Gao Yuan rode a bicycle, which was a very good mountain bike, the kind that could be worth tens of thousands of dollars, because he naturally wanted to be treated preferentially.

Xinghe also rode a bicycle, she ran in front of Gao Yuan for a while, and then slammed the brake and fell behind, happy.

There are more than 5,000 people in the entire expeditionary force, and there are a total of four people riding bicycles without dragging a car body behind, one is the commander-in-chief Liu Muyang, one is Xinghe, and two are the masters of Da Nei who are responsible for protecting Xinghe closely.

Xinghe rode a bicycle to Gao Yuan's side, and she said proudly, "How is it?" I've been riding well, you know, I've been practicing how to ride a bike at the base for the past few days, how is it, I'm riding well, right? ”

"That's good."

"Look at me."

Xinghe took both hands off the handlebars, and she looked very proud.

When Xinghe was riding on the highway like a happy Erha, the two Ouchi masters could always keep a distance of about twenty meters from her one after the other, neither too close, nor a little far away.

A master is a master, and Gao Yuan is curious about how the two of them maintain such coordination with Xinghe.

Now the entire two squadrons of the Sword Special Operations Brigade are responsible for protecting Xinghe, but in addition to the special combat team members who are dedicated to protection, eight more people must be arranged to protect her, because the duty of the special forces is to attack, and these eight people are specifically responsible for protection.

The convoy traveled on the Taihang Mountain Expressway.

The Taihang Mountain Expressway runs through the north and south along the Taihang Mountain, Gao Yuan They started from the No. 10 base, through a small road, only need to travel about eight kilometers to get on the highway, and the exit they left is at least more than 100 kilometers away from the exit of Gao Yuan's two departures to Jicheng.

Why don't you take the exit of Base No. 1, but take Base No. 10, which is further south, because it is close to the Taihang Mountain Expressway and has a relatively sparse population, and once the big snake people find that a large number of people have appeared from the mountain, they can at least stay away from the core No. 1 Base.

Generally speaking, this was a long march, a long march of at least 10,000 kilometers, and the main means of transportation for the entire expeditionary force was bicycles.

It was obviously impossible for a team of 5,000 people to march together, so as not to attract the excessive attention of the Great Snake people, these 5,000 people could only be divided into scattered squads and slowly advance along the highway.

With a team of about 100 people, the squads responsible for fighting were relatively tightly spaced, while the teams without combat missions were spaced more widely, so that the team of 5,000 people stretched to nearly 30 kilometers.

Thirty kilometers long, think about what the concept is, that is, Gao Yuan They have been riding on the highway for a long time, but the troops behind have not yet set off.

Don't take the national highway, don't take the provincial road, because these roads pass too many towns and villages, and the fully enclosed highway will obviously be much safer.

But such a long-distance ride, can not be achieved overnight, can only stand one stop after another, every day is estimated to walk dozens of kilometers, because under the current conditions it is impossible to just ride all the way, but also need someone in front of the road to explore, encounter danger needs to fight, so this speed can not be too fast.

The most troublesome thing is that although everyone in the expeditionary force carries guns, there are not many opportunities to shoot, so in most cases, the troops in charge of opening the way in front can only fight with cold weapons and clear obstacles.

So the danger of this expedition is obvious, and people are not iron-clad, and along the way there are supplies, rest, and accommodation, and every link means that something may go wrong.

The expeditionary force of 5,000 men will inevitably have combat attrition and wounded attrition along the way, and there will definitely be, it is just a matter of how many casualties there are.

Therefore, when it really arrives in Africa, it is impossible to estimate how many of the 5,000-strong troops will remain, the most optimistic estimate is that half of them will arrive, and the most pessimistic estimate is that the whole army will be wiped out, and there will be no one left.

Because the conditions are so bad, so bad that they can't be worse.

Why do you say that, because even in ancient times, when a war was fought and an army of tens of thousands was dispatched, hundreds of thousands of people still needed to be in charge of logistics, and even if the ancient army needed to walk thousands of miles on their feet, at least they didn't have to worry about food.

Even if you go deep into the enemy's country, you can still give food to the enemy, that is, grab food from the enemy.

But now, it's a doomsday-level catastrophe, there is no reliable supply in Shenzhou itself, let alone supplies in a foreign country, who is willing to send their life-saving rations to a foreign army? Not to mention how noble the purpose of this foreign army's is to save mankind, how many people can be so selfless in the face of survival and willing to give their own subsistence food to others? Even if these people are there to save them.

Impossible, never possible, human nature is always selfish.

So there are some things that can't be said, but the difficulties are real, and these difficulties can't be overcome.

So this army determines the fate of the future from the moment it sets out, and most of the people in this army will die, or even the vast majority of them.

Anyone with some common sense knows the fate of this expeditionary force, and the top brass knows it, and of course these soldiers of the expeditionary force also know it.

However, the army was assembled and set out on time.

Shenzhou took out his old background and did not hesitate, because this battle decided the fortunes of the country and even the fate of mankind.

The officers and men of the expeditionary force did not flinch, they knew what would happen, not possibly, but what would definitely happen, but they still came, and if sacrifice was inevitable, then it was better to sacrifice, just because they were soldiers.

The military order is like a mountain, and the blood is still alive, so Shenzhou sent an expeditionary force.

That's why Shenzhou can send an expeditionary force.

To make one thing clear, under the current conditions, it is still possible to send a force that is formed, large-scale, and all composed of elites, and really anyone can do it?

In other countries, even if there is a soldier who is still enthusiastic and willing to sacrifice his life to fight against aliens, does every country really have such an executive power as Shenzhou?

But now, Shenzhou has sent an expeditionary force, in an extremely unfavorable environment, to retain the remaining strength to protect themselves, to protect the survival of the last people, or to fight to the death, to take out the last foundation to fight for a future, Shenzhou chose the latter.

Therefore, this is an expeditionary force that is destined to have no way out, and an expeditionary force that has no way out and is destined to be sacrificed by the vast majority of people, but there is no pathos, only fierce ambition, only pride.

The people of Shenzhou have them to defend, and the fate of mankind is saved by them, just because they are Shenzhou soldiers, and their duty is incumbent.