Chapter 774 Landing on North Island! (1/2)

On the rough sea, a majestic cruiser is cutting through the waves.

Its name is Laken, named after the most ferocious sea beast in this sea.

When Shelter 70 was manufacturing it, it was equipped with the most advanced anti-ship systems and surface fire control radars. In theory, even if the destroyers of the Northern Federation and the South China Sea Alliance combined, it would not be its opponent.

This will be a battle without any suspense, or a one-sided massacre!

The atmosphere on the bridge was tense, with the radar operator staring intently at the screen.

The moment he saw the ripples appear on the screen, he shouted reflexively.

"The Reef appears!"

"The target is moving forward according to the original route! It is estimated that we will be discovered by the target radar in 5 minutes!"

The Reef should still be kept in the dark and continue to act as the seemingly harmless "bait".

After hearing the radar operator's report, the captain of the Laken, Fu Hongyi, nodded.

The attack window is only five minutes.

But this time is enough - even a little too long.

When the Reef discovered that the one who came to meet them was not Feiyu but Laken, they might not even have a chance to pray, and they would be sent to the bottom of the sea by their anti-ship missiles to feed the fish.

However, Fu Hongyi still felt a little complicated when he thought that the target of the attack was his former comrade-in-arms.

Seeing everyone looking at him, he slowly spoke.

"Can we contact them?"

The correspondent sitting in front of the terminal shook his head.

"Unable to contact! They have entered radio silence as planned..."

It went exactly as planned.

Although he had no real intention to contact them, Fu Hongyi sighed softly and ordered combat units at all levels to prepare.

Seeing that everything was ready, the adjutant standing next to him hesitated again.

After struggling for a moment, he asked in a low voice.

"Really... do you want to take action?"

The captain was silent for a while, then stretched out his hand to gently straighten the captain's hat on his head.

"The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly. If you hesitate, you will lose... Let's sink it."

There isn't much time left for them.

The ambush fleet of the South China Sea Alliance is nearby, and the Laken must fight quickly. It is best to change course and join the large force as soon as it escapes.

It's really ironic when you think about it. Although the fleet in the southern sea area was established to guard the legion, so far it has not even seen the shadow of the legion. The only achievements are contributed by its own people.

This fleet is worse than none.

Fu Hongyi also smiled bitterly in his heart.

Maybe after cleaning up the mess at home, Mr. Chalas can make these fleets really useful.

At least for other parts of the wasteland...

"The fire control radar has illuminated the target!"

"The 'Riptide' anti-ship missile is ready!"

"Insurance lifted!"

"Ready to launch!"

A series of sounds echoed in the bridge, but at this moment, an inappropriate voice suddenly sounded.

The operator sitting in front of the sonar system control terminal suddenly let out a scream.

"The sonar system detected the approach of an unknown object!"

Fu Hongyi's pupils suddenly shrank, and countless possibilities emerged in his mind, but in the end they all turned into despair.

"Throw torpedo decoy bombs——"

Before he even finished speaking, the left side of the Laken seemed to have been hit by a sea monster, and the whole body shook violently.

Everyone in the bridge suddenly hit the glass window on one side as if they were weightless, and then they were swallowed up by the flames and heat waves that rose into the sky.

From a distance, the cruiser named after Laken looked like a chopstick cut off in the middle, slowly sinking into the sea amidst the raging fire and the explosion of ammunition.

That happened in a split second.

It only took fifteen minutes from the torpedo hit to the sinking of the entire cruiser. Finding traces of the opponent in a beyond-visual-range war already meant that everything was too late.

About 20 nautical miles west of the cruiser, an attack nuclear submarine slowly surfaced, revealing the bridge with radio equipment.

They had been silent here for three whole days, lying on the bottom of the sea like a real reef.

Silent radio waves sent news of the successful attack to the naval headquarters on Anle Island.

"This is the 'Shark Tooth'. The Laken has sunk. We will go to the predetermined location to rendezvous with other ships as planned."

After completing the report, the Shark Tooth submarine sank under the sea again, turned its course and sailed in the direction of the main fleet.

There was an unusual silence on the bridge.

Unable to stand the silent atmosphere, an officer quietly left the bridge and went to the corridor, only to find that someone was already standing here.

Seeing his serious expression, the man whistled, trying to ease the awkwardness of looking at each other in silence.

