Gaiden 1: Late Dawn (4)
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The drone swayed from side to side, dodging the shots of the four GIs, and even if the occasional bullet hit it, it only left a deep scratch on its hard shell, which could not hurt the delicate electronics inside.
This UAV made of low-purity Reykjavik alloy is a main battle drone, this vehicle-mounted catapult drone, which is about two circles larger than the cellar manhole cover, is equipped with a large-caliber 20mm three-barreled cannon with armor-piercing shells, which can easily penetrate the fragile top cover of most vehicles in the alliance except for the main battle tank, and its good survivability makes it easy to roam in the city alone, becoming the biggest nightmare for light armor and infantry.
Four infantrymen will definitely not be able to deal with such a drone.
"Higgins, give me your grenades!"
Lennon put down his gun and rushed directly to Higgins, holding a gun at the drone to empty a magazine The recruit's face was full of despair, Lennon didn't care about him, and directly took two grenades from his tactical vest and hung them on his shoulders.
"You're in the car right away! Drive into the alley ahead! It will take about a minute for this drone to re-lock our estimated attack route! Move it! Right away!! β
"You two! Don't waste bullets! Lennon pushed away the recruits who were standing in place, then turned his head to look at Vance who was changing magazines and Parker who was shooting at the drone's blurred tail flame, "Listen, I have a plan!" β
The sound of the bus restarting restarted reinvigorated everyone, and Lennon looked at the drone in the distance that was turning around and preparing to re-enter the attack position, "Listen. I have a plan, we can't lose the school bus, otherwise we won't be able to take the kids away even if they're okay! β
"What the do you want to do! We can't get rid of this guy! No way! We're all dead!! β
Parker's voice was changed in tone with a sharp panic, and Vance glanced at the school bus as it slowly drove into the alley.
Do you want to run away?
Vance felt his breath grow thick at the thought, he had heard rumors about these ACA attack drones that would attack vehicles first. Then attack the gathered infantry, and if the school bus and these three guys are used as bait, it will not be difficult to escape with their familiarity with the city.
Although it may not be possible to escape before the ACA closes the siege without a vehicle, hiding is also one of his backup plans, and Parker is right, the ACA will never be able to find and kill every civilian.
"Shut the fuck up for me, you idiot!"
In the flash of lightning, just when Vance subconsciously took a step back, he was pulled back by Lieutenant Lennon's scolding. Ensign Lennon didn't waste time, but rushed straight to Parker, bumped his elbow into his chest, and then followed the school bus directly into the alley, "You guys stay here first!" When the drone swoops down, rush into the alley immediately, don't be a hero!! β
"Are you trying to ......?"
"Be careful! Parker! β
Sergeant Major Parker watched as Second Lieutenant Lennon turned into the alley, but before he could speak, he was interrupted by a rant from Vance.
The drone has already begun to dive. Vance looked at the muzzle of the black hole and knew that he had missed his best chance to escape. His angry voice was mixed with an abundance of emotions - fear of drones, regret for his hesitation, and resentment for these GIs who wanted to be heroes.
But no matter what he thought, he had no other choice!
Vance lifted his gun and emptied an entire magazine almost instantly, in fact fear had made it impossible for him to concentrate on aiming, only God knew where the bullets had gone. The drone continued to magnify in Vance's eyes, and he felt as if he had fallen from a great height, the weightlessness of fear exploding from his heart, which almost jumped out of his mouth.
"Let's go!"
At this moment, Sergeant Major Parker suddenly pulled him, and Vance, who came back to his senses, did not hesitate. It took all his strength to throw away the lead-cast rifle in his hand, and he took two steps forward, and at the moment when the first cannon shell hit the ground, a fish leaped forward and rolled into the alley.
Gun-piercing shells smashed into the concrete ground behind him, leaving a basin-sized crater in the back, and the splashed concrete hit Vance in the back with high velocity like the steel grit of a shotgunβhe had been hit by a shotgun or a dirt sand gun more than once in his long career as a gangster, a familiar feeling, but not fatal, just skin wounds.
But Vance turned into the alley and saw only the back of the school bus, not Ensign Lennon.
Did he run?
There are a lot of fire escapes in the alleys, and it is not difficult to escape from these places.
He actually ran away?!
"Fuck you!" The regret and resentment in Vance's heart exploded instantly, and he turned over, only to see a black shadow like a bat.
After completing the dive attack and finding nothing, the drone had slowed down and lowered its altitude to the mouth of the alley, and the cannon that had just stopped spun rapidly again.
Dead!!
"Get in the car!!"
Before despair could brew in Vance's heart, suddenly accompanied by a shout, a black figure pounced down from the fire escape next to him and slammed into the drone's back!
It was Ensign Lennon, who had already climbed to the second floor, waiting for the opportunity to repeat his feat in Mexico!
"Get in the car! Walk!! β
The drone's cannon that was warming up suddenly stopped rotating, and the drone's main computer made a judgment in an instant that it had to get rid of what was on its back, and the engine suddenly began to be strengthened, and yellow flames erupted instantly, burning the pants and military boots of Lieutenant Lennon's left leg, revealing the metal left leg.
