Long Jianguo rubbed his forehead with a headache and turned his eyes over and over on the map. Those dense contour lines made him dizzy like an endless nightmare, and he wanted to tear the map to pieces.
"Batalion Commander, I have an idea." Lu Qingzhi looked at Long Jianguo longingly and said.
Long Jianguo's eyes widened: "Why are you looking at me? If you have anything to say, just say it!"
"Yes!" Lu Qingzhi typed his draft, "Everyone knows that I am an engineer. When clearing mines, we must first blow up the vegetation on the minefield. Can we do the same?"
Long Jianguo's expression softened a little, and he nodded and said, "It's a solution, but the ant nest is not a minefield. The cost of blowing up all the mountains is too high... What about others, do you have any ideas?"
Second Company Commander Gao Bo said: "Captain Lu reminded me that the US Army used highly toxic Agent Orange in the Vietnam War. Can we find a safe defoliant to directly clear the vegetation on the mountain? If there are ant nests, find a way to clean them up.
If you don't have it, just let it go...chemical agents are definitely much cheaper than cloud bombs." After saying that, he glanced at Lu Qingzhi, who smiled in return.
The two of them usually have a good relationship, and at this time, it was obvious that they wanted to help Lu Qing.
"Go check it out in the newspaper. If there is a safe defoliant, it would be good to use it," Long Jianguo said.
The highly toxic Agent Orange will last for thousands of years and must not be used indiscriminately.
"I'd say there's no need to go to such trouble." Xu Ruolin, the third company commander, also started chatting, "Just open a isolation belt and set the mother on fire."
"It's also a way." Long Jianguo affirmed the speeches of several company commanders, and turned his attention to Ye Han, "Do you have any ideas? Tell me."
Ye Han thought for a while and said, "Did we make a mistake?"
"What's the difference?" Long Jianguo's eyes showed some hope.
This kid had already given him a lot of surprises, and he couldn't help but pray secretly, hoping that Ye Han could still bring surprises this time.
Ye Han said slowly: "The territory of a group of ants is about ten to fifteen square kilometers. You see, there are indeed a lot of hills on the map, but let alone a highland, just a few hills together are not enough.
It’s not that big of an area!”
The words woke up the dreamer, and Long Jianguo slapped his forehead: "That makes sense! Keep going!"
Ye Han glanced at everyone: "So, we don't have to worry about whether there are ant nests on the mountain, or whether the armored vehicle can climb the slope, we just throw pheromone hooks to attract the ants, and let the ants bring the incendiary bombs back to the nest.
Just stay there... In addition, I suggest that we change the method of play."
"Stop being too pretentious and say what you have to say!" Long Jianguo glared angrily.
Ye Han chuckled: "We used to make a fuss about killing ants. The vegetation in the mountains is lush, and it is not easy to find a few ants. Killing them is too wasteful, and they will be numb directly. We will use incendiary bombs on the ants..."
Long Jianguo stood up and said loudly: "Good idea, that's it. Go back and prepare immediately. We will officially take action tomorrow. Let's adjourn the meeting!"
"Yes!" Several people stood up at the same time.
"Ye Han!"
"arrive!"
"You can take a car around in a while and get a feel for the situation here.
"Yes!" Ye Han left the headquarters, immediately called for the veteran and Huya, and drove the wheeled armored vehicle away from the platform.
The armored vehicle drove along the railway for dozens of meters, then turned and entered the small village.
The area of the village is not large, with only a hundred households in total. Although there are many houses, most of them are dilapidated and abnormal. Some even have half of them collapsed. It looks like no one has lived in it for a long time. The cement roads in the village are bumpy, narrow and narrow.
And worn out.
The small village is filled with a dilapidated atmosphere. Only the three-story building of the village committee has some faded luster.
The veteran couldn't help but sigh: "This place is too shabby!"
Ye Han said softly: "This place used to be a forest farm. The railway into the mountain was a special transportation line built to transport timber. It flourished for decades in the last century. In recent years, we have advocated closing the mountains for afforestation, and the trees are not allowed to be cut down. The forest farm naturally
It was defeated.”
The veteran was extremely surprised: "Ye Pai, how do you know so much?"
Ye Han chuckled and said, "My family lives in the forest area."
The veteran suddenly realized: "No wonder."
"Actually, it's not just here. Haven't we always talked about urbanization in recent years? Residents in villages and towns are migrating to cities. Villages close to highways and railways are better. In remote places, only the elderly who are reluctant to leave stay.
Most of the young people have left, and within a few years, those villages and towns will completely turn into dead villages and towns without people."
"Isn't it nice to go into the city?" Huya asked strangely.
"I'm not saying it's bad!" Ye Han chuckled, "But villages and towns like this that lack strong labor are also the least resistant in the face of disasters."
The veteran and Huya were silent at the same time. After a long time, Huya asked softly: "Did the people in this village evacuate, or were they captured by the ants?"
Ye Han shook his head: "It's hard to say. There are no dead people outside. At least I can be sure that there are no giant mosquitoes or praying mantises in this place. If you want to find out, you have to go from house to house."
People who are attacked by giant mosquitoes will leave behind shriveled corpses, and people who are devoured by giant mantises will leave behind a pile of broken bones. Only giant ants can bring their prey back to their nests.
The armored vehicle drove to the east of the village. A winding concrete road led from here to the mountains. The fields on the roadside were covered with green plants, tall trees, dense shrubs, and low grass, covering every inch of the land in all directions.
, blades of various shapes and heights fill every inch of space, layer upon layer blocking the line of sight, and the naked eye can only see from a distance of less than twenty meters.
Even if the viewing distance is less than twenty meters, half of it is obscured by vegetation, and the distance that can really be seen clearly is less than ten meters!
Ye Han secretly frowned. It was just that the vegetation outside the mountainous area was already so exaggerated. The situation in the mountain would only become more serious. Although the giant ant has a long body, its height is only half a meter to seventy or eighty centimeters. The dense vegetation is the best for giant ants.
Cover, trying to dig out the giant ants in such a place is simply a challenge to the limit!
Ye Han opened the top cover, took out a bottle of pheromone and smashed it on the ground: "Stand back a little and see if there are any giant ants nearby."
"Okay!" Hu Ya controlled the armored vehicle to retreat a certain distance, stopped the vehicle, and looked up. He was surprised to see a colorful and dancing oversized butterfly.
"Veteran Ye Pai, look!" Huya pointed forward excitedly.
"I saw it earlier, what are you yelling about!" the veteran reprimanded, looking left and right curiously, and using his hands to make out a grain of rice, "It's weird, a little ant is not as big as a grain of rice. Now everyone is as big as an electric tricycle."
It’s like a butterfly; a butterfly is so much bigger than an ant, how can a plate become bigger after being infected?”
