Umbrella, The Light of Humanity

Inside the bridge of the Whidbey Island-class amphibious assault ship.

The field of vision here is wide, and you can overlook Rockford Island directly in front of you. The Umbrella sailors in black uniforms are operating the ship with a displacement of 16,000 tons in an orderly manner.

Unknown ship, please register immediately! Otherwise, we will take coercive measures!

At this time, angry questions and warnings came from the radio on the public channel. No need to guess, we also knew that the warning came from Rockford Island.

This Whidbey Island-class ship is made by the U.S. Navy, so it was not expelled from Rockford Island during normal navigation. After all, it is impossible for Ashford to provoke the U.S. military for no reason.

However, when the Whidbey Island class suddenly changed its course and aimed at Rockford Island, Ashford, who was suffering from mental illness and a bit of a second child, couldn't sit still, and was ready to attack after a warning.

The crew in charge of radio and other communication equipment turned their heads to look at 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, who was wearing a white golf cap, white polo shirt, black slacks, and light gray sneakers, sitting where the captain should sit.

On the other hand, with a white beard and a slightly chubby body, the old hairy captain stood in the center of the bridge, dispatching combat troops to immediately board the plane, board the boat, and command the ship's navigation and other matters.

Sui Bian’s uniforms and uniformed crew members and captains are incompatible. Rather than witnessing the complete fall of the Ashford family, it’s better to say that they came here for vacation, but...

There is one thing to say, the environment here is really good, the sea 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 is really uncomfortable, so Sui Bian wanted to change his dressing style.

When will the attack formation arrive? Sui Bian did not rush to give instructions to the correspondent, but asked back.

Sir, wait a moment... The crew turned around and operated, and after a while, they turned their heads again and reported:

The Porcupine 1 is expected to arrive at the best position in 30 seconds, and the vulture team is expected to arrive in the sky above our sea area in 3 minutes, and then 'clean up' the targets missed by the Porcupine.

Okay. Sui Bian nodded lightly after learning the latest news, and gave instructions to the correspondent: Don't ignore Rockford Island's warning.

Yes, sir. The crew who received the order sat down again, and directly 'blocked' the Rockford Island side.

Not long after the conversation ended.

Outside the bridge, at an altitude of about a thousand meters.

An off-white painted A-10 Thunderbolt II Jupiter attack aircraft happened to pass by the Whidbey Island-class amphibious assault ship where Sui Bian was located.

The painting of this A-10 still adopts the establishment of the U.S. Air Force. The wings on both sides are full of ground-to-ground missiles and bombs, and there are also two external fuel tanks that look like missiles.

in the cockpit.

Wearing a HUD helmet pilot, the moment he saw Rockford Island, the helmet marked several red dots, indicating that those were the first targets to be solved next.

Immediately, the pilot reported in a dull voice due to wearing a breathing mask: 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, and it's over.

Bo Handong (still the same crew member who talked with Sui Bian): Got it, approval to fire.

Pilot: Got it.

After getting 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 fiddled with the console with the left hand, and then used the thumb of the right hand to pop open the protective shell on the joystick, and the red button that was known to be the fire button appeared under the protective shell.

Immediately afterwards, the pilot pressed the red button with his right thumb.

Click! (x4)

Shua! (x4)

After pressing the button, the four missiles left the two wings of the A-10 one by one, and quickly ignited and flew forward.

The four missiles dragged the white tail flames formed by the condensation of the cold air, and after moving away from the A-10, they rushed towards the four targets locked by the pilot at a speed of Mach 1.2.

Soon, a violent explosion occurred on Rockford Island, and four small mushroom clouds rose slowly.

Boom—! Boom! The violent noise from the explosion followed.

At this moment, the A-10 the pilot was driving happened to quickly skip over Rockford Island.

Seeing this, the pilot held the control stick with both hands, let the A-10 fly forward for a certain distance, circled Rockford Island, and reported again:

The four Mavericks (AGM-65) have all hit their targets and are about to launch a suppressive attack on a small threat ground target.

Bo Handong: Got it.

End communication.

The pilot adjusted the flight angle of the A-10, and after aiming the nose at Rockford Island again, he pulled a button similar to the trigger of a gun with his right index finger.

Buzzing buzzing---~!

The unique sound of the 30mmGAU-8 Gatling cannon is accompanied by the movement of the pilot's right hand.

Just look at the fortifications, barracks, sentries on Rockford Island, the cages where all kinds of B.O.W.s were held, as well as the moving vehicles and soldiers were all bombarded into garbage by 30mm machine guns.

Click ~ click ~ (x4).

While strafing the ground with machine guns, the pilot seized the opportunity to drop four MK82 bombs based on experience.

Boom~! Boom!

Smoke from the 227kg explosion enveloped the barracks not far from the airport.

Within two minutes, the four AGM-65 Mavericks, four MK82 bombs, and 450 rounds of 30mm aerial bombs carried by the A-10 were all emptied.

Subsequently, the pilot controlled the A-10 to circle the smoke-filled Rockford Island for the last time, and adjusted the direction to return to the course:

Bo Handong, this is Porcupine No. 1. All the couriers have been delivered to the receiving location, and we are preparing to return to the African base. Over.

Bo Handong: Got it, thank you for your service, it's over.

After an A-10's ground licking attack, the defense facilities on Rockford Island were almost paralyzed, causing numerous casualties.

Air defense system?

Even if Alfred Ashifford secretly controlled Rockford Island, it was still an asset under Umbrella's command, so the Red Queen remotely shut down the air defense facilities on Rockford Island a few minutes ago.

Without air supremacy, when the A-10 appears in the sky, ground combat is basically useless.

Sui Bian didn't intend to distinguish which ones were loyal to the company's employees, researchers, security guards, and USS reservists on the island. After all, gunfire has no eyes, and it is impossible to tell which ones are loyal.

As for advance notice? He didn't like to do things that startled the snake, so he had to clear all the people on the island.

While the A-10 gradually disappeared from the field of vision, two AC-130s took the place of the A-10, preparing to assist the ground troops on the Pohan Winter to clean up Rockford Island.