Chapter 23 Bad Apples
On the way to New York City, the intelligence officer said to Mengzhi after glancing at the military doctor next to him.
"Commander, I have some news here, both good and bad. Which one do you want to hear?" the intelligence officer asked seriously.
Mengzhi took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Tell me the good news first."
The intelligence officer nodded and said, "Okay, under the exquisite command of Colonel Betton, Tanya successfully destroyed the white phosphorus factory of Latin Tongmeng. Now, Latin Tongmeng can no longer use this terrible white phosphorus weapon. This is undoubtedly a major victory for us."
Hearing this news, Mengzhi felt a little relieved. "Huh, that's great. So, what's the bad news?"
The intelligence officer's face became more solemn, and he slowly said: "When you went to New York, the Latins took advantage of the situation. They have broken through the southern border and launched a raid on the Alamo Fortress. At present, President Dugan's whereabouts are unknown. The Panama Canal troops who were originally planned to come to support suddenly rebelled and seized the expansion base to attack the main base. At the same time, they were suddenly ambushed by the Su Army fleet. Now, this force has been annihilated. Six Enterprise-class aircraft carriers were also sunk by our own Storm Son fighters. What's worse, our cute friends on the Pacific Front also failed in their raid on Su Nien's Far East. Not only did they fail to effectively contain Su Nien, but they were fiercely counterattacked by Ceris. Now, most of their territory has fallen."
Every word of the intelligence officer's report hit Mengzhi's heart like a heavy hammer. As the intelligence was continuously transmitted, Mengzhi's blood pressure was also rising, as if it was about to burst through the blood vessels. However, under the treatment of the military doctor, Mengzhi finally did not faint.
"What kind of teammates are these! They are completely useless! By the way, intelligence officer, what kind of intelligence do we have now? Tell us quickly!"
"Report to the commander, according to the latest news, in the recent battles, we have found a large number of Bulldog tanks and Abrams tanks with the logo of the Su Army. What's more surprising is that these tanks have no obvious signs of damage, which can be inferred that they should have surrendered together with the personnel on board. At the same time, after the fall of New York, we sent a troop to retake New York, but they surrendered to the Su Army. Before you came, the advance team we sent to New York had lost contact with the headquarters. Under such circumstances, in order to successfully retake New York, General Kaveli needs you to personally lead an elite team to survey the specific situation. Before we find out the reason, we really should not rashly send a large force to New York."
"Please be careful, Commander. This mission is full of dangers. If you are not careful, you may end up in an irretrievable situation." After the intelligence officer finished his report, Eva said to Mengzhi.
"Hu————" Mengzhi took a deep breath. After arriving at the command bunker, he quickly connected to the combat terminal.
—————Combat control system connected—————
[Military Operation: Bad Apples Location: New York, New York]
Mission Objective 1: Establish contact with the missing team
Mission Objective 2: Wait for further instructions]
On the command terminal, a commando team appeared in the upper left corner of the map. At this moment, several "cute soldiers" and a group of civilians suddenly shot at the commando team.
"Why? Why are these troops attacking friendly forces?" a commando soldier complained while shooting.
At the same time, the location of some advance teams is shown in the lower left corner of the map.
[Commander, it seems that the intelligence is correct. Some of our troops suddenly began firing at their own people.
Some of the advance team are being held here, if we can free them we might be able to find out why.]
"It's really strange, why did these cute soldiers suddenly rebel?" Mengzhi looked confused.
"Commander, we may know the answer after rescuing the captured advance team. In addition, since the Soviet army's buildings are equipped with alarm devices, if we don't want to be discovered by the Su army, we cannot occupy the Soviet army's buildings before rescuing the advance team." The adjutant reminded.
"Be careful, Commander. More of our troops may be coming to confront us."
"Understood." After saying that, Mengzhi began to form a team, letting several Abrams and several engineer IFVs as pathfinders. The infantry was stationed in the buildings to resist the attacks of the rebels. At this time, the superiors also supported the Meng army with a group of traveler landing craft for amphibious operations.
"Friendly forces?" As they headed towards the place where the advance team was being held, Mengzhi found a shipyard with a Tech Cannon, four badly damaged Horizon-class destroyers, and a Traveler landing craft. In order to save money, the Alliance asked the Engineer IFV to repair them. There was a box of military medals near the shipyard. After Mengzhi opened it, several Abrams tanks were promoted to veteran level, and Mengzhi was no longer surprised. Then Mengzhi used a transport boat to load the large force and prepared to send it over to rescue his teammates.
After the destroyers were repaired, Mengzhi produced another batch of destroyers and ordered the fleet to begin exploring along the river bank. They soon found a ferry that was closely protected by sentry guns and magnetic storm coils.
"It looks like this should be the Su army's base of operations. Don't worry about them for now, let's find a landing point to get to the advance team."
