Chapter 209: Battle for the Air Force Academy and Rescue of the President
————Zai Meng is referring to this timeline.
With the successful conclusion of Operation Lone Guard, Mengzhi was sent to Colorado by General Cavelli to retake the air force base after a few days of rest.
"Commander, I'm sorry to call you here, but the Air Force Academy in Colorado has our most advanced air force technology, which must not be stolen by the Su army."
"The latest technology? What latest technology?"
"Rocket Soldier, of course."
"Huh?? Is this world's technology so backward?"
"Commander, I have arranged for Tanya to lead a team to lurk there. She will contact you as soon as you are in position."
"Understood. Leave it to me this time, General."
———Battle control system connected———
【Military Operation: Crisis Dawn】
After Mengzhi made contact, Tanya and two members of the Air Force Marine Corps protected the three siege divisions as they came out of the tent.
"Tanya, why didn't you contact General Kaveri before?"
"FP, it was clearly that WBDZ from Kaveri who hung up on me."
While Mengzhi was communicating with Tanya, a patrol team with Rhino tanks just passed by the road in front of them. Fortunately, they did not notice the commandos because of the cover of the tents.
"Damn it, we can't just sit there and wait for death. Adjutant, try to contact the friendly forces around us."
"Commander, I have contacted a lost rocket flight team. They should have arrived by now."
As the adjutant finished speaking, a group of rocket pilots arrived at the cliff behind the commandos.
"I remember the Colorado Air Force Academy was lost, right? Were they?"
"Report, when the Air Force Academy fell, the commander ordered us to disperse and break out, and then we watched with our own eyes as the commander was killed by a tank..."
"I see. By the way, who is your commander? I'll go back and apply for martyr status for him."
"Orlando."
"Good fellow."
Mengzhi shook his head and started the next mission - to retake the Air Force Academy, where there were only two teams of mobilized soldiers stationed besides some anti-aircraft guns and sentry guns.
Mengzhi first let the soldiers camp in the tents, while the two flying soldiers also explored the way in the east and west directions.
"Can't we get a reconnaissance plane? It's not a big deal if it's dark all the time."
"Reconnaissance aircraft? Such outdated equipment. We all use spy satellites. As long as we stick them into the ground, most of the dark scenes will disappear.
It's a pity that we don't have the funds to build a spy satellite station." The adjutant also explained the confusion.
Yuri and Samuel were also curious about the spy satellite receiving station with the function of invading the technological satellite.
As a result, the one who explored westward directly provoked the patrol team, but fortunately the other side did not know how to coordinate infantry and tanks, so they were quickly defeated one by one.
After eliminating this patrol team, Mengzhi began to command the commandos to rush to the Air Force Academy.
"Commander, according to intelligence, some residents living in two-story buildings here put their funds in the houses before fleeing. If we can destroy those houses, we can recover the funds."
"Wow, I didn't expect even the cute army would play like this."
"Humph, heretic, just think about it, even the wizards would confiscate this money, not to mention those cute soldiers."
The one who explored to the east found a supply station of the Su Army. After calling other teammates to come and take care of the mobilized soldiers on guard, the two Meng Army soldiers were also called over.
At the same time, the one who explored westward also found two veteran rocket pilots who had to live on the move to save fuel after breaking through.
"Glad you found us, sir. We were almost frozen to death." said a pilot after getting the fuel supply in the tent.
At the supply station, two soldiers also received funds, armor enhancements and medals from the supply boxes.
However, the two soldiers did not return to the team. According to the information from the pilots, the main base of the Su Army was on the east side of the Air Force Academy, so Mengzhi asked them to advance northward along the highway.
At this time, Tanya and the Rocket Squad easily eliminated the Su Army patrol on the road and arrived outside the Air Force Academy.
"I really don't know what the enemy army is thinking. There are sentry guns at other locations, but there is only a group of mobilized soldiers at this gate."
Mengzhi complained after watching Tanya easily kill the mobilized soldiers in the academy.
In front of Tanya's special pistol, both ordinary and elite mobilized soldiers are just targets. The only difference is that the elite ones can withstand one more bullet.
After clearing out the defenders in the academy, Tanya quickly blew up the anti-aircraft guns in the base, and the rocket pilots safely dismantled the sentry guns.
"The reinforcements have arrived! The reinforcements have arrived!"
At this time, a Hercules transport plane also dropped a group of engineers, who, together with the original three engineers, quickly took over the Air Force Academy.
At this time, the Harrier fighter squadron of the Air Command was also advancing eastward.
"Sir, we will look east for the enemy's main base."
"Got it, good luck to you."
"(Cheers) -- Fly, baby."
"Ready to strike! Ready to strike!"
"Watch my six! Cover my rear!"
