The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse-Chapter 420 - 413 Assault Vehicle

Although it was not very comfortable to sit in, the truck greatly increased the speed of Spark Squad. However, they feared that François might have already passed on some information. Thus, in order not to be caught by the Sanitation Worker, it was necessary for some to stay behind and delay pursuit.

To delay the chase meant that if enemy pursuers were spotted catching up, they could quickly warn the main force up ahead.

The critical issue now was that if the enemy was truly determined to exterminate Spark Squad, then the Sanitation Worker indeed had the capability to catch up with them.

The speeds of tanks and armored vehicles weren’t very fast, but the enemy had rapid assault vehicles at their disposal. These so-called dune assault vehicles were originally designed for desert warfare, but in reality, they were all-terrain assault vehicles.

Most importantly, based on the interrogation of François, the Sanitation Worker significantly utilized the Chernos Rapid Assault Vehicles. In the assault on Egypt, these light assault vehicles played a crucial role.

In the troop led by François, there were two assault vehicles present, and Gao Yuan had spotted them early on. However, with François, the assault vehicles were only used for rapid reconnaissance. But in the case of the Sanitation Worker, these vehicles were widely and massively deployed as primary equipment.

Here, it is necessary to explain the current military composition of the Sanitation Worker.

The Sanitation Worker had merged with the Graycloaks, but before the merger, the two secret organizations had very different styles. The Sanitation Worker had their own armed force and spared no effort in strengthening their military capability, often under the guise of mercenary groups or PMC companies.

When the need arose, the Sanitation Worker could pull out their arms and were ready to fight, possessing strong combat capabilities, as a vast majority of their members were retired military personnel with many being ex-special forces.

As for the Graycloaks, their presence was more deeply hidden. They didn’t have their own army or arms but had significant infiltration into the various governments. They operated through top-level channels and, when necessary, indirectly controlled and owned armies through the high-level individuals they controlled.

This was the case with François, who was influenced by his superiors and had cast his lot with the Graycloaks.

So, when it comes to combat power, the Sanitation Worker was stronger, not only in conventional combat forces but their capabilities in special operations were two levels above the Graycloaks.

The Sanitation Worker’s patrol convoy included a special assault vehicle patrol team.

An assault vehicle could only transport two people but was equipped with a universal machine gun and could carry a rocket launcher. The vehicle could also race across the grasslands at speeds exceeding 100 kilometers per hour. When such assault vehicles were deployed in groups of ten, twenty, or even hundreds, they were unmatched in terms of mobility.

By completely sacrificing protection for the sake of maximizing mobility and deploying assault vehicles on a large scale, the Sanitation Worker had innovated a new strategy.

So Gao Yuan was certainly worried. Their truck could only reach a top speed of sixty kilometers per hour, and in complex terrain or densely wooded areas, they would have to proceed at twenty to thirty kilometers per hour. If rapid assault vehicles started their pursuit a hundred kilometers behind them, it would only take a maximum of three hours to catch up.

Moreover, when François responded to the call, they were less than thirty kilometers away from the battlefield.

"Can Opener, any signs of enemy activity behind us?"

"Nothing detected, over."

Gao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and then said to Li Jingang, "I’m thinking of abandoning the truck. If we continue driving, the tracks we leave will be too obvious, making it easy for the enemy to follow us."

Li Jingang had been pondering the same issue. After a moment of thought, he replied in a low voice, "If the enemy is indeed pursuing us, abandoning the truck now would still result in detection. If the enemy isn’t on our trail, then abandoning the truck would be meaningless, and we’d be wasting our means of transport."

Gao Yuan, feeling helpless, said, "I hate the current situation. Ever since encountering the Sanitation Worker, it feels like we are constantly constrained. There’s never a smooth moment. Without even engaging in combat, we find ourselves in a difficult predicament."

Li Jingang, with a helpless smile, said, "The Sanitation Worker has been tirelessly building up for decades, and the quality of their combat personnel is not poor. You can’t expect everything to go smoothly. Since we left the country, the Sanitation Worker has been the strongest enemy we’ve encountered."

Gao Yuan shook his head in frustration. "I just hope we can meet up with Ram soon. Now I’m wondering, how did Ram’s people deal with these rapid assault vehicles?"

"They didn’t have an easy time either," said Li Jingang. "Didn’t François say that initially, they had a hard time coping with attacks from the Solar System Company, with transportation almost being brought to a halt? But now, the harassment from the Solar System Company has become rare, which means the Sanitation Worker’s response has been very successful."

Gao Yuan was silent for a moment and then suddenly said, "This François, you can’t say he isn’t afraid of dying. He spilled everything once Sirte scared him with a few stabs of the knife. But then again, if he were afraid of dying, why would he conceal crucial information and purposefully use different languages to signal to his comrades that something had gone wrong? Doesn’t he know he’s as good as dead if we find out?"

Li Jingang replied with a wry smile, "That’s because François isn’t foolish. He knows for sure that he’s going to die. Actually, one of the main reasons I don’t want to kill prisoners is that doing so completely destroys their hope. You see, nobody wants to give up that tiny hope of survival, but if someone knows with certainty that they will die, their way of thinking changes. They might just resign themselves to fate and despair, or they might seek to drag someone else down with them."

Gao Yuan was extremely troubled and said, "Releasing them is impossible, taking them with us... also impossible, killing them like this, one careless move and things go awry. There’s no solution, really no solution."

Li Jingang said indifferently, "This is war, it’s not that simple. You’re smart, but the enemy isn’t stupid either. It all comes down to skill, and we’ll see who can survive in the end."

"Hopefully we’ll meet up with Ram soon. According to them, Ram seems omnipotent. Now I just hope that really is the case because otherwise, even if we do meet up with them, the situation isn’t good."

After finishing his sentence, Gao Yuan let out a heavy sigh. Then, his body jolted suddenly as Song Qian, who was driving, swerved sharply. Following that, Gao Yuan didn’t hear any sound but saw several small holes suddenly appear on the windshield, and his body felt as if it had been struck hard.

Li Jingang pushed Gao Yuan to lie down on his side and at the same time, he bellowed, "We’ve been hit!"

It was only then that Gao Yuan realized they had been shot, and it was a burst of gunfire.