Chapter 980: Liberia

Above the South Atlantic Ocean, a United States naval vessel was escorting the USS San Antonio dock landing ship, riding the wind and waves.

They were not far from the west coast of Africa, and Major Huo Si and his team were currently inside the cabin of the USS San Antonio, waiting to arrive at the west coast to launch a strike operation against their target.

If this were a few years ago, when the NEST unit launched operations against the Decepticons, even if the target was discovered within Africa, they would certainly have dispatched an air force escort and used large air force transport planes to deploy troops into battle.

But Tombstone is not NEST; being affiliated with the CIA versus the military are two completely different concepts.

Although the former is notorious and even considered by many countries to be the biggest mastermind behind global turmoil and a troublemaker in the political instability of many nations, when it comes to actual military force, once the CIA leaves the United States, the force they command is at most capable of subverting some small island nations.

Moreover, for this operation, they were essentially stepping on the military's toes; it was already quite good that the Navy was willing to hold its nose and dispatch two warships to cooperate, let alone contacting naval aviation or air force support.

Just imagine, our military assembled a large portion of its main naval and air forces during the Cairo Battle, only to be crushed by the aliens and suffer heavy losses.

Yet your CIA's Tombwind Squad is able to win victory after victory on the battlefield against the aliens.

With this comparison, once the difference in quality is clear, the politicians in Washington and the capital behind them all know how to make their choice.

The sound of footsteps caught the attention of many soldiers of the Tombwind Squad in the cabin who were closing their eyes and resting while clutching their weapons.

Major Huo Si clapped his hands, quickly focusing everyone's attention.

"Prepare yourselves, we are about to arrive at our destination."

The destination for the Tombwind Squad's mission this time was located in Liberia, West Africa.

This country, known as "Little America in Africa," although always the poorest country in Africa, had remained politically close to the United States for over a hundred years due to American support behind the scenes.

Some time ago, traces of alien activity were discovered within Liberia.

Although the number of aliens discovered was not large, and they had not caused too much damage.

But Liberia's national strength is weak, and its military is even more pathetic, with a total of only a few thousand people.

Although they are poor, they are not stupid; they had already learned during the previous Cairo Battle that the main force of the U. S. Navy and Air Force had suffered heavy losses under the strikes of the aliens.

And Liberia has been dealing with the United States for a hundred years; although they know the Americans are full of bad intentions and have cheated them many times in the past.

But they know their own business; Liberia has no major mines, and apart from a small amount of diamonds, they only have rubber, coffee, and timber that can be exported in small quantities to exchange for some foreign currency.

Although American businessmen have taken a lot of things from their country in the past, in the eyes of some Liberian politicians, what they lost was clearly not as much as the aid they received from the United States every year.

They simply decided to lie flat, and the president personally contacted Washington by phone, requesting the U. S. military to send support.

It was precisely because of this that the Tombwind Squad was sent to test the results of their training.

"Everyone, organize your equipment!"

"Yes!"

In the cabin that had been quiet, following Major Huo Si's order, the soldiers of the Tombwind Squad immediately began to get busy.

The San Antonio-class dock landing ship is a type of transport ship newly equipped by the U. S. military; the cabin space is not small, and it was densely packed with over a dozen modified Suburbans, four armored vehicles, two data reception and command vehicles, and at the same time, six armed helicopters were parked on the flight deck above.

Although the new Tombwind Squad's relationship with the U. S. military is far less close than that of the NEST unit, unless necessary, the Tombwind Squad does not take the initiative to request support from the U. S. military when launching operations.

However, they are not without a chance of winning when facing aliens.

Let's calculate: from the very beginning of dealing with the Autobots and jointly resisting the Decepticons.

To later, after completely falling out with the Autobots, the United States suffered multiple major losses in succession under the attacks of the Decepticon Legion.

Their domestic Sector 7 had originally studied Megatron for nearly a hundred years, and after suffering losses one after another, the Americans gradually realized what kind of weapons were more lethal to these aliens who claimed to come from the Cybertron civilization.

The USS San Antonio temporarily docked at a port in Liberia. As the rear cabin door opened, the Suburbans, armored vehicles, data reception and command vehicles, and armed helicopters arrived one after another at a port in Liberia. Because they had received notification from the U. S. side in advance, Liberia naturally would not be tactless enough to demand inspections or anything of the sort.

The Tombwind Squad soon left the pier, and at the same time, after the data reception vehicle was turned on and working, data from American reconnaissance satellites was continuously transmitted over.

"... The earliest traces of aliens discovered in Liberia were about a month ago... At the very beginning, they were also very afraid of this... The aliens that appeared in Liberia, just like other aliens that appeared in Africa, also attacked and wantonly destroyed a city, causing thousands of casualties..."

"But after that, those aliens quickly disappeared... until half a month ago, they appeared again and destroyed another town near the location of the previous attack..."

The convoy drove on the dilapidated and muddy roads of Liberia. Major Huo Si watched the soldiers on the command vehicle earnestly receiving data, while his own hands never stopped, constantly removing and re-inserting the magazine.

"According to the analysis, we believe that the few aliens that appeared in Liberia should be Decepticons."

"Unless attacked by humans, Autobots will not take the initiative to attack humans."

"And the newly appeared type of alien is even more dangerous; they are like hungry wolves, destroying and wrecking every city they see, killing every living thing! But the few aliens that appeared in Liberia did not completely destroy the city or kill more Liberians."

"In summary, we believe that these aliens, the aliens that appeared in Liberia, should be Decepticons!"

The results of the discussion among other Commanders of the Tombwind Squad kept coming through the headset. Major Huo Si did not say a word during this time, but he also breathed a sigh of relief.

Tombstone is a special unit specifically formed by the CIA and the U. S. government to target aliens, so they usually train on how to engage with aliens.

Tombstone has different methods for dealing with Autobots and Decepticons.

Autobots are more rule-abiding and generally do not take the initiative to attack humans.

So the plan Tombstone has for them is to concentrate firepower to severely damage or kill them before the Autobots can react.

As for the Decepticons, there are not so many formalities; just fight them when you meet them.

As for the newly appeared third type of alien, even the analysts of the Tombstone unit feel it is troublesome.

They seem to be even crazier and more bellicose than the Decepticons. If possible, Major Huo Si does not want to encounter them, at least not to face them right now.

Fortunately, heaven seems to be favoring the Tombwind Squad; the target of their operation this time is suspected to be Decepticons.