1835 Departure from Australia
The ruined city is not any kind of standard geometric shape, but two intersecting circles, one large and one small, with the larger main city close to the coast and the smaller sub-city extending inland.
When they received the order, Xiao Yuan and the others were located in the southeast of the ruined city, roughly directly below Xiaoyuan, separated from the sea wolves trapped in the city.
The straight-line distance between the two sides is only seven kilometers, Xiao Yuan really wants to take a shortcut in the city, but the situation in the city is too complicated, and he may be blocked by the insects at any time, so he can only lead the team around the city, the whole journey is about sixteen kilometers, and he can't touch the place at all in an hour.
More than an hour later, the two squadrons of the second and sixth squadrons had completed two-thirds of the whole journey, and at this time, the convoy was approaching the abandoned city from the southeast.
The scheduled pick-up point is on the west bank of the ruined city, and the only way to get there quickly is through the city.
There is more than one route to the west side of the ruined city, but all of these routes are inseparable from the ruined city, and even the safest ring road is located in the city.
Perhaps because there are a large number of insects living in the abandoned city, all the routes in the city are unimpeded, which brings a lot of convenience to the convoy.
Just as the Languan flew over Australia, Ye Han gave the battleship cover and ordered the convoy to drive on the ring road without hesitation.
On the north side of the Ring Road is a field overgrown with earth plants and alien plants, full of trees twenty or thirty meters high, many of which are wrapped around alien vines as thick as arms, and two different leaves climb all the way to the top from bottom to top.
Under the trees were covered with bushes more than one person tall, Ye Han paid attention to it, and the ratio of native plants to alien plants was basically half and half.
Ye Han was a little surprised, didn't he say that the vitality and competitiveness of alien plants were stronger than those of native plants, and they had been crowding out the living space of native plants? Why is the situation in Australia different from other regions?
Or have the native plants evolved to be more competitive because they have been stimulated by alien plants?
On the other side of the ring road is the residential area of the abandoned city, full of two-story cottages with detached houses, and you don't have to ask to know that this must have been a high-end residential area before the war.
However, after being vacant for so many years, the villas here are also in a dilapidated state, and many buildings have collapsed and become uninhabitable.
The open space between the buildings is also overgrown with a variety of plants, adding to the desolation of the dilapidated residential area.
"Capitalism of all evils!" Ye Han muttered jealously.
The convoy was not moving fast, and the fighters divided into two groups to observe the situation in the left and right directions, respectively, to prevent a sneak attack by the enemy.
In addition to direct observation, Ye Han has also been connected to the satellites in the sky, scanning the nearby situation through the equipment on the satellites, and ensuring the safety of the convoy through a two-pronged approach.
The situation was much better than Ye Han expected, until the convoy passed through the vice city, and did not encounter the enemy's obstruction.
Instead of letting their guard down, they tensed their nerves - there were more high-rise buildings in the main city, which was more suitable for the enemy to hide and sneak attack, and the situation was far more complicated than that of the vice city.
Before entering the main city, Ye Han found a dilapidated isolation belt on the outer edge of the main city, and there was a bare mechanical tower on the isolation belt, but unfortunately only the tower body remained, and the machine gun on the top of the tower had long been gone.
The road leading to the main city was smooth all the way, there were no roadblocks and no guards, and the convoy was speeding all the way, and was about to drive into the main city, but Ye Han was uneasy at all.
"Stop!" Ye Han shouted violently over the radio.
The fighters didn't know why, but all the drivers braked sharply at the first time.
Ye Han looked at the road in front of him silently, and the uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger.
Even if this is a real, empty abandoned city, then the highway should have abandoned vehicles, burned barricades, and all kinds of garbage.
But what about this highway? Although the road surface is not clean, there is not much debris to be seen, and even the weeds on the road surface are much less than on the wild road.
Thinking of the fact that there were so many insect people living in the abandoned city, Ye Han felt that this highway was likely to be under the control of the insect people.
If the other party was an alien, Ye Han would definitely not think about it so much, but the enemy was an insect man who could use human weapons, so he couldn't help but think carefully.
The paratrooper vehicles are light vehicles, and although the vans are bulletproof, they cannot protect against heavy weapons, and if the insects block the road with mines...... Rushing into the ruined city is the only way to die!
Ye Han also knew that this might be because he was thinking too much, but it was about everyone's net worth and life, and he didn't dare not think about it.
Don't venture into the ruined city!
Ye Han immediately called up the electronic map, preparing to find a road that did not pass through the abandoned city.
If the road doesn't work, take the path, there is always a way to the beach!
He quickly decided on a new route, and from here to the south, four kilometers away there was a river leading to the sea, judging from the map, the river was very wide, and the estimated depth would not be too low, even if the submarine of the Navy could not drive in, the special service team could go down the river in a rubber boat, the only trouble was that the submarine had to go around to the mouth of the river!
It is easier for the submarine to move its position than for the convoy to pass through the city, Ye Han made up his mind and immediately ordered on the radio: "Turn around and go south!" ”
The convoy made a turn on the road and drove in the direction it had come, leaving only a trail of smoke and dust.
At the edge of the ruined city, a worm man appeared in a window, and then the figure of the worm appeared in other windows, and they watched the distant convoy in silence, and soon disappeared into the building, as if they had never appeared.
The southbound convoy went smoothly, and it didn't take long to arrive at the bridge, and Ye Han was pleasantly surprised to find that there was a small wharf under the bridge.
It's just that the river is full of alien plants, and only a third of the water surface of a good river remains.
Ye Han called the battleship: "Languan, I need a rubber boat, and also, help me open the way!" ”
"Understood!"
The Languan, which was located over Australia, immediately dropped an inflatable rubber boat into the river, and then adjusted the attitude of the battleship and fired several electromagnetic shells into the river in a row.
Because the battleship was above Australia, this time it was much more accurate than the shelling of the abandoned city center, and the shells fell into the river one after another, and each shell into the water caused a high splash, a large amount of silt, and countless broken plants.
One of the shells landed right on the opposite bank, creating a huge gap that reached the center of the river.
After the rubber boat landed, Ye Han immediately commanded the troops to cross the bridge, abandoned the vehicle and launched the water from the gap, and everyone went down the river, and it only took ten minutes to leave the river and enter the sea.
However, the height of the submarine was nearly forty meters, the water depth of the mouth of the sea was insufficient, and more importantly, it was too close to the coast to be covered by long-range artillery fire from the insects, so the fleet advanced a little more until it reached the safety of the deep water, and the submarine hidden here did not surface.