Chapter 75: Meteor Fire Rain, Precise Descent

The excitement of finding the lost team member in the P1 area had not yet passed.

The vast hidden fire belt newly marked in the depths of the stream valley on Chen Guang's monitoring screen made the atmosphere in the command even more tense.

"Report to the General Commander!" Feng Yan pointed to the new winding and extremely high-temperature red area that appeared on the situation map.

"The mechanical centipede discovered a large-scale hidden fire belt below the C3 stream valley, with a depth of about two to three meters and a very wide coverage area. Preliminary judgment is that it was caused by the burning of the underground humus layer when the fire head spread in the past few days."

"Once it breaks through the surface, or encounters a suitable wind direction, it is very likely to form a new, uncontrollable explosive fire line!"

The general commander looked at the fatal "underground fire snake" that was almost lying across the rear of the current defense line, his face iron-gray.

Firefighting forces were desperately holding on to the open fire at the front, and if this "underground fire snake" pierced through the rear, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Conventional methods for dealing with such deep hidden fires have extremely low efficiency, requiring a large amount of manpower and time to dig isolation ditches, but what is most lacking now is time and manpower!

"Can we use blasting to forcibly open an isolation belt?" A commander suggested.

"The risk is too great! The underground structure is unknown, and blasting may cause collapse, or even accelerate the spread of the fire!" Another immediately opposed.

Just when the command fell into a dilemma, Feng Yan took a deep breath and said in a low voice:

"Chief, perhaps we can try our 'precision delivery system'."

Everyone's eyes focused on him instantly.

"Precision delivery?" The general commander was puzzled.

"Wang Hao's 'Peregrine Falcon' missile," Feng Yan explained, "we brought special flame retardant warheads."

"Through missile cluster salvo, we can precisely and evenly deliver the flame retardant to the sky above the designated area for dispersal, forming an efficient aerial isolation belt."

"It can cover a vast area and avoid personnel going deep into dangerous areas."

"Missile? Shooting flame retardant?" A burst of low, suspicious voices sounded in the command. This approach was too jumpy!

"Chief, time is running out!" Feng Yan's tone was firm, "'Peregrine Falcon' system has undergone strict testing, and the accuracy and reliability are guaranteed! This is currently the fastest and safest treatment plan!"

The general commander stared at the fatal hidden fire belt on the situation map, then looked at Feng Yan's eyes full of confidence, and gritted his teeth: "Good! Do as your plan says! What support do you need?"

"A safe launch position, and... please notify the front-line team members, don't panic if they see anything unusual in the sky, it's our people!" Feng Yan said quickly.

The order was issued immediately.

Wang Hao in the equipment area received the order and was so excited he almost jumped up:

"Finally it's my turn to perform! Brothers, invite the 'Peregrine Falcon' masters out! Load the special flame retardant warheads!"

The young men of the support team acted immediately, quickly pushing the four modified "Peregrine Falcon" cluster launchers, similar to multiple rocket launchers, to an open area that had been surveyed in advance and was relatively flat and far from the crowd.

One by one, the slender "Peregrine Falcon" missiles were carefully taken out, and the warhead parts had been replaced with special combat parts containing high-efficiency forest fire extinguishing flame retardants.

"Target coordinate: C3 stream valley hidden fire belt area! Bind the parameters!" Wang Hao stood in front of the simple control platform built temporarily, his face no longer having the usual playfulness, only full concentration and seriousness.

His fingers slid rapidly on the touch screen, inputting the precise boundary coordinates of the hidden fire belt transmitted by Chen Guang into the fire control system.

The four launchers adjusted their elevation and direction slightly, making a subtle sound of servo motor rotation.

"No. 1 launcher, parameters bound!"

"No. 2 bound!"

"No. 3 bound!"

"No. 4 bound!"

"Launch position ready! Requesting launch authorization!" Wang Hao roared into the communicator.

Inside the command, everyone held their breath.

The general commander looked at the launcher icon ready to go on the screen and said in a low voice: "Launch approved! Pay attention to safety!"

"Received! 'Haoyu Precision Delivery', first actual combat—launch!" Wang Hao pressed the red button on the control platform forcefully!

In an instant, continuous and low roars erupted on the open ground!

"Whoosh—!" "Whoosh—!" "Whoosh—!" "Whoosh—!"

"Whoosh—!" "Whoosh—!" "Whoosh—!" "Whoosh—!"

