Chapter 1406 - Close Combat (1/2)

“Seriously, I have been in North America for almost a year. I only applied to change my home base back to Wanghai a few months ago.” An engineer in a safety helmet said as he welded the laser anti-aircraft weapon to the steel bracket. While he wiped the sweat from his forehead, he grinned and looked at his comrade next to him, “After staying for so long, this is the first time I have seen a North American who claims to be an American.”

“Then what do they usually call themselves?” Another engineer wiped his sweat with a towel, took a swig of the mineral water, then joked along, “Aboriginals of the West Coast? Or California Freaks?”

“Neither. Cowboys in California, mercenaries in Nevada, gamblers in Alaska, NATO people…usually the former ones are more common, the latter ones less so. Except for the folks in Chinatown who will stick together based on their ancestry, those whites and blacks like to use state names to draw boundaries from other people.”

“Chinatown? Are there other Chinese near here?”

“It’s not just Chinese. Koreans, Japanese, Vietnamese, even Indians, Asians on the West Coast basically live there. The stuff there is quite interesting. When this battle is over, I can take you for a tour—”

They were only halfway through the conversation when the harsh alarm sounded.

The two engineers were taken aback for a moment, then their expressions changed all of the sudden. Without a word more, they grabbed their toolbox and ran toward the stairs.

The moment the air defense alarm sounded, the entire fortress was like a pot of boiling water, and everyone began to move. The non-combatants evacuated into the air defense bunker immediately. Soldiers in kinetic skeletons lined up and quickly rushed to their combat positions.

The anti-aircraft electromagnetic pulse cannons and laser weapons deployed on the fortress raised their barrels in tandem, and a stream of Aurora-20s took off from the deck of AS Order. In a blink of an eye, a squadron had all taken off and formed a defensive formation, ready to engage the enemy.

“Company A has entered combat position, requesting instructions.” A soldier in power armor sat at the entrance of the air defense bunker, behind him were 120 soldiers in kinetic skeletons.

The jet-black rifles were ready to fire, and everyone was prepared to fight.

If the USN Army launched a raid on the colony’s air defense facilities, then they would the first line of defense for the fortress!

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Inside a temporary command post deep into the colony’s air defense bunker.

It was not only the command tower of the Expeditionary Force but also the radar station of the colony.

The observer sat nervously in front of the control terminal, and staff hurriedly ran back and forth between the terminals. This place was the eyes and brains of the entire expeditionary army, and a series of combat orders were issued from here to the front line.

Taking the elevator underground, Jiang Chen quickly walked into the command post. When he arrived, Li Wang and Zheng Shanhe stood at the command table not far away and were discussing combat strategies with a group of officers.

Jiang Chen instructed everyone to disregard him, then he looked at the big screen directly in front of the command post.

When he saw the rapidly approaching red dots, his brows started to frown, he walked forward, looked at the radar observer next to him, and asked in a serious tone.

“What’s the situation.”

“Unidentified flying objects have entered the radar and will encounter our flight squadron in one minute!” Staring at the radar screen, the soldier immediately reported to Jiang Chen.

“How many enemy planes are there?” Jiang Chen asked immediately.

“Fourteen…wait, what the fu*k!”