Chapter 216: True Purpose

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Although the blasting was scheduled in the early morning, Liu Wei finally adopted Zhou Yulong's suggestion and installed the ** of the second blasting before the first blasting. If the first blast is done before the installation**, it will take several more hours. Placing the ** in advance can save time, but the blasting effect will not be too ideal, and the blasting charge must be increased to ensure that the key facilities of the experimental base are completely blown up.

At the time of the explosion, the U.S. Fourth Infantry Division was steadily advancing south.

The speed was not very fast, mainly because more and more civilians poured over, blocking the pace of the US army's advance, and the National Guard could not keep up in time, and the US front-line commander had to draw part of the offensive force to cover and help civilians to get to the National Guard camp.

As Admiral Robert expected, the attackers made full use of the dense high-rise buildings.

Although there aren't many high-rise buildings in northern Manhattan to compare with Lower Manhattan, the proximity to the slum-populated Bronx is densely populated with buildings and streets that aren't spacious enough. After the US troops began to advance, they were constantly harassed by roadside bombs, and when they reached the first line of defense deployed by Zhou Yulong, they were even more difficult, in addition to cleaning each building one by one, they even had to use mine-sweeping tanks to remove suspicious objects on the road.

Fortunately, the casualties were not significant.

Civilians who had gathered in the area had been driven north by the attackers, and most of the buildings were empty. What the US officers and men did not expect was that there was no ambush along the way, and the attackers seemed to have evaporated from the world, and there was no fierce battle as imagined.

This phenomenon also surprised Robert very much.

In his opinion, the attackers should make full use of the complex terrain and numerous buildings to try their best to stop the US military and cause casualties and losses to the US military.

It wasn't until a violent explosion in Central Park that Robert came to his senses.

The attackers had already shrunk their defenses, not to defeat the U.S. forces who had forced their way onto the island, but to take down the "Future Soldiers" experimental center buried underground before they were defeated by the U.S. forces.

The footage taken by the unmanned reconnaissance plane was very clear, and after the explosion, the southeast corner of Central Park collapsed, and about one-third of the park's ground sank by more than 10 meters. According to the CIA, it is directly above the Future Soldier experimental center, and below it is the transformation center.

Although Robert did not know that all the survivors of the experimental center were concentrated in the rehabilitation center, the fact that the attackers had spent so much effort to blow up the rehabilitation center showed that it was very important.

What should I do?

Robert is a bit of a scramble, he has already invested the main offensive force, and if he adjusts his offensive tactics on the fly, there is a good chance that there will be unexpected results.

The same question plagues Norris.

Inside the strategic command center, Norris also saw the footage taken by the unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, and guessed the true purpose of the attackers.

In addition to the ransacking of the Federal Reserve Bank, the attackers also turned their guns on the Future Soldier experimental center.

There is no doubt that they are not terrorists, because no terrorist is going to blow up the experimental center. As previously speculated, the attackers were in the service of a certain country, perhaps the army of a certain country.

Let Robert adjust the battle plan, or wait and see?

While Norris was at a loss, the C.I.A.'s intelligence analysis unit and the Pentagon's intelligence analysis center were running at maximum speed.

In just two minutes, the CIA and the Pentagon came to a conclusion.

The attackers only blew up the roof of the reconstruction center, and the collapsed earth and rock only temporarily buried the transformation center, because it was a full-frame load-bearing structure, so the transformation center was not completely destroyed, there must have been survivors, and the important test equipment was not completely destroyed.

To put it bluntly, if the US military can arrive in time, the losses can be minimized.

When submitting this report, the CIA also mentioned that the attackers had already found the rehabilitation center, and must have obtained the structural drawings of the experimental base, which means that the blasting failed to completely destroy the rehabilitation center, and it is very likely that a second blast will be carried out to completely destroy the rehabilitation center.

At the same time, the Pentagon also submitted a separate report that clearly pointed out that in the event of an undersea tunnel being blown open and an attack on the experimental center, most of the scientific researchers, as well as the officers and soldiers of the Sixth Navy SEAL Group, which is undergoing rehabilitation, are likely to be withdrawn to the rehabilitation center, because the transformation center is the largest and the most rugged.

These reports have only one focus: they must try to stop the attackers from causing more damage.

There were only two ways to stop the attackers, one was to immediately send troops to occupy Central Park, and the other was to try to stop the attackers from carrying out a second blast.

The CIA's and Pentagon's situational judgments were sent to the White House's Strategic Command Center and Forward Command at the same time.

Norris was not a military man and did not interfere with front-line command.