"Including the Hanye... we have already taken the heads of two friendly troops."

"Is that considered a friendly force?"

"Let's forget it. At least we have trained together before."

The embarrassment didn't seem to ease in any way, and the corridor became quiet this time.

After standing at the door in silence for a long time, the officer sighed and said.

"...Let's end it quickly."

He didn't know how people in the future would evaluate this tortuous past.

Perhaps sinking to the bottom of the sea is the real relief.

…

After completing its mission, the Shark Tooth submarine continued to move toward its original goal.

After sailing a certain distance according to the original plan, the destroyer Reef found that it had not been sunk and no one came to rescue it. It fell into a "vacuum period" without a mission.

The Anle Island Naval Command did not arrange the next combat mission for it, and it was obviously no longer necessary to continue to advance along the original route.

Not long after, the destroyer Reef's sonar system detected the wreckage of the cruiser that had sunk to the bottom of the sea.

Zhang Ruowen did not hesitate and ordered to immediately move towards the sea area where the Laken sank.

Although the chances of those crew members surviving were slim, he still planned to try to save them.

How much can be saved?

As for Arzu who lived in his mind, he had disappeared. He didn't know if he was just silent or if he had really disappeared.

But no matter what it was, after this was all over he was going to have a minor surgery to take that thing out.

The bionic crystal was indeed of some use, but he no longer felt any confusion about the future and no longer needed to listen to the gospel of the so-called "Kingdom of Heaven".

At the same time, at the Beidao Naval Command, a dead silence spread like a plague in everyone's hearts.

Charas's pupils were widened, his eyes were bloodshot, and his fists were clenched tightly.

He was like an enraged beast at this moment.

The people standing beside him didn't dare to take a breath, let alone make a sound, for fear of being angered by this beast.

"……waste."

Charas cursed fiercely and endured the pain in his heart to calm down, looked at the commander aside and said immediately.

"Where is our main fleet? Have you found any trace of the enemy fleet?"

"Not yet...are we going to detach a destroyer to track the sonar waves that sank the Laken?" Looking at Charas nervously, the commander hurriedly added another sentence, but he didn't expect to be scolded so badly. Shower head.

"Are you a pig! We only have two destroyers left! Are we relying on one destroyer to cover our battleships?"

What a bunch of idiots!

Looking at the commander who lowered his head and said nothing, Charas cursed a few words, then calmly looked at the chart again.

Not counting the destroyer that was about to be launched, he now only had three ships on hand.

One battleship and two destroyers, the configuration can be said to be extremely unbalanced.

On the other hand, the South China Sea Alliance has more and more equipment and personnel. There are three destroyers plus a cruiser, three other nuclear submarines, and a submarine carrier that has not appeared so far.

but--

It's not like he has no chance at all.

As long as the battleship Hai Ya can capture all four maritime combat ships of the South China Sea Alliance, and his destroyers Feiyu and Defiant can eliminate the remaining four submarines, there is still a slight possibility of victory!

But why?

Charas stared at the chart intently, his brows knitted together.

Why has his battleship still not found any trace of the South China Sea Alliance fleet so far?

Could it be that they used some new anti-radar coating or some special jamming device?

If the Reef is a decoy, the South China Sea Alliance fleet will definitely ambush nearby...

etc!

Charas reacted suddenly, his pupils almost shrinking to the limit.

They already knew I knew the Reef was a decoy.

They must have known that the battleship Haiya would be waiting nearby.

It was as if they had guessed that it was the cruiser Laken that was approaching the Reef, and it was reasonable to deduce the movements of the Federation's main fleet from this.

After all, he would never let a single cruiser attack for hundreds of nautical miles. The main fleet would definitely be waiting somewhere within a hundred nautical miles.

"If I were Li Minghui..."

"I will definitely not risk my only wealth in the face of the battleship, but sneak attack on the Beidao port while the battleship is away..."

He whispered with trembling lips, and a drop of cold sweat slipped from Charas' forehead again.

This time it wasn't just him.

Everyone in the command room, like him, came to their senses after listening to his words.

Beidao is their target!

The final battle has begun!

Realizing this, Charas' eyes widened and he yelled desperately.

"Have the Haiya return to defense immediately! Immediately!"

"Yes!" The correspondent responded nervously and quickly operated the terminal to send the message.

At the same time, the radar operator at the headquarters turned pale and screamed.

