People's Federation will live forever

"We will not easily recognize a new ruler. Before that, we only cared about how to protect our loved ones."

A huge transport plane roared overhead, flying so low that the house and the ground shook with the noise of its engines.The conversation between the two came to an abrupt end. They watched the dense helicopter group that followed and heard the whistle of the ship on the sea, knowing that the "Gravel Project" had already started.

Sophia took off her visor, showing her beautiful face, and sighed thoughtfully: "Our people may not be smart, but we can see who really thinks about us...so don't worry, Captain. "

Chapter 13 Crusher?General's decision

A T-shaped shadow enveloped the ridge—when the ironback transport plane gradually slowed down and descended in height, its wide wings and the engine on the belly tilted and burst into flames, in an extremely blunt way. His huge body hovered for a short while almost stalling.

"The goods have arrived, please mark the delivery location!"

Wu Wei has always believed that it is a stupid design to let a super-heavy transport aircraft hover in the air. For those who did not come from the "Tiberium" world, he retains traditional military concepts, but he has to admit that at the moment, this kind of The "chicken rib" design actually came in handy.The only way to quickly deploy heavy equipment on steep and rugged mountainous terrain is to use this dangerous method—the entire belly of the ironback transport aircraft is slowly opened, revealing a huge disc-shaped equipment loaded in it.The boom in the transport plane stabilizes the attitude of the unknown equipment, and the steel wire rope "slowly" transports the equipment downward from a height of [-] meters, just like a flying gantry crane.

Under the powerful jetting of the transport plane's engine, the airflow in the valley rises and gathers, creating turbulence that is extremely fatal to the aircraft. The cargo is swaying in mid-air, and even the transport plane also sways.Once the iron back with a total of thousands of tons falls, not to mention the failure of the mission, Wu Wei will not be able to escape safely even if he is immortal!

"Send the coordinates to upload, start the explosion screw...Engineering units pay attention to correcting the buffer engine."

There was a bang in the sky, and then a heavy object roared down!The transport plane regained its stability without any burden, and the engine left the scene roaring with afterburner.And the falling disc also opened its parachute, and flames burst out from all around. It used the rocket's recoil to suppress its descent speed. Finally, when it was 20 meters above the ground, the eight large turbofans on the chassis of the equipment automatically turned on. Until it hovers smoothly at a height of one meter from the ground.The equipment shook slightly, rolling up a large cloud of smoke and dust.

"GDI space technology, can even a mammoth tank be air-dropped?"

At this time, the saboteur engineers who were waiting nearby rushed up quickly, and used their engineering exoskeleton kits (mechanical tentacles) to dismantle the fixing frame and buffer rocket, and check the integrity of the device.As the undamaged report reached Wu Wei, the commando immediately activated the pre-buried explosives. After a burst of smoke and flying gravel, the scene of man-made facilities was exposed in the original natural mountain. A circular wall sealed with cement and bricks appeared in front of everyone, and the white gear marks were clearly visible.

This is the tunnel passage left by the security government when they built this mountain facility. The Brotherhood found several places in the pulse scan, and calculated the location of the missile silo from this.The launch silo on the top of the mountain is covered with an extremely thick alloy gate. Breaking the gate forcibly may cause the photon missile to detonate in advance, so Wu Wei came up with such an incredible battle plan - use Ensig's latest "Smasher" prototype Dig through this closest network of tunnels and "take the arrow"!

He still remembers that when he submitted the plan to the parliament, Li De was surprised by it, and Engelsge questioned it from an engineering point of view:

"What a crazy idea. Although the 'Smasher' I designed based on the Sira crystal has not been completed, its power is [-] times that of the old model, enough to crush special steel, and you want to use it as a tunneling machine?"

"I wouldn't have to bother if you had the right engineering equipment on hand, but you don't."

Frankenstein is not very satisfied with Wu Wei's spoiling his achievements, but Wu Wei doesn't think so: "No matter how advanced you are, if you don't need it when you need it, it's still scrap iron."

"I don't mention the risk of landslides. The 70-meter-thick cement and masonry will produce nearly [-] tons of powder. The pulverizer is not the shield machine. How do you open the passage?"

"You also said it's just a little powder, so please install two high-power fans to blow it up for me. I don't need to open it all up, just open a hole for my commando to rush in."

Li De stopped their dispute. He had reviewed Wu Wei's plan and did not make any changes: "Simple and rude, I like this style. Compared with it, Olivia's plan is much more complicated... .No, don't get me wrong, the Black Hand is not involved in this operation."