After destroying an armed mining vehicle, the invader team also discovered the main base of the Su army to the east, but returned after seeing the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft tracked vehicles in the base.
At the same time, Mengzhi also sent his two elite soldiers to the oil barrel area outside the base. At the same time, he began to fully produce Grizzly tanks and machine gun bunkers in his own base.
"Commander, we found a squad of Su Army infantrymen. It looks like they are protecting a box."
"Understood. You guys take care of those Sujun infantrymen, and then I'll send the Grizzly tanks over."
"Got it. We'll treat them well with bullets."
———A few minutes later.
At this time, a Grizzly tank also arrived at the place mentioned in the report and took the money box kept by the Su Army infantry.
"Interesting, it looks like this might be their salary?"
"Maybe. Maybe it's to replenish their equipment."
At this time, the two elite soldiers also used oil barrels to break into the Su army base.
When the patrol soldiers in the base arrived, they were greeted by the soldiers' heavy machine guns. After all the mobilized soldiers were killed, the commander of the garrisoned Su army immediately pulled the rhino over.
But unfortunately, the strengthened elite soldiers accepted all the rhino tanks that Calabash Brothers sent to save his grandfather, and destroyed them one by one.
This forced the Su army to focus their attention on these two buddies first. After using machine gun bunkers and rocket soldiers to block the Su army's attack, Mengzhi arranged for the Grizzly Bear Group to go to the residential area to recover the war funds.
———A few moments later
After the Grizzly Tanks accumulated enough numbers and got the last coin box, this group of "Newspaper Shells" rushed towards the Su Army base under the cover of the Rocket Flying Soldiers.
The Harrier fighter squadron also rushed towards the Su army base.
At the same time, Tanya took the opportunity to sneak into the rear of the Su army base and blew up the last few magnetic reactors, which cut the production speed of the Su army in half. At the same time, the anti-aircraft guns in the base were turned into telephone poles.
“Weapon ready! Weapon ready!”
"Commencing assault!
Under the impact of the Grizzly tanks, the few anti-aircraft tracked vehicles and Rhino tanks were no match for them at all. After losing all their air defense forces, Mengzhi also arranged for the air force to enter the field.
However, when the Su army base was almost demolished, the surrounding friendly forces also arranged a large number of veteran Meng army soldiers to come for reinforcement.
Yuri: "I think these reinforcements are enough to drive out the Su army and recapture the air base."
Samuel: “That’s right.”
At this time, the cute commander also asked Lieutenant Eva which idiot was responsible for the timing of the airborne landing, which was really "timely".
However, at this moment, Tanya told Mengzhi a bad news. General Kaveli suddenly could not be contacted. At the same time, the Washington garrison reported that a part of the troops suddenly rebelled and attacked their own people.
"It's broken, it's the Psychic Beacon, let's go."
Mengzhi, who realized what was happening, decisively flew to Washington in a Harrier fighter.
On the way to Washington, Mengzhi also received a surrender notice from General Kaveli. Knowing that General Kaveli was mind-controlled, Mengzhi naturally did not read it.
————Combat Control System Connected————
[Military Action: Cheers to the Commander]
At this time, Mengzhi and the audience outside all noticed the IFV. Compared with the Stryker infantry fighting vehicle of the Eigenworld Eagle Sauce, this thing is obviously like the head of the Patriot inserted into a six-wheeled vehicle.
"It's clear that the Su army has used a weapon called the Psychic Beacon to control most of the civilians in Washington, D.C., so we must gather all the local forces to destroy it."
"Understood. We still have about fifteen minutes to reach the war zone. I'll set up the autopilot and connect to the combat terminal first."
At this time, the cute commander also looked at the size of his troops, a platoon of cute soldiers, two engineers and three IFVs.
When the adjutant briefly introduced the IFV, Mengzhi also noticed that if the important buildings in Washington were repaired, box rewards would be obtained.
"Hey, Commander, stop standing there."
"Oh, sorry. By the way, can the funds be returned after these special buildings are repaired?"
"Yes, the locations of those special buildings have been sent to you."
Mengzhi came to his senses and arranged all the soldiers to enter the civilian buildings at the bridgehead after the MCV was deployed to be ready to respond to the attack of the Su army at any time.
At the same time, the IFV team rushed to the hospital in the south after eating an upgrade box. According to Lieutenant Eva, if they occupied the hospital, the infantry could go in to recover.
"Azhe, you might as well just distribute medical kits." Mengzhi also complained, so after arranging for the engineers to occupy it, he just used this thing as a node for construction and expansion.
"We've got 'em. We've got 'em."
“Of course. Of course.”
Under the full force of the heavy machine gun weapon station, an infantry squad composed of mind-controlled civilians was completely wiped out, and the damage they caused to the IFV was repaired by the maintenance vehicle.