After the Meng Commander gave the order, the fleet continued to move forward. Along the way, they encountered considerable resistance. The Soviet Typhoon submarines and Sea Wolf gunboats, as well as the Meng Army's Horizon destroyers, caused considerable trouble to the fleet. However, the Allied Commander, with his excellent command and tactical skills, successfully repelled these enemies and suffered little loss in the battle.
At the same time, the team exploring eastwards also received good news. They found a severely damaged barracks, with some Meng army soldiers and heavy armored soldiers scattered around. These soldiers were relying on nearby buildings and machine gun bunkers to tenaciously resist the attacks of the Su army and "friendly forces".
While the advance team was exploring vigorously, Mengzhi and his team were not idle either. They sat together and discussed the current situation and the next plan.
"By the way, who is the commander of the advance team?" Mengzhi asked.
"It's Lieutenant Colonel Orlando," the adjutant replied, "but we can't get in touch with him now."
Hearing this, the intelligence officer couldn't help but speculate: "Could it be that he led his troops to surrender?"
"Impossible!" Mengzhi immediately retorted, "I knew him when I was in military school, and I know him very well. He will never surrender to the Su Army. There must be secrets hidden in this city that we don't know about." Mengzhi's eyes were full of firmness and determination, as if telling everyone that they must investigate further to uncover the mystery.
Soon, the landing craft successfully landed, and then several Abrams, with the help of maintenance vehicles and urban management, easily eliminated the Su troops here. Not only that, the flash bombs thrown by the urban management and the main guns of the Abrams will also bring unexpected "surprises" to the Su troops stationed in the building. Soon, the commandos successfully arrived at the destination and met the captured advance team soldiers.
"Right here, we fired warning shots. If they shoot at us, it means they are the enemy."
However, at this moment, the soldiers of the advance team saw the commandos firing at them, and they attacked the commandos without hesitation. As for the reason... it was because the intelligence officer had told them that anyone who fired at them would be regarded as an enemy, so they chose to fight back.
"They have been controlled by the sticky people, eliminate them immediately!" As the intelligence officer gave the order, the commandos took quick action and soon wiped out the entire advance team.
"Hey, wait, leave him alive, we still need to get information!" Mengzhi shouted hurriedly. It turned out that the intelligence officer had accidentally blocked him.
Then, under the intensive and efficient emergency measures of the military doctor, Mengzhi finally obtained key information from a scout on the verge of death: the culprit that caused the friendly forces to turn against each other was a mysterious building in the center of New York City. As long as it was successfully captured, all the mysteries would be solved. However, after saying the last sentence, the scout closed his eyes forever, leaving only one last wish - to hope that his grave would be filled with dumplings stuffed with intelligence agents.
After learning the truth, Mengzhi acted decisively, quickly trained a group of elite engineers, and sent them here on transport boats. After arriving at the destination, they immediately took action and occupied the local oil wells and power stations, providing a solid guarantee for the subsequent attack.
"Commander, according to the information provided by the scout, there are several engineers imprisoned in the city. If your engineers meet with misfortune, these engineers will become an important force for you to capture that building." At this time, the latest news came, reminding Mengzhi to pay attention to possible unexpected situations.
However, at this moment, the Moe Finger was not in a hurry to march to the mysterious building. Instead, relying on the valuable clues passed back by the scouts, he accurately found the airdrop area near the barracks. There, the Moe Finger received a powerful Abrams main battle tank, two Bulldog tanks, and a group of elite Navy SEALs and urban management officers. With such a strong military force as a backing, the Moe Finger was full of confidence in the next battle.
After the fleet destroyed the Su Ni navy and sentry guns near the ferry, several landing craft quickly broke through the Su army's firepower network and landed near the mine. Abrams and the urban management quickly cleared the landing point. During the clearing process, the commandos also rescued a detained armored team.
"Thank you, Commander. We have been imprisoned here since our friendly forces defected. Please allow us to join you. We also want to know the truth."
Mengzhi agreed to the other party's request, and he happily received an Abrams and two maintenance vehicles.
[Commander, our intelligence personnel have predicted when our troops will be under control, please act as soon as possible.]
After the intelligence officer finished speaking, a line of predicted time appeared in the lower right corner of the Mengzhi combat terminal. However, he did not panic. He asked the urban management to open the way, and the soldiers relied on the buildings to alternately cover and advance step by step, while the armored forces were responsible for protecting the military doctors and maintenance vehicles.
"Commander, considering the special nature of that building, please pay attention to occupying those technological power plants to provide electricity." The adjutant reminded.
The commandos took steady steps and gradually occupied the nearby power plant and field hospital. On the way to the beacon, they also encountered the buildings of Mengsu and Su. Facing these buildings, if they belonged to the Meng army, they would only demolish the bunkers that posed a threat to them and let some SEALs defend them; as for the Soviet army's buildings, they were ruthlessly destroyed.
