797 all the way north
The engines roared, a large and twelve small, a total of thirteen hovercraft lined up on the shores of Lake Albert, and after the air currents lifted the hull, the fleet immediately drove up to the lake and galloped northeast in a line. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
The twelve ships in the flotilla belonged to the U.S. military, and in addition to the American GIs, there were also infrasonic cannons removed from armored vehicles, which the U.S. military was going to use to disperse the flying ants so that the fleet would not be attacked by them.
Fortunately, the U.S. military's armored vehicles have a modular design, and the disassembly and assembly of infrasonic guns are very simple.
And the largest hovercraft belongs to the Chinese side, it is not accurate to say that it is a hovercraft, to be precise, it is an "hedgehog"!
This nickname was given by the American GIs, because after the ship was assembled, the hull was full of metal thorns more than one meter long, these slender spikes were designed to deal with giant ants, the distance between the spines and the thorns was very ingenious, if a giant ant pounced on the ship, its only fate was to be held up by the spikes, unless the spikes were broken, the giant ants would never touch the hull.
Moreover, the metal thorns not only protect the hull of the ship, but also the fan shell is covered with metal thorns, which firmly protects the fragile fan, even if the flying ants play suicide attacks, they can't touch the fan, ensuring maximum safety.
Ye Han was very satisfied with this hovercraft, and specially talked to Gao Kai once, and praised Gao Kai shamelessly.
What surprised Ye Han even more was the active sonar on the boat, don't look at the small size of this thing, the effect is really not small, as soon as it is turned on, it can form a sound wave of more than 200 decibels underwater, and those giant insects under the water dare not approach at all.
The people on the boat can not only use sonar to drive away the giant insects underwater, but also determine the location of the giant insects through echoes, and all the fighters need to do is release sound waves every few seconds.
There are infrasound waves on the water, sonar under the water, and the fleet is not far from being armed to the teeth.
After the fleet set off, the soldiers finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Ye Han divided the soldiers into three shifts to take turns to drive the ship and keep watch, so as to ensure that the soldiers had enough time to rest.
When the fleet first set off, there were very few flying ants nearby, but after traveling a certain distance, the flying ants in the air began to slowly gather, gradually forming a large cloud of insects, and the annoying buzzing sound was overwhelming.
Fortunately, there are infrasonic cannonsonic cannons.
As for underwater, Ye Han never found that the giant insect dared to approach the fleet.
In this way, the flotilla made its way north, and the hovercraft was so fast that in less than an hour, the flotilla reached the northern end of Lake Albert and sailed smoothly into the White Nile.
Maybe it's because the river is relatively shallow, after the fleet sailed into the White Nile, the sonar never found the giant insects again, but Ye Han felt that the possibility that there were no giant insects in the water was very small, and the trouble was that the insects were lying at the bottom of the river, so the sonar didn't find it.
In order to ensure safety, Ye Han ordered the sonar to remain as it was, and it could not be shut down even if nothing was discovered.
The river surface is not as good as the open lake, and the distance between the two banks is not very far, and with Ye Han's eyesight, he can easily see the situation on the shore.
It was observed that a large number of giant ants were hidden in the jungle on the shore, and they even ran after the fleet on the shore, and some unlucky giant ants even fell into the river during the chase.
Despite their struggles, they had no swimming genes at all, and they drowned in a short time, so that the river near the fleet was full of ant corpses.
Anyway, they can't get into the water, so let them chase if they love to chase it.
On both sides of the river, there are not only giant ants, but it will not be long before you encounter a village hidden in dense vegetation, which has been destroyed by years of wind and rain in the depths of the jungle, many of which have disappeared completely, only a few of them can still be seen, and occasionally broken bones can be seen on the bank.
No matter who it is, the mood of seeing this scene can't help but feel a little heavier.
The speed of the hovercraft exceeded 100 kilometers per hour, and at noon, Ye Han suddenly saw a city appear in front of him.
He immediately stood up and activated the telescopic function of the armor, pulling the city in front of his eyes.
It is a typical African city, with simple, low and sparse buildings, but the vegetation is too dense to speak, and many buildings in the city emerge from the vegetation, tenaciously telling the past of this place.
There was far more than one city that had been wiped out in the plague, and many of the warriors had no interest in even looking at it.
But the American ships actually began to slow down, and this unexpected situation immediately attracted everyone's attention, and some fighters even instinctively held their rifles.
The fleet slowly advanced for a distance, and it was only at this time that Ye Han knew that the reason for the slowdown was that there was a broken bridge on the river in front of him, and there were many giant ants on the bridge that were probing their brains.
This is really a new situation.
The fleet not only did not get close to the bridge, but went in a circle and moved away, Ye Han saw this scene and vaguely realized something, as expected, after a while, several bright lines fell from the sky, and the broken bridge across the two banks collapsed after being hit by the bright lines, and hundreds of giant ants fell into the river, and the water was suddenly chaotic.
Ye Han noticed that there were still a few bright lines falling not far ahead, not only did there be a faint explosion sound, but also billowing smoke, I don't know where it hit.
The flotilla immediately advanced, and the American hovercraft opened fire as they advanced, and the ship's large-caliber machine guns killed the giant ants on both sides of the route one by one.
The fleet didn't drive far before it was a turn of nearly ninety degrees, and it wasn't until the fleet crossed that corner that Ye Han saw that there was also a bridge in front of him, and it was a highway bridge with a high construction standard.
But now the bridge has broken in two, and there are also a large number of giant ants floating on the water, and some of the giant ants that fell into the water were lucky enough to grab the pier and escape the tragic fate of drowning.
The U.S. military immediately strengthened the power of the infrasonic cannon, and the large swarm of giant ants on the broken bridge scattered in a hurry, and the giant ants that climbed on the bridge pier fell back into the water as if they were electrocuted, and the fleet passed quickly regardless of it.
The fleet also encountered cities a few times on the later trips, but the cities were much smaller, and the bridge across the river was never touched again, but the pier was seen several times.
Except for the torrential rain in the afternoon, the journey was relatively smooth, and in the evening, the fleet had sailed more than 1,000 kilometers after nine hours of continuous sailing, arriving in the northern part of South Sudan and about to enter Sudanese territory.
After the airdrop replenished the fuel once, the fleet headed north overnight without any intention of stopping.
It was the decision of the Americans to set off overnight, but it was also unanimously supported by Ye Han and all the coalition soldiers!
No one likes to spend the night on alien-controlled territory, and the more still you are, the more likely you are to encounter danger, and it is safer to move quickly.