Li De's words are undoubtedly expressing his support for Wu Wei, and at the same time reminding him that he is not the only one who has figured out a solution. Olivia's black hands are already prepared, and the rest depends on his defense forces. How is the performance.

Wu Wei was silent, and then the leader changed the topic: "I approve this operation, Ensig, your engineering department fully supports the 'Gravel Project', manpower and material resources General, you make a list, the base will fully supply. You have full command , I am waiting for the result."

Ensig had no further objections: "According to your will, leader, a team of engineering teams has set off and handed over to the general. General, the data about the experimental machine has been uploaded to your quantum sub-brain. I think it only needs to maintain 30.00 to destroy the barrier. % power is enough..."

"If the operation fails, request to mobilize the Hammer of Dawn to prevent the launch of the missile." Wu Wei saluted Li De, and then added, "But I will not let this happen."

The memory is only a moment, and even though it was just a few short exchanges, Wu Wei has already clearly understood his position.The leader's courtesy to him is not without cost. Even if he is lucky enough to enter the Supreme Council, he is not trusted by other colleagues.Olivia and Ensger are all vigilant to themselves. This is the reality. Everything they do depends on the support of their leaders.

Yes...it is support, mixed with trials, like help, and reminding myself everywhere.It is difficult for ordinary people not to feel depressed, but Wu Wei's heart is not disturbed.

Don't you have to rely on your own strength to speak for everything?

It only took a few seconds for me to understand the data of the prototype machine. Right now, the expensive suspended sonic cannon has been activated, and it floated to the front of the rock wall under the control of four saboteurs—the support frame was lowered, and the suspension chassis stabilized The short barrel mounted on the disc-shaped body was raised at fifteen angles and then doubled in length.

Wu Wei stepped onto the roof of the car on the smasher, and pressed his temples to convey the message to the crew: "Connect the fire control system of the car body to me, and I will perform the shooting correction!"

The temporary on-site conditions were very crude, which is why Ensger doubted the plan—sound waves are not focused lasers, energy will be distributed in a fan shape with distance, the mountain is not a target for the test site, and there is no well-prepared sensor The equipment collects on-site data to fine-tune the power. Let alone digging a tunnel, the possibility of causing the mountain to collapse is the highest.

And this is also the reason why he wanted to come to the scene in person, not only to make a gesture, relying on the computing power provided by Wu Wei's quantum sub-brain, his eyes are the strongest sensors, and his command is the key to the success of this operation.

"Recharge the main gun! The density level has been raised to the highest level, and the core power has stabilized to 30.00% three!"

Wu Wei has now entered a state of selflessness. In his eyes, the whole world is just a curtain composed of a series of numbers, and his goal is just a bullseye on a circular target.

"Shoot Zhuyuan Correction, the first shot, five seconds of irradiation, start."

As soon as he finished speaking, the body of the Crusher suddenly shook, and the ground seemed to sink downward.The air in front of the gun barrel emits fine buzzing—the high-frequency vibration has exceeded the range that the human ear can accept. This sound comes from the violently oscillating air entering the brain through bone conduction. To be honest, this is not at all Comfortable.

Wu Wei stared at the mountain ahead without moving. When the first shock wave arrived, it hit the door panel like a sledgehammer. The cement shattered and exploded into a cloud of gray-brown smoke, and then the energy and the wall entered a stalemate stage.When the Smasher ceased fire five seconds later, two commandos wearing power armor carried a "hair dryer" modified with an engine to blow away the thick ash inside. After the smoke cleared, a hole one meter wide and four meters deep was revealed. appeared in front of him.

The soldiers shouted excitedly: "It works, it works!"

Wu Wei looked through the smoke to see the neat gap inside, and built a destruction model of sonic energy in his mind.He stopped the team members, and then gave the order——

"The energy core is increased by five percentage points, the shooting circle is lowered by 0.5 degrees, and the second wave of continuous irradiation... 12 seconds!"

Chapter 14 Allers?irreversible situation

"Boom, boom, boom."

After a rhythmic knock on the door, the lacquered nanmu door was pushed open, and a secretary in a neat uniform stepped into the office with a file bag in his hands—on the roof of the 87-story alliance building, the largest state power on the planet was once Apex, this, until now.

Elite black armor, these guards in pitch-black ink armor stood silently on both sides of the room, like sculptures.In the room, a needle can be heard quietly. In the center of the room with its back facing the large floor-to-ceiling glass, a tall and thin man with meticulously combed hair is sitting at the desk with his fingers crossed, as if he is waiting for something.