"Let's go!!"
This time it wasn't Lennon who shouted, but Parker, who pulled Vance up from the ground, and then pushed forward, straight to the back door of the bus.
The escape door at the back of the bus was opened. It wasn't Higgins standing on the other side of the door, it was a weak Chrissy.
But it was such a weak woman, with a gunshot wound on her arm, who grabbed Vance's arm and pulled him straight into the car.
"Drive!"
Vance was dragged into the car by Chrissy, and Parker grabbed the handle at the back of the car. Before his feet had fallen on it, he yelled at Higgins in the driver's seat, and Vance looked up and saw all the children holding their heads, curled up, secured to their seats by their seat belts, crying again, but not shouting.
Higgins released the brakes almost reflexively, then pressed the throttle. There was a roar of the engine, and the school bus rushed straight to the other side of the alley.
"Turn right onto the main road!"
Sergeant Parker, who had almost been thrown out, shouted again and gave Higgins the order, and the recruit quickly slapped the steering wheel and turned onto the main road.
In the alley, Ensign Lennon, who was lying on the back of the drone, gently released the fuse of the grenade in his hand, and the curved metal shrapnel flew out and ignited the fuse that could not be seen inside the grenade. After a few seconds of burning, the shrapnel that had just landed was once again blown up by the blast of air and flames. Flew into the air again.
And the drone has long been completely engulfed by that firelight.
"We ...... Can you get rid of it? β
The sound of the explosion also reached the ears of everyone in the school bus not far away, and after the car continued to move forward for several minutes, Chrissy, who was sitting on the ground, finally spoke slowly.
"The high-explosive grenade could not shoot it down, but it was enough to injure his sighting equipment. As per the preset program, it should go back and fix it. β
After a moment of silence, Sergeant Major Parker, who was sitting in an empty chair next to him, spoke softly, then closed his eyes.
"This is a fool who wants to be a hero everywhere he goes."
Then there was no one in the car to speak again.
***
Night has quietly fallen, in Washington in May. It was completely dark, and it was about 9 p.m.
Three men sat quietly on the fourth floor of a five-story parking lot, silently nibbling on the dry food in their hands.
In the end, the plan failed, and the people with no strategic experience made a mistake from the beginning - how could the ACA not fortify a place like the National Stadium, which could facilitate the take-off and landing of large transport helicopters, and just a few hundred meters from the National Stadium was the National Defense University, which was one of the few places in Washington that was still holding out its resistance after the night of the first day of the offensive.
Although the main battle drone can take on the task of hunting on the urban battlefield, the paratroopers cannot carry too many of these heavy drones, in fact, this small escape team is too close to the direction of the theater of the National Defense University, which will attract the hunt of drones.
It also led to the sacrifice of Second Lieutenant Lennon.
Vance didn't speak, but shoved the sandwich in his mouth, and they were lucky that there was a convenience store downstairs in the parking lot, so they took a lot of food supplies.
But no matter how good the food supply is, it can't change the fact that they can't escape.
After discovering that the National Defense University had become a battlefield, the people had to re-examine their escape routes, and after re-analyzing the possibilities, they had to turn to the northeast, crossing half the city again and taking the bridge to the northeast - there were no arsenals, military installations, infrastructure, not even police stations nearby.
But they were still delayed too much, and by the time they reached the northeast bridge, the ACA had set up a guard post on the opposite side of the bridge.
ββ¦β¦ Otherwise, we'll disband it on the spot...... I just saw that there's a locker room here, and we take off our gear...... Change into civilian clothes......"
Higgins finally broke the silence first, and no one contradicted him, but no one agreed.
I don't refute because what he said is right, and I don't agree because what about those kids?
"I'm in Mexico, and I've seen kids slaughtered by the ACA." Parker suddenly spoke softly, "The ACA can't occupy Washington for long, so the paratroopers won't take prisoners and won't take civilians into account, and if what Chrissy says is true, the ACA won't mind killing every child they see, as long as they can create maximum panic for the Alliance, they can do it." β
Vance gently took the cigarette case out of his pocket, took out one, and then threw the cigarette case in the middle of the three people, signaling everyone to help themselves.
He squinted, tempting to say what these kids had to do with me? But he couldn't say it, he told himself that it was only because of the person who did bad things, and he would never write "I'm going to do bad things" on his face, but subconsciously, it seemed that there was something else affecting him.
Vance naturally wouldn't tell Parker about his true past, and he had a lot of innocent lives on his hands, although Vance himself didn't kill any women or children, but the people he killed weren't the husbands of those women and the fathers of those children?
His heart was already harder than granite, or so he thought.
ββ¦β¦ We...... It's not impossible. β
It was Higgins who broke the silence again, and he seemed to have made a lot of determination, even a lot of effort, to say it.
"You mean...... That armored car? β
Parker reached out, picked up Vance's cigarette case, pulled out one, and then narrowed his eyes to look at Higgins. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)