This is a super thunderstorm that is completely beyond normal human cognition, and the density of thunder and lightning is beyond imagination. Thousands of direct lightning bolts descended from the sky with an unstoppable momentum, slashing on various objects on the ground, even if the lightning rod withstood the vast majority of lightning strikes, but when these strange bright thunderbolts continued to bombard the lightning rod, the special high temperature was generated from the lightning, and directly vaporized the metal. What's more, not all lightning bolts are exempted from lightning rods, and more direct lightning strikes still arbitrarily invade all kinds of military supplies anchored by the US military in the port of Bahrain.

The staff officer pulled Commander Zelipor and shouted in a panic: "Sir, we can't stay outside, this thunderstorm is too evil, everything on the ground can be destroyed, we must go to a safe place, underground, yes, underground is the safest!" ”

In the port of Bahrain, the U.S. military did build some underground shelter facilities, mainly for the three defenses, and did not expect to prevent abnormal weather phenomena, and these facilities are definitely not enough to accommodate all the officers and men of the Fifth Fleet, before the thunderstorm, some people have entered the underground shelter, but more people are not afraid of the storm, but simply stay in the houses on the ground.

Zelipor and the other high-ranking officers had no intention of going underground, but now that they couldn't do so, the horror of the natural might made anyone's heart palpitate.

There was a loud "boom", and a bucket-thick direct thunderbolt slashed down from the sky dome and smashed directly on a barracks in the harbor, the force of the lightning strike was so terrible that it opened a big hole in the barracks, not to mention, and ignited a raging fire, and in an instant, the entire barracks were surrounded.

Zelipor was in fear, but he had not forgotten his duties as a commander, and he exclaimed: "Rescuers, rescuers are needed there, we must get them out!" ”

But several staff officers and officers around him clung to Zelipor and did not allow him to do so, and a staff officer said directly: "General, now is not the time to take care of other people at all, the thunderstorm will become stronger and stronger, we must protect you first, you are the backbone of the entire fleet!" ”

Zelipor said helplessly while being dragged away: "Even if I can survive, what's the use, I don't know how many lives this damn thunderstorm will take." ”

Just as the group was about to run to the entrance of the underground shelter, a direct lightning strike hit a forklift not far from them, directly destroying the forklift, and just when they were frightened, suddenly a lieutenant colonel in the team fell to the ground with a howl, his body flashed with electric light, and there was a smell of meat in the air.

"Damn what's going on?" Zelipor couldn't scold calmly, watching the person who was still alive just now turn into a corpse now, this kind of death was more unacceptable than dying on the battlefield, because they couldn't understand the cause of this death.

In fact, it is a peculiar type of lightning that is called induction lightning. It is caused by a strong magnetic field that changes rapidly in the surrounding space when a huge impulse lightning current is discharged by lightning. This rapidly changing magnetic field can induce very high electromotive forces on adjacent conductors. If the electromagnetic energy caused by lightning induction is not leaked into the ground in time, it may produce discharge sparks, causing fire, explosion or electric shock accidents.

Electromagnetic induction lightning is generally unlikely to kill people, but under a lightning storm, every qiē becomes crazy, and the strong charge attached to electromagnetic induction lightning is enough to electrocute a person to death.

It's like a terrible purgatory in the open air, and no one is safe. Zelipor and his colleagues rushed even harder to the underground shelter, but it wasn't just them, the other sailors, and even the Bahrainis and expatriate hired workers who assisted in the port, all wanted to rush underground to avoid this terrible disaster. The so-called citizens of the developed countries are in a panic and can't see it at all, and people are pushing and scolding at the entrance of the underground shelter, all wanting to enter quickly.

"Get out of the way and let the Commander go first!" The staff officer shouted to everyone at the entrance very ignorantly, and did not use his status to straighten out the order, but first remembered the privilege.

The uneven American sailor scolded: "Why, our lives are all equal, and the official master must not be ahead of us!" ”

The staff officer pointed at him and shouted: "Soldier, report your name and military registration number, and then you will be punished as you deserve!" ”

Other American sailors were even more angry: "You can survive this disaster first!" ”

Zelibor instinctively sensed that the situation was not good and tried to stop the staff officer, but the staff officer, who had been overwhelmed by fear and anger, pulled out Beretta 92 from his waist and fired several shots at the sailors who had confronted him, and several sailors immediately fell in a pool of blood.

