Armor-piercing bullets don't believe in carbon-based monsters

Chapter 333 Airborne
"In this mission, we will likely face a large number of armored targets or heavily armored unmanned combat robots, so weapons should prioritize armor-piercing capabilities."

"There are a total of 6 bomb guns. One is with He Shuo, and there are five more here, which is just enough."

"Guo Xu, Liu Hao, Zhang Chao, the three of you, put on mechanical exoskeletons."

"Li Shi, Ji Xing, you two can't use exoskeletons, but you need to wear your bulletproof vests properly."

"Stun grenades and smoke grenades are basically meaningless. The enemy will definitely have infrared reconnaissance capabilities, so we don't need to bring them."

"Carry extra thermobaric grenades, with each person carrying a base of 8 grenades."

"Is there really still a need for rocket launchers?"

Chen Jian frowned slightly, and at that moment, Fuxi's voice came through the microphone above his head.

"There are several level 1 or higher monsters on the outskirts of the mountain city. Although the probability of a conflict is not high, I suggest that we try to maintain a certain level of anti-armor capability."

"useless."

Chen Jian shook his head.

"If we were to actually encounter a level one monster, it would be impossible to inflict effective damage on them with just a few rocket launchers."

"Our load capacity is limited, so we have to make choices."

"I need at least one 12.7mm machine gun, two 201 general-purpose machine guns, and a large amount of ammunition."

"If we consider area-effect weapons, we also need a sniper grenade launcher and a semi-automatic individual grenade launcher."

"Regarding indirect fire weapons, I am considering carrying at least two 201mm mortars."

"The load has been fully increased, and even considering the exoskeleton attachment points, there is very little room for maneuver."

"There are at most 3 attachment points, with a redundancy of less than 30 kilograms."

"What to bring? Rocket launchers, recoilless rifles, or grenade launchers?"

Chen Jian turned to Ji Xing, who hesitated for a moment before tentatively asking:
"How about we bring a flamethrower?"

"Flames should still be effective against unmanned combat robots, right?"

"Crazy??"

Chen Jian said with a look of disappointment:

"There are a large number of microwave and laser weapons in the mountain city. It is reasonable to assume that the enemy we are facing must also have similar miniaturized weapons."

"If the laser hits your fuel tank, won't you just explode?"

"The laser is visible, right? It should be possible to avoid it?"

Ji Xing asked in confusion.

"You've got a mixed bag of knowledge."

"Infrared lasers, ultraviolet lasers—in reality, what laser weapon uses visible light!"

"Understood"

Ji Xing nodded thoughtfully, while Guo Xu and the other two listening nearby were stunned and didn't know what to do.

They don't really understand the meaning of "equipment confrontation".

In their view, the only way to make themselves stronger is to have a larger caliber and a faster rate of fire.

But now it seems
It seems that it doesn't stop there.

Even though they are both hand grenades, thermobaric grenades and fragmentation grenades have different applications.

They had never noticed these differences before.

So, is the fighting power of the Huaxia Army built up from such details?
Guo Xu looked at Ji Xing and Chen Jian, who were still discussing weapon configurations, and suddenly spoke up:
"If we can only carry an extra 30 kilograms of equipment, why not disassemble the heavy machine gun?"

"We each take a part, and after assembling it, we use it as a fixed firing point."

"In this way, we don't need to worry about restraint as much."

"good idea."

Chen Jian nodded slightly.

"Then let's decide."

"Bring an extra 12.7mm machine gun to increase the margin for error."

"Alright, now that the basic weapons are all set up, let's move on to the auxiliary equipment."

"what?"

Guo Xu was stunned.

"Aren't our load limits already full?"

"Weapon load is full, but other equipment is not yet available."

Chen Jian waved his hand and said:

"Communicators, drones, night vision goggles, PDAs, anti-sniper radar, smart eyepieces."

"In addition, make sure you wear the right gear and assess the weight you're carrying."