After occupying the hospital, Mengzhi retrained a group of soldiers and engineers to repair and occupy all the civilian buildings south of the base.
At this moment, several magnetic infantrymen also walked over from the other end of the bridge and were quickly eliminated by the soldiers' concentrated fire.
However, when the adjutant introduced the functions of the magnetic infantry, Mengzhi suddenly thought of a special idea and formed the magnetic IFV.
They did what they said. After building the Air Command, Mengzhi began to put part of the funds into IFV. During this period, the Su army also used mind-controlled civilians, rhino squads and magnetic anti-aircraft vehicles to attack, but they only gave the Meng army experience.
"Commander, a group of brave survivors of the Meng Army have successfully assembled near the Smithsonian Institution headquarters."
"What a heroic... deserter."
"Pagan, is this reasonable of you?"
However, looking at these IFVs, Mengzhi commanded them to quickly eliminate the defenders of the Smithsonian Institution and the Museum of Natural History and then let them stay on standby.
"Commander, a small group of Moe troops from the Potomac River has assembled around the Lincoln Memorial."
Mengzhi, who got off the plane and entered the MCV combat command room, also noticed this team, three IFVs and two Grizzly tanks, one of which was a maintenance vehicle.
After using micro-manipulation to eliminate the Su army protecting the Lincoln Memorial with zero casualties, Mengzhi arranged for the engineer to repair the memorial. At the same time, three maintenance IFVs were also assembled in the base.
Soon the two teams successfully joined up with Mengzhi's main force at the Sujun outpost across the bridge. After easily eliminating the magnetic infantry and armed mining vehicles in the outpost, the engineers quickly occupied the barracks and began to produce magnetic infantry.
"Okay Pagan, I think the outcome of this battle is already determined."
"I thought so too, Yuri. Also, when did Moe Finger become so fond of... that neatness?"
"I guess it's because of the influence of the parallel universe. After all, the characters they play are real people."
On the other hand, after arranging magnetic infantry and engineers for all IFVs, Mengzhi actually sent two maintenance IFVs to repair the Smithsonian Institution and the Museum of Natural History and obtained reinforcement components and financial support.
After filling the gap, this armored force began to attack the main base of the Su army in the north.
Under the attack of the magnetic IFV, no matter it is a Rhino tank or an anti-aircraft tracked vehicle, even a thick-skinned mining vehicle cannot escape the fate of being taken away by a round of concentrated fire.
Mengzhi even had time to send engineers to repair the Washington Monument in front of the Su Army Base and take away the funds inside.
"What the hell is this? Why is its attack power so terrifying?" wondered the commander of a Rhino tank.
"Isn't this our magnetic storm technology? Why does the cute army have it?" The mobilized soldiers standing guard were also confused, but they couldn't be confused for long.
After seeing the power of the Meng Army's magnetic IFV, the Meng Commander planned to continue to develop it if conditions allowed, while the Su Army commander evacuated immediately. Before leaving, he also reported to the central government via radio, at least asking the scientific research department to develop its own magnetic IFV.
However, although the armored forces of the Meng Army were advancing rapidly, the Meng Commander still noticed a problem with his own troops—their health was too low.
Whether it is the Grizzly or the IFV, they cannot escape the problem of being fragile, so he plans to tell him about the request for heavy tanks after rescuing the president.
While Mengzhi was thinking, the IFV and Grizzly Team wiped out the Su Army Base along with the defenders protecting the Psychic Beacon. Most of the IFVs had become elite level, and a few were veteran level.
At the same time, when seeing that the beacon was about to be lost, the commander of the Su army also issued a final order, to protect the mental beacon at all costs. This order also indicated the fate of these Su troops.
From the moment those Su Army soldiers left the civilian houses where they were stationed to engage in a positional battle with the Meng Army's Magnetic IFV convoy, their fate was already determined.
After the last few mobilized soldiers were eliminated by the Magnetic IFV, the Su Army's troops in Washington, D.C. were basically wiped out. After the Psychic Beacon was destroyed, President Dugan boarded a special plane to the University of California, escorted by bodyguards and the Magnetic IFV.
Before boarding the plane, President Dugan asked Mengzhi if he had any request, and Mengzhi answered without thinking.
“I want Abrams.”
This sentence directly confused President Dugan. Who the hell is Abrams?
At this time, Mengzhi came to his senses and realized that he had said the wrong thing. He told President Dugan that he needed a heavy tank that used a laser cannon and hoped that the research and development department could develop it quickly.
As the president's plane left, the words "Mission Accomplished" appeared on the combat terminal.
With the successful completion of these two operations, Mengzhi's rank was promoted to sergeant major. However, after these two battles, Mengzhi silently said "pause" in his heart, preparing to have a good rest before participating in the next operation.
As for the genius in the parallel universe, after introducing his identity to Adjutant Sofia, he will also start a new action.