Chapter 85: Fall (Part 2)

The 6 A-10 Warthogs that had just arrived to provide support and the 2 AC-130 gunships had barely reached the battlefield before they were thrown into the fray; perhaps having received laser guidance from the 【AllSpark】 protection squad on the ground, they immediately aimed their targets squarely at Sun Cheng.

"Da-da-da..."

"Whew..."

With the overwhelming firepower coverage, the attention of most survivors within the Base was momentarily caught up in excitement following the arrival of those few warplanes displaying such great might.

"We're saved..."

Mikaela covered her cheeks with her hands in excitement, ripples of moisture faintly visible in her eye sockets.

"It's too early to say..." William and Robert both shook their heads in unison.

Both of them were survivors from the Qatar Base where the Special Operations Command was located, and having experienced the battle of Blackout's assault, they knew very well that even the 105mm airborne grenade cannon of an AC-130 gunship had only heavily damaged that scorpion-type Decepticon, and in the end, they hadn't been able to stop the opponent, which showed just how terrifying these alien mechanical Warriors were.

Sure enough, they had only just received the notification on their communicators that two UH-60 Black Hawks were about to arrive at the Base to pick up Sam and the 【AllSpark】 and leave.

The battle situation within the Base changed immediately.

"Boom..."

A violent explosion sounded from the sky, causing the United States Army soldiers in the Base, who had been filled with excitement by the arrival of reinforcements, to feel their hearts sink back to the bottom.

"No..."

Robert gritted his teeth, looking at the sky with an expression of disbelief.

The one exploding in the air was precisely an A-10 Warthog; perhaps because in many past conflicts, the Warthog, known for its "fierce firepower" and "rugged durability," had created too many miracles of returning safely after being heavily damaged, to the point that it had long been mythologized in the hearts of the United States Army soldiers.

Therefore, after the F-15 squadron, which was skilled in close-quarters combat, was forced to climb to altitude to release missiles from a distance to pin down ground targets, those few newly arrived Warthog attack aircraft actually dared to lower their distance to a super-low altitude of several dozen meters to pour firepower onto the ground.

As a result, they had to pay the price for their arrogance; Blackout raised his hand to lift his Laser Cannon and fired three shots in succession at a Warthog, and that Warthog attack aircraft, while hurriedly evading, was hit in one side of its fuselage and exploded on the spot, as dazzling and eye-piercing as fireworks.

This was not even the worst situation!

The sudden explosion caused the United States Army warplane formation from the sky to fall into a brief panic, and in the panicked eyes of Sam and the others, that short Decepticon they had been keeping an eye on leaped into the air once again.

Although his chassis was now covered in various bullet marks and the imprints left by explosions, he suddenly rose and flew up from low altitude with a fierce and aggressive momentum, almost in an instant approaching the side of a gunship, circling around it while firing wildly.

"Da-da-da..."

The gunfire did not last long in the sky before Sam and the others saw that gunship soon seem to lose control, its nose suddenly tilting after a burst of instability, and it went spiraling down toward the northwest corner of the Base.

"No..."

Robert covered his face in pain, and William hurriedly picked up the communicator to warn the air: "Quick, quick, quick, pull up your altitude, fire Combat Missiles, don't let it get close..."

Unfortunately, these few newly arrived United States Army warplanes clearly reacted too slowly; by the time two Warthogs began to accelerate to pull up their altitude and attempted to fire Combat Missiles at the high-speed moving Sun Cheng, he had already dealt with the other AC-130 gunship and a Warthog, and had set his sights on another A-10.

The few menacing support warplanes had only just arrived at the battlefield and hadn't even lasted five minutes before four Warthogs and two gunships were shot down; the two that remained, seeing that the situation was uncontrollable, decisively chose to retreat after requesting permission from the rear command center.

Once they left, the two UH-60 Black Hawks that had just arrived to pick up Sam and the 【AllSpark】 immediately became Sun Cheng's new targets; having only just approached the vicinity of the Base, one was shot down by two rounds of Vulcan Cannon fire, while the other turned back in a sorry state amidst black smoke, and not long after, an explosion sounded several kilometers away.

"It's over..."