"If you have the capacity, you can bring one or two more weapons."

"I need to prepare the plane now."

"Ji Xing, you take them to choose."

"no problem."

Ji Xing answered immediately, while Chen Jian turned and walked out of the armory.

He was fully equipped, and at the airport, Reggie had already prepared the modified "ground attack aircraft".

However, it has now been hollowed out again and converted into a special transport aircraft.

"Is the equipment all set up?"

Lei Jie asked.

"arranged."

"Those three Imperial Guards are still a bit unaccustomed to it, but our equipment is actually not complicated."

"They can even carry and fire a twin-barreled rifle, so there's no way they'd have a problem with a bomb gun."

"really."

Lei Jie nodded, then said:
"But that's not what I'm worried about."

"Do you really think it makes sense to involve these three Imperial Guards in this operation?"

“What I mean is, they are not Jin Zhong after all; they have absolutely no intention of ‘rebellion’.”

"And for a very long time, they are unlikely to betray the church."

"This was already determined when I asked them to evacuate and they refused."

"They will eventually return to Nanjing; we can't really keep them here."

"It is precisely because they cannot stay that what we are doing now is meaningful."

Chen Jian let out a soft breath and pointed to Shen Yue, who was busy training a new batch of paratroopers, and said:

"You should ask Shen Yue about this; he's the top political officer in charge of our work."

Upon hearing Chen Jian's voice, Shen Yue instinctively turned around.

"what happened?"

When Chen Jian told Shen Yue about Lei Jie's problem, Shen Yue immediately laughed.

"Professor Lei, you really are better suited to focusing on scientific research."

"It's a very simple principle, don't you really understand it?"

"I didn't think about it carefully."

Lei Jie grinned slightly, a little embarrassed, and then asked:

So what exactly is it supposed to do?

"It's very simple."

Shen Yue replied:
"You've already stated the premise: they will eventually return to Jinling."

“Returning to Jinling is returning to the Cult of the Machine God.”

"As long as they remain in the Cult of the Machine God, they will inevitably regard us as potential enemies."

"If they want to treat us as a potential enemy, they must find a way to fight us."

"And now, the captain is showing them a way to fight against us."

"Once they try it once, they will discover a truth."

"To defeat us, you must first become us."

"Once they truly become one of us, do you think the conditions that allow the Cult of Machines to exist will still be in place?"

".Understood."

Lei Jie breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Was this also part of He Shuo's plan?"

"Yes."

Chen Jian nodded.

"Whether this plan will work depends on whether we can return safely this time."

"Go and get your EVTOL ready."

"We'll set off for the Han River in half an hour."

"understand!"

Thirty minutes later, Chen Jian and his group of six boarded the transport plane.

For this airdrop operation, they deployed a total of two aircraft.

One aircraft was responsible for transporting personnel, while the other was responsible for delivering redundant supplies.

The two planes took off from Airport 011, traveled hundreds of kilometers to land on the Han River, refueled briefly, and then took off again, heading straight for the mountain city.

The two aircraft maintained an altitude of around 6000 meters until they reached the radar detection range of the mountain city, at which point they lowered their altitude to below 2,000 meters.

Through the side window of the cabin, Chen Jian could see a mountain city shrouded in mist not far away.

At this moment, he couldn't help but feel his heart racing.

mountain city.

Since he entered this world, this name has been a constant throughout his exploration. At first, these two words were almost synonymous with "forbidden zone," and Chen Jian even once thought it was a mysterious area shrouded in abnormal physical rules, not belonging to this world.

But gradually, the image of the mountain city began to change.

It is no longer an abstract concept, but has gradually developed logic, a basic framework, and an image.

Based on various clues, my own speculations about it became more numerous and clearer.

Until now.

The fog was completely torn away, and the city was finally revealed.

"This is mountain city??"

Amid the roar of the propellers, Guo Xu asked in a trembling voice.

