The waning moon is dark, the night is dark, the waves are gusting, and the drizzle is slow.

A good day to kill.

Even a little moonlight can't make the rainforest dark through the dense foliage, but the night in the rainforest is never quiet, but more noisy than the scorching day, and the sounds of various creatures are intertwined by the breeze, like a beautiful music of life, full of deceit, the law of the jungle.

Human beings rely on superior tools and smart minds to reclaim the rainforest, but the vitality of the rainforest is still quite tenacious, as long as the pace of human development slows down or disappears, such as two outbreaks of the epidemic, the tropical rainforest can eat away at the territory of human beings in a very short period of time, so even if you are in the center of Lae, you will still have the illusion of being surrounded by rainforest creatures, and the fact is that even if there are mutant creatures on duty 24 hours a day, if you don't get into two layers of mosquito nets, you will wake up in the morning. Maybe you'll pull half of an unnamed lizard out of your mouth.

Living in Lae, if forced to camp in the rainforest and just in time for the rain, the lingering heat and humidity of transpiration can make almost anyone go against his religion for dozens of minutes without repeating swearing. Even the battle-hardened but little-known THE is not exempt from vulgarity in the rainforest, and two days after entering the rainforest, a few words starting with F will inevitably pop up in the chat between the team members to complain about the ghost weather and the ghost environment, if the radio is not silent, I believe that the call channel is full of words cursing against the weather.

THE MOST IRRITATING THING IS THAT THE MUTATED CREATURES IN LAE HAVE BEGUN TO INFILTRATE THE RAINFOREST, PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT USED TO THE LOCAL CLIMATE AND THE NUMBER IS SMALL, THEY ONLY OPERATE IN THE AREA BETWEEN THE RAINFOREST AND THE URBAN AREA, BUT IT ALSO MAKES THE RAINFOREST, WHICH ALSO MAKES THE RAINFOREST HIDE IN THE THUNDER POOL DARE NOT TAKE A STEP BEYOND THE THUNDER POOL, FOR FEAR OF STARTLING THE GRASS AND SNAKES.

Fortunately, according to the plan, the operation began at three o'clock in the morning, and no matter whether it was successful or not, everyone didn't have to stay in this hellish place, as Major Richard of the THE. Hanni doesn't care how unlucky his thinking is in the eyes of some people, and the people who can stand out from DF's ABC team, CIA assassination team, and DIA special services to enter THE have long since disbelieved in such things as luck, and life and death are also downplayed, and completing the mission is the only and most important thing, and the rest is not enough.

Yes, the members of THE are from the top special forces in the United States, and the tasks they perform cannot be written in the report, and they are directly responsible for the tasks and briefings to the president and the USIC? It doesn't exist, and even if it does, it's black all over the text, and you can't see the content at all, leaving at most one word 'the', which is where the squad's code name comes from.

THE represents the highest combat power in the U.S. special warfare, and it also shows how much the U.S. government attaches great importance to Sheng Qingru and is determined to win!

After all, in the United States after the epidemic, it is a compliment to describe it as devastated, compared with Russia's power and China's population base, from scattered remnants of the American people to overwhelmed high-level officials, the recovery of the United States of America has been extremely difficult, fortunately, as the world's only superpower, the heritage is still there, and the nation's gun ownership has also reduced the casualties caused by zombie pathogens and a small number of subsequent mutant organisms to a certain extent, even if it lags behind the two old rivals in the research of mutant organisms, after the epidemic weakens, The surviving scientific research institutions have also begun to work hard, not to mention the repeated success of the intelligence officers sent out, giving the United States a chance to catch up.

When the night was completely dark, as predicted by the weather, a thick cumulonimbus cloud began to rain lightly around Lae, which happened to completely cut off satellite remote sensing, allowing the three warships involved in the operation to break the waves and approach the waters off Lae to prepare for battle.

