Chapter 609: Vicious Battle and Fallen King Kong (II)
Over the Petra Mountains, a Global Hawk drone is flying in the sky at an altitude of 10,000 meters.
This Global Hawk drone was not sent by Sun Cheng, but from the U.S. military.
At the Saudi Tabuk Air Base, the former senior commanders of the Sound Nest unit are all gathered in a data command center room.
“…… Over here...... A large number of Decepticon and Autobot energy fluctuations were detected here...... Sir, do you want to drop the altitude and shoot more accurately......"
Two days have passed since the attack on the main forces of the Fifth Fleet took place in the waters of the Red Sea.
Two days can change a lot of things, such as outgoing President Dick Cheney (deliberately misspelled) giving the military an order for an all-out counterattack.
Well, during his tenure, the main forces of the Second and Fifth Fleets were almost completely wiped out.
This kind of 'great achievement' is enough to make Cheney, who launched the two wars of Afghanistan and the second Gulf War during his term of office, and put a heavy burden on the US economy, and will forever be nailed to the position of 'the most unpopular US president'.
So in order to get rid of this shame, the hawkish president Cheney, who had planned to spend the last year of his term smoothly, decided to let go.
"Fight back, the United States must fight back, otherwise our enemies all over the world will be ready to move!"
I have to admit that he is quite self-aware with the US authorities, knowing that over the past half century or so, he has used his powerful military strength to flex his might around the world, wantonly interfered in the internal affairs of other countries, and created countless enemies for the United States.
So the military only met a little and agreed to the president's order to fight back.
The majesty of the US military has a tendency to fall off the altar under the successive attacks of the Decepticons, and they must fight back to defend the military hegemony of the United States.
Major William has received the latest order from the country, and the order for the disbandment of the Sound Nest Force will not be repealed at the request of Gabriel and others, but the Ministry of Defense will re-establish a new clean-up agency dedicated to the alien invaders, the TEAM-TOMB-WIND (abbreviated as T· T· W)。
The new Gravewind Unit is part of the U.S. Special Operations Command and is based at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Their intelligence gathering will be handled by the CIA's elite intelligence gathering unit, with Major William temporarily serving as interim commander until the new commander arrives.
After the establishment of the Tomb Wind Force, the first order from China was to ensure that the location of the aliens in the Middle East was locked and cooperate with the Air Force to launch a counterattack.
The aliens here include not only the Decepticons, but also the Autobots.
Major William's face sank, and he couldn't see any mood swings.
"Request for consent...... The altitude was reduced to 5000 meters for accurate ground data collection......"
"Yes, sir......"
Major William already knew that he and Captain Robert and the other Acoustic Nest commanders had been abandoned, and they were too close to the Autobots, which was strongly criticized by Gabriel, and they would be kicked out when the new commander of the Gravewind Force was chosen.
"Let's hope the Autobots aren't here in the Middle East......"
He secretly prayed for the Autobots in his heart, but there was nothing else he could do.
Because now, a military monster named the United States is furious.
A steady stream of military supplies has been delivered to the Middle East by various means over the past two days.
From the agents lurking in Severodvinsk, the U.S. military had already learned that the Decepticons were searching for the [Leadership Module] in Jordan.
Although they have not yet been able to determine the exact location where the [Leadership Module] is hidden, as long as they find the Decepticon gathering place, these aliens will be waiting for them to retaliate angrily from the US military.
Major William knew this, which is why he was worried about the Autobots.
Because he knows very well what kind of weapons the US military has prepared to deal with aliens, the GBU-43B heavy aerial bomb, known as the "mother of bombs".
When it comes to the GBU-43B heavy aerial bomb, many people who understand military affairs can't help but think of another BLU-82 bomb, which is known as the "best conventional bomb".
BLU-82, like GBU-43B, is an aerial bomb equipped by the US military.
This is a fuel-air bomb, also known as a vacuum bomb or a cloudburst bomb.
For a long time, the BLU-82 was the largest conventional bomb in the world, it weighed 6.8 tons, the shape was short and thick, the body of the projectile was like a large iron barrel, the warhead was conical, and the front end was equipped with a steel tube, and the front end of the tube was equipped with an M9-04 fuse.
Because it was so bulky, and because of its size and weight, the BLU-82 bomb could only be loaded in the cargo compartment of a C-130 or C-17 transport aircraft and dropped by parachute from the tailgate.
The BLU-82 bomb really became famous during the war in Afghanistan launched by the United States a few years ago.
In November 2001, when the U.S. military found that the war situation in Afghanistan seemed to be in a bad stalemate, and the invading U.S. military was likely to repeat the experience of the invading Soviet army in the last century.
On 5 November, following an order from the Pentagon, the US military's large transport planes C-130 flew over the forward positions of the Tajikistan army again and again, and used BLU-82, a special bomb that they themselves called 'rainforest destroyers' that they had tested in the late stages of the US-Vietnam War.
