92: When Longguo took action, all US satellites became blind!

The conversation with Minister Dong Changjun of Dragon Country ended on a sour note.

Savitz was filled with pent-up anger, looking at everyone in the command room, and shouted furiously:

"Where are the satellites? Why haven't they recovered yet? Are you all useless?!"

By now, the satellite imagery had been interrupted for more than the previous 10 minutes; it was almost an hour!

An officer weakly explained:

"Minister, the American military's attack this time was very sudden and fierce, using multiple methods. Not only did they use laser and blinding spray, electronic jamming, and microwave attacks, but also hacker intrusions... Some satellite communication-related components have been destroyed by high-power microwaves or high-intensity lasers, while some signals have been hijacked. To fully restore all usable military satellites, I'm afraid... it will take at least half a day."

This—

Savitz didn't know who to be angry at for a moment.

Claire advised, "Minister, don't be anxious."

"It seems Dragon Country has been planning this for a long time and is very well prepared. Our military satellites cannot be put into intelligence work for a while."

"I think we should let the non-military satellites fill in first."

"Although civilian satellites' reconnaissance capabilities are not as good as military satellites, it's broad daylight in Australia, and providing basic ground intelligence should be enough."

"Besides, Dragon Country is probably also wary of attacking civilian satellites; otherwise, if we expose this, Dragon Country will be condemned by international public opinion."

Savitz sighed, having no other choice.

However, the assistance that non-military satellites can provide, whether it's ground intelligence, navigation, or military communications, is definitely not as good as specialized military satellites.

In their helplessness, Savitz and Claire were also somewhat puzzled.

Attacking another country's satellites is something many countries want to do but dare not.

Dragon Country actually dared to be the first.

However, while they gained the upper hand through a sudden attack, it also means that the United States can retaliate later based on the principle of reciprocity.

Has Dragon Country already shown its hand? It seems they really value the Anti-War Army's visit this time.

And the reason for valuing it so much is definitely the allure of those B Series Bombers!

The two then made up their minds: they must shoot down all of the Anti-War Army's bombers and keep them on Australian soil!

More than ten minutes later, the high-altitude intelligence transmitted by non-military satellites finally linked into the command room.

Savitz and Claire quickly looked at the screen together.

After watching for a long time, they both let out a surprised sound.

Now, the entire MacDonnell Ranges was peaceful.

There was no sign of any troops moving out of the valley.

By this time, an hour had passed since the Anti-War Army's publicly announced visit time.

There was only one possibility then.

The visiting team had already left the mountain range area.

Estimating the Anti-War Army's visiting team's travel efficiency in his mind, Savitz ordered: "Quick, search the area north of the MacDonnell Ranges for the Anti-War Army's aircraft fleet!"

"Yes, Minister."

As a result, the aircraft fleet hadn't been found yet, but something else was found first.

Oh my, what a long convoy—

Savitz and Claire saw an astonishing scene through the high-altitude satellite view.

North of the MacDonnell Ranges, along the main route directly north on the map, an unprecedentedly long convoy was stretched out.

Upon closer inspection, this convoy consisted of tanks, armored vehicles, self-propelled artillery, anti-aircraft weapons, armed helicopters in the air, and other heavy armored units.

The infantry, meanwhile, rode in military vehicles, including military Hummers and motorized motorcycles, speeding along both sides of the armored units, their trajectory extending deep into the vast desert and Gobi areas.

Claire made an estimate, concluding: "The size of this entire force probably exceeds ten thousand troops; it must be the American military's main ground forces moving en masse."

This was also normal; after all, when a head of state visits, the security level must be raised to the extreme, so the Anti-War Army would certainly mobilize all its members.

Savitz: "I remember we also deployed a lot of ground troops there. I wonder what their situation is like?"

To deal with the Anti-War Army's visiting aircraft fleet, the U.S. Military's prepared methods included, but were not limited to, aerial interception by their own fighter formations and ground-to-air strikes using various guidance methods, such as deploying ground anti-aircraft units.

Savitz and Claire both hoped that the U.S. Military's forces could locate and intercept the Anti-War Army leader's visiting aircraft fleet, while also blocking this stretched-out and dispersed ground force of the Anti-War Army.

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Central Australia.

An endless desert.

Qin Feng, the commander of the Anti-War Army's Armored Independent Regiment, was cautiously observing the external situation through the information screen in his command vehicle, moving forward with the main force.

Speaking of which, the Independent Regiment was no longer the Anti-War Army's only armored unit.

After all, after obtaining that batch of abandoned heavy equipment from the U.S. Military, almost the entire Anti-War Army was no longer lacking in heavy armor.

But the fully staffed Independent Regiment remained the Anti-War Army's most important armored force.

At this moment, an armed helicopter patrolling in the air to the front-left transmitted urgent intelligence:

"Five kilometers ahead of the People's Army, at the 11 o'clock direction, behind a pile of protruding rocks, an American military firepower point has been discovered, suspected to be a machine gun position. My unit will proceed to clear it and requests approval for the action."

Qin Feng: "Action approved."

In the simulated image, the armed helicopter changed its course and flew towards the desert location 5 kilometers away.

5 kilometers was nothing for an armed helicopter.

It quickly approached.

That American military firepower point knew it had been discovered and opened fire first, machine gun bullets forming a string in mid-air under tracer rounds.

However, the armed helicopter was looking down from above, and its belly-mounted cannon also opened fire.

The large-caliber cannon fired continuously at the rock cover.

Soon, the area went silent, and the entire rock cover was shattered, with some weeds burning up.

Then, next to the fallen machine gun stand, there were two charred American military corpses.

The armed helicopter reported: "Mission completed, American military firepower point destroyed, two American military personnel annihilated... Ah, my aircraft is radar-locked, my aircraft is radar-locked, taking emergency evasion—"

In the communication channel, the armed helicopter's missile warning system blared violently.

It was clearly locked by a missile from somewhere.

In the image, with a bang, the side of the armed helicopter's cockpit vibrated violently, and then the entire cockpit was instantly engulfed by flames and explosive debris, and communication ceased.

This clearly meant the side of the aircraft was hit head-on by an anti-aircraft missile, without even a chance to evade.

And as expected, this was a trap set by the American military.

The machine gun position was in the open, while the missile launch point was in a nearby area. When the armed helicopter was attacking the machine gun position head-on, the American military's missile launch point would launch a ground-to-air missile surprise attack on the helicopter from the side.