In this operation, the stealth destroyer USS Zumwalt and the amphibious landing ship USS America provided air cover and gained air supremacy, and the dock transport ship USS New York dropped combat personnel and armored vehicles to establish a tidal flat position, transported the rest of the personnel and vehicles ashore, established a defensive circle, and ensured that the transport fleet could dock to unload marines and equipment, so as to thoroughly clean up the biological armored troops and mutant creatures entrenched in Lae, and capture biological armored troops and mutated creatures while ensuring their own safety.

Due to the limited number of professionals, the combat effectiveness of the amphibious landing ship USS America cannot be fully exerted, and it is more like a transport ship of the Jibu battalion, so the task to be performed by THE is more dangerous, after the battle starts, they need to pay attention to the changes in the battlefield at all times, due to the interruption of information in satellite remote sensing, when necessary, THE needs to replace the satellite for the naval guns and missiles to designate attack targets, and then decide whether to break into the command center of the mutant creatures according to the battle situation, and capture or kill Sheng Qingru alive. Needless to say, if both the landing and the raid plan failed, the destroyer was authorized to use ground-to-ground missiles to blow up the entire city of Lae.

In short, if you can't get it yourself, you won't let others get it, and Lao Mei will never suffer.

When the drizzling rain suddenly began to turn heavier, Major Hanni knew that the time was almost up, and without further words, with just a gesture, the team members who had already prepared quickly climbed to the top of the selected tree using simple roller skates and slings, and in less than two minutes, the integrated communication system set up at the top of the tree began to operate, and the radio silence was broken at the same time.

After receiving the signal that THE was in place, the launch bay of the Zumwalt was wide open, and nearly 1,000 unmanned attack planes representing the highest scientific research achievements of the United States swarmed out like a swarm and went straight to Lae!

Don't underestimate this kind of small UAVs with a length of less than 50 centimeters and a total weight of less than 4 kilograms, although their speed is not fast, they can mount a miniature rocket with a range of 200 meters, a projectile killing range of nearly 50 meters, an anti-infantry bomb converted from an anti-infantry mine, and if necessary, a metal jet armor-piercing projectile for armored targets can be added to make it a powerful anti-armor missile in itself!

Given that most of the targets in this attack were soft targets, 80 percent of the drones in the swarm were rockets and ball bombs, and only 20 percent were used as anti-armor missiles to destroy buildings if necessary.

The drone swarm arrived at the designated location and began to scatter and circle, relying on distributed control and the drone's own AI system, almost the entire Lae city was within the monitoring and attack range of the drone swarm, and the strange thing is that even if the noise from the drone overwhelmed the rain, the entire Lae was still black and crushed, without the slightest movement.

Shelling began.

The Zumwalt is equipped with an advanced naval artillery system, although the caliber is only 155 mm, which is quite inferior to the old-timers in World War II, but the crazy energy of the old Meidui technology is really terrifying, and no one dares to recognize the first in the world, so this monster referred to as AGS has two guns on top of an army artillery battalion of the same caliber of crazy firepower output and a wide variety of attack modes, not to mention opening up a landing field for the landing force, just ten minutes of shelling, after a full hundred precision-guided artillery shells smashed down, There are no buildings taller than ten meters in the entire urban area of Lae, and if necessary, these two AGS alone will be enough to blast the tiny city of Lae back to a time when humanity had not yet cultivated it.

If it weren't for the fact that the United States really lacked samples and technology in mutant biology, and used the old United States to dominate the world, maybe the captain's brain would be hot, and he would have done it, but now, after the shelling, the captain who didn't feel very good had to pinch his nose and order the fighters to start landing, and once again reiterate the importance of capturing mutant creatures, biological armor and Sheng Qingru alive.

In fact, only the United States is so enthusiastic about Sheng Qingru himself and the mutated biotechnology he masters, after all, he lacks what to think, and will try to capture Sheng Qingru alive instead of using 'weapons of mass destruction', if he changes to the local and already has a lot of samples of biological armored troops, and thinks very highly that the opportunity for the Slavic nation to rule the world has come again, there will be an eighty percent chance of ordering a tonnage thermobaric bomb directly to Lae, one is not enough to add another one, Anyway, now that Russia's armed forces have no influence on the Pacific side, we can't just watch China go back and hatch golden eggs with a full hand of information, and then give the Americans a chance to pick the remaining peaches, right?

