#328 - Chapter 328 Rescue Mission Completed
"Report, Commander! The nearly 100,000 Huaguo citizens who were captured have been successfully rescued," Dai Zheng reported to Shentu Zheng Hao after watching the rescue operation on the screen.
"Good! Good! Good! You must ensure the safety of the citizens. I will arrange for planes to go there as soon as possible," Shentu Zheng Hao said.
"Yes, sir!" Dai Zheng replied.
After hanging up, Shentu Zheng Hao contacted the parliament immediately.
It was already late at night.
Baili Ji, upon receiving this news, didn't bother to rest and directly called all military regions, ordering them to arrange planes to Yakutsk as quickly as possible.
The four military regions, plus the Central Military Region, could muster a total of about 1200 transport planes. These transport planes varied in size; the larger ones could carry about 800 people, while the smaller ones could only carry a few dozen. However, there was still a problem.
The Southwest Military Region and the Southeast Military Region were relatively far away, with a straight-line distance of over 2000 kilometers to Yakutsk. The Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region were closer, but the straight-line distance still exceeded 1500 kilometers.
Large transport planes, when fully fueled, could fly over 5000 kilometers, so a round trip would definitely be enough. But medium and small transport planes wouldn't be able to make it. They would need to refuel at least 3 to 7 times for a round trip. Currently, the conditions for refueling weren't met, so small and medium transport planes couldn't be used.
The five military regions only had a total of 83 large transport planes, which could transport a maximum of just over 60,000 people in one trip.
But there was no other way; they would have to make two trips.
The flight speed of the transport planes was about Mach 0.7, roughly 850 kilometers per hour. According to this calculation, the planes from the Northwest Military Region and the Northeast Military Region would arrive in about two hours at the earliest, while the Southwest Military Region and the Southeast Military Region would need three hours.
To save as much time as possible, all the citizens would be uniformly transported to the Inner Mongolia Military District of the Northwest Military Region, because it was the closest to Yakutsk, with a straight-line distance of only about 1000 kilometers. At the same time, the planes could refuel there.
At 23:30, the first batch of 46 transport planes arrived in Yakutsk, evacuating more than 36,000 citizens.
At 00:40, the second batch of 37 transport planes arrived, evacuating nearly 30,000 citizens.
At 03:40, the first batch of 46 transport planes arrived in Yakutsk again, transporting all the remaining citizens away.
Thus, the rescue mission of the Huaguo citizens was considered a complete success.
At this moment, Ling Tian in Bato City had not yet received this news.
The train sent by Kurtak of the Oros Country to Yakutsk was still stuck in Norilsk and had not yet arrived.
Bato City, Bodo Khan Mountains.
A large number of armored ants were crossing the mountains and heading towards the Urakhan District.
The simulated spider robots, after eliminating some of the armored ants in the Gol District, had rushed to the western part of the Bodo Khan Mountains to intercept them.
Shentu Zheng Hao didn't rest and kept monitoring the battlefield through the screen.
After learning that the citizens had been successfully transported back to the country, he breathed a deep sigh of relief.
This battle was the most frustrating one he had ever fought.
Until now, his main force was trapped in a circle, unable to exert much influence. Instead, he needed the protection of a small team of dozens from the Huatong Business Association and a nameless Iron Tower.
Moreover, almost all the important intelligence, including the enemy's troop deployment, was investigated and clarified by them.
Also, the simulated spider robots and flying robots seemed to have some kind of hidden relationship with the Huatong Business Association.
It was hard to imagine that all of this came from a newly established private organization.
It was too terrifying. If this Huatong Business Association had any ambitions, it might bring disaster to the entire Huaguo.
This was what he was thinking at this moment.
The simulated spider robots and the armored ants engaged in a fierce positional war in the Bodo Khan Mountains.
Because the robots entered the position first, they occupied the high ground on the top of the mountain. The armored ants charged forward one after another, suffering heavy casualties.
To ensure the continuous output of firepower, Shentu Zheng Hao also moved the charging cabinets nearby.
After a night of fierce fighting, the simulated spider robots, at the cost of damaging more than 16,000 units, finally annihilated the giant ant army in the valley.
… …
"Slap!"
After hearing Ling Su's report, Ling Tian slapped her hard.
"Useless! Useless!"
"Those were hundreds of thousands of giant ants! And they were wiped out just like that?"
Ling Tian cursed, angrily throwing everything on the table to the ground.
Ling Su covered her face, tears streaming down.
She didn't blame Ling Tian for being ruthless and turning against her. She only blamed herself for being truly useless, unable to do even the simplest things well.
Seeing Ling Su crying, Ling Tian took a deep breath, walked up to her, and said:
"Su Su, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have hit you."
Ling Tian stroked her head, his voice softening.
"Senior brother, it's not your fault, it's my fault. I'm really too stupid. So many giant ants couldn't defeat tens of thousands of small spiders," Ling Su said dejectedly.
"Alright, alright, don't cry. It's already happened, there's no use in regretting it," Ling Tian comforted.
"Senior brother, what do we do next?" Ling Su asked.
"Huaguo hasn't taken any action against Begasque, it seems they've guessed our intentions. Now we must think of another way; these two major countries must fight each other. If it really doesn't work, we can only focus on those 100,000 Huaguo people," Ling Tian said.
