1107: Chapter 1045: Emergency Reinforcements!

Airstrike Fire!

1107: Chapter 1045: Emergency Reinforcements!

Airstrike Fire!

Swoosh~

An illumination flare soared into the sky.

The pure white light quickly illuminated a vast stretch of wilderness.

The defensive construction, not yet complete, already showed its scale.

Fallen cargo platforms and vehicle wreckage from the air, after being stripped, were collected for usable materials and then used to build fortifications.

Erecting the cargo platforms above sand pits and covering them with thick sand, they became simple bomb shelters.

Vehicle wreckage was arranged in a curved line, stuffed with rocks and then filled with a lot of sand, making them even stronger than sandbags.

Around the defense positions, a minefield had been laid out.

Edison, Pakolin, and Zhang Ren, leading their own squads, defended in a character-shaped formation.

Tang Xiao stayed with two pilots in the makeshift command post, maintaining real-time communication with Wu Jie.

In this war-torn and especially dangerous region, rather than marching through the cold all night on foot, it was better to hold the position and wait for rescue.

Because a night march could accidentally enter someone else’s territory, and that would be troublesome.

Their group, not very numerous, had less than thirty people.

Without well-armored mobile vehicles, relying solely on walking, they could withstand the cold, but once firefight ensued, flesh and blood could hardly withstand the devastation of heavy firepower.

This area was known for warlord segregation, where armed conflicts frequently occurred between various forces.

Even the least equipped militants had armed pickup trucks, light and heavy weapons, and one would definitely not have an advantage in combat.

Moreover, they had not lost the ability to communicate, maintaining ongoing contact with the security base.

When Tang Xiao and the others parachuted, their probable landing area had already been determined.

The security base launched unmanned reconnaissance and attack drones immediately, which according to their current speed would enter surveillance range in half an hour.

The unmanned reconnaissance drones could then circle high in the sky for a long time, continuously monitoring the situation around the battlefield, grasping potential enemy troop movements, directions of attack, and scale of personnel equipment.

While the unmanned attack aircraft could use on-board missiles and munitions to conduct air raids against incoming enemies, destroy enemy heavy equipment, and slow down the enemy’s attack speed.

Of course, as the War Statistics Institute’s special aircraft could be shot down by missiles, drones also faced the risk of being shot down.

But isn’t combat all about attrition?

As long as it can be solved with money, it’s manageable.

For example, Nabiya’s regular army, although they’ve long failed to eliminate local armed forces and could only retreat to defend some important areas and towns, they are still regular troops.

Previously hiring two of their heavy howitzer battalions to mercilessly bombard indiscriminately, ten thousand shells pounded down, completely leveling Strehl Manor to the ground, not leaving a single blade of grass, wasn’t their performance quite good?

They have low combat effectiveness in hard fights, but if the wind is at their back and the rewards are plentiful, each one is brave and skilled in combat.

This time, with his wife Tang Xiao in danger, Wu Jie of course contacted Nabiya’s regular army right away.

He had them mobilize the nearest troops to rush for support; once they moved out, those armed forces had to be restrained somewhat, reducing the defensive pressure on Tang Xiao and her group.

Moreover, when paid a lot, with ammunition and fuel to use at will, not only did Nabiya dispatch ground armored troops but also the few, still operational, fighter jets for action.

Regardless of whether the air raid could kill how many militants, it nonetheless counts as a coordinated air-ground assault, surely scaring away a significant number of militants.

If timely and accurate air bombardments and artillery support from Nabiya’s regular army could be obtained, Tang Xiao’s defensive pressure would be greatly relieved.

Additionally.

Isn’t the Star Federation frantically searching for those two nuclear warheads?

Now the warheads had fallen into the desert, right beside Tang Xiao and her group.

If the Star Federation could urgently airlift a rapid response brigade to deploy in Seleck for a city-wide manhunt, why couldn’t they quickly dispatch troops to the crash area to relieve Tang Xiao’s group?

Besides that.

Wu Jie also checked the location of Phantom.

Phantom, after completing the task in Seleck, took a cargo truck from the port to Xikelse.

With the situation in Nabiya not being very stable, the cargo truck traveled in convoys on relatively safer highways.

But even a distance less than four hundred kilometers required an overnight journey to reach.

And Phantom, still on the road, was nearly two hundred kilometers away in a straight line from Tang Xiao, to have it rush for support?

Even though the Aggregated State Combat Robot was awesome, it couldn’t fly.

It would be better to purchase another one temporarily in the system mall and have it deployed next to Tang Xiao to protect her in secret.

If anything happened to Tang Xiao, no amount of energy points could save her life.

Of course.

Wu Jie did not forget to have Qian Le stay on duty at the monitoring center and had Hu Anbiao immediately prepare some materials, as he himself rushed to the airport overnight.

Hu Anbiao’s Jiazhou security had a single-engine turboprop light aircraft.

The aircraft was small and agile, fitting two pilots and could transport twelve passengers.

It was very suitable for extremely low-altitude flight; Wu Jie often flew this type of general-purpose plane when obtaining his pilot’s license.

As for Wu Jie personally going for the rescue, was it appropriate?

In foreign lands, military orders from afar may not apply.

In a foreign land, Wu Jie was the boss here.

Besides, with his own wife in grave danger, could he just sit back and do nothing?

Stay in the monitoring center, enjoy air conditioning and fine dining, and just wait for others to execute the rescue?

Mountains fall and people flee.