During the flight, Li Kongqing lost his packet and consulted Welling:
"I wonder what Brother Welling thinks of our team's mission?"
Welling responded immediately:
"I think Brother Li's main target should be to place some of the larger strongholds on the original front line of the Xixuan Federation. We will investigate the situation first, send it back to Yaxi, and then continue heading west."
"Yes, it seems we have the same idea."
After receiving Wei Ling's affirmation, Li Kongqing also made a brief analysis:
"The opponent will definitely not completely dismantle the original forward stronghold, but we also have to consider safety."
Wei Ling smiled and nodded:
"What Brother Li said is absolutely true, safety first, merit second.
When it comes to military merit, in fact, being able to join the advance team of the Western Expeditionary Army has already resulted in good gains, and everything else is secondary. "
Li Lingyou couldn't help but nodded, but then he looked at Wei Ling's half-smiling expression and felt a little ashamed:
"Brother Wei Ling, in fact, the children of aristocratic families are not all just silverfish who only know how to compete for military merit. They also have their limits when encountering enemies..."
Wei Ling did not refute, but actually agreed with Li Lingyou's statement in his heart.
Just like this, every dozen kilometers, "totem poles" on the ground and "True Listen" relay systems in the air were deployed, indirectly realizing the extended coverage of the "Jianmu" barrier system.
Crossing the turbulent Tongtian River, there are still faint traces of the temporary stationing of the Xixuan Federation a few days ago on the riverside, flying over the Mangyun Mountains where the clouds are rolling, crossing the violent waves of the Kuanglan River, reaching the rugged Shenwu Mountains, and finally at Camped by the Mengshui River.
No Xixuan Federation's defeated army was found along the way, and all the information found was successfully sent back to Yaxi.
The Mengshui River was hazy in the night, with a roaring sound, and the Gaolibosu Mountains in the distance left a black silhouette in the star-studded night sky.
Wei Ling took the initiative to ask for the night watch, which made everyone in the advance team feel good.
Welling and Gonggong placed the cordon farther away and walked around the one kilometer radius of the camp until a complete holographic terrain map was formed in each other's consciousness.
During the midnight shift, Li Kongqing walked to the outside and took over from Wei Ling.
"We will cross the Gaolibosu Mountains tomorrow and will soon reach the No. 1 target stronghold. Brother Wei Ling had better take a rest and conserve enough energy."
"Okay, I'm going to take a rest by the campfire."
Welling did not refuse the kindness.
Li Lingyou happened to be sitting by the campfire without resting.
Seeing Wei Ling and Shou Gong coming back, he threw the bag with a smile:
"Brother Welling, don't worry about the fifth brother. He is a wood spirit warlock, much more powerful than me. Let's warm up over the fire. This damn river valley is quite humid."
"Well, I don't worry about anyone but you."
Wei Ling responded like a joke, which made Li Lingyou a little annoyed:
"That's right, it's really frustrating for a genius like me to be unable to touch the edge of a mid-level warlock for a long time!"
"Why are you depressed? Time is running out!"
Welling smiled and comforted:
"Go to target stronghold No. 1 tomorrow and get closer to me."
Li Lingyou nodded, realized something was wrong, and became angry:
"Why do you act like you are protecting me? You only activated your mind body when I saw the threshold of the intermediate level!"
"Ha ha!"
Welling couldn't help but laugh.
The guard also smiled and narrowed his eyes through the gap in his draped hat.
…
The next day, we set up the relay system and moved on.
Soon we crossed the vapor-filled Mengshui River, and the terrain gradually rose, with the Gaolibosu Mountains at our feet.
The "Blue Bird" vehicle lowered its flight altitude and almost followed the terrain.
It can be determined from the holographic wartime system data of that day that after crossing the mountains, they will soon reach a large stronghold, which the advance team named target stronghold No. 1.
At first, the Xixuan Federation deployed many troops and defense systems here. Now it is estimated that the large troops are gone, but small groups of enemies should exist.
The vehicle lightly crossed a pass in the mountains.
In a valley a few kilometers away, a large federal-style stronghold appeared in sight.
The "Blue Bird" immediately landed on a mountain col that could not be seen from the stronghold.
Everyone came down and set up a "totem pole" at the landing point.
Li Kongqing preset a call password for the vehicle just in case.
Once encountering a situation where rapid evacuation is necessary, the vehicle can quickly reach the personnel and transfer them in time.
"Brothers, let me explain first. Ahead is a large stronghold in Xixuan, which we call Target No. 1. Our preliminary judgment is that there should be no large troops or heavy weapons in the stronghold, but we do not rule out the possibility of small ones. Enemy troops."
Seeing everyone nodding, Li Kongqing continued to add:
"We don't have heavy firepower or immediate support. If there is a situation where we are unable to defeat the enemy, we will withdraw immediately and call for long-range strikes from Yasi."
"Why don't you call for a remote strike first before we enter?"
A dear friend inserted information.
"What if it's an empty city? Do you think the empire doesn't need to spend money on long-range artillery preparations?"
