Chapter 1228 (1/2)

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With that in mind, the senior colonel heaved a faint sigh of relief. These special deliveries were indeed quite dangerous, but at the same time, they would be counted as significant military contributions. Hence, after taking all of the relevant factors into account, he decided to bring his cousin along with him.

After carefully checking the screens again, he was able to ascertain that all of the figures were normal, and there were no suspicious individuals that had been discovered. In order to facilitate this delivery, the entire highway had been sealed off to civilian vehicles.

There were over three hours left, and he couldn't wait for it to be over!

Just as the senior colonel was preparing to relax a little, he suddenly felt a burst of faint tremors.

”Hmm?” The senior colonel faltered momentarily before immediately becoming more alert.

The highway was extremely smooth and flat, so how could these tremors have arisen? The lieutenant colonel who was driving the vehicle had also sensed that something was amiss, and just as befuddlement began to well up in his heart, an astonis.h.i.+ng turn of events suddenly unfolded.

”Boom!” Violent tremors erupted from beneath the vehicle, immediately followed by a strong sense of weightlessness.

The road suddenly exploded, and the explosives had been set up very accurately so that their explosions only destroyed the road down below without affecting the vehicles in the convoy. The 20 military vehicles began to plummet downward almost in unison. These vehicles were extremely heavy, so the sudden fall instantly brought horrified looks to everyone's faces.

These vehicles were holding soul missiles! Even if just a single one of the missiles were to be detonated, all of them would explode! The entire area in a ma.s.sive radius would most likely be razed to the ground as a result.

As such, all of the mechas in the air above were completely stunned by the sight of the 20 military vehicles abruptly plummeting downward. In that instant, they didn't even know whether they should rush downward to a.s.sist the vehicles.

Mecha pilots didn't have much knowledge in the field of construction, so they had no way of identifying whether the highway had been damaged by explosives, or if it had simply crumbled as it had been unable to withstand the enormous weight of the convoy.

As such, everyone was at a temporary loss for what to do.

The senior colonel sitting in the first vehicle was the first to react as he heard a grinding sc.r.a.ping sound that made his skin crawl.

There were rocks and soil tumbling down all around him, but through the windows of the vehicles, he could still clearly see that a series of chains had appeared around the vehicle. The unpleasant sc.r.a.ping sound was coming from none other than the chains grinding against the vehicle as they supported the vehicle's weight. The sense of weightlessness also abruptly disappeared.

”This is an enemy attack! This is not an accident! Please reinforce us!” he roared into the communication device.

However, in the instant that his voice rang out, all of the images on the screens before him had been reduced to static, and an extremely powerful disruptive signal had instantly made all of the electronic equipment in the vehicle malfunction.

This was undoubtedly a planned enemy attack, and it had struck very abruptly.

There were battle aircrafts and mechas accompanying the convoy in the air above, but who could've antic.i.p.ated a surprise attack from underground?

The vehicle was quickly stabilized, following which the senior colonel and lieutenant colonel realized that they couldn't see anything. Everything around them was a vast expanse of greyness, and they didn't know if this was a dense cloud of mist or dust, but in any case, this was definitely not good news for them.

The chains had already completely enveloped the vehicle like a giant cobweb, both holding the vehicle's weight and also imprisoning its pa.s.sengers.

”Thump!” A dull thump rang out, and something seemed to have struck the vehicle, causing the entire vehicle to sway violently. Immediately thereafter, a burst of powerful pulling force erupted up ahead, forcing the vehicle to advance.

At this point, the mechas in the air above had already sprung into action. As federal soldiers, all of them were very well-trained, and even though they were momentarily held back by the fear in their hearts, the two black mechas leading the battalion still quickly issued an order before quickly flying downward with all of the other mechas.

Due to the huge storm of dust that had erupted, they were unable to see what was happening down below. At the same time, not only had the powerful disruptive signal affected the vehicles down below, it had also impacted the mechas' detection and communication systems.

All of the soul vehicles down below contained soul missiles, so no one dared to unleash any attacks; all they could do was descend onto the scene before reacting to the situation.