Chapter 184: Volcanic Ash (I)

ā€œā€¦ā€¦ The fellow, who asked not to be identified, said in the anonymous article that if the Allied government can allocate 1 percent of its military spending to support space exploration programs, then the Allied Academy of Sciences may already be sending probes to the sun, and that many sounding technologies, such as active thermal shielding, have been slow to progress due to lack of funding. 'Humanity should go to the universe instead of killing each other for leftovers in the cradle'......'"

-- The League, a corner of the 25th edition.

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"Where is the jamming device?" Ling Yu looked at the fiery red color in the middle of the map, and had a bad premonition.

"Right here, in the center of the first four tank farms...... "as if knowing that they were talking about an almost impossible task," the average temperature was more than a thousand degrees. ā€

One thousand degrees, this is a temperature that is fast and fatal enough for TF, Ling Yu frowned slightly, and before he could speak, Han Fei spoke.

"Why didn't you think about it until now? There's no TF stationed in Newport, but there should be a five-man crew on board the USS Mississippi. ā€

Han Fei gently pushed his glasses, and even Luo Gen next to Ling Yu nodded.

"That's the crux of our call for help......" Brigadier Admiral Hadiren gritted his teeth and looked at the commander of the Fourth Fleet, Feng Zhixin, who was next to him, as if asking for his voice.

"Our TF had a blitz more than an hour ago, but the TF team was attacked not long after they got inside...... Annihilated. ā€

Feng Zhixin shook his head gently, "Because of the communication interference, only some very little information has been reported back, and only the exact location of the jammer has been confirmed at present, and the fact that the other party also has a TF deposit." ā€

"Can a jammer work at that high temperature?" Logan frowned slightly, "In an environment where the average temperature exceeds 1,000 degrees......"

"Active electromagnetic thermal shielding is sufficient...... But ACA is actually used here. This is a theoretical concept that the Alliance has just applied to the real YĆ n-type Mercury probe. Han Fei shook his head slightly, indicating that it was possible, "To be honest, the technology of the alliance is still in the drawing stage, and the ACA has already materialized." ā€

"Oh, no. Ling Yu, you have an active heat shielding system on your dagger. Han Fei was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look at Ling Yu, "The product of black technology?" ā€

"Well, humans probably don't have this kind of miniaturization technology yet." Ling Yu took out his dagger and looked at it, then nodded.

"Anyway, don't forget how they disturb the sun, from this point of view, it's really possible." Ling Yu nodded, but his opinion was the opposite of Han Fei's - the actual situation might be. Someone got a relatively mature and easy-to-use version of this technology from a prehistoric civilization's spaceship, and then handed it over to the ACA, because logically speaking, if the signal jammer in Industrial City No. 4 uses such a high-tech thermal shielding system, it is likely that the ACA will make another inconsequential reality, and the thing that really disturbs the sun...... I'm afraid it's still the original of a prehistoric civilization.

"If so, the League...... Or that the earth is in danger. Linya sighed, "The sun is not a human toy. ā€

"Let's deal with the sun in front of us first. Otherwise, we will all be blown up to the sky, and the sun above our heads will naturally have big people to deal with. Ling Yu stopped everyone from going deeper into the discussion. Turning to Hadilan, "So our mission is to go in and smash this jamming generator, and clean up all the possible TFs along the way, right?" ā€

"It's not that simple." Before Hadiren could speak, Han Fei pushed his glasses, "At a temperature of thousands of degrees." You must wear a reinforced protective suit, and your mobility will be greatly reduced, according to General Feng's description, if the opponent can quickly kill five TFs, it is very likely that they have been strengthened in this regard. You don't need to wear thicker protective clothing to move freely. ā€

"There are more serious situations," General Feng Zhixin nodded, and Hadiren frowned, as if he wanted to stop Feng Zhixin from continuing, but the general still raised his hand and made an addition.

"Based on the results of our scans and the reports ahead, there are a number of other hazards in the core area." Feng Zhixin shook his head slightly, "At least what is certain is that because of the problem of temperature accumulation, most of the steel floor there has melted into molten steel, which is fatal to everyone - including TF." ā€

"In addition, there may be other potential environmental structural hazards." Ramirez, who had always acted as a human flesh set, sighed, "At least for now, the whole area is surrounded by fire, and it is difficult to get in even with hazmat suits. ā€

"Helis, is there a drone that can withstand the fire? Even if you can't do reconnaissance, at least maintain relay communication. ā€

Ling Yu turned his head to look at the girl in the silver cloak behind her, although the communication interference here was strong, but if it was Helis, it should still be able to maintain a basic communication in a short distance.

The girl was silent for a moment, then nodded slightly.

I need some materials to improve my existing communication relay drone, please give me a set of hazardous environment handling suit materials.

Helis's words were displayed directly on the map table in front of her, and the little girl hacked one of the Alliance's electronic devices.

"Borrow it."

Ling Yu walked to the table, raised his hand to open the map, and began to arrange.

"Captain Frank, is Captain Joe still there? Call him in. Ling Yu turned his head and shouted to Frank who was sitting in the corner of the tent with a glass of water, it wasn't that the communications staff officer was lazy, he was just going to drink a glass of water and then go to contact the other fire brigades, without radio, he could only rely on four wheels and two legs.

"Yes!"

Captain Frank stood up, gave a military salute, and walked out of the room, and in a few minutes he walked in with Joe.

"Captain Joe, you've dealt with the chemical plant accident, right?"

As soon as Captain Qiao walked in the door, Ling Yu said with a sloppy face, "Now is not the time to hide, we need everyone to do their best." ā€

"That's right......" Under Ling Yu's burning gaze, Qiao nodded slightly, "Is there anything I can help with?" ā€

"You come here," Ling Yu gave up the map table, just as another firefighter walked in with a suit of hazard suits. handed it to Helis, who was not polite, took out the laser cutting gun directly from under the cloak, and then beckoned the ingenious Linya to help.

