Chapter 395: This is the front line
At dawn, the Spark team headed east.
The White Nile is just to the east, at most thirty kilometers long, and it takes up to an hour at normal speed, but there is a road on the west bank of the White Nile.
For the Spark team who need to cross the river secretly, having a path is not a good thing.
But both Malakal and Mairut are on the east bank of the river, and because there is little infrastructure here, the two cities built along the river are not spread across the banks of the river, as is the case in other parts of the world, but only on the east bank.
In this case, there should be no vehicles and pedestrians on the road parallel to the river on the west bank of the Binile River, which reduces the chance of the Starfire team being discovered, but after crossing the river, the probability of being found is much greater.
After crossing the river, the probability of exposure increases, but the Starfire team has also lost all their cars, and if they really encounter the cleaners, then it will naturally be more difficult to escape.
As for being discovered by the enemy, Gao Yuan didn't think much about it, with the current ability of the Starfire Squad, being discovered by the enemy would be a complete failure.
There aren't many people in the Spark Squad, but they have gathered the best people in the world, and Takato is convinced of this.
The off-road vehicle at the front stopped, and then the two people of the Egg Blasting Team got out of the car and ran forward quickly, while the vehicles behind stopped after seeing the movement of the lead car, and if the team members in front signaled that there was danger, then these cars would quickly disperse in all directions, looking for a suitable hiding position.
Ralph was one of the two people who got out of the car to explore the way, they should have found the trail of the road, Ralph and his men stopped, neither of them paused, Ralph immediately turned around, crossed his hands in front of him.
This is the meaning of stopping the advance, and hiding immediately.
Gao Yuan, who was holding the binoculars, immediately said: "Hide! ”
Song Qian immediately drove the car to a tree near him, but there were no woods here, and the distance between each tree was quite large, which was a typical savanna, not a forest that was easy to hide.
If you ask on the walkie-talkie, you will know what you find, but if you use the radio, you may be detected by the enemy, and you can't make the enemy understand what you're saying by using code words or passwords, but detecting a radio signal speaks for itself, so the Starfire team must now keep the radio silent.
Ralph raised his arms and swung forward vigorously, so Song immediately turned the car around and drove back the way he had come.
After retreating for two kilometers, there was a relatively densely wooded forest, where the convoy finally stopped.
With the exception of the driver, who remained to drive, all got out of the car, and were ready for battle, because if there was a need for an emergency retreat, then the enemy was not far away.
Ralph and his men had returned, and they did not delay long, but soon returned and retreated into the forest.
"What's the situation?"
Ralph's expression was grim, and he whispered, "The road, and there are traces of heavy equipment driving on the road, it is very dense and has just been left. ”
If the cleaners occupy the two cities on the right side of the riverbank, that is, to the west, then the traffic between the two cities should also be on the right, not on the left side of the high distance.
There must be demons when things go wrong, especially in war, if any abnormalities are found, then there must be anomalies.
Soul's brow furrowed, and he began to fall into a state of contemplation.
Gao Yuan looked at the map, and the road shown on the map only connected Malakal and Mailut, and if there were a large number of vehicles driving back and forth, it could only be between the two cities.
This is Africa, it's so vast and sparsely populated that many people who live in the city can't imagine what it would be like to walk dozens or even hundreds of kilometers without seeing a single person, but here, hundreds of kilometers are simply uninhabited.
The population of South Sudan is concentrated on the east bank of the White Nile, and on the west bank, if there is a large-scale movement of vehicles, it can only come from North Sudan, or two cities on the east bank, without a bridge, have to cross the river to the west bank.
It didn't seem like a big problem, but Ralph's discovery left everyone pondering.
Ralph whispered: "There are two explanations for this situation, one is that the cleaners occupy a very large territory here, but they still have no reason to drive on the left bank, and the other is that the cleaners occupy the right bank, but they have to choose the road on the left bank to move back and forth, because there will be attacks on the right bank." ”
Soult nodded, and he said with a serious face: "Yes, the latter is more likely, but in this case, it means that the cleaners must have bridges, and at least two bridges, there are bridges, and the right bank is dangerous, so the convoy will go to the left bank that the enemy cannot reach through the bridges under his control, which will be much safer." ”
After speaking, Soult looked at Ralph, he did not make any provocative words or looks, but said in a deep voice: "What have you found?" ”
"Tanks! Armored vehicles, as well as wheeled trucks, are so dense that it is impossible to judge the number, but there are very frequent exchanges in both directions. ”
After Ralph finished speaking, Sirte immediately said: "I think tanks and armored vehicles are to escort the convoy, because Melut is an important city in the northernmost part of South Sudan, where it is a transportation hub, and Malakal is the largest city in the Malakal region of South Sudan, and it is also the core city, but there are three hundred kilometers between Malakel and Melut, and at this distance, the tanks rely on their own power to move back and forth, so unless it is the cleaner who wants to scrap his tank quickly, the motorcycle hour is not wasted like this." ”
Li Jingang said with a calm face: "There are battles, and they are very frequent. ”
Soult exhaled and said, "Trouble." ”
Gao Yuan had to admit that he didn't understand, so he whispered, "Why is it troublesome?" ”
Soult raised his head, looked at the east and said: "There must be a dense outpost on the right bank, no, not a fixed outpost, it must be a patrol force with strong combat effectiveness, because no matter who the enemy of the cleaner is, it must have caused a lot of trouble to the cleaner, otherwise, there is no need for the cleaner to send a tank escort, and after arriving here, the cleaner's enemy has and there is only one, the ram, the ram's Satan!" ”
At this point, the others had little to say, as Sirte was the one who knew the situation best.
Soulter said softly: "From what I know about the ram, he will definitely attack the enemy's supply lines with all his might, this guy is good at and likes small-scale sabotage activities, and now it seems that he does pose a great threat to the cleaners, in this case, this is the front line, then we will not be able to leave......"