"I hit it! Yes!"
"Explosion! And a surprise voice full of shock. Suddenly sounded in the communication channel."
People instinctively looked in the direction of the explosion, and just a glance was enough for them to see a conspicuous cloud of smoke amidst the narrow mountain pass.
"Without a doubt, that's the recently exploded Trial drone!"
Mounted with dozens of kilograms of blue explosives, Trial, once the blue explosives were detonated, its explosion power was no weaker than a heavy bomb!
The tremendous noise just now is the best proof!
What also proves its power is the ground, which looks like a storm has swept through it.
To minimize the possibility of being discovered or locked, the flying height of these Trial is extremely low, basically below 50 meters above the ground.
Therefore, the explosion just now directly swept away the sparse vegetation on the ground.
After the impact wave, all that was left on the spot were a pile of broken vegetation and debris, and all life was wiped out!
Seeing this scene, a group of allied pilots couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
They could hardly imagine what the scene would be like if they were attacked by these drones on the ground.
As long as they were hit, it wouldn't be a matter of just one or two areas affected, at the very least it would be a mess of one or two areas!
There's no other possibility!
"We cannot let these drones pass!"
After the shock, the commander of Black and White Eagle Village bit his teeth and spoke again, "Everyone, continue! Use whatever means to bring these damn drones down!"
The commander of Black and White Eagle originally had the idea of refusing, radar cannot capture.
Anti-aircraft cannon interception is too dangerous; if they're not careful, they might make a zero-distance or even negative-distance contact with the ground. In such a situation, how could he not be afraid?
After all, as a top-notch pilot and a commander of a division, he earns only tens of thousands of dollars a month. Why should he take such risks?
If it were a year ago, a salary of tens of thousands of dollars a month would be another story.
Now, even though Black and White Eagle Village is doing its best to maintain its value, the green currency is still depreciating every day.
Now, tens of thousands of dollars is worth even less than several thousand dollars a year ago.
With only a few tens of thousands of dollars a month, why take such risks?
However, now even if he doesn't want to take risks, he has no choice but to take risks.
The terrifying power of these drones, if they actually reach the command center and cause damage or even destroy it, those who are responsible for vigilance, especially him as the commander, would definitely be held responsible!
By then, even if the other pilots are unharmed, he, as the commander, would definitely not be able to escape, either for his own safety or to avoid being made a scapegoat by others trying to shift the blame.
Although even if they run out of ammunition, it is impossible to intercept all these thousands of drones.
But as long as he has done his best, even if the old gentlemen sitting in the office try to shift the blame, he can easily avoid death and even find a way to get rid of the responsibility.
Upon hearing the commander's order, the other pilots of Black and White Eagle Village, as well as the pilots from Bang Village and Dongyin Village, though unwilling, had no choice but to follow the command.
They also know the danger, but the existence of the Tribunal is like the sword of Damocles hanging over their heads for all of them!
If they back out in the heat of battle, there will be no good things waiting for them when they get back!
As for running away, that's out of the question. The reason they are mixed formations is that Black and White Eagle Village is afraid that some of them might want to run away.
Before that, Black and White Eagle Village had already issued orders, once anyone is caught attempting to run away, not only the adjudication team has the right to enforce discipline on the spot, but everyone else can do so as well.
And even if anyone captures or kills the deserter, they will receive commendation from Black and White Eagle Village when they return!
The higher the rank of the person, the greater the commendation.
Even a low-ranking ground soldier can receive a reward of tens of thousands of dollars!
If a pilot of such importance, killing one would result in a reward of at least five hundred thousand dollars. If captured alive, the reward would be at least two million dollars!
Under such circumstances, who would dare to run away?
Even if it weren't for the mixed formation and the mutual surveillance on each other, there might be some who would want to kill an innocent person and claim the reward!
Of course, besides the punishment, Black and White Eagle Village also offered a generous reward, or rather a bounty.
For killing a regular enemy on the battlefield, the reward is one thousand dollars!
For killing an officer or an armored vehicle, the reward is at least one thousand dollars, and for destroying a tank or other heavy equipment, the reward starts at five thousand dollars.
For shooting down a Trial drone like that, the reward is thirty thousand dollars!
