America: Starting with Daily Intelligence

Chapter 364 Missile Attack

"The most dangerous place is the safest place. Assad probably just didn't leave his electronic devices there, which is why we didn't find them."

The hacker think tank couldn't help but complain, "And who would have thought that Assad would put his most precious treasure in a junkyard..."

The Grand Master also saw the latest situation through the screen, refreshed it, and the gold coin pattern was marked on the electronic terrain map.

The hidden treasure has been unlocked.

One can't help but sigh, "That old man Assad really has some ideas. I never expected that guy would build his vault over a landfill. With garbage trucks coming and going and garbage ships taking away garbage for disposal every day, he managed to sneak away some money without anyone noticing."

He had assumed that most of the gold and treasure on Solo Island would be stored in the basement under strict guard. However, Assad had the opposite idea and left the treasure in the most unnoticed place, because no one would have thought that his treasure would be mixed with garbage.

"It's over."

Zhang Ailun leaned back in his chair, watching as a large number of red buoys and skulls gathered on the electronic topographic map, numbering at least several hundred people. Even outlaws and criminals had received Assad's orders to head to the junkyard to prepare for military operations.

Assad was quite clever. Even if his vault was discovered, as long as he immediately gathered his men and formed an armed legion, it would be impossible for the enemy to infiltrate it.

Faced with this situation, most people would only have the option to retreat, or to grab some cash and ordinary gold and silver jewelry in the core area and then wisely run away.

After all, Assad has several hundred men under his command, along with rifles, artillery, and armed helicopters; they simply cannot defeat him.

But what he never expected was that the ACR organization was prepared and deliberately did this, just so that he would gather his troops together and deliberately expose the location of the vault, and then launch a fire attack!

Moreover, if they don't stick together, how can the Littoral Combat Ship's naval missiles possibly blow them all into the air?

"It's definitely coming to an end."

Upon seeing a large number of Haitian soldiers pouring out and gathering at the garbage dump on Solo Island, the ACR organization witnessed Assad, who was also wearing a hood and completely covered up, hurriedly running out of the command center, leading his men into an armored vehicle, and heading to his vault to guard his treasure.

Everyone was overjoyed and immediately notified the gunman team to take control of the core area. If they encountered any desperados or criminals, they were to shoot and take them out!

"Assad has already exposed his weaknesses, and to ensure his treasury remains intact, he has readily relinquished the construction of the core area. You can take advantage of this time to seize control of the core area—bars, nightclubs, clubs—and make sure every single technician is accounted for. Film the chaos on the ground, and while you're at it, storm the underground command post and copy the encrypted data from the hard drives there!"

The hacker team immediately issued various instructions, even ordering the frogman unit to abandon their post in the port area and drive to the core area to seize it. They also requested support from the littoral combat ship, including Black Hawk helicopters and speedboats.

The situation is now clear: the enemy is in the open, while we are in the dark. Assad doesn't know how many people they have or what weapons they possess. To prevent any accidents from happening to the vault, he can only deploy heavy troops to guard it. He even has to worry that his helicopters might be shot down by their people using RPG missiles.

However, they clearly knew what the other side's plans were, what weapons they had, and how many men they had. Assad even chose to protect the vault as they had expected, and the outcome was already decided!

The frogman unit and the gunmen team rushed from the periphery to the core area, happily taking over Assad's territory.

The hacker team then notified the littoral combat ship, requesting them to prepare to launch a long-range missile attack, preferably to blow up Assad himself as well!

Captain Spike was keeping a close eye on the situation on Solo Island. Once he realized that the situation was clear and the location of the vault had been found, he immediately notified the Chief of Staff.

"Commander, we have located the densely packed area of ​​enemy vaults. An attack now could destroy their firepower, armored vehicle units, even helicopters and the armored vehicle carrying Assad himself! Should we launch naval missiles?"

After receiving the message, Zhang Ailun fell into deep thought. Watching the footage of Assad's armored vehicle on the screen, he pondered for a long time before saying, "Don't rush to launch naval missiles. First, send Black Hawk helicopters and speedboats for support. Technician, play the footage of Assad getting into the vehicle again on a loop."

