Time: December 28, 2007.
Note: All specific figures have been collected and organized by Cortana, are accurate, and units have been simplified to ten-thousands.
City: Manhattan.
Original Total Population: 201.2
Current Total Population: 135.6
Deaths: 62.3
Infected: 3.3
Thirty thousand remaining infected gathered simultaneously within a five-hundred-meter radius of the red fog zone before sunrise this morning for unknown reasons.
The joint force of the Marine Corps and Umbrella, for safety reasons, did not penetrate deep into the red fog zone to conduct a siege.
Vaccination Status: All surviving citizens and troops have been vaccinated.
Upcoming Plan:
14:00.
The joint force of the Marine Corps and Umbrella will escort armored vehicles equipped with steam-powered sprayers and deploy them at various street corners in Manhattan.
Comprehensive disinfection of ground streets, underground systems, and air will be carried out to ensure no infection cases reappear after Manhattan is unsealed.
14:30.
To prevent Elizabeth Green from learning that humans possess the capability for comprehensive disinfection, saturation bombing of the red fog zone will be implemented at the same time the armored vehicles finish deployment and start releasing disinfectant.
14:35.
Dispatch Containment Troops equipped with bio-armor, herundin, and Gauss firearms to perform aerial jumps into the red fog zone and attempt to contain Elizabeth Green.
During this time, four elite UBCS companies, including Omega, will break in from the ground to eliminate remaining infected, providing a good internal combat environment for the Containment Troops.
The bombing description is conducted between the Command Center at the Long Island fortress, the ■■ Major commanding the bombing squadron, and the two-man USS team observing the live situation on the ground.
After obtaining permission from the top brass of the US Government, Umbrella transferred 12 B-65 Dagger bombers, making their first appearance, from Troy Base, carrying a sufficient quantity of GBU-100 cluster bombs and six GBU-43/B large air-burst bombs.
Time: 14:29
Location: The Empire State Building, 900 meters away from the Red Fog Zone Central Square Hotel.
The two-man USS team, having activated their Optical Camouflage, were half-squatting and lying on the high-rise platform of the building, observing the red fog 'before their eyes'.
The red fog centered on the Square Hotel, with a radius of five hundred meters, forming a perfect semicircle.
This meant that no building in the area could escape being swallowed by the red fog; even the Empire State Building where the two were located, including the spire, barely reached four hundred and forty meters.
It is no exaggeration to use 'before their eyes' as a metaphor.
The half-squatting USS took out enhanced binoculars capable of slowing down the fog's shielding and interference, looked toward the Square Hotel, and opened the communication channel, saying in a low voice:
'Command Center, this is the Observation Team. We can vaguely see the creatures named 'Hunter' by the boss are breaking out of their cocoons one after another.
Those remaining infected seem to have gathered in the red fog zone to protect them. Requesting the bombing squadron to execute the bombing procedure immediately.'
Command Center: 'Received. Major, what is your situation?'
■■ Major: 'About to reach the optimal bombing airspace. Requesting permission to drop.'
Command Center: 'Permission to drop granted. Please make sure to be accurate. Over.'
■■ Major: 'Received.'
Seconds later.
■■ Major: 'All'Stone Eyes (GBU-100)' have been dropped.
Next is 'Mother Mary (GBU-43/B)' dropping... Drop complete. Preparing to return to Troy. Over.'
Command Center: 'Received. Thanks for your delivery service.'
Hearing the conversation on the comms, the USS who was originally half-squatting sensed something was wrong, immediately changed posture to lie on the ground, left hand gripping the edge railing tightly, right hand holding the binoculars to continue observing.
'Woo—~~'
The two USS could clearly hear the howling of the bombs descending rapidly.
'Bang—!'
In an instant, nearly a hundred cluster bombs exploded simultaneously at the designated altitude, scattering countless'sub-munitions' downward.
'!' (xN)
Continuous explosions came from the red fog zone.
'Awoo—!'
Interspersed with the wails of large beasts.
This state didn't last long before the two USS saw six huge, free-falling 'Mother Mary's charge into the five-hundred-meter-high red fog.
They first saw an extremely blinding flare, then a rapidly rising mushroom cloud.
And...
'Boom—!'
The deafening sound of an explosion.
'Whoosh—!'
The subsequent Impact caused the two USS's Optical Camouflage suits to fail.
The violent force even knocked the binoculars from their right hands, and the firearms hanging on their bodies also 'danced with the waves'.
Fortunately, the USS who was half-squatting just now made the right choice, otherwise he might have become the first case in Umbrella's history to be killed by friendly fire.
The GBU-43/B's nickname in the U.S. military is 'Mother of All Bombs', and here at Umbrella, the Soldiers gave it a nicer name, 'Mother Mary'.
Sub-nuclear weapon is the more professional name for the GBU-43/B, referring to bombs whose lethality and destructive power are second only to nuclear bombs.
The standard price per unit is 16 million U.S. dollars.
To save trouble, Umbrella bought fourteen of them directly from the United States.
Of course, the United States raised the price further with 'transfer fees','shipping fees', etc.
Including the nearly one hundred GBU-100s, William had splashed out nearly 500 million U.S. dollars in that one-time bombing.
However...
This is much better than Soldiers facing Hunters that can tear through tank armor.
There are health bars in games, but there are no such things in reality.
Even UBCS equipped with bio-armor couldn't withstand a few swipes from a Hunter, let alone the unprepared Marine Corps.
Moreover, each 'Mother Mary' has 11 tons of TNT equivalent.
Six of them...
Even Elizabeth Green hiding underground would be blown half-dead, and it might even directly stun her, which is absolutely helpful for the containment operation.
So in the eyes of William, this boss who is not short of money, these 500 million were damn well worth it.
He wouldn't naively get into a classic, protracted battle with Elizabeth Green where you kick me and I return a punch, which might eventually lead to the death of several Alpha or Spartan members, resulting in a difficult victory.
Safety comes first.
'Whoosh~'
The Impact came quickly and went quickly.
One USS stood up staggeringly, hands on the railing, shaking his head violently.
Then, the Communications Officer's slightly worried inquiry came through the headset: 'Observation Team, are you okay? Please report the situation.'
'This is... uh... Observation Team. Confirming the situation, please wait...'
This USS was still a bit dazed, but didn't forget his duty. He turned on the long-range vision system built into his visor, looked at the area below, and reported:
'Command Center... The smoke and red fog generated by the mushroom cloud have been dispersed...
Wait, not dispersed! The smoke mixed with red fog is retracting at a very fast speed. This may be caused by the anomaly codenamed Green.
But this action of hers also expanded my visual range...
Confirmed that a large area of buildings in the original red fog zone has been destroyed. It is estimated that the infected and the 'Hunter' giant creatures have been annihilated.
Comprehensive disinfection plan can be implemented. Also, remind the UBCS companies and the Containment Troops who are about to air-drop to pay attention to the remaining enemies in the ruins.'
'Command Center received.'
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