Chapter 19: S-Class Side Story
The rescue helicopter arrived quite punctually, even stuck at 22 o'clock.
Two UH-1N and one UH-1Y came, which landed in the cleared area after seeing the ground personnel throw smoke grenades.
The UH-1N is a helicopter that has been in service since the 60s, capable of carrying external firepower and can accommodate up to 15 people, including the pilot.
The UH-1Y is an upgrade based on the UH-1N, focusing on the upgrade of external weapons and devices, which correspondingly reduces the number of passengers, and requires a dedicated co-pilot and a fire control officer.
"We only have half an hour."
"What?"
The helicopter did not stop its engine, and the propeller rotation made a lot of noise.
A sergeant with a badge named Taylor told the crowd that they had only half an hour to be relatively safe and that they had to leave the war zone within half an hour.
Martinaz was the highest-ranking man in the room, taking Lenhehan and Coense on the UH-1Y, while the rest were divided into two groups to board the other two UH-1Ns.
Without any procrastination, after everyone went up, the UH-1Y took off first, followed by two UH-1Ns that also took off and pulled high.
Looking out over downtown Los Angeles from above, most of the streets are lit up at night thanks to automated streetlights.
Most of the high-rise buildings and residential buildings are also illuminated.
The firefighting on the ground did not stop, and rows of barrages of light could be seen in the night, and an explosion could be seen somewhere from time to time.
In the distance, the sky is densely covered with alien aircraft, and you can see that they are bombing, and you can also see some of them tilting their fire towards the ground.
"That area is the line of defense set up by the army, and the few units that were crippled before cooperate with the National Guard who have just arrived on the battlefield......"
The airborne members, who were aware of the state of the war, gave a briefing, but it was louder and only those wearing helicopter headphones could hear it.
Lin Bin specially chose the periphery with a field of vision and has been observing the urban area.
"What are you looking at?" Nanzi yelled close to Lin Bin's ear: "Did you find anything? ”
Lin Bin has been looking for a certain area, which is a bright area, but there is a very abnormally dark area. He had found the location of the area, twenty miles to the flank ahead.
Although he found it, Lin Bin didn't do anything. He knew he couldn't explain why he knew it was the alien command hub.
Only by waiting for the helicopter to get close enough and the signal to be jammed did Lin Bin have a chance to guide Santos to tell what he knew, so that everyone could believe that the pitch-black area was where the alien command hub was located.
Without Lin Bin waiting too long, the helicopter in normal driving suddenly shook violently, and while the lights kept flashing, some instruments also flashed abnormally.
At this time, Nanz was finally blind, saw the obviously abnormal pitch-black area, and asked Sandos loudly about something.
Lin Bin, who was going to guide, simply shut his mouth.
Sandos told what he knew, and confirmed Nanz's suspicions.
"I'm going down!" Nanz stood behind the driver and shouted at the driver: "Landing, we have found the enemy's command hub!" ”
The driver understood Nanz's request and yelled with a look of resistance: "No, no, no! My mission is to pick you up and take you to the temporary base, and I didn't get the order to go to war! ”
"You don't have to go to war!" Nanz understood what was happening and shouted, "I found out where the enemy command hub is, you know what that means!" ”
For the US military to not receive an order, the US military is really reluctant to participate in any battles, especially very dangerous battles. If they were given an order, they would not disobey it.
"If you insist." The driver hesitated and compromised: "I won't land, the re-climb is too slow, and the fuel consumption is too heavy." I will lower to the height that allows the abseiling. ”
On the other side, Lin Bin yelled at Santos mouth-to-ear, indicating that he would go down with Nanz.
"Crazy!" Santos couldn't understand it, and after a while, he responded with a helpless expression: "That's also my task, in order not to go to the military court, I will also participate!" ”
The rescue helicopter was still fooled by Sandos by lying about the military situation, and he will inevitably be held responsible after he returns. If she didn't know about the discovery of the alien command hub, she would not give up participating since she had discovered a suspicious area.
The reason why Lin Bin revealed it to Santos was that "you told Martinaz over the radio. ”
Santos didn't think much of it, and shouted directly into the headset of the microphone, which could be heard by the other two helicopters wearing communication equipment.
The helicopter descended to an altitude suitable for rappelling, and Nanz jumped without saying a word, fastening the safety gear. He had just landed on the ground and was unbuckling the safety buckle, but when he turned his head, he found that Lin Bin, Sandos and Lark had come down one after another.
