Chapter 162 Evacuation
"You bunch of waste." Outside the space of Sharon's Star Zone, Auston's roar was heard in the flagship bridge where the temporary battlefield headquarters of the Fifth War Zone was located. Although the 1st Squadron of the 3rd Special Operations Brigade, led by Captain Matthew, successfully removed the base of the 8th Gendarmerie Brigade and wiped out 325 gendarmerie policemen in the base, however, Hao Yi, Hu Liangtao and others, as the primary target of the mission, were missing. Moreover, they could not find and destroy the evidence of the SAS incident collected by the 8th Gendarmerie. Among the three main targets, only the most insignificant third target was completed. It is no wonder that Auston, who usually has a kind face, would be so furious.
"Commander, please listen to the explanation from my subordinates." Matthew, as the squadron leader, always believed that this operation was not a special forces team's combat mistake, but the failure of the intelligence provided by the intelligence department to be updated in time.
"Explanation, just explain it." Auston's originally fair and chubby round face turned red like a red Fuji apple because of his anger. He angrily threw the combat report in his hand on the desk, pointed at Matthew's nose and scolded: "Let's talk, what are your 1st squadron doing? It can actually make those soldiers and gangsters run away from your hands."
"Commander, please calm down." Matthew was still wearing the special combat armor, but the mask was opened, revealing the bronze-colored face with a sharp edge. Perhaps it was because of his nature. Matthew's face was calm and there was no trace of joy, anger, and sorrow, "The subordinates led the team to the 8th Gendarmerie's garrison. Until the end of this assault, no one escaped from the 8th Gendarmerie's garrison. The subordinates could guarantee their own heads, and even a fly had not flew out of the 8th Gendarmerie's garrison." After a pause, Matthew turned his head and glanced out of the corner of his eyes. Lin Bin, who stood aside as if nothing had happened, turned around and continued, "If the commander, you can ask Colonel Lin Bin who was commanding the battle with the team."
"Ahem, this, Commander, the fact is indeed as Captain Matthew said." Lin Bin, who was originally watching Matthew get a hard-working Auston, felt secretly happy. Suddenly, he saw Auston's sharp little eyes staring at him, and quickly coughed twice and said to Auston with a serious face.
"What you mean is that the information provided by the intelligence department was incorrect. Before the operation, Haoyi and others, including the captain of the 8th Gendarmerie, had already left the base." Hearing Lin Bin confirming what Matthew reported, Auston narrowed his eyes and asked Matthew coldly.
"Return to the Commander, according to the situation at that time, this is the only reasonable explanation. We searched the entire base, including all the proven underground dark rooms, without any trace of Hao Yi and others. According to the instructions of several senior military officers of the military police, they could not find McAllen about an hour before our operation was launched, and even his adjutant could not be found." Matthew still had a tense face and reported meticulously: "And, Commander, we have an unexpected discovery."
"What's the discovery?" Auston frowned slightly and said in a deep voice.
"According to some military police's explanation before their death, they seemed to see the dead Lieutenant Haoyi, who was supposed to die, was resurrected again." Matthew continued: "Of course, the reliability of this information needs to be confirmed by our intelligence department."
"What, that guy is not dead." Before Auston could speak, Lin Bin, who was standing beside him, shouted in shock and interrupted: "I can't. The dose of SAS I gave Lao Jill several times that of a normal person. Even if I poison an elephant, it would be more than enough."
"Colonel Lin Bin, please pay attention to your image." Auston frowned and scolded unhappily. He turned his head and continued to ask Matthew with a calm face: "Major, what you said is based on, what are the gendarmerie prisoners."
"Sorry, Commander, you have followed your order. All of the gendarmeries have been shot by us. However, I have saved some videos of interrogation." As he said that, Matthew took out a square-sized black iron box from the secret compartment of the armor. After clicking the button on it, a 17-inch holographic image appeared. On it was a scene of soldiers from the 1st Squadron interrogating some gendarmerie prisoners in the military police station. Of course, there were sounds. Some of the gendarmerie prisoners repeatedly mentioned the lieutenant brought back by Captain McAllen, who was resurrected in a strange explosion.
Looking at these videos, Auston's face became more and more gloomy, while Lin Bin next to him looked stunned.
"Major, destroy these pictures immediately. Remember, this lieutenant named Haoyi had already sacrificed his life for the country in the battlefield hospital because of his serious injuries. Do you understand?" After a long time, Auston came to his senses, and a cold light flashed in his eyes and bit his teeth. He ordered Matthew in a deep voice: "Also, your squadron will return to Mutus immediately, centering the original 8th Gendarmerie battalion, and conduct a carpet-style search within a radius of 1,000 kilometers. I will transfer the other three squadrons of the 3rd Special Forces Battalion to you for unified command. I will grant you full authority to command. Once you find Haoyi and others, no matter whether they are dead or alive, you don't need to report, immediately blow them into pieces. Do you understand?"
"Yes, Commander." Matthew stood up and agreed loudly.
