Chapter 486 Fuel Depot Explosion
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Seeing this, Blake's eyes flashed with panic, and the rhythm of his flamethrowers became a little chaotic. Chang Yin seized the opportunity and pounced on Blake. The two rolled and wrestled on the ground, and Blake accidentally dropped the flamethrower.
Chang Yin seized the opportunity and slammed Blake's head against the fuel barrel. Blake struggled to fight back, but Chang Yin strangled his neck with his arms and pressed his knee against his back.
After Tang Shengkai dispatched his two men, he immediately rushed over to help. With their combined strength, Blake's movements gradually slowed. Just as Blake was about to lose consciousness, hurried footsteps suddenly rang out in the distance—American reinforcements arriving?
Chang Yin and Tang Shengkai exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with determination. Blake had just fired several blasts of fire here, and the temperature was extremely high. Any excessive movement would likely exacerbate the air compression. Neither of them wanted to take any chances.
But they knew they had to completely eliminate Blake before the US patrol arrived, otherwise all their efforts would be in vain. The two men gritted their teeth and increased their strength, and finally, Blake collapsed to the ground, breathless.
At this moment, the footsteps outside the warehouse were getting closer and closer. Chang Yin and Tang Shengkai didn't even have time to catch their breath and quickly ran towards the side door of the warehouse. The surrounding area was extremely dangerous at this time. They also had to find Lao Fei's whereabouts and absolutely could not die like this now.
The two men were so fast they practically left an afterimage. Even when they encountered patrolling American soldiers, they felt nothing more than a gust of wind passing by. It didn't make sense, but it happened right next to them.
The patrolling American soldiers simply frowned, unsure of the cause. Chang Yin and Tang Shengkai both used a bit of their spiritual energy to run. They had a feeling the fuel depot would explode. Given the size of the depot, the only safe area was the seaside power cables. Since they couldn't reach the control center, they could only run towards the seaside power cables.
As expected, just as they were about to reach the path Chang Yin had explored, a massive explosion erupted from US Base No. 5 behind them. Their chests heaving violently, they exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with the joy of having survived.
Meanwhile, Tang Yue and Zhang Ming had already safely arrived three miles outside Base 5 on Zhang Ming's motorcycle. Zhang Ming was about to continue forward when Tang Yue suddenly had a bad feeling. She immediately grabbed Zhang Ming's sleeve and said, "Go back, quickly!"
At the same time, his consciousness had already been released. Although Zhang Ming didn't understand why Captain Xiao Tang suddenly issued this order, he obeyed. He immediately turned the car around and drove back frantically.
Tang Yue's consciousness just arrived at the fuel warehouse, which was about 1,000 square meters in size. A team of patrolling soldiers kicked open the door of the warehouse and rushed in. For some reason, there was a loud "bang". Tang Yue and Zhang Ming were already 2.5 kilometers away from here, but their eardrums were still deafened by the shock.
Tang Yue was lucky enough to shield her five senses the moment she saw the soldiers rush in, but the damage was still there. Zhang Ming's motorcycle was immediately deflected, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.
Tang Yue was just about to stand up from the truck bed to grab the handlebars when Zhang Ming had already adjusted his direction and continued to accelerate forward. He could no longer hear anything, but he knew the explosion behind him was definitely no small matter. Perhaps the shock to his eardrums was just the beginning.
Seeing that Zhang Ming was still able to control the direction, Tang Yue immediately put a protective shield over the two of them, her eyes showing worry. She wondered if her father and the battalion commander had caused this noise.
The explosion snapped her out of consciousness. It was too dangerous, and Tang Yue didn't want to take any chances. She needed to conserve her strength and wait for rescue. The fuel depot explosion would surely cause a heat wave. They should be safe soon.
Sure enough, they were far enough away, and Zhang Ming had already used up all his strength to escape. Although the ground was shaking just now, it did not affect Zhang Ming's driving skills at all.
The explosion happened in an instant. Chang Yin and Tang Shengkai ran to the beach. Chang Yin had a hunch and immediately shouted to Tang Shengkai, "Cover your ears and jump into the sea."