The technicians were taken aback, not understanding why the leader would say that, but they immediately did as instructed and pulled up the video footage.

Wearing a hood and completely covered up, Assad hurriedly boarded the armored vehicle. Zhang Ailun looked at him and felt that something was off, so he immediately asked the technicians to pull up previous photos of Assad for comparison.

"Here! Zoom in here!!" Zhang Ailun pointed to the heel of the shoe that appeared on the screen.

The technicians immediately followed suit, enlarging the images of the two for comparison: one was a platform high-heeled military boot, and the other was a flat-soled military boot.

Zhang Ailun said meaningfully, "Assad even changed his shoes after he went in?"

"Boss, are you saying there's a problem here? He's not Assad?" Boktu exclaimed in surprise.

They hadn't noticed anything wrong with this place, but now it's full of problems. They even managed to spot such details. It's no wonder he's the Grand Master; his observation is meticulous!

"Otherwise, why would he board the armored vehicle with his face covered? What exactly is this guy trying to do? Have someone pretend he went to the vault area? Leave him in the underground command post? Go to take refuge? But he should think his vault won't be damaged."

Zhang Ailun thought about it again and again but still couldn't understand the other party's thoughts, but that wasn't enough to change the overall situation.

"Perhaps he wanted to ambush people at the command post to protect some data, or to destroy some encrypted files. In any case, his unusual actions indicate that there is something more important than the money in the vault in the command room, which is very likely a compromising video related to South American officials."

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Ailun immediately instructed Captain Spike to inform the hacker team.

After receiving the message, the ACR organization repeatedly compared the video footage and indeed found something unusual. They felt that Assad might not have left the command center and immediately notified the gunmen's team to be cautious.

The littoral combat ship also dispatched Black Hawk helicopters and fast attack craft to provide manpower and fire support.

Even though the gunmen's team had been notified, they were still ambushed and paid a heavy price!

The group rushed to the underground command post. As soon as they entered and found the elevator, they went down to the basement, only to be suddenly mowed down by Haitian black soldiers who were lying in ambush inside, wielding machine guns.

The footage shows a hail of bullets and cries of agony as the machine guns of Haitian black soldiers, like meat grinders, sent the gunmen who broke into the underground command post to their deaths. Assad's figure can also be vaguely seen inside.

"I knew these sons of bitches wouldn't just be after my money!"

As the saying goes, experience counts. The old fox Assad, with a ferocious expression, had his men drag the gunman with the broken leg to his side and remove the camera from his chest.

He launched into a tirade of profanities at the camera, hysterically roaring, "You damned bastards! Whoever you are, I'll make you pay a terrible price!!"

"Kill him!!" Assad threw the camera on the ground and stomped on it until it was smashed.

The Haitian soldier next to him immediately dragged the gunman to a corner. Amidst the man's terrified screams and pleas for mercy, the Haitian soldier swung a sledgehammer, slammed the man's head against the wall, and slammed it down hard. With a crack, silence fell instantly.

"..." Faced with Assad's sudden counterattack, the gunmen team suffered heavy casualties and was wiped out. The hacker think tank team also felt a chill in their hearts and stopped being complacent.

Assad then ordered all the weapons and equipment on the gunmen's team to be removed, and the cameras and walkie-talkies on each person were collected and destroyed.

"You want the data? I'm sorry, I've destroyed it all! I don't know who sent you to provoke me, but let me tell you! You've messed with the wrong person!! You are indeed remarkable, causing me heavy losses! But as long as I'm alive, Solo Island exists, and this is never over!"

After Assad finished speaking viciously, he waved his hand in anguish.

The technicians nearby immediately began dismantling the program, deleting a large number of damaging videos, all related to transactions on Soro Island and videos of South American officials. With each piece of data deleted, Assad felt his heart bleed; these were crucial components of his control over his network of connections.

Fortunately, he has a small backup force at the military base in Haiti. As long as he resolves the immediate troubles, he can remain invincible!

"This guy is really ruthless." The hacker think tank team was also shocked by the other party's methods.

