"Hey Jack, did you hear the storm warning?"
"Ha, if I hadn't heard you, I'd be in the patrol and maintenance room by now."
Johnny the Black Bear and his friend Jack are both from hSd.
The two were in the same class and shared the same dormitory.
Today was supposed to be their evening patrol day, although they only get to do it about once a month, which means their sleep time will be significantly reduced.
However, the base suddenly issued a storm warning today.
That's great, I can just go back to the soldiers' barracks and get a good night's sleep.
Of course, some soldiers were unhappy about the sudden storm.
Although the Kadena Air Base leadership had long ago stipulated that M Army soldiers were not allowed to leave the base between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m.
But it was only a little before 10 a.m., and many of the U.S. soldiers who had been ordered to return early were unhappy.
Across the street from M's Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, lies a cluster of commercial buildings.
That's right, it's not some empty military quarantine zone, nor is it a place under martial law.
It is a commercial complex that truly integrates leisure and entertainment.
There are shopping malls, restaurants, gyms, bars, and everything else you could want there.
Because most of the visitors are from the US, it is jokingly referred to as the US village by the locals.
Besides their daily training, many soldiers at the base spend their days having fun at this so-called "M Country Village".
Many M soldiers even found their other halves here and rented houses nearby.
Therefore, the bases of the United States in Japan are not as impressive or mysterious as they seem.
...
While the M-army soldiers outside were gradually returning to their barracks or officers' quarters.
The strong winds from the sea can already be clearly felt at the base.
Inside the naval port outside the base, all naval warships have been inspected and anchored, and personnel have been largely evacuated.
Soon after, a storm came at sea.
This storm came faster than any other time.
The strong wind made the base gate and some of the movable isolation panels on the facilities rattle loudly.
Several metal cans, seemingly out of nowhere, flew from the horizon and smashed into an automatic searchlight.
It caused a crisp cracking sound.
The dark rain clouds hung extremely low.
Visibility in the surrounding area had dropped to its lowest point, with only a few lights shining from the buildings.
The storm, mixed with raindrops, poured down on the base like ink splashed on a canvas.
At the base's monitoring center, looking at the surveillance videos with virtually no visibility, the staff on duty said they wanted to skip the meeting.
The rumbling thunder grew closer and closer.
With a "click".
A loud "bang" sound.
A lightning bolt struck another searchlight at the base, rendering the lightning rod located dozens of meters away useless.
Even in the soldiers' and officers' quarters, which are in excellent soundproof condition.
The M soldiers inside could still hear the sounds coming from outside from time to time.
Some people were also looking out the window at the raging storm.
I wondered which side of the glass had been smashed this time.
...
High in the air, Wu You, who shared vision with Ao Guang, looked down at the US military base, thanks to his exceptional eyesight and perception.
That's about it.
Ao Guang let out a soft dragon roar, accompanied by thunder.
Several bolts of lightning simultaneously struck the remaining searchlights and some exposed equipment wiring on the base.
Immediately afterwards, Ao Guang rushed down.
Using their sense of smell, they quickly identified which warehouse contained weapons.
...
The Azure Dragon's body was hidden inside a massive tornado.
With a series of loud "bangs," the roofs of two warehouses in a row of buildings were swept away by the dragon's tail.
The entire base felt the noise.
...
Base monitoring center.
"Damn it, check the surveillance footage, where did things go wrong?"
"Oh no, it's an armory! My God, they even store airborne ammunition there!"
Because the roof was gone, a white light shone through the already blurry indoor surveillance camera, reflecting glistening raindrops—the light from lightning strikes nearby.
"Fuck! What's wrong with the base's lightning protection system?!"
"Quickly notify all personnel in the surrounding buildings to evacuate to underground bunkers!"
...
Inside the soldiers' dormitory.
"Beep~ Beep~ Beep~"
"All personnel evacuate immediately! All personnel evacuate immediately! Enter the nearest underground shelter! This is not a drill! This is not a drill!"
"Beep~ Beep~ Beep~"
"All personnel evacuate immediately! All personnel evacuate immediately! Enter the nearest underground shelter! This is not a drill! This is not a drill!"
...
"Oh damn it, Johnny, wake up, get out of here!"
Jack ran to the black man's bedside and shook him awake.
"Huh?? Jack? What's wrong?"
Johnny seemed a little confused.
Jack pulled him right out of bed and threw him the military uniform.
"Get to the underground bunker quickly, the roof of the armory next to us has been ripped off by the storm."
"Huh!? Then just move the weapons, right?"
"Idiot, it's a gale outside with winds of force 11 or higher, and there's lightning everywhere around the armory. Are we waiting for it to explode? Let's get out of here."
With a deafening roar, flames shot into the sky.
The U.S. soldiers running down the corridor suddenly lost their footing, and all the glass windows in the corridor shattered with a "bang".
The wind and rain outside rushed into the room.
Many soldiers instinctively lay down during the explosion, thus avoiding being cut by glass.
An officer stood up and shouted.
"Quickly, get up, get to the underground air-raid shelter."
I prayed in my heart that there would be no second explosion.
...
Ao Guang was already carrying more than a dozen large boxes high in the air. Wu You didn't know what was inside, nor was it convenient for him to take a closer look.
Of course, he didn't touch the things on those missile racks.
As for the small-scale explosion at the arms depot just now...
Wu You stated that both he and Ao Guang were innocent, and perhaps the base's lightning protection system was truly inadequate.
...
Carrying more than a dozen large boxes, Ao Guang plunged into the sea dozens of miles away.
A water-repellent film also appeared around the box.
Controlling the wind is never as effortless or concealed as being in the water.
As Ao Guang left, the intensity of the storm gradually weakened until more than two hours later.
The lightning finally stopped, and the wind and rain had subsided to a level where US soldiers could go outside.
During this time, another minor explosion occurred at the armory.
The earthquake caused several walls of the warehouse to collapse.
Fortunately, high-powered weapons similar to missiles were not affected by the blast wave and did not explode.
...
Later that day, news of another ammunition depot explosion at a US military base in Japan filled the world's online and news media.
Some security risks at the M military base have also been exposed.
Some Japanese citizens even mocked the US military's official explanation of the lightning rod issue.
Why is the commercial area across the street unaffected?
They argued that if even facilities like lightning rods could have major problems, then why should they trust the reliability of the M-day security regulations?
The infamous "lightning avoidance incident" began to circulate online as a result.
The general at the base was so enraged that he lashed out at the logistics department.
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