A total of twelve "Peregrine Falcon" missiles, in four waves, with extremely short intervals, dragging dazzling tail flames, like fire dragons breaking free from their shackles, roared and rose into the sky, piercing the sky covered by thick smoke! The scene was spectacular!

"Damn! Look! What is that?!"

"Missile?! Why are there missiles?!"

"It's ours! The command notified us just now! It's the rescue team!"

The firefighters and volunteers who were resting and working on the front line, as well as the search and rescue team members who had just successfully rescued the lost team member and were carrying the stretcher to the safety zone.

All couldn't help but look up, shocked at this sudden "meteor fire rain."

I saw twelve smoke columns climbing and turning rapidly in the air, and under the correction of real-time meteorological data and fire control algorithms provided by the Chen Guang laser scanning system.

They drew beautiful arcs in the air and flew precisely to the sky above the C3 stream valley several kilometers away.

After reaching the predetermined airspace, there was no violent explosion as imagined.

"Bang—" "Bang—" "Bang—"

A series of dull, thunder-like sounds rolled through the clouds.

The warheads of the missiles disintegrated one after another at the preset height, and instantly, large pieces of white powder were like flowers scattering from the sky, and like huge dandelion seeds.

They exploded and drifted in the air! That was the dense smoke cloud formed by the high-efficiency flame retardant!

The white flame retardant smoke cloud slowly settled under the action of gravity, precisely covering the entire C3 stream valley area below, as if covering this restless "underground fire snake" with a layer of thick, cold "fire extinguishing blanket."

The flame retardant quickly penetrated into the soil crevices, effectively suppressing the continued smoldering of underground combustibles and the possibility of re-ignition.

From the ground perspective, the scene was even more heart-shaking.

Against the background of the crimson churning fire scene, a piece of clean white "cloud" was precisely suspended above the target, slowly descending "snowflakes" of hope, forming a sharp visual contrast with the black smoke and fierce fire around it!

"My God... this... is this too accurate?!"

"Directly gave the fire scene a precise airdrop?!"

"This thing is way better than manual powder spreading! The coverage is too even!"

"Dragon Chant! It was the Dragon Chant people who did it! Awesome! (Voice crack)"

After a short silence, there were cheers and exclamations resounding throughout the front-line position!

Especially those firefighting commanders who were just worrying about how to deal with deep hidden fires, looking at the stream valley completely shrouded in white flame retardant in the distance, they waved their fists excitedly!

"Success! Team Leader Feng! Engineer Wang! You have made a great contribution!" The general commander's voice came through the communicator, carrying uncontrollable excitement and relief.

"The threat of this hidden fire belt is basically lifted! On behalf of all front-line commanders and fighters, thank you!"

Wang Hao listened to the cheers and praise from the command coming from the communicator, looked at the feedback information on the control platform showing "all missiles hit the predetermined area, flame retardant dispersal successful," and let out a long sigh of relief.

Then he restored his smelly appearance, put his hands on his hips, and showed off to the support team members beside him:

"See that? What is precision? What is art? This is the art of destruction... oh no, salvation!"

A young firefighter who had just helped move the missiles leaned over, looking at Wang Hao with full admiration:

"Engineer Wang, your missiles... are too divine! Can you... teach us?"

Wang Hao chuckled and patted the young man on the shoulder:

"Want to learn? First understand the basic theory, and when there is a chance in the future, Brother will take you to fight... oh no, take you to do rescue!"

Feng Yan stood by the command vehicle, watching the C3 stream valley area on the screen gradually covered by blue representing "safety," and listening to the positive feedback from all over the communication channel, a gratified smile appeared on his face.

He looked at Wang Hao who was still showing off, and then at Chen Guang who was still fully focused on monitoring the "Insect" units and laser guidance.

Finally, his gaze fell on Li Yang who had just returned and was checking the wear and tear of the Iron Wolf exoskeleton.

This team he pulled up with one hand was growing and shining at an unprecedented speed in this real test.

However, in this atmosphere of phased victory just achieved, the monitoring screen in front of Chen Guang flashed with urgent warnings again—this time, not from the air, but from underground.

"Report," Chen Guang's voice came. "Butterfly-09 monitored irregular high-intensity heat source aggregation on the southeast edge of the fire scene, with abnormal airflow disturbance..."

"Preliminary judgment, there is a very high probability that... a fire whirlwind is forming." ===== CHAPTER 76 =====