Chapter 1,404 A Weapon that Is Not a Weapon

Without any hesitation, Jiang Chen threw the Rubik's Cube that Lin Ling gave him to the ground with his backhand.

Almost at the moment the shield opened, the cannon's muzzle erupted with terrifying tongues of flame, and the bullets struck like a violent storm, tearing the windows into pieces together with the reinforced concrete walls with devastating force.

"Wings of Freedom" F-79, a NATO F-series close-range attack aircraft.

The concept of close-range attack aircraft was proposed after the sixth-generation aircraft and was born after the preliminary artificial intelligence database was compiled. In the golden age of artificial intelligence development, the widespread use of AI provides more options for air combat, especially in the form of ground support. In addition to beyond-visual-range strikes, NATO needs a fighter jet that can not only be competent in air combat, but also be able to supplement the army's firepower at close range, so the "Wings of Freedom" came into being.

As a fixed-wing fighter, the F-79 can also switch to suspension mode when necessary to participate in close-range firefights with ground troops, redefining the correct use of cannons with its high maneuverability and strong firepower.

"Farke!"

Yelling in panic, Gerald didn't expect that the plane coming to support would include him as an attack target, and he swooped aside. However, he couldn't save far, and his head hit the shield that spread out in all directions.

The waterfall-like bullets hit the holy shield and instantly turned into headless flies scurrying in all directions. The squeezed air swung out layers of transparent ripples along the section of the graviton, outlining the arc-shaped trajectory.

Unlike Gerrard, who was shrouded in shields, his two teammates were not so lucky. The bullets fired by the gravity bullets flew around the corridor, tearing the two soldiers and their exoskeletons into pieces in an instant.

Glancing at Gerald next to him, Jiang Chen didn't dare to hide his clumsiness and immediately ejected the smoke grenade on his power armor.

The gray air mass filled the entire space inside the shield. Under the cover of the smoke, Jiang Chen took out the Type 57 electromagnetic gun from the storage space and held it in his hand. The sight locked on the fighter jet outside the shield. Take a deep breath.

Just when he was about to lift the shield, a loud explosion suddenly came from outside the shield, and the bullets pouring on the holy shield suddenly stopped. As if being hit by something, the building shook violently, and even the shield fluctuated unsteadily.

After lifting the shield, Jiang Chen walked to the half-destroyed wall of the corridor and looked out the window. I saw the F-79 hit the top of the building, the entire fuselage had been torn apart by cannons falling from the sky, and the out-of-control engine was spraying flames...

Faintly guessing something, Jiang Chen immediately raised his head and looked into the sky, with a hint of joy in his eyes.

A dark silhouette flashed in the sky, and almost at the same time, the communication screen channel connected the number of the friendly unit.

"This is Aurora, it's an honor to serve you."

…

When Jiang Chen was exchanging fire with Gerald and others, the Order airship happened to fly over Hawaii. Two Aurora-20s took off from the deck and arrived first to cruise over the West Coast. It was at that time that the two planes discovered the F-79 that was heading towards the shopping mall building. They decisively opened the cannon safety and fired a barrage of cannon fire.

Speaking of this F-79, it is quite unlucky. Its technological level is obviously more than one level higher than the Aurora-20 developed after the war. If there is a fair duel in the air, the two Aurora-20s may not be its opponents together, even if It does not have any air-to-air missiles attached to it.

But there were not so many ifs on the battlefield. When it was switched to the suspension mode, it was no different from a living target parked on the airport runway to other fighters. The two Auroras took it away easily.

After bringing Gerald back to the colony, Jiang Chen had him taken to the dungeon and locked in separate rooms with several other soldiers wearing NATO army standard exoskeletons, and interrogated individually.

Perhaps he was stimulated by the two comrades who died under his own man-machine cannon.

Perhaps because he knew there was no hope of rescue, the frustrated Gerald quickly confessed all the information he knew. Including their identity, including the whereabouts of the colony, including their base floating in the Pacific...

"The reason is that your people discovered a batch of strategic nuclear warheads on a cargo ship on the West Coast. These nuclear warheads are what we have been looking for. But in fact, regardless of whether there is this fuse or not, we are ready to take action against you. Congress has long ago An anti-aggression bill has been introduced for your outposts on the west coast, but unfortunately, our Congress has been arguing over whether to take action so quickly." Gerald shrugged and said with a somewhat helpless tone.

"What does the information you leaked to me through Gris about the military base of the NATO Strategic Missile Force in the Grand Canyon... or the nuclear weapons arsenal mean?" Jiang Chen asked.

"Because there is indeed a military base of the Strategic Missile Force in the Grand Canyon," Gerald laughed out loud and did not hide anything anymore, "but now it is occupied by a group of mutant tribes, and we thought we would kill you anyway. To get out of North America, why not let you and those troublesome guys fight with each other first?"

"Where is the nuclear weapons arsenal?" Jiang Chen asked.

"Nuclear weapons arsenal? There is no nuclear weapons arsenal at all. The usable strategic warheads have basically been used up. The unused strategic warheads were almost dismantled in the years after the war. The moon base has completely collapsed, and there is not much nuclear fuel that can be used. Later we I even considered recovering the nuclear material of the tactical nuclear warhead, but gave up because it was too difficult." Gerald looked at Jiang Chen and said calmly, "Can you give me a cigarette? Since I have said so much For the sake of it.”

"No problem." Jiang Chen smiled slightly, put a box of cigars and matches on the table, and pushed it towards Gerald, "How about a few cigars? We never treat prisoners who cooperate with investigations. I’ll be treated poorly.”

Looking at the box of Colombian cigars, Gerald's eyebrows twitched hard and he felt his throat was a little dry.

The war had ended twenty years ago, and this was the first time he had seen a luxury product like cigars. In the years when World War III broke out, living supplies were scarce to the limit, not to mention the post-war nuclear winter and radioactive contamination that could be seen everywhere.

He had almost forgotten what a cigar tasted like.

There was a trace of struggle in his eyes, but he finally reached out his hand and picked up the box of cigars.

He lit one for himself with a match, feeling the pungency passing through his throat, and he couldn't help but burst into tears. The silence lasted for a long time. After taking a few puffs of smoke rings, Jerad silently spoke to Jiang Chen.

"The thing you are looking for is in the desert outside Las Vegas. The freighter stranded at the West Coast port. The nuclear warhead inside was originally planned to be sent there. I can point out the specific coordinates for you... It takes a while to talk about it. Thank you, if it weren’t for your serendipitous discovery, we might never have found that thing.”

"What?" Jiang Chen asked immediately.

"Weather weapon," Gerald blew out a smoke ring and gently shook the cigar between his fingers, "...although from the beginning, that thing did not exist as a weapon."