Chapter 378: Battle with the Autobots Again 11

"Damn aliens, incendiary bombs have no effect on them!"

Because it was so sudden, the pilot of that Su-25 fighter jet had no time to eject and escape; his comrades could only watch as his fighter was blown apart in mid-air.

Regardless of whether they were close to him or not, at this very moment, a surge of fury welled up in everyone's hearts.

"... Target possesses anti-air counterattack capability... climb altitude... watch for tactical evasion..."

"Rocket pods ready, continuous fire suppression..."

"... Attention all members of Squad 4072, two rounds of air-to-ground missiles, fire suppression..."

A friendly aircraft was shot down, and the Su-25, which excelled at low-altitude combat, climbed in altitude while its two large-caliber onboard rocket pods began to aim at Ironhide and the others; ten trails of fire frantically unleashed fire suppression against the sea of flames burning below.

"Whoosh, whoosh..."

Rockets flying all over the sky continuously struck the trees and ground within the sea of flames below, occasionally hitting the few Autobots who were constantly evading and dodging; although it could only splash some sparks on the surface of their bodies, Ironhide and the others still had to perform some evasive maneuvers to prevent vital parts like their eyes from being hit.

"Oh, damn it..."

Skids rolled on the ground, attempting to use the snow on the ground to extinguish the flames burning on his body.

Cybertronians indeed possess the ability to conduct combat in extreme weather; for instance, their mecha can withstand extreme cold of nearly minus one hundred degrees and can also maintain mobility in extreme heat environments of over a thousand degrees.

But even Advanced Warriors as strong as Decepticons and Autobots are not omnipotent; they can indeed endure, but that does not mean they will not be affected.

The incendiary bombs dropped by the Russian Army Su-25 fighter jets are standard napalm aerial bombs.

This heavy aerial bomb, weighing 500 kilograms, contains napalm and white phosphorus inside; although the combustion temperature can only reach 850 degrees, far less than the 3000 degrees of a thermite incendiary bomb, the burning time can last for ten minutes or so. Staying in such a sea of flames for a long time, even elite Autobot warriors like Ironhide and Sideswipe would be affected, let alone Skids, who is far inferior to them.

"Big sister, I'm going to counterattack!"

After laboriously extinguishing the flames on his body, his chassis was pitch black, and a very disheveled Skids finally entered a state of frenzy.

He roared angrily at Chromia, reached behind his back, and soon a rocket launcher appeared in his hand.

This was the most powerful weapon Skids was equipped with; the twin brothers were not very skilled Autobot warriors. Skids only had a liquid nitrogen gun with a range of 600 feet (about 183 meters) and a 20,000-volt dual-barreled high-voltage electronic gun with a similar range. This rocket launcher was the most powerful weapon he was equipped with.

"No, Skids..."

As soon as Chromia saw him pull out the rocket launcher, she hurriedly tried to stop him in a sharp voice, "Maintain restraint, we need to evacuate immediately!"

She was a rational Autobot, although Chromia had also begun to suspect that the destination of their operation definitely hid Decepticons, and perhaps those filthy idiots were even colluding with this human country under their feet named 【Russia】.

But they were outsiders after all; whether it was the Autobots' pursuit of peace or the request of Leader Optimus Prime, it strictly forbade them from actively provoking conflicts with humans.

Previously, after the four of them were discovered, the humans did not open fire immediately after locking onto them, but instead repeated warnings dozens of times, demanding they evacuate their territory.

So in a sense, although this conflict was the first shot fired by humans, it was actually provoked by these Autobots.

Just now, she had not had time to stop the hot-tempered Ironhide, which directly led to the latter firing and destroying a human fighter jet, already severely intensifying the conflict.

Now is not the time to continue provoking humans!

At the moment, Chromia calmly tried to prevent the escalation of the conflict, "Sideswipe, Captain... mission aborted... we need to evacuate immediately..."

However, the Russian fighter's air-to-ground missiles were coming!

"Whoosh!"

Two AS-14 air-to-ground missiles that had long locked onto Chromia were fired simultaneously, flying straight toward her.

Although Chromia tried hard to break the lock the moment she was illuminated by the fire-control radar, in this spatial range of only a few thousand meters, trying to dodge two laser-guided missiles with speeds exceeding Mach 2.4 was not a simple matter.

After dodging the fire of a rocket pod, she hurriedly summoned her small defensive laser cannon, quickly locked onto and precisely shot down one of the missiles, but was staggered by the airflow from the close-range explosion; Chromia had no time to dodge the other missile that had already flown in front of her.

"Boom!"

Accompanied by a violent explosion, that petite rose-blue chassis was immediately and precisely struck by this missile, which the Russian naval aviation forces specifically used for anti-ship purposes; the shockwave of the explosion threw her far to the other side of the sea of flames, and fragments of the shattered chassis armor were scattered all over the ground.

"No, Lia..."

Ironhide, who had originally recovered some rationality under her calm persuasion and was only making defensive counterattacks, turned his head and saw this scene, his eyes nearly splitting with rage.

He roared and shouted at Skids: "Go quickly, protect her and don't let her be hit again!"

Ratchet should have been present in this operation, but unfortunately, before the mission, he had just gone to Bumblebee's place to help him repair his vocal system, so Ironhide and the others had no medical support for this operation.

At the same time, the laser cannon that had just been retracted by Ironhide began to charge again, and in coordination with the grenade launcher on his left hand, Ironhide, like a ferocious giant in a rage, roared and launched a counterattack against the Russian fighter jets in the air again.

"Damn humans, you have successfully angered me!"

Sideswipe's expression also turned gloomy; although they all knew that with Chromia's chassis strength, it was impossible for her to be killed by a human-made missile, being hit by a missile of this power at close range meant injuries were unavoidable.

Because female Autobots were rare, they were well protected within the Autobots.

Now, during the operation, one of their leaders was likely injured, and possibly even seriously injured...

Proud as Sideswipe was, he was also furious.

"Showtime!"

He snorted coldly, and after a squirming motion on the back of his chassis, a slender shoulder-mounted missile extended from each side.

As one of the best warriors of the Autobots, although Sideswipe liked close-quarters combat and was very repulsed by large-caliber artillery and various energy weapons, this did not mean he would not use them.

On the contrary, he was not only the best master of melee combat, but also proficient in various firearms and weapons.

This shoulder-mounted missile system was something Sideswipe had actively requested the Autobot weapons experts to add for him when he realized he might be targeted by opponents using range advantages for long-range fire on the battlefield.

Under normal circumstances, proud as Sideswipe was, he rarely used it.

But now it was different, because Chromia was the very Autobot weapons expert who had helped him modify his chassis and loaded this shoulder-mounted missile system.