Volume 14: Devastation Chapter 685: Single Person Support
At this moment, everyone connected to the military communication channel, including Ke Lan, heard a message for help in their headphones - "Hiss... South Fourth District... Hiss... No. 46 Material Escort Convoy... Hiss... Under attack... The attackers are unknown... Hiss... There are more than a hundred of them... Hiss... The enemy is equipped with heavy firepower equipment and tactical mechas... We are located... in the middle of Central Highway No. 9... Hiss... Requesting support!"
In addition to the call for help mixed with a lot of electrical noise, the background sound was also mixed with gunshots and explosions, which showed how fierce the exchange of fire between the two sides was.
"The remnants of these heretical sects are so arrogant! They actually dared to attack the military convoy on the Ark with impunity! This is simply intolerable! They must pay the price for this!" Councillor Xia Houying condemned harshly.
Ke Lan glanced at her intentionally or unintentionally. Although the woman's speech sounded very powerful, it was actually just a bunch of useless nonsense... It seems that there is still a clear gap between a congressman like this who was promoted to a high position by family power and a "doer" like Dylan.
She was very good at speaking official language, but her efficiency was worrying - by the time she had righteously delivered her so-called "condemnation" in front of the media cameras, the escort convoy would have been destroyed countless times.
"Which armed units are closest to the middle section of Central Highway No. 9 in South District 4?" Ke Lan pulled over a military entourage and asked.
"The nearest disaster relief camp is No. 19 in South District 4, which is guarded by armed personnel. However, there is only one rapid mobile team that can be dispatched to support that camp." The military entourage took a look at the PAD on his wrist and answered quickly.
A rapid mobile team, according to the organization of the garrison, has only about sixteen to twenty-five people. The most important thing is that they are not equipped with heavy equipment. The most powerful weapons are only a few squad-level general-purpose machine guns... Since they are troops performing tasks inside the Ark, they are not even equipped with weapons such as individual air defense missiles and anti-tank rocket launchers that may cause damage to the internal structure of the Ark - but according to the description in the rescue message, the attackers not only have heavy firepower, but also deployed tactical mechas.
"Let the fast mobile team go first, and deploy support based on the principle of proximity... But be careful not to withdraw all the armed forces in the base to support the escort convoy. If the other party intends to lure the tiger away from the mountain, it will play into their hands." Ke Lan said quickly, "Also, let the Security Bureau investigate the people in charge of the security of the South Fourth District. Whether they are from a civilian security agency or the military, they should be controlled by force first, and then interrogated and investigated one by one. Even if now is the period when the Ark's defense is the weakest, it is not easy to transport heavy firepower equipment and tactical mechas quietly. There must be a traitor among this group of people!"
"Yes!" The accompanying officer quickly edited Ke Lan's order and sent it out, but soon he frowned after receiving the reply, "Sir Ke Lan... those nearby armed units have taken on the support mission, but including the preparation time, it will take them at least 25 minutes to reach the attack site..."
"Twenty-five minutes... What is the configuration of this No. 46 material escort convoy?"
"Twelve heavy trucks, two military armored trucks, one Ice Wolf WF-02 light infantry fighting vehicle, about fifteen to twenty lightly armed soldiers... and about thirty non-combat personnel." The accompanying officer immediately retrieved the convoy's information.
"Are non-combatants equipped with weapons?"
"They only have self-defense weapons such as pistols and submachine guns . Moreover, these non-combatants are all temporary staff hired and recruited from civilian organizations. Their combat effectiveness can basically be ignored."
"Then let alone 25 minutes, the escort convoy probably won't even last 10 minutes." Ke Lan turned around and took a look at the luxury air-cushion vehicle he had just ridden in, and asked, "If I remember correctly, this model of vehicle has a hidden rocket thruster at the rear, right? You shouldn't have removed the thruster, right?"
"Uh... yes." The accompanying staff member in charge of driving was stunned for a moment and nodded subconsciously.
"Give me the car keys."
"What...what are you going to do?" Xia Houying, who was left aside by Ke Lan, was dumbfounded. With her intelligence, she could of course guess that Ke Lan was going to personally go to support the attacked convoy, but even though the facts were already in front of her, she was still unwilling to accept this reality.
This is the only luxury hovercraft in the entire convoy that has a built-in rocket thruster. Does this "big shot" intend to rely on this one vehicle to provide support to the escort convoy?
Even if the vehicle was full of elite soldiers, it would be just a drop in the bucket for the battle situation - there were more than a hundred attackers, with heavy firepower and tactical mechas, and there might even be containers for the seeds of erosion among them!
This is not going to support, this is going to die!
Shouldn't the bigwigs of the Undead Crew be very careful about their lives? No, not only the members of the Crew, but even the councillors who are no different from puppets will not easily risk their lives... The higher the position, the farther away from the front line of the battlefield. Isn't this common sense? !
Of course, these things are not important to her. What she cares about is... if something happens to Mr. Ke Lan while supporting the escort convoy, then she and Dylan, as the accompanying personnel, will definitely be finished... The crime may not be punishable by death, but the position of parliamentarian will definitely be lost.
The Xiahou family's capital is running out. If she loses her seat as a member of parliament again, she will be left with nothing.
"You, you can't go!"
Ke Lan ignored her, grabbed the keys handed to her by the driver, and "threw" her body directly into the driver's seat, then closed the car door.
This time, not only Xia Houying, but also the other people who were accompanying her were dumbfounded.
Is he planning to... single-handedly... support a convoy that is being attacked by more than a hundred people with heavy firepower weapons and tactical mechas?
Not even a soldier? Are you crazy?
However, Ke Lan didn't even look at the group of shouting entourage outside. He bent down and found the red button covered by a transparent anti-touch cover under the steering wheel. He opened the cover and pressed it lightly. The tail wing of the hovercraft slowly lifted up, revealing the nozzles of four rocket thrusters hidden underneath.
"Don't stand behind the car, be careful of getting burned by the tail flame." After saying this, Ke Lan stepped on the accelerator.
