Chapter 496: Prologue to the War

"It's time."

Azu looked at the blue planet outside the huge porthole, the sun emitting a golden light, illuminating one side of the earth, reflecting the small half of the sphere into a golden color.

Proxima Centauri stood behind him and said, "Yes, Your Majesty. ”

"So far, there are fifty-eight countries that have not expressed themselves, including the Federation."

Azu smiled and said, "Very good, then let the Federation see what will happen if they refuse to surrender." ”

"At the same time, I will let other countries know what the consequences will be if I fight me."

"Let's attack."

Proxima Centauri nodded and turned away, "Did you hear it all?" ”

"Attack!"

"Let this planet know the consequences of angering Your Majesty."

Suddenly, Thanos's former generals, such as General Deathblade and Black Dwarf, all roared.

Then they scattered.

Soon.

The starships suspended in the earth's orbit, one by one the hatches opened, and from the starships, the first thing that appeared was the 'Halo' battleship, which was shaped like a doughnut.

However, each of these extremely simple warships is enough to crush a city.

One by one, these ships left the main ship, spread across the starry sky, and flew towards Earth at breakneck speed.

After the 'Halo' battleship poured out of the nest, the next thing was the Zetarian whale ships.

These whale-like creatures are much smaller than the Halo and can carry a limited number of troops.

Even so, each of them was enough to level a block, and there were significantly more of them than the Halo ships.

As a result, there was an extra school of fish in deep space, and thousands of Zetari whaleships followed closely behind the 'Halo' battleship, heading towards the blue planet.

Immediately after that, from the main ship, a series of pitch-black spaceships were ejected, they were landing ships, with strong armor, and they were used to forcibly land various planetary troop carriers.

It was in these landing ships that each of them carried a large number of Vanguard Guards.

These are soldiers who are extremely fierce and fierce, not afraid of death, and pursue glory.

They have four arms, no eyes, and extremely developed physical functions, and the combat effectiveness of each individual is far superior to that of Zeta Swiss soldiers.

The number of landing ships was even larger, and they were densely packed all over deep space, like black stars, and soon caught up with the whale ships of the Zetarians, and then went hand in hand, following the 'Halo' battleship into the Earth's atmosphere.

Immediately, from space, tens of thousands of points of light appeared on the surface of the earth.

When these three waves of troops entered the atmosphere, they dispersed in an orderly manner, turned into more than a dozen troops, and headed straight for the major cities and military bases of the Federation.

Just when the first Halo battleship entered the atmosphere, a piercing air defense siren sounded in the territory of the Federation, in all states and in all large cities.

As early as 12 hours ago, the Federation mobilized all the troops in the territory, and the navy, army, and air force were ready to go.

And big cities like New York, Washington, and Chicago are even more assembled with the army, marines, etc.

At this time.

The streets of New York are bleak like never before, the megacity is almost empty, and the residents of the entire city have withdrawn and walked.

Now all that remains, there is only the army, only the soldiers.

On several of New York's main streets, the Commonwealth's ground troops are scattered, which are mainly made up of the Commonwealth's land forces.

On the streets, the M1 Abrams main battle tank, the M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, the Stryker wheeled armored vehicle, the Humvee light fighting vehicle, etc., can be seen everywhere.

In terms of firepower, there are M109 self-propelled howitzers, M270 multiple rocket launchers, Patriot air defense missile systems, etc.

Even so.

Bruson, a senior officer in charge of the defense of New York. Dumen still didn't have a sense of security at all.

Especially when he saw that black spots began to appear under the rising sun, this officer, who had participated in many major battles, already had beads of sweat on his forehead.

"May God bless the Federation."

The officer drew a cross on his chest, then picked up the walkie-talkie and said loudly: "Attention everyone, the battle is about to begin." ”

"The stakes are high in this war, and everyone must not let up!"

But.

Compared to the Army.

Obviously, the task of engaging the John Empire first is bound to fall on the Federation's air force.

The Federation's air force consists of eight commands and various flight wings, as well as flying squadrons of varying numbers.

