What is the best way to test the performance of a weapon?
Of course it is actual combat.
Paper data and actual combat performance are two completely different concepts. No matter how excellent your performance is on the shooting range, it is better to practice on the battlefield.
The Burning Corps, located at the forefront, soon received the first large-scale combat mission after Operation Warrior...
late at night.
Northern urban area of Xizhou City.
A group of looters carrying rifles were walking cautiously on the dark street, cautiously cruising on both sides of the street with flashlights in their hands.
From time to time, I would also take a photo of my head.
The attacks for many days have caused panic among the entire tribe.
The guerrilla group formed by local survivors was enough to give them a headache before, but now another group of uninvited guests have arrived in Xizhou City.
These people not only have sophisticated weapons, powerful firepower, and are well-trained, but also have extraordinary physical fitness. Many of them even show the characteristics of those who are clearly awakened.
These paratroopers shuttle through abandoned urban areas, disappearing like ghosts, looking for lone patrols to attack, or sneak attacks on fixed checkpoints, sentries, and gun towers.
Not only that, the tactics of these paratroopers are also quite cunning. Once they reach a stalemate, they immediately retreat without giving them any chance to catch up.
What is particularly troublesome for the looters is that the attacks did not occur in the same urban area, but may even occur in both the south and north of the city at the same time.
This caused a headache for predators who lacked radio equipment.
Since the communication equipment was insufficient for the ten-man team, they could only report the approximate location of the attack through flares.
And once multiple facilities are attacked at the same time, the sky will be filled with flares and sirens will be heard everywhere.
As for where there are more people, where there are fewer people, and what equipment the opponent has, these key information are not known at all. The hundred-man or even thousand-man teams responsible for the defense area are often in the dilemma of not knowing where to send reinforcements.
But this is not the biggest headache for the predators.
What's really terrible is that those elusive blue coats seem to be endless.
Occasionally, the raiders would kill one or two attackers, but they never saw the number of attackers decrease.
How many paratroopers are there in these blue jackets?!
Do they have that many aircraft to complete training?
This series of questions has become a curse that weighs on the minds of Jinya and other senior members of the Ya clan.
Even Uulun, who had boasted to Jinya before and vowed to dig out those gophers.
In the past week, he led his men to kill at least eleven New Alliance paratroopers, and once even wiped out a team of four.
But the strange thing is...
The person he killed three days ago was seen again today.
"...Are they twins?"
Moving the smoking muzzle away from the corpse, Wu Lun frowned and stared at the face on the ground. The more he looked at it, the more familiar it seemed.
Is it a clone?
It's not impossible.
After all, human cloning is not a rare thing these days.
However, it is not easy to train clones to be like normal people, let alone train them into well-trained soldiers.
Wu Lun noticed the vital signs monitor on the man's arm, reached out and took it off, and at the same time tapped his index finger twice on the right side of the exoskeleton helmet.
"Hack into the VM system."
A row of windows is projected onto the helmet's eyepiece.
【In progress……】
The blue jackets of the new alliance not only reset the system of the vital signs monitor, turning it into a wrist-mounted computer, but also redid the system in their own language.
but.
Hacking into a mere terminal was nothing to his combat-assisted AI that had a "level A hacking plug-in" installed.
Handing over the hacking operation to the AI, Wu Lun waited quietly for a few seconds.
However, at this time, two lines of pop-up windows popped up on the VM screen and the eyepiece of his helmet at the same time.
[Illegal access detected, DNA information verification failed.]
【The system has deleted it.】
Looking at the Chinese characters that appeared on the VM screen, Wu Lun was stunned for a moment.
"...What does this say?"
…
A residential building 500 meters away.
The three little players lay quietly on the edge of the roof, holding telescopes to peek at the corpse of Lao Liu in the corner, as well as the group of exoskeleton soldiers next to the corpse.
The lost and cute newbie exclaimed in a low voice: "Damn... the Customs Boy Group!"
The props master smacked his lips: "Tsk, tsk, he was KO as soon as he landed. It's so miserable for the sixth child..."
