Awakening Chapter 209: Electricity

For any city, the power system is crucial. If a city experiences a wide range of power outages, there are a variety of unpredictable variables in the damage caused.

Nine years ago, the largest blackout in history occurred in the Northeast, eight Midwestern states, and Ontario, Canada. According to preliminary statistics, nearly 50 million people in major cities such as New York, Detroit, Cleveland, Ottawa, and Toronto in North America and their surrounding areas have been affected. Among them, the manufacturing, catering, retail North, and aviation industries are the most affected, and most economic activities are also affected. There was stagnation. Directly or indirectly caused economic losses of up to $ 30 billion.

Just tonight, major blackouts have occurred in major cities such as California, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, Washington, Philadelphia, and New York.

Although the big power outage was smaller than that of a few years ago, when these important American cities fell into darkness, some abnormal sounds were heard.

An hour after the power failure, residents of New York's Fifth Avenue were the first to hear gunfire. When they hadn't responded yet, a more unexpected explosion sounded.

Not only New York, but also residents of several other power outage cities have heard continuous gunfire and explosions.

In major streets, large stores are forcibly broken by heavy objects, bank tellers are smashed by gasping thugs, and shops selling gold jewelry are the favorite of greedy people. In order to smash the door of a store or shop, someone even drove directly.

No one knows why those people became this way. Only a few people who lived near a large mall or bank saw it vaguely, after a power outage. After a while, the mall and bank teller machine suddenly exploded violently without warning. After the explosion, the doors of the big mall were exploded, and the cash inside the bank teller machines burst like scattered leaves. Seeing the cash on the ground, and the large malls that can be easily entered and exited, many people became crazy.

They started madly robbing the viewers of the ground, or rushing into the mall to grab the valuable goods inside.

Not only that, as more and more large shopping malls, large stores, and bank teller machines are exploded, crazy emotions are spreading rapidly among the crowd like unknown viruses. Not only are pedestrians on the street, but even more and more ordinary citizens have run out of their homes. Join the snatch. When dissatisfied with the number of robbers, some men began to destroy other shops and stores that were not affected by the explosion.

Under the influence of her crazy mentality, more and more people are also participating in the destruction and plundering.

In the dark surroundings. All those who participated in the robbery had the illusion that no one knew who they were. The behavior has been concealed reasonably, so the dark side of humanity is superficially maximized here.

In the end, the greedy crowd is raging around the store like a thug.

Ordinary people are still like the north, and those gang members who are usually active in the dark are like fish. Someone even rammed the door of the arms store with a car and rushed in to get the guns and ammunition inside.

Men with guns in their hands began to perform alternative hijackings on ordinary people who looted, or simply opened the doors of other stores with guns or cars to carry out more efficient looting.

But it didn't take long. Countless police cars are gradually driving down various parts of the city.

The constant screaming of the siren scared the ordinary people who were looting the cash of commodities, and they immediately fled and escaped.

Be guided by the helicopter. Dozens of police cars successfully drove and surrounded hundreds of men with guns.

"You are surrounded, drop your arms and surrender immediately." A police officer shouted from a helicopter using a loudspeaker.

Looking at the crowded police cars flashing red lights in front, the men surrounded by them began to be scared. Although many of them are gang members or marginalized people, this does not mean that they are not afraid of death.

"I repeat, you have already been surrounded, and immediately drop your weapons and surrender, otherwise we will shoot." The warning sounded again from the helicopter.

Finally, someone started to lower their arms and raised their hands. Seeing this, others had to lay down their arms.

Seeing that more and more people put down their guns, the police around them finally relieved.

But just when everyone thought it was over. Ten objects, about the size of a fist, with pyrotechnics on the tail, quietly flew towards the helicopter in the air at a very fast speed.

"Boom, a loud noise. The helicopter suddenly caught fire in the air and exploded, and finally fell on the two police cars below, causing a stronger explosion.

The bombardment without warning left everyone in awe. Many policemen standing nearby were too late to respond. It was already thrown out by the shock wave of the explosion, and some people were killed on the spot by the flames and debris.

When everyone felt like they were having a nightmare, suddenly a few black semi-ellipsoidal objects flew over the police car from the group of gunmen.

A policeman who just got up from the ground turned pale when he saw a strange object falling in front of him.

"Boom, boom ..." Several consecutive huge explosions rang out in the dense police car.

The men with guns standing in front couldn't believe the police car that surrounded them was overturned or a chain explosion occurred, and many of those police officers were lifted into the air or blasted to death fly.

The exploding flames and hot air waves turned this place into a purgatory.

After the explosion, even more alarming changes occurred. Those police officers who were not affected by the explosion began to shoot at the men with guns in front.

Seeing that there were people shooting down next to him, other men instinctively fled or fired back.

No one realizes why this is the case. After the explosions, everyone lost their normal thinking. Everyone wants to destroy their enemies in order to survive. As the firepower between the two sides continued to increase, many men fired while looking for shelter, while the weaker policemen desperately sought support from headquarters.

Because the police are understaffed, plundering continues in many areas. The street fighting between the gunmen and the police has intensified, and more and more police have joined the ranks.

Gun sounds, explosions, can be heard everywhere. The whole city seemed like a dark battlefield. Everyone is crazy, the whole city is crazy.

Not only is this the case in other cities, but similar incidents of looting and crossfire have taken place in other cities where power outages have occurred.

Except for the strange strange glow of lights, fire and occasional flashes. The city is still dark, but not calm at all.

