The headquarters of the US Navy's Fifth Fleet is located, Bahrain. Because of the war, official relations between Bahrain and the U.S. Fifth Fleet have been on the rise of fire and water recently. The royal family of Bahrain made it clear that it did not want the US military to remain in Bahrain under such circumstances, while the US military insisted that the base lease agreement signed with Bahrain had not expired, so it did not agree to leave Bahrain. In fact, the US military did not dare to leave Bahrain, no country in the Gulf dared to take in the Americans, and Saudi Arabia even directly closed the seaport and cut off any supply and support to the US fleet.

Zelibol, the commander of the Fifth Fleet, looked at the not so good weather in the bay, worried, and frowned deeply. The Middle East, which does not rain much, has unusually seen a storm of considerable scale at this time, the dark clouds have been covered low in the low altitude, and strong winds have begun to brew, so that the American sailors who are preparing in the port of Bahrain are a little frightened, the power of nature is always more terrifying than the powerful enemy, even if it is moored at anchorage, strong winds may blow over the battleship, and large waves can sink the ship.

"Are the lads ready? Except for the necessary personnel to stay on board, everyone should go to the shelter, it will be an impressive storm. Zelipor said to the staff officer beside him.

The staff officer replied: "Yes, according to the judgment made by the meteorological department, we have made preparations in advance, the ship has prepared a sufficient amount of ballast to fight the wind and waves, and the shelter facilities in the port of Bahrain are also in relatively good condition, I believe we can survive this disaster." ”

Zelipor nodded, didn't know what to think, and sighed: "This storm has added more trouble to us, the Chinese aircraft carrier battle group has been wandering outside the Strait of Hormuz for a week, and will send fighters and missiles to attack us at any time, and we are trapped in the Persian Gulf, lack of support, even if we survive this storm, will the Chinese let us go?" ”

"Your Excellency, maybe we don't have to be so pessimistic, as long as we can hold on, the powerful fleet of the United States and its allies will definitely break through the Mozambique Channel and support us." The staff officer said more optimistic words, but it can be seen from his strict and meticulous face that his actual psychology is not so optimistic.

"I hope so." Zelipor said softly, and even the group of senior officers next to him didn't hear him much.

In terms of lineup, the Fifth Fleet is definitely a super force that can give most navies a headache, the USS Johnstennis, two Ticonderoga-class cruisers, two Alex-Burke-class destroyers, two Spruance-class destroyers, three Perry-class frigates, and two attack nuclear submarines. However, such an aircraft carrier battle group fleet, which can almost inflict heavy damage on the navies of most countries in the world, has no way to block the Chinese Sichuan aircraft carrier battle group.

The Chinese Indian Ocean Fleet has too many forces in ambush outside the Strait of Hormuz, and they don't care how much they hide their power, so they can see clearly to the Americans in this way. The Americans know that there is an aircraft carrier, 2 cruisers, 4 destroyers, 3 frigates and other surface ships, and what makes the US military feel more dangerous is that the Gwadar base is stationed with a large number of Chinese AIP submarines and coastal defense submarines (thundering submarines), there are at least a dozen Chinese submarines hidden under water outside the Strait of Hormuz, and the Fifth Fleet now lacks anti-submarine warfare capabilities, although these dozen Chinese submarines may not be as domineering and powerful as the Type 095 attack nuclear submarines, However, its own combat effectiveness cannot be ignored.

In fact, the combat strength of the two fleets is almost the same, but for the sake of safety, the US military does not dare to break through lightly, and in particular, China's Sichuan aircraft carrier battle group has the advantage of geographical advantages, and the US fleet itself is in a relatively weak position. Even during the previous battle of the Mozambique Channel, Zelipor was reluctant to use the Fifth Fleet to contain the Chinese Navy, because the chances of victory were really slim.

Zelipor also thought that even if the Fifth Fleet directly defeated the Sichuan aircraft carrier battle group and broke through the Strait of Hormuz, the way to the south to join the main force of his own side would be difficult and dangerous. The main fleet of China's Indian Ocean Fleet will catch them first without surprise, and the Fifth Fleet will never be able to stand up to a large fleet of three aircraft carrier battle groups on its own.

It is in this kind of waiting that the situation faced by the Fifth Fleet is getting worse and worse, and Zelipor has become more and more troubled and lost, and he has no mind to fulfill all the orders from the US Department of Defense, and all he thinks about is how to preserve the strength of the Fifth Fleet and not be severely damaged or even destroyed by the Chinese.

