Chapter 1372 Opening the Dome (Second Update)

In Maria Hill's eyes, the First Secret Regiment was the main force in the invasion of the lighthouse base, and the Ranger Cavalry was only an auxiliary force. This is not her fault, because the information she came into contact with in the intelligence department of the Praetorian Order was mainly based on the first batch of genetically modified warriors, those knights who were far taller than ordinary people, and occasionally participated in the duties and dispatch of the First Secret Regiment, so She has a clear understanding of the capabilities and responsibilities of this experimental army. On the contrary, Maria had never seen the Rangers. Due to their weird appearance and her poor knowledge of the Martian foundry, Maria believed that those half-human soldiers were helpers of the First Secret Regiment.

She couldn't be wrong in thinking so, because although the First Secret Regiment and the Rangers had different mission objectives, they were almost identical in terms of main objectives. The First Secret Regiment searched the warehouse according to the instructions from the rear, trying to find what the Guards Commander needed. The Ranger Cavalry set its sights on Howard Stark's manuscript that was limited in the technology of the times but still radiated wisdom. superior.

Faced with mountains of paper documents, the information processing capabilities of the Rangers played a big role in this regard. Even the non-commissioned officers of the First Secret Regiment had to ask Alpha-Bronze 2 to arrange manpower to conduct the investigation, while the non-commissioned officers themselves took over the task. He passed the command of part of the Ranger Cavalry and cooperated with the First Secret Regiment to continue the siege of the armed personnel at the lighthouse base.

But this does not mean that the First Secret Group has transferred its leadership to Mars. Some things do not need to be identified and sorted out, and they have clear numbering and identification. Reaching out and taking it away, no one knew it was that simple. Even the drone swarm released by the Rangers couldn't notice that there were so few inconspicuous little things missing from the cabinet. The sergeant didn't know why the regent needed the contents of these small boxes, nor what they were used for, but an order was an order, and if they couldn't evacuate smoothly, these things had to be destroyed in the first place.

The NCOs assigned each of these boxes a caretaker and a plasma grenade, bearing a small, inconspicuous mark on their ballistic armor. Almost all soldiers of the secret regiment have their own marks. Each of these marks is different. Their function is to indicate identity, rank and responsibility. Whether it is character, skills or battlefield experience, the soldiers selected by the non-commissioned officers are perfectly suitable for this task. This is a new, experimental command structure designed to give the 1st Secret Regiment the flexibility to respond to all battlefield situations. The First Secret Regiment will polish this command system to maturity, and then the emperor will apply it to other armies-but not just any army. The combined brigade form of the conventional army is enough to cope with many battlefield environments. This command structure only creates more trouble. Only the most powerful armies can use this chain of command, and the role of the NCO is to identify deficiencies in the chain of command during this operation.

Only actual combat can identify and solve problems.

In the eyes of the S.H.I.E.L.D. armed personnel, every breakout operation they make will encounter obstacles.

Even if the control room realizes that the opponent does not have enough troops to occupy all the facilities in the lighthouse base, the key elevators and outer generators are guarded by soldiers with prefabricated bunkers, and there are also patrols composed of an unknown number of armed personnel to attack the enemy. S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who escaped from the encirclement were encircled and suppressed. The number of heavy weapons is limited, and their use in a narrow room is likely to cause collateral damage. SHIELD armed personnel are unwilling to use anti-tank weapons to attack the enemy.

Judging from various signs, the other party does not know anything about the lighthouse base. It is even possible that the other party knows some routes that the agents are not aware of, and has access to old circuits that have not been used by the agents and have been solidified by time and dust. When Melinda May posed this question to Maria Hill in the control room, she didn't get a satisfactory answer.

It’s still Nick Fury, damn Nick Fury.

No one knows whether he gave the lighthouse base as a bargaining chip when he made the deal with the devil.

