Chapter 84: The Fall (Part 1)

"... Ground, ground, the helicopter arranged for you is about to arrive, please prepare for evacuation..."

When this notification came through the communicator, Sam, who had been terrified for half the day, felt his nerves, which had been taut for so long, finally relax.

"My life is saved..."

He gave a bitter smile and glanced at Mikaela, finding that Mikaela was also looking at him. He couldn't help but reach out his other hand, the one not holding the AllSpark, and took the initiative to hold hers. "It's okay, everything is over!"

Sam comforted her this way, though his eyes still worriedly looked from time to time toward a battlefield in the distance where fierce fighting was taking place.

There, his newly acquainted alien friends—the Autobots—were struggling in battle against the evil Decepticons.

Bumblebee had lost a leg and couldn't easily dodge, so he had already taken a few shots and was lying on the ground, dying; Ratchet was no better off. He was not a combat-type Warrior, and in order to entangle Megatron, he had been wounded in the left arm by Blackout just moments ago; it was clear he was injured.

Ironhide was experienced; he was mainly tangling with Blackout, and only occasionally took a shot at Megatron from behind, which caused him to be targeted particularly viciously by the annoyed Megatron, and his chassis was already covered in cracks.

However, the most miserable one was undoubtedly Jazz. Sam didn't even dare to look at Jazz's remains not far away, which had already been torn in two by Megatron. Although he hadn't been in contact with this Autobot for long, whether it was Bumblebee who risked his life to save him, or the righteous Optimus Prime, both had left a deep impression on him, and the Autobots had thus earned Sam's favor.

"Robert, release smoke..."

Nearby, after Captain William from the special operations team gave the order, the black Sergeant Robert immediately signaled two soldiers to rush out from the Infantry Fighting Vehicle, and the three of them released several green smoke signal grenades in the surrounding area.

"Captain, the signal coordinates have been sent..."

Robert quickly returned to the open door on the side of the Infantry Fighting Vehicle and poked his head inside to shout.

"... Sam, listen to me, the helicopter will be here soon. We will all rush out in a moment to help you two leave..." Captain William put down the communicator, looked at Sam with a serious face, and instructed him earnestly.

Sam tightened his grip on the AllSpark cube with some unease. "What about you guys..."

"It can't fit that many people..."

William's eyes dimmed, and he shook his head: "The Decepticons' firepower is too fierce; even the F-15s cannot suppress them. Although reinforcements are arriving one after another, it takes time. You are different from us; we are soldiers, we are Warriors... This place needs us, we cannot leave..."

Sam's throat moved, but when the words reached his lips, he really didn't know how to speak. He could only look at Mikaela in panic and helplessness, and finding her looking at him with the same expression, he couldn't help but feel a sting in his nose. Not wanting his sweetheart to see his disheveled appearance, he hurriedly turned his head to look at the distant battlefield, looking at Bumblebee, who hadn't moved for a long time.

Sergeant Robert didn't know what his reaction meant. Just as he straightened his face and was about to ask, a violent explosion suddenly came from nearby.

The expressions of the few people on the Infantry Fighting Vehicle all changed. Robert, who was the first to react, poked his head out to look, and his face, already dark as iron, looked even worse: "It's that Decepticon, he's coming over, prepare for combat..."

William's heart sank instantly. He immediately understood who the 'that Decepticon' Robert was referring to.

Aside from that unknown Decepticon who had caused massive destruction inside the Sector 7 Base and had pursued them all the way from Hoover Dam to Las Vegas, and who could transform into a Reaper Drone, there was no one else who could make them, accustomed to life and death, so wary.

"Bang..."

"Boom..."

Nearby, explosions continued to come. William noticed that the F-15 fighter jets above in the sky had been forced to leave the low-altitude zone and were forced to ascend to an altitude of several thousand meters, so he hurriedly ordered: "Everyone prepare for combat, protect the AllSpark!"

"Click..."

Robert attached a Grenade Launcher to his weapon. In previous conflicts, they had long realized that the standard rifles, which were quite lethal to humans, were useless when facing Decepticons. Aside from Missiles, artillery, and large-caliber Armor-Piercing Shells, only Grenades had any lethality.