William's face turned pale, and even the fingers holding the communicator began to tremble.

If someone as accustomed to life and death as him was like this, Sam and Mikaela, the two young men and women still in high school, were even worse off, their faces both pale to an extreme degree.

The communicator was silent for a good while before it rang again: "... Calling Base, the enemy's anti-aircraft firepower is fierce; before more warplanes arrive at the battlefield, we cannot gain air superiority... Please temporarily evacuate to the following safe locations; the United States Army is about to conduct a saturation strike on the Base..."

"Saturation strike?" Robert walked over and took the communicator from the hand of William, who had not yet recovered his senses, and asked: "Covering the entire Base? We still have many people here; it's very difficult to complete an evacuation..."

"Please evacuate to the following safe locations as soon as possible; we are about to deploy 27 M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems to conduct a full-scale saturation strike on the Base..."

The voice coming from the communicator suddenly became cold.

Robert and William, who often performed special operations abroad, finally realized what was happening; after tentatively sending out two squadrons of warplanes and discovering that they could not destroy the Decepticons relying solely on these available air forces, the United States military, or rather the United States government, finally could not sit still, and they had mobilized a battalion equipped with M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems, preparing to use this most powerful conventional weapon in the United States Army to destroy the Decepticons.

For this, they had even abandoned this Base.

"Damn it, retreat quickly..."

After realizing this, William hurriedly called for the soldiers around him to evacuate, and seeing Sam standing there blankly holding the 【AllSpark】, he hurriedly walked over and pulled Sam, saying: "Sam, it's no longer safe here; we have to leave immediately..."

"Ah, okay..."

Sam and Mikaela followed them awkwardly, staying alert while preparing to evacuate.

They had only walked a few dozen meters when they heard the sound of a heavy object landing a few dozen meters away; when everyone looked, it was none other than that Reaper Drone circling in the sky, who had transformed back into robot form and landed, summoning his weapons and threatening them as he constantly closed in: "Hand over the 【AllSpark】, and I will let you leave safely!"

"No, Sam, you absolutely cannot give it to him..."

Robert raised his grenade launcher and fired a Grenade at Sun Cheng, who was attempting to close in, but unfortunately, he dodged it.

Watching him raise his Vulcan Cannon and aim it at himself, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva in anxiety, thinking he was going to die, but he didn't expect a huge silver-gray object to suddenly collide with Sun Cheng, knocking him flying.

When Sam and the others looked, they realized it was the lower half of Jazz's body, and following the direction, they realized that the one who had thrown it was Bumblebee; although Bumblebee was heavily injured and unable to move, he had been sitting up in the distance, and having been keeping an eye on Sam and the 【AllSpark】 the whole time, when he sensed their danger, he still struggled to sit up, even throwing the half-body of his comrade—Jazz—over to clear the way for them.

Struck by the one-ton body of Jazz, Sun Cheng was thrown heavily, rolling more than ten meters on the ground before stopping.

After climbing back up, he first looked at Jazz's remains and Bumblebee with a cold gaze, then looked down at the several dented parts of his own chassis, and only then did he raise his Vulcan Cannon again to aim at Sam and the others, looking as if he was not prepared to waste any more words and was going to seize it by force directly.

Yet unexpectedly, at this very moment, his Core suddenly emitted a violent warning.

Sun Cheng hurriedly looked up toward the sky, and the next moment, he immediately transformed back into the Reaper Drone and flew toward the outside of the Base at full speed.

Soon, the Base behind him immediately fell into a sea of flames.

PS:

There is a red-letter event at my second uncle's house; I got a few of my older cousins drunk last night, so I owe two more chapters.

Originally, my dad's relationship with his brothers has never been good, and we younger generation basically don't interact, so I didn't think I would get involved in anything, just thinking I would go over on the weekend to eat a meal. As it turned out, the old man insisted I go over to help yesterday, and he even lost his temper with me when I refused. I've been busy running around for two days, and the event is tomorrow.

If I can finish it before 12:30, there will be another chapter; if not, I will have to owe another one today, as I have to rush over to help at seven or eight tomorrow morning.

The plan for the extra chapters might have to be delayed until tomorrow or the day after to start.