With the president's silence, Admiral Robert proposed a two-pronged approach, actively organizing offensive operations, while at the same time using other means to prevent the attackers from carrying out a second blast.

The so-called other method is to bomb so that the attackers cannot enter the blasting area.

Robert offered to bomb Central Park and use special ammunition to keep the attackers out of the blasting area for a certain amount of time to buy time for the attack.

At this point, Norris no longer cares about civilian casualties.

The United States has invested trillions of dollars in research funds for the "Future Soldier" project, although the vast majority of the funds come from informal channels and do not let the federal government pay for it, but the research results obtained determine the combat capability of the US military in the next few decades, if the experimental center is completely destroyed and the main scientific research personnel and important experimental materials are lost, it will be difficult for the US military to gain an advantage in the next war.

Norris was concerned only about whether the bombing would cause more damage.

To this, a staff officer of the Air Force gave a clear answer. The experimental center has collapsed, and the various laboratories are scattered, and the bombing will only affect the ground facilities, not the renovation center below, and will not threaten the scientific researchers inside.

However, special ammunition must be used, such as incendiary bombs that release energy through slow burning.

With a positive answer, Norris did not hesitate any longer, and immediately ordered Robert to adjust the bombing plan, first using bombers that had already reached the skies over Pennsylvania to bomb Central Park on a large scale to prevent the attackers from blasting again, and then sending bombers to bomb the Federal Reserve Bank.

The president gave a direct order, and the US bombers immediately adjusted their targets.

Because it was a subsonic bomber, the first bomber could only drop a bomb fifteen minutes later.

At this time, in Central Park, more than a dozen retransformation fighters led by Zhou Yulong were already preparing for the second blasting, and Liu Wei led a group of retransformation fighters with the gray-backed jackal to prepare for the evacuation operation.

After blowing up the "Future Soldier" experimental center, the operation was completed.

Street fighting with the U.S. military?

Liu Wei never thought that no matter how powerful the soldiers were, it would be very stupid to fight street battles with tens of thousands of US troops on a battlefield the size of a palm.

Besides, they are not terrorists, and there is no need to continue to risk since they have already achieved their goal.

Of course, the evacuation was not an attempt to leave Manhattan with more than fifty reconstituted fighters. With Liu Wei's ability, leaving Manhattan is just a trivial matter, and the key is how to send the LNG freighter that has been filled with solution away and leave the United States with nearly 10,000 tons of gold.

To do this, it is necessary to cause even more destruction and convince the Yankees that they will destroy all of Manhattan.

The second blasting was also carried out to achieve this purpose.

It's just that it's not enough, something earth-shattering must be done.

Liu Wei and the others didn't notice that in Central Park, there was an uninvited guest.

After Colonel Stark came to the ground, he did not return to the rehabilitation center, but hid in the park, watching the attackers' every move from a distance, hoping to find out the attackers' movements and purposes, and try to send the news back to help the American troops outside.

Unfortunately, he didn't move quickly enough.

Before he could figure out what the attackers were trying to do, the explosion happened. Fortunately, the colonel had left the blasting area and was not blown into the sky.

It dawned on him when he realized that the attackers had not left, but had stayed in Central Park in preparation for the second blast. The attackers were unable to enter the rehabilitation center through the underground passage and had to find a way on the surface. It's just that judging by the scale of the blasting, the attackers did not want to blow up a passage, but to completely blow up the transformation center.

At this point, Stark had no choice.

Thinking of the commandos who remained in the center, as well as the researchers like Professor Jacob, Stark knew that if the attackers were allowed to succeed, they would all be doomed.

The attackers must be stopped!

The Colonel was not brutal, for he had only a handgun with little power, and the attackers were heavily armed and no less capable than the reformed commandos.

You must find a lone target to attack, seize the weapon, and then find a way to deal with the attacker.

After thinking about it, Colonel Stark quietly returned to the vicinity of the blasting site. The Rehabilitation Center is down there, and if the attackers want to blow it up completely, they will come back here.

Through previous observations, Colonel Stark found that there were not as many assailants as he had imagined.

What's more, the U.S. forces have already landed in the north or are engaged with the attackers in the north, so the attackers will hurry up to carry out a second blast, which may lead to a dispersal of operations.

Stark is very confident that he can turn things around if he is given a chance.

After a few minutes of lurking, the colonel was surprised to find that an opportunity was in front of him.

An assailant with a detonating device was nearby, and on his own. To his surprise, the attackers were unaware of the danger in the vicinity, not even the slightest sense of vigilance.

This is the chance, the only chance!

(To be continued)