Therefore, it is not unreasonable to say that Director Chen's words are not unreasonable, with Sheng Qingru's current strength, it is tantamount to a puffer's innocence and guilt, if it weren't for the fact that the decline of the United States is really powerful, it would still take a lot of effort to get together the fighters on these three warships, otherwise the United States would have sent an aircraft carrier battle group to crush Sheng Qingru, a little ant, for fear that the world would not know how powerful it is.

The New York, which received the order, began to approach the Lae Wharf in the roar of the shelling and the light of the fire, and successively unloaded ten EFV amphibious assault vehicles in the waves of less than half a meter, for the amphibious assault vehicles that could advance 40 kilometers safely in the three-meter waves, this wave distance in the harbor was simply insignificant, according to the guidance signal issued by the Marine Corps on the shore, the amphibious assault vehicles fanned out and rushed to the surrounding area of the landing site at full speed to enhance the defensive firepower of the landing field.

In view of the continuous shelling, Lae is still silent, the Marines and frogmen sent in advance also signaled that everything is normal on the surface of the water, and after returning to the American to load the personnel, the captain of the New York simply made a very bold decision, let the stern of the New York be aimed at the dock, open the rear hatch and directly enter the loading and unloading state, although this can allow the Marines and M1A2ESP tanks on standby in the dock to go ashore quickly, but it also greatly increases the risk of the New York being attacked, If some militants shoot a few rockets at close range to the New York, which has its hatch wide open, even if it is the oldest RPG-7, as long as it is blown up in the dock compartment, it will be enough for the New York to drink a pot!

The captain was right, until the last M1A2ESP tank let out a low roar and drove up the slope of the port loading and unloading area, the thick and dark muzzle was slightly raised into a state of waiting for shelling, and even smashed into the tattered containers that were in the way, and the information network from individual soldiers to armored vehicles to tanks to destroyers was completely erected.

Don't...... People run out? Gritted his teeth and made such a big battle, but he pounced?

Indeed, even with the family background of the world's police, after being tossed by the zombie epidemic for a whole year, he still has to face the mutant creatures that are making trouble everywhere, and being able to make up three warships to stir up the wind and rain can already be described as gritting his teeth and fighting in a big battle, this is still the strength of standing on the wreckage of the world's largest fleet, needless to say, the woolly bear whose naval strength is already at the bottom, let's talk about rabbits, escorting important personnel out of the country and testing the reaction of other countries while separating their families, which is the first step in colonization in the new era, and was almost overturned by Bald Eagle's submarine. After all, cultivating qualified sailors and non-commissioned officers is not an overnight thing, just grab a few civilians and put them on the immunization agent and throw them on the battleship to be used as soldiers? How can it be?

The captain of the Zumwalt communicated with THE again, confirming that there was no abnormal movement in Lae from the direction of the THE, and the intelligence staff deduced that the target personnel had withdrawn into the rainforest as soon as the battle began, which could not be blamed on THE's dereliction of duty, although Lae only had a population of 100,000 before the outbreak of the epidemic, but after all, it was a town inhabited by 100,000 people, and after a whole year of erosion and coverage of the tropical rainforest, THE's mission was to stick to the rainforest, Observing the movements of Lae, especially the port, and providing intelligence support for the landing force, it is impossible to be so careful in the reconnaissance of other areas of Lae, and if the other side is determined to run away, it is normal that it cannot be discovered.

There was only one reason why Major Hanni and his men were annoyed, and given that the whereabouts of the targets and mutated creatures were unknown, they had to stay where they were to remain on reconnaissance and alert until the landing force was completely settled before they could withdraw from the rainforest and join the larger army, which meant that everyone would have to stay in this shit-like place until at least dawn.