Zelipor actually had a premonition that his fleet might not be able to escape the end of being wiped out, but he guessed the end, but he didn't guess what the process would be.

Thousands of kilometers away from the Persian Gulf in the Middle East, Qi Yiming looked at the satellite cloud image on an electronic screen, and seemed to be able to feel that the powerful meteorological force was arbitrarily exerting his wrist.

In the lower right corner of the electronic screen, a line of text was displayed: "A lightning storm is forming, and it is expected to hit the intended target in 25 minutes." ”

Academician Zhao, who was also sitting in the office, also stared at the screen, and even his fingers were still writing and calculating in the void, completely looking like a technical nerd, he looked up at Qi Yiming and said: "I haven't done any tests before, and I directly used the lightning storm in actual combat, the risk is still a little bigger, and we can't estimate how much damage the lightning storm can bring to the US Fifth Fleet." Perhaps, we have some other better weapons to eliminate the Fifth Fleet. ”

Qi Yiming smiled and said, "Do you mean the 'scalar wave weapon' that you just successfully developed?" Isn't this thing even more difficult to control than a lightning storm? ”

Academician Zhao was nearly 90 years old at this time, but he didn't understand how he maintained it, and his energy was still very strong, and he recently launched his latest scientific research results - scalar wave weapons. This terrible weapon of mass destruction can cause an earthquake of high intensity in an area, and at the same time, a strong EMP outbreak will directly disable all ground electronic equipment in the area. However, the uncontrollability of this weapon is quite high, and Academician Zhao himself regrets it.

"Haha, whether it's a lightning storm or a scalar wave weapon, it's something of a similar nature, and it can be used to provoke the forces of nature to attack the enemy, but because humans have interfered with natural factors, it is likely to cause many collateral negative effects. For example, earthquakes caused by scalar wave weapons may constantly cause aftershocks in the region, and even the earth's crust will change violently, causing unimaginable damage afterwards, and lightning storms have also centralized control of the local climate and meteorology, and after the storm, it is likely that the entire region will be completely disturbed during the year, causing crop failures, and even continuous disaster precipitation. I think that the mastery of nuclear weapons by mankind is already a fatal thing, and if these two things are mixed in, everyone will not be far from the day of destruction. ”

Qi Yiming nodded thoughtfully, and said: "That's right, the danger of these super weapons is huge, and we need to be extra cautious, of course, the most important thing is who is the person who masters these super weapons, and whether they can really not be good at using these things, or can they use these things for the benefit of mankind." ”

The two continued to discuss the ethics and ethics of scientists and politicians until a new line of text appeared on the screen - the lightning storm was approaching, and the final 90-second countdown began.

Qi Yiming rubbed his hands, stared at his eyes without blinking, and said, "It's coming!" ”

Academician Zhao was also pleased, "Let's see the power of the lightning storm!" ”

Under the watchful eyes of Zelipor and his colleagues, thick cumulonimbus clouds like mountain cliffs completely enveloped the air over the port of Bahrain, and such a strange celestial appearance naturally aroused fear among the American soldiers and Bahrainis, who did not know what they were about to face.

When the first lightning bolts struck the sky, Zelipol didn't notice anything wrong, thinking it was a very ordinary rainstorm, mixed with some thunder and lightning. Like a military facility, there are very sound lightning protection measures, and lightning rods are installed on the roof of warships. However, these lightning protection methods for dealing with ordinary lightning are completely useless in the face of lightning storms.

More and more thunderstorms are being shot down from the sky, and there are many types of these thunderstorms, in addition to ordinary thunderstorms, there are also those ball lightning that are called "ground rolling mines" by the folk. The destructive power of these ball lightning bolts is more terrifying than the lightning in the sky, which basically eats lightning rods, and the mysterious lightning of ground rolling thunder has the characteristics of being very unstable and mobile. They can weave through the air at will, even through windows and holes, jump on wires and even hover in mid-air, and have a strong heat that can roast a large tree directly.

Among the real lightning storm superweapon attacks, the most terrifying are these rolling mines. In normal thunderstorms, the frequency of rolling mines is not particularly high, but in man-made lightning storms, ball lightning has become the main force of destruction. Tens of thousands of spherical lightning bolts destroyed various facilities and buildings on the ground like fierce beasts, the heat destroyed the steel, and even multiple lightning bolts attacked the ship together.

"Oh my God, what the hell is going on, my God, tell me what the hell is this?!" Zelipol exclaimed.