"A large number of air targets are approaching us! Number 1,447!"

The sound was like the fuse lighting a powder keg, and the noisy sound suddenly boiled up.

"It's a jamming bomb! Start the active illumination radar to lock the target airspace! Turn on the optical observation system!"

"Have anti-aircraft missiles on standby! Quick!"

"Radar burns through the target! There are 20 left... Damn it! Why are there so many?!"

"The electromagnetic pulse bomb exploded in our close air! The counterpulse device is effective against it!"

"Reflective chaff! They dropped a lot of reflective chaff! I can't see clearly from here!"

"It's just something to fool people... let our planes go out to fight! Quick!"

In just one minute, the Beidao headquarters, which was originally as silent as water, boiled like a boil!

In the park in the center of the North Island, on the temporary runway converted from the lawn, four "simple-shaped" fuel fighters slowly drove out of the spacious hangar and sped along the runway into the sky.

In the distant sky, there was a dazzling spot of light, which was the foil strips scattered from the air.

And in the farther distance, the planes of the Alliance were rushing towards this side, and the number was unknown!

Sitting in their respective cockpits, the faces of the four pilots were full of tension.

Although they had flown 200 hours of training courses before, this was their first time on the battlefield.

Before the Alliance came to the southern waters, the Federation did not develop an air force, nor did it have a reserve of relevant technical personnel. The two fighters code-named LB-1 were purely the product of the "big flying brick" design concept, and even the fire control and radar systems were copied from the destroyer and modified.

If the opponent was the Alliance's first-generation jet "Lingyun", or a large number of propeller planes, this thing might still be able to compete.

But this is obviously impossible.

At the same time when Charas finally noticed the strategic trend of the South China Sea Alliance, a huge submarine slowly surfaced on the sea 100 nautical miles away from the North Island, revealing its majestic figure among the rolling waves!

It was like a giant whale surfacing, but what emerged from the majestic bow was not a column of water, but a series of carrier-based aircraft launched into the air!

After the two L-10 "Thunder" fighters and two P-2 "Lightning" attack aircraft were launched into the air, they quickly formed an arrow-shaped battle formation in the air and roared towards the sky above the North Island.

The former is a joint work of the Goblin Technology and the Alliance Scientific Expedition Team, and the latter is the crystallization of the technology of the Giant Stone Military Industry for a century and a half!

The power sources and engines used by both are small controlled fusion reactors and plasma thrusters, and the energy system has left the Northern Federation's LB-1 behind by a whole street!

In fact, before this, the Alliance also developed an "underwater carrier-based aircraft" specifically for the Conch Submarine.

It was just that the prototypes were basically broken during training, and the problem of mass production was not solved in time, so it was a pity that they could not appear in this battle.

Sitting in the cockpit of the Thunder fighter, Luo Yu took a deep breath and glanced at the radar interface.

Looking at the red dot on the radar, his eyes gradually became sharp. The index finger of his left hand picked up the switch of the missile radar and the seeker, and then his left hand was placed on the throttle.

"Enemy flying units are found! All units pay attention, release the weapon safety, and allow the exchange of fire!"

A uniform answer came from the communication channel.

"Yes!"

Four light blue plasma plumes were like daggers piercing the sky, and after breaking through the heavy clouds, they quickly intertwined with the four burning flames.

After the beyond-visual-range missile confrontation, the two sides quickly entered a close-range fight.

One after another, the flying tracers were wantonly swaying in the air, intertwining with the decoy bombs flashing with bright white light, just like fireworks blooming in the clear sky.

There was no suspense in this battle from the beginning.

The air force temporarily formed by the Northern Federation was 90% new from personnel to equipment. After firing the missiles and engaging in a dogfight with experienced pilots of the alliance, they were completely played by one-sided.

The wing of an LB-1 was cut off by a machine gun, and it turned into a ball of fire meteor in the air and fell to the sea.

Ignoring the pilot who ejected and parachuted, the fighter plane driven by Luo Yu directly broke into the defense zone above the North Island, and fired an anti-radar missile carrying an EMP warhead at the radar source at the moment of passing at low altitude!

The raging pulse current paralyzed the internal electronic components of the radar in an instant, and the air defense force on the Northern Federation Island suddenly seemed to be blinded, and the originally fierce air defense firepower lost its accuracy in an instant.