"Colonel Lin, I want you to immediately lead your 28th Air Assault Division to assist Matthew's special forces in carrying out search missions." Auston turned around and ordered Lin Bin.
"Use the 28th Air Assault Division." Lin Bin said in amazement: "Commander, will it be too obvious if that happens? After all, we can't be too arrogant to annihilate the 8th Gendarmerie and search for Haoyi and others this time. What if the bastards in the military have caught more excuses?"
"Hmph, what should I do?" Auston smiled coldly and said, "If I was right, I'm afraid Yat had already received evidence of you poisoning in the field hospital. What he needs now is that Haoyi and others provide him with more inside information and evidence of Solomi's counterattack. As long as he is not stupid, he can definitely guess who did it. Since he and we all know it well, why bother to hide it and be so concerned."
After a pause, Auston pondered again: "Of course, I will arrange for people to do things for face, find some evidence and write a report, which means that the 8th Gendarmerie brigade was attacked by a small remnant rebel force, and all died for the country. Your 28th Air Assault Division was directly dispatched by the war zone headquarters to go to the area to pursue the remnant rebel force. In this way, it would be the best of both worlds."
"Your Excellency Commander, let your subordinates suddenly understand." After listening to Auston's analysis, Lin Bin quickly flattered with a flattering smile.
"Your Excellency Commander, I have another suggestion." Matthew was not as secular as Lin Bin, but just said coldly as before: "Please immediately dispatch the 8th Space Fleet to block all the star ports leading to outer space on Mutus planet, and prevent any unknown spacecraft from leaving Mutus."
"Well, Captain Matthew is right." Auston nodded when he heard this, swayed his chin and pondered: "However, the counter-insurgency war on the planet Mutus is not completely over yet. There are still some risks in the space fleet approaching the outer periphery of the atmosphere. Well, okay, I will arrange for the 8th Space Fleet to block Mutus' outer space. Just you and Colonel Lin will perform the search mission for me. Do you understand, Major."
"Yes, Commander." Matthew stood up and said loudly.
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On the planet Mutus, in a mountain area about 100 kilometers southeast of the former 8th Gendarmerie battalion, a faint tremor suddenly came from the ground without warning. Then, the ground, which originally had only a large piece of small stones, had a large S-shaped slit that was about 100 meters long, revealing a passage that went straight to the ground and was surrounded by fine steel armor. A roar of a turbojet engine rumbled from the ground, and a slender steel figure with four blue engine flames flew out of the passage, rushing straight into the air. Two seconds later, the passage slowly closed and turned into a flat ground of sand and stone again.
The spacecraft that rushed into the air was a military multi-function transport aircraft. The blue emblem on its fuselage indicated that it was a fighter jet belonging to the federal army, and the number of "MP00550208003" indicated its specific identity, and it was affiliated with the 8th Gendarmerie Battalion directly under the 502nd Army Group of the Federal War Zone 5.
After the transport plane left the ground, it drew an arc in the air. The head of the plane was close to the mountain and flew northeast. The passengers on the plane were no one else, but some of the surviving members of Haoyi and others, McAllen and other 8th Gendarmerie. It was already the daytime of Mutus, and there were still rumbling sounds in the distance from the sky. Perhaps the air fighter jets of the federal army continued to compete with the Sharon rebels for near-ground air supremacy.
Against the cloudless sky, this blue transport aircraft is particularly obvious on the blue-brown ground. It was originally a great risk to choose this period for transfer. The transport aircraft may be discovered by fighter jets or ground radar stations of both sides anytime and anywhere. However, considering the tight time, Auston's special forces may find this base at any time, so Yat had to let McAllen and others take the risk of transferring.
Half an hour after takeoff, the transport plane flew along the mountain canyon extremely low altitude. There were no other fighter planes in the airspace ahead, backward, left and right, and above. Seeing that the holographic radar on the pilot's control table was as calm as usual, McAllen, who had been nervously guarding the cockpit since he took off, breathed a sigh of relief.
"Major, there should be nothing wrong. You go and rest. I will notify you when you are about to arrive at your destination." The pilot turned around and smiled and comforted McAllen.
"Okay, watch it for me, and report to me immediately whenever there is any situation." McAllen nodded, patted the pilot's shoulder and said with a smile: "I don't want to follow you, the iron birds, to be bombarded into a pile of scrap iron." As he said that, McAllen left the cockpit and walked towards the crew cabin at the rear.
At this time, a huge passenger compartment door in the middle of the fuselage was open, and rude yelling and scolding came from inside. McAllen knew that it was Haoyi and others fighting with his subordinates. He didn't know whether it was the soldiers and gangsters who were particularly friendly or other reasons. Haoyi and his men had just had not been in contact with their subordinates for a long time and they rolled into a ball. They were as tired as a couple who had just met, and they almost burned yellow paper to worship the man.
"These bunch of bastards." McAllen shook her head and cursed. Just as she was about to walk towards her cabin, her fuselage suddenly trembled up and down, and almost shook McAllen to the ground. Then, a series of shrill alarms suddenly sounded in the cabin.
Chapter completed!