Chapter 42: The Raid Finally Begins
He Xie stared at the yellow highlights representing the blue-skinned natives on the huge projection screen in the conference room, Qin Lang and Jimmy. Xu Ze was talking to each other next to him. As it turned out, he still underestimated Jack. Sally: He had thought it would take days for the retired Marine to gain the trust and obedience of the Blueskins, but in reality, it was only a little over a day before samurai from different clans began to gather towards the Tree of Souls.
He had to admit that the protagonist's aura was a completely unreasonable force, even in the plot world created by the main god. Of course, Mr. Sully may have been assisted by the Sapphire Squad, but it doesn't matter, his good fortune ends here, the sooner the Blueskins are assembled, the sooner their destruction will come, and this time, Eva can't save them.
Compared to the power of modern technology, bows and arrows and driven beasts are not worth mentioning at all, and He Xie is confident in this, although Quaritch has failed. That was only because of a lack of anticipation and preparation for the development of the situation, and now, all the omissions have been filled, so that everything will eventually return to normal.
Hell Squad will be victorious, as well as Quarridge, though he hasn't realized how good his situation is; There were also the mercenaries and staff who were quietly listening to Mr. Colonel's briefing on the situation, they had no idea of the big picture, so the rapidly increasing yellow highlights on the huge projection screen made them extremely nervous.
Add to that the introduction of Quaritch, and it's even worse.
According to satellite photographs, the number of hostile natives grew from a few hundred to more than 2,000 in a single day, and the number continues to increase, reaching 20,000 in a week. At that point, they will break through our perimeter defenses. He Xie heard some of the men who were not calm enough gasp sharply, and then they relaxed again, because the colonel made a twist just right: "But we won't let this happen." The commissar and I have developed a countermeasure, which is to preemptively strike and fight terror with terror - the commissar. ”
He stepped aside and handed the right to speak to Guo Bo along with the controller of the projection equipment.
"My strategy is simple, which is to defeat first, then kill." Guo Bo's first sentence was quoted from Admiral Powell's famous quote, and at the same time, he pressed the controller, switching the picture of the huge projection screen to the Tree of Souls, and continued: "Those blue-skinned natives believe that their homeland is blessed by their gods, so when we attack it, the warriors who have gathered there will rise up and fight to the death, which means two things, firstly, we will destroy their elite before the blue-skinned reinforcements arrive, and secondly, once we destroy that tree, It will imprint a deep enough lesson in the memories of the remaining blue skins that they will never dare to approach a place within a thousand kilometers of here. ”
"And this matter will also become an immutable fact." Quaritch made a brief addition to his remarks.
The emotions of the mercenaries and staff were mobilized, everyone became scrappy, and nervousness and uneasiness were swept away. He Xie suspected that Guo Bo had used his psychic abilities, and these people were now looking forward to the impending war, as if they were not going to fight to the death against a group of alien barbarians—and that meant that some would die—but were preparing to take their families and friends on an outing.
And it was an early departure in the morning.
"We will attack at 0600 tomorrow." Guo Bo finally said, raising his right hand and making a Vulcan hand salute, "Then, ladies and gentlemen, take your place, and may the Force be with you." ”
His expression was solemn and his tone was serious, exactly like a high-ranking officer who was issuing orders, but the result of forcibly putting together a bunch of completely incompatible elements was obvious: He Xie, Qin Lang, and Jimmy. Xu laughed on the spot.
Fortunately, Guo Bo's power is still working. The mercenaries and staff walked past them as if no one had passed, pouring out of the conference room and hurrying to their posts.
The base quickly became busy, with transports shuttling back and forth to bring increasingly lethal weapons from the warehouse to the tarmac, ground crews focused on refueling the vehicles that were going into battle, much of the preparation was focused on the massive Valkyrie shuttle, mercenaries building rudimentary fortifications on its back and loading machine guns there with the tailgate gangplank to transform it into a flying fortress, and its spacious cargo compartment would be used to transport ground troops and a specially made giant gliding bomb.