Two P-2 "Lightning" attack aircraft fired a total of eight air-to-ground missiles together, destroying all the launch devices that exposed the coordinates.

Including the launchers for launching air defense missiles, as well as the silos for launching anti-ship missiles!

The main fleet of the South Sea Alliance approached the coast of North Island. Two destroyers raised their guns and, under the guidance of drones, fired at the military port of North Island and the military camps near the port.

At this point, North Island's air defense force was in name only, and the ground resistance was also crumbling.

If the Federation had a destroyer nearby, the raid would not have been so smooth, and it would be impossible for the Alliance's aircraft to approach within 50 kilometers of the island.

However, there are no ifs on the battlefield.

The victory or defeat was decided in the moment when one side was in a trance.

The Marines and security forces stationed on North Island quickly assembled.

Obviously, Charas knew very well what the Alliance would do after gaining air superiority.

Before the Federation's fleet returned to defend, he had to delay the Alliance at all costs!

At the same time when the battle in the air was decided, four "Viper" small transport planes parked in the cargo hold of the Conch Submarine were successively sent to the upper deck by the elevator.

The steep deck is the biggest difference between the Conch and the Dolphin cargo submarines.

In addition to the spacious interior and the catapult track for carrier-based aircraft, the top of the former has also been converted into a deck and apron for conventional aircraft to take off and land.

A total of twenty-four heavy infantrymen wearing "Xiaguang" power armor have assembled next to the "Viper" transport aircraft. They not only carry automatic firepower such as light and heavy machine guns, but also carry 37mm "heavy rifles". "This kind of brutal individual anti-material weapon.

Although there are only two squads of troops assembled here, no one dares to underestimate their firepower!

They are the best-equipped troops in the Alliance with the strongest individual combat capabilities - the Burning Corps!

If placed on Shifeng Mountain or the Wei Mansion Wasteland, this force of just over twenty people would be more than enough to annihilate a team of a thousand mutants!

The waves beat against the side of the ship, and white foam washed against the high-rise bow.

Lao Bai, wearing the "Dragon Cavalry" power armor, walked up to the brothers, opened the visor of his helmet and said loudly.

"Our air force brothers have taken down the enemy's head, now it's our turn to take the fire under their cauldron!"

"The target is the airport in the center of the North Island. We need to ensure that the runway is intact and suppress anything that points its guns at you!"

"Remember to control the fighting area and don't accidentally injure civilians!"

"Yes!!" A roar of high morale echoed on the plywood, and the eyes of all the players were filled with excitement.

In response to the pair of pupils burning with fighting spirit, Lao Bai closed the visor of his helmet and waved his right hand cleanly.

"action!!!"

As the order was issued, vigorous figures quickly boarded the Viper, which was ready to go.

A light blue plasma plume erupted from the engine nozzle, dragging the streamlined fuselage and flying off the deck, speeding towards the North Island along the top of the waves.

At the same time, the North Island was filled with smoke, and thick smoke was rising everywhere.

Especially the south side of the island.

The entire land from the military port to the edge of the settlement seemed to have been plowed by bulldozers, leaving only a devastated land.

The 150mm naval gun blasted the area inside and out. Even the nearby shipyard received two stray bullets and the dome was blown open.

The four "Viper" transport planes passed directly through the thick black smoke, breaking through the defenses on the North Island coastline like a sharp sword piercing the belly.

The stunned Marines who were bombed hurriedly came out of the bunker, raised the muzzle of their rifles and fired into the sky.

However, the 7mm bullets were not enough to pose a threat to the Viper transport aircraft. Without their anti-aircraft weapons, they could only watch the aircraft speeding towards the center of the island.

Relying on the dilapidated ruins, the Marine Corps commander wearing an exoskeleton took out his walkie-talkie and shouted almost desperately into the communication channel.

"...This is the south bank defense line!"

"The enemy air power has broken through from above us! Their target is suspected to be the airport in the center of the island!"

"We...can't stop them!"

Charas, who had just retreated to the basement of the Presidential Palace under the cover of the Marine Corps, received bad news from the front line before he could take a breath.

When he heard that the alliance's target was not the presidential palace, he instinctively breathed a sigh of relief.

However, before he could finish his sigh of relief, his heart that had just been put down quickly rose to his throat again.

Airport!

The alliance's goal is the airport!

