The explosions merged together into one continuous wall of fire.
For several seconds, the drone feed became almost unreadable from the sheer scale of destruction.
Even inside the command center, several operators stared silently at the screen.
The highways south of Manila no longer looked like roads.
They looked like active warzones.
Entire sections burned from repeated artillery impacts while wrecked civilian vehicles littered every lane. Some had been thrown upside down by the HIMARS strikes. Others continued burning, their fuel tanks igniting secondary explosions inside the chaos below.
And still, the swarm kept moving.
Adrian kept his eyes fixed on the tactical display while fresh artillery trajectories updated across the map.
"How many rounds fired so far?" he asked.
One of the artillery officers checked quickly.
"Combined count, sir, over three hundred 155mm shells and approximately one hundred twenty HIMARS rockets expended."
Adrian nodded once.
