At 11:30 p.m. on November 28, 2007, Cape Town time, the middle and lower levels of the joint forces that had just completed the third bombardment were in a hurry to renovate, and the top leaders gathered again in the armored command vehicle for a meeting.

The first to speak was Zhou Qing, who reported the results of the three bombings: "After the three bombings, we have eliminated more than 300 large heat sources in total. Of course, only some of them are thunder remnants, and more are large animals such as tigers and leopards. However, after three rounds of bombardment, these animals either died or ran out, so the eighty or ninety large heat sources left in the jungle should be the remaining number of the remnants of the Thunder Army. ”

After Zhou Qing finished his report, the swarthy middle-aged man pondered for a while, and asked Chen Tianyi: "There are only eighty or ninety people left in the remnants of the Thunder Army, and now we should be able to send ground troops into the jungle for the final encirclement and suppression, Lieutenant Colonel." ”

"There's no hurry." Gently waved his hand to signal the swarthy middle-aged man to be calm, Chen Tianyi, who was thinking with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and said: "First of all, you also missed one thing, that is, the anti-infrared reconnaissance invisibility cloak, so the number of thunder remnants in the jungle is definitely more than a hundred." Secondly, at the end of the second round of bombardment, the Thunder higher-ups did not order the remnants to protect them to break through, which means that their reinforcements, that is, the Knights of Michael, are not far from them. Otherwise, instead of staying in the jungle and being blown up alive, it is better to flee while there are still enough people, or even move in the direction where the Knights of Michael came. ”

After a pause, Chen Tianyi knocked the table, and said in a firm tone: "Give up the plan to send ground troops into the jungle, continue the joint bombing of land and air, and bomb until there is no large heat source in the jungle." In addition, the ground troops should not let me off just because I don't have to go into the jungle to encircle and suppress me. On the contrary, tell them. If you don't want to die, brace yourself and prepare for a bloody battle, and the strong enemy will soon arrive. ”

"Yes, Lord of the Masks (Lieutenant Colonel Chen Tianyi)." Seeing that Chen Tianyi had made a decision, out of trust in him, the people in the armored command vehicle did not raise objections to the sudden change of plan. Rather, it was a very simple response. Then they got up and left the armored command vehicle, trying to get the news down and get the helicopter gunships and artillery positions ready for a fourth, fifth, or more land-air bombardment.

Half an hour later, the refurbished helicopter gunship took off again, ready to direct the mortars on the joint forces side for a fourth bombardment. But at this moment, a piece of news came. But they stopped moving.

"It is reported that two US imperialist CH-53 transport helicopters are flying from the west, and two Apache helicopter gunships are escorting them, and they are currently about seven kilometers away from our side." A certain technician of the joint forces uploaded the latest images taken by the unmanned reconnaissance plane sent out before to the command headquarters.

The sudden arrival of four helicopters made the whole coalition force nervous, because they knew it well. Running here at night, they are all helicopters produced by US imperialism. It must be the reinforcements of the remnants of the Thunder, that is, the Knights of Michael.

However, including Chen Tianyi, the whole joint force did not expect that the Knights of Michael would not take land transportation, but with two armed helicopters, and then two helicopters. There was not a single warning coming from the intelligence network.

This unexpected situation disrupted Chen Tianyi's inner deployment, he almost roared, and ordered the three armed helicopters in the sky with a battlefield walkie-talkie: "Helicopters in the sky, immediately give me the fastest speed." Throw away all the explosives bags on the plane, lighten the weight of the plane, and prepare to meet the enemy. ”

The three helicopter gunships that heard Chen Tianyi's order did not care that they had just flown over the jungle, except for the pilot and co-pilot who controlled the plane, and the rest of the people on board pushed the explosives package out with their hands and feet. As for the quasi-head, who cares at this time.

This move of the three helicopter gunships made the remnants of the thunder who were really about to run wild in the jungle stunned for a moment. Even if the accuracy of the explosive bag dropped at a high altitude is poor, it will not be so bad, right? Moreover, this is obviously not looking at the infrared detector, throwing it around, not to mention the remnants of the thunder army in the place of the bombing, there is not even a ghost shadow.

Just when the remnants of the Thunder Army felt a little confused about the actions of the three gunships, the Thunder high-level executives, who had been in contact with the Knights of Michael, used the battlefield walkie-talkie to inform the remnants who were still alive: "Brave Thunder Warriors, don't be surprised, our reinforcements are about to arrive, and they will help us destroy the combined forces. Whether it's these damn guys in the sky, or the damn guys on the ground, all have to pay for what they've done. ”

Hearing the notification of the arrival of reinforcements on the walkie-talkie, the remnants of the army looked at each other in disbelief, and then they all cheered and jumped up, with various slogans of "I'm alive", "Long live the reinforcements" and "Victory belongs to the thunder" one after another.

