1074 EMP bomb
"Very good, push it down and set the explosion time for a minute. The third cannon was a decisive wave of his hand.
"OK!" After a quick reply, the man put his hand into the wooden box, pressed it a few times on a cone-shaped precision device, set a one-minute countdown, and then nodded at his companion, and then the two men worked together to throw the wooden box out of the hold.
At the high speed of 468 kilometers per hour of the EC-130E, it seemed that something that had been thrown out of the cabin was blown violently by the strong wind in an instant, and after the wooden box and the buffer sponge strip outside were flying away with the wind, the conical bomb began to fall straight down.
At this time, the bomb's timer was still in the process of counting down, and the time of only one minute and the front was still a little delayed in the engine room, so when the bomb began to be affected by gravity and quickly fell near the control tower of the air base, the EC-130E had already taken advantage of the time of dozens of seconds and flew out at full speed for a large distance.
5、4、3、2、1、0!
At the moment when the timer was zero, the conical bomb, which was less than 150 meters from the ground, turned out in mid-air, the bomb exploded with a "bang", producing a small fire, and then within 0.01 seconds, the powerful electromagnetic pulse wave spread out 360 degrees without dead ends.
"Nourishing ......"
In an instant, after the EMP bomb was detonated, within a diameter of 3,000 meters, the lighting system, electronic equipment, vehicles and aircraft, and even the night vision devices and thermal imaging instruments used by individual soldiers in the air base all emitted short-circuit electric sparks, which instantly turned into piles of scrap metal, so that the core area of the entire base was paralyzed.
At this point, the alarm at the air base finally sounded, and when groups of National Guard soldiers ran out of the barracks in a panic and disheveled, a large number of non-commissioned officers and lieutenants were also rushing out of the control tower and headquarters, staring blankly at the dark building in front of them.
In the midst of the panic, there were still soldiers shouting: "There is a war, there is a war, we are attacked!"
For a time, rumors spread and people's hearts were shaken, and the vast majority of people did not know what was happening, they just saw that a Black Hawk helicopter that unfortunately happened to be in the area of influence of the EMP bomb fell from a height of more than 80 meters in mid-air, slid and rolled a few times, and finally crashed into the top of the conning tower, and quickly exploded into a fireball.
The darkness combined with the chaos easily caused panic in the crowd!
Then, while most people were still trying in vain to use mobile phones and walkie-talkies, a 50-year-old major finally stood up
When he came out, he jumped into a stalled open-top jeep, and then shouted majestically: "All quiet, come close to me!"
When the eyes of the people around him were all focused on the major, this major, who was usually only responsible for the logistics of the base and was not the main military commander, shouted: "The guard troops, civilian personnel, and logistics personnel are all standing separately, don't mess up, we are not fighting, you listen, if a war really breaks out, the sky will be so quiet!"
The "......" headless flies finally found the backbone, so they gradually regained their composure, and simply followed the instructions of the major and stood in three groups in the open space in front of the headquarters building.
Seeing the familiar people around him, the soldiers in panic became calm, and quietly waited for the major to continue to preside over the overall situation.
"The security personnel, immediately under the leadership of the officer, went to the place where the power was not interrupted to find help, vehicles, communication equipment, and of course, ambulance equipment, and brought everything back if they found it. Following the major's instructions, the "Hulala" people hurriedly rushed out, the air base covers a huge area, and there will always be some areas that cannot be destroyed by EMP bombs.
"Logistics personnel, you are responsible for fighting the fire, go and limit the fire of the helicopter explosion to the current range, so as not to cause more confusion and losses. As soon as the major finished speaking, another group of people ran towards the burning conning tower.
"In the end, there are still people left, your task is to search around, help them if you find injured people, and report back immediately if you find suspicious people and suspicious objects, go ahead, don't stand still in place. After the last group of people in front of him had dispersed, and before the major could jump out of the jeep, several officers who were still standing still came up at once.
"Sir, it's supposed to be an EMP bomb that attacked us. A technical officer said hurriedly.
"That's right, that's my opinion, we should contact the Air Force Staff and the Pentagon immediately to determine whether this was an accident or an attack. The other lieutenant, who was wearing a camouflage uniform and holding an M16A4 assault rifle, also kept nodding.
