Although the military has adopted various methods and racked its brains to advance into the occupied areas, ant colonies still appear from time to time to cause trouble, or ant holes are suddenly dug in the green belt, or a small group of ants hides in the building.
, or a large number of boxer ants suddenly swarmed in.
The advantage of the boxer ant's small size is most vividly reflected in combat.
Various accidents continue to hinder the military's counterattack. Often, just as a roadblock is built in front, a group of boxer ants suddenly emerge from behind, forcing the fire-breathing soldiers to light the roadblock to stop the ant colony.
Once the ant colony is blocked behind two sets of roadblocks, the military will immediately send a mortar team up and use incendiary bombs to greet the trapped ant colony. They would rather completely set the entire street on fire than let go of a single ant.
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In order to speed up the progress, the military also mobilized more than 20 fire trucks. As long as all the trapped ants are dead, the fire trucks will be sent out immediately to put out the fire and try their best to avoid the flames blocking traffic.
However, the flames of incendiary bombs are not so easy to extinguish. Even after several attempts, the fire extinguishing effect was not very good. In the end, the military simply did not bother with it. Anyway, the incendiary bombs burned violently and extinguished them quickly.
The more than 20 fire trucks are not idle either. They cannot extinguish the fire, but they can cool down the road that has just been burned. Although doing so will have a great impact on the road surface, who cares about the road surface at this time?
There are also some ant holes that are discovered by the military in advance. At this time, the military will directly dispatch oil tankers to pour a large amount of oil into the ant holes and set them on fire.
Because there are so many underground pipelines in the city, several times when the anthole here was just ignited, a burst of flames burst out from the manhole cover not far away, and even burned several soldiers.
The military is constantly summarizing ways to deal with boxer ants. Any loopholes exposed in combat will be reported to the entire army as soon as possible to avoid the recurrence of similar incidents.
The military's steady advance eventually gained the upper hand, and the occupied areas were taken back from the ants one street at a time.
Every time a street is recaptured, the military immediately organizes nearby residents to evacuate the city. A large number of passenger trains continue to pass between the occupied area and the train station. On average, a train leaves Linyi City every five minutes.
Fortunately, Linyi City Railway Station is located in an area controlled by the military, otherwise the military would not be able to organize so many trains to transport people.
Although the military tried its best, there were too many people stranded in the occupied areas, and the transportation speed could not keep up with the advance. The troops had to slow down the advance, stick to the existing positions, and send away the rescued people in batches.
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As for how many of them are ordinary people and how many are gang members who have thrown away their weapons, the military has no time to care.
There were also quite a few bandits who surrendered, but most of them were the ones who had been targeted by the military before and could not escape even if they threw away their weapons. The military did not allow them to crowd out the people's positions and put everyone alone at the train station.
In a nearby building, the headquarters will not have time to deal with these scum for a while, so they can only lock them up like this for now.
The military's manpower is so tight that it can't even spare enough manpower to guard the temporary prison, but it doesn't matter. The military has planted a large number of landmines around the temporary prison. If you want to escape, you can just go to the minefield first.
In addition to landmines, snipers and machine gunners were also deployed nearby, including Ye Han and Xiao Yuan.
Back to an hour ago, Ye Han had just returned to the headquarters and immediately met Minister Xiao.
Minister Xiao was surprised and immediately took Ye Han aside: "Ye Han, have you been following the front finger?"
Ye Han nodded: "Yes!"
"Great!" Minister Xiao was overjoyed, "Where's Riesling? Do you know where he is?"
After Lei Zhengwu led the team into the occupied area, the burden of the command fell on him. Originally, the troops were commanded by Lei Zhengwu's forward command. However, after the boxer ants appeared, the front finger suddenly lost contact with the command. Until now
He couldn't recover either. Ye Han rushed back at this time, which was a timely help.
Ye Han immediately thought of the bloodstained off-road vehicle, pursed his lips and shook his head.
Minister Xiao's heart suddenly sank: "Riesling was killed?"
"I didn't see it with my own eyes, but I saw Riesling's car on the street where the ants passed...the door was open."
Minister Xiao frowned, and after a while he said, "Don't tell anyone about this matter, do you understand?"
"I understand." Ye Han nodded.
He said this, but in his heart he felt that there was no need for Minister Xiao to make such an arrangement.
Whether it is annihilating gangs or fighting against giant ants, the intensity of the battle cannot be considered high. However, it is really hard to accept that a general was sacrificed in a battle of this level. But it is just hard to accept. Except for a few who fight with Lei
Except for the officers and soldiers who were closely related to Zhengwu, his sacrifice did not have much direct impact on others.
Anyone who knows the military knows that the combat effectiveness of the ancient army is often directly related to the charisma of the generals. The higher the reputation of the general, the higher the cohesion of the army and the stronger the combat effectiveness. Once the general is injured or killed, it will severely damage the army.
morale, thereby affecting the combat effectiveness of the army.
However, today's army is not the army of a feudal society. The cohesion and combat effectiveness of the army depend on strict training and strict discipline, and have nothing to do with the personal charm of senior officers.
To be honest, Lei Zhengwu's sacrifice did not have much impact on the morale of the troops participating in the war; it also did not have much impact on the command system with a complete staff system.
Come to think of it, Ye Han is not the kind of big talker who can't keep his mouth shut. Since Minister Xiao arranged this, he must have his reasons.
After a short rest of half an hour, the first batch of surrendered bandits were sent out of the occupied area. Minister Xiao was unwilling to mobilize manpower from the front, so he squeezed out a few orderlies, a few gang leaders and two second lieutenants in the headquarters, a total of
More than a dozen people, plus Ye Han and Xiao Yuan, were all sent to the temporary prison to serve as guards.
Moreover, Ye Han had the highest military rank and was appointed by Minister Xiao as the temporary commander of this team.
Before leaving, Minister Xiao handed Ye Han an upper-level military rank and officially promoted him to captain.
Ye Han was very surprised and thought that Minister Xiao had made a mistake. However, Minister Xiao only said one sentence to dispel Ye Han's concerns: "Did you come up with the idea of burning the roadblocks?"
"yes……"
"Then it's over!" Minister Xiao clapped his hands, "To tell you the truth, this was directly arranged by the commander of the military region above. You're lucky."
Was he promoted to military rank just because of that sentence?
Xiao Yuan felt envious and jealous for a while, and his saliva almost flowed out.
