Chapter Sixty Dangers and Opportunities
The second day back at the base was also a sunny and pleasant day.
We returned in the morning yesterday. After a day and a night of rest, the team members were all refreshed and got up early to train and work up a sweat.
However, Qi An, who is usually very stubborn, did not come, which made Yu Shuang very worried. She was afraid that Qi An was sleeping in, and she spent the whole morning wondering whether to call him.
However, when it was time to gather at 9 o'clock to report on the mission, Qi An arrived on time. Apart from having some dark circles under his eyes, he looked perfectly normal.
Yu Shuang was relieved and called Zhao Bohan, who had been studying the map in the lounge, and together they went into Wei Fengduo's office.
Their mission this time was issued by and commanded by the North 1 Base. Yu Shuang and Qin Tianshuo submitted the detailed mission report to the North 1 Command yesterday.
Her reporting to Wei Fengduo now is just a formality.
As expected, Wei Fengduo was more impressed after listening, "You did a great job this time too. North 1 gave you a huge reward, and the troupe has already approved the bonus, the same amount as last time!"
Everyone was still happy to hear this, and Yu Shuang didn't expect to get any more military merits this time. She asked a more crucial question:
"Commander, how many days of leave do we have this time?"
Wei Fengduo coughed. "This time it won't be long, about 3 or 4 days. Your next task will be coming down soon."
Yu Shuang pressed further, "What type of mission is it? Is the difficulty level similar to this one?"
“This…I’m not sure yet…” Wei Fengduo hesitated.
Yu Shuang and Zhao Bohan exchanged a glance, and Zhao Bohan asked, "Should the troupe decide?"
Wei Fengduo remained silent.
Yu Shuang's temper flared up again!
But this time she couldn't storm up to Wu Zirui with overwhelming force.
Should we question Wu Zirui about why he assigned them so many suicide missions?
The team leader would definitely retort, "Now our second team isn't even willing to do slightly more difficult missions? How about we give you the mission list and you can choose?"
The difference between a "high-difficulty mission" and a "suicide mission" is quite subtle.
Yu Shuang was extremely resentful, knowing that no matter how much they had embarrassed Liu Hui and Wu Zirui yesterday, their positions were still completely unequal.
Those two had their team's lifeline in their hands!
An awkward silence fell over the office for a while. Wei Fengduo couldn't offer any promises, so Yu Shuang had to suppress her anger and worry and lead everyone out.
When you're down on your luck, even drinking cold water can cause problems. On their way back to the rest room, they ran into Zhou Yang from Team 1 again.
"You're back. Hope you can come back next time." The man had powerful connections and was well-informed. He knew exactly what Team 2 was struggling with. He said this with schadenfreude and swaggered away.
Yu Shuang was so angry that she almost chased after Zhou Yang and kicked him twice.
Team 1 can choose which tasks to do from the task list. It is said that they recently received a nomination for a third-class merit award, but it has not been approved.
Upon entering the lounge, Yu Shuang was still furious, and the rest of the team were also angry and worried.
Only Qi An and Zhao Bohan remained calm.
But Yu Shuang couldn't stand Zhao Bohan's attitude and snorted, "The vice-captain isn't worried at all. Does he already have a solution?"
She was just saying it out of anger, but to her surprise, Zhao Bohan actually nodded: "Yes, I guess so."
Yu Shuang was taken aback, immediately sat up straight, and stared at him intently: "Really?"
Zhao Bohan couldn't help but smile when he saw her eyes, which seemed to be radiating longing. He then gestured for Tang Long to close the door tightly.
“We’re not afraid of high-difficulty missions, we’re just afraid of being targeted by the leader and having too many high-risk missions, or even trap missions, carried out too frequently.” Zhao Bohan lowered his voice and stated the reality first.
And that's not all; there will also be negative performance reviews, suppression of promotions, and so on.
They don't always have the good fortune to encounter Chen Yuezhou and his group at life-or-death moments, or to catch Qi An's mental power upgrade when things don't go smoothly for them.
"There are only two ways to get out of this situation: 1. Find a way to bring down the regimental commander; 2. We break away from the 3rd Regiment, or at least partially break away from Wu Zirui's control."
Zhao Bohan spoke casually, but no one clapped or shouted "Brilliant!"
"What do we do?" Tang Long muttered. "How could we possibly bring down the regimental commander? Besides, the long-range special operations teams are all in the 3rd Regiment. Should we transfer to the close-quarters defense unit?"
However, Qi An had an epiphany, his gaze sweeping over the paper map on the table.
"The first point is basically impossible, but the second point is possible."
Actually, our mission this time wasn't entirely under the commander's control. Zhao Bohan's gaze swept over the group:
"Why are the North 1 and North 2 bases transporting insect oil to our base? Why is the new student base sending poison gas bombs and medicine? What is Chen Yuezhou, as a commander from the new student base, doing at our base?"
"Didn't you say that why we need to transport supplies is not something we should care about?" Zhuang Xiao asked, his clear eyes wide open.
Zhao Bohan choked, "You..."
Even though Qi An had something on his mind, he was almost amused.
Yu Shuang slapped Zhuang Xiao: "Shut up!"
She understood, and looked at Zhao Bohan with bright eyes: "You mean, there's going to be a war, a major war led by the North 1 Base that will mobilize many bases!"
"Yes! Only this explanation makes sense!" Zhao Bohan pointed his long, slender finger to the location of Hualin County on the map:
"This county was quite wealthy before the apocalypse, because the city next to it, Liancheng, had billions of tons of steel and coal resources within its borders."
Lian City has one of the largest thermal power plants and steel smelters in the country, and it also built a fully intelligent precision machining plant and chemical plant before the apocalypse.
Hundreds of kilometers north of Lian City lies Yun City, which possesses oil and rare earth deposits, and boasts a complete rare earth refining and electronic component processing industry. Zhao Bohan's finger traced the vast grasslands further north of Yun City:
"I've checked the data. Before the apocalypse, the reserves and types of rare metal mineral deposits in this area had not yet been fully explored."
Professor Guan, a nuclear physicist, led a team to explore this area before... I speculate that there might be uranium deposits in this area!
After he finished speaking, everyone was stunned. Qi An was still searching her limited knowledge base for the connection between "uranium ore" and "nuclear physics." Yu Shuang paused for a moment, then murmured:
"...So this battle is much larger in scale than we thought before. It's about wiping out half of the Northwest Legion of the Fallen Insects!"
"This is just my speculation," Zhao Bohan said cautiously, but his expression was confident.
"The key point is that the supreme command of this major battle must be the North 1 Base."
Now that we have nanosatellites, communication between bases has become very convenient, and all the materials and personnel related to this battle are centrally allocated by North 1.
I think Chen Yuezhou might be one of the people transferred from the North 1st Division.
During his participation in this major battle, he only reported to the North 1 Command. His superiors at the new base probably had no say in what missions he would carry out.
Moreover, if we win this battle, we will definitely build new bases in the places I mentioned!
As I just mentioned, the new base is extremely important, so elite troops must be selected from various existing bases to be stationed there.
Zhao Bohan pointed to Lian Shi with his fingertips, a smile appearing on his lips: "Our base is on the front line, and we have already participated in a supply escort mission. We are already in the sight of the North 1 Command."
After that, we must strive to participate in this major battle. If we are lucky, we might be able to turn the tables and even surpass Wu Zirui in status!
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