Extreme germ phobia

Chapter 325 Rescue
A few seconds later, the projectile stopped emitting thick smoke, and the smoke quickly dissipated.

The ship's cabin was relatively enclosed, and diluted smoke filled the entire cargo hold, making everything foggy with visibility of only a dozen meters.

The three men, led by Lu Wei, split up and advanced, taking at least one shot at each enemy they encountered, until they reached the other side of the cargo hold before sending out a safety signal.

Suppressing his anxiety, Ou Yang asked in a low voice, "Old Ya, didn't you not have a thermal imager? How did you aim?"

“Simple!” Lu Wei raised his gun and aimed at the exit, but maintained a safe distance at all times. “Isn’t there a drone? We can aim indirectly through the drone’s camera!”

Ouyang could hardly believe his ears. Could you please not make it sound so easy?
He immediately sketched out in his mind a series of triangles: Lu Wei connecting with the drone, the drone connecting with the enemy, and finally connecting Lu Wei with the enemy.

This is what you call indirect aiming? Triangulation is more like it!
Seemingly guessing Ou Yang's thoughts, Lu Wei explained in a low voice, "Don't think about it. Indirect aiming requires not only equipment assistance but also experience and practice... Enough talk, I'll teach you later. Luohan flashbang, Dafei, get ready!"

The two men prepared to confirm the order, and Luo Han tossed a flashbang out the door. The muffled thud, even through the bulkhead, still made Ou Yang feel agitated.

This thing is so loud.

As soon as the explosion ended, Dafei had already maneuvered the drone to rush out, the fuselage spinning rapidly 360 degrees, the camera capturing the entire surrounding scene.

Several enemy markers, some leaning and some crooked, were placed on the tactical goggles, two on the left and three on the right.

Luo Han and Da Fei acted swiftly, opening fire continuously after leaving the house and instantly killing the enemy.

"Safe!" they both said in unison.

Ouyang sighed with emotion. He considered himself to be fairly skilled, but compared to professionals, there was still a considerable gap between him and them.

Lu Wei pulled up the internal structure diagram of the Silver Bay and marked the route to the safety cabin on the diagram: "Luo Han leads the way, Da Fei brings up the rear, and Ou Yang follows!"

Outside the hatch, a wide passageway led directly to the deck. As soon as Ou Yang stepped out of the cargo hold, a dozen enemies rushed in from outside, their expressions terrified and their movements hurried.

Ou Yang and his men didn't have time to analyze the enemy's situation. Without saying a word, they raised their guns and opened fire, wiping out the entire enemy force in a flurry of shots.

Just then, they heard an explosion coming from the deck. Lu Wei snapped to attention: "There's fighting outside! Let's hurry!"

The four people lined up and moved forward quickly, guided by the drone.

The ship was tilted, the deck was tilted, and the entire journey, except for going uphill and downhill, was all at an angle, which felt quite awkward.

The deck was a key defensive position for the enemy, but because the safe room was not on the deck, the four of them made their way through without even encountering a single enemy.

Having successfully reached the vicinity of the safe cabin, the drone had just flown around a corner when suddenly the distinctive sound of a shotgun rang out from ahead, and the drone was hit and crashed.

The last shot showed a burly South American man holding a shotgun.

Lu Wei tossed a grenade over, and with a muffled bang, it was unclear whether it had killed the burly man.

Luo Han lay prone on the ground, only half of his head and rifle showing, firing continuously until he emptied the magazine before quickly retreating: "Safe!"

Turning the corner, the unremarkable door of the safe room came into view. The cipher disk next to the door had been removed by the enemy. Several wires were connected at one end to the electronic board behind the cipher disk and at the other end to a PDA that was only the size of a palm.

The PDA's interface is very abstract, somewhat resembling a scene from a movie where someone is cracking a password.

Luo Han and Da Fei immediately guarded both sides of the corridor, while Lu Wei ripped off the wire and swiftly entered the password.

With a final tap, the heavy riot door opened, but as soon as it was cracked open, several gunshots rang out. A few bullets pierced through the crack and hit the bulkhead on the opposite side, scattering sparks.

Lu Wei was startled and quickly shouted, "Don't shoot! They're on our side!"

Upon hearing the familiar language, the gunfire stopped, but the gunfire remained, and the officer asked warily, "Who are you?"

Lu Wei stepped forward without hesitation, facing the gun barrels inside the safe room: "We are the Hua Tuo Special Operations Team, sent by the Dongzhou."