His shooting also caused accidental injuries to two other sailors, and the scene became even more hysterical after the death, as the soldiers armed with their guns opened fire indiscriminately with almost no targets, as if they were shooting only to reduce their fears.

There were even a few sailors with miniature submachine guns, and they strafed at such a close distance that in an instant a large number of people were swept down, even the commander of the fleet, Zelipol, was bruised on the arm, and the staff officer who fired first was already beaten into a sieve.

As the entrance to the underground shelter was in shambles, the terrifying lightning storm struck even more manic. Hundreds of direct lightning and ball lightning directly hit the largest warship in the harbor, the Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Johnstennis, all the electronic equipment on the ship, including the power supply system, were all destroyed, all kinds of metal products were beating electric charges, and there was a strong stride voltage in the air, and anyone who walked around would be directly electrocuted by the induction lightning.

This is also because the huge tonnage of 100,000 tons of Johnstennis has a relatively strong bearing capacity, and the small naval ships such as the Perry-class in the harbor are almost wiped out.

Terrible tears continue to baptize these frigates of more than 4,000 tons, destroying all kinds of facilities that can be destroyed, the mast of a frigate has been chopped off, the main gun in the bow and even the barrel has been skewed, and the terrible strong wind that comes with the lightning storm even directly overturned a frigate on the water, the lightning in the storm cut the cable, and wantonly made the frigate weak and bullied.

Most of the warships in the harbor are basically finished at this time, don't look at them seem to be still floating on the water, but all the facilities inside have basically been destroyed by lightning, and there is no need to mention things like electronic equipment, and the power equipment that makes the ship move is basically completely paralyzed by lightning attacks at this time. In other words, these ships have become inactive warships at this time, and the collapse of facilities makes it impossible for them to even fire a single shell or a missile.

Of course, even if these ships were able to set sail, there would not be enough people to pilot them, and the officers and men of the Fifth Fleet were so unbearable in the lightning storm that swept some people into the sky and then fell hard, and the people hiding in the houses were killed by the lightning directly, and even those who were still fighting in this situation, only a few of them were lucky enough to escape the underground shelter in advance.

The lightning storm didn't last too long, only more than forty minutes, but these forty minutes seemed to make all the officers and men of the Fifth Fleet feel like they had crossed into hell. The commander of the fleet, Zelipol, was lucky not to die, but he had gunshot wounds, crush wounds, fractures and other injuries on his body, and his whole mind was not very clear. Sixty percent of the top officers of the fleet died, and the vast majority of them died at the hands of angry sailors at the hands of their guns and fists. The casualty rate of ordinary sailors was also staggering, with more than 4,700 casualties in this lightning storm, accounting for more than half of the entire Fifth Fleet.

More importantly, an aircraft carrier battle group, an amphibious battle group, and an expeditionary strike group deployed by the US military in the port of Bahrain have completely lost any combat strength after the lightning storm, and none of the naval ships have been able to operate normally after the lightning storm, and even at this time, the Fifth Fleet has not been able to find enough technical maintenance personnel to repair their ships. Several ships were sunk directly in the lightning storm, but most of them were still floating on the water, but they might as well have sunk if they were floating on the water.

The amphibious assault ship USS Inner Mongolia (Type 075), which had departed from Gwadar Harbor, led an amphibious battle group carrying a Marine Brigade through the Strait of Hormuz into the Persian Gulf and launched a surprise attack on the defenseless port of Bahrain.

On the other hand, Saudi Arabia, which suddenly announced that it had joined the SCO, sent its 12th Armored Brigade, the 6th Mechanized Infantry Brigade, and a Chinese light mechanized fast reaction brigade stationed in Saudi Arabia to Bahrain to directly attack the US military garrison in the port of Bahrain.

Even if the U.S. military has not suffered any trauma, in the face of such an offensive, the possibility of holding it is very small, not to mention that the current U.S. military no longer has any combat capability. When the soldiers on the amphibious ship Inner Mongolia landed vertically in Bahrain, they did not even meet any decent resistance.

Several American soldiers waved their navy white T-shirts, announced their surrender, and some even shouted to the Chinese without discipline: "Guys, do you have anything to eat?" We're starving! ”

Because Yan Zòng was wounded, the commander of the fleet, Zelipol, handed over the surrender to the Chinese rear admiral from his hospital bed, and perhaps such an ending was a relief for all of them.