Li Lingyou retorted angrily.
"There is no need to argue. As decided now, the advance team will investigate first."
Li Kongqing made a decision.
So everyone stopped talking, activated various armed scanning and detection systems, and sneaked towards the stronghold in a relatively dispersed formation.
Passing through many messy fallen bushes and felled tree stumps, the advance team gradually approached the metal fence covered with dark green camouflage patterns.
Shugong followed Wei Ling closely, and his autumn-like eyes were all kinds of over-the-horizon exploration terminals.
"Sir, through infrared, ultrasonic and laser imaging inspections, no life forms have been found nearby."
"Sir, there is current running in the stronghold, and there are only electromagnetic fluctuations caused by the operation of small electronic equipment."
Wei Ling nodded slightly and closed his eyes slightly.
The world of Yuanling can be seen at a glance.
Within a few hundred meters, even a mouse's vital signs cannot escape Welling's detection.
This stronghold is a large circle with a diameter of about 500 meters. It is made of prefabricated curved plates made of alloy and spliced together through a mortise and tenon structure.
The height of the fence is not high, about three meters.
The tall "brave warriors" and "rangers" are armed and can even see what's going on inside the walls.
The ground has not been hardened or treated with metal plates, and metal prefabricated barracks the size of ordinary containers are neatly arranged.
Hundreds of barracks are neatly arranged, with almost all doors open, and the ground is littered with rubbish.
In a corner of some barracks, there will be a surveillance camera, swinging slightly towards the passage formed by the barracks.
The operation of small electronic equipment detected by the gecko is probably these monitoring equipment.
Everyone gradually moved closer, and each weapon had a corresponding detection function. It seemed that everyone found that this stronghold was almost abandoned.
And obviously, at this size, it can only be a medium-sized stronghold at most.
But the holographic data shows that this was a large stronghold.
Looking around the wall, there are many bases on the periphery. It seems that it should have been equipped with a lot of military equipment, but now they have all been dismantled, leaving only the inner circle of the core.
Li Kongqing also reacted and knew that the team had actually entered the interior of the stronghold, only a wall away from the core area.
The entire stronghold was completely silent, and it was like a deserted city.
Just when Li Kongqing was about to lead everyone into the wall in despair to find out what was going on, Wei Ling felt a faint warning sign in his heart, and then a message was sent to everyone:
"Everyone, don't rush in, I feel it's dangerous!"
Everyone looked at Wei Ling at once.
Welling looked around and found an abandoned gun barrel about six or seven meters long, hidden among the lush vegetation.
"Go to two powerful brothers and flatten one end of the cannon barrel, then poke it into the soil and nail it several meters into the ground!"
Although everyone was puzzled, they still remained cautious based on their trust in the warlocks, especially the intelligent warlocks.
Immediately, two "brave warriors" dragged the gun barrel over and placed it on an abandoned gun base that had had its artillery equipment removed. They then looked around for a huge metal base to use as a hammer to hit the barrel. One end.
"When-when-"
A dull loud noise sounded in the silent valley, and the echo in the distance could be vaguely heard.
After a few blows, one end of the barrel was flattened. The two men raised the barrel and plunged the flattened end into the ground, about half a meter deep.
Immediately, a sergeant jumped up high with the metal gun base in hand and hit the upper part of the gun barrel.
"puff--"
The barrel of the gun went deep into the ground in one go.
After several consecutive hits, only half a meter of the gun barrel was left on the ground.
Wei Ling walked to the barrel tray and gave the garrison a look:
"Gecko, ultrasound imaging!"
Then he used a small piece of steel pipe to tap the barrel a few times.
Immediately, Wei Ling surprised everyone again:
"Around this wall, collect test data again at different distances!"
Li Kongqing suddenly realized:
"Brother Welling is so smart. We only see that there is no danger on the surface, but we don't know about the underground!"
Everyone understood Wei Ling's thoughts and nodded in approval.
In a moment, with the strength of two or three "brave warriors", they pulled out the cannon barrel that had been smashed into the ground, and smashed it down again at a different place a hundred meters away, close to the wall. The Welling gecko still went over and knocked, passing through the underground Subtle changes in sound waves form a sound wave image.
When the images at three points overlap, a three-dimensional underground structure can be formed.
Finally, Shou Gong showed everyone a clear image of the underground.
Arms of different levels in the empire basically have this ability, but the accuracy is not necessarily as high as that of the garrison. Everyone compares the images generated by the garrison with their own.
Welling digitizes the data of each detailed point of each sound wave sampling in three dimensions and converts it into an image.
This requires strong digital memory and synthesis capabilities of the brain.
After the comparison was correct, Welling confirmed the image of the gecko:
"The image is verified correctly!"
Looking at the sound wave image, Li Kongqing broke into a cold sweat.
It is obvious from the image that there are hundreds of small black spots about five meters underground, forming a neat matrix and spreading throughout most of the area within the wall.
These black dots are connected with thin lines, forming a mutually linked relationship.
If you zoom in on any black spot, you can tell it is a large federal anti-infantry and mecha composite mine.
