"The voltage index is stable!"

"The oil level is up to standard!"

"The peripheral weapon circuit is unobstructed."

"No problem with the beacon light, heading system, compass, horizon!"

"Turn on the route recorder, prepare to record the whole process, call the ground command center, and the preparations before take-off have been completed."

The two pilots of the Little Bird helicopter were busy inside the plane, and then called the ground command center, the so-called temporary tower, to take off.

"Woodpecker 1, you can prepare to take off, heading 029, please keep at least 50 meters above the ground after takeoff, after leaving the camp area, you can maintain a free altitude, over." The control center replied immediately.

The helicopter was piloting and gave a thumbs up to Harold and others, who were making final preparations outside the cabin, indicating that it was ready to take off.

Harold nodded, patted Tian Yehan beside him and said, "Board the plane!" ”

Tian Yehan nodded, leaned over and walked towards the helicopter, then climbed into the cabin and sat down, leaned next to the M60E3 light machine gun, and dragged Harold in.

After Harold sat down, because the rear cabin was too crowded, the two could only lean closely, and then Mark and Red could only sit on the brackets on both sides of the helicopter, under the brackets in addition to hanging two 30 caliber machine guns, there are also two 70 caliber rocket launchers, this kind of firepower plus the support of drones, can fully cope with any situation without the premise of high-power ground anti-aircraft weapons.

The Bird gunship, codenamed Woodpecker 1, then took off and headed for Freeport. According to Tian Yehan's plan, the helicopter would hover over the original tallest building in Freeport that had not yet completely collapsed, and then he would descend with Mark and Red, while Harold and the pilot flew the helicopter to a safe place across the river and waited for the signal, and once they had completed their mission, they would immediately come and pick them up.

"If you encounter that kind of walking corpse, under the premise of being besieged, I will use a helicopter to open a gap for you. After you broke out. Rush to the alternate pick-up point immediately, and if the situation is normal, I will still pick you up at your drop-off, understand? "During the flight. Harold explained the situation to Tian Yehan and others. "And. The chemical protective suit you are wearing is a double-layered, double-insured. After the layer on the surface is scratched, don't panic, there is another layer inside, which is newly developed by the Command this year, although it is still in the experimental stage, but the effect is good, as long as you don't take it off, there should be no problems. ”

Tian Yehan nodded: "The ammunition we carry is limited, but almost all of them are armor-piercing shells, and the command has said that the weakness of these walking corpses is in the heart, not the head, have you confirmed this many times?" ”

Harold nodded and looked at Mark, who said, "Yes, we have actually done it, after shooting the standard head and eye parts, it is not possible to effectively contain the actions of these monsters, and it is only effective to penetrate their hearts, because we are afraid that the disease will be contagious, so we dare not capture any living body back to the headquarters." ”

At this time, Red interjected: "I have never understood why the high command didn't send some experts who specialize in dealing with these things, not everything can be handled by soldiers!" ”

Harold waved his hand and said, "Don't complain, stay vigilant, you will soon reach the landing zone, I wish you all the best!" ”

Mark gave a thumbs up, Red and Tian Yehan nodded, but at this time, the four of them had their own hearts, and Harold was full of thoughts about how to kill Tian Yehan in the narrow environment of the rear cabin after completing the task, as long as he was killed, it would be easy to do it, and Mark and Red were most worried about the danger factor of the upcoming mission in addition to understanding that they had to carry out the order.

The two of them know very well that this mission is a life of death, and if you don't pay attention to it, you will be killed, not to mention the attack of the walking corpse, the most important thing is how the infectious disease is transmitted, this is really weird, this kind of thing called an infectious disease by the command can actually turn a living person into a machine!

"If I have an accident, General, my wife and children ......" Mark said something like this at this time, and Harold nodded and patted him on the shoulder to reassure him.

As the helicopter flew to its destination, the three drones also evacuated from the central area of Freeport, scattered across three locations outside Freeport, monitoring the surrounding area.

Tang Shuxing and Na Jincheng, who were lurking in the ruins, breathed a sigh of relief, and after waiting for Gu Yan's signal to be issued, they immediately ran towards the hotel where the first explosion was located, that is, the hotel where Howard died.

When the two of them ran there in one go, they found that the hotel had been blown out of several holes, almost collapsed, and the surrounding things were burned out of shape, and it seemed that it was almost impossible to find useful clues here.

Na Jincheng looked at the truck next to him that was blown to shreds and several oil drums were distributed around and said: "It seems that the explosion has something to do with this truck, this truck seems to be full of fuel when it explodes, who is so generous and can get so much oil?" Now this truckload of gasoline can almost make an ordinary person live like an emperor. ”

Tang Shuxing went into the ruins to check for a while, walked along the ruins towards the top, and when he climbed to a certain position, Tang Shuxing stopped, looked at the humanoid mark on the side of the ruins, and called the Jincheng in.

