December 17, 3 a.m. Washington time. ∽ ↗ top ∽ ↗ point ∽ ↗ small ∽ ↗ said,

Led by the Chief of the General Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States and the Chief of the U.S. Army General Martin Brown. The emergency meeting chaired by Dempsey was held in the Pentagon's multipurpose conference room.

With the exception of Dempsey, who sat in the chairman's seat, all of them were the most senior officers in the U.S. military, the president's most important military advisers, and members of the scientific committee.

Including the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, James Brown. Admiral Winnefield, Chief of Army Staff Raymond Wynnefield. Admiral Odilno, Chief of Naval Operations Jonathan Brown. Admiral Grinert, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Norton. Admiral Schwartz, Marine Corps Commander James Brown. Admiral Amos, with commanders on all continents.

At this time, thirty-two hours have passed since the earliest discovery of the unidentified large land creature of Muto!

During the 32-hour period, in addition to formulating a preliminary plan for defense measures, the three countries led by China, the United States, and Russia were notified of the unidentified creatures that appeared in Antarctica.

In fact, it is difficult to hide this matter, after all, there are too many mutos, and there are many countries that have established scientific research stations in Antarctica, and it is completely impossible to deliberately conceal it.

Seven hours after the discovery of MUTO, a high-level emergency teleconference of China, the United States and Russia was immediately held!

Eight hours later, a preliminary memorandum of understanding was signed, and China, the United States, and Russia decided to work together to resolve Antarctic affairs.

Ten hours later, the U.S. Third Fleet had set off for the South Pole.

An hour later, the Seventh Fleet followed.

Combat fleets, including those in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, were also urgently dispatched and moved in the direction of Antarctica.

Twenty-five hours later. The "Global Emergency Security and Defense Council" was announced, and its members include almost 11 major countries in the world, and basically 97% of the world's military forces are concentrated in these 11 countries.

The reason for the establishment of the "Global Emergency Security and Defense Council" so quickly is that in addition to obtaining some relevant information because the scientific research stations of various countries were destroyed, the United States has made a considerable amount of information available to member countries without any gaps.

After looking at such strange unidentified creatures and unimaginable numbers. The speed of drastic changes in the faces of high-level people is not much worse than that of ordinary people.

According to the proposal of China and the United States, the "Global Emergency Security and Defense Council" will set up five to four temporary functional departments, namely the "High-level Meeting of Heads of State", the "Joint Chiefs of General Staff", the "Scientific Advisory Committee", and the "Coordination Joint Committee", which include four aspects: political, military, scientific and technological, and coordination.

It was pitch black outside the conference room window, the sky was still covered with fluffy snowflakes, the temperature had dropped to more than 10 degrees below zero, and the people on the street were happily preparing gifts and preparations for Christmas.

A peaceful atmosphere in the city. At least until Christmas, it will remain in many cities in the United States.

However, compared to the peace outside and the happiness of the people, many high-level executives sitting in the multi-purpose conference room looked gloomily at the images displayed on hundreds of inch screens.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the footage you see now was taken by our drone half an hour ago...... As you can see, the MUTO is divided into dozens of routes and is heading in all directions of Antarctica. At our discretion. Three hours later, Muto on this route near the Ross Ice Shelf. will be on the verge of the Ross Sea ......"

The words of Dempsey, chairman of the US Chief of General Staff, undoubtedly made the scene of the icy atmosphere even more serious.

"I have a question!"

The speaker was Australian Defence Minister Kevin on the other side of the TV line. Andrews.

"Lord Andrews, please speak."

"With regard to MUTO, can we now confirm that it poses a threat to countries? Is the threat assessment report out? If military means are adopted now, will there be serious consequences? If there are really serious consequences, who will bear the responsibility? ”

Andrews asked several questions in one breath. The meaning of-for-tat is very strong.

"As for the threat assessment report, it is not possible to produce it in a short period of time because of the lack of important intelligence information."

Dempsey said calmly, "But as for whether Muto is a threat, I'm sorry, even if this number is just a batch of rats." We'll probably have to think about whether it's a threat...... Not to mention ......"

As Dempsey spoke, a terrifying image of a large muto suddenly appeared on the electronic screen.

"Gollum ......"

The few people who actually came to the conference room swallowed their saliva involuntarily, their heads tilted back slightly, their pupils shrank, and they couldn't help twitching their noses.

“1、2、3、4……”

Some people can't help but count the ways, but it's a pity that the screen is full of large mutos, and it is clear where to count for a while.

But fortunately, the next moment, Dempsey said the answer.