The fighters in service include the F-22 Raptor stealth fighter, the F-35 Lightning II stealth multirole fighter, the F-15 Eagle fighter, the F-16 Falcon fighter, etc.

At this time, the flight squadron arranged in New York had already taken off from the military base, and the flight squadron composed of F-15 Eagle fighters and F-16 Falcon fighters roared to meet the uninvited guests who came from outside the sky.

In front of these Sky Silver Eagles is a 'Halo' battleship.

"Command, Command."

"This is the Silver Arrow Combat Squadron, the target has been found, the target has been found."

On the plane, the pilot reported the situation in the air to the command.

"This is the ground command, the Silver Arrow Squadron, allowing you to use lethal firepower."

"Again, allow you to use lethal fire and shoot down all the invaders!"

With the consent of the command, the combat squadron began to attack, forming the fighters of the combat squadron, in groups of three, scattered and rushed towards the Halo battleship in echelons.

After locking onto the target, the fighter jet fires missiles, and hundreds of missiles are dragged out of dazzling flame trails and fired at the target with great sound.

The speed of the halo battleship did not change, and it flew towards the missile group, and in a blink of an eye, the two sides met in mid-air, and a large number of fireballs suddenly appeared in the sky.

The flames collided with each other, forming a huge sea of fire in the air, and the flames were even brighter than the sun, illuminating the pilots' goggles brightly.

"The target has been hit."

"The target has been hit."

Ground Command, Brunson looked at the sea of fire on the screen and whispered, "Just fall like that." ”

However, it backfired.

The flames in the sky were quickly blown away by the strong wind in the sky, and the huge aura battleship flew out of the sea of fire unscathed, and around the battleship, a circle of blue light could be seen.

"Damn, it's the Energy Shield!"

Bruson almost didn't drop the walkie-talkie on the ground, he restrained his frustration, took the walkie-talkie and said, "Silver Arrow squadron, keep attacking, keep attacking." ”

At that moment, someone shouted, "Look, there's something coming out of that alien spaceship." ”

Bruson hurriedly looked at the screen, and on both sides of the Halo battleship, black dots kept popping up from the battleship.

When the screen zoomed in, Bruson saw that it turned out to be some small fighter jets.

These fighters are twice as small as the Federal Air Force's counterparts, but more than twice as numerous as the Silver Arrow squadron.

After these alien fighters left the Halo battleship, they dispersed and flew towards the Federation forces at unimaginable speeds, and then the sky lit up with a little brilliant light.

In the blink of an eye, a large area of light rain fell one after another, the number of light rain was so large and the scope was so wide that it had the intention of wiping down the Silver Arrow Squadron.

Bruson was startled, grabbed the walkie-talkie and yelled, "Avoid! Evade it now! ”

The air force group immediately made tactical evasions, and the fighter group released a large number of decoy bombs, and the entire sky suddenly became dazzling.

Thousands of beams collided with decoy bombs, and orange-yellow flames immediately spread out in mid-air, and seeing this, Bruson breathed a sigh of relief.

But in the next second, his pupils shrank suddenly.

It turned out that not all of the beams and decoy bombs were annihilated by each other, but there were still a large number of beams that passed through the flames, tore through the air, and swept towards the Federation fighters.

Beams of light flowed down like a waterfall, hitting the fighters, both the wings and the fuselage, silently melting through holes in front of these beams.

Even though these holes are only the size of a teacup, even if they don't hit the fighter's engine, even if they just punch holes in the wings, they can be fatal to the fighter.

So in mid-air, the fighters of this federal air combat squadron either exploded or fell out of control.

There are only a handful of pilots who can escape, and for alien fighters, they don't have the habit of not killing pilots, so even if they can escape from the fighters, those pilots die in the second round of shooting by alien fighters before they land on the ground.

Watching the life characteristics of all the pilots on the screen disappear, Bruson only felt a dullness in his chest, this combat squadron had been completely wiped out.

Taking a deep breath, Bruson picked up his cell phone and called the White House, and soon the communication was established.