The secretary bowed to him, and then pulled out a stack of printing paper from the document bag: "Prescott, there is a message from the 'dark castle', and 'they' have indeed begun to attack."

Prescott tapped his fingers on the table rhythmically. After a long silence, the top leader of the security government finally spoke, but what he asked was not related to this: "How is the situation on the front line?"

The secretary was taken aback, and it took two seconds to figure out which front line it was: "Eh... Thirty hours ago, the orcs launched an attack on Tollen, which was repulsed by Colonel Hoffman's army. Nearly three of our troops were killed. Hundreds, the wounded have been moved to the rear."

Then he paused, and added: "According to reports from the front, this is the largest attack launched by the orcs in half a year, and they seem to have changed their tactics, especially using a lot of long-range projections, which is not their past style. ..”

"Yeah, a lot of things have happened in a while, and our enemies... are also making changes."

Seeming to have a headache, Prescott put his hands on his forehead and said to himself: "The orcs are learning, learning the tactics of the so-called Brotherhood, and then using them on us..."

Since that day, an atmosphere of suspicion and fear has been hanging over the heads of the top security officials-the video information of the Battle of Uldun City has been classified as top secret, and no one wants to admit it, and the security military commander According to Colonel Hoffman's analysis, under the same conditions, it is impossible for the security forces to defeat the orcs, which are a hundred times larger than themselves, and the artillery and heavy weapons used by the Brotherhood in that battle exceeded the combined strength of the security department, which is very frustrating. .

What's even more frustrating is that the intelligence agencies have looked into every possible organization in the pendulum war and there is no information on this damn brotherhood!They seem to have fallen from the sky, clamoring to save the world.Not only do they not openly communicate with any official, but they say "protect human beings" and then stab us in the back. Sure enough, the biggest enemy of human beings is human beings themselves.

Who asked you to save?Also, bring back our satellite system, you filthy thieves, and now you've got your eye on our last refuge?

If Li De hears it, he will say that you have a ghost in your heart. Although the Brotherhood controls the Hammer of Dawn, it has not blocked the use of the Wei'an army. It's very good for Wei'an.

However, the secretary continued to make up for it: "Prince, since the radio announcement, the number of fugitives investigated and dealt with by the black armor troops has increased by [-]%, and many underground stations have been captured, and this situation may continue to rise. "

"Where's the army?"

"Colonel Hoffman pledged the loyalty of the army, but he protested your request to have an overseer in the frontline troops. The soldiers don't know what a brotherhood is. They just want to protect their families in Jacinto. This is Unnecessary."

The atmosphere of the conversation reached a stalemate. Obviously, the voices of the frontline soldiers could not move Prescott.He lit a cigarette but didn't smoke it, just stared at the burning sparks slowly devouring the cigarette: "In less than an hour, our last guarantee - the Hammer of Dawn was stolen, and our best engineers couldn't do anything about it. Now the communication on the front line and the information inside the government are like a painting exhibition installed behind glass for everyone to watch. The technology of the other party has surpassed ours. Who can guarantee that they have not planted spies inside us? These measures I have taken are also for us. the safety of the people."

"Tell the colonel that I believe in his ability, and the black-armored elites I sent are not supervisors, they are just a precautionary measure. He is a soldier and should understand my painstaking efforts." Prescott stood up, Pick up a coat and put it on.Worrying about the survival of 50 people a day as a leader has taken a toll on his body -- especially this past week.With tired eyes open, he held up the cigarette that was about to burn to his fingertips and used it as a metaphor for the present.

"War destroys our destiny, the survival of mankind is at stake, the spark of civilization is burning to the end - but I will not let this happen, as long as I am alive, the Security League will stand without fear, and no one will think Shake our political foundation!"

The secretary lowered his head and bowed: "Yes, Your Excellency, the century-old foundation of the alliance will never die...And regarding this matter, should we discuss the latest information from the 'Dark Fort'?"

"'Banker'?" Prescott finally remembered. "Oh, the custodian we planted in the last shelter, Colonel Loomis? Looks like he's ready to give the fraternity a hard blow." gone?"

Who is Colonel Loomis?

This is not an issue that the Brotherhood has to consider now. Just as Wu Wei started his plan, the defense forces finally intercepted a message sent from the island to the outside world. The recipient is unknown, but it is definitely what they are trying to find. Posted by Allers.