The battlefield is everywhere. The reporter who went to interview looked unbelievably at the scene like a war scene.

"Can you tell me. What exactly happened? Speak!" The colonel, who was exposed by the young muscles, smashed a thick pile of reports into the faces of the colonel, the clerk, and several other palace members. The faces of several officials were gray, and no one dared to speak.

Seeing this, the colonel was even more angry and was about to have an attack. Suddenly, the phone on his desk rang.

"Who? Sorry, I don't know it's you. I'm just scolding my subordinates, please forgive me for the tone I just spoke."

"I see, I will arrange the land as you instructed."

After closing. The colonel stared coldly at them, then said, "You all go out to me right away."

When they went out, the colonel immediately picked up the phone and dialed.

At around 2 am, the chaos in the city has not been alleviated in the slightest. Shots and explosions from time to time can still be heard everywhere. At this time, the police stations in the various districts no longer had any redundant staff, and all of them had participated in the crackdown. However, compared with the crowds involved in plunder and fire fighting, the police are still quite disadvantaged in terms of numbers, so they have been slow to control the situation. Coupled with the darkness surrounding it, it makes the control more difficult. The police did not dare to send helicopters to hover over the sky, because several helicopters had been hit by rockets flying from a corner of the street and crashed.

However, when a group of heavily armed soldiers wearing camouflage uniforms entered these cities in batches. The situation changed drastically immediately.

Under the powerful combined fire and trained offense, the number of gunmen who had a slight advantage over the fire immediately fled around. People who looted everywhere were also effectively deterred. Many people stood up and raised their hands to surrender when they were surrounded by soldiers wearing camouflage uniforms.

In Dover, not far from Philadelphia, there are dozens of miles of bays and nature reserves in the south. And here to the north of the reserve. There are ten military bases that are not conspicuous but have a large model.

A fifth of the soldiers dispatched to Philadelphia to suppress the riots came from this base. At Dover Air Force Base, which is less than 100 kilometers away from the military base, transporters are used to transport soldiers from other areas to help suppress them.

"How's the situation now?" In the basement one office of the military base, a lieutenant-general-level man sat in a chair and asked the young adjutant standing in front. The young deputy immediately replied: "The generals, just every reply to the captain of the third team, the central area of ​​Philadelphia and the urban area have been successfully controlled by us, and most of the looted people have been arrested by the local police.

"How is the situation with Major General White and Lieutenant General Hans?"

"Major White's army entered the first and second zones just five minutes ago and is undergoing repression, while Lieutenant General Hans's army is still on the transport plane and it is estimated that it will take fifteen minutes to arrive."

The Lieutenant General sneered, "I really don't know what the police are doing, but we need to use our army to help suppress it. How many people will be killed or wounded will not be our business."

The deputy said: "General, this riot happened strangely. Except for the riots that broke out in Los Angeles in 1992, the United States has never experienced such a serious riot."

Lieutenant General nodded, "Maybe this riot is more serious than the Luoshanji riot. I suspect this riot was caused by someone inciting behind it."

"Does the general think the terrorists did it?"

"It is likely to be the case. After all, the enemy in the United States is too great. But this is the work of the intelligence department. It has nothing to do with us. We just need to execute the order."

Seeing the tired look in Lieutenant General's eyes, the lieutenant didn't say any more, so he resigned from him. After all, all of them were awake by phone in the middle of the night.

After the deputy went out, the lieutenant could not bear the heavy drowsiness and went to the sofa beside him and lay down. Without knowing how long he slept, he was suddenly awakened by a loud knock on the door. After opening his eyes, he noticed that there was darkness around him.

"General, Matt." The lieutenant still yelled as he knocked on the door outside. The lieutenant fumbled towards the door in the dark. After opening the door, the deputy said with excitement, "General, our base was attacked"

"What did you say?" Lieutenant General couldn't believe his ears.

"General, our base was really attacked. The other side is a mysterious group of men in black. We don't know how they came in. They blew up our generators and backup power. Now there is a complete power outage inside the base. Status. "

The lieutenant calmed down and asked, "How many people are there in the other party?"

"I don't know. It is conservatively estimated to be over 300 people. Everyone has powerful weapons on their hands. The gates of Zones 3 and 2 were forcibly blasted by rocket launchers. From the smoothness of their actions, they I should also have a night vision device. "

"How many people are still in our base now?"

"Because most people have gone to Feicheng to suppress the riots, there are currently less than two hundred combatants in the base, and the rest are logistic personnel, about fifty. Those in black are now attacking in the basement."

The lieutenant was surprised, "Now immediately notify everyone to concentrate in the basement. Be sure to stay there. They must not be allowed to enter the third floor of the basement. In addition, immediately seek out of the base.

The vice palace said with a weeping face, "General, we ca n’t ask for help now, because those people have successfully occupied the communication room on the second floor and the arsenal on the first floor. I just tried to signal for help, but it was installed outside. Their signal transmitting devices have been destroyed by them, and there is no way to send signals. They obviously know our communication methods and the location of communication facilities. "

After hearing what he said, the lieutenant general trembled. If all this was true, they would be completely isolated. This was clearly a well-planned sneak attack.

After a while, the lieutenant said in a dark voice: "No matter what happens, we must guard the last floor of the underground and never let them enter there. Since communication facilities are not available, we must do everything Obvious explosion, this should be able to attract the attention of others. Okay, let's go. "After that, he walked out of the room with the lieutenant.