"This is the New York Ground Operations Command, and I'm Brunson. Dumen, now that the Silver Arrow Squadron has been wiped out, I apply for a nuclear strike. ”

On the other side of the phone, a voice said in an almost cold tone: "The application is approved, the nuclear bomb will arrive in the sky over New York in 1 minute, please take precautions." ”

The nuclear bomb is humanity's strongest and last weapon.

If even a nuclear bomb can't stop the alien invaders, Bruson can't imagine what the Federation will do to expel these enemies when they successfully land.

In fact.

Not only did Bruson apply for a nuclear strike, but now commanders in several of the Federation's major theaters of war have made the same request.

As a result, in the nuclear submarines deployed at sea and several nuclear bomb silos on the ground, one after another nuclear warheads spewed flames, rose to a high altitude, and then split up and flew to their respective targets.

Here in New York, Bruson soon sees a nuclear bomb cut through the clouds on the screen and shoot like a meteor towards a Halo battleship.

At this moment, the surface of the Halo Battleship lit up, and then a blue light quickly spread in all directions.

The light passed by the bomb in an instant, and after being swept by the light, the tail flame of the bomb suddenly disappeared, and then the shell fell to the ground.

Although the nuclear bomb will not explode because it is not activated, it will be paralyzed by the enemy with some kind of force field when it sees that the nuclear bomb cannot be connected to a close target.

Seeing this scene, Bruson felt a deep powerlessness.

After a few moments, all of Command's screens flickered, and then the entire network went down, even the communication network could not be used.

As a result, the Federation's command network was cut off, and Bruson felt bad, and he felt like he was defeated.

He forcibly pulled himself together and told the technicians to rush to repair it, while switching to flares to convey orders to troops stationed in the New York city.

Even so, he felt that the future of the Federation was dark.

After dismantling the nuclear bomb, dozens of Zirita whale ships swam towards the center of New York, but apparently the black landing ships were faster.

One after another, the pitch-black landing ships landed on the outskirts of New York City or in the city area one step faster than the Zetari whales, and these behemoths landed like black iron stakes.

The impact of the landfall alone was like a massive earthquake, shaking the ground throughout New York, groaning high-rise buildings, cracking facades, and toppling the building.

After the landing, the hatches of these black battleships were opened, and the vanguard guards poured out like beasts.

Like black floods, they surged out of the landing ships and quickly swept through the streets of New York.

From the sky, the Kuroti rushed into the city of New York, speeding down the streets and rushing towards the Federal Army stationed in various neighborhoods.

Tanks, combat vehicles, wheeled armored vehicles, etc., which had been arranged on the streets in advance, adjusted their muzzles one after another, pointing at the vanguard guards who were pressed by the black pressure.

The commanders of the squads were nervous, but they did not give the order to attack until they could clearly see the hideous figures of the vanguard guards, and then the hanging arms waved down vigorously.

Suddenly, on the battlefields of the major streets of New York, thousands of cannons rang out, and a large number of fireballs appeared in front of the sweeping black torrent.

The black flood was blown up in all directions, and each wave represented dozens or more of the vanguard guards to smithereens.

However, there were too many vanguard guards, so the speed of the black flood of advance slowed down, but it still surged forward firmly.

At this time, Zetari's whale ships finally arrived in New York City, and the giant whale-like creature warships roared, smashing buildings one after another, causing them to smash into the human army on the ground.

At the same time, Zeta Swiss soldiers continued to shoot out from both sides of the whale ship, and Zeta Swiss soldiers armed with laser rifles fell from the sky.

They landed on the faΓ§ade of the building, on the streets, on the human army, and soon caused a great wave of chaos.

Due to the addition of Zeta's Swiss soldiers, the ground army had to divide a part of its forces to fight, so that the firepower to contain the Kuroshio was greatly reduced.

The vanguard guards who were not afraid of death rushed over with cannonballs, and as long as they did not die, even if their hands were blown off, they would fight until the second before death came.

The black flood quickly advanced down the street, and a moment later the vanguard guards roared and jumped onto the chariots, poured into the back of the chariots, and slaughtered into the crowd.

At this point, the whole of New York was full of war, flames and smoke rose into the sky.

The Battle of New York officially kicked off the war between the John Empire and the Earth Federation! (End of chapter)