Chapter 334: Landmines
The convoy eventually headed west.
Although Yirak is in war all the year round, the role of the government is about equal to zero, and the absence of the government means that there is no organization, and if there is no organization, even if there are many people, they are scattered soldiers, so Gao Yuan's convoy of hundreds of people is an invincible existence.
And the local chicken is different, first of all, no one knows what the situation of the local chicken is now, and then I don't know what the local chicken will do, in the final analysis, a word to describe the word is uncontrollable, for this kind of place, or to stay away from the good side.
So how to get into Iraq from Persia?
Bypassing the Zaggeras Mountains, heading west at the northern end of the Zaggeras Mountains into Yirak, the first big city after crossing the border is Dianay, and not far beyond Dianay is the famous Mosul.
One of the eye of the storm in Irak, Mosul.
There is also a reason why such a road is destined to be unpeaceful, that is, everyone thinks that it is better to take Mosul than to take the plain of the two rivers of Yirak.
The plain of the two rivers is the plain of Mesopotamia, created by the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, where the earliest human civilization was born, that is, it is the largest grain producing area in the entire Middle East, and it is also the largest concentration of cities and villages.
If you don't want to rush through the overwhelming pile of zombies, you must bypass the Two Rivers Plain.
As for whether there will be militants in Mosul, this is a secondary matter.
As the convoy drove along the edge of Mosul, it was not uncommon to see the Ilak in hiding watching the convoy.
Then, Gao Yuan's convoy wandered around Mosul before finally having to make a detour south to find a bridge to cross.
The flow of the Tigris River is very small, but it is enough to stop their convoy, there is a road and a bridge, that is in Shenzhou, in the place of Yirak, a small Tigris River is enough to become a moat.
There are four or five bridges in the city of Mosul, but I am worried that there are too many zombies in the city of Mosul, so I will take a detour, but this detour will have to go around more than 500 kilometers, because south of Mosul and north of Tikrit, nearly 1,000 kilometers away, there is only one road bridge through Mahmur.
The east bank of Mosul is more than 500 kilometers to the south, and after crossing the bridge, it is necessary to go back to the north, and then back to the west bank of Mosul, which is only 20 kilometers straight, but it takes a day and a half to detour thousands of kilometers.
If you don't go around this way, you will have to go further and pass through more big cities.
But there is a great advantage to taking this route, that is, the whole route is basically in the desert, and there will be no people in the desert, neither zombies nor armed men of any faction.
In this way, the convoy will travel much faster.
At the beginning, Gao Yuan studied the route with Andrew and Pan Xin every day, but later he didn't bother to look at it at all, because he really didn't have technical content, and he couldn't be used at all.
The days passed peacefully and uninterestingly, and apart from worrying about the dwindling food on the supply truck, Takato really couldn't arouse any interest.
Until there was a loud bang that woke Gao Yuan from his half-awake and half-asleep confusion.
The armored car stopped, and everyone was nervous about the explosion, because it was the first time since the 21st day of departure from Afohan that there had been such a large explosion, so no one else could be nervous.
"What's wrong! What's wrong! ”
"The pilot car blew up!"
Gao Yuan didn't turn on the walkie-talkie, he was so noisy, but Li Yang kept it on.
After answering Gao Yuan's question, Li Yang hurriedly said: "Reverse the car and drive back, check the situation!" ”
"Is anyone injured in the lead car?"
“IED!”
"Alert, vigil!
When Gao Yuan turned on the walkie-talkie, he listened to the noise inside, and when the armored car he was riding in was three or four hundred meters behind, and the members of the other Stryker armored car helped his comrades get out of the bombed armored car, they finally began to transmit clear and useful information.
"Be careful of the IED explosion, someone in the lead car was hit in the head, and no one was seriously injured."
"We have to be careful, there may be a minefield ahead."
Pan Xin and Li Yang briefly communicated on the walkie-talkie, and at this time, Li Yang was puzzled: "Where have we been?" Why are there minefields? Is it a legacy? Is it a press-fired mine or is it remotely controlled? ”
"It's not clear yet, be vigilant!"
Gao Yuan opened the observation window on the armored car, and the desert outside was boundless, although he could only see one side, but it didn't look like he could ambush people here.
At this moment, Pan Xin, who was observing outside, suddenly shouted: "Prepare to fight, someone!" ”
Gao Yuan couldn't help but get nervous, and then he said to Li Yang in the same carriage urgently: "Where are we!" ”
Li Yang hesitated for a moment, then he shook his head and said, "We don't know, remember the last time we took a detour into the desert in Tedmur?" After going around from where, we don't know which one is when we get on the road, there are no road signs in this place, we don't have a detailed map, and we don't have GPS, God knows where it is. ”
At this moment, Li Jingang, who was operating the machine gun on the roof of their car, said loudly: "I found that someone was approaching us, and the intention was unknown, seven people." ”
Gao Yuan's heart relaxed a little, there are only seven people, and they are willing to take the initiative to approach, then it should be fine, at least it will not be the kind of fight to the death as soon as they come up.
It is possible for the other side to do whatever they want, and it is very likely that this kind of thing will happen by planting mines on the road in advance to blackmail the convoy into handing over food.
But as long as there is something to talk about, then everything is easy to say.
Gao Yuan came to the other side of the armored car and opened the observation window, which was also a shooting hole, he looked out twice, and sure enough, he saw seven people walking in a row and swaggering.
"I don't want to fight, but it's definitely not good."
Gao Yuan sighed lightly and said, "I can deal with it, but let's let Renato talk about it first." ”
Without waiting for Takato to say, Renato had already gotten off the armored car in front of him, and when Takato could see Renato from the observation window, it meant that Renato had already walked a while towards the comer.
"Renato is quite active this time, Brother Li, let's go and have a look?"
It is indeed quite inconvenient to not have a code name in battle, Gao Yuan shouted Li Yang, and the two opened the back door of the armored car and jumped.
At this time, the people who came over could already see it clearly, and He Gaoyuan only took two steps forward, but Li Yang said suspiciously: "That's not right." ”
"What's wrong?"
Li Yang said with a puzzled face: "How do these people from the opposite side look at their clothes and looks, how do they look like Russians?" ”