Time Travel 04: I Fight the US in the Middle East

How powerful is an explosion from an ammunition depot?

In later years, the explosion at the Lopez ammunition depot in Mauteville, containing only 30,000 tons of ammunition, triggered a 2.8 magnitude earthquake. The shockwave shattered windows several kilometers away! Smoke spread for six or seven kilometers!

The mushroom cloud rose and burned for ten hours, triggering 21 earthquakes of magnitude 2.0 or higher!

An even larger explosion occurred at the Kalinovka ammunition depot in the Ermavinnitsa region, which stored 188,000 tons of ammunition. Unfortunately, most of the ammunition was underground and did not detonate. Only about 30 percent of it was detonated, which led to the terrible Black Tuesday disaster, and 30,000 residents in the vicinity were urgently evacuated!

Now, the Victoria base ammunition depot, as the newly built weapons depot, not only stores thousands of tons of aviation ammunition, including rocket launchers, anti-tank missiles and other equipment, but also stores various artillery shells for ground troops, totaling tens of thousands of tons!

If this ammunition depot explodes... the entire base will be completely destroyed!

If you don't want to die... then run!

Seeing his men vanish in an instant, Sean Gaines didn't hesitate. He strode outside, his slightly overweight frame leaving him breathless. It seemed he needed to work out; he couldn't keep eating those high-calorie foods...

Actually, if we organize an effective interception now, we might be able to stop the fire trucks before they reach the ammunition depot, but...

No one wanted to stay. From the moment the oil depot caught fire, all the officers and soldiers in the base were filled with fear, afraid that the ammunition depot would explode. Now, seeing that the arsonists were about to run to the ammunition depot to set it on fire, how could they feel at ease?

Run! Run now!

Thump thump thump!

M242 is still firing!

Boom boom boom!

Several American soldiers who ran toward the FMTV truck were instantly blown to pieces. Seeing their horrific state, the others no longer insisted on escaping by vehicle; they could run away on foot!

Thump, thump, thump! The fire trucks continued to reap the lives of American soldiers as they drove by!

Under the firepower of the M242, countless American soldiers no longer dared to run to find nearby vehicles and frantically fled!

These are all lunatics. We are normal people; we can't argue with lunatics! Running on two legs is better than being shot down by machine guns!

Buzz, buzz!

Ali-Hazem pressed the accelerator without slowing down, driving the fire truck fiercely towards the gate of the ammunition depot, and then suddenly turned the steering wheel!

The tires screeched against the ground, and the NG80 truck did a fishtail, its rear end facing the gate. Then it shifted into reverse and floored the accelerator!

Buzz, buzz!

Boom!

The ammunition depot door wasn't even properly closed; it was simply smashed open!

"Hurry, hurry!" Azam shouted as he got out of the car.

Soldiers, carrying pre-prepared equipment, ran toward the pile of ammunition.

Paste C4, insert detonator, install timer...

In less than a minute, more than a dozen detonation points were set up, and then... he took off his firefighting suit, revealing a US military uniform underneath!

We killed so many American soldiers in the last battle, and of course we also captured a batch of uniforms. Now, we'll use these uniforms to get away!

Wearing a military cap, he looks like a US soldier. Of course, you can't look closely at his face, otherwise there's still a difference between him and a US soldier!

"withdraw!"

The group took off running, fleeing the ammunition depot and heading towards the nearby vehicles abandoned by the American troops.

After a burst of intense firing, the US soldiers left behind five or six vehicles!

"Get on that six-wheeled vehicle!" Azam shouted.

When it comes to US military vehicles, Humvees are easy to think of, while M978 is a transport vehicle. The former is a light vehicle, and the latter is a heavy vehicle. In the US military's equipment inventory, there is also a medium tactical truck, namely the FMTV.

In the 1980s, in order to solve the problem of confusion in its medium truck models, the U.S. military developed a brand-new multi-purpose vehicle. The developer was the famous Steyr, which developed two chassis based on Steyr trucks: 4x4 and 6x6, codenamed M1078 and M1083, respectively.

Of course, the powertrain has been changed: a Caterpillar C7 six-cylinder turbocharged engine, with 290 horsepower for the four-wheel drive version and 330 horsepower for the six-wheel drive version, all paired with an Allison automatic transmission, making it very powerful to drive.

Early models lacked armor protection, but later models were fitted with armor kits. These trucks were frequently seen during the counterinsurgency operations in Ito.

just now……

This vehicle can carry large items and is also highly maneuverable!

Whoosh!

Ali-Hazim ran to the truck, yanked open the cab door, and stared at the dashboard. Thankfully, the key was still in the ignition!

In the military, it's a tradition to leave the keys in the car after getting out! This is for emergency situations, and it also makes it easier for Azam and his men to evacuate!

"Leader Azam, get in the car!" Ali-Hazim shouted.

Azam jumped into the passenger seat, and the others ran to the back. They had come in three cars, but going back... one car would be enough!

Buzz, buzz!

The 6.6-liter engine roared to life, Ali-Hazim floored the accelerator, the tires screeched, and the truck shot forward!

Buzz, buzz!

Soon, the six-wheeled M1083 caught up with those running on foot.

They cheered as soon as they saw the car drive up.

"Hey, stop!"

"Hey, help me!"

Waaah!

Ali-Hazem honked his horn to signal them to move aside, otherwise... he really was going to run them over!

Fortunately, these people didn't dare to stop the car, but...

Whoosh!

A nimble fellow actually ran a few steps as the vehicle drove past and grabbed onto the back of the truck bed from behind!

Was he a former motorcycle thief?

He was very happy to be climbed into the back compartment, a smile on his face: "Which part are you from...?"

His eyes suddenly widened.

These guys in US military uniforms all have high noses, deep-set eyes, thick eyebrows and big eyes. Their appearance... is exactly the same as the local natives!

Oh no, these people are...

Before he could even scream in terror, the two men inside pulled him into the truck bed, covered his mouth, and a sharp pain shot through his chest as a sharp dagger pierced his body!

If he had only two legs, he might have been able to save his life. At that moment, he wanted to hitch a ride, but little did he know that it was heading to hell!

The people below were all envious of him, being able to get on the bus and escape quickly!

Vroom, vroom! M1083 pulled out of the base, past the checkpoint outside...

The Stryker armored vehicles at the checkpoint had already fled!

At times like this, no one knows how far away from an explosion is; the farther you run, the better!

Taking advantage of the chaos, M1083 sped away, turned onto a side road, and then... switched to the pickup truck they had brought with them. Perfect!

Khalil Maliki breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Azam and the others come out.

"Leader, you're finally out! We've prepared all sorts of roadside bombs along the way; anyone chasing us will be blown to bits!"

"Drive!" Ali-Hazem shouted. What are you talking about? Every minute is precious now. We've bombed the US military base!