Lost Mengxin: "It's so miserable +1, I was killed by the boss team before I even picked up the gun."
"The rendezvous failed...the side mission has been cancelled. Let's go to the main mission." Bai looked at the disappearing icon on the VM and quietly retreated from the edge of the building.
The lost and cute man touched the semi-automatic in his hand and reluctantly looked at the group of "elite monsters" on the street in the distance.
"Gan, I really want to take a shot secretly."
The props leader nodded in agreement.
"Their exoskeletons are very expensive at first glance. I'm afraid they can be sold for a lot of silver coins!"
The leader Bai rolled his eyes.
"Stop dreaming, the mission is important."
There are only two tasks tonight, one branch and one main line.
The branch line is to recover teammates who parachuted to the battlefield, but I didn't expect that this guy Lao Liu was so unlucky that he fell directly on the street and bumped into the patrolling boss team. He died suddenly without even touching his gun.
As for the main mission, it is to attack any raider outpost on the north side and cause chaos in the northern city.
The main force of the Burning Corps will launch an attack in the early morning on an ammunition depot located in the south of Xizhou City that stores ammunition for a thousand people.
What they have to do is to create as much chaos as possible in the north before the main force starts to take action, and to contain the reinforcements of the marauders.
To sum up in one sentence, it is to make things happen!
The bigger the noise, the better.
Of course, try not to run into the same group of people just now.
With the equipment they have on them, it would be a bit fanciful to want to go head-to-head with those exoskeleton soldiers who are armed to the teeth.
If a fight really breaks out, they will shoot directly into the chest and head. Without a fully protective armor to block it, no matter how high the attributes are, they will still die suddenly.
The three of them quietly retreated from upstairs.
After advancing for about 1 kilometer in the opposite direction to the group of exoskeleton soldiers, we quickly found a Ya clan outpost.
In order to limit the area where the guerrillas operate, the Ya clan has set up checkpoints at the entrances of various roads in Xizhou City.
A looter stood inside the guard post, holding a homemade cigarette in his mouth.
There were two others, one on the left and one on the right, standing next to the roadblock, chatting. The remaining one was sitting by the fire, holding an unknown meat skewer in his hand, and interjecting from time to time.
Upon seeing this, the sniper Bai Gei immediately made a gesture to signal his teammates to stop. Then without saying a word, he took off the RPG rocket launcher on his back, inserted a high-explosive grenade into the launch tube, aimed at the roadblock, and pulled the trigger.
Just hear a whooshing sound.
A streak of white smoke rushed over, and an RPG hit the roadblock.
"boom--!"
The two predators standing next to the roadblock were blown away by the shock wave of the explosion before they could react.
The whizzing shrapnel flew wildly, leaving bullet marks on the cement floor and concrete walls.
"Bazooka!"
The predator in the sentry ducked down to avoid the debris flying in from the window. He screamed and hurriedly pulled out his flare gun and fired a shot into the sky.
The looter sitting by the fire ignored the blood on his face and ran into the ruins, stretched out his rifle and fired randomly outside his eyes.
The bullet whizzed into the display window ten meters away from the players.
Seeing the green signal flare rising, Bai Sniper chuckled, stuffed the smoking launch tube back into his backpack, and loaded the rifle in his hand.
"mission completed!"
"Brothers, fire freely!"
"Just do it and it's done!"
…
Da da da--!
On the streets full of ruins and debris, gunshots rang out, completely breaking the tranquility of the city.
The three people who had lost a guard post did not stop and continued moving towards the next target on the map before reinforcements arrived.
At the same time, a W-2 ground attack aircraft with a shark head painted on it had quietly flown over Xizhou City.
What hangs under the fuselage is not an aerial bomb, but a "switchblade" with the rotor folded inward.
After confirming the course and distance again through VM, Mosquito, wearing a pilot hat and windshield, skillfully opened the safety of the bombardier and shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Hey, hey, there's a mosquito here, please answer me!"
Noisy sounds came from the communication channel.