If it can destroy an Emperor Dragon or Unicorn Dragon aircraft belonging to the Camel people, or kill a Camel pilot, the reward is at least five million dollars!
This reward can be claimed by any soldier, whether it is a low-ranking soldier of Black and White Eagle Village, or the cannon fodder from the East Village, Bamboo Village, or Maple, Kangaroo and other villages.
Not only can it be claimed from the Black and White Eagle Village, but also from the Squid Village.
Or, this bounty was originally issued by the Squid Tribe!
Over time, more than one cannon fodder from the allied forces has received these rewards from the Squid Tribe.
And this is one of the sources of motivation for the cannon fodder followers!
Carrots and sticks, Black and White Eagle and the Squid Tribe all play these games clearly.
Under such rewards, not only the cannon fodder who are recruited but also some mercenaries who eat from the blade are joining the desert battlefield.
A common camel armed personnel is worth one thousand dollars, ten are worth ten thousand, a hundred are worth a hundred thousand, and a thousand are worth a million.
No hired soldier could refuse such benefits.
Of course, hired soldiers are not idiots and won't come to the front lines to fight head-to-head with camels. Therefore, they basically operate on the fringes of the battlefield or the side battle that runs alongside the supply lines.
They even go so far as to travel to remote villages and take credit for killing innocent people.
Using the lives of ordinary villagers to claim rewards from the Squid Tribe.
And the Squid Tribe may or may not know about it, but they either don't care or have no choice but to comply. They want to get rid of all camels, so even if these mercenaries exchange the lives of ordinary people for rewards, they give it to them without hesitation!
The Squid Tribe is never short of money, and what they most want is the lives of the Camel people!
To achieve their goal, the Squid Tribe has no qualms about using any means!
And the result of this is that any mercenary who is discovered in the desert will inevitably be subject to a massive slaughter by the camels.
Once captured, what awaits them is only — a life worse than death!
The Squid is also the same.
The Squid Tribe has issued bounties worldwide. How can the Camel people sit by and watch?
The Squid don't lack money, but the Camel people have even less.
Though hindered by humanity and also because they want to gain more worldwide aid, considering their reputation, the Camel people cannot be as shameless as the Squid in issuing bounties for ordinary people. However, they do issue bounties for any mercenaries who enter the desert. As long as they are caught, even if it's their bodies, the minimum bounty is two million dollars!
If they capture one alive, the bounty is at least five million dollars!
Even just providing information, there is a reward of at least fifty thousand dollars!
It can be said that now both sides have really heated up, completely in a state of do or die!
Dada da!!!
Up in the sky, the sound of cannon fire and the roar of planes tearing through the air resound one after another!
Hum hum!
Among the valleys, thousands of Judges continue along their pre-planned routes, completely ignoring the continuously soaring fighter jets above, and charge recklessly towards their designated targets.
Under the continuous interception of countless cannon balls and missiles, the Judges cannot completely avoid being hit.
One after another, Judges explode in low altitude.
The deafening explosions echo through the mountains, for a moment turning the entire area into a battlefield of the devils.
Although the Judges are continuously shot down, those shot down are only a small part of the Judges' fleet.
"Commander, my fighter jet has run out of ammunition!"
Just a few minutes later, a voice was directly transmitted on the public frequency.
Before the Black and White Eagle Commander could respond, another voice followed up: "Commander, so am I. My close combat rounds and cannon shells have run out, and my fuel is down to 30 percent. Please order me to return!"
"I'm in the same situation. My air-to-surface bombs are depleted, I request to return to base!"
"……Please return to base!"
"..."
It was like a chain reaction, with one voice after another following in rapid succession.
The cannon rounds on fighter jets may be more abundant than missiles, but each fighter jet can carry no more than several hundred rounds.
Even with short bursts, it wouldn't last long with so few rounds.
If you just keep firing without stopping, a minute would be enough to finish all the rounds!
And now, after more than ten minutes of interception, all the ammunition and missiles of the fighter jets have been depleted!
"Dammit!"
Listening to the voices ringing in their ears, and looking at the still densely packed group of Judges, it seems like there hasn't been much decrease at all. The Black and White Eagle Commander's face is ashen.
In the time before, they had shot down at least hundreds of Judges.