Maybe there is, maybe there isn't, no one knows. But this information is irrelevant now, because the enemy is slowly tightening the noose, methodically admiring the beautiful process of S.H.I.E.L.D. gradually dying. Astonishing battle damage ratio, unless they use anti-tank weapons or 20mm caliber cannons, they will not be able to suffer unacceptable damage to the enemy. Those lasers can penetrate the best individual protection, but the small weapons they use cannot Enemies are injured, weapons that SHIELD doesn't understand how to operate are even enemies that can cross any room to get to them. Their communications were eavesdropped and tampered with, and a large number of false orders were passed to each armed squad leader, causing everyone to run around like headless flies, and finally found themselves under the enemy's gunfire. After the control room issued an order to keep the radio silent, even battle communication became difficult. The enemy's radio interference would even affect the communication between the two teams.

SHIELD was not defeated by Hydra, but died at the hands of former SHIELD agents.

Victoria Hand. Melinda May was full of resentment towards this former colleague. According to Maria Hill's description, this former senior director of S.H.I.E.L.D. was now one of the Emperor's intelligence chiefs. Melinda May did not dare to She must have leaked the information about the lighthouse base, but she always believed that it had something to do with Victoria Hand.

"Don't speculate on the psychology of someone who has risen from the dead." Maria Hill warned. "She is no longer the Victoria Hand you knew. Her blood was forced to flow, and her brain was in the middle." The continued paranormal activity after the bombing indicates that the real Victoria Hand is dead."

"Then where did you see this information, colleague?"

"In the intelligence department of the Adeptus Praetorians."

Maria Hill wasn't offended by Melinda May's eccentricity, as anyone would be in a situation like this. What's more, even if they are all agents of SHIELD, it does not mean that they have the same position. The reason why Melinda May was recruited to SHIELD was not because of the so-called diversity movement, but because Melinda May's family was She is an immigrant from Hong Kong, and her political review has been certified by the Pentagon and the Security Council at that time. She is the one who least resists the declaration when SHIELD was established and its subsequent heavy reliance on the Pentagon. She has always believed that SHIELD represents justice, but as a representative in Congress, Maria Hill has doubts.

"All officials' medical examination information is strictly confidential, but Victoria Hand's medical examination information has a higher level of confidentiality than all others. I only used other people's permission to briefly glimpse some information, and the time at the time did not allow me to continue Look down. Victoria Hand is dead. She died at the hands of Grant Ward. There is no trace of Victoria Hand left in this world except the harshness of her past."

"This is not comforting news."

Melinda May muttered and turned her gaze to the dozens of monitor screens in the control room.

The figure of Alphonso Mackenzie's team did not appear on the screen, but was displayed in the form of dots and a map in the corner of a surveillance screen. Since the enemy has probably invaded SHIELD's network security department and obtained the deployment information of all armed teams, Melinda May does not intend to show the complete surveillance footage of Alfonso McKenzie's team, but Treat it as dispensable information on the sidelines of the battlefield, lest the enemy notice the control room's intense focus on this squad.

It takes at least thirty seconds for the tarmac dome to fully open, but if only five Quinjets need to take off, then ten seconds is enough to open a fully accessible passage.

"Start controlling the power supply in the enemy-occupied area." Melinda May gave the order. "It doesn't need to be complete control. We just need to make the enemy feel that we are taking back control of the generator set. There are also blast doors in the enemy-occupied area. , making frequent switch attempts, forcing them to focus on those explosion-proof doors." Then, she gave instructions to the motor unit on the other side, "Turn on the power supply in the enemy-occupied areas, and all the undamaged explosion-proof doors in the enemy-occupied areas Close them all. One minute after the plan starts, open the dome, completely open, don't close."

Maria Hill nodded. Melinda May ordered the power to be turned off immediately after opening the blast doors in most enemy-occupied areas. She still didn't understand. Now the First Secret Regiment will definitely try blasting in order to ensure the safety of the evacuation route. This is equivalent to actively moving the time it takes the enemy to break into the defensive area to the back and using it at the critical moment.

"Fly." Melinda May held up the walkie-talkie and issued a command to all channels, "Fly, little dove."

Eight in the morning