Although they saw the familiar equipment, the people inside were still somewhat suspicious, their eyes filled with wariness.

Ou Yang stood next to Lu Wei, his gaze sweeping over him, and his heart sank.

There were nine people in the safe room. Seven were alive, and two were lying on the ground with their heads covered by other people's clothes, indicating that they had obviously died.

While in the epidemic area, Ouyang witnessed countless deaths, and even thought that he would not feel any emotion when facing death again.

Only now does Ouyang realize that his indifference was simply because it was none of his business, and that when the victims were his own compatriots, he still felt a pang of emotion.

Not many, but none were absent.

“Liu Yongzhi, Hong Li, Pang Yu…” Lu Wei said the names of everyone one by one.

The trapped crew members finally realized that the people who came were their own. Their tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and several crew members were overcome with grief. Tears of sorrow streamed down their faces as they cried like wronged children.

"Stop crying!" Lu Wei asked in a deep voice, "Where are the others?"

"I don't know." Liu Yongzhi stopped sobbing. "After the ship was destroyed, the captain said there were too many enemies to hold them off, and told us to get into the safe room immediately. We escaped in, but we don't know where the others are, or if they received any news..."

Lu Wei knew that he couldn't blame the crew members in front of him for this, since they weren't real soldiers, but he still felt a surge of anger and resentment at their incompetence: "Where is the captain?"

Liu Yongzhi pointed to the corpse in the corner: "That's the one on the right."

Lu Wei's pent-up resentment turned into a sigh: "Everyone, we must leave as soon as possible. Raise your hands if you have weapons!"

Four people immediately raised their hands.

"Put away your weapons. No one is allowed to fire without my order!" Lu Wei commanded sternly. "Now, take the bodies and come with us!"

He also wanted to find the missing people, but he couldn't find any clues at the moment. He could only take the people he had already found out and then try to find the missing people.

Although the enemy numbers are large, the transport ship is so big that there are plenty of places to hide. Hopefully, they are still hiding in a safe place and have not fallen into the hands of the enemy!
The group left the safe room, but instead of moving to the deck, they headed towards the Silver Bay's superstructure and soon arrived at the bridge.

The cockpit was empty. Two steps to the right of the rudder, there was a pool of blood that had long since congealed, and a row of jagged bullet holes on the tempered glass.

Through the cracked glass, Ouyang saw that the deck was empty except for a few corpses lying on it.

Lu Wei flung open the hatch: "Group A calling command center, please respond!"

The radio immediately responded: "Group A, please speak!"

"Command Center, Team A has successfully reached the safe cabin, rescued seven trapped personnel, recovered two bodies, and is currently unaccounted for. The whereabouts of the other personnel are unknown, and the location of the missing persons cannot be determined at this time."

Are you still on the ship?

"I don't know!"

"Team A, find out the whereabouts of the missing persons as soon as possible!"

"Yes!"

The communication ended, and Lu Wei switched the communication frequency: "Team B, report your position!" Zhang Cheng's voice came through the radio: "800 meters southeast, advancing towards the target!"

"Speed ​​up and stay hidden!"

"Yes!"

Ou Yang's lips twitched. He had to speed up and stay hidden at the same time. What kind of crazy order was this?

Lu Wei continued: "27 and a half, report your situation!"

"Report: We are still concealed on the shore. We just cleaned the deck and killed more than twenty enemies."

Lu Wei had already guessed what had happened and wasn't surprised: "Where are the remaining enemies?"

"They've hidden themselves, but a few escaped."

"Still on the ship?"

"Yes, on the ship!"

What is the quantity?

"I'm not sure, maybe twenty or thirty that I can see."

Lu Wei was in a bind. With so many enemies lurking in the shadows, whether they disembarked or others boarded the ship, they had to be prepared for an attack.

For our side, "attacking while the enemy is crossing the river" is not a friendly term.

The problem is that the incubator is still on shore. If we don't hurry, it will be troublesome if the inhibitor fails.

Thinking of this, Lu Wei dared not delay and contacted the Dongzhou again: "Command center, requesting drone assistance to cover our personnel boarding the ship!"

"Command center received. Please prepare accordingly!"

"Understood!" Lu Wei replied. "All units, prepare to move towards the Silver Bay!"

Before the words were even finished, the drone hovering in the air dropped a high-speed bomb in front of Group B. A moment later, a loud explosion occurred, and the infected blocking Group B's path suffered heavy casualties. Even many buildings on both sides of the road were destroyed by the explosion.