With the explosion of BLU-82 bombs in Afghanistan, this kind of conventional bombs with terrifying lethality to ground buildings, equipment and soldiers quickly broke the determination of the Tajikistan army to resist.
GBU-43B is a new type of cloudburst bomb developed by the U.S. military on the basis of BLU-82.
Although Major William did not participate in the test of the GBU-43B bomb, he served in the Middle East for many years, participated in the war in Afghanistan, and still has lingering feelings about the damage caused by the BLU-82 bomb dropped by the US military in Afghanistan.
He used to command the Sound Nest and had a long deal of dealings with the Autobots and Decepticons.
So I also have a certain understanding of the physical strength of the Decepticons and Autobots.
These mechanical beings from Cybertron do rely on metal bodies that can ignore the damage of most bullets and small-caliber weapons invented by humans on Earth.
Even some of the less powerful rockets and missiles are hard to hurt.
However, the explosive yield of those rockets and missiles is only equivalent to a few kilograms or even a dozen kilograms of high explosives.
The explosive yield of one GBU-43B is equivalent to about eleven tons of high explosives, and the explosion coverage can cover a circular area of almost half a kilometer.
According to the calculations of the explosion test experts inside the Sound Nest, even if Megatron was at the center of the explosion, a single GBU-43B would be enough to severely damage him, even kill him.
At present, the total number of GBU-43B heavy aerial bombs that have been transported by the US military to the Saudi Arabian Tabuk Air Base has reached as many as 22, and almost all the goods secretly deployed by the US military in the Middle East have been pulled over.
When the Decepticons attacked the Second and Fifth Fleets before, the casualties caused by the Decepticons undoubtedly frightened the military.
Major William was instructed to use a drone reconnaissance plane to locate the Decepticons and Autobots, possibly located somewhere in Jordan, and then notify the U.S. Air Force that had arrived at Tabuk Air Force Base to dispatch their fighters and drop their bombs.
There will be no close contact between the two sides during the whole process!
As Major William prayed for his fellow Autobots, he descended to a high enough altitude to begin low-altitude photographs of Jordan, and every few hours a set of images came back that shocked everyone in the command.
"Sir, the Global Eagle has detected a high-energy reaction in the XX region of the southern part of the Petra Mountains...... It's the Decepticons...... And the Autobots......"
"The footage has been generated...... Start data comparison ......"
"Data comparison complete...... Identified the Autobots in the battle as Ironhide, Bumblebee, Ambulance, ......"
"Sir, do you want to send the video and information to the Air Force......
Global Hawk spotted the Iron Skins and Decepticons who were fighting near the Nameless Temple, and this information made Major William's brow furrow.
"Sir......
The technical non-commissioned officer in the command also asked that the Global Hawk under their control belonged to the former Sound Nest unit, and was not an Air Force or other U.S. Army unit.
It is one of the very few drones that has been modified to spot Decepticons and Autobots.
The Tombwind unit received an order that after discovering aliens in Jordan, they would immediately send detailed data and information to the US Air Force that had just been stationed at Tabuk Air Base, so that they could dispatch fighter planes to escort C-130 and C-17 transport planes to drop GBU-43B bombs over the battlefield.
Captain Robert saw the struggle in the heart of the silent Major William, sighed, and stepped forward to salute: "Major, please approve the transfer of video information to the Air Force......"
The sound nest is completely finished, and it is impossible for the U.S. government to get back together with the Autobots.
This can be seen from the change in the attitude of domestic politicians when the sound nest was renamed the Tomb Wind Force and clearly stated that the target of the attack was all aliens.
Their former Soundnest commanders will soon be retired or 'promoted' to other troop formations.
Captain Robert was well aware that if his friend continued to show closeness to the Autobots.
After that, what awaits him is likely to be an investigation by the gendarmerie or intelligence agencies.
"Major ......"
He urged again solemnly, and Major William's arms trembled slightly, and after he glanced at his friend Captain Robert, who was looking at him solemnly, he once again saw the helplessness hidden in the other party's eyes.
"I ...... I got ......."
Major William sighed, secretly said sorry to the Autobots in his heart, and immediately looked at the technical non-commissioned officer who turned his head and was still waiting for his order, "Expand the search radius of the Global Hawk to find more aliens that may exist...... At the same time, the video information will be transmitted to the Air Force, and the rest will be up to them......"
"Yes, sir!"
About 20 minutes later, a group of air units protected by more than 40 F-15 series fighters, eight C-130s and four C-17 transport planes took off from the Tabuk Air Base in Saudi Arabia and flew towards the southern section of the Petra Mountains in Jordan in defiance of the territorial airspace sovereignty of neighboring countries.
At this time, the fierce battle between the Autobots in the Petra Mountains and the fallen King Kong is nearing its end.
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ps:
Sorry, I just noticed that I just timed the wrong time, and it was scheduled to be sent at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.