112: Chapter 112 Suspends Airstrikes on the Glass House Military Base

Hera Joint Military Base.

Lieutenant General Green was quite satisfied with the results of his airstrikes on Syria during this period. Although there were some losses, he had destroyed many of Syria's military bases and facilities.

This caused many places in Syria to once again succumb to a phobia of USA airstrikes, trembling in fear whenever USA fighter jets appeared in their skies.

Lieutenant General Green decided to expand the scope of the airstrikes, including the Glass House military bases in Syria in his targets. In particular, the military bases in the north-central region of Syria were the primary targets for the airstrikes.

The airstrike he selected this time was on the Glass House military base in Sukhna.

The USA had previously supported some extremist organizations in Sukhna, which were later wiped out by Syria, but the USA still had many personnel remaining in the area who were willing to work for them.

According to reports from personnel on the ground, the Glass House had deployed very few troops to the Sukhna military base—less than a company—and they were equipped with very little heavy weaponry, making their combat effectiveness weak.

Lieutenant General Green ordered the airstrike on the Sukhna military base to commence. It was best to pick the softest persimmon first; he would destroy it while the Glass House hadn't yet deployed more heavy weaponry.

A Reaper drone took off from Hera Joint Military Base. Soon, various intelligence reports from the Sukhna military base were being transmitted back continuously.

As a military base garrisoned by only a single company, it naturally wouldn't have any significant military facilities.

The Sukhna military base was merely a military observation post used by the Glass House, primarily to observe the situation of USA fighter jets sent to Syria, and it also handled some military communication liaison tasks.

The Reaper drone circled the Sukhna military base a few times, and it had basically figured out the situation inside. There were no visible anti-aircraft missile positions, and no heavy weaponry. Although quite a few soldiers appeared, their vigilance against the Reaper drone was low.

Lieutenant General Green looked at the intelligence handed to him by his subordinates, and three F-16 Fighter Jets took off from Hera Joint Military Base, heading straight for the Sukhna military base.

Soon, the F-16 Fighter Jets appeared over the Sukhna military base. The pilots opened the jets' weapon bays and began firing Maverick air-to-ground missiles at the targets below.

Several Maverick air-to-ground missiles raced toward their targets in succession, followed by violent explosions. Scenes of fire appeared in many parts of the Sukhna military base.

However, strangely enough, there weren't many soldiers seen running or calling for help throughout the military base.

This made the pilots feel very surprised. It was impossible that a few Maverick air-to-ground missiles had killed that many people.

Wasn't the entire military base garrisoned by a company? Yet the number of soldiers appearing in the military base did not exceed five. This was too eerie.

The pilot immediately flew closer to continue dropping aerial bombs, but before the pilot could begin the drop, an urgent alarm sound came through.

"Warning! Warning! Anti-aircraft missile detected approaching. This aircraft has been locked on. Evasive maneuvers immediately! Evasive maneuvers immediately!"

The pilot broke out in a cold sweat, quickly abandoning the idea of dropping aerial bombs, and immediately maneuvered the F-16 Fighter Jet to accelerate and climb, trying to shake off the anti-aircraft missile's pursuit.

Just when the pilot thought they could break free from the anti-aircraft missile's lock, the high-speed anti-aircraft missile already appeared in the pilot's field of vision.

The pilot frantically released various countermeasures, hoping to trigger the anti-aircraft missile and avoid it hitting the F-16 Fighter Jet.

But everything did not go as the pilot wished; the anti-aircraft missile quickly struck the F-16 Fighter Jet, exploding into a bright fireball.

The pilot had just pressed the ejection seat button and was not far from the F-16 Fighter Jet when they were engulfed by the fireball. Roasted alive like a suckling pig, they quickly lost consciousness, feeling no more pain, not knowing whether they had gone to hell or heaven.

The Sukhna military base was equipped with one set of Tianlei Type III Anti-Aircraft Missile and two sets of Tianlei Type II Anti-Aircraft Missile. After discovering the Reaper drone, they did not fire the anti-aircraft missiles immediately, just to lure the USA into sending fighter jets to conduct an airstrike.

The soldiers did not react to the Reaper drone, which also lowered the USA's vigilance toward the Sukhna military base.

After the Reaper drone finished circling, the Sukhna military base immediately evacuated most of the soldiers, leaving only a small number of soldiers behind to continue acting as bait.

Unexpectedly, the USA really sent three F-16 Fighter Jets to conduct an airstrike, which gave the Tianlei Series Anti-Aircraft Missile a chance to launch an attack on the F-16 Fighter Jets.

It was not just one F-16 Fighter Jet that was attacked by the anti-aircraft missiles; the other two F-16 Fighter Jets were also attacked by the anti-aircraft missiles. Although the pilots reacted in time and were not shot down, they were still baptized by the shockwave of the exploding Tianlei Type II Anti-Aircraft Missile.

The remaining two F-16 Fighter Jet pilots saw that the Sukhna military base actually had defensive capabilities and wanted to continue firing Maverick air-to-ground missiles to keep attacking, but they discovered that their F-16 Fighter Jets had all sustained varying degrees of damage and were unable to continue the engagement.

The pilots could only fly away from the Sukhna military base dejectedly and reported the latest situation to the Hera Joint Military Base.

When Lieutenant General Green heard that the Sukhna military base actually had anti-aircraft missiles and had shot down one F-16 Fighter Jet while damaging two others, his blood pressure suddenly skyrocketed.

He didn't expect that just by airstriking the first Glass House military base, he would suffer losses. The losses were so great that Lieutenant General Green's blood pressure could hardly handle it.

The Hera Joint Military Base didn't have many F-16 Fighter Jets to begin with; losing one in a single airstrike—how many airstrikes could they possibly support?!

Lieutenant General Green immediately ordered his subordinates to check why the Reaper drone had not discovered the Sukhna military base's anti-aircraft missile positions.

News came back quickly: because the anti-aircraft missile positions were relatively small and had been strictly concealed, it was only after careful comparison that traces of the anti-aircraft missile positions were found.

Lieutenant General Green sighed heavily and had to order the F-16 Fighter Jets to return, temporarily halting the airstrikes on the Sukhna military base and suspending the airstrike plans for all Glass House military bases.

Now, no one knew whether these military bases had anti-aircraft missiles. If they couldn't find a way to detect the anti-aircraft missile positions in time, they were very likely to continue being attacked by anti-aircraft missiles.

Lieutenant General Green dared not take such risks lightly again. It was safer to continue bombing Syria's military bases; that way, there would be results, and the losses could be controlled.

There was no need to stubbornly attack the Glass House military bases unless General Maitang sent more fighter jets to the Hera Joint Military Base; it wouldn't be too late to airstrike the Glass House military bases then.