The Plane War Begins from Wandering Earth

Chapter 197 196. Heading North

Just as the United Government was thinking about how to make Europe experience firsthand the "Kaijuur threat" created by the Pioneer civilization.

On October 2022, 10, another Kaiju emerged from an alien wormhole beneath the Mariana Trench.

Its appearance resembles a "fish head and a lizard body", with a thick carapace for protection on its head, fins on both sides of its body, and membranes connecting its limbs.

It can move quickly in water and walk on all fours on land.

The coalition government codenamed it "Scavenger".

The moment the "Scavenger" emerged from the wormhole, the United Government issued an alert to the Pacific Rim region.

A device located near the alien wormhole launched a tracker with positioning function towards the "Scavenger".

Then, based on the movement posture of the "Scavenger" and the direction in which it moves, the monitoring system issues a higher-level secondary alarm to areas that may become the landing target of the "Scavenger".

Alaska, North America.

After receiving the second alert, PPDC immediately arranged for emergency shelter for people in Alaska.

Especially those people living in relatively densely populated urban areas.

The shrill air raid sirens sounded across the state of Alaska.

The "Tango Wolf" mecha located at the Broken Dome Base in Anchorage, and the "Cherno Alpha" at the Vladivostok Base accepted the challenge.

The nearest Tango Wolf soon landed near the coast, ready to intercept the "scavenger" on its path.

However, the Tango Wolf pilots did not expect the battle to come so soon.

The "Scavenger" arrived near the coastline half an hour earlier than expected.

Tango Wolf's support was still on the way, so the drivers had no choice but to go forward to intercept them.

Previously, Tango Wolf suffered heavy damage in the "Breaking Wave" Kaiju attack in Hawaii.

Although the base staff managed to avoid the fate of being scrapped and dismantled thanks to their efforts, the Tango Wolf, which had only undergone routine repairs and maintenance, was not in a good condition.

The "scavenger" sailing at high speed in the sea water rushed onto the beach with undiminished momentum.

The Tango Wolf that intercepted here became its target of attack.

The "fish head" covered with thick biological cuticle makes the "scavenger" look extremely funny, even ugly.

But the tango wolf, as the attacked party, has no time to care about the opponent's appearance.

The remaining momentum of the "Scavenger" after it jumped out of the sea directly hit the Tango Wolf.

The mecha shell made of tungsten steel alloy was smashed by the "fish head" of the "scavenger", leaving a dent with a diameter of ten meters.

The violent shaking caused by the collision caused the alarm inside the Tango Wolf Mech to sound continuously.

The air pressure control is unbalanced, the outer armor is damaged, the hydraulic transmission shaft of the mecha's lower limbs is faulty, and the power system is down, waiting to be restarted and restored...

The two North American pilots were nervously sweating on their foreheads as they reported the current situation of the Tango Wolf to the headquarters.

Even though they are professionally trained and experienced pilots with many combat experiences with Kaiju.

But the current situation is far beyond their expectations.

The Tango Wolf, who had already been injured, was hit hard by the "Scavenger", revealing its true form.

The design flaws of the first-generation mecha in its power system and electronic drive deconstruction were infinitely magnified in this actual combat.

The Tango Wolf driver is anxiously waiting for the power system to restart.

On the other side, the "scavenger" who had just completed the "collision attack" shook his confused head.

Looking up, I saw the Tango Wolf Mech standing on the shore, still motionless.

"roar~"

Without hesitation, the "Scavenger" launched the attack again.

It wasn't long before the Tango Wolf was knocked to the ground by the scavenger.

The sharp claws slid along the gaps in the outer armor of the mecha, and with the help of the Kaiju's brute force, it easily performed the "shell-opening operation" on the Tango Wolf.

After the shell of the Tango Wolf was opened, the cockpit inside was revealed.

The two drivers stared in amazement at the street cleaner who was sticking his head out.

The next moment, the scavenger's slightly clumsy "fish head" stretched out a thick tongue with a strong fishy smell.

They swept into the already damaged cab.

Listening to the desperate screams of the Tango Wolf pilot in the communication device, Marshal Stek clenched his teeth, with veins on his forehead bulging with anger.

"Sir, the life signals of the two pilots have been lost..."

“What about Cherno Alpha?

How long will it take them to arrive?!"