"Get down, it's not safe here anymore..."

William patted Sam on the shoulder and urged him and Mikaela to leave the Infantry Fighting Vehicle with a bitter smile.

Sam nodded with a stiff expression. Earlier, an Infantry Fighting Vehicle near them had been blown up by a Decepticon's Vulcan Cannon; the Bradley's armor was as fragile in front of the Decepticon as a family car being strafed by an assault rifle.

As soon as they got off the vehicle, Sam noticed dark green smoke rising all around. He followed the source and discovered it was coming from several small grenade-like canisters lying on the ground; those were the signal flares equipped by the U. S. special forces.

"Da-da-da..."

The sound of gunfire was everywhere, and explosions occurred from time to time. After getting off the vehicle, Sam immediately saw the familiar short Decepticon not far away, holding his right hand, which had transformed into a Vulcan Cannon, frantically strafing toward them while trying to advance toward them, and the human defensive line protecting him looked slightly powerless.

The firepower from several Humvees and Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles was all trying to fight back. Except for dodging when the TOW anti-tank missiles were fired, the Decepticon had no intention of dodging at all. The flying bullets hit his body with a clatter, but they couldn't pose a threat to him at all.

"Sky, we need support..."

William quickly requested support from the F-15 squadron circling above the sky. After receiving an affirmative answer from the other side, he immediately ordered a soldier next to him: "Quick, provide laser guidance for the aircraft..."

"Received..."

The soldier, along with several Warriors, carefully dodged stray bullets and used the laser emitter on his weapon to lock onto the Decepticon.

Soon, an overwhelming number of Missiles were frantically fired toward the Decepticon who was trying to approach them.

"Captain, it's useless!"

Robert also took a chance to fire a few Grenades, but soon approached William with a bitter face. "This guy is too cunning; almost no Missile can hit him!"

William also frowned as he observed the short Decepticon nimbly using various methods to dodge the Missiles fired by the F-15s from the sky, his brows knitted together in worry.

Just as he was worrying, a voice suddenly came from the communicator in his hand again, making them perk up. "Ground, ground, reinforcements have arrived in your airspace. Lightning Squad will provide fire support to the ground... Please pay attention to marking the target..."

"Lightning Squad..."

Robert was overjoyed and hurriedly looked up at the sky. Sure enough, he could vaguely see a few small dots. Being very familiar with U. S. military equipment, he recognized them at a glance. "It's Warthogs, good heavens, 6 of them have come... Huh, those two don't look quite like it... Could they be gunships?"

William recognized the U. S. aircraft that had just arrived to support the battlefield faster than he did. Excited, he rushed out first, raised the weapon in his hand, and used the laser guidance to mark Sun Cheng.

In the sky, the 6 Warthogs and 2 aerial gunships that had just arrived to support soon noticed the laser guidance, and a response immediately came from the communicator: "Lightning Squad has marked the target, ground units please take cover..."

As for that Decepticon, after being marked by their laser, he soon noticed it too. Reacting, he raised his gun and strafed William and the others. William hurriedly lunged behind the nearby Infantry Fighting Vehicle to dodge. Robert ran a bit slowly and was grazed on the shoulder by an Energy Bullet fired by the Vulcan Cannon; the burn pain made him hiss as he hurriedly grabbed his comrade next to him and hid as well.

It was just that the others were not so lucky. Except for two soldiers who managed to dodge nearby, a pile of wounded soldiers lay on the ground, many of whom were killed instantly.

"No..."

William was so hateful that he bit his teeth until they bled. He glared at the short Decepticon in the distance and slammed his hand hard against the Infantry Fighting Vehicle, his hatred for him increasing by a few notches in his heart.

He looked at Robert, and seeing him shake his head to indicate he was fine, he turned around and looked impatiently at the short Decepticon, because the fire suppression from the Lightning Squad had already begun.

PS:

Sorry, I just made a promise to pay back the debt yesterday noon, and that afternoon I was assigned a new Task from above. I was busy until almost 8:30 tonight to finish it, and it was already past 9:00 when I got home. I will start paying back the debt tomorrow.