#312 - Chapter 312: The Dung Beetle Army
Soon after, 50 bombers took off from a base in the Northeast Military Region.
At the same time, the silo door of a base in Inner Mongolia Province opened, and a missile soared into the sky, spewing fiery flames.
With a command from Shen Tu Zheng Hao, the armored divisions began to move, advancing towards the city of Bato to the north.
The design goal of the strategic-level medium-range cruise missile, Dragon Slayer No. 3, was to precisely strike important military targets of the enemy. Its warhead was a cluster warhead, capable of covering the target area with blanket bombing.
Unsurprisingly, the cruise missile was the first to arrive at Bato City. Thanks to the Dark Night Squad's prior location marking, the missile accurately hit the artillery battery.
The missile detonated a dozen meters above the ground, and the energy from the mother bomb's explosion propelled hundreds of submunitions in all directions. The entire artillery position was instantly engulfed in flames, and hundreds of cannons were shattered in an instant.
A dozen minutes later, the fighter jet formation arrived in the southern part of Bato City and began to conduct segmented, intensive bombing of the only road leading to the city center. Many landmines were detonated by the high temperatures and impacts of the explosions, triggering secondary explosions.
As the explosions rang out, the Dark Night Squad had already arrived at the hospital.
The guards at the entrance were already nervous upon hearing the explosions. When they suddenly saw someone approaching, they began to attack without hesitation.
However, these guards were no match for the Dark Night Squad. Two members of the squad teleported directly in front of the guards and took them out instantly with a single strike each.
Leaving two people to guard the gate, Shen Wen Gang and his group continued without stopping, heading straight into the building.
It should be noted that, apart from Shen Wen Gang and Luo Er, the other members of the Dark Night Squad were only equipped with combat suits, but not with digital eye pupils or second-generation bone microphones. Therefore, they did not have night vision capabilities and could only wear night vision goggles to expand their field of vision.
Several guards inside the building heard the commotion outside and were running out when they encountered the Dark Night Squad head-on.
"Chu Chu Chu ~"
A cold light flashed, and several handleless, sharp flying blades instantly shot out, and the guards fell to the ground before they could react.
The one who attacked was Luo Er.
The basement door was kicked open, and the Dark Night Squad members walked in led by Shen Wen Gang.
The people inside slowly raised their heads, looking at the sudden scene, and huddled together.
Because the squad members were wearing combat suits, they looked a bit like bandits, so it was normal for everyone to be afraid.
Shen Wen Gang took the lead in removing his combat suit, revealing his true face. The others followed suit.
"Don't be afraid, everyone. We are from the Chinese military and we are here to save you," Shen Wen Gang said.
The crowd began to stir, and some of the more sensitive girls finally couldn't help but burst into tears.
One led to two. There were more than 20,000 people inside, and the voices of so many people overlapped, making the scene chaotic.
"Everyone, don't make noise, listen carefully to what I have to say. The main force of China will arrive within an hour, and everyone will be safe soon. Before that, I hope you can remain restrained and obey management," Shen Wen Gang shouted loudly.
"Okay! We'll listen to you!" Several older men took the lead in expressing their stance.
With people taking the lead, order was quickly brought under control.
An hour later, the main force successfully arrived, and the entire Wulahhan District was completely controlled.
After completing a series of deployments, Shen Tu Zheng Hao came to the basement.
After confirming that the civilians detained here were from the Bayan Sumu resettlement area, Shen Tu Zheng Hao contacted Bai Li Ji.
Transporting all these more than 20,000 people back to China was not an easy task.
After receiving the confirmation message from Shen Tu Zheng Hao, Bai Li Ji ordered the Northeast Military Region to send transport planes to support. At the same time, the transport planes of the Northwest Military Region had also been fully deployed.
On the battlefield, unexpected situations can occur at any time. Therefore, the evacuation of the civilians was the top priority, and the speed had to be fast.
While the military completely controlled the Wulahhan District, an abnormal situation occurred in the main urban area of Bato City.
"Report! Commander, situation!" A soldier ran into the basement and reported urgently.
"What happened?" Shen Tu Zheng Hao asked.
"A large number of bugs have appeared in the direction of the main city and are approaching our army," the soldier reported.
"What bugs?" Shen Tu Zheng Hao asked.
"They look like... like dung beetles," the soldier stammered.
"Dung beetles?" Shen Tu Zheng Hao was puzzled.
Why are there so many mutated bugs these days?
"Yes. Many of them are rolling dung balls," the soldier said.
"Have the spider robots been deployed?" Shen Tu Zheng Hao asked.
"They've all been deployed, but those bugs are very small and there are a lot of them. I'm afraid tens of thousands of robots won't be able to handle them," the soldier said.
"Let's go and take a look!" Shen Tu Zheng Hao hurried out.
Shen Wen Gang led the Dark Night Squad and followed. Now that the basement had been taken over by the military, they no longer needed to stay.