"Due to meteorological reasons and sea storms, the Hercules heavy transport helicopter fleet that lifted the Cherno Alpha had to take a safer and longer route..." Marshal Stek could only accept it helplessly after hearing this.

After all, PPDC does not have the convenient and fast space pod service of the United Government.

Just as he was thinking this, the United Government issued an urgent notice, preparing to take over the cleanup task against the "scavengers".

According to the defense zone division, the Alaska region in North America should belong to the area where the giant mechas under Marshal Stek are stationed.

However, now that the coalition government has intervened, Marshal Steck did not feel offended, and even felt relieved.

As more and more mechas in the "Hunter Project" were damaged and injured, PPDC was no longer able to deal with the increasingly powerful Kaiju.

Since the coalition government is willing to take over, that would be great.

Not long after, four space pod ships belonging to the United Government appeared near the coast of Alaska.

A first-generation unmanned mecha "Octopusher".

A second-generation unmanned mecha "Giant Claw Crab".

As well as two third-generation mechas "Salamanders" that have never appeared in the public eye before.

As the third-generation mecha designed and developed by the United Government, the "Salamander" absorbed the experience and lessons of the "Octopus" in actual combat.

It has reached new heights in battlefield adaptability.

The appearance is designed like an amphibian reptile, similar to the "Scavenger".

It also has strong mobility underwater.

Four unmanned mechas quickly surrounded the "Scavenger".

The scavenger who was struggling with the wreckage of the Tango Wolf mech soon realized that the four drone mechs were a greater threat.

The "Scavenger" who had just turned around and roared, ready to intimidate others, was immediately hit head-on by four unmanned mechas.

Surrounded by four mechas, the "Scavenger" couldn't possibly cause any trouble.

And when it tries to break out towards the more densely populated Alaskan land cities, it will be attacked more fiercely by the four mechas.

On the contrary, if it moved away towards the sea surface, the four mechas would have no reaction.

After being beaten up several times, no matter how stupid the "Scavenger" was, he could realize that these four mechas were only there to prevent him from landing.

So he immediately changed direction and fled towards the sea.

The incident happened suddenly, and the coalition government claimed that it did not have time to prepare for the live broadcast of the strike mission against the "scavenger" Kaiju attack.

Marshal Steck did not doubt this excuse at all.

Like countless people in the Pacific Rim, he can only pray that the "scavenger" will be killed as soon as possible.

However, bad news still came.

According to the intelligence of the coalition government, the "scavengers" that appeared this time were particularly cunning and would not fight to the death like the previous Kaiju.

Besieged by four unmanned mechas, it actually chose to escape.

Relying on its extremely strong underwater navigation ability, the "Scavenger" successfully escaped from the encirclement of four mechas of the United Government.

And in the fierce battle, the locator inserted into the surface of the "Scavenger" disappeared.

Now the coalition government has lost control of the position of this Kaiju.

When the news came out, the entire Pacific Rim region was in an uproar.

Residents of major coastal cities began to spontaneously evacuate urban areas.

No one can guarantee whether the area where they live will become the next target of the "scavengers".

The United Government tried to appease the people in the Pacific Rim-controlled area by repeatedly assuring them that if the "Scavenger" appeared in the Pacific Rim region, it would be subjected to the most severe crackdown by the United Government.

On the other hand, the Kaiju defense department used the mechas deployed in the Pacific Rim region to hunt down and intercept the "Scavenger".

"The scavenger is expected to arrive at St. Lawrence Island in 13 minutes. Arrange two 'Giant Claws' to drive it back to the surface of the sea!"

"The Scavengers are preparing to break out to the southern sea area. The four 'Salamander' mechas will be in position as soon as possible to drive the Scavengers to the north!"

……

Just like that, after being beaten up by dozens of mechas in batches for nearly ten rounds, the Scavenger finally realized that the Pacific coast, including the Pacific Ocean, was his "forbidden zone of life."

So they had to head north, across the Bering Strait, towards the Arctic Ocean, and even further north.

There was no way, as there were four Salamander drone mechas chasing him closely.

If he dared to stop, he would be beaten brutally.

It was not until they left the Arctic Ocean and the sea water became warm again that the four unmanned mechas that had been following them like maggots finally disappeared.

(End of this chapter)