Tang Shengkai did as he was told without hesitation. As the two of them entered the sea, a violent explosion was heard, sending huge waves billowing up from the sea.
Chang Yin and Tang Shengkai quickly swam a distance deeper into the seabed. They both knew that although they were about two kilometers from the fuel depot, the temperature after the fuel explosion was a major obstacle. They had to swim deeper.
The earth-shattering explosion, like thunder, instantly ripped through the night sky above Base 5. The fuel depot was engulfed in flames, the 1,000 square meter space warping and deforming in the blazing flames. Tons of fuel barrels exploded one after another like giant firecrackers.
The pillar of fire shot up into the sky, illuminating the area for miles as bright as day. The scorching air waves, centered on the warehouse, spread wildly in all directions like a raging tsunami.
The alarms in the control center sounded faint and piercing amidst the roar of the explosion. The violent tremors shook the entire building violently, rubble falling from the ceiling. Equipment screens flashed an eerie red light, and dazzling sparks erupted from various circuits.
The American soldiers in charge of monitoring were in a panic. Some were hit by falling instruments, and the blood instantly dyed the operating table red; some fell in the chaos and were stepped on by their companions who were fleeing in panic, and let out painful wails.
All communication equipment failed under the impact of the air wave, the originally sophisticated instruments turned into a pile of scrap metal, and the main control center fell into chaos and darkness.
The scene in the base's dormitory area was even more horrific. It was closer to the warehouse than the control center.
The air wave was like a giant beast out of control, blowing the entire roof off and throwing it into the sky. The window glass instantly exploded into millions of sharp fragments, piercing through the soldiers' bodies at the speed of bullets.
Most of the soldiers who were soundly sleeping had their internal organs shattered by the blast, with large amounts of blood gushing out of their mouths and noses, and died silently; some were buried by the collapsed walls, with only one arm still exposed in a struggling posture;
The soldiers who managed to escape had their clothes torn by the air waves and flames, leaving only charred strips of cloth, and large areas of their skin peeled off, revealing bright red flesh. They rolled on the ground screaming, trying in vain to beat out the flames on their bodies, but could only watch their flesh sizzling in the high temperature.
On the runway, several fighter planes were overturned like toys by the impact of the air waves. Their fuel tanks ruptured, and fuel poured out, instantly igniting and forming a wall of fire tens of meters high.
Fuel tanks on the tarmac exploded one after another, sending orange-red mushroom clouds rising and falling. Firefighting equipment was ripped to shreds in the explosions, and the desperate cries of American commanders seemed insignificant amid the chaos and roar.
Many soldiers had their internal organs displaced by the shock wave generated by the explosion, and they collapsed to the ground spitting blood. Others were pierced through the body by metal fragments swept up by the air wave while running, and were nailed to the wall, becoming twisted bloody men.
Outside the base, the thick barbed wire fence was twisted and torn like paper by the air waves. The soldiers on guard post were either directly killed by the shock, with black blood oozing from their mouths and noses, or thrown high into the sky by the air waves and then fell heavily, with their bones broken and their flesh and blood blurred.
The originally strict defense system completely collapsed at the moment of the explosion, leaving only devastation and corpses lying all over the place.
The underground area was filled with a dead silence and despair. The violent tremors caused by the explosions caused the tunnels to collapse one after another, and a large amount of mud and rocks instantly buried the soldiers who were carrying out their mission.
The trapped soldiers screamed in terror in the darkness. Some were shocked by the blast and bled profusely, with blood oozing from their ears. Some were crushed by the collapsing rubble and gradually lost consciousness from suffocation and severe pain.
Even if some people were temporarily unharmed, their eardrums ruptured and they became temporarily deaf due to the loud noise of the explosion. They could only wave their arms helplessly in the dark, desperately waiting for rescue, not knowing that they had already become victims of this catastrophe.
The entire Base No. 5 was reduced to a hell on earth in the aftermath of the explosion. Amidst the broken walls and ruins, there were the wails of dying soldiers, charred corpses, and land soaked in blood.
Tang Yue and Zhang Ming were already standing in a safe area. Zhang Ming's ears were still ringing, but he didn't care at all. He was still laughing, "Captain Tang, could this be the work of the battalion commander and his men?"
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