After randomly shooting the last giant insect on the bridge to death, the fierce sound of gunfire suddenly stopped. The south bank of the Huangsha River suddenly became quiet, and the sound of gurgling water under the bridge gradually became clearer.
Everyone on the bridge and the shore breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, but no one cheered for victory like in the movie.
Blowing up the bridge only blocked the swarm on the north bank of the Yellow Sand River, rather than completely wiping it out. No one knew when the next battle would start. What lingered in everyone's hearts was only heaviness and exhaustion, even if the wolf swarms kept falling into the river.
Being in the water can't make everyone feel better.
Traffic on both sides of the Huangsha River was interrupted, but the swarms of wolves did not retreat. A large number of wolf worms gathered on the north bank and could not be seen to the side.
Ye Han stood next to Bian Ge and turned around to suggest: "Should we come here for a while? There is no such store after passing this village."
Bian Ge thought for a while and said, "I'll apply with the superiors. The superiors will decide what to do."
Bian Ge is an activist. Once he made the decision, he immediately contacted Beidu and asked Beidu to destroy the insect swarm on the north coast.
After the communication ended, Bian Ge nodded to Ye Han: "It's done."
"Really agreed?" Ye Han smiled happily, "Did the superiors say anything to cover it?"
Bian Ge shook his head: "I'm sure I'll use whatever is convenient."
The military has many ways to deal with this situation, including artillery fire coverage, incendiary bombs, cluster bombs, and terminally sensitive bombs.
Guided weapons are the direction of war development. Relatively speaking, artillery coverage seems to be a tactic that should have been outdated long ago. However, after analyzing the specific situation, the key to whether the tactic becomes outdated depends on how it is used.
Weapons have their own uses. If you use them correctly, you will get twice the result with half the effort. If you use them wrongly, you will get twice the result with half the effort. Using guided weapons to deal with the insect swarms is simply a mess. Large-area fire coverage will be more lethal to the insect swarms.
There are also three different options for weapon carriers: aircraft, cannons and missiles. As for what to use, the cost and performance-to-price ratio of weapons must be considered before the insect disaster. Now, the number of ammunition stocks and hit accuracy must also be considered.
The military is experiencing shortages of supplies. Although the military has not ordered any unit to save ammunition, any unit that understands the situation saves as much as possible. Targets that can be solved with one bullet try not to waste a second one.
In this case, a large amount of ammunition is needed to cover a large area of the north bank. But having said that, wolf worms are fierce and fast. There is a reason why so many wolf worms are gathering on the north bank now. We will dig the door in the future.
Cave thieves may not encounter similar opportunities again.
The two of them had a tacit understanding and didn't mention the garrison. It wasn't that they didn't want to mention it, but it was useless if they did.
They all know the equipment level of the garrison. There are only two assault gun battalions in the entire Shayuan Brigade. It is said that the firepower of thirty-six assault guns is already very impressive. Even if it is compared with two battalions of main battle tanks, it can be compared. But to say
In terms of fire coverage, the assault cannon is really not bad at all.
To put it bluntly, even if the garrison destroyed all thirty-six cannons, they still would not be able to achieve the goal of covering the insect swarm on the north coast.
Bian Ge didn't just wait and watch the excitement just because Beidu agreed to carry out fire coverage. If bombers were sent over from above, it would take quite a while just to load ammunition onto the plane.
He thought for a while and ordered on the radio: "All units should pay attention and deploy defenses along the river in squad units to prevent wolves from crossing the river."
After that, he said to Ye Han alone: "Take two squads to guard the bridge. If the insect swarm wants to disperse, we can fire cannons to gather together."
Ye Han almost lost his joy: "No problem!"
I haven't been in contact with wolves for long, but the characteristics of this thing are too obvious. No matter where there is any movement, it will attract a bunch of wolves to watch. If the swarm disperses because it can't find a target, a few shots will be sure to do it.
It is possible to bring the insect swarm back together again.
Bian Ge looked at the situation upstream and downstream again, then suddenly turned around and waved to the second lieutenant.
The second lieutenant quickly ran to Bian Ge and saluted: "Chief, you are looking for me."
"Let me ask you, do you know the situation on the river bank?"
"Know a little bit," the second lieutenant said cautiously.
Bian Ge frowned: "How many troops have you deployed on the shore?"
"One row per bridge."
"What about the river embankment?" Bian Ge asked again.
"I don't know." The second lieutenant said honestly.
"Do you know the hydrology of this river?" Bian Ge said with a hint of dissatisfaction.
Why are you yelling? As a soldier, how can you do it if you don’t even understand the topography, rivers and mountains of the place where you are stationed?
The second lieutenant was stunned and could not utter a word.
Ye Han promptly reminded: "How deep the river is, how wide the river surface is, etc."
The second lieutenant woke up as if from a dream: "The river is more than 200 meters wide, the deepest part is just over one meter, and the shallowest part is just below your ankles. You can wade across it without taking off your shoes and socks."
Bian Ge was surprised: "So shallow? Isn't the urban area quite deep?"
The second lieutenant quickly explained: "An inflatable dam was installed downstream to artificially raise the depth of the river in the urban area... Our place is a semi-desert area with a dry climate. Before the dam, less than half of the river bed was above the water surface.
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Ye and Bian looked at each other, and Bian Ge asked urgently: "Do you know the depth of the upper reaches? How far can the deep water reach?"
"Just this section of the city."
Bian Ge's face changed greatly: "Where is the dam? Where is the dam?"
"Just in the eastern suburbs." The second lieutenant suddenly realized something, and the blood on his face faded and turned pale.
Brother Bian heard this and immediately said: "Ye Han, you look upstream, I look downstream!"
"Okay!" Ye Han immediately called up the real-time satellite map and observed the situation in the upper reaches of the Huangsha River. "No insect swarms were found on the north bank of the upper reaches. Preliminary judgment is that the water depth is about one meter, so there is no problem for the time being."
When satellites take pictures of the ground from high altitudes, they can only see the direction of the river, but not the depth of the river. Unless the river bed is exposed to the water, the water depth can be roughly judged based on the area of the river bed where the water comes out.
Under normal circumstances, Ye Han couldn't judge the depth of the water upstream, but he found several construction machinery in the middle of the river a few kilometers upstream from the city.
Bian Ge sent a screenshot of what he saw to Ye Han: "The situation downstream is very bad. Insect swarms have appeared on the north bank. No insect swarms have been found wading in the water for the time being. Ye Han, you stay here with the third squadron and pay attention to the upstream
situation. I will take the remaining two squadrons to the lower reaches to prevent the insect swarm from crossing the river... Ensign!"
"Here!" The second lieutenant stood at attention instinctively, and a thought suddenly came to his mind: What about me?
"Contact your superior and tell him to send people to the river bank immediately to establish a defense line as quickly as possible."
"yes!"
"First and second squadrons get on board, follow me!" Bian Ge's voice rang on the radio. More than 20 armored vehicles from the two squadrons quickly assembled and then left.