With this sound strategic deployment, the commandos quickly advanced to the vicinity of the beacon.
"No! It's the Meng army's commando. Destroy them quickly and never let them get close to the beacon." Following the order of the commander of the Su army, the Su army here immediately launched a Ura charge. However, the Meng commander had already expected the Soviet army to do this. He specially used the nearby buildings as cover and easily annihilated the attacking forces of the Su army. Afterwards, the Meng commander sent engineers to successfully occupy this important beacon. When the beacon was occupied, the Meng army here finally got rid of the control of the Su army. After discovering this situation, the commander of the Su army immediately issued an order: "Kill the other side immediately!" So the two sides started a fierce exchange of fire. The Meng army quickly looked for cover and fired fiercely at the Su army. For a time, the battlefield was filled with smoke and gunfire.
"WC, why are there Su troops all around me? Quick, counterattack, counterattack!!!" Orlando, who had just been freed from mind control, immediately commanded his troops to shoot at the Su troops after he reacted.
At this time, the Moe Commander had already begun to command the troops near the heavy industry to take action. The armored forces were responsible for guarding the mining cars. They quickly deployed their formations to form an indestructible line of defense; while the infantry adopted flexible and changeable tactics, and by occupying the surrounding buildings, they easily destroyed the heavy industry and barracks of the Su army. At the same time, the Moe Commander at the barracks also began to launch a fierce offensive - they trained a large number of rocket flying soldiers, and after the number reached a certain scale, they ordered these "mosquitoes" to concentrate their firepower to attack the heavy industry south of the barracks, where Rhino tanks were being produced continuously.
Soon after, as the heavy industry was successfully destroyed, the Moe Finger immediately shifted its strategic focus to the beacon. Immediately afterwards, the Moe Army carried out a precise airborne operation, and several engineers and an elite hound team were airdropped to the target area. The Moe Finger made a prompt decision and instructed all engineers to enter the IFV and Humvee vehicles, and then marched to the few remaining power plants in the city under the cover of an armored team. Their mission was to seize control of these key facilities as soon as possible to provide sufficient power for the activation of the beacon.
The main force of the Moe Army followed the previous armored forces to form the Moe Army version of the Iron Torrent and eliminated the remaining armored forces of the Su Army along the highway. During the cleanup process, the Moe Commander also came to the command center in Orlando.
"Scott, long time no see."
"Indeed, how can you be so mentally fragile? How did you become a commander?"
"Go to hell."
"By the way, you fought a battle with Lt. Col. Reyes against Latino in Los Angeles. How did it feel?"
"It was pretty cool. Lieutenant Colonel Reyes had plenty of troops at his disposal. If he hadn't taken care of me, he would have been able to defeat the enemy. But in this battle, those three Hollywood action stars were probably obsessed with the movie and actually became teammates with Latin. Lieutenant Colonel Reyes was so angry that he executed the three of them with cannon fire. After that battle, Reyes was promoted to major general and I became lieutenant colonel. As for what happened next, you know."
"You'd better be more careful and don't let yourself be controlled again." Mengzhi complained.
"…………Don't worry, I won't do that next time." Orlando said confidently.
As several power plants were occupied by engineers, the beacon was successfully activated. A red light instantly filled the entire screen.
"Victory belongs to Su...freedom." The remaining Su soldiers quickly joined the Meng army.
"Commander, what should we do with these Su troops?"
"Gather them together and confiscate their weapons. Send them to a prisoner-of-war camp after the war is over. As for those buildings, sell them off immediately!"
While all this was going on in an orderly manner, the engineer sent a report to Mengzhi.
"This Psychic Beacon can control the troops within range through special brain waves. It is truly a terrifying weapon."
"Who says it isn't true? Mind control is really scary."
"By the way, engineer, please submit the intelligence you obtained to General Kaveri. It seems that the mystery of the defection of troops across the country has finally been solved."
"YES, SIR."
While the two were discussing, because the Mengjun engineers were not familiar with this kind of thing at all, they adjusted the range of the Psychic Beacon too large, causing it to overload and explode.
After the beacon was destroyed, the remaining Su soldiers finally came to their senses. However, seeing that they were unarmed and the armed troops on the opposite side were in full force, they chose to surrender reluctantly.
After the last few Su army infantrymen were eliminated, the familiar mission accomplished sign appeared on the combat terminal.
Just then the intelligence officer came over with two briefings and gave one to each of them.
Mengzhi told him that Chicago had been captured by the Su army, and that they had built a tower in Chicago, which might be a more powerful mind control device. Mengzhi's mission was to destroy it. (A06-Beautiful Mind)
As for Orlando, he went to St. Louis, which was an important supply base for the Meng army, and his mission was to lead half of the main force there to defend it. (S05—Peace Treaty)
After wishing each other well, the two men led their respective troops and set off.