Although they couldn't lock onto the Judges, the latter were flying through the mountains, with stable routes. With so many Judges, even a blind cat could catch a mouse, and there were many. Besides their cannon and missile interception, there were also some self-inflicted hits by Judges that exploded after being intercepted by cannon fire, which also led to their high hit rate but not insignificant number of intercepted aircraft...
However, a few hundred Judges meant nothing to the thousands of Judges in their fleet!
"Command Center! This is 117 Squadron. We have destroyed and damaged over a thousand Judges drones, and we have run out of ammunition. We are unable to carry out interception tasks any longer. We request permission to return to base!"
For a long time, although unwilling, the Black and White Eagle Village commander had no choice but to establish contact with the command center and submit a request to return to base.
However, in the report, hundreds of Judges were directly inflated to over a thousand...
...
"Sir, the 117 Squadron has reported that their ammunition is exhausted, and they request to return to base..."
The allied command center received the news from the 117 Squadron, and the Black and White Eagle Commander immediately reported it to Steve.
"How was the outcome?" Steve did not respond to the return-to-base request but instead asked directly.
"According to Henry's report, they destroyed and damaged over a thousand enemy Judges..." the Black and White Eagle Commander said.
"Over a thousand? How many Judges does the Camel have left?" Steve asked again.
"According to the report, within the observation range of the 117 Squadron, the number of Judges in the fleet is not less than three thousand," the Black and White Eagle Commander said.
For a moment, the Black and White Eagle Commander paused before continuing: "Sir, according to Henry and the First and Second Defensive Line, the destructive power of these Judges after being hit and exploding themselves is even greater than that of our thousand-kilogram heavy bombs!"
"Facts have shown that all of these Judges are filled with the blue explosive material from Long Village, and they are all fully loaded. If these drones hit our headquarters or other places, our losses will be catastrophic. I suggest dispatching the Typhoon Squadron to join the defense..."
At the words, Steve's brow furrowed slightly.
Immediately, he said decisively: "No, the Typhoon Squadron needs to focus on monitoring the Camel's planes!"
Compared to the Judges, Steve placed more emphasis on the Camel's Tianlong and Yinglong fighter jets.
Although the Judges have great power, Steve had already made full preparations for this time.
Steve was convinced that these thousands of Judges could not break his air defense circle.
But the Tianlong and Yinglong are different. Both of these fighter jets are equipped with advanced air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles.
Moreover, these are hypersonic missiles, and they do not have the ability to intercept them.
Once they get close, they are almost guaranteed to be hit!
Although they have not discovered any Camel fighter jets for the time being, who can guarantee that Camel fighter jets do not exist?
Just like the Judges now, they only discovered the existence of the Judges when they were already above them!
Moreover, in addition to defending against Camel's Tianlong and Yinglong fighter jets, the Typhoon Squadron also has another mission, that is to prevent Camel from possibly targeting the Husky Village!
The Husky Village is now their rear base, especially in the airports in the Husky Village. If they are attacked, their back route will be cut off!
By then, they would once again lose air superiority, and the cost of losing air superiority is far more severe than an attack on this location.
A mistake could lead to their current【Noah's Ark】operation failing just like the previous【April Fool's Night】operation!
Such a responsibility is not something he can shoulder.
Without waiting for his subordinates to respond, Steve said directly: "Order all units to be on high alert, and make every effort to intercept all the Judges outside of our defense circle. We must not let a single Judgment enter our camp!"
...
Hum hum hum! The distance of several dozen kilometers is not far.
From the Second and Third Line of Defense to the rear allied command center, it was less than half an hour, and the Judges, traveling at over 100 kilometers per hour, arrived directly.
"Here they come!"
"Everyone, prepare!"
Listening to the distant rumbling sound that had already been transmitted visually, all allied members were on high alert.
Countless barrels and cannons were directly aimed at the sky where the Judges were approaching.
Soon after, amidst the deafening sound of helicopter rotors, the silhouettes of the Judges drones appeared in the sky in a dense formation.
"Fire!"
At the moment when their eyes saw the Judges, each allied commander immediately issued an attack order!
The next moment, under the control of allied soldiers, guns like the Gun God, air defense cannons, anti-aircraft machine guns, light and heavy machine guns, and assault rifles opened fire at full power!
A storm of bullets and shells rained down on the swarm of Judge drones!
Dense barrages covered almost the entire sky!
