Shen Chao said and didn't forget to call up a set of pictures on the big screen behind him. These images were the latest from a team of mercenaries he had sent and their satellites.

There are aerial shots and a large number of close-up photos of the ground, and a large number of photos of the city show the desolation of this once super-bustling city.

First of all, there are large areas of ruined buildings on the ground in the city, and many of them have residual signs of explosions. It can be seen that the city has had large-scale battles before or after it was abandoned.

In addition to these traces of battle, it can also be clearly seen in the city reconnaissance map that the roads out of the city are blocked by tens of thousands of vehicles, which should be the result of people's panic when the crisis broke out.

Today, the entire city in the photo looks lifeless and apocalyptic. But in the satellite photos, the whole city doesn't look so lifeless.

In a series of satellite photos, the city appears much more vibrant than it seems. According to the heat source on the map, there are four major human settlements on the ground in the city, which together are more than 1,000 human beings.

What's more, in their latest drone close-up scan, a large number of human heat sources have been found underground, and the exact number has not yet been detected and counted, so only a large red spot is marked on the map.

But what is certain is that the number of survivors underground is definitely more than 10,000. Such a large-scale heat signal is by no means something that can be generated by a few thousand people.

"From what we know so far, this large number of survivors are living in a large civil air defense project built in front of the station, and they have survived until now thanks to a strict rationing system, good entry and exit disinfection procedures, and a quarantine system. Shen Chao pointed to the big red spot on the scan and introduced.

Speaking of which, the mercenaries he sent to China were lucky enough to land in the right place. Otherwise, it would not have been possible to make such a big discovery so quickly.

After arriving in the imperial capital, the mercenaries first found a place to settle down, and then unhurriedly made contact with the survivors who had leaked out of the imperial capital.

As a result, after a short exchange, they learned the amazing news from the mouths of local survivors, and now there are tens of thousands of people in the huge subway and civil air defense system of the imperial capital!

According to these local survivors. Here's the situation. At the time of the crisis, the Chinese government made a lot of efforts to control the epidemic and establish safe zones before order collapsed.

In many of these attempts, coastal cities have relied on large ships to move uninfected people to sea. And because the imperial capital is far from the coast, it can only look underground.

The army that arrived at that time used the subway system of the imperial capital as a shelter to transfer hundreds of thousands of citizens here for refuge, and then carried out strict military control. Restrictions on entry and exit and quarantine.

The few survivor settlements that are now leaking out of the imperial capital are all part of this large underground settlement, and their task is to scavenge for supplies on the surface to support the survival of the large number of survivors underground.

"That's all the main information we know so far. Any questions? Shen Chao asked after introducing the known information. He had so much valid information so far, so he wanted to hear if the officers had any opinions on it that disagreed with him.

"Sir, do we really need to go all out?" One of the young officers raised his hand and asked.

It was a young lieutenant officer, who looked to be 20 years old at most, as if he was called Abu Shir or something, a tall, thin Arab youth.

The reason why Shen Chao had a little impression of him was because this young man was currently the best marksman in the First Marine Corps, and he was in the test. This unassuming-looking young man shot nearly 20 rings more than he finished second in the 700m target! He is a very talented rifle shooter.

And in the officer training that is going on in these days, this young man's appearance is also very good. Sort of one of the most potential people in the army they have assembled so far.

In the young man's opinion, since Shen Chao had set them the task of rescuing the survivors there and bringing them all back to the safe area of Dubai. Then their army doesn't need to be dispatched at all?

It is enough to send a random battalion and find some volunteers with medical expertise in the occupied areas to go together. It can maintain order on the ground. It will also be effective in helping the survivors there to be vaccinated and transferred, and it will not leave their base camp empty. It doesn't matter if they're empty, they don't seem to have any enemies right now, but it's always safer!

"The situation on the ground is still unclear, we need to be fully prepared......" Shen Chao did not directly answer the young officer's question, but made a surprising choice to avoid the question.

The reason why he avoided this question was because the news from the mercenaries was mixed, and according to those intelligence, it was possible that in the end, they might receive tens of thousands of survivors, or there might be a tragic "accident", and the last person would not be able to pick them up. And he doesn't want to say these negative news now, which discourage everyone's enthusiasm.