It has been four hours since the start of the operation, and this Allers has been silent all the time, but now he makes a sudden move, which makes the staff officers of the Defense Forces have to interpret this as a signal that the missile is about to launch, and it also brings out Another question was raised—at the beginning, the military analyzed this person's background and believed that this was a lone wolf walking alone, but now it seems that he is directed by someone behind him?

The signal was also taken over by Li De in an instant, but he ordered the control center to give up cracking it after a nanosecond, because it was quantum encryption, and even he couldn't get it.There is bad news as well as good news. This will lead to the discovery of the mastermind behind the scenes. Apart from the security government, who else on this planet can master advanced optical quantum technology like the Brotherhood?

"Wei An has finally learned the wisdom of knowing the importance of confidential information, but won't he worry about his own life if he breaks the ground at the age of Tai Sui?"

Olivia is very sensitive about this, and in her opinion, this is undoubtedly a declaration of war: "Leader, if you allow, my shadow team can take Prescott's head off for you tomorrow, at least for you He's a warning, he's messed with the wrong person!"

"No need, let him keep his life and continue playing tricks, I don't care." Li De said indifferently, "Keeping him alive is valuable, but making him believe that there is a way to deal with us is even more valuable~ You see , thanks to their efforts, although we can't decipher the message, we can already trace the source of the signal!"

On the other side, the commandos who had found the underground passage of the fortress also received the latest information from the headquarters. A guiding beacon showed that the target location was 20 meters underground, and they were close enough to this location by rushing all the way.

"Sir, the footprints here are fresh."

The commandos were squatting on the ground and scanning with eyepieces. The dark and deep corridors stretched in all directions. If it weren’t for this small trace, they would have wasted time searching—there were about five groups of footprints, and the messy trampling proved that the owner acted in a hurry. Everything was consistent with the information obtained during the interrogation. When Ahlers disappeared, the leaders of the rebel army also disappeared. The confusion caused made it impossible for the defense forces to find anyone to negotiate with.

Etching scanners to record footprint information and night vision goggles pointed out a clear path, the commando continued to move forward, but was blocked by a steel gate.This is an explosion-proof door, and the thick defense of the multi-layer sandwich requires a motor to drive it.

"No time, apply thermite."

While Pedek's team was setting up the blast/// charge on the door, he noticed an inconspicuous reflection from overhead - it was an old camera, theoretically in such a place with no electricity Gadgets should not work, but for Pedek, a battle-hardened veteran, intuition is his first criterion for judgment.

He immediately raised his rifle and pointed it at the camera. The strong light from the tactical flashlight could obscure the observation of the camera. Sure enough, after he did so, the camera turned to avoid the strong light, and at the same time adjusted the focus to filter the strong light.

Padek gestured to his teammates and snorted coldly: "Show your face, Wei'an's bastard! I know your tricks, this camera has a recording, can you hear me, Arles?"

After a few seconds of silence, with a "snap", the lights in the corridor suddenly turned on, the ceiling opened and an electronic screen protruded from the inside. On the screen was a thin and haggard face. Although his condition was poor, his beard was still well groomed. , The uniform is straight.

Padek froze for a moment, then put down his visor, met the eyes of the people on the screen, and jokingly said:

"Long time no see, Colonel Loomis... I said where did you go after the war? It turned out that you changed your name and surname and became the king of the mountain overseas."

(See "Gears of War: Judgment" plot)

"Based on the situation you and I are in right now, you shouldn't have saved me, soldier." Alles...no, Colonel Loomis said in a deep voice, not moved by the sight of the old man, his face Can't see the expression.

"Why didn't your little girlfriend come with you? I heard that the traitor became a deserter, and we Wei'an never forgive traitors."

Padek's laughter echoed in the hallway, in return for Loomis' aggressiveness.History has been rewritten, and the hurricane is not a butterfly, but a giant dragon named Li De.He laughed, mocking Loomis' ignorance of reality: "You mean that team of elite black armor? I'm happy to tell you that their corpses have become nourishment for the soil, and I personally shot two of them and slit their throats Stuff the gear soldier cards into their windpipes, and become a lonely ghost in the wilderness!"

Then he took two steps back with the camera, and raised his gun to the screen: "Aren't you a deserter too? Dedicated colonel, why didn't Wei'an send a killer to deal with you?"

The colonel sneered and said, "Me? I never betrayed Wei'an. Unlike you, a domestic slave with three surnames who has been in the independent republic, Wei'an and now the so-called brotherhood, I will always be loyal to my country."