"This is the floor plan of City No. 4," Ling Yu pulled out the map and glanced at Brigadier General Hadirun. "Brigadier General, can you give you a rough estimate of how many people you have on hand now?"

"About four hundred people, two shifts," Brigadier General Hadiren marked on the map, "most of them are concentrated in the hazardous chemical tank farms, and a few are cooling the other tanks, but there are still not enough people." ā€

"It's not going to work, it's too inefficient, and we have to take geography into account when dealing with a crisis like this." Captain Joe wiped his beard, thought about it for a moment, and began to gesture with his hands directly on the map.

"According to the monitoring, tank No. 154 will definitely not be able to be saved, and it must be evacuated immediately, although this temperature has not reached the critical point of the oil storage tank, but I have experience, the temperature will rise by another 30 degrees. It's going to explode. ā€

Brigadier General Hadiren frowned and looked at his boss again. The temperature monitoring of the oil storage tank showed that there were still about 140 degrees from the explosion point, and there was no room for recovery.

"Herris, immediately send drones to establish relay communications, so that the firefighters near tank 154 can be evacuated immediately!"

Ling Yu was extremely decisive, which was also the difference between him and Han Fei, compared to theory. He believes more in experience.

Helis nodded, and handed Linya a communication drone that had just been transformed at hand, because it increased the weight, so she needed to throw it when taking off, and Linya rushed out of the tent. After running a few steps, he threw the drone out like a paper airplane.

"Here, here, and here, all need to be staffed, after the explosion of tank 154, it is easy to form a flowing fire in these drainage ditches, and there must be at least three foam trucks and fifteen people in each place."

"But in that case, the fire in the hazmat area may not be able to withstand it." Hadilan finally spoke up.

"As I said earlier, the key to dealing with a fire at a chemical plant is not defense, but assault." Captain Joe calmly looked at Linya and Helis who continued to fly the drone, and the brigadier general in front of him who frowned, "Did you send someone to close the valve?" ā€

"Our people went on it twice, but they couldn't rush in, the temperature near the valve was extremely high, even if it was a dangerous environment suit, there were more than 60 degrees inside, and ordinary people couldn't bear it at all." Hadilan gritted his teeth, "I can only let TF go." ā€

"No problem, that's why we're here." Rogan stepped forward, "How many valves are there?" ā€

"According to the blueprints, there should be two, here and here, to block the pipeline route of the five oil storage tanks that have now exploded and burned, as well as the 154 oil storage tank that is about to be abandoned."

"Have you considered the emergency pumping pipe?" After listening to Hadren's narration, Captain Joe immediately looked up and asked, his voice was very depressing, but it made people feel shocked.

"This ......," Brigadier General Hadiren was obviously asked, the emergency pumping pipe refers to another set of emergency equipment, which can pump the refined oil in a certain tank directly to other empty oil tanks when it leaks, and all the oil pipes are connected.

But now that the circuit line has been completely destroyed, the emergency pumping pipe has become another hidden danger!

The emergency suction pipe should have a manual closing valve, I'll go for it.

"Little sister, you can control the drone, then it is most appropriate for you to go." As soon as Ling Yu wanted to say something, Captain Qiao turned around and looked at the little girl behind him who was immersed in quickly transforming the drone, "The emergency suction pipe of No. 4 may not be used for a long time, you need to use the drone to check whether the pipeline itself is intact to avoid oil spills, I have pipeline repair gel in my car, you can bring some." ā€

"I'll get it for you!" Linya nodded, then ran out of the tent.

"Then that's how it goes, Logan and Linya are in charge of closing the valves on the two main pipes, and Helis is in charge of checking and shutting down the emergency pumping pipeline, ready for a possible TF attack." Ling Yu nodded, then looked at Brigadier General Hadiran, "I'll take care of the middle part." ā€

"As for how to get in," Ling Yu glanced at the map and then at Captain Qiao, "You must have a way to take us in." ā€

"The specific situation, we'll see when we get there," Captain Joe shook his head lightly and looked at Brigadier General Hardiren who was about to speak, "As for the shortage of manpower in the toxic chemicals area, you don't have to worry." ā€

"I'm sure it won't blow up."

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Ling Yu squatted on the roof of the fire truck, his whole body was already wearing a heavy silver hazard suit, holding the helmet in his hand, looking at the smoke and flames in front of him like a tsunami rushing towards him, licking his dry lips baked by the heat radiation.

He felt a little frightened.

That's right, it's fear.

It's not about facing a strong enemy that can't be defeated, nor is it about the helplessness of going deep into a desperate situation.

Ling Yu clearly felt that this was a sense of fear of nature that originated from biological instincts.

It's one thing to see a fire in photos and videos, it's one thing to look at it from a few kilometers away, but it's another thing altogether when you're standing in front of it.

Hundreds of meters of thick smoke obscured the entire sky, with high temperature Mars fell like raindrops, burning out in mid-air, leaving the debris of high temperature, like volcanic ash falling on the ground, the heavy debris of the gray rain made the whole area lose sight of five fingers, can light the night sky into daylight here is like a child's toy flashlight, can only maintain about 100 meters of illumination, and the fire that rolls out of the smoke, but like the giant mouth of the devil, illuminates a terrifying wreckage.

Just like a lion facing an erupting volcano, the scorching air of more than forty degrees made Ling Yu feel like he was heading for a hell.

And in a dozen towns around Newport, hundreds of rescuers are rushing towards this hell.

A qiē is all about not making more places hell. (To be continued......)