"So, can we determine the exact number and health status of the survivors there?" Also, how do we get them back? The young man saw that Shen Chao seemed unwilling to answer his question head-on, but continued to ask.

In his opinion, it was necessary for them to figure out the specific number of survivors there before they set off. If you can't determine this basic information. Then it is difficult for them to arrange medical resources and transportation.

Especially since they don't seem to have much additional medical resources and shuttles available right now. Yesterday, the detection team sent by Shen Chao took away more than half of the shuttles and a lot of medical equipment......

So, at least in his eyes and the other officers in the room who didn't have inside information, they now lack the extra medical resources and long-distance transportation.

"No, we can't be sure of the exact number. According to the locals, there are between 60,000 and 80,000 people in the underground settlement, but none of them are managers there, so the numbers given are likely to be distorted. ”

"The drone we sent is doing a detailed scan of the local underground structure at this time to determine the number of people. But Imperial Capital is a very large city, so it can take a day or two to scan this large area of heat source. Shen Chao shook his head and said.

Although the accuracy of the drone's tomography is high, the speed is too slow, especially for the situation of bunkers more than ten meters underground. It takes a lot of time to get an accurate estimate of the number of people living underground.

"As for the equipment, I will mobilize a new batch of shuttles and medical equipment. Don't worry about this......" Shen Chao also remembered when he heard someone ask, after sending those dozens of shuttles yesterday, he hadn't mobilized new ones from the base.

However, they still have a large amount of inventory on the space station zero, and there are still nearly a thousand shuttles that have not been brought over, and there are even more medical supplies and so on. So he quickly opened the universal tool and sent a few material mobilization forms back to the zero space station.

"Any other questions?" Shen Chao asked after explaining this. The officers looked at each other and felt that there was no major problem worth mentioning, and that the vehicle problem was solved, so they didn't need to worry about anything else.

"Very well, gather your personnel immediately and distribute weapons. We set off in half an hour. Disbanded ......" Shen Chao saw that no one had new problems, so he issued an order to set off, asking the officers in the room to go out and assemble their respective troops.

The officers all stood up and saluted after receiving his clear order, and then rushed out of the conference room one after another, each busily gathering his men.

Half an hour later, the entire 1st Marine Regiment assembled at the airfield and departed. Their lineup for this departure can be described as very strong, with 120 shuttles carrying landing crews and more than 10 groups of drones flying into the sky.

From the ground, it is impossible to judge the number of shuttles and drones in the air at all, because there are too many! With so many flying machines laid out in the air, it looks like a swarm of locusts. Covers a large area of the sky. A large shadow was created on the ground.

Unlike the team that set off yesterday, their team this time was not only military, but also a local medical team of dozens of people organized by Dr. Neville. The medics set off on a cargo ship, far behind the group.

After setting off, it only took ten minutes to fly at a gallop, and their fleet arrived at their destination: the imperial capital. Once in the vicinity, they reduced the speed of the vehicle to subsonic speed and regrouped the team, bringing the sparse flying formation closer, and then preparing to land.

In the local military base that the mercenaries carved out a day in advance. One shuttle after another landed steadily in the midday sun like dumplings, and the soldiers quickly walked out of the cabin after leaving the shuttle and assembled in the order of land battles.

After reaching their destination, thousands of drones were sent out by Shen Chao into hundreds of squads to reconnoiter the situation nearby. In this newly cleared military base, Shen Chao met the mercenaries he had sent only yesterday.

Here, he received the latest mission report from the mercenaries, who had already determined the approximate size and leadership of the underground human settlement.

According to the information they have now learned, this underground security zone contains most and almost all of the key civil air defense projects connected to the original Imperial Capital subway line.

The entire underground safe zone is very large, with more than 70,000 survivors and an army of no less than 4,000 people. The current head is a major general of the PLA before the outbreak of the crisis.

"How many people underground are immune to the KV virus?" Shen Chao asked after listening to the mercenaries' introductions, he didn't really care how many people there were on the other side, or how many troops there were.

Because no matter how many people the other side has, it is impossible to surpass him in military power and bring troops, so he only needs to know whether the other party has the capital to negotiate with him. (To be continued.) )