There was another movement on the ceiling, two revolving machine guns appeared from the end of the corridor, and began to warm up immediately - the underground fortress has an independent control system, as long as Loomis taps lightly, they will be killed several times per second. Thousands of bullets were torn into pieces.

"I must keep the last refuge for my motherland. If I can't do it, it won't be too easy for you. The photon missile has entered the countdown to launch, and no one can stop it. And you, here with me Let's be buried with you!"

"and many more!"

Padek yelled and raised his hands facing the screen: "Okay, you're ruthless, you Vian people are so stupid, I admit that you won, okay? We can't stop you, but you Can you do me a favor and tell me about this person who is about to die."

Pointing at the top of his head, he almost roared and shouted: "You have paid so much for your country, and even let thousands of innocent old and young people die in the sea of ​​fire, and you died alone in the bunker. How much is it worth?"

"Worth?" Loomis was almost amused by Pedek's actions, a frenzy flashing in his eyes.

"Unlimited value!"

Then, two multiple-barreled machine guns roared in the tunnel.

Chapter 15. The Final End of the Islands Incident

A metal storm broke out in the narrow corridor. The dense rain of bullets plowed the floor like a plow, and a large piece of cement hung on the wall. The deafening gunfire blocked other sounds, and the cement dust permeated the corridor. The monitor can no longer see anything.

Loomis took his hands off the console, feeling like a stone fell from his heart.Dead...no matter what invulnerable armor they were wearing, a twenty-millimeter cannon would shred them like a shredder, Loomis was sure of that.

The control room became quiet again——

The colonel sighed, and sat down on the armchair. He was wearing a shabby uniform, and he was holding the pistol in his hand, the pistol that took away all his trusted officers.Their corpses were right behind him, and hatred and confusion remained in their eyes that could not rest in peace. To the end of their lives, they did not understand why their leader did this.

Loomis put his hands on his forehead and fell into meditation. The confusion in his heart at this moment would not be lost to the dead underground.The empty hall reflected the loneliness in his heart, and there were two figures indistinctly before his eyes—his wife and child in Jiaxintu, did they think they were dead?In the past 14 years, I have been doing the aftermath work for Wei An incognito, and everything went smoothly.

But now I really want to die... There is no choice, either party wants to die, but at least it is more valuable to die for one's own country and family.

The colonel's eyes regained light, and behind him a working console displayed a map of the archipelago. The obvious marks on the map flickered slightly, and the dark red countdown was the footsteps of the god of death.The colonel walked onto the stage, seemed to hesitate for a moment, inserted the key and entered a new set of coordinates.

The program was activated, and the zenith was opened... Feeling the shaking on the top of his head, Loomis who finished all this muttered to himself: "You should regret saving me, Pedek."

Suddenly, Padek's voice came from the loudspeaker on the console: "That's right, but you should also regret revoking my death sentence, Colonel!"

Then Loomis became dizzy, and there was a loud noise not far away, the door of the control room was blown open by the blast of flames, and five tall figures rushed out from the flames!The first time they came in, they locked on to Loomis on the ground, and he couldn't open his eyes under the bright flashlight.

"Stay still, Loomis, and you'll save your life!"

But the gunshot still rang, Loomis's pistol was loaded, he turned his head to the console and fired several shots, which caused a circuit fire, and the commandos were one step too late, and the magnetic rail nail passed through his arm holding the gun , the right hand was torn off from the shoulder bone and flesh.

"Mission failed, the missile has entered the launch procedure..." The commando caught up and couldn't help stammering when they saw the scene in front of them.

"Damned!"

Pedek kicked the console down and dented it. He yelled and cursed but had no choice but to press the headset and report to Wu Wei: "Codename 'Broken Arrow', repeat, codename 'Broken Arrow'! Please implement the second plan!"

"Cough, cough..."

Loomis, who fell to the ground, coughed and smiled, and covered "Zizi"'s bloody shoulder with his left hand: "I won, Private First Class...haha,haha..."

A heavy punch hit him in the face, and an angry Padek picked him up together: "How many more people do you have to kill before you are satisfied? Five thousand civilians, that's your own people!"

The wound on the severed hand was bleeding uncontrollably, and Loomis' face became paler and he coughed and refused to answer Padek's question.The team members on the side were busy checking the status of the console, hoping to bypass the physical equipment and connect to the missile launch network. Loomis was very interested in seeing the various equipment and professional techniques they carried with them.