Chapter 860: Comprehensive War 14
The battle between the Decepticon and the United States military that erupted within the Arctic Circle has already been noticed by an increasing number of countries.
Although the United States and Canada are both trying their best to impose a blockade, there are no secrets in the internet age.
There are numerous satellites from various countries orbiting in Earth's outer space, not to mention that this area was only recently noted by astronomical observatories around the world to have had a very suspicious, large-scale meteor shower fall.
Moreover, during the course of this battle, the United States military used hundreds of Tomahawk cruise missiles at once; it would be difficult for it not to be noticed by the pervasive spy satellites.
Thanks to the Polar Bear's focused attention, Sun Cheng can also obtain very detailed, first-hand data.
Inside Base No. 2, Sun Cheng looks at the combat footage just transmitted back from North Port by Mola's spies, lost in thought.
The Severodvinsk naval port was not abandoned after he himself evacuated.
On the contrary, because the Polar Bear and a certain country in the Far East are being tacitly squeezed out by several old Europe countries and the United States—whose military strength is gradually recovering—they cannot obtain more advanced equipment from the Black Market.
Thus, as compensation, and because Sun Cheng is also deliberately controlling the balance of power between the Polar Bear and the NATO group so it does not become lopsided, North Port has instead become increasingly prosperous.
Almost every month, over one hundred thousand tons of various supplies enter and leave North Port; if not for the rigid system and inefficiency within the Polar Bear, plus the fact that Base No. 2 has always used cargo submarines to transport supplies for safety, which has invisibly limited the scale, the supplies traded at North Port each month could have at least multiplied several times over.
A military meeting was quietly convened in a conference room inside Base No. 2.
This could be considered the first time Sun Cheng's main forces have attended a meeting; there were not many people participating, only five: he, Prowl, Thunder, Sprint, and Frenzy. Except for himself, they were all Elite Warriors.
"Commander, do we need to intervene in the conflict between the Decepticon and the humans now?"
Prowl was the first to speak after watching the footage.
He has been stationed in the Black Market to gain experience for almost a year now.
Dealing with the elites of various human countries, who are full of schemes and calculations, his growth has been rapid; not only has his personality become increasingly steady, but his overall perspective and awareness have also improved qualitatively compared to the past.
Therefore, Prowl does not support getting involved in the conflict between the Decepticon and the humans, because he knows very well that their own strength is insufficient to confront the Decepticon Legion head-on.
As for the Americans, they only need more lackeys.
The Autobot once made many concessions to curry favor with them, but what was the result? They were still subjected to all kinds of shameless pushing for more, eventually leading to a clean break.
Sun Cheng smiled slightly; if Prowl could think of this, how could he not be aware of the Americans' wariness toward him?
However, he was not in a hurry to make a decision, but instead softly ordered: "Huan, send over the latest intelligence collected."
"Understood, Commander!"
After the voice of the Central Main Control Intelligence fell, the center of the conference room was immediately projected with over a dozen satellite photos and two different high-altitude video clips by the projector.
And in these satellite photos and images, those recorded were undoubtedly all Autobot.
Thunder had sharp eyes and immediately recognized several familiar faces.
"The Autobot are assembling..."
"Correct!"
Sun Cheng nodded slightly, "The Autobot being in Africa is no longer a secret; even if those human countries haven't found New Iacon yet, they have pretty much locked onto the general area. It's not strange that the Autobot were photographed as soon as they assembled!"
Just as he said, the Autobot hiding within Africa has long since ceased to be a secret.
They have been prospecting for minerals everywhere in Africa; although they thought they were being very secretive, they did not directly take action to control some of the local small countries and tribes like Base No. 2 did, using humans to help them conceal their tracks.
Therefore, over the past year, the skies over Africa, which were rarely visited by satellites, have now begun to have a large number of satellites circling them.
The Autobot and the United States have cooperated before; everyone knows this.
Thus, someone immediately suspected, "At least one Leader, four or five Elite Warriors, and a large number of Advanced Warriors—with this scale of assembly, are the Autobot preparing to head to the Arctic Circle to annihilate that group of Decepticon?"
The one speaking was Frenzy, who could be considered a veteran under Sun Cheng.
Not long ago, after Thundercracker was captured, his body underwent a series of repairs and adjustments, and it was bestowed upon Frenzy as a reward.
Although Frenzy still needs to go through a period of adjustment to fully adapt to this New Body.
However, his current combat power definitely exceeds that of an Advanced Warrior, so attending the meeting is no problem; it is just that in terms of strategy and wisdom, he is still quite a bit behind Prowl.
Thunder also saw some clues and somewhat uncertainly picked up where Frenzy left off: "The Autobot shouldn't be cooperating with the Americans again, right? Just over half a year ago, they caused a huge scene in the United States over a few Autobot corpses!"
"That possibility cannot be ruled out; after all, their Leader—Optimus Prime—has always had a good impression of humans!"
Sun Cheng listened calmly to his subordinates' analysis and frowned slightly.
The vast majority of Decepticon find it difficult to understand the Autobot's way of thinking; this is also the reason why their civil war could last for millions of years.
However, although Sun Cheng has only had a few contacts with the Autobot's new Leader, Optimus Prime, through the other party's series of methods, he has gained some understanding of Optimus Prime's personality.
That young Autobot Leader is undoubtedly a very powerful Warrior, but he is clearly not a very competent Leader.
Sun Cheng had also considered whether the Autobot would join forces with the Americans again.
But this thought did not last long before he dismissed it.
Back when he sent replica warriors to invade Trindade Island to protect Starscream, Sun Cheng also subsequently launched a series of retaliatory actions, focusing on striking the intelligence network that the Decepticon Legion had built on Earth over the past century.
The vast majority of these were directly wiped out.
But in the process, there were also some humans who had previously cooperated with the Decepticon who, under the threat of death, defected to the intelligence network of Base No. 2.
Thanks to this, Sun Cheng's intelligence gathering on the United States side is now more precise and comprehensive than before.
Including the CIA and the military, he is able to obtain some intelligence from both.
Therefore, Sun Cheng knows very well that the United States has never changed its hostile attitude toward the Autobot.
"It should be Optimus Prime's decision. Perhaps he is indeed planning to eliminate as many Decepticon as possible before Shockwave's main force arrives... However, there might also be an element of Optimus Prime wanting to take this opportunity to repair the relationship with the United States..."
Rubbing his chin, Sun Cheng began to think seriously.
He was considering whether he should also get involved.
End of Chapter