What a frustrating task.

Wiping the rain from his face, Major Hanni couldn't help but spit on it.

In the tripartite vigilance of destroyers, THE and UAVs, the three warships sailed to the port of Lae to anchor, and began to contact the supply fleet cruising in the sea off Lae to move closer to Lae, the supply fleet is composed of five container ships and four large cargo ships, in addition to the materials needed to establish a temporary military base, there is also a whole mechanized infantry battalion of nearly 900 combat troops, these infantrymen are naturally survivors of the zombie epidemic, ranging in age from twenty to thirty-five years old, and the sources of soldiers are also varied, the National Guard, During the period when the army, rangers, and airborne troops were all regular soldiers who had undergone regular military training, and their combat effectiveness was still guaranteed.

When the supply fleet enters the port of Lae, the personnel, equipment, vehicles, and materials are tense and orderly to land, and the defensive circle is also stabilized at the first time, it can be said that the entire Lae is already in the hands of the American fleet, infantry light artillery and suicide drones plus the longest-range range of vehicle-mounted heavy firepower can reach fifteen to twenty kilometers away, if you count naval guns and missiles, to put it up, not to mention the two small countries of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, that is, mutant creatures run to New Zealand or Australia, As long as the position is locked by satellites, a few missiles will have to kneel down and call the United States daddy.

In any case, emaciated camels are bigger than horses.

The clouds cleared and the sky was bright.

There is no torrential rain, no turbid waves crashing on the shore, Lae bathed in the morning light seems to have come from hell to heaven, even if the city is already rubble and dilapidated, fortunately, the previous rain completely extinguished the residual fire brought by the shelling, standing in the only remaining church tower in the city and looking around, here is still full of emerald green with the blue sea and blue sky, the snow-white sand reflects the sun that has not yet scorched, if the palm trees dancing in the wind are dotted with a few hot figures in bikinis, just withdrawn from the rainforest and joined the army, Major Hanni, who is breathing in the fresh air of the coast, thinks that the beach in front of him is in Florida, as if his wife and children are still alive and playing on the beach......

Suppressing the inexplicable throbbing in his heart, Hanny took two deep breaths, forced himself to take his eyes off the beach, turned around and lifted the curtain of the temporary barracks, the familiar sound of communication mixed with the unique smell of soldiers came to his face, and suddenly the remnants of Hanny's heart completely disappeared, especially the awe-inspiring gazes cast by several non-commissioned officers, which made Hanny's expression a little colder, and he became the major of the most mysterious unit in the eyes of everyone again.

"Hi Richard, you're back." The one who greeted Hanny was the commander of the army battalion, Hogan. Colonel Brogdon, although he was already full of silver hair, obviously past the age of retirement, but among the wrinkles on his face, those eyes were far from faint, and from time to time there were a few gleams of essence.

If you look at Colonel Brogdon's resume, perhaps the number of missions is far less abundant than that of Major Hanni, but the service time is absolutely crushing the major of the THE, this colonel has accumulated merit from private to lieutenant colonel for 30 years, basically did not miss all the major battles launched by the US army, and has repeatedly made combat exploits, which shows that this army colonel who served again is not an embroidered pillow and has real combat experience.

Hanni also has a lot of respect for the veteran in front of him, but the colonel obviously has the fiery temperament of an old-fashioned soldier, and without waiting for Hanni to speak, he motioned for him to come to the huge LCD table, pointed to the satellite remote sensing map of Lae with a ruler of ten meters on the screen, and said directly: "Re-mark the location of THE at the time of the war and your reconnaissance range before the war." ”

Major Hanni nodded slightly, looked at the satellite map and used his memory to directly draw the range of THE activities in the past few days, in fact, their activity data had already been uploaded to the destroyer's data center, and Colonel Brogdon did this only out of the caution of the military to avoid any mistakes.