"No! We must not let them take over the airport!" He roared angrily, reaching out to grab his confidant next to him, Marine Corps Commander Lundy, "Take your people there! Don't worry about me. ! Defend the airport at all costs!”

If the Alliance captures the airport, the Alliance's transport planes will land directly on the island.

At that time, even if the federal fleet returns to defense, it will be of no use, and there will no longer be a port for the federal fleet to supply supplies in the entire southern sea area.

With Charas holding his collar, Lundy felt hot sweat on his forehead and back.

"But you..."

"I said! Don't worry about me!"

Charas roared angrily, interrupted his nonsense rudely, pushed him to the door, and watched him stumble towards the corridor and then towards the exit of the basement.

After the figure disappeared, he turned his murderous gaze to the disgraced officers.

"And you all! Get out!"

No one dares to mess with this guy.

After just sitting down on the chairs, everyone moved their buttocks away, tremblingly walked out of the door, and gave the room to him.

The room fell silent.

Charas breathed calmly, and it took him a while to calm down.

The whole room was unusually quiet, as if he was the only one left in the world.

He heard his own breathing and even his own heartbeat.

This seems to be the last...

His ambitions came to an abrupt end before they even began.

But why?

Why can’t these losers do what they say!

He closed his eyes in pain and held his wrinkled face in his hands.

If the Laken sinks the Reef as planned, and the ambush fleet eats up the South China Sea Alliance fleet as planned, then not only Anle Island, the Ring Island and even French Fries Harbor will surrender to him. Underfoot!

At that time, he will also sail the warship into the port of Silver Moon Bay, conquer the Hump Kingdom, and continue to march westward, towards the interior of Borneo Province! Go upstream along the Everflow River until you advance the front line to the port of West Sail, controlled by the legion!

He will build an unparalleled empire on the sea! The lads of the Southern Seas can do whatever they want in the wasteland!

However, these guys want to go against him!

Just refused to listen to his plan!

For a moment, he seemed to have an hallucination before his eyes, as if he was not huddled in the basement of the Presidential Palace, but sitting in the palace of the Lord of the World.

However, in just a moment, the dreamlike picture collapsed as quickly as soap bubbles, pulling him back into a dark abyss called reality.

Staring at the dim light, he suddenly thought of a name.

That might be the only one who can save him.

His Adam's apple was choked and he called out in a trembling voice.

"Arzu."

There was dead silence in the room.

This guy is still the same as before. He likes to disappear at critical moments and gets no response no matter how he calls.

However, today is different from the past. In the past, he never put his hope in an outsider, but now that guy has become his only life-saving straw.

"Arzu!"

Facing the wordless silence, he couldn't help but feel a trace of panic in his heart, and he shouted again.

"Arzu!! Come out!"

This time, the voice in the void finally responded.

But that weak tone made his mood, which had finally ignited a glimmer of hope, fall to the bottom again.

"What's the point of me coming out?" Looking at the crazy Chalas, Arzu sighed.

Seeing the guy's appearance as an outsider, Charas was completely angry.

"Don't look like it's none of your business! You said that we are allies. We are both prosperous and suffer losses! Give me a hand and help me! Where are your biological weapons! Take them out! I'll return them With the fleet, I still have a chance as long as they come back!"

Arzu looked at him silently, with a hint of pity suddenly in his eyes.

This guy wasn't like this before.

Or is it that all "people" are so ugly at the end of their lives?

When he was in Jinhe City, he blamed the failure on the unreliability of the Holy Realm itself, complained that Luo Gan gave up too early, and concluded from this that "imperfect divinity is not as good as human nature" and "human nature should be the commander." The believers on earth will go and build their kingdom of heaven," and proposed to the Son the necessity of building a "second church."

Although most of the Forerunners opposed him, the benevolent Son granted him the ability to use the Sanctuary as a human.

When he was preaching in the Diocese of the Southern Sea, he had always followed the indirect control method of puppetization. He used the "power of the gods" to support an earthly "king", and then used the king's hands to operate the chess pieces on the chessboard.

However, the result was so disappointing...

"I never said you lost, but...it's obvious that you already knew your outcome, and you were even lost in your crazy fantasy."

Looking at the hands that stretched towards his collar and then passed through it in vain, Arzu smiled bitterly, his cloudy pupils filled with exhaustion.

"...Your Majesty the Holy Son, your servant has done his best."