Chapter 1,461 As You Wish
The exploded ammunition rack blew off the tank's roof, leaving only a bare hull and the flickering flames at the dark hole.
The blood was mixed with mud and water, and was baked black by the flames of the explosion. The soldier wearing the helmet sat down next to the road wheel of the tank. The muzzle of the gun hanging on the ground had cooled down. The empty eyes under the helmet were full of horror.
They traveled across the ocean and were ordered to fight the Colombian rebels, but they never thought they would encounter such an opponent.
The rocket launch vehicle blown up by thermite was burning with slow flames, and the broken steel told the tragedy of the previous battle.
A dozen Osprey helicopters arrived belatedly and landed in the center of the military base. After seeing the scene in front of them, the Marines who jumped out of the helicopters had expressions of disbelief on their faces. They couldn't say anything for a moment. Words come.
Standing in the middle of a messy military base, U.S. Army General Felton stood on the devastated battlefield, staring straight at the wreckage of the Patriot-3 launch vehicle not far away, and did not move from there for a while. He came back to his senses from the shock.
Two hundred and twenty NS-90 robots beat the soldiers of his three brigades into confusion. It had been less than a year since the last fight, but the combat power of Star Ring Trade gave him the feeling of fighting aliens, and it was the kind of thing in a Hollywood blockbuster...
He would rather believe that he didn't wake up this morning and that everything in front of him was just a nightmare.
Walking next to Felton, Colonel Fabian hesitated and spoke.
"Sir."
After a moment of silence, Admiral Felton slowly spoke.
"Have the casualties been counted?"
"The statistics are out..." After hesitating for a moment, Fabian took a deep breath and finally made up his mind and said, "A total of 1,679 people were killed, and the wounded are still being counted..."
Admiral Felton gasped.
Although he had been mentally prepared, after hearing this number, his heart could not help but beat violently.
"Have the 3rd Mechanized Division withdraw to Barranquilla."
"But over there on the front line..." Colonel Fabian was confused.
Their 3rd Mechanized Division has crossed Highland 744 and is preparing to join the 11th and 14th Northern Colombian Mountain Divisions surrounding Bucaramanga to jointly attack the 5th Infantry Division of Southern Colombia stationed in Bucaramanga.
For Northern Colombia to attack Bucaramanga, the supporting firepower of the 3rd Mechanized Division is necessary. However, at this moment, Felton no longer cares about so much. Today's airdrop is a robot, and there is no guarantee that what will be dropped on his head tomorrow will be the orbital airborne brigade.
He didn't dare to risk his life on the courage of the Star Ring trade.
"If we can't even hold the command post, it will be meaningless even if we take Bucaramanga." After a moment of pause, Felton continued, "In addition, send the casualty report to the people at the Pentagon as soon as possible. We need reinforcements! If they still want to win this war..."
…
Two hundred vs six thousand.
At the cost of less than fifty robots, more than 1,600 NATO soldiers were killed by the NS-90's suspended rifles, and countless others were injured.
Under the cover of Aurora-20, the remaining one hundred and eighty-four NS-90s, carrying the scrapped robot wreckage, fought and retreated towards the port of Barranquilla, and finally jumped into the sea, where they were waiting nearby. The Star Ring Trade submersible in the waters was recovered and retreated towards Venezuela...
When this battle report was sent to Jiang Chen's desk by Ivan, Jiang Chen could not help but smack his lips as he had always expected such a result.
It is indeed a thing that even NAC has a headache with. These little guys are indeed worthy of their name as "battlefield cleaners".
Jiang Chen even thought about it maliciously in his mind.
If the Pentagon knew that these robots were made by their "descendants", I don't know what they would think.
“…the Northern Colombian offensive against Bucaramanga has ceased,
The two divisions that had already entered Bucaramanga's urban area had retreated to the outskirts. "
"But the siege hasn't stopped yet, right?" Jiang Chen said.
"That's right." Ivan nodded.
"Then let us help our allies again."
With that said, Jiang Chen sat up from his chair, clicked on the holographic screen of his watch, called the weather control center on Anga Island, and gave the order.
"It's a rainstorm blowing down the southern Gulf Coast. The bigger the better."
…
Although the NATO coalition forces and the White House were trying their best to block the news, the news that the AI soldiers of Star Circle Trade raided Barranquilla and escaped unharmed was finally spread through the large platform of the Internet.
First, a video shot by a mobile phone was uploaded to You Tu Tie. Finally, with the help of Twitter and Facebook, it spread like a virus.
Although the video picture is very blurry, except for the flash of explosion fire and the successive gunshots, not even the shadow of the NS-90 can be seen, but judging from the M1A2 destroyed by the anti-tank rocket and the NATO soldiers lying on the ground, Netizens can still feel the tragedy of the war through the screen.
But coincidentally, in addition to NATO coalition soldiers, there were several war reporters from the UK in the military base at that time. Although the camera tools were confiscated afterwards, the British reporter who was not afraid of death still took a few photos with his mobile phone.
It is precisely because of those photos that netizens around the world were able to see the true appearance of NS-90.
"AI soldiers? Did Starlink Trading even create this thing?"
"This reporter is so lucky!"
"Didn't the Pentagon's military commentator say that 'electronic pilots are already the limit of future military industry, and robot soldiers with reasonable costs will not be realized in the short term'? Look at the calendar for me, it's only been a few days!"
"I don't know why, but when I looked at the red light in the center of my head, I suddenly felt a chill..."
"The weapons in the Star Ring trade are all produced by the Future People's Military Industry! Boycott the products of the Future People Group!"
"..."
While public opinion on the Internet continued to ferment, Star Ring Trading did not keep those who were paying attention to this incident waiting for long.
The day after the attack, Starring Trading held a press conference at the "Heart of the Ocean" on Koro Island. More than twenty well-known international media, including two American media, were invited to the scene.
Standing at the press conference, Jiang Chen, the chairman of Xinghuan Trading, gave an official response to the incident.
As always, I didn’t bring any speech notes.
Standing in front of the media reporters, Jiang Chen cleared his throat and delivered a concise speech.
"First of all, Starring Trading regrets the attack in Barranquilla, but we will not apologize."
"At the time of the attack, more than 200,000 innocent citizens of Bucaramanga were being displaced because of NATO's unilateral military action. Twenty-four hours ago, we had warned the relevant countries that if they did not stop their attacks on South Africa, Colombia's aggression, then Star Circle Trade will join the righteous side and intervene armedly in the Colombian civil war."
"As long as there is a war, people will die. Presumably some countries have been mentally prepared for this from the moment they set foot on Colombian soil."
"We once again express our regret to Mike Pence and everyone on Wall Street for burying all the results of 'sugar cube diplomacy' with conspiracy, and I have lost all patience. We could have met our future in another way. ,but now……"
Having said this, Jiang Chen paused for a moment, sighed softly, and spread his hands.
"As you wish, we have met at war."