The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse
Chapter 552 - 545 No Reaction

Chapter 552: Chapter 545 No Reaction

Of course, Gao Yuan was unaware of the overt and covert struggle between Raphael and Sirte.

Gao Yuan wouldn’t even directly converse with them; no matter who among them gave the instructions, they ultimately had to be relayed by Rabbit.

"This is the fuel depot. Place a bomb on the oil tank, put C4 on all six tanks, the smallest amount will do, with fuses set to detonate in delayed intervals, ten seconds apart."

Gao Yuan was facing large oil tanks, the super-large kind that could hold hundreds of thousands of liters. Standing at the base of the tank, the foundation alone was taller than a person.

He didn’t know what kind of oil was inside, but it didn’t matter; whatever Rabbit said, Gao Yuan just did.

"The fuel depot is next to the refinery, but the explosion here won’t reach the refinery. Now, follow the pipeline...wait, the other way, just follow this pipe."

Right now, Gao Yuan didn’t need to think; he just had to ensure that the cameras were functioning properly.

"Stop, back up a little, that’s a pressure pump. Place a bomb, okay, continue moving forward, you can run now."

Moving too slowly, Gao Yuan started to run, but Rabbit quickly said, "Stop, no, slow down, you’re running too fast, decelerate, more deceleration, okay, this speed will do. See that large factory building on the right? Point to it, a little more to the right, yes, go in there."

Gao Yuan extended his hand, pointing at one building after another of unknown purpose until he was given a clear signal to head towards a factory building.

Everything was at a standstill, no people, no zombies; Gao Yuan could quietly go about his sabotage undisturbed.

"Stop, that very large thing in front of you is called an Atmospheric Distillation Tower; start placing the explosives now, the biggest ones. If you blow this up, the refinery won’t be operational for half a year, and it will be finished."

Gao Yuan piled a large chunk of C4 at the base of the distillation tower and then whispered, "What is this for? The refinery is finished if this blows up?"

Rabbit paused for a moment before responding, "Yes, it’s the most basic but also the most important equipment of the refinery, responsible for the initial separation of crude oil. The separated products include heavy oil, diesel, kerosene, gasoline, and so forth. Of course, further processing is needed, but don’t mind these details."

"Alright, what’s next?"

Rabbit had to consult with Raphael, so after waiting for a while, he hurriedly said, "Now begin entering the fractionation units. There are many units, but here, the most important are gasoline and diesel. The most critical fuel is diesel, so just go into the diesel and gasoline distillation tower units and blow them up."

It was difficult and time-consuming to build this refinery, but destroying it would only take a few minutes.

Gao Yuan also casually remarked, "How long will it take the enemy to recover after we blow these up?"

Rabbit laughed and said, "Almost as long as it would take to build an entirely new refinery. Before the war, oh, before the apocalypse, it would take at least a year to transport the materials, install, and commission everything with their efficiency. As for now, well... they won’t be able to rebuild."

Gao Yuan felt a inexplicable surge of exhilaration because as soon as this place was blown up, the enemy’s tanks and armored vehicles would soon become nothing but piles of scrap metal.

Busy in various workshops, Gao Yuan finished placing the explosives one after the other. Most of the equipment here would be impossible to repair if destroyed, so Gao Yuan didn’t need to level the place to the ground; with just a modest amount of C4, he could completely cripple the refinery.

Even destroying just one critical and basic distillation tower would suffice to render the refinery useless, but to completely deprive the enemy of any chance for repairs, more thorough destruction was naturally better.

"Wait a second, wait a second!"

Gao Yuan was walking away when Rabbit suddenly cried out urgently, then he said urgently, "Found the second Atmospheric Distillation Tower, go there and repeat the process we just did."

"Two, only two, or are there more?"

Rabbit asked Raphael, then he said with surprise, "The one you just saw, that was the distillation tower with a single tower annual production of one million tons, and the one you are looking at now is a two million ton per tower. In terms of current mainstream sizes, that’s a small refinery, hmm, but it’s very big here. According to the oil tanks, pipelines, and other auxiliary facilities, there can’t possibly be a third distillation tower."

After Rabbit finished talking through the walkie-talkie, he turned to Raphael and Sirte and said, "I must say, this time Skunk has won, you got a problem with that, opener?"

Sirte cocked his head, his finger pointing at Rabbit, then he said angrily, "When you say let me say a fair word, does it mean you’re going to start siding with him? How do you know I can’t tell the production from the size of the distillation tower? How do you know I can’t see the size of the distillation tower!"

Raphael blew a whistle in the distinctive flippant Italian manner at Sirte, saying, "Oh, is that so? Then tell us more, talk about the brand of the distillation tower, talk about the installation and construction techniques, go on, say it."

Sirte exhaled sharply, then turned his face away again and said, "You win."

Rabbit smiled and immediately said over the walkie-talkie, "Yeah, just these two, there’s no third one, let’s start working."

It took Gao Yuan half an hour to place the explosives in all the key positions. He didn’t take long to travel, but setting up the fuses was a meticulous task; he couldn’t rush it even if he wanted to.

Finally, Gao Yuan said over the walkie-talkie, "All set up."

Rabbit breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Then let off the fireworks, remember to keep your distance, and run like hell after the explosion."

He had to run before the explosion, because this was a refinery, and the explosion would be earth-shaking, not to mention it would also have a burning effect.

Gao Yuan ran a kilometer away, which was about the limit for the detonator’s signal range. The signal power of his detonator wasn’t very strong; too far away and it wouldn’t detonate.

With a heart filled with excitement and anticipation, Gao Yuan rubbed his hands together, then he took the detonator out of his pocket, opened a simple but sturdy switch to prevent the protective cover from being accidentally triggered, and then, finding the transparent but very solid protective cover distasteful, he pressed his finger on the detonation button.

"Enjoy the spectacular fireworks!"

Gao Yuan wanted to say something impressive, he originally wanted to say "beautiful fireworks," but he thought the word "beautiful" wasn’t quite right, so he settled on "spectacular."

After saying that, Gao Yuan pressed the red button.

Then, no response.

Gao Yuan was stunned for a moment, then he pressed it several more times, to find there was still no reaction.

"What’s the deal with the detonator you guys provided, why is there no response? What kind of junk is this, it’s not like I need to stand right next to it to detonate it."

After saying that, Gao Yuan realized there was no reply through the walkie-talkie, so he said with surprise and a bit of panic, "Hello, hello, please respond if you can hear me, please respond if you can hear me, damn what’s going on!"