Chapter 578 - 571 The Unbearable Burden
Murphy’s hands were already bound behind his back.
Thompson hurried into a car, glancing around. Many, many soldiers were taking up advantageous positions since the enemy would strike from the air, the defense formation that was heavy on the outside and light on the inside had to be changed. Without knowing where exactly the enemy would land, key positions had to be defended by more people.
The Solar System Company had no air power at all throughout the entire war, so the Sanitation Workers had few anti-aircraft weapons. The anti-aircraft missiles that should have been placed in critical areas, along with the anti-aircraft artillery positions, were all missing.
Even portable surface-to-air missiles were very scarce.
Weapons serve warfare, just as good warships will never drive on land, and tanks, however effective on the ground, won’t go to sea. By the same logic, if the enemy wouldn’t use planes, then naturally there would be no anti-aircraft weapons.
There were only a large number of rocket launchers, machine guns, and both light and heavy machine guns that could threaten helicopters, but how much of a threat they would pose was debatable.
But Thompson believed he would have the last laugh, for a simple reason: the Solar System Company’s helicopters couldn’t carry too many people over, and his command center—no, it was Thompson’s command center that he had to take over after Thompson’s desertion in the face of the enemy—was surrounded by a thousand-strong garrison.
No matter how he looked at it, Thompson felt certain of victory. Of course, the enemy’s first strike would be terrifying, and casualties would be heavy, but as long as he was safe, that was all that mattered.