Inside the bridge of the Whidbey Island-class amphibious assault ship.
The view here is wide, and you can overlook Rockford Island directly ahead. Umbrella sailors in black uniforms are methodically operating this ship with a displacement of 16,000 tons.
"Unknown ships, please register your identity immediately! Otherwise we will take compulsory measures!"
At this time, angry questions and warnings came over the public channel radio. No need to guess, you knew that these warnings came from Rockford Island.
This Whidbey Island-class ship is organized by the U.S. Navy, so it was not expelled by Rockford Island during normal navigation. After all, Asifford could not provoke the U.S. military for no reason.
However, when the Whidbey Island-class suddenly changed course and aimed towards Rockford Island, Asifford, who suffered from mental illness and was a bit of a middle-aged man, couldn't sit still.
The crew member in charge of communication equipment such as radios turned his head and looked towards the end of the bridge after hearing the warning, and asked for orders: "Sir, do you want to reply to them?"
Following the crew's gaze, they saw Sui Bian, wearing a white golf hat, white Polo shirt, black casual pants and light gray sneakers, sitting where the captain should sit.
The captain, who has a white beard and a slightly fatter figure and looks like an "old man", stands in the center of the bridge, dispatching the combat troops to immediately board the plane, board the ship, and direct the ship's navigation.
Sui Bian, who was dressed in the same uniform as the crew and captain, was out of place. Rather than witnessing the complete fall of the Asifo family, Sui Bian was here for a vacation, but...
One thing to say, the environment here is indeed good. The sea water is blue, the sky is clear, and the air is fresh, allowing Sui Bian to truly appreciate the beauty of nature.
In fact, wearing leather shoes and a suit was really uncomfortable, so Sui Bian wanted to change his dressing style.
"When will the military aircraft formation arrive?" Sui Bian asked rhetorically instead of giving instructions to the correspondent in a hurry.
"Sir, wait a minute..." The crewman turned around and made some operations. After a while, he turned around again and reported:
"Porcupine 1 is expected to arrive at the designated location in thirty seconds, and the Vulture team is expected to arrive over our sea area in three minutes, and then 'clean' the targets missed by the Porcupine team."
"Okay." After learning the latest news, Sui Bian nodded lightly and gave instructions to the correspondent: "Ignore the warning from Rockford Island."
"Yes, sir." The crew member who received the order did it again and directly 'blocked' the Rockford Island side.
The conversation ended soon.
Outside the bridge, at an altitude of 1,000 meters, an A-10 Thunderbolt II Hog attack aircraft painted in gray and white happened to pass by the Whidbey Island-class amphibious assault ship where Sui Bian was located.
The A-10's painting still adopts the US Air Force's layout. There are various ground-attack missiles hanging under the wings on both sides, and there are also two external fuel tanks that look like missiles.
Inside the cockpit.
When a pilot wearing a HUD helmet sees Rockford Island, the helmet will mark several red dots, indicating that those are the targets that must be solved first.
Immediately, the pilot reported in a voice that was somewhat dull due to wearing a respirator: "Poseidon (the name of the Whidbey Island-class ship), this is Porcupine 1. It is about to arrive at the best shooting position. Apply for permission to fire, over. "
Bo Handong (still the crew member who talked to Sui Bian): "Received...approval to fire."
Pilot: "Roger that."
After receiving permission to fire, the pilot slightly adjusted the angle of the A-10's fuselage and used the HUD helmet to lock on to the four targets.
Then he fiddled with the console with his left hand, and used the thumb of his right hand to pop open the protective case on the control stick. At a glance, he knew that the red button that was the fire button appeared under the protective case.
Then, the pilot's right thumb instantly pressed the red button.
"Click!" (x4)
"Whoosh!" (x4)
After pressing the button, the four missiles left the two wings of the A-10 one after another, and quickly ignited and flew forward.
The four missiles trailed white tail flames formed by the condensation of cold air when heated. After moving away from the A-10, they rushed towards the four targets locked by the pilots at a speed of Mach 1.2.
Soon, a violent explosion occurred on Rockford Island, and four small mushroom clouds slowly rose.
"Boom——! Boom!" The violent noise caused by the explosion followed.
At this moment, the A-10 piloted by the pilot passed quickly over Rockford Island.
Seeing this, the pilot held the control stick with both hands and let the A-10 fly forward for a certain distance and then circle Rockford Island, and reported again:
"All four Mavericks (AGM-65) have hit the target, and we are about to launch a suppression attack against small threat ground targets."
Bo Handong: "Roger."
End communication.
The pilot adjusted the flight angle of the A-10, pointed the nose of the aircraft at Rockford Island again, and then pulled a button similar to a gun trigger with his right index finger.
“Buzz buzz————~!”
The unique sound of the 30mm GAU-8 Gatling cannon was heard along with the movement of the pilot's right hand.
Just look at the fortifications, barracks, sentries, cages holding various BOWs on Rockford Island, as well as the moving vehicles and soldiers, all of which were bombarded by 30mm machine cannons.
"Click~click~" (x4).
While using the cannon to straf the ground, the pilot also seized the opportunity to drop four MK82 bombs based on experience.
"Boom~! Boom!"
2 The smoke from four 27-kilogram explosions shrouded the barracks not far from the airport.
In less than two minutes, the four AGM-65 Mavericks, four MK82 bombs, and 450 rounds of 30mm aerial bombs carried by the A-10 were all destroyed.
Subsequently, the pilot controlled the A-10 to circle the smoke-filled Rockford Island for the last time, adjusting the direction for the return route:
"Bo Handong, this is Porcupine 1. All express delivery has been delivered to the receiving location and is ready to return to the African base. Complete."
Bo Handong: "Received, thank you for your service, over."
After an A-10's "ground licking" attack, the defense facilities on Rockford Island were almost paralyzed, resulting in numerous casualties.
Air defense system?
Even if Alfred Asifot secretly controls Rockford Island, it is still an asset under Umbrella, so the Red Queen remotely shut down Rockford Island's prevention and control measures a few minutes ago.
Without air superiority, when the A-10 appears in the sky, ground combat is basically useless.
Sui Bian had no intention of distinguishing which employees, researchers, security guards and USS reserves on the island were loyal to the company. After all, guns had no eyesight and it was impossible to tell which ones were loyalists.
As for informing in advance? He didn't like to do anything to alert others, so he had to clear out everyone on the island.
While the A-10 gradually disappeared from sight, two AC-130s took the place of the A-10, preparing to assist the ground forces on the Wave Winter in a comprehensive cleanup of Rockford Island.