Later, the other two helicopters also carried out altitude reduction, and the personnel on the ground could see that the helicopter threw the rope drop, and four people successively carried out the rope dropping.
"Your twin sister flew." Sandos could still tease Lin Bin at this time: "Do you feel that everything is doing useless work?" ”
Lin Bin's response was to roll his eyes. He just received the task of the main god, which is about the alien command center, confirming that there is a "big guy" in that dark area, and correcting the information at the same time, it is not a simple command hub, but a command center.
[Destroy the command center alone to get the S-level side plot, 50,000 rewards.]
Participate in the destruction and get rewards according to your contributions.
Missions are limited to 24 hours.
5,000 reward points will be deducted for mission failure. 】
In the face of the exaggerated reward of independent destruction, Lin Bin was directly dumbfounded, but he understood that he would only pay attention to the one of "participation" at present. What he didn't understand was what the so-called "command center" meant by the "center" of North America and the "center" of the world.
Nanz was looking at the crowd with emotion and relief when she saw Martinaz trotting over angrily.
"Master Chief!" Martinaz shouted in a suppressed voice: "This is my troops, mine!" ”
"Sir, I'm ......" Nanz knew that he was embarrassing Martinaz, and said embarrassedly, "I don't want to do this, I just ......"
"Shut up!" Martinaz was really annoyed, he thought that Nanz had coerced everyone with his actions, but it was really difficult to say clearly, so he could only suppress his anger: "I know that this matter is very important, it can only be found under my leadership, understand?!" ”
"Yes, the troops are yours." Nanz said: "I will continue to obey your commands. ”
If the plot hadn't changed, Martinaz, the most team commander, would have died in the battle at the viaduct, and Nanz would have been the commander of the remnants. But Martinaz is not dead, and Nanz is indeed challenging authority by doing so.
"Alright, guys." As if he had let go of something, Sandos's personality became a little detached, shouting, "Let's start our journey to become heroes!" ”
The big guys know what it means when they get off the helicopter, and it is not an exaggeration to say that getting off the helicopter means that there is no turning back.
If you can't get over the face, you can follow it, or you have enough awareness, anyway, everyone has come down, because they know what they are about to face, at least they have a feeling of life and death.
For unknown reasons, the area is in a state of blackout, and the only way to provide light is a few fires that ignited after the fighting.
Everyone had repairs at St. Mony's Airport, and they all found night vision devices to bring on, and there was no visual difficulty in the dark environment.
Aliens also definitely rely on vision, and without night vision equipment, they can't see anything in the pitch black.
Several times, Lin Bin's team found aliens at a close distance, but the other party did not find them, which is enough to show that the guess is not wrong.
"Watch your step...... Martinaz seems to have received some kind of sublimation, more like a leader than before: "Be able to approach quietly, don't make any big noise!" ”
Their location is no longer considered periphery, but due to the architectural obstacles in their field of vision, it is difficult to determine how close they are to the guessed alien command hub.
The more they moved inward, the more alien patrols and sentry there were, and they came to a place with an underground manhole cover and stopped.
"It's hard to get inside again." Martinaz did not hesitate, let Lark lift the manhole cover, and ordered: "Let's go down from the manhole and take the underground drain." ”
There was speculation among the team as to why the surrounding area was pitch black, and they believed that the power should have been evacuated, and it was likely that it was sent to the alien command hub, which caused the area to lose lighting power.
This speculation is very well-founded, the aliens must need electricity, otherwise there is no explanation for why such a dark area is created.
The sewers looked clean, but the water level had dropped unusually, and after they had advanced some distance, they saw a large number of "poles" standing on the waterways, which seemed to be sucking water, and at the same time there were electric whips dancing around the "poles".
"Water is their energy agent, their bullets, their rations......" Although Lac lowered his voice, the enclosed space of the sewer still seemed a little large, he thought that people have sounds when they walked, and there would be no problem in speaking: "It seems that those 'rods' are used to generate electricity." ”
I don't know if it was the words that alarmed the aliens, or if it happened that two aliens suddenly appeared at a turning point in front of them.
When the two sides saw each other, the aliens were obviously stunned, Lin Bin was the first to pull the trigger and shoot, followed by Nanz, and the sewers were filled with gunshots.
"Can't go down the sewers anymore!" Martinaz didn't complain anyone, he immediately shouted: "Find a manhole that can go up to the road, let's go up!" ”