When He Xie arrived at the tarmac, the mercenaries were sending it into the cabin of the "Valkyrie". The base's ordnance crew spent several days building this "stand-off weapon" that replaced the two stacked and packed mining explosives in the movie, but it was conventionally designed, and her calculations showed that it could hit the core of the Tree of Souls from four kilometers away, and if the Valkyrie flew higher and faster, the range would be longer, and Qin Lang assured that it was powerful enough to turn the area into a large crater with an astonishing diameter and depth.
"By the time it explodes, we won't have to clean up the battlefield." He Xie still remembers what he said.
He must have provided a lot of explosives that could be exchanged in the main god space, and it was metal hydrogen, which was always his style. He Xie stared at the bomb hidden under the tarpaulin. It fills in the last loophole in the plan. How would Sapphire Squad, Sully, and his accomplices, the Blueskinned Natives, feel if they found out that their enemy could blow it up without having to go near the tree?
Of course, at that moment, most of these guys can't think anymore, and even the rest can't think too much, at best they have a little time to curse the enemy and complain about the negligence of the inside line - think of that brave Max. Dr. Pat, Hell Xie has connected to the internal communications of the Hell Squad.
"What is our Mr. Inside doing?"
Soon, he heard Guo Bo's answer: "Of course, it's to contact the lovely traitors." ”
"What did you say?"
"Do you want to hear it, chief? I can turn it around for you. ”
"It's okay to listen to it." He Xie said, and then only a second later, Max. Pat's voice entered his ears.
"Grace, Jack, this place has gone mad, it's totally all mobilized. They were going to turn the shuttle into a bomber, and put bombs made of mine explosives on it, ready to use it to launch some kind of shock campaign. ”
"These war maniacs." Augustine lashed out harshly.
"Quaritch and that mad commissar have taken over," Dr. Pat continued, "and now they are all under their command, and no one can stop them. ”
Then it was Sally who spoke: "When will the attack begin." ”
"Six o'clock tomorrow morning."
"Max! Max! Another woman's voice came out. Obviously, Max. Pat is not alone, he also has accomplices, and he is issuing a warning.
The doctor quickly lowered his voice. "I have to go." After that, he said, no more sound entered He Xie's ears.
"And so Dr. Pat's mission is over." He was in a better mood. Of course, now that the doctor's mission has ended, he can get rid of this pathetic inside line once and for all, and if he has the opportunity, he can still do it himself: "Do you need me to go over now?" ”
"Don't worry, the lieutenant colonel and I will take good care of them." Regular answer, gently shaking the pistol, motioning for Pat and his two accomplices to stand in a line.
Of course, there is no need to raise your hand. Anyway, at the end of the day, their hands will definitely be somewhere else.
Humorous thoughts beat in her regular head, but the gaze she used to examine the three insiders was cold and unforgiving. The horror of these guys is completely impossible to hide, even though they have lifted the ban and tried to hide it. In addition to the inevitable panic caused by their little sordid secrets being revealed and being pointed at a pistol, the Imperial SA helmet she and Mo Fei wore also served a role: its exterior design was designed to create intimidation and deterrence, making it ugly and terrifying.
In addition to this, the power of the dark side of the Force can also make people shudder.
Pat struggled to spell out a nearly complete sentence: "What do you want to do?" ”
"Computers are unreliable, just like people." Mo Fei said, and the doctor's hand began to reach for his throat involuntarily. However, compared to the invisible force that holds it in, the meager physical strength of human beings does nothing at all. He began to choke, followed by his two companions.
Routinely put away the pistol and connected to another communication line: "There was an accident in the research room, three people fell, and first responders are needed. ”
As she finished the last word, the three insiders struggled to breathe the last breath of air, their faces contorted in excruciating pain; Then they fell to the ground and never struggled again.
"Problem solved." Mo Fei reported that he turned around and walked out of the laboratory with the usual, just in time to pass by the emergency personnel who arrived in a hurry.
Moments later, a new broadcast began to echo throughout the base.
"Attention everyone, the attack time has been changed to 0530 - repeat, the attack time has been changed to 0530 - "
The ground crews and mercenaries, who were busy with the final checks, stopped in unison, and then sped up in unison. For some of them, they had to work through the night to keep up with the latest schedules, and they should have complained, but driven by some inexplicable frenzy, these people threw themselves into their work, and no one said a word.
Their efforts paid off, and before dawn, Pandora's largest air attack formation in history burst into the planet's skies on time.