"Well, I also see it this way, but I don't know who is attacking us, and whether there will be a follow-up attack in the future. As the major squatting on the hood was talking, a major general wearing only a thin shirt rushed over with a few soldiers, and saw that he had just gotten out of bed.
"Can anyone tell me what's going on and who's in charge here?" shouted the Major General angrily from afar.
"General, this place is under my command for the time being. Since the superior officer appeared, the major was a little calmer, and immediately jumped out of the jeep and quickly came to the front of the major general.
When the major general looked left and right first, he found that the order of the scene had been initially established, and everyone was no longer in a panic, so the major general looked at the major again and said in a deep voice: "You did a good job, let's go back to the headquarters to summarize the situation." ”
"General, you may not know that the equipment of the headquarters has been destroyed, and it is pitch black inside, and you can't even find a working telephone. The major hurriedly explained, everyone in the province is still doing useless work.
"What? What about the underground command center? Why don't you use backup generators?" asked the major general, who had obviously not yet figured out the situation.
"General, we should have been attacked by EMP bombs, and as long as there are devices with electrical circuits, they can no longer be used. ”
"Damn! that, that...... What about the loss of personnel?"
"It's not clear yet, but at least one Black Hawk has crashed, two pilots have been killed, and there is also some damage to the control tower. ”
"Okay, don't talk about it, let's go ...... right away" As he spoke, the major general looked around, and when he saw a light in the distance, that is, a barracks on the edge of the base, the major general immediately pointed over there and said, "...... Where, where is the next place is our temporary headquarters, and any situation will be summarized over there. ”
"Yes, General!" Seeing that the general had not yet lost his fighting spirit, he first wanted to establish a temporary headquarters to control the situation, and the major and their group of officers naturally immediately replied loudly.
It didn't take long for the command of the air base and a number of senior officers to really set up a rudimentary headquarters in a barracks full of beds, using a few walkie-talkies that had been put together from east to west, and were scrambling to deal with the attack, but they were fleeing quickly with three artillery pieces in mid-air.
After making a mess of the air base, the EC-130E began to fly straight in the direction of Louisville, having previously used an electromagnetic pulse bomb to cut off the air base from the Pentagon, which bought a very valuable time for the next operation.
It wasn't until 20 minutes later that the information about the attack on the Air National Guard base was finally sent to the Pentagon, the Air Department and the Air Force Staff, but in this way, the senior Pentagon officials were completely confused, the matter of the 1024 base over there has not been resolved, and there is such a big basket here?
Naturally, several competent agencies made another round of inquiries and contacts, and then another rapid reaction force, with three helicopters in their flight, was sent to the outer ring to shine, but the core area was a dark Air National Guard base to help the Major General with the aftermath and investigation.
Just an hour later, after the inventory and verification of the personnel of the Provisional Command, Major General Sherman, who was in charge of the command, finally learned that before the EMP bomb fell, there was a routine training EC-130E that behaved abnormally and disappeared after the incident, so Major General Sherman quickly informed the Air Force Staff of this information.
However, when the Air Force General Staff realized the seriousness of the problem and began to search for the mysterious EC-130E throughout the territory, the US military's powerful and rigorous reconnaissance satellite and radar matrix actually found nothing, as if the EC-130E had disappeared out of thin air.
For such a strange situation, the air force personnel in a state of confusion naturally began to speculate;
"Could it be that the EC-130E has crashed?" said one of the non-commissioned officers.
"At least at the moment, the nearby cities have not received the corresponding reports. But another non-commissioned officer immediately objected.
"Is it already landing? After all, it's been more than an hour. ”
Although the EC-130E does not have high requirements for the airport runway, it is reluctant to make a forced landing on an airstrip or an altitude highway, and the vibration will also seriously damage the tight electronic equipment on the aircraft, and if the EC-130E has been forced to land, why don't the crew contact us immediately. ”
"What if the plane was hijacked?"
"Then it's even more unlikely, whoever hijacks an EC-130E will also destroy the most valuable psychological warfare system on the plane!"