The armed convoy forcibly broke through the encirclement network formed by the plague beasts ambushing at the exit of the canyon. After using a violent firepower net to kill the enemies who attacked the convoy before they landed, they truly entered the endless wilderness.
The second wave of plague beasts had not yet hit the wasteland, so the convoy took advantage of that rare time to arrange into a "hexagonal" formation according to the original plan. Each armed heavy field vehicle is located at a point in the hexagon, and there is a 20-meter interval between adjacent armed vehicles.
The muzzles of 20 anti-aircraft machine guns and 6 heavy artillery were staggered to the periphery of the hexagonal vehicle formation. Their machine gun legs and heavy artillery legs were operated in the combat room isolated from the carriages, serving as a "signal detection tower" for reconnaissance. The soldiers are responsible for helping them alert the outside world, beware of the plague in the sky and the wasteland, and tell the machine gun legs and heavy artillery legs the location of the enemy as soon as possible when there is an enemy attack.
"The 10 o'clock direction on the ground is 600 meters away."
"2 o'clock on the ground, 950 meters away."
"4 o'clock direction in the sky, distance 1100 meters."
"Ground..."
The scouts observe the enemy's position through telescopes that can automatically calculate values, and report accurate information to the machine gun leg and heavy artillery leg on the public channel. Each armed vehicle has its own angle and range of responsibility. When accurate information is transmitted to the machine gun legs and heavy artillery legs in the corresponding area, they will determine whether to require long-range fire based on the distance of the enemy.
A few seconds later, the second wave of plague beasts struck from the ground at the 2 o'clock direction of the convoy for the first time. It was like a strong wind of yellow sand rolling up into the sky in the wasteland, and it struck towards the convoy with a fierce momentum.
The direction of 2 o'clock is directly outside the attack range of the No. 2 armed vehicle where Wu Qi and his party are. The four anti-aircraft machine guns immediately turned and fired a salvo, and the violent and ruthless metal storm hit the oncoming wave of plague beasts at high speed.
Countless slender and huge golden projectiles hit the bodies of the plague species at the end of their high-speed flight, causing spiral and concave wounds in their bodies in an instant, and the wounds spurted out blood like fountains; some bullets grazed the plague species' bodies, After letting out a wind-breaking scream, it hit the earth-yellow wasteland obliquely to the east, setting off loess pillars that briefly lifted off the ground.
The plague species that sensed the aura of disintegration from the far end of the horizon were not coming in batches after batches, but were surrounding them from all directions, from the sky to the east!
The first round of shooting was over, and the wasteland at 2 o'clock had become a land of corpses with the pungent smell of blood. Behind the corpse ground, there are waves of plague beasts that are rushing over the corpses of the same kind and rushing towards the armed convoy heading to the west of the wasteland. The waves of plague beasts in the other five directions are no exception. One after another, they rush in with the most powerful anti-aircraft machine guns and heavy artillery. Strong range.
The range of an anti-aircraft machine gun is actually measured in kilometers, and when the distance between the muzzle of the gun and the enemy is only a few hundred meters, the armed convoy is certainly dangerous, but the hit rate of the fired bullets will be 20% to 60% promote. This is also a plan that has been determined at the beginning of the return plan and can save the cost of ammunition.
Under a scorching moon in the sky, a dark flock of plague-breeding birds gathered high in the sky and swooped down on Didong's armed convoy! Several heavy artillery roared, and thick smoke from explosions filled the air, like fireworks of destruction.
Densely packed corpse fragments rained down to the east, mixed with the pool of blood on the ground, and were crushed by the wheels of the armed convoy.
In 40 seconds, the armed convoy powerfully shredded the tide of plague beasts from all directions, sky and ground without being bullied by any plague beasts from nearly 50 meters away, and survived the second wave of plague beasts unscathed. tide.
After the armed convoy left the spot, in the telescope vision of the scouts, countless black shadows sprung up like mushrooms after rain on the far side of the horizon, and countless small black spots appeared in the distance of the sky and gradually grew larger.
Mining Area No. 130 is 50 kilometers away from the nearest "gate" of Liming Base. At the speed of the armed convoy, if it remains invincible, it will take at most 20 minutes to return to the mining area safely. As far as 20 minutes is not an ideal number, it requires perfect luck without encountering any third-level overlords along the way.
Time passes by second by second, and battles and victories always happen in an instant. Everyone who took off the armed heavy field vehicle felt that the estimated 20 minutes passed longer than ever before.
Outside the No. 2 armed vehicle, Wu Qi and other convoy soldiers walked quietly at their positions, and the air was as silent as death.
So far, the armed convoy that has been heading towards Dawn Base has not encountered a situation that requires the soldiers of their mining area escorts to leave the carriages to fill the gap in combat effectiveness. The commander in the No. 1 vehicle, the scouts, the machine gun legs and the heavy artillery legs of each armed vehicle only need to tighten their nerves, but they don't.
But they could also see through the front window the wave of plague seeds rushing toward them like a sandstorm outside, see the hail of bullets, see the wave of plague seeds being disintegrated, and countless ferocious-looking plague species be defeated. Scenes of rebellion.
Such a scene is no different from war. With eyes always looking at the copper face, no one can relax their nerves, not to mention the constant roar of anti-aircraft machine guns and heavy artillery.
Wu Qi's nerves have been tense and unable to relax, nor can Gao Yuan, Guo Bobo, Chris, Mo Li and others. Everyone had worried faces, and the atmosphere subtly became silent.
"How many minutes have passed..."
A soldier murmured to himself, then looked up at a rectangular electronic clock hanging on the wall of the carriage. Since the beginning of the return journey, the electronic clock with red characters on a black background has turned into a timer starting from zero. The numbers and symbols on the timer represent "2 minutes and 57 seconds".
"Why does time pass so slowly?" He complained, his head bowed and his legs wrapped around his head.
"Don't worry so much. Aren't the armed convoys moving forward smoothly? With so many plague species, who can stop them? They will definitely be able to return to the base safely. Besides, everyone's lives are in the same boat. There is nothing to be afraid of." The soldier next to him patted the frustrated soldier on the shoulder and consoled him.
The frustrated soldier raised his head, his eyes not changing much: "I really envy me for being so comfortable."
No one in the carriage shut up, and there was no other sound except the sound of gunfire coming from outside. The exchanges between the two soldiers were very small, but they still reached the ears of Ye Zheng, who was walking in the seat in front.
"Instead of worrying meaninglessly, we should close our eyes and recharge our batteries!" Ye Zheng said coldly.
The two soldiers quickly shut up.
The timer beat slowly, and the time finally came to five minutes. If the situation is correct, the armed convoy has already crossed a quarter of the way back.
At that moment, the scene visible through the front window changed slightly. A large group of extremely dense plague-breeding beasts suddenly appeared directly in front of them, a large black mass, like a "dark cloud" walking on the ground!
And between the "dark clouds", there was a huge black shadow that stood out from the crowd! The black shadow was tall, majestic, square and domineering, just like a chariot surrounded by thousands of plague species!