Chapter 189: The War of One Man (4)

"Sir... Sir..."

In a daze, Major William vaguely felt someone calling out to him incessantly.

Feeling a series of compressions in his chest, he was choked by a breath and finally could not hold back, coughing violently, "Cough, cough..."

"He's awake... he's awake..."

Accompanied by an exclamation, Major William, feeling his head heavy and dizzy, slowly opened his eyes.

His vision was dim and blurry at first, and he even had some astigmatism.

He subconsciously shook his head and asked weakly, "Where is this... why did I pass out?"

His words caused a silence in the surroundings. Major William was just feeling puzzled when his memory gradually returned with his awakening. Soon, after finally recalling what had happened, he ignored the soreness in his body and head, his face changed drastically, and he hurriedly covered his head and sat up, "Explosion? Where did the explosion come from just now?"

"It's over... it's all over... Sir, we were ambushed!" Beside him, a young soldier replied with a sobbing tone, his voice full of trembling: "Bombs, there were many bombs detonated just now!"

"Bombs..."

Right, Major William understood completely.

Although his vision was still dizzy and his ears were ringing incessantly, he stubbornly refused the support of several other soldiers who were also covered in dirt and grime, and struggled to stand up.

Looking around, the desolation of the surroundings made his heart tremble uncontrollably.

They were currently hiding behind an overturned LAV-25 infantry fighting vehicle. Not far away, there were also several armed Humvees and other infantry fighting vehicles flipped on the ground, some of which were burning fiercely due to catching fire.

As far as his eyes could see, he did not see the figure of his old friend, Captain Robert.

Instead, as his gaze continued to scan, the downed Apache Attack Helicopters, the M1A2 Main Battle Tanks lying dead, the corpses visible everywhere, and the painful groans that reached his ears from time to time, all indicated to Major William how serious the losses caused by the previous explosion were.

"It's over!"

Major William felt his legs go weak and nearly collapsed to the ground.

Fortunately, at this moment, a steel giant saw him and hurriedly ran a few steps over to support him, preventing Major William from losing face completely.

"Major, are you okay?"

That electronic voice, so different from a human's, instantly pulled Major William out of his pain and self-reproach.

He looked up at the owner of the metal hand supporting him, forcing a bitter smile on his face, "So it's Sideswipe. How are things on your Autobot side?"

Sideswipe was one of the Autobots who had just arrived on Earth two months ago. He was a brave Autobot Warrior who often got carried away because of it, and it was said that he was good friends with Ratchet.

Sideswipe looked down at him, "Brakedown received some electromagnetic shock, and Ratchet is helping him. Ironhide and Mudflap are already furious; they have already charged toward the Nuclear Missile Silo. I came just to tell you this!"

"Oh, right!"

After finishing his sentence, before Major William could answer, he suddenly patted his head lightly and spoke again: "I ran into Captain Robert on the way here. He asked me to tell you that the NEST team has suffered heavy losses. He is currently directing the rescue of the wounded. It is said that the explosion just now caused at least three or four hundred of your soldiers to be lost, more than half of whom died on the spot. Also, your planes and tanks were almost all impacted by the explosion just now, especially the electronic equipment, which is severely damaged..."

Learning the news about his old partner from him, Major William did not feel much joy. Instead, after learning the approximate loss data from him, his face turned even more ashen.

Hating Sun Cheng to the bone in his heart, he clenched his fists tightly and slammed them heavily onto the ground.

This action made Sideswipe twitch his eyebrows. Clearly, this Autobot Warrior's acceptance of the civilization on Earth and its weak indigenous inhabitants—humans—was not as high as that of Optimus Prime and Bumblebee.

"Major, please accept my condolences..."

Turning his head to look into the distance, Sideswipe reached out to help him up, but the expression on his face changed, "I received a communication from Ironhide. He and Mudflap have already entered the Nuclear Missile Silo, and the battle has begun. I think they might need my help!"

"Go..."

Major William nodded in response. Sideswipe then immediately stood up from his half-crouched state, and then immediately transformed into a silver-gray Chevrolet sports car and drove off into the distance.

Once Sideswipe left, the atmosphere around Major William and his men suddenly fell silent.

After a long while, an adjutant asked him, "Sir, what should we do now?"

"What should we do..."

Major William muttered a few words, then looked up at the young adjutant, his eyes filled with ferocity, and his face slightly twisted and grim due to hatred.

He tightened his grip on the weapon he had never let go of, "Pass down the order: except for leaving one unit to continue rescuing the wounded, all others who still have combat capability are to assemble at my position. This is Earth, this is the United States of America. We can still fight..."

After speaking, his eyes turned toward the direction where Sideswipe had left, clearly filled with a sense of determination.

Violently prying open the main hatch of the missile silo, the hot-tempered and bellicose Autobot Elite Warrior—Ironhide—leaped down into the dozens-of-meters-deep silo.

Before he had even landed, his ears keenly caught a faint sound coming from the bottom of the silo.

The experienced Ironhide immediately realized that there was an ambush here.

Soon, a terrifying tongue of fire sprayed from bottom to top.

"Da-da-da..."

After his electronic eyes clearly captured the incoming bullets, Ironhide originally thought they were just normal bullets made by humans, so he did not dodge.

Since the establishment of the NEST team, they had organized several drills. Ironhide had dealt with human weapons more than once and naturally understood that, given the power of weapons made by humans, it was difficult to pose a threat to him unless they were Energy Weapons or Missiles.

He had also dealt with Frenzy, who belonged to the Decepticon Legion. Although he learned from Bumblebee that he had recently been equipped with Energy Weapons, Ironhide was very confident that the opponent could not hurt his experienced self at all.

Therefore, he soon paid the price for his contempt.

When the bullets hit his chassis, his face changed abruptly, "Damn it, it's Armor-Piercing Shells..."

"Pa-pa-pa-pa..."

The tongue of fire sprayed onto his chassis, and the special Armor-Piercing Shells immediately caused some dents on the surface of his chassis where he was hit.

Although this kind of Armor-Piercing Shell could not penetrate his chassis armor in one shot, the reacting Ironhide still quickly raised his hand to summon his Grenade launcher and fired six consecutive Grenades at the tongue of fire still spraying from below.

PS:

When I got home last night, my leg was hit by an electric scooter that suddenly darted out. The joint of my left foot swelled up like a steamed bun. Thanks to it, I have to stay at home and recuperate for the next few days.