This kind of forced landing was the most frightening. In the violent collision of landing, the tortured transport ship might disintegrate at any time …
Not only that, the sparks and high temperature caused by the friction during the forced landing might also cause a violent explosion at any time, turning the transport ship into a flaming torch!
Therefore, everyone could only pray silently in their hearts, hoping that the God of Luck was on their side.
Fortunately, the pilot's technique was quite brilliant. At the moment of landing, he always maintained the posture of the tail down and the nose up. After a series of violent bumps, the Mercury transport ship crazily rushed for a few hundred meters on this barren land, plowing out a wide and straight thick trail.
At this time, the crew members were also frightened and dizzy. In the end, the Mercury transport ship was stopped by the mound under the fuselage.
At this time, the situation on the ship was of course very bad:
Some of the passengers fainted, and some of them had problems with the safety belt. They were thrown into the air and were on the verge of death. Some of the injured had suffered different degrees of injuries on their faces, and blood was flowing. It could be said that there were not many who could remain in good condition.
Even so, when the broken Mercury transport ship completely stopped shaking, Mahir couldn't hold back his emotions and roared crazily and excitedly. Immediately afterward, there was a burst of the same crazy cheers on the ship.
After a while, De Peco, as the captain, commanded the logistics team to start work. The first thing they had to do was to carry out the seriously injured crew members to receive temporary treatment.
Fortunately, this ship was carrying logistics personnel, so there was no lack of accompanying doctors and portable medical equipment. The seriously injured people could also receive comprehensive treatment.
De Peco commanded the rescue, while Fang Linyan and a few people who were in good health were responsible for transporting the materials in the warehouse, choosing the site, and building a camp. Soon, a long welding light flashed.
It was worth mentioning that this team was indeed rich. They even got two welding robots that were currently dedicated to the military, and they had already started roaring.
At this time, one directly began to cut the steel plate carried to build fortifications, and the other began to directly climb up and down to build the sentry tower and windproof wall.
The people who proposed to build the defense facilities first were several experienced wilderness survival veterans:
This damn planet was not like Hawaii, which had sunshine, white sand, coconut trees, and bikini girls.
It was already around five o 'clock in the afternoon. The commotion caused by the crash had most likely alerted the local hunting creatures. In order to avoid encountering surface predators at night, everyone's safety must be considered first before other problems.
Fortunately, one of the two all-terrain vehicles hanging below the Mercury transport ship was still in good condition. After it was driven out, the wounded were all arranged into it.
Ma Xier was tasked by De Yako to take inventory of the supplies. After a round of inventory, he realized that there was only a small portion of the supplies and facilities left. Ma Xier guessed that most of the supplies had been swept away by the storm. The remaining supplies were far from enough.
Deaco had wanted to cut down some trees to build a fence, but there was only sand, rocks, and shrubs that were thinner than Saita-sensei's hair within a radius of a few miles.
It was truly difficult for a clever housewife to cook porridge without rice. Thus, they had no choice but to find others to discuss countermeasures.
Needless to say, the lack of supplies was a terrible nightmare for everyone. After a round of discussion, they could only think about the fallen transport ship.
After eliminating the safety hazards inside the transport ship, the people who could move directly returned to the ship and began to dismantle some useless parts of the spacecraft.
They cut the outer wall of the broken fuselage into long steel plates of uniform size and 1.5 meters high, then they asked the strong people to help carry them to the open space for welding. The free people also used tools to dig a deep trench along the fence at this time.
The trench's depth reached 3 meters and width was about 4 meters. Its purpose was of course to prevent small and medium-sized beasts from crossing it, and it could even trap them inside and kill them.
It wasn't until 2 to 3 hours later that a circle of patched steel fences was completed with the concerted efforts of everyone.
This thing looked very ugly from the outside. It was sparse and uneven. It looked very simple and sloppy. It really wanted to kill people with OCD.
Even such a fence was only made partially because of the limited materials available. Fang Linyan and the others could only weld a fence around half of the camp, and the other side of the arc was made up with a low stone mountain.