"...The Burning Corps received it, I am Lao Bai... We have arrived at the target location and can start taking action at any time."
"Ook!"
While answering, Mosquito pressed the button of the bomb launcher and said with a smile, "...the drone is coming online and the control has been transferred. I wish you have a good time!"
The "switchblade" hanging on the bomb launcher separated from the fuselage and glide unpowered towards the target airspace.
At the same time, in the southern urban area of Xizhou City, there was a dark alley.
Feng Feng, who was sitting on the ground with headphones on, raised his head and looked at Lao Bai standing at the entrance of the alley.
"...connected."
The drone's camera has been synced to his VM.
Lao Bai nodded, made an OK gesture, and ended the communication with Mosquito.
At this time, a fat mouse with a gray body and a length of one meter sprang out from the other end of the alley with several of its little brothers.
Lao Bai half squatted down.
Stopping his feet, he straightened up despite the difficulty, and in his unique sharp and hoarse voice, he excitedly reported the situation he had just sneaked in to investigate.
"I went to confirm it!"
"The tank is still parked in the northeast corner of the underground garage, and its location has not changed! There are two modified anti-aircraft trucks next to it. They probably just drove in during the day!"
Lao Bai gave a thumbs up.
"Thanks brother."
He smiled as he tried to force others to do something difficult.
"You're welcome! There are quite a lot of people inside. There will be a good show soon!"
Standing up from the ground, Lao Bai neatly loaded the rifle in his hand, looked at Fang Chang and Guangfeng in the alley and made a gesture.
"Ready for action!"
"receive!"
Replied briefly and concisely, Guangfeng reached out and tapped the earphones twice, then slowly closed his eyes, his consciousness synchronized to the perspective of the drone gliding in the sky, and unfolded the six folded rotors.
The control circuit of the Switchblade drone is the same model as the Y-1 Firefly, and even the operating software is the same.
It can be operated through the VM touch screen, or through neural connection equipment, with the assistance of communication base stations for immersive connections.
After finally confirming the information on the VM, Lao Bai turned off the screen and walked out of the alley first.
[Mission 1: Destroy the ammunition depot located at the "TV Station" in the south of the city]
[Task 2: Use the "Switchblade" experimental self-destruction drone to destroy a Conqueror 10 tank and take photos of the wreckage. 】
The former TV station site located in the south of Xizhou City has a total of three buildings and a double-story underground garage. It is home to 200 to 300 raiders and 20 to 40 craftsmen serving the Ya clan.
This is the Ya clan's camp outside the Fourth New District. It is led by a centurion named "Feng Roar", and this is also his territory.
According to the intelligence of the forced brothers, twelve o'clock in the morning is the time when the camp's defenses are the most lax of the day, especially the period from twelve o'clock to twelve thirty.
The sentinels who were about to change their shift almost no one focused on patrolling.
The ammunition depot of this camp is located in the basement of the west building of the TV station, and a Conqueror 10 under maintenance happens to be parked in the underground garage on the east side.
The two tasks happened to be done together.
The action officially begins.
Lao Bai led Fang Chang quickly along the dark street towards the TV station.
Ye Shi was crawling on the roof of the building, using his LD-47j semi-automatic equipped with a simple silencer, he quickly shot and killed the two sentries standing at the main entrance of the TV station and the wooden watchtower, and covered Lao Bai and Fang Chang as they approached the wall of the TV station.
.
Climb over the wall.
Avoiding the fire in the camp, the two of them moved quickly against the wall. However, just as they were about to turn the corner, the sound of slow footsteps came from the front right.
Lao Bai quickly raised his hand to signal Fang Chang to stop, then gestured with two fingers and made a fist with his left hand.
Fang Chang understood immediately, took out an arrow from his quiver, put it on the string, and quietly moved behind the wooden box on the left.
Lao Bai let go of his rifle, pulled out his dagger, stepped close to the corner wall, and made a gesture to the square behind the bunker.
‘OK?’
‘OK.’
Fang Chang, who was hiding in the shadows, held his breath, and while drawing the bow string, he started to count the seconds in his mind.
