Chapter 497: Locust plague

Chapter 497
After mankind enters the age of civilization, there are still some things that cannot be resisted.
Such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions... These natural powers make people desperate.
Another example is the plague...Fortunately, there is something like a vaccine.
But there are always things that cannot be prevented, such as locust plagues.
Although the people in Shannan Town are not particularly wealthy, they have lived in peace and stability for decades, and have never seen such a terrible locust plague like today.
Use one word to describe it-dark clouds cover the sky.
Although an announcer notified the disaster, everyone knew that this was the first wave of locusts. They were the vanguard, and the width was only a few hundred meters.
But when people see the actual situation, they still feel that their scalp is numb.
The scene is very impactful.
When there are more than 75 locusts per square meter, in order to avoid conflicts between the swarms caused by changing directions, the entire army of locusts will move forward without changing directions.
Once locusts form a swarm, as long as one finds food, the entire swarm will swarm.
A middle-aged man next to Guan Ye was holding a megaphone.
He is a staff member of the local agricultural department and the site commander of this locust eradication.
"Locust-killing cart, work!" He shouted.
More than a dozen high-voltage electrostatic spray vehicles started working at the same time.
There was a weak electric current in the air, which was directly driven into the dense swarm of locusts by the jetted vehicle.
The subtle popping sound was suppressed by the sound of locust flapping wings. Large swarms of locusts rolled down from the air. They were hit by static electricity and died on the spot.
"Yeah!" cheers broke out from the crowd.
In any case, the first wave of attacks achieved great results.
With this strength, one or two thousand people on the first line of defense vigorously waved the insect net in their hands.
There is almost no need to deliberately search for locations where locusts are densely populated, as long as you wave a net, you can always catch a dozen.
There were also a large number of people waving torches in their hands.
The locusts passing by near the torch also smoked and fell to the ground.
The sound of locusts flapping their wings is everywhere, and locusts rush to people's masks from time to time.
"Ah!" A junior high school girl screamed and threw away the net bag, when two locusts accidentally hit her hand.
"Flamethrower!" Guan Ye shouted.
She and her comrades applied for special equipment to kill locusts.
They walked to the front of the crowd, a dozen flamethrowers facing diagonally upward at the same time.
The flames burst out from the muzzle.
A burnt smell permeated, and a small wall of about ten meters long killed hundreds of locusts in an instant.
With the efforts of thousands of people to catch them, the number of locusts in the first wave was drastically reduced.
A wave broke through the line of defense and flew eastward.
There is a second line of defense waiting for them behind.
This intense battle lasted about four or five minutes.
Many people sat on the ground and gasped.
It's too tired.
"Close the team, we need to add a little more fuel, otherwise the second wave will not be able to catch up!" a companion said.
"The electrostatic jet vehicle also needs to be temporarily cooled." The commander-in-chief said with a solemn expression. "The locust swarm was almost three kilometers wide at first, and then split twice and became three waves. What we killed just now was only the smallest wave. Everyone must cheer."
The crowd who had just relaxed became tense again.
"Come!" the commander in chief suddenly shouted into the intercom.
The sky is already bright, and everyone can see more clearly.
A black cloud moved quickly towards them.
"The number doesn't seem to be too much!" Looking at the second wave of black clouds, the commander-in-chief frowned.
"Look!" someone screamed suddenly.
Behind the second wave of black clouds, a third wave of black clouds rose.
Everyone was stunned.
"Oh my God, how many bugs are this?" Su Hao in the crowd was dumbfounded.
The grandson Qian, the grandson of his little girlfriend, was already stunned.
The old principal, Meng Yao and Han Xiaoting were also dumbfounded.
The mighty and boundless.
Half of the sky is shrouded in dark clouds.
These thousands of them are like little ants at the feet of elephants.
"It's over!" The commander-in-chief said painfully, "At least a million... Shannan Town, it can't be kept!"
The largest black cloud, about two kilometers wide, is advancing quickly towards the town like a doomsday sandstorm.
The locust flapped its wings several times louder.
At this moment, everyone looked blank.
Relying on personal strength to fight against millions of locusts... That is a dream!
The high-voltage electrostatic spray device is still cooling.
Only one to two thousand insect traps can be used at the scene.
However, the flying height of locusts is more than two hundred meters, and the insect-catching net is beyond the reach.
"It's really over!" The commander-in-chief burst into tears, "A year's harvest, it's gone!"
Just when everyone was desperate, two agricultural planes passed over everyone's heads.
"It's an airplane, it's saved!" people shouted.
Everyone raised their heads, looking at the direction of the plane.
The two agricultural planes were more than 100 meters apart, and the tips of the wings and the tail positions were sprayed with white medicine into the black clouds.
It looks like a black snowflake is falling.
Pieces of locusts were poisoned by drugs and fell from the sky. drop.
But... the effect is still not obvious.
"Where is the plane?" someone exclaimed.
The two agricultural aircraft have been completely submerged by dark clouds, and no one can see their location.
"Boom!" An explosive sound came from the dark clouds.
Guan Ye, who is familiar with airplanes, suddenly changed his expression: "The airplane has an accident!"
The voice frightened everyone.
Airplane spraying is everyone's last expectation. In the event of a problem with the aircraft, then... the consequences needless to say.
Sure enough, a plane rushed out of the black cloud and began to pocket back, preparing to spray the medicine again.
But when another plane rushed out of the dark clouds, black smoke emerged from the engine position.
The plane lost power and plunged into the ground.
On the fuselage, there are densely packed corpses of locusts.
Guan Ye's heart sank to the bottom.
Don't guess, the density of locusts must be too high, which directly caused the engine problem.
Everyone was stunned.
Seeing that the pilot who helped them was about to die, they had nothing to do.
Han Xiaoting, Meng Yao and others covered their eyes subconsciously, and couldn't bear to witness the tragic scene happen.
At the moment of life and death, a huge object passed over everyone's head.
It is a huge van.
Before people could react, the fast-forward van suddenly deformed into a huge robot, leaping high, crossing a distance of tens of meters, and reaching below the stalled plane.
"Ah!" screamed from the crowd.
"Boom!" After a loud noise, the robot's sturdy arms were raised high and hugged the fuselage of the agricultural aircraft firmly.
In the cockpit, the pilot's eyes were wide open and his face was pale.
Such a magical scene happened in front of everyone.
After a brief silence, everyone suddenly burst into earth-shattering cheers.
Han Xiaoting and Meng Yao, Su Hao and Sun Ziqian, as well as hundreds of teachers and students, suddenly became excited.
They knew that Zhou Yang was here.