Chapter 1069 - Leave it to the Professional (1/2)

Translator: _Min_  Editor: Caron_

White phosphorus munitions, petrol bombs—all options were tried to no avail. Even the flamethrower was useless.

In addition to incendiary munitions, the British tried other things. For example, pesticides, strong acids, strong bases, or even chemical weapons. These weapons definitely wouldn’t be considered humane normally speaking, but against insects, it was another story. Regrettably, those bugs weren’t afraid of chemical weapons, and nothing changed with the spores.

Also, the British considered launching larger incendiary munitions, which could, in theory, burn all the air in the infected area, but the Finnish government wasn’t happy. If the incendiary munitions got any bigger, the 50-meter isolation belt certainly wouldn’t be effective. If there was a forest fire, then the loss would be severe!

They were in the Arctic Circle, and the ancient pine forest was in the tundra! Every tree was a living fossil! In order to release incendiary bombs, trees that were cut already agonized the Finns. What’s more, the British couldn’t guarantee that the bigger bombs wouldn’t be “frozen” by the strange spores.

Those evil things could even wrap up the atomized gasoline!

It was fine if they didn’t use it. It was a great chance to flex their muscles to their future younger brother, a chance to demonstrate the power of the big NATO family. The British Ministry of Defence made a decision, and the dispatched commander didn’t take it seriously either. Two mechanized companies, a total of 40 “Ajax” armored vehicles, and more than 300 infantries wearing chemical protective suits followed.

The combat plan was very simple: eliminate all the mutants in the infected area within ten minutes, suppress the entrance within 20 minutes, and send special forces into the underground bunker to remove the source of infection. The soldiers wearing chemical protective suits didn’t realize the danger of the task. Instead, they joked in front of the media reporters during their interviews, saying that if the nest appeared in London, the firefighters alone could take care of the issue.

The emergence of the nest attracted worldwide attention, and this interview was also broadcast live worldwide.

Inside the same conference room, the satellite map on the big screen was replaced by a live broadcast of a Russian TV reporter interviewing British soldiers in the Paltamo region.

Originally, Jiang Chen didn’t want to watch the news with the Russians because he could already guess what the final result would be. However, the National Defense Minister Sergei personally invited him and it was difficult to reject his invitation, so he came.

To be honest, a group of senior officials quietly watching news felt weird.

“Are you sure they can’t handle it?” Sergei looked at Jiang Chen and asked somewhat incredulously, “I don’t mean to gloat, but it’s very important for Russia’s national defense strategy. If the British succeed, we will have a thousand more kilometers to defend.”

“Let’s wait.”

Leaning in his chair, Jiang Chen glanced at the confident British soldier on the screen and grinned.

London firefighters?

Even if you sent Chinese city enforcement forces, Japanese high school students, and American hobos, they wouldn’t do a damn thing! (1)

With the departure of the army, the image on the TV moved. The reporter gave a close-up of the forty armored vehicles and quickly switched to coverage in the air. The helicopter followed the mechanized forces and watched them rushing into the infected area covered by the turbid spores.

Because of his confidence behind this “de-bugging” plan, the British commander, under the guidance of the Ministry of National Defense, made an exception to open some insensitive combat communications to reporters to demonstrate the combat effectiveness of NATO. As for the combat video, it wasn’t made public due to the sensitive information.

“This is the 12th Company. We’ve reached the target area, and no abnormalities have been found.”

“Mutants spotted. Open safeties and fire freely.”

The intensive gunshots and the roars of mutants lasted for two minutes.

The senior Russian officials sitting in front of the screen, especially the Russian National Defense Minister, gradually had expressions that looked more and more excited. They were all senior members of the military. Just by listening to the sounds, they knew that the situation wasn’t pleasant.

“…we’re fighting the mutants! They have too many people, but our firepower is superior—”

“SH*T! They’re too fast! Fu*k! Infantry! RETREAT! I repeat, Infantry! RETREAT! Charis! Are you crazy, take your people and move back… buzz—”

The communication was cut off. It was clear that the British commander realized that the contents were no longer suitable for broadcast to the media.

Only the flashing sparks in the turbid fog could depict the tragedy on screen.

The meeting room was silent, and the Russian military all stared at each other.

No one expected this result. No one thought that a mechanized unit would lose to mutants… except for one person.

Jiang Chen.

Since they neglected their anti-armor abilities because they were fighting bugs, he wasn’t surprised that the British lost. The only thing he was curious about now was how many armored vehicles could retreat intact.

As for the infantry, they were probably chewed down to the bone.

“There was a little accident in the nest while clearing it up. The following is a story from…” On the screen, the reporter’s expression was slightly awkward.

At this point, the aerial coverage of the military base was gone.

Just then, Jiang Chen’s watch shook.

“Let me take a call,” Jiang Chen quietly whispered to Sergei sitting next to him, got up and walked out of the meeting room.