'Bullet time——'
'open!'
The moment the two marauders appeared from around the corner, Fang Chang released the bowstring in his hand, and Lao Bai, who was lurking under the wall, also moved at the same time.
Whoosh——
The buzzing sound in the air disappeared in a flash, and the predator walking on the left was pierced by an arrow in the throat. His eyes widened and he groaned, and he fell backwards with blood flowing.
The man on the right had no time to react. He only heard the bow string buzzing and trembled, and then the big hand stretched out from the shadow covered his mouth and wiped his neck.
Release the dagger with your right hand.
Lao Bai took advantage of the situation and dragged the predator on the side who was falling backwards with an arrow in his throat. He dragged the two corpses together to the corner and laid them down quietly.
Showing an OK gesture towards Fang Chang, Lao Bai re-grabbed the rifle hanging on his body and signaled to continue moving forward.
He sneaked into the camp close to the wall. The sentry standing directly above the roof had been knocked down by Ye Shi from a distance. The camp was so quiet that it seemed like it was haunted.
Especially the atmosphere here.
The entire camp was filled with a bloody smell, and corpses that had been hanged or crucified could be seen everywhere on the wooden telephone poles and windows.
Some are even rotten and smelly.
Most of these people are local survivors.
After these predators executed the captured survivors, they would drain their blood and smear it on the walls as graffiti or strange symbols to curse and intimidate the survivors hiding underground and the guerrillas of the resistance organization.
.
However, it turns out that this method does not work.
The bloody suppression inspired the determination of the local survivors to fight to the end. Even with black powder, bows, arrows and spears, they had to fight to the death with those man-eating beasts.
Under the cover of Ye Shi, the two of them cooperated tacitly, and successively eliminated five patrolling sentries, and quietly reached the west wing of the TV station.
The ammunition depot is hidden on the basement floor of the west wing building. The iron door is locked tightly, and the only key is placed in the drawer of the guard room.
It's a pity that Brother's size is a little too big, otherwise he could sneak into the guard's room and steal the key while the guard was dozing off.
Lowering his steps and leaning closer, Lao Bai walked into the guard room. Using the same skillful silent step + back stabbing, he wiped the sleeping predator's neck, and then took away the key in the drawer.
Successfully unlocked and entered.
The two of them looked around the ammunition depot with flashlights and opened their eyes in unison.
"Fuck..."
"These bandits are living a pretty comfortable life."
Ripper rifles were leaning against the wall like fire sticks, and at a rough count there were thousands of them. Based on the retail price of 100 silver coins a piece in the NPC store, these rifles alone were worth 100,000 silver.
Not only that, many rooms were filled with boxes and bundles of ammunition, and each particle bullet exuded an orange-yellow and silver-white luster under the light of the flashlight.
There are purchased copper-cased bullets, homemade steel-cased bullets, and even reloaded bullets processed by slaves and craftsmen.
From the corridor to the compartments, the total space of less than 500 square meters is almost filled with a dazzling array of arms!
Lao Bai did a rough calculation, and the weapons, ammunition and other military supplies here were worth at least a million!
"...Oh my god, there are even 100mm shells here." Standing at the door of the room at the end of the corridor, Fang Chang looked at the orange shells on the ammunition rack and couldn't help but smack his tongue.
This is too fat!
Lao Bai: "It's probably used by Conqueror 10. It's a little shorter than the one we captured in Qingshi County."
There are many types of turrets on the Conqueror 10 tank, and the corresponding barrel calibers are also different, but most of them are still based on 100mm caliber.
Fang Chang had a regretful expression on his face.
"What a pity. It would be great if I could steal it out!"
"Haha, don't think about it, you think this game has storage space..." Lao Bai took out the packed mixed explosives from his backpack, divided half of it and threw it into Fang Chang's hand, "Hurry up and work quickly.
The battle will be decided quickly."
All ammunition in the ammunition depot has been photographed and retained. The mission rewards obtained for destroying clear targets will be much higher than those for destroying vague targets.
