Chapter 593: Heading to the Battlefield (Part II) Please Subscribe

The island Sun Cheng spoke of was located in the Arctic Ocean beyond the White Sea, more than 270 kilometers away from Severodvinsk.

It was not a large island, with an area of only 1.7 square kilometers; apart from a tiny amount of frigid-zone vegetation, most of the area was covered by thick ice and snow that never melted year-round.

During the former Soviet Union era, this small island named "Kishinkov Island" briefly had a few dozen residents, and later, to guard against United States nuclear submarines, the former Soviet military had even built a radar station on the island.

Of course, due to the extremely cold weather and harsh climate, it was permanently abandoned by the early 1970s.

Sun Cheng and his group did not rush to the vicinity of the island; in order to test Hailishi's range, he had Hailishi stop while still over a hundred kilometers away from the island.

"Stop. Can Hailishi detect the island at those coordinates?"

Hailishi did not rush to answer him; an electromagnetic wave shot out from his transformed warship body, and after a moment, he replied, "I can... Leader..."

The armor on the chest of Sun Cheng's body opened, and a small drone flew out toward the direction of the island.

It flew very fast, and before long, it arrived above the island.

At this moment, he gave the order again: "Test your naval guns. The target is the radar station on the island. I will have the drone provide you with vision. Perform a one-minute rapid-fire barrage on it!"

Sun Cheng walked to the bridge and reached out to touch it lightly; the vision from the drone above the island was then linked to him through Hailishi.

"Understood..."

After Hailishi answered in a dull, honest tone, the ship's hull did not adjust, but the 130mm caliber naval gun located at the bow began to adjust its position and angle.

After about forty seconds, accompanied by a flash of fire and a roar like thunder, the bombardment began.

"Boom!"

A shell shot out amidst a long flame, heading toward the target direction at a speed exceeding 2,200 meters per second.

A distance of over a hundred kilometers takes only about fifty seconds to cover.

Before the first shell had landed, the second shell was fired.

Then the third, the fourth...

In one minute, Hailishi ultimately fired 63 shells.

It was evident that since being transformed into a Decepticon by an AllSpark Fragment, his improvements were comprehensive.

And it was only at this moment that the shells, which seemed to cover the sky and earth, began to land one after another on "Kishinkov Island," over a hundred kilometers away.

The radar station, which had been abandoned for decades and completely covered by ice and snow, had its thick layer of ice and snow easily shattered and melted by the continuously falling shells.

The radar station, which had long been frozen brittle by the cold, only held up for six or seven shells before it began to collapse.

By the time all sixty-three shells had landed on the radar station on the island, the place had been blasted into a ruin.

The immense power and heat from the shell explosions evaporated the ice and snow near the radar station; the steaming water vapor shot straight into the sky like white mist, but soon, under the influence of the polar low pressure, it turned into ice crystals and fell slowly.

It was snowing on the island!

"Well done!"

Sun Cheng was very satisfied with Hailishi's firepower. Since they were testing, he decided to test it to the end, so he ordered again.

"Hailishi, test the anti-ship missiles... Open all missile launch tubes. The target is still that island. The attack area should cover the entire island... Execute three rounds of fire coverage..."

"Bang bang bang bang..."

The two vertical missile launch systems on the warship activated. Sun Cheng had noticed earlier that the launch tubes on the ship had changed from the original 32 at the front and back to 40 at the front and back now, a full sixteen extra launch tubes.

It was clear that after being transformed into a Decepticon by an AllSpark Fragment, Hailishi's firepower had increased significantly compared to before.

A round of anti-ship missiles fired, and a full eighty missiles covered that 1.7-square-kilometer island. The shock brought by the almost simultaneous explosions was far more intense than the naval gun rapid-fire they had observed from the drone just moments ago.

The scene was like a human missile brigade conducting a tactical volley on the battlefield; the sky-high flames and thick smoke rapidly melted and evaporated the thick ice and snow that had covered the small island for years.

Sun Cheng was now satisfied with Hailishi's firepower to the point where he couldn't be more satisfied, even though this guy was cumbersome, fragile, a bit dull, and a weakling in melee combat.

But looking solely at his long-range firepower, he was truly a one-Decepticon army.

For a moment, Sun Cheng couldn't help but feel tempted. "I still have six fragments on hand. Two are reserved for my future New Body upgrade, two are used for rotating the cultivation of Decepticons... With the remaining two fragments, perhaps I can transform two more big guys like Hailishi!"

Once this thought emerged, he found it difficult to suppress it.

However, Hailishi soon made Sun Cheng dispel this thought.

After one round of missile fire, Hailishi paused.

Sun Cheng waited for a few minutes but didn't see the second round of missile volleys, so he couldn't help but frown and urge, "Second round of missile volleys, prepare..."

"Preparing..."

Hailishi's buzzing voice sounded, "Generating... missiles... takes time... consumes a large amount of... energy..."

At first, his speech was a bit clumsy, but it seemed that as he spoke more, he was gradually able to express his meaning completely.

"Got it!"

Sun Cheng nodded slightly; he had forgotten about that just now.

Hailishi was right. Whether it was Decepticons or Autobots, the bullets and missiles they used in battle could be manufactured in advance, or they could consume energy and the metal stored within their bodies to manufacture them on the fly during battle.

Therefore, in any given battle, the consumption of various materials and energy by both Decepticons and Autobots was massive.

Hailishi's answer poured a bucket of cold water on Sun Cheng, who had been getting a bit carried away. Thinking about how this guy would consume eighty missiles in a single volley, his firepower was indeed fierce.

But at the same time, he was also a huge consumer.

After realizing this, Sun Cheng retracted his previous order. "Alright Hailishi, the test ends here..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a long-range communication interrupted him.

The communication came from the Pioneer. Upon opening it and seeing the content, Sun Cheng's expression changed abruptly.

"The U. S. military sent an elite squad to infiltrate Jordan, encountered a Decepticon attack ten kilometers from the Nameless Temple, and the entire force was wiped out... The main force of the Fifth Fleet, headquartered in Bahrain, has left port and is sailing toward the Red Sea..."

"I didn't expect the Americans to be the ones to fire the first shot!"

The Americans were clearly lured by greed over the 【Matrix of Leadership】 he had leaked, which was safe and possessed infinite energy. However, with this move of theirs, both the Autobots and Decepticons should be unable to sit still anymore.

Thinking of this, he immediately ordered Hailishi: "We are returning to port... First, go to North Port to restock your ammunition. It is time for us to head to the battlefield!"