Bian Ge's pupils shrank: "I am Lei Ting, please speak!"
"Thunder, according to satellite monitoring, there are signs of the insect swarm moving eastward. Now I order your troops to set out immediately to seize the Chibao Bridge in the lower reaches of the Huangsha River before the eastward advancing insect swarm. Hold the bridge at all costs until new orders.
Until it is issued, the relevant information will be sent to you later."
"Understood!" Bian Ge agreed, cut off the communication and shouted, "Ye Han, new mission, everyone is ready to go!"
As he walked toward the troops, he contacted the Shayuan headquarters and informed Yu Shuangming of the situation that had just occurred.
After receiving the notice, Yu Shuangming almost died of depression.
There is a connotation here that outsiders don’t quite understand.
In the early days of the insect disaster, the national command system was very chaotic. After a period of integration, the current top-down command system was formed, and the powers and responsibilities of command agencies at all levels were clarified.
Generally speaking, only military command departments at the theater level are qualified to be called command centers. At this level, there are only theater command centers and the joint command center in Beidu. Apart from these two levels, other command departments affiliated with the military
It can only be called a headquarters.
The Sports Equipment Academy is a school directly under the military. Except for the Joint Command Center, no command center is qualified to order the troops under the Sports Equipment Institute, so Bian Ge immediately determined that the communication came from Beidu.
The Shayuan Command had no authority to order Bian Ge, but Bian Ge was ordered to lead troops into Shayuan to assist in the battle. In order to avoid issuing multiple orders, the Shayuan Command obtained temporary command of this force.
However, now that Beidu has directly issued combat missions, it is tantamount to depriving Shayuan Command of its temporary command authority. How can Yu Shuangming not be depressed when such a strong force can leave at a moment's notice?
What made him even more depressed was that due to his position and confidentiality level, Bian Ge did not inform him about the mission at all, and he was not even qualified to ask.
Yu Shuangming had to find a way to rescue the troops and residents stranded on the north bank. However, he lacked the necessary technical equipment. If he transferred his men back to the north bank, it would be difficult to say whether the remaining men could hold the river bank defense line.
Are we just going to watch the stranded people on the North Shore waiting to die?
However, the situation was not as pessimistic as Yu Shuangming thought. News from all aspects continued to be collected, and he soon discovered that the density of the insect swarm on the north shore was declining.
Yu Shuangming couldn't believe it was true. After finding out all the relevant information and verifying it repeatedly, he finally believed the reality that the swarm was leaving Shayuan.
He couldn't help but look at each other with Chief of Staff Hu, and he couldn't figure out the reason.
In fact, the two of them did have a misunderstanding. The insect swarm did begin to move south along the north bank of the Huangsha River. However, the number of wolf insects staying in the sand source did not decrease much. There was still a long way to go to fight against the giant insects.
In the eastern suburbs of Shayuan City, all personnel boarded the train. After Bian Ge issued the departure order, he sent a group message from Beidu to all officers above the squadron leader: "This is the mission briefing we just received. Our mission target is to go downstream.
The Chibao Bridge, which is more than 120 kilometers long, must be defended at all costs."
Bian Ge paused and waited for everyone to digest the content of his words before continuing: "According to the information we have, there are seventeen tributaries of different sizes flowing into the Huangsha River from the sand source of the Huangsha River to Chibao. In previous years, water was taken for irrigation along the way.
, the water volume has been low. This year, due to the large area of fields along the line being barren, the water level of the Huangsha River has risen across the board. The Chibao Bridge is the most important railway bridge along the Huangsha River. Although it is not yet clear why the bridge is guarded, but according to the analysis of existing news
, it is very likely that a batch of important supplies must pass through the Chibao Bridge."
Ye Han stared at the map carefully: "Where are the supplies sent to so important?"
"Don't ask me, I don't know either." Bian Ge said, "There are still more than two hours to get to the destination. Everyone should take the time to rest and have a meal."
"yes!"
The order was passed on, and the soldiers ate and drank as quickly as possible, and then all rested in the car. Those who could fall asleep fell asleep, and those who couldn't slept closed their eyes and rested. No matter what, they had to do it before arriving at the destination.
Adjust your condition as much as possible.
While the troops were moving eastward, the Beidu Joint Command Center did its best to mobilize troops and generals from various areas around Shayuan to seize strategic nodes, surround the Shayuan area from the east, west and south, and try its best to stop the wolves.
The insects spread to the surrounding areas.
As for the north, it’s not that the north doesn’t want to be blocked, but that Shayuan is too close to the northern border. Let alone cities, it’s hard to see even villages in this direction. The local garrison is basically concentrated near Shayuan, and there are no troops to mobilize in the north.
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In addition, the mysterious origin of the wolf bug also made Beidu murmur, worrying that the semi-desert area north of the sand source is the wolf bug's lair. Adopting a three-sided encirclement tactic can not only prevent troops from entering the semi-desert area, but also attract swarms of insects.
The idea of luring all the insects out.
Beidu even issued an order to the troops participating in the war to capture the wolf worms alive if possible. Anyone with a discerning eye would understand at a glance that this was Beidu's desire to study the wolf worms' pheromones and to use the same method to deal with giant ants to deal with wolf worms.
Less than twelve hours after the wolf appeared in human sight, an invisible giant web has quietly unfolded.
At about 7 p.m., the convoy arrived near the Chibao Bridge.
It is July now, and the days in the north are gradually shortening with the arrival of the summer solstice, but the night does not fall until around eight o'clock every night, and seven o'clock in the evening is only in the evening.
Ye Han, who was half asleep, felt that he suddenly fell to the side. He subconsciously held his arms: "Anzi, what's going on?"
"There is a situation!" Antongli said.
Ye Han suddenly woke up, adjusted the camera to observe the situation, and was shocked to find that the railway not far ahead was occupied by a squirming crowd. The crowd was moving north along the railway line, seeming to want to cross the river through the railway bridge.
He quickly opened the top cover and saw Bian Ge in the command car: "Captain Bian, what's going on?"
Bian Ge said without looking back: "They seem to be fleeing. The troops are on standby. Ye Han, come with me to have a look."
"Okay!" Two people jumped out of the armored vehicle and rushed towards the crowd quickly.
Seeing the two of them, there was a slight commotion in the crowd, but no one avoided it. They just stopped and looked at Ye and Bian quietly.
Bian Ge glanced around and walked up to an old man: "Old man, where are you coming from and where are you going?"
The old man said in Mandarin with a strong dialect: "I heard that the bugs in Shayuan are so bad that the bugs have eaten all the people. We don't dare to stay at home. We have to cross the river to hide."
Bian Ge was immediately as disgusted as if he had eaten a fly: "Which bastard made this rumor? Ye Han calls someone to persuade the fellow villagers to go back!"