Chapter 080. meteorite
Saine County is not far from the city of Juneau, and the nearby island of Douglas is just a wide river. And the road that has already been paved and built allows the convoy to reach this abandoned small county in less than half an hour. At most, there were only more than 3,000 people living in it, but now it has been abandoned for more than a year after abandonment, and this small county with a brick and wood structure has lost its human care, overgrown with weeds, and wild animals are shuttling between houses.
In fact, Saine County does not belong to the economically developed county, and it has a population of only 3,000 at most, but it is counted together with the floating population and the resident population. Moreover, most of the construction in Saine County is mainly civilian buildings, and there are not many reinforced concrete buildings that can be maintained for a long time, except for infrastructure facilities such as roads and canals.
The huge convoy slowly drove into Saine County, 23 ten-wheeled military trucks almost occupied the kilometer-long stretch of the road, and two Humvee armed off-road vehicles drove the road in front, but the overall speed of the convoy became slow. With the sound of the engine and exhaust pipe, delicate birds instantly flew in the buildings of this small county town, and many wild animals such as deer, foxes, rabbits and other wild animals also rushed out of the houses where humans originally lived and ran towards the forest in the distance.
"God, is this still Saine County? Everything looks like a mess here. ”
Garcia's hands were tightly gripping the steering wheel, driving smoothly and cautiously, but his eyes followed the roll of his eyes to look at the wooden houses on both sides of the road, which seemed to be uninhabited by human beings, and in just a year or so, they all looked as dilapidated and dilapidated houses. Frowning slightly, Garcia's face was also a little embarrassed, and he couldn't help but whisper: "It's like the end of the world." ”
"It's been abandoned for a year."
Touching the tip of his nose with his hand, Cassius also frowned and looked at the desolate and decadent county outside, his eyes swept over the wooden houses that had been occupied by green, and he looked a little uncomfortable. He felt as if he was a group of new settlers who had come to this natural area, unable to reintegrate into the area. Especially when I saw a brown bear dozing lazily under the tree, and saw that they didn't even blink their eyelids, I couldn't help but shake my head and smile bitterly: "I feel that we are a group of outsiders." ”
Cassius's words made the corners of Liszt's mouth curl, and his eyes swept over the abandoned county of Sain. He could also see how laid-back the small county town once was, with a wide square and a commercial street in the middle of the residential area, and the names of the gatehouses were displayed on the signs covered with vines. And he looked at a fast food restaurant called barbecue steak, nodded slowly, "We are indeed outsiders, and this place does not belong to us." ”
This is supposed to belong to the people of Saine who live here, but this sentence did not come out of Liszt's mouth. His gaze carefully swept over the dark corners of this small county town, and he didn't know why, but there was a little uneasiness in his heart, as if he had encountered those unexpected situations in the first place. Clenched his fists slightly, but Liszt's mind involuntarily remembered the warning given to him by Major Leslie General Ebunar, which made him grit his teeth secretly: "God knows whether those dogs have followed!" ”
The huge convoy continues to move forward, and the traces of desolation have spread throughout the county of Saine, and the result of no human being here in a year is to give the area back to nature. And it can be said that in this area next to the Rocky Mountains, even if there is human life, you can see wild animals entering the county from time to time, not to mention Saine County, which has been abandoned for a year now, and has not even set foot in the slightest human step.
The convoy did not stop at this county of Sain, but continued to move forward directly on Liszt's orders, and left the deserted county on the other side of the straight road. There is no use value here, and the wooden buildings that have begun to decay are simply not able to continue to live in, and even if they are used to protect them from the wind and rain, they are not as good as sturdy and reliable military tents.
There seemed to be a little pity on the face of the god stick, and he turned his head to look at the gray Saine County, and couldn't help but pray silently in the bottom of his heart. He was a devout believer, and in this slightly oppressive environment, he could not help but whisper a prayer: "May God bring this place its gospel." ”
"Our target is about a kilometre ahead."
Liszt held the map in his hand and looked at it on his lap, the surrounding topographical map was quite clear, and even marked the area across a river bend, which belonged to the Canadians. His brows furrowed like a Sichuan character, looking at a dead end on the map that continued to move forward with Saine County, but he also made up his mind, nodded and said, "We will build a guard post in the area where those three hills are located." After a slow pause, he looked at the distance between the area he had selected and Juno City, and couldn't help but grit his teeth and said, "In this way, it can be faster to call for air force support." ”
But when Liszt's words fell, he himself shook his head with a smile. Juno Air Force Base looks like nothing more than the most corrupt bureaucrats. Allowing the surrounding islands and regions to be occupied by the Canadians also illustrates their cowardice and incompetence. Even if there is a deterrent from the Soviets behind it, there is no Bering Strait in the south of Alaska, and there is no continuous increase in troops from the Soviets!
In fact, it is the Canadians who are really afraid, and Canada, which is caught between Alaska and the United States, will not be able to hold out even for a week if there is a real war. This can be concluded even if Liszt does not have the ability to predict, because Canada, which claims to be the second military power in North America, is, in a sense, only a foil in international law. There is really no country in this world that can threaten their hegemony except for the American Federation and the Soviets.
The convoy continues to move forward, and although it has not been repaired for more than a year, the good infrastructure is still performing as well as it should. But Garcia, who was driving a Humvee armed SUV in the front, frowned slightly, because in the corner of his eye, something bright was gradually shining in the air.
However, Garcia was not too surprised, opened the window and spat casually outside, his brow furrowed slightly, and he quickly found the sparkle in the air in the far distance. It was a round sphere, which seemed to be still burning, this strange phenomenon made Garcia lick the corners of his mouth with some confusion, and couldn't help frowning: "Hey, wait, there's something over there, there seems to be something in the sky over there, it seems to be burning?" ”
But as his words fell, his eyes widened instantly, because a few phrases instantly appeared in his mind, which made him suddenly turn his head to look at Liszt in the co-pilot, and said loudly in horror: "God, if I'm not mistaken, a meteor is flying towards us at eleven o'clock!" ”
"Meteors? Damn, that's a meteorite! ”
Liszt also put down the map in his hand and turned his head to look out the window with some confusion. And when he saw the small round ball that was burning brightly, approaching them at a speed of several hundred meters per second, his eyes widened suddenly. There were almost no other thoughts in his mind, because the chances of a meteorite crashing into his side were extremely low, but it happened!
With two deep gasps, Liszt clenched his teeth, and the meteorite that appeared in his eyes in an instant, and was getting closer and closer, made his heart seem to be breathless. But he punched the frame of the car next to him fiercely, and the pain caused by his finger bones made him react immediately, and shouted to Garcia and Cassius behind him: "Stop now!" Inform all soldiers to get out of the car and not to stay in the car........."
But before he finished speaking, there was an instant sound of some kind of air tearing overhead, and the burning round meteorite swept over an area of several hundred meters above their heads, with a violent wind and burning scorching smell, and smashed heavily on the position of Nasain County on the horizon, exploding like a nuclear bomb!