rat-occupied area. There are also a large number of rat sentries at any time in the direction from Kangyue County to Tongming Town.
And combat teams were ambushing on both sides of the road.
If you go out rashly, you won't be able to tell who is hunting whom.
The Lelai Expeditionary Force was able to capture the main force of the rat army at the high-voltage power tower, and then dig out the rats' nest in the factory in Dujiacun, and also burn to death more than 200,000 rats.
There is some luck involved.
However, the travel plan was not fully successful.
When the flames rose, the remnants of the rat group returning from the high-voltage power tower had almost entered the streets of Dujiacun. There were even elite rats that ran fast and had arrived outside the factory gate, far away from the remaining soldiers of the convoy waiting there.
Standing against each other.
But as the flames soared into the sky, the Rat King who was among the rats also saw the rising flames.
This rat king is not stupid.
By this time, it had realized on the spot that nothing could be done and the baby rat over there was hopeless.
At the same time, the Rat King immediately became aware of the profound knowledge that humans have in playing with fire.
Even if he still has 30,000 men, the number of humans he has to deal with is far smaller than his own, so he has no chance of winning against the flames.
The Rat King was really scared this time.
So the Rat King immediately changed his strategy and revised his action order.
The remnants of the rat pack, who had been so aggressive just a moment ago and wanted to go back and confront the humans head-on, immediately turned around and scattered and fled without even thinking.
Deng Tao, who was responsible for aerial surveillance and peripheral command, immediately noticed the strange movements of the rats.
There is nothing to say. When the enemy advances, we retreat. When the enemy is tired, we attack. When the enemy flees, we pursue him.
Deng Tao gave an order, and the three hundred single-person airships, three Langya No. 4 airships, and twenty drones that had just returned to the truck team to replenish ammunition were dispatched to pursue them with all their strength.
The mechanized troops on the ground who returned to the entrance from the inside of the factory immediately turned into a pursuit posture and rushed forward along the road.
However, Zhou You asked Gao Zhanying to use the loudspeaker on the sweeper to give clear instructions to the ground troops, that is, the pursuit scope could not break out of the cement streets of Dujiacun, and it must not easily break into the field ridges.
The combatants in the vehicle are also not allowed to get off easily.
As for those pure infantry units without vehicles, there is no need to dispatch them anymore.
In addition, Zhou You also asked Deng Tao to clearly inform all flying units that the furthest range of the pursuit should not exceed three kilometers.
In the past, thanks to strong infrastructure facilities, most areas in the country had good call signals. No matter where you went, no matter how remote the country, you could basically make a call.
Today is different from the past. Communication is now in a semi-paralyzed state. We can only rely on walkie-talkies. When we are far away, we have to disconnect. And since walkie-talkies have never been the main means of communication, humans do not have much stock here.
Even with an elite-level configuration like the Expeditionary Force, only ten single-person airships can form a small team. Only the team leader has a walkie-talkie in his hand, and other single-person airships can only identify the team leader.
Only through the semaphore issued can the higher-level orders be known.
There are walkie-talkies on board the three Langya No. 4 airships and the heavily-equipped helicopter.
The communication means of ground troops are even more scarce.
Therefore, many one-man airship captains also have the task of using loudspeakers to inform ground troops.
Twenty minutes later, this round of pursuit came to an end.
The results were mediocre, with less than a thousand rats eliminated.
If these slippery guys are determined to escape, they are really omnipotent, especially in human-built areas. If they plunge into sewers, ditches, houses, bushes and woods, they will basically disappear in the blink of an eye.
God knows where they fled.
But this is all within Zhou Yu’s expectation.
When he saw the rats turning around and running away, Zhou You knew the battle was over.
Zhou You took the lead in walking back from the entrance of Dujia Village on the No. 9 electric go-kart.
Over there, Deng Tao was simply counting the results of the battle.
The team cannot leave immediately yet, so they have to regroup near the factory and wait for the outgoing pursuit troops to return. This process takes about twenty minutes.
At this time, Zhou You was finally able to re-interrogate Duke, the slippery traitor who always talked about cheating.
Duke, who had been imprisoned in the MPV, knew that his disguise was ruined when he realized that the direction of the army's advance was towards the newly built lemon by-product processing plant, and that he was doomed today.
After a brief period of fear and panic, Duke actually adjusted his mentality in the room and gradually became upright and fearless.
There are about a thousand surviving laborers who all have hidden injuries of one kind or another, as well as some new injuries they just suffered today.
After a simple settlement, these injured were all placed in the same van for further treatment.
The interior of the box truck has been completely transformed and turned into a fully functional mobile hospital.
The 50-member medical team led by Dr. Lin Ziying is the main medical staff.
As for the other hard workers who are in better condition, they are currently replenishing food in the multi-purpose combat vehicle that also functions as a canteen, drinking some water, and taking a short break.
Zhouyou went to the MPV and waited for about seven or eight minutes. His cousin Dong Yongwu brought ten people.
These ten people were the wounded and elected public representatives from the canteen.
Before the rescue team arrived, these ten people were originally the most resistant "die-hards" among all the people. They had been secretly planning and trying to lead everyone to escape, but they just hadn't had time to take action yet.
Of course, before these ten people, there had been several groups of similar people with lofty ideals, but unfortunately they did not succeed.
Zhou You did not see them in the MPV, but took the initiative to get out of the car and sit with these people in the open air under the wheels of the MPV.
Zhou You first looked around at the seven men and three women.
Most of them were middle-aged people, except for one young man who looked younger.
Their mental state seems to be pretty good, and they have some minor injuries of one kind or another, but the problems are not major. After simple treatment, they are no longer a problem.
Now my memory of travel is pretty good.
Among these ten people, he identified four to five people who had shouted out a warning immediately after he shot the large rat to death.
Zhou You couldn't distinguish the other few people, but they were probably in similar situations, but he didn't notice them at the time.
Obviously, they did not become decadent due to being enslaved for a long time.