"The operation was half a failure. Our target wasn't just the treasury, and the information we promised to give to the media probably isn't that valuable anymore. Assad destroyed all the information," someone said.

A flawless version after careful inspection!

"If he didn't directly destroy the hard drive, we can still recover the data using technical means if we rush there now. Even if he destroyed the hard drive, we can still repair it and recover the data technically!"

"Mr. Kim, we request permission to launch an attack using naval missiles!!"

The hacker team realized they had a trump card up their sleeve, and immediately started frantically tagging the leader, sending a message to Spike, the captain of the littoral combat ship.

Spike also requested permission from the Grand Master to launch naval missiles for a long-range air strike.

After considering it, Zhang Ailun looked at the Haitian black soldiers gathered on the screen and the battle line, immediately approved it, and nodded, saying, "Missile launch permitted!"

"Understood!" Captain Spike's spirits lifted upon receiving the message, and he immediately issued a mobilization order to the soldiers aboard the littoral combat ship: "All personnel, prepare. Activate fire control radar. Target location: 182 kilometers away, southeast of Solo Island, coordinates XXX. Prepare for ignition..."

The Navy immediately began deployment on the littoral combat ship, activating its fire control radar to lock onto the target location and personnel. The combat ship's vertical launch unit also activated immediately, opening its defenses and launching naval missiles.

"Fire control radar is ready."

"Launch unit ready."

"Pre-launch preparations complete. Target: southeast of Solo Island, coordinates XXX. Requesting launch!" The soldiers quickly completed all preparations.

"Fire!!" Captain Spike gave the order, and the naval soldier in charge of launching the missile pressed the fire control radar launch button.

The littoral combat ship's launch units immediately erupted in flames, and two missiles shot out in a flash!

It soared into the sky, then flew at an incredible speed, leaving only a blur as it headed towards Solo Island!

The Standard Missile 6 series has a maximum range of 240 kilometers, a maximum altitude of 33 kilometers, and a maximum speed of Mach 3.5.

In other words, the two naval missiles at that time passed at a speed of 3.5 times the speed of sound!

Beep beep beep beep beep beep beep!

On Soro Island, hundreds of Haitian soldiers, seated in bulletproof and armored vehicles with armed helicopters circling overhead, stood ready at the island's junkyard. The leading Haitian colonel, his face grave, was reporting to General Assad when suddenly the radar on one of the military vehicles detected an unidentified flying object, emitting an urgent beeping alarm.

"What's going on..." The colonel turned his head in confusion, wanting to ask the technician next to him, but saw that the technician looked shocked.

The other man, sweating profusely and utterly terrified, exclaimed, "It's terrible, Colonel! The vehicle's radar has detected two naval missiles coming towards us!! They're heading straight for our location at Mach 3.5! We're doomed!!!"

"What? Missiles? Where did they get missiles? How could they possibly have missiles!?"

The colonel was stunned. Sensing something was wrong, he quickly informed General Assad, "General, it's terrible! The enemy has launched a missile!!"

"What!? What missile?" Assad was also a little confused.

Just then, the air defense radar in the command center started beeping frantically, detecting two missiles approaching. The technicians were horrified. "General, this is bad! The enemy really has missiles!!"

"Where is the target?" Assad asked hastily, not having time to think too much.

"General, the target is the Haitian troops at the vault!!" the technician said, trembling.

It's over!!

Assad's vision went black.

Whoosh!! Boom!!

The colonel on the other side watched helplessly as two missiles plummeted from the sky, not even having a chance to say a word. Mach 3.5, that's too fast!!

In an instant, flames shot into the sky, dust rose everywhere, and explosions and flames rose and fell, engulfing a corner of the entire Sickle Island. Armored vehicles, bulletproof vehicles, and hundreds of soldiers were instantly melted in the explosions, and the vehicle parts were dismembered into pieces.

The attack helicopter frantically increased its altitude, but was also affected by the shockwave of the explosion; its rotors sparked and it teetered precariously. The pilot screamed wildly, and the helicopter went out of control, tracing a graceful arc in the air.

Bang! ! !

(End of this chapter)