Chapter 90: Deus Ex
By the time the Desert Wolf and the Greyback Jackal climbed aboard the gunboat, the island was already in chaos.
Seeing that Liu Wei was safe and sound, and changed into a decent set of marine police uniforms, the two didn't ask much and put on the clothes that Liu Wei prepared for them.
The self-destructing explosive device at the underground experimental base has entered a ten-minute countdown.
Although the engineers in charge of opening the gate were brave and fearless, swore allegiance to the emperor to the death, did not retreat with the large army, and decided to hold out until the last moment, the other hundreds of officers and men of the Self-Defense Forces did not have such a high consciousness, and after the commander gave the order to retreat, they boarded helicopters and speedboats to evacuate the island.
Presumably, the explosion of the self-destruct device was so powerful that even the helicopter gunship that had been hovering over the island flew away.
The gunboats hovering around the island also withdrew, as if fearing damage.
Everyone was running for their lives, and no one noticed the gunboat heading south.
Besides, so far no survivors have been found, no enemy has been encountered, and the commanders of the Self-Defense Forces have not paid attention to the gunboats on guard on the perimeter.
As the gunboat approached the Amy Peninsula, another explosion broke out on the island.
It was violent, but the explosion clearly took place on the ground, not underground.
"What's going on?" The gray-backed jackal stepped out of the cockpit and looked towards the island.
"It seems that the Self-Defense Forces are at war with whom." Mobei Wolf also walked out, holding a telescope in his hand.
"Fighting?" The gray-backed jackal was stunned for a moment and took the binoculars.
"It's that guy." Liu Wei hung up the gap and let the gunboat slowly stop, "Leon has escaped and is fighting with the Self-Defense Forces, which looks good now." β
"See him?" Mobei Wolf glanced at Liu Wei.
Liu Wei nodded and said, "You guys go into the water here, go to Dian Bin, and then go to Jingang to find me." β
"What are you going to do?" The gray-backed jackal also turned its gaze.
"The surveillance system on the freighter recorded our faces, and as long as the side investigates carefully, we will have to show our faces." Liu Wei let out a long breath and said, "If you want to do it, you have to do it thoroughly, otherwise we don't want to leave Yueben." Now that the situation is chaotic, even if the side strengthens the defense and vigilance of the freighter, it will not immediately investigate the surveillance data. Only by striking in time and blowing up the freighter can our safety be guaranteed. β
"I'll go with you, the old jackal will go to find Dian Bin."
"You two go, I can do it alone. There is this gunboat......"
"Can you steer a boat and a cannon at the same time?" Mobei Wolf pointed at the machine gun at the bow of the boat and said, "Anyway, it's fishing in troubled waters, so there won't be much danger." β
Liu Wei didn't say much, nodded, and let Mobei Wolf stay.
"There are two copies of the materials, one for me and the other for you." The gray-backed jackal handed over the flash memory containing the FPF experiment data to Liu Wei. "In three hours, we will meet in Jingang, if it is not before dawn, don't wait, hurry up and find a way to leave Yuben."
The meaning of the gray-backed jackal is very simple, such a big thing has happened, and the intelligence agency will definitely investigate it closely.
When the time comes, maybe Liu Wei and them will be secretly arrested.
The two groups split up, and no matter who had an accident, the other group had to leave the book immediately and send back the crucial FPF experimental data.
When the gray-backed jackal disembarked, the gunboat turned northwest and headed for the freighter at full speed.
At this time, on the island, the officers and men of the Self-Defense Forces, who were preparing to retreat, were in great trouble.
After staying near the explosion site in the hinterland of the island for several tens of minutes and discovering that no one had come out, the commander of the Self-Defense Forces issued an order to retreat, and ordered the officers and men of the Self-Defense Forces of two companies to board the general-purpose helicopters that had come to meet them, while the officers and men of the Self-Defense Forces guarding the gate rushed to the pier and left the island by speedboat.
It was at this time that someone rushed out of the blast!
It was not the retreating officers and men of the Self-Defense Forces who discovered the enemy situation the most, but the helicopter gunships that were preparing to fly away, and the pilots of the helicopter gunships.
From the air, the black figure was very clear.
The problem is that the infrared detection system on the helicopter gunship turned out to be out of order.
To be precise, there is no thermal radiation on the guy's body, and the body temperature is the same as the background temperature, and the infrared detection device cannot track and lock it at all.
In any case, it is unlikely that the infrared detection system on several helicopters will fail at the same time.
It is a pity that these "Apaches" are the same as the C type, not the D type equipped with the "Longbow" millimeter-wave radar.
Less than a quarter of the "Apaches" introduced in this book are D-type, and the rest are simplified C-type. The main thing is that the "Longbow" radar is very expensive, and the D type costs more than ten million dollars more than the C type. In combat use, the combat effectiveness of Type C is not much worse than that of Type D. A mixed formation consisting of two types of aircraft is sufficient for most of the operational needs, and there is no need to equip all helicopters with expensive "Longbow" radars.
The D-type "Apaches" were overloaded in response to the theft of F-135-800 engines a few days ago, and they were all overhauled in the base hangar.
Besides, no one expected this to happen.
Not to mention a human, as long as it is a warm-blooded animal, it will produce heat radiation, which is detected by the infrared detection equipment on the helicopter.
The infrared detection equipment failed, and the "Hellfire" missiles on the outboard pylons of the short wings of the gunships became ornaments, and the pilots could only use the "Hydra" rockets on the inner pylons and the M230 30-mm chain cannon on the belly of the aircraft through the visual targeting system.
It was too close, and the helicopter gunship was above the point of explosion, so the machine gun was used first.
As soon as the artillery rang out, the officers and men of the Self-Defense Forces on the ground were also alarmed.
