If the train factory hadn't been the military's most important source of pheromones, the ant-catching team would have long since become an empty shell.
Ye Han grinned: "Okay, if you have anything to say, just say it directly. Don't talk in circles with me. I'm trapped."
Long Jianguo's expression suddenly looked like he had swallowed a fly. He stared at Ye Han for several seconds before saying dullly: "There is a reconnaissance mission tomorrow, and I need you to lead the team to carry out it."
"I? Lead the team?" Ye Han was immediately stunned.
"Who else could it be if it weren't you?" Long Jianguo sighed helplessly, "You are the only officer I have left now."
"Me? Forget it, I'm just a Xibei, what kind of officer do I think I am?" Ye Han curled his lips and looked away, his lonely gaze falling through the car window to the neatly parked armored vehicles under the roadbed.
Long Jianguo's eyes were bright: "I don't need you to be, I just need the soldiers to think you are, and I know what level you are."
Ye Han pursed her lips and nodded after hesitating for a moment: "What's the mission tomorrow?"
Long Jianguo breathed a sigh of relief: "Reconnaissance, tomorrow's task is to reconnoiter the ant-occupied area."
"Isn't it enough to send reconnaissance planes?" Ye Han asked in surprise.
"Does the plane know whether there are ants in the burrows?" Long Jianguo asked, "You must try to find out the situation of the ant colonies deep in the ant-occupied area."
"Oh!" Ye Han nodded, "Is there a mission briefing?"
"No." Long Jianguo shook his head and explained, "Just check the number of ant colonies, the relationship between the ant colonies, cooperation or mutual checks and balances, etc."
"This is too general." Ye Han shook his head and smiled bitterly, "How do I know if the two groups of ants have diplomatic relations?"
"That's not simple. Look at the worker ants. If they don't fight, they are in a group. If they fight, they are hostile. When there are more ants in the nest, the strength of the nest will be stronger." Long Jianguo gave an example very vividly.
Ye Han seemed to have some realization: "If you say that, I'll understand a little bit. If it doesn't work, I'll record what I see and you can analyze it yourself when you come back."
Long Jianguo's cheek twitched and he nodded sharply: "That's okay, you can do it!" He no longer had any hope for tomorrow's mission.
With that said, Long Jianguo was about to leave.
Ye Han quickly stopped him: "Don't worry, I still have a request."
"What's the request? Tell me!"
"Give me another vehicle and a few more people. I'll decide the weapons and equipment. Is that okay?" Ye Han asked.
"What do I do? It's no problem. I'll equip you with all the people. As long as you choose the equipment we have, I'll find a way to arrange it for you if we don't have it." Long Jianguo agreed immediately.
"That's not necessary, I can choose whatever I want." Ye Han chuckled, thinking that he must get some more good equipment this time.
After a night of silence, Long Jianguo prepared the equipment Ye Han needed early the next morning. Ye Han and the five soldiers participating in the mission had a hearty meal of ant meat buns, and packed up more than thirty more to prepare for the journey.
After eating, he burped and boarded the armored vehicle.
Accompanied by the rumble of engines, the armored vehicle drove into the ant-occupied area.
Probably because it was too early, he didn't even see half of the giant ants after entering the ant-occupied area. The armored vehicle slowed down and stopped at the edge of the ant-occupied area. Ye Han counted the ant hills within his sight and wrote down the detailed numbers on the table.
Immediately, a glass bottle containing pheromone was thrown out of the car. The veteran shot the glass bottle open. A few minutes later, several giant ants emerged from the nearby anthill. Ye Han also recorded the number of giant ants.
The armored vehicle continued to move forward and stopped again after one kilometer to record the number of anthills and giant ants for the second time.
Stopping and walking like this, it didn't take long to go more than ten kilometers into the ant-occupied area, and the form in Ye Han's hand filled a whole page.
The sun gradually rose, and giant ants finally appeared in front of them leaving their nests. Ye Han wrote down the location where the giant ants were found: sixteen kilometers away from the boundary of the ant-occupied area.
After traveling more than 20 kilometers into the ant-occupied area, the armored vehicle drove into an abandoned village. The houses in the village were still intact, but not a single human figure could be seen, and there were no giant ants in sight. There were only human bones scattered in the grass, speaking wordlessly.
Remembering the misery of the past.
The soldiers looked at the scene outside the car in amazement. The veteran opened his eyes wide and muttered to himself: "What a sin!"
"Damn ants!" A soldier gritted his teeth and clenched his hands into fists.
The soldier's name is Fu Xiaorui, and he is the machine gunner temporarily assigned by Long Jianguo to Ye Han.
Ye Han said quietly: "The evil here is not caused by ants."
Fu Xiaorui was startled: "What is it if it's not an ant?"
"It's a praying mantis, a giant praying mantis!" Ye Han blew out two strong breaths from his nostrils, "Ants are used to dragging their prey back to the nest and then eating it. The praying mantis grabs and eats wherever it is."
"Ye Pai, have you ever seen a giant mantis?" Fu Xiaorui asked curiously.
Ye Han sighed: "I've seen it before, and I almost died at the hands of a giant mantis. If it weren't for good luck, I wouldn't be alive now."
The veteran encouraged: "Platoon leader, tell us about the giant mantis. If we encounter it, we should be prepared!"
Ye Han shook his head: "No need, the giant mantis has been driven away by the giant ants. If we go north, we might run into each other, but if we go south, we definitely won't run into it. Besides, the giant mantis can't do anything to armored vehicles, so just keep that in mind.
Bar."
He knew that the soldiers were interested in the giant mantis, but he really didn't want to mention that thing or reveal the scars that had not healed yet.
The disappointment on the faces of the soldiers was undisguised, but Ye Han turned a blind eye.
Continuing forward, more than thirty kilometers into the ant war zone, Ye Han discovered a nest of giant ants acting collectively.
The ants were moving so fast that there was no chance to count them all. Ye Han could only write down one more item on the form: "The number of giant ants is three hundred to four hundred.
At this time, Huya suddenly exclaimed: "Look, the city wall is a colored steel city wall!"
Ye Han raised his head in surprise, tilted his head and looked outside, and sure enough he saw the tall colored steel city wall.
Jingjiang, actually returned to Jingjiang!
Looking at the city wall still surrounding Jingjiang City in the distance, the scenes in Jingjiang suddenly appeared in Ye Han's mind. He couldn't help but feel in a trance, and he felt a little like he was in another world.
The soldiers curiously leaned behind the narrow car window and stared at the Jingjiang River, wanting to see the world-famous colored steel city wall.
Ye Han knows better than anyone else that most of Jingjiang's city walls are made of steel-reinforced cement connecting buildings, and the colored steel structure only accounts for about a quarter of the total length.
However, the impression left by this city wall to the outside world is only that of color steel plates, large and large pieces of color steel plates, and therefore it is called the color steel city wall.
"Ye Pai, I heard that this is where you came from?" The veteran couldn't hide the curiosity in his eyes, "Can you tell us what happened back then?"
When the others heard this, they all turned their attention to Ye Han.
Ye Han pursed his lips: "There's nothing to say. It's just that the giant ants came and forced the superiors to abandon Jingjiang River."