After placing the explosives under the ammunition box, Lao Bai and Fang Chang set up the delay fuses and immediately withdrew from the ammunition depot. They evacuated the TV station along the original route before the predator patrol team changed shifts.
After confirming that his teammates had left and the targets on the way to the garage had been cleared, the drone controlled by the strong wind began to descend in height, roared towards the entrance of the underground garage, and headed straight for the tank in the northeast corner along the pre-planned path.
The buzz of the six-rotor quickly attracted the attention of the predator. However, when the drone had rushed into the garage, it was impossible to intercept it.
The drone flying close to the ground quickly got under the chassis of the tank, and the fifteen kilogram warhead exploded instantly. The power of the mixed explosive mixed with magnesium and aluminum powder was comparable to two 155mm bombs!
Especially in a closed environment like an underground garage.
The violent shock wave not only destroyed the dozens of tons of tanks on the spot, but also smashed two anti-aircraft trucks parked nearby and the patrol team that came for reinforcements into pieces, and a quarter of the garage collapsed.
After falling down, a big pit appeared on the ground out of thin air.
The looters in the entire camp were stunned by the explosion. They hurriedly climbed out of bed and ran out of the barracks in the main building without having time to put on their clothes.
A group of people rushed to the ammunition depot.
However, before they could reach the guard room, a brilliant fire light lit up in front of their eyes.
The power of this wave of explosions was several times that of the previous wave, and the entire west wing seemed to have been blown away.
The explosive ammunition exploded like firecrackers, and was even thrown into the sky by the shock wave of the explosion. The crackling fire lit up the darkness into day.
The looters in the camp were instantly killed and injured, and there were wails of pain and despair everywhere.
The centurion stood in the ruins, with despair written on his face.
Thinking of Lord Jinya's cruel methods and those horrifying punishments, he tremblingly pulled out his pistol and stuffed the muzzle into his mouth.
The bang of the gunshot seemed so insignificant in the boiling night that no one even noticed...
"This is so powerful!" The scene of the explosion was recorded, and Ye Shi, who was lying on the edge of the roof, couldn't help sighing.
The hot air even hit him.
There is also a burning smell inside...
Before, I saw people discussing the formula of mixed explosives on the forum, and Ye Shi didn't have any intuitive feeling. Now I have a deep understanding of how tortured these people are.
I hope these people will spend their excess time and energy in the game and stop messing around in reality...
After saving the video through VM, Ye Shi put away the semi-automatic rifle, immediately left the building and rushed to the meeting point 800 meters away.
Lao Bai and his party are already waiting for him here.
"What about the photos confirming the destruction?" Suddenly thinking of a key thing, Ye Shi looked at Lao Bai and asked.
Fang Chang glanced at the green dot on the VM map.
"...I forced him to go and take the photo because it was difficult for him. Let's go back to the operations base and wait for news about him."
The entire camp is now in a mess, and no one will notice a fat rat crawling into the ruins of the explosion.
Originally, the plague broke out in Xizhou City.
It was so normal for a rat that was startled by the explosion to run around in the ruins. Even if someone noticed him at this juncture, they would probably not care about him.
But this time they hit the powder keg.
Furious, Jinya dispatched five thousand troops and gave a death order to the commander in charge of patrolling the southern city that night——
If the New Alliance paratroopers cannot be eliminated in Xizhou City before the end of the month, we will cut him into a stick and throw him into the lake to feed the crabs!
The looters throughout Xizhou City are like crazy.
The size of the patrol team has changed from the original ten-man team to a hundred-man team. The original patrol on the main road has also become a carpet search, building by building.
However, the players were not panicked at all, and instead became quite excited.
What does this mean?
It shows that they are in a hurry!
Only with feedback can we be motivated. Next time we will increase our efforts and continue. This time we destroyed a battalion of the Bone Chewing Tribe, and next time we will try to destroy a division.
However, having said that, the original operational base in an abandoned shopping mall was obviously no longer safe, and the radio station deployed on the roof of the apartment building had to be moved to the east.
