Commander Shan waved the cigarette vigorously with his hand, leaving a few zigzag smoke trails, but they soon merged into the smoke that filled the room.
Ye Han couldn't help but wonder, this second-hand smoke in the house is more enjoyable than a cigarette, so why is it necessary to smoke a cigarette?
Commander Shan stubbed out the cigarette butt, took out another one and lit it: "The bugs in our Shuihe area are very serious. Just the militiamen under our command will sacrifice more than a thousand people. There are also hundreds of regular troops, not to mention the common people.
There are about a dozen villages in Sheidijuedi alone, and if it weren’t for concentrated living, there would have been even more people in Sheidi.”
Ye Han couldn't help but ask: "Commander, the task I received is to catch mosquitoes. How do you catch these mosquitoes?"
It wasn't that he couldn't help but be curious, but the smell of cigarette smoke in the room made him really uncomfortable, so he quickly brought the topic back to the right track and ended the conversation as soon as possible.
"It's a long story!" Commander Shan's words almost made Ye Han faint, "I don't know if you have heard of it, but there is a mosquito factory here in the Xu River."
"What factory?" Ye Han, resigned to his fate, asked in surprise.
"It's a mosquito factory, a place dedicated to hatching mosquitoes." Shen Hao explained in a low voice.
Ye Han blinked in confusion: "Why is there such a factory? What is the purpose of hatching mosquitoes?" He had heard of various hatcheries for chickens, ducks and geese, but this was the first time he heard of a mosquito hatchery.
Is it possible that some people still like to eat canned mosquitoes? Or maybe the mosquitoes produced here are some kind of special feed?
Commander Shan threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray, pointed at Shen Hao and said, "Who is that, please explain to Xiaoye." After that, he took out another cigarette.
Ye Han almost raised a white flag. I have seen people who are addicted to cigarettes, but I have never seen people who are addicted to cigarettes. This is not only a long-term smoker, he simply feels uncomfortable without smoking. Even heavy smokers are not so addicted!
Do you dare to stop for a moment and let me recover?
It's a pity that I can only think about this in my heart, but I absolutely cannot say it out loud.
Shen Hao didn't know what was going on in Ye Han's mind, so he explained softly: "The mosquito factory selects male mosquitoes from the hatched mosquitoes, infects them with some kind of bacteria, and then releases these male mosquitoes. The wild female mosquitoes are the same as these."
When male mosquitoes infected with the disease mate, the eggs they lay will not hatch. This method can fundamentally control the mosquito population."
"Does this method work?" Ye Han's eyes widened in shock, but he blinked quickly due to the strong smoke.
"Yes, and it's very useful." Shen Hao said, "It used to be that there were swarms of mosquitoes here on the Marrow River, and I couldn't sleep without a mosquito net. Now I rarely get bitten by mosquitoes without a mosquito net. Do you think it's effective?"
"So you want to use this method on giant mosquitoes?" Ye Han suddenly realized, "The world is really full of wonders. Who has such a smart mind to come up with such a weird method."
There's nothing wrong with a strange method, the key is that it actually works.
"That's it." Shen Hao nodded.
"Can this method be used on other insects?" Ye Han asked again.
"We don't know this clearly. We have to ask the experts in the factory." Shen Hao said.
"Ask a question." Commander Shan puffed his beard and glared, "The two experts in the factory have been transferred to the north a long time ago."
Ye Han was immediately shocked. No need to ask, Beidu must have known about this mosquito factory for a long time, and maybe they have been conducting similar experiments all along.
"Commander, you haven't told me how to catch mosquitoes yet." Ye Han could find out the details with just one phone call to Beidu. There was no need to continue this topic.
"Simple." Commander Shan blew out a smoke ring, "Live, male and female, you can take care of the rest by yourself."
"Understood. Where is the mission time?"
"The sooner the better, the factory is waiting for the mosquitoes to bite the pot," Commander Shan said.
Ye Han felt a chill, and it sounded like he was about to eat a mosquito: "Then I'll set off right away!"
"That's not necessary." Commander Shan waved his hand, "Xiao Shen, first arrange a place for Xiao Ye to rest for a while, and then set off again at night. Mosquitoes don't come out during the day."
"Yes, Commander, let's go out." Shen Hao said.
Commander Shan nodded, and after Ye Han saluted, he resisted the urge to run out of the office, followed Shen Hao, and left step by step.
The corridor outside the office was also filled with smoke, but the concentration was far less than that in the office. Ye Han took a few deep breaths calmly, feeling as if his lungs were filled with dust.
Shen Hao snickered for a while and said softly: "It's okay, just breathe hard, we are all used to it."
Ye Han smiled self-deprecatingly: "Commander Shan has always been so addicted to cigarettes?"
"It's usually fine. Isn't this because of bugs?"
Ye Han shook his head helplessly: "There really is no one left."
"Just get used to it." Shen Hao comforted.
"I can't get used to it." Ye Han shook his head repeatedly, "If you want to enter our college, not smoking is a red line."
"Haha, I can't compare with you." Shen Hao laughed.
After sending Ye Han to the temporarily arranged dormitory, Shen Hao left alone and did not reappear until dinner, taking Ye Han and others to the cafeteria for dinner.
The dinner was also very local. Ye Han didn't recognize three of the four dishes, but they tasted pretty good. However, everyone knew they had a mission that night, so no one dared to eat more. He took the initiative to put down his chopsticks when he was seventy full.
Shen Hao reminded: "Let's set off after dinner, is there any problem?"
Ye Han nodded, turned around and asked, "An Dongli, is the car ready?"
"Okay, I'll fill up the tank this afternoon."
"Attention everyone, hurry up and solve personal problems, the armored vehicles will gather in a while!"
Several people left the canteen immediately. Ye Han asked Shen Hao again: "Take our car?"
"That's necessary." Shen Hao bared his teeth and smiled, "Driving my car out at night is asking for death."
A few minutes later, the five people gathered in the garage, and under the guidance of Shen Hao, left the military branch compound and drove to the southern suburbs of Xuhe River.
There are machine gun towers everywhere inside and outside the Xu River. No matter what kind of insect they are, as long as they dare to get close, they will be killed without negotiation. Don't try to catch giant mosquitoes in urban areas and near roads.
As soon as the armored vehicle left the yard, Ye Han heard vague gunshots in the distance. He turned to look at Shen Hao: "This is..."
"Fighting bugs." Shen Hao pursed his lips, "It's so noisy every night."
"It's so lively? How many bugs do you need to kill in one night? When I came here during the day, I didn't see any bugs in the barbed wire fence!" Xiao Yuan asked in confusion.
"That's because you came late. If you go there in the morning and take a look, you will know how many bugs there are." Shen Hao said.
"Fortunately, there are no cockroaches here. Over there in Linyi, the ground is hollowed out by giant cockroaches," Xiao Yuan said.
"What do you think the machine gun towers in the city are for defense?" Shen Hao raised his eyebrows, "But the giant cockroaches here do look kinder. The largest ones are just over three meters tall."