"Within a minute and a half of filming here, there were 371 of these large mutos...... As you can see, this creature is more than 100 meters long, and the longest is even more than 150 meters, which is even larger than the largest animal in the Earth's biosphere. ”

"And their numbers are growing, Lord Andrews, if you don't think it's a threat, maybe you think they're pet snakes? Just a little bigger? Of course, if they're all nestled in your back garden, I think everyone here will be genuinely happy. ”

This was very polite, and it made Andrews blush.

As for the Australian defense minister, in the first half of the year, because he and the Australian president jointly announced that they would send combat troops to fight the IS terrorist organization, but when interviewed, he laughed generously because he could not answer who the IS leader was.

For a while, it also became a joke among the high-level leaders of various ** affairs, and secretly despised the Minister of Defense in his heart.

Need more to say about the menace of Muto?

Seven or eight scientific research stations fell and lost contact, and at least hundreds of people were missing according to the data that can be checked, and no one would think that these missing people who disappeared in the MUSE would still be alive and well.

Whenever the drone approaches the MUTO at close range, you can find a strong attack by the MUTO**. It's not a friendly and harmless creature.

In fact, even if these creatures were locusts, such a horrific number would be enough to cause a huge loss of agriculture in a medium-sized country, let alone such a large group of organisms.

"Based on the information we have so far, this unidentified creature has an aggressive desire. The hope is very strong, and no survivors have been found to survive the fallen research station. A few small experiments we did in the early days also proved that this creature is not friendly. ”

As he spoke, more than a dozen parachutes appeared on the screen, and one by one the Alaskan Malamutes that were lifted down by the transport plane, before they could bark a few words, they were entangled by the surging muto, and they were torn apart in a few clicks, turning into countless pieces of minced flesh and blood sprinkled all over the ground, and then disappeared in countless torrents after a while.

Watching more than a dozen sled dogs, without exception, all suffer such bad luck. I'm afraid that no one who is present will dare to say that this creature is harmless.

"As I mentioned before, guys, let's not wonder where this unidentified creature came from, which is not helpful to the current situation, but the most important thing is to discuss the most critical core question of this time - whether to keep Muto in Antarctica? If you can't block it. And with the ability to go to sea, how should countries respond to what happens next? ”

"Your Excellency Chairman Dempsey. I think we'd better figure out how to deal with what happens after we go to the sea as soon as possible. ”

The person who said this was General Chang Kai, who was talking to him in Beijing through a satellite data link.

This general, who is in the prime of his fifties, speaks in a heavy tone, and his eyes are attentive, even if he is just looking at the screen. It also makes people feel the unique majesty of the military.

"General Chang, what do you mean?"

The simultaneous interpretation was extremely fast, and the conversation between the two barely paused.

"Everyone knows that now the only military force capable of intercepting MUTO is the US Third Fleet, which is still on the way...... According to the speed of the Third Fleet. I'm afraid that it will take about 40 hours to reach the waters of the Ross Ice Shelf area, and according to the information that Chairman Dempsey said, there are still three hours to go, and the first muto will be on the verge of the ocean, and it will definitely be too late in time. ”

Unfortunately, if Australia had been able to send its naval forces in time at that time, it would definitely be able to catch up now...... Not to mention blocking, at least delay until the arrival of the Third and Seventh Fleets, there should be no problem.

In reality, however, with Australia's procrastination, no country should expect much from it.

If Australia hadn't been too close to Antarctica, there would have been a seat for the Global Emergency Security and Defense Council.

"I understand that, too."

Dempsey nodded, "It will take at least forty hours for the Third Fleet to reach the waters of Antarctica, and the first MUTO will be unstoppable, but I hope that in the MUTO close to the rest of the Ross Sea, including the marked routes of the second, third, and fourth units, Australia will be able to temporarily assume the responsibility of delaying......"

"How is this possible!"

Before Dempsey could finish his sentence, Andrews denied the offer.

"It's impossible for our naval forces to stop so many mutos!"

Andrews's words are actually not wrong, with Australia's naval strength, it is indeed impossible to assume such a huge responsibility.

"Hear me out...... Lord Andrews. At the same time, we will send air force combat units to arrive in advance to cooperate with the interdiction mission......"

The US military has only a few hundred naval communication stations, navigation stations, and space tracking stations in Australia and New Zealand, which are mainly used to monitor nuclear tests in China, Russia, and other places, and serve the US military in space.

Dempsey's intention is to temporarily borrow Australia's Royal Air Force base to transfer Guam's air force to stop Antarctica's Muto at close range. (To be continued......)