Chapter 69: Forcing Sector 7

When they were still forty or fifty kilometers away from Hoover Dam, Sun Cheng, Pioneer, and Onslaught had to stop.

"We have trouble!"

Retracting a set of Advanced Insect Scouts he had deployed, his face turned serious, "Starting from here, there are already dense human patrols..."

He projected an image for Onslaught of a temporary outpost two kilometers away composed of four United States National Guard troop carriers; the scouts Sun Cheng had deployed discovered that the closer they got to a U. S. military stronghold like Hoover Dam, the more there were.

Although this amount of force meant nothing at all to the trio, and even the newly born Pioneer could easily destroy them.

However, what Sun Cheng feared was the significance behind this; the Yankees had once again increased the defensive strength of Sector 7.

Onslaught glanced at the image he projected and then turned his head away; no further emotional fluctuations appeared on his face, but the flickering in his eyes revealed everything.

Although he was one of the rare rationalists among the Decepticons, he was, in the end, just as arrogant as most Decepticons, and now with a new weapon in hand, he naturally had a bit less fear and a bit more defiance.

Sun Cheng frowned slightly, but said nothing more.

Speaking of Sector 7, ever since he confirmed the 【AllSpark】 was here, he had not paid little attention to this place.

Although he did not invade to spy again, Sun Cheng had taken the opportunity to leave a backdoor in the ground console of a military satellite, and he monitored the dynamics here almost every day.

According to the intelligence he had collected during this period, since the last time he invaded Sector 7, this was already the third time the United States government had strengthened the garrison of Sector 7.

The first reinforcement was a few days after he had just invaded Sector 7; the United States government, under the banner of "our intelligence agency intercepted a tip that terrorists intend to bomb Hoover Dam," grandiosely added an infantry battalion and an artillery battalion near Hoover Dam. Through the Yankees' own spy satellites, Sun Cheng even discovered several sets of MIM-104 Patriot Air Defense Missiles deployed nearby.

One week later, the United States Department of Defense transferred the 119th Attack Helicopter Regiment of the National Guard, originally stationed in Trinidad, to Las Vegas, only a few dozen kilometers away from Hoover Dam.

This time, not only was an independent brigade of the National Guard transferred over, but the United States Air Force 30th Space Wing had also moved into Las Vegas again.

Sun Cheng thought about it; he hadn't made any moves recently.

Then if it wasn't Onslaught, it could only be Blackout, who hadn't been in contact with him for a long time, or perhaps Starscream had stirred up some big news over there, resulting in alerting the enemy.

He cursed inwardly; seeing that Sector 7 was heavily guarded recently, if he had come alone, he would have definitely turned around and left, waiting for a period of time until the limelight passed and the security here was not so strict before infiltrating again.

However!

Looking at Onslaught, Sun Cheng quickly dismissed this thought.

Onslaught had clearly been plotting for the 【AllSpark】 for more than a year or two; he had waited so long, and this arrogant guy had even given him his reward. If he didn't let him see the 【AllSpark】 today, one could imagine what the result would be!

At the moment, he could only suppress a little unease and took the initiative to say: "According to the reconnaissance data fed back earlier, I have designed a route that is fairly safe, which can allow us to approach to about fifteen kilometers from that base. We can't go any further; we'll have to force our way in!"

"It doesn't need to be that troublesome. How much defensive force is nearby? Feed the data to me!"

Onslaught looked at him indifferently and directly interrupted his arrangement.

"Uh, alright!"

Sun Cheng couldn't control him; he frowned but didn't say anything else. He raised his head, pointed into the air at his head, and transmitted all the U. S. military deployments captured by the scouts to him.

"The most troublesome thing is the human air power 100 kilometers away... Do you have more precise coordinates there?"

Onslaught's eyes flickered, and after quickly digesting all the data, he lowered his head and asked him.

Sun Cheng nodded, "I do have them, but it's so far..."

Before he could finish his sentence, he saw Onslaught suddenly transform back into his super-heavy truck form, and the Dual-barreled Railgun on his back was erected high up.

"You can hit it?!" He was overjoyed, and without waiting for Onslaught to answer, he nodded in agreement, "I understand, I will transmit the data to you immediately..."

After capturing the changes in Las Vegas, the city near Sector 7, through the spy satellite he had installed a backdoor in, Sun Cheng had paid attention to this place, so he had the coordinates for the temporary stations of the 119th Attack Helicopter Regiment and the 30th Aviation Wing that moved in later.

After quickly transmitting the data to Onslaught, he and Pioneer watched as Onslaught adjusted his position for a while, and the Dual-barreled Railgun on his back began to charge, soon lighting up with an intense blue glow.

The entire charging process lasted about five or six seconds. After the charging ended, accompanied by a loud bang, the ground on the open space where Onslaught was located sank by more than ten centimeters out of thin air, showing the strength of the ballistic recoil.

"Boom!"

After firing one shot, accompanied by the slight adjustment of the muzzle and power accumulation, Onslaught fired another shot, then adjusted and accumulated power again. After firing seven or eight shots in a row, Sun Cheng saw him stop. Without seeing him transform back into his humanoid form, he ordered: "Alright, let's go..."

Although he was very skeptical that those few shots could really resolve the threat of the U. S. Air Force in Las Vegas, Sun Cheng couldn't ask. His gaze lingered on the pit dug out by the huge recoil of the ballistic trajectory under Onslaught, and he then nodded to Pioneer. He immediately took the lead, transformed back into his Reaper Drone form, and flew up into the sky.

"I will clear the obstacles ahead..."

After Sun Cheng left this sentence, he flew toward the nearest temporary outpost of the National Guard.

With his speed, it didn't take long for him to fly over the outpost when he suddenly received a ground communication warning attempting to connect, "Unidentified aircraft, you are currently in restricted military airspace. Please identify yourself and fly east to leave the restricted military airspace... Repeating, please identify yourself and fly east to leave the restricted military airspace..."

After the Core quickly captured that the communication came from the direction of Hoover Dam, dozens of kilometers away, Sun Cheng hurriedly notified Onslaught, "Lord Onslaught, there is a ground surveillance radar at coordinates xxxx, xxxx, and there are several sets of Patriot Air Defense Missiles nearby. Please be sure to destroy them..."

Soon, he saw faint thunder in the sky, and several shells containing terrifying energy flew rapidly toward the coordinates he had just reported at a speed that the naked eye could not capture at all.

With Onslaught's cooperation, and with the threats gone, Sun Cheng made up his mind. He quickly locked onto the troop carriers and guard soldiers on the ground who had clearly discovered him, and launched a dive-bombing strafe!

"Da-da-da..."

In an instant, the sound of slaughter rang out.