Two days later, about 40 kilometers south of the Wazhanzi Tunnel, several damaged drones slowly landed on the ground.
The snowdrifts beside the road shifted, revealing several soldiers in snow camouflage. They quickly approached the drone and removed the data disk.
"Don't worry about the drone, let's go!" The leader saw someone trying to recover the drone and immediately stopped them.
They trotted to the side of the road, pulled down a piece of white camouflage net, then jumped onto the Gladiator III hidden underneath, stepped on the accelerator to the bottom, and drove quickly towards the mountain road to the north.
Just as they arrived at the designated hiding spot, an explosion was heard from the other side of the mountain.
Now was not the time to relax; this fighter had to be abandoned. The drones were equipped with heat detectors, and the exhaust from the vehicle's engine would be easily detected by them.
"Hurry, hurry! Follow the plan. I want to see you in two hours. Don't turn on the electric heating!"
At the command, the team split up into small groups, each member chose a direction, and then headed towards a valley in the southeast.
To increase the team's chances of survival, the captain installed a data pad on the fighter. The artificial intelligence in the data pad would control the all-terrain vehicle, buying time for the entire team.
He took one last look at his beloved car, then left without looking back.
The captain knew very well that this would be another major operation for the expedition team, and no one could guarantee that they would survive before the operation was over.
The mountains were filled with a cacophony of explosions, interspersed with the occasional roar of death. The weather had been excellent for the past few days, but for the expedition, this rare good weather had brought unexpected difficulties.
There is a cold air mass lingering nearby, which makes it almost impossible for strong winds to blow here, and also makes it difficult for the heat generated by creatures to dissipate in the air.
It can be said that some are happy while others are sad. When Lao Ma received the task report, all color disappeared from his gloomy face.
Six teams had set out that morning, but only half had returned by the afternoon. The drones' penetration range had only reached 30% of their intended range, and physical reconnaissance, needless to say, would be a death wish. They had already lost over 30 men here, with little to no effect.
On the tactical map, there are large areas of fog of war, and in the fog are war machines that are ready to devour anyone.
Ma Dongsheng felt that his thinking was flawed. He shouldn't have wasted the team's fighting power in this meaningless place. Naturally, he was not a person who was indecisive, so he immediately admitted his mistake in the expedition team's public channel.
"My plan failed. Here is the mission summary... Please share your ideas."
Lao Ma’s self-criticism did not cause much stir. There are several such self-criticisms every day, and only those who are interested will listen to them.
However, there are indeed some people who are interested in him and have listed him as a person of special concern.
Li Wenjia, draped in a fur coat, stepped out of his RV. He now regretted returning the exoskeleton. He was now more of a tribal savage than an elite warrior of the expedition.
After returning the day before yesterday, he was dragged to the underground square of Rat Village by several shirtless men and completed a strange ritual. In front of many people, he was painted with a kind of white paint by several men.
Putting aside these people's bizarre aesthetics, the paint alone was outrageous enough. The next day, Li Wenjia spent almost the entire day in the bathtub, yet the paint seemed to have grown on him, showing no sign of fading.
Fortunately, these people didn't scribble on his face, otherwise he would really be too embarrassed to face anyone.
He looked around and found that the number of people in the garrison had decreased a little, which was probably related to the mission in the early morning of that day.
Li Wenjia turned back to the RV and took out his terminal from the backpack on the bedside. He immediately saw several viewing reminders on the standby screen.
"Weather forecast for the Magic City metropolitan area. After 10 PM tonight, until 2 PM the day after tomorrow, there may be brief periods of clear or cloudy weather. Citizens working on the surface, please prepare for cover in advance to avoid being attacked by satellite weapons."
"West District United Front Report. Jinling East Station police cracked a major illegal hoarding case on September 19th. It's understood that an unnamed psychic provided key clues to the case."
"Magic City Main Station Announcement. Preparatory work for the reconstruction of the East China Sea Desalination Plant has been essentially completed, and construction is expected to begin within a month. According to the plan, the new site for the desalination plant will be over 50 kilometers east of the coastline. During its construction, a filtration dam will be built along the coast of Magic City. Once the desalination plant is completed, our metropolitan area will have completely resolved the problem of scarce freshwater resources."
These were news items scraped from the internal network of the expeditionary force during routine communications with the rear. Although their bandwidth was limited, transmitting these condensed text messages was not a problem. This humane measure from the rear was actually a good one; at least the news provided the expeditionary force with a great deal of spiritual encouragement.
Of course, the people in the expedition knew that the news from the rear always only reported good news and never bad news. If they only had good news during every routine communication, why would they always delay the supply time?
So it is easy to imagine that the situation in the rear is similar to here - trembling with fear and treading on thin ice.
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