Staring at the satellite image, Colonel Brogdon continued to ask, "The enemy can confirm that the time of activity is 1600 yesterday, right?" ”

"To be precise, it was 1640, we detected a team of civilian vehicles entering Lae, and there were biological armored troops operating outside Lae before dark, so the whole of the LEE withdrew to the depths of the rainforest, and the dynamic sensing devices placed on the main roads of Lae did not send out new sensing signals until the rain became heavier."

After listening to Major Hanni's report, Colonel Brogdon scratched his hair a little irritably, combined with the previous reconnaissance data and intelligence, there are at least nearly two hundred biological armored soldiers and thousands of mutated creatures in Lae, it is impossible to disappear in less than three hours between the arrival of the rainstorm and the start of the siege battle, even if these armored soldiers can use the cover of the night rain and do not take the main road of the city into the rainforest, those mutated creatures also disappeared without a trace without disturbing the motion sensing device?

How can it be?

The war-hardened Colonel Brogden knew that the most terrible enemy was the vanishing enemy, and that the special mountainous terrain of Afghanistan made both of the two hooligans go home, relying on the rock formations with a thickness of tens or even hundreds of meters to completely shield the detectors of various modes, and the long caves that are easy to move in concealment, all of which are not found in the coastal rainforest terrain with a height difference of up to 100 meters.

Therefore, before the attack on Lae, neither the intelligence analysis non-commissioned officers on the colonel's side nor the military staff officers far away in the United States had expected to encounter a situation similar to that of the Afghan mountain operations in the tropical rainforest area, and the combat target would disappear when it said it would disappear, and there would be no trace at all.

"Perhaps...... Our thinking is about to jump out of the normal tactical offense and defense. Colonel Brogdon casually clicked on the three battle plans, displayed them side by side on the electronic screen, and continued: "I called you here to listen to your opinions and see these plans. ”

Seeing Colonel Brogdon say this, Major Hanny raised his eyebrows, of course he understood the other party's intentions, THE observed Lae for three whole days, and his understanding of these biological armored soldiers and mutated creatures was much more detailed than that of the army staff officers in the cabin, he was not polite, raised his hand to enlarge several plans in turn, compared them horizontally, and finally closed the first and third plans, leaving the second plan on the screen alone, and explained: "I think the second plan is more suitable for the current situation, because what we have to do is not to fight against the enemy, It's hunting. ”

"Hunting? Are you referring to using large areas of rainforest as hunting grounds, using hunting patterns to search for and capture targets? ”

"That's right. The resources required by biological armored troops and mutant creatures are different from those of previous opponents, even the guerrillas in Afghanistan, at least they need ammunition, oil, food and other necessities to fight, and many times, following the flow of materials, you can find the target of attack, but in the past two days, from our observation of Lae, these armored soldiers need very little material, it should be said that they are more like some kind of animal than human, let alone mutated creatures, so I think ......" Major Hanni pointed to the electronic map and continued: " The south of Lae is the sea, and the east and west sides are river swamps and muddy lands, which basically excludes the possibility of mutant organisms crossing the river and escaping into the forest area, and the road in the northwest has a dynamic sensing device, if it is not triggered, it is not very likely that they will evacuate from here, and it is also ruled out, then the only thing left is the northeast direction, where there happens to be a rainforest and a gentle slope terrain that penetrates deep into the urban area, and it is also the only direction that cannot be approached by the surveillance when the THE reconnaissance is carried out, so my judgment is the same as the second plan, Most of the mutant creatures and biological armor enter the rainforest from here, but the terrain extending northeast to the north is cut into a narrow strip by the river ridge, and the slow travel speed in the rainforest, I don't think they can go too far, we don't need to chase and intercept them, it is very stupid to send soldiers to rappel into the rainforest to fight the enemy, just use incendiary bombs to form a fire field and force these animals into the open area. ”

Looking at the electronic map again, Colonel Brogdon, as the commander of the Marine Battle, finally confirmed: "Okay, then use Plan 2 and notify the fleet to cooperate with our actions and force these bitches out of the rainforest!" ”

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