"Look at this." Tang Shuxing pointed to the humanoid mark on the ground, the inside of the mark was intact, but the surroundings were burned black.

Na Jincheng looked at it for a while and said, "It seems that a person died here, and the place where he was lying was not burned, and then his body was taken away." ”

Tang Shuxing shook his head: "It's not that simple, this person didn't die here, if he died in this place, he would definitely be burned, the ground is also pitch black, and it is impossible to have a human body mark, so, it should be before the explosion, this corpse has changed or been burned, and the moment of the explosion was lifted to this position by the air wave, because the corpse has been burned to charcoal, and it is impossible to burn it again, so the corpse blocked the other flames, and a humanoid imprint appeared on the ground." ”

Na Jincheng squatted down, touched it with his hand, smelled a smell of engine oil, thought for a while and said, "You want to say, maybe this corpse has a direct connection with the initial explosion?" Maybe that's where it came from. ”

"Yes." Tang Shuxing nodded, "The body is missing, there are two possibilities, one is that it was taken away by the later search force of the Resistance Army, but this is unlikely, you must know that we found the body of a soldier of the elite unit of the Resistance Army earlier, and he did not leave alive with such important information, which means that it is possible that the troops sent by the Resistance Army have been wiped out, so this possibility is very small." ”

That Jincheng nodded: "The second possibility is that there are still people alive in this area, maybe they are still people who are immune to this kind of thing?" ”

Tang Shuxing looked around and pointed to the footprints next to him: "Look at this footprint, there is only one person, the footprints are not big, it looks like a woman, it is obvious that it came after the burning here, it should be taken away by this person, if this person is immune, and we are also immune, it means that the person who took away the corpse, like us, is very likely to be a corpse." ”

"Trouble, there's a corpse, and he's working on this issue, is it friend or foe? Maybe it's someone from Shandu? That Jin Cheng was very worried, "I think we should look for water first, what do you think?" ”

"Well, that's the only way, let's go to the confluence mouth to find the water source first, and after testing that it's okay, then try to find other clues, if you can't find it, you can only give up." Tang Shuxing looked at the dark sky and said, "It's already this time, the later it is, the more dangerous it is, we can't delay any longer, after finding the water source, regardless of whether there are other clues or not, leave immediately and head towards the hinterland of the desert." ”

Na Jincheng nodded: "Agree, we can't risk it here, after all, this place is not our primary goal." ”

Saying that, Tang Shuxing and Na Jincheng turned around and walked towards the confluence of the two rivers outside the free port, that place was also the location where Howard and Qi Jiamei saw the ironclad ship half a month ago, and at this time, the ironclad boat was also lurking in the deepest section of the river in the river, because the resistance army did not expect that there would be such a boat that could dive underwater, so they did not inspect the river in detail, and did not know the existence of the ironclad ship at all.

At the same time that Tang Shuxing and the two left, the little bird helicopter also entered the airspace of Freeport, and was just about to change positions, Gu Yan, who went to the side to meet and cover Tang Shuxing and Na Jincheng, discovered this situation, and immediately lurked in the jungle again, and watched with night vision binoculars as it was slowly lowering on the top of the tallest building, and the rope was also lowered at the same time......

"A heavily armed Little Bird helicopter hovered over the tallest building in Freeport, and now three people are starting to rappel down, wearing black protective suits, which appear to be used by the night assault force, all carrying various weapons, and it looks like some kind of resistance team has come to investigate, maybe to search for lost information." Gu Yan used the intercom to tell Tang Shuxing and Na Jincheng as he watched, "After they came down, they went directly in the direction where you were, and it seems that they are also rushing towards the location of the first explosion." ”

Tang Shuxing listened to Gu Yan's words and said to Na Jincheng: "When they came, they basically confirmed my previous speculation, which makes it clear that they didn't find the corpse, that is to say, the people they sent before were all wiped out, and they barely got anything too useful, so they can only come again." ”

Na Jincheng looked up and could clearly see Tian Yehan and the others who had descended from the rope, and the helicopter that took off and flew towards the other side of the river, and the helicopter's navigation lights were very conspicuous in the night sky.

Na Jin Cheng asked, "What now?" Are we going back, or are we? ”

"If we don't go back, we will act secretly, they should not know that we are here, the first task is to find a water source, and then wait for them to leave, and then let Lao Bai and them drive to pick us up." After Tang Shuxing finished speaking, he turned around and ran towards the estuary convergence. (To be continued......)