After discussing with other team captains in the group, Lao Bai immediately made a decision and ordered each team leader to break into pieces with his teammates, into teams of eight and four, and disperse into the ruins and alleys of the city.
Underground transportation network.
Just when the guerrilla war between the Burning Legion and the Bone Chewing Tribe was heating up, Chu Guang received the battle report from the front line and immediately held a combat meeting.
"Two pieces of good news!"
"In the early hours of the day before yesterday, our switchblade, guided by ground troops, successfully blew up the Conqueror 10 tank located in an abandoned basement in the south of Xizhou City."
"From the photos of the explosion debris, the tank chassis was severely damaged, the structure was significantly deformed, and two pairs of road wheels fell off the vehicle body."
"Practice has proven that the fifteen kilogram warhead is sufficient to damage the chassis of the Conqueror 10 tank! The tactical idea of suicide drones is also feasible!"
"Our intelligence personnel recovered some drone debris from the explosion site."
"Since the attack was very short, most of the direct witnesses were killed in the explosion, and the explosion in the ammunition depot diverted the enemy's attention. There is a high probability that our enemy still does not know what weapon his tank was destroyed by."
Hearing these words, the faces of all the officers showed joy.
The new equipment can restrain enemy tanks. This news is even more gratifying than the thousand-man team that captured Qingshi County and annihilated Lion Tooth.
This means they have one more card to play.
And it’s still a trump card!
Chu Guang was also very happy.
However, unlike the other officers present, he was actually thinking more about the future.
Being able to destroy the Conqueror 10 tank not only means that the New Alliance has the initiative to launch a decisive battle with the Bone Chewing Tribe, but also means that they have the strength to fight even the armored torrent of Legion.
Of course, Chu Guang also knew in his heart that if there was a direct conflict with the legion one day in the future, the other party would definitely send more than just tanks...
Vanus looked at Chu Guang, and his intuition told him that the manager in front of him probably still had something to say.
"These are two pieces of news?"
"Count one."
After a pause, Chu Guang recovered his thoughts and continued.
"Second news...good news in my opinion."
"The Bone Chewing Tribe changed their deployment, sent more soldiers to the front line, and dug explosion-proof caves and vehicle bunkers in a mountain depression five kilometers away from Songlinyu. Our planes discovered their trucks and anti-aircraft vehicles, but
No tanks were seen."
"In addition, a large number of slaves were sent to the front line. Judging from aerial photos, they carried a small number of modified excavators, bulldozers and other construction equipment."
"A conservative estimate is that there are five thousand people there!"
Five thousand people!
Upon hearing this number, many officers present had heavy expressions on their faces.
Including Vanus.
The total number of permanent residents registered in the New Alliance is just over 5,000, including many elderly people, children and women.
There are too many on the opposite side!
Vanus frowned, but he was thinking about another thing.
"It is very similar to the combat style of the 210,000th Army... The commander is probably Dillon. Those anti-gun holes and anti-aircraft guns deployed on high ground are probably prepared for the tanks heading to the front line."
The captain of the 210,000th team!
This guy is difficult to deal with!
Vanus could even guess what he was going to do.
It is nothing more than using terrain and bunker fortifications to preserve armored units, and then concentrating the strength and armor advantages to break through the new alliance's defense line under the cover of anti-aircraft vehicles.
Anti-aircraft vehicles cannot stop all aircraft, especially if they are not fully prepared.
It seemed that the marauders were ready to sacrifice some of their tanks, and were even determined to storm the New Alliance's positions at the cost of heavy casualties.
Obviously, the continuous casualties and losses have made them anxious.
"...Whether it's Dillon or Gold Tooth or anyone else, my intuition tells me that the moment for our decisive battle with the barbarians is right in front of us. Our opponents have begun to realize that continuing to delay will only lead to death... But they are now
I realized it was somewhat late."
Putting his hands on the table, Chu Guang glanced around at the officers standing in the camp and spoke in a clear tone.
"We will block the Ya clan's armored forces at Songlin Valley."