By this time, the commander of the Self-Defense Forces, who had been on the speedboat, had received information that someone had escaped from the blast and ordered the officers and men of the Self-Defense Forces to fight.
It's better to be captured alive, and if you can't be captured alive, you have to shoot him, and you must not let him escape.
Is it that easy to capture alive?
Although the power of the 30mm cannon was amazing, and it could even penetrate the top armor of the tank at the usual combat distance, Leon, who broke through with his wounds, fought desperately and just wanted to escape as soon as possible, which was incredibly fast. The gunships could only control the machine guns manually, and could not aim accurately at all.
As ground forces entered the battle, the situation on the battlefield became even more chaotic.
After eating a few pieces of shrapnel, Leon Beast, surnamed Dafa, actually adopted the method of dealing with the gray-backed jackal, jumped left and right, and approached the helicopter take-off and landing point where the officers and men of the Self-Defense Forces had assembled.
This guy definitely thinks that he can only escape if he kills everyone.
Although the firepower of hundreds of officers and men of the Self-Defense Forces is very fierce, not only with hundreds of automatic rifles, but also more than a dozen heavy machine guns and dozens of light machine guns, the ground is more open than the underground experimental base, leaving Lyon with enough room to maneuver around, and there are many rocks to take cover.
As the humanoid beast approached the officers and men of the Self-Defense Forces, the helicopter gunships in the sky did not dare to fire indiscriminately.
The consequences of shells falling on one's own people are unimaginable. The officers and men of the Self-Defense Forces are ordinary people, let alone eating a few pieces of shrapnel, as long as they are hit by artillery shells, they will have to lose two taels of meat if they don't die.
After rushing into the crowd, the humanoid beast went on a killing spree.
Because the hands were twisted off by Liu Wei, the humanoid beast used not a hand, but a mouth!
From a distance, this guy looks like a legendary werewolf, biting the officers and soldiers of the Self-Defense Forces in the feature film to pieces.
The scene was very terrifying, and the officers and soldiers of the Self-Defense Forces who were not dead were also frightened, let alone continue to open fire to meet them, and they did not even have the strength to escape.
It is no wonder that the Self-Defense Forces have no experience in actual combat, and at most they engage in exercises with the US military.
After killing the surname, the humanoid beast jumped into a UH-60J that had just landed and had not had time to fly away, and the cabin was suddenly full of flesh and blood.
Seeing that the situation was about to get out of control, the commander of the Self-Defense Forces did not care so much and immediately ordered the helicopter gunships to open fire.
Four "Apaches" simultaneously launched two "Hellfire" missiles.
You can't aim at a humanoid beast with an infrared device, but you can aim at a helicopter. Guided by the fire control system, eight missiles fired straight at the utility helicopter at 1.5 times the speed of sound.
As one of the most advanced heavy anti-tank missiles in the world today, the Hellfire is incredibly powerful and capable of destroying any kind of tank, let alone a papier-mΓ’chΓ© helicopter. Eight missiles hit their targets almost simultaneously, and the flames of the explosion lit up the entire night sky. Immediately, more than a ton of aviation fuel on the utility helicopter was detonated, and the fireball jumped more than 100 meters, illuminating the island as if it were daylight, and it could be seen several kilometers away.
That guy, it's finally over, right?
The commanders of the Self-Defense Forces are too confident, or rather, too confident in advanced weapons.
Before the missile arrived, Leon had already jumped out of the cabin. Blocked by the UH-60J fuselage, the pilots on the gunship did not see him.
At the time of the explosion, Leon had already rushed thirty meters in.
This distance was enough for him to escape death.
The flames from the explosion lit up the night sky, stabbed the eyes of the officers and soldiers of the Self-Defense Forces, and brought the out-of-control Leon back to his senses.
Although he couldn't remember anything about what had happened before, the scene in front of him made Leon think that those soldiers with loaded guns must have come to deal with him, and they would inevitably be doomed if they found out.
Leon slipped into the grass and lay down.
It was at this time that the most violent and final explosion occurred.
At the end of the countdown, the experimental base's self-destruct system was activated, detonating thousands of tons of ammunition buried beneath the base.
These bombs were secretly buried under the base during World War II for the same purpose: to blow up the entire base if necessary. Unfortunately, when the base commander responded to the emperor's call to surrender to the U.S. forces, the bombs did not come in handy.
Unable to endure the humiliation, the base commander committed suicide by seppuku after ordering the surrender.
The die-hard soldiers in the base followed suit, and all the officers and soldiers who knew that thousands of tons of bombs were buried under the base were all destroyed.
Interestingly, these guys chose seppuku, but did not think of detonating the bomb!
When the U.S. military occupied the island, it was only to obtain the success of Yuben's research on biological bacteriological weapons, and they did not think about anything else at all. It wasn't until the authorities took over the island that the island's secrets were discovered. Because these bombs are so old, they have to spend money to deal with them.
Besides, Kojima was originally the site where the militarists developed bacteriological weapons, and if known to the outside world, these things would be the evidence of the fact that the Japanese government could not step down because of the wanton use of bacteriological weapons on the East Asian battlefield and the use of civilians in the occupied areas for [***] experiments.
The authorities' solution was simple: connect the bombs to the self-destruct system.
Thousands of tons of bombs detonated at the same time, enough to destroy this small island with an area of less than one square kilometer.
At this time, a high-orbit reconnaissance satellite arrived over the islands, took over the low-orbit reconnaissance satellite, aimed the synthetic aperture radar antenna at Mikawa Bay, took pictures at a rate of one per second, and transmitted the digital information to the US military intelligence receiving station in Yokosuka through the data link on the satellite.
(To be continued)