The Thunder team member who cried and said that he didn't want to die and wanted to see his newborn son couldn't help but take out a picture frame pendant necklace from his pocket, kissed it with tears in his eyes and muttered: "Reinforcements are coming, Captain Lian, I can live, we can all live, but...... Woooooooooooo ”

In the third ground and air bombardment of the joint forces not long ago, the company leader was broken in two by a flying shrapnel in order to push away the team member who had slipped to the ground and was about to be killed by an explosives pack.

Before dying, the company commander handed the photo frame pendant necklace he carried close to the team member, asked the team member to help hand it over to his family, and conveyed his last words: "Mira, Lily, I will always love you, and I will always be by your side, live strongly"

Thinking of the company captain lying in his arms, with unwilling, affectionate, and loving eyes before he died, this team member couldn't help crying anymore: "Company captain, why do you want to save me, obviously as long as you hold on for another hour, reinforcements will arrive and you will survive, why." ”

Seeing this, the eight people standing beside him also lowered their heads and remained silent. Before the third bombardment began, there were twelve of them plus the company commander, and now there were only nine of them. Although they were all accustomed to parting with life and death, as long as they thought of those three comrades-in-arms, if they could hold on for an extra hour and wait for reinforcements, the sadness in their hearts couldn't stop coming out.

No matter how complicated the mood of the remnants of the army was, the arrival of reinforcements was indeed good news, and it also restored their low morale. The few high-level Thunder executives who were wearing anti-infrared reconnaissance stealth cloaks and hiding in safe places, as well as the spies who were waiting for death with dead faces, couldn't help but jump up from the places where they were lying on their stomachs and high-five each other happily in celebration.

Just as the three helicopter gunships of the coalition forces hurriedly threw away the one-ton explosives on board, the four helicopters flew quickly from the west to the rear of the jungle with the sound of the propellers turning.

When all of them came to a standstill, the two Apache deterrively launched two external rockets, forcing back the three helicopter gunships of the Combined Forces that were also hovering over the jungle, covering the two CH-53 transport helicopters to reduce their flight altitude, so that the seventy Michael knights on the two helicopters descended into the jungle through the rope in the air.

After five minutes, the CH-53 transport helicopter dropped everyone, retracted the rope and pulled up the flight altitude again, then avoided the three gunships of the coalition forces and returned to where they came. The Knights of Michael, who had completed the air rappelling, contacted the upper echelons of Thunder through satellite phones, learned their specific location, and moved quickly in small teams.

On the side of the joint forces, looking at the two CH-53 transport helicopters in the distance through military binoculars, and the two Apache helicopter gunships hovering over the jungle, Chen Tianyi couldn't help but slap the armored car next to him hard, and roared angrily: "Damn, what are Angela and the Chinese intelligence network doing over there, I don't know the specific time of the arrival of the Knights of Michael, even Michael with two Apache didn't notify us, is this the case?" Didn't they send people to monitor those military bases of the US imperialists, and they didn't even know that there were two Apache missing from a certain base. ”

In the face of Chen Tianyi's anger, Zhou Qing, who was beside him, explained in a low voice: "Lord of Masks, that Apache is not a car, how many planes it has produced are in whose hands, all of them are confidential matters of the US imperialists. Now these two planes may be secretly produced by the US imperialists and sent to a certain place in Africa to be hidden, and left for use as hole cards at such times. ”

"Of course I do." Chen Tianyi, who was still angry, responded with a low roar, and then he took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and said, "Of course I know that Angela can't be blamed entirely on Angela for this matter. But the problem now is that the appearance of these two Apache aircraft has eliminated our original air superiority, and has completely disrupted our deployment. ”

"Without the air cover of three gunships, more than 400 exhausted combined force fighters, the remnants of the Thunder 100 in a similar situation, and sixty energetic quasi-soldier kings, I don't think you would be able to hold on. And I'm not a superman who wears outside, I will do my best to deal with ten soldier kings, and I can't help you at all, and in the end, your side will be 100% defeated. If your side collapses, my side will definitely collapse, although it is no problem to escape, but the mission will not be completed. ”

After listening to Chen Tianyi's analysis, Zhou Qing lowered his head and was silent, he was experienced in war, and he naturally knew this, but he really couldn't think of any good way, he couldn't fight, and he couldn't give up the task, which can be described as a dilemma. (To be continued.) )