As soon as the explosion ended, Team B immediately sped forward to reach the riverbank as quickly as possible.

At the same time, another drone airdropped a swarm of hundreds of small drones hovering low above the Silver Bay.

Several enemies who hadn't taken cover were immediately locked onto by the swarm of drones, which flew around overhead, terrifying them. Some jumped ship to escape, some ran away in panic, and some had a mental breakdown and started firing wildly into the sky.

But swarm drones are small and agile, so how easy are they to fight?

The swarm of bees could land at any time to eliminate exposed enemies, but to prevent the enemies from fighting desperately and giving them a chance to jump ship and escape, they did not attack the enemies who jumped ship to escape, but only blew up the enemies who fired into the air.

After a few explosions, the deck fell silent again.

Lu Wei didn't know if this round of explosions had deterred the enemy, but he couldn't care less about that right now.

The drones not only cleared the deck but also cleaned up the infected people on the temporary dock. 27 and the others arrived at the dock first, prepared a small boat, and hid on the boat to aim at the deck.

The enemy's transport ship was docked on the Silver Bay, but there were several small boats moored on the shore, which could be used for ferrying.

A few minutes later, Team B arrived, and the group boarded a boat and approached the Silver Bay.

The swarm of bees lowered its altitude and circled at a height almost parallel to the ship's side, intimidating any enemies who intended to intercept the small boat.

The enemy made no move until everyone was safely on board.

The group rushed to the cockpit, and the medic immediately took out the blocking medication and gave it to the seven rescued individuals.

Lu Wei and Zhang Cheng huddled together to discuss for a few minutes, then called Liu Yongzhi over: "Old Liu, you know this ship better than we do. Please think carefully about where is the most suitable place to hide people."

Liu Yongzhi replied without hesitation, "There are so many, I can't even count them all!"

"Where is the most likely place for people to hide?"

Liu Yongzhi shook his head: "It's hard to say!"

Lu Wei sighed: "This won't do. We must find the missing persons as soon as possible. Think carefully, the more detailed the better!"

Liu Yongzhi knew this was a tricky matter, so he nodded and agreed: "Okay, we will do our best."

Zhang Cheng said, "With only a few of us on such a big ship, it's like looking for a needle in a haystack. We should capture a few prisoners and question them!"

Lu Wei said worriedly, "Now, not only are the missing people still missing, but there are also so many enemies left on the ship. They have all hidden themselves, so it won't be easy to find them."

If it weren't for the fact that the rescued crew members were familiar with the situation, he would have definitely contacted his superiors to pick up the crew members first.

"Let's call for backup," Zhang Cheng said.

Lu Wei contacted the Dongzhou ship to request support, and the command was willing to provide the necessary support. However, there were already few immune personnel, and although the Dongzhou ship had begun to organize manpower, it faced many intractable problems.

Firstly, the situation is too fragmented. While there are indeed many confirmed immune individuals, only a small portion of them have received systematic military training, and even fewer have combat experience.

New recruits are not only not an asset, but may even be a burden on the battlefield. So even though manpower has been mobilized, the command has always believed that it is best not to send out the newly formed teams unless absolutely necessary.

Even those with combat experience were too far away to reach the scene immediately.

Fortunately, the command quickly came up with an alternative plan: to airdrop a batch of robot dogs onto the Silver Bay to assist the small team in completing the search mission.

Actually, these robot dogs were already on the gyroplane. They weren't brought over before because there wasn't enough space on the cat-themed car; too many wouldn't fit, and too few wouldn't work.

To cover the rotorcraft, the drones launched a fierce attack, with a batch of precision-guided bombs accurately destroying more than a dozen targets on the shore, two of which detonated.

Although our side has deployed fewer personnel, we have more technical equipment and have been monitoring the area near the Silver Bay ever since the incident.

All of these dozen or so targets had radio communications with the enemy on the ship. Even if they weren't accomplices, they were still conspirators, so there was absolutely no possibility of accidental injury or bombing.

Destroying potential hostile targets was not enough; the drone also conducted extensive electromagnetic interference in the vicinity. After making all the necessary preparations, the gyroplane slowly flew over, hovered above the Silver Bay, and gently opened its hatch.

Just as the robot dog was about to be deployed, the swarm of bees at the bow of the ship suddenly swooped down and crashed, followed by a series of explosions.

But it was too late; a burst of fire shot into the sky, heading straight for the gyroplane.

A voice screamed frantically over the radio: "Get out of the way, get out of the way—"

(End of this chapter)