Located in the center of the camp were several large containers dragged out of the cabin. These things could barely shelter them from the wind and rain and provide accommodation.
On the rocky mountain to the west of the camp, a four-meter-tall sentry tower was erected. Two infrared automatic machine gun turrets were temporarily installed on top of it. The only exit of the camp was a steel plate erected on the east side of the trench.
The area in the camp was limited, and more than half of it was occupied by the low stone mountain. Therefore, the all-terrain vehicle could only be placed outside the camp, and it was guarded by 2 soldiers with weapons in turns to guard the surroundings.
The appearance of this all-terrain vehicle was similar to the Mouse Tank in the Earth period. The boat-shaped torso with 6 wheels could adapt to most terrains and move quickly.
But the focus of the all-terrain vehicle was to ensure reliability and mobility when off-road. Naturally, it was not equipped with heavy weapons such as artillery. It was more like an armed vehicle than a tank.
After nightfall, the function of the all-terrain vehicle played a crucial role. The all-terrain vehicle came with its own detection system. This thing was quite powerful. It could monitor any fluctuations from the ground within a radius of 2 to 3 kilometers.
Therefore, the pathfinders in charge of guarding took turns to get inside to monitor the real-time image. The monitoring image was similar to the small map in Fang Linyan's eyes. A green thin needle kept rotating on the fluorescent screen. As long as it was an active object, it would be displayed as a small red dot.
As night fell, the barren land became even colder. The thin walls of the containers could not withstand the biting cold wind, and the temperature plummeted to about zero degrees Celsius. However, because of the scarcity of water in Yanig, there was no snow.
In such an environment, food and reserved water were precious. After Fang Linyan helped Ma Xier count the supplies, he found that their remaining rations could only support the whole team for less than a week. If they still couldn't find edible food in a few days, they would probably starve to death by then.
For now, they could only distribute according to needs. The food supply was limited, and everyone's rations were halved.
In addition to the barren loess nearby, there were only towering wind-eroded rocks. The lack of trees naturally made it impossible to make a fire. Fortunately, the team's new sleeping bag was not lost. This sleeping bag had a self-heating function and a solar charging effect. Finally, people and the wounded could sleep more peacefully at night.
When the camp was almost settled down, De Keya, who was busy, leaned against the fence with Maher and smoked cigarettes. After the 2 chatted for a while, De Keya waved to Fang Linyan to come over,
"Brother, I see that you did a good job today. By the way, can the other all-terrain vehicle be repaired tomorrow?"
Fang Linyan shook his head and said,
"I think it's very difficult. The repair box is lost, and several important parts are missing. It can only be manually processed. It's hard to say how long it will take."
De Koya nodded and tossed over a cigarette. He then sighed deeply and said, "That's right.
"Maher, how do you think the other 2 spaceships are now?"
Maher said worriedly,
"It's probably worse than us. Those 2 spaceships didn't carry medical supplies. I'm afraid the casualties are heavy."
De Keya took a deep puff as his cigarette burned red. He pondered for a long while before replying.
After pondering for a while, he said, "Our first priority now should be to try to repair the communication system, then find a way to contact the main force.
At this time, a hurried voice suddenly came from the communication device,
“sir！ There's a situation. "
Immediately afterward, 2 soldiers in charge of sentry stepped on the bridge planks and ran back from outside the camp, then said while panting, "Captain, there are red dots in the red light.
"Captain, there are a lot of red dots on the scanner. They are moving very fast. I don't know what they are, but I'm sure they are coming here …"
Maher immediately asked in panic,
"Could it be the rest of the people that we lost contact with?"
The sentry firmly denied,
"Impossible, humans definitely can't run at that speed."
At this time, De Keya suddenly realized the seriousness of the situation. His heart was filled with an unprecedented sense of crisis.
He decisively sounded the alarm, as a mournful sound reverberated throughout the campsite, followed by De Keya's loud roar!
"Attention, we're under attack. Attention, we're under attack!"
"Everyone return to the camp and put away the bridge planks. Those who can still move, pick up your weapons and prepare for battle!"
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