Perhaps he never imagined that he would arrive in the mountain city in this way, nor did he expect that his first glimpse of the mountain city would be so ordinary.

It appears to be no different from any other ruins.

Without the dazzling lights of legend, and without the huge shadows hidden in the mist, the city is indeed magnificent and presents a "brand new" state, unlike other ruins.

But that's all.

Was it because of the impact of those nuclear missiles from the Chinese military?

This city, which represents a "holy land," has been destroyed?

But that shouldn't be the case.
"Where are those monsters? Where are those level one monsters?"

Guo Xu continued speaking, while Ji Xing pointed to the side.

“I saw it.”

Ji Xing said in a deep voice:

"That monster!"

"Our previous team died at its hands; it wasn't just any ordinary monster!"

"But it's strange."

Why don't I feel anything unusual when I see it now?

"It's like an ordinary monster, not even that big!"

"But the last time I faced it..."

"I can't describe it."

Ji Xing's lips trembled slightly, as if simply recalling the scene filled her with terror.

"I can't see, I can't hear, and I can't move."

"If I hadn't turned around quickly enough, I probably would have been killed by some inexplicable force, just like everyone else."

"That monster represented death itself; that was my immediate feeling at the time."

But that's not the case at all now!

"This has nothing to do with my experience. It's not because I saw something in the Chinese army that I lost my fear."

"This monster has changed, it..."

"This monster hasn't changed."

Chen Jian interrupted Ji Xing.

"distance."

"Distance is key."

"We are too far away from it."

"Pheromone."

"What it controls may be some kind of pheromone."

"I don't understand, but..."

Ji Xing's expression changed slightly, but Chen Jian interrupted again:

"No need to say more."

"This time we will not clash with these monsters."

"Jiang Yu, take a longer route!"

"Beware of monster activity 4 kilometers to the southwest!"

"clear."

Jiang Yu's voice came through the headphones. Then, the transport plane tilted slightly, drew a gentle curve, and began to spiral upwards along the edge of the mountain city.

"Rapidly ascend to 5000 meters, prepare to parachute."

"Understood, prepare to jump."

The plane continued to climb, while under its wing, another transport plane had already opened its hatch.

A large number of supply boxes with parachutes were dropped, targeting a wide meadow in the park in the center of the mountain city.

Chen Jian kept a close eye on the parachute until he confirmed that the supplies had landed accurately in the park, and only then did he finally breathe a sigh of relief.

well.

Although they hadn't had many training sessions, the principles of delivering supplies and dropping bombs were the same.

This fledgling pilot did a very good job.

"Check the parachutes! Check the parachutes!"

Chen Jian shouted out the order, and in the cramped cabin, the six men began checking each other's parachutes one after another.

"Main parachute inspection complete!"

"Secondary parachute inspection complete!"

"In good condition!"

"In good condition!"

Replies came one after another, and then Jiang Yu's voice rang out in the earphones once again.

"Altitude 4500!"

"Approaching parachute altitude!"

"Countdown 30 seconds!"

"Understood, thirty seconds countdown!"

Chen Jian signaled to everyone with hand gestures, and after receiving a reply, the transport plane had reached the designated altitude.

"Open the hatch!"

"Open the hatch!"

Chen Jian repeated the order.

The next second, the hatch opened, and a gust of wind rushed in.

"go!"

"Let's go!"

Chen Jian gave Guo Xu, who was standing in front of him, a push.

The latter hesitated for a moment, then looked back at Chen Jian.

Chen Jian couldn't see his expression through the eyepiece.

But it's clear that Guo Xu's hesitation wasn't due to fear.

He just hasn't gotten over that hurdle in his heart yet.

The sacred ground is right beneath your feet.

If you jump, the "clay sculpture" of the sacred site will be completely shattered.

To jump or not to jump?

next second.

Guo Xu jumped down.

Immediately afterwards, the other four people jumped down one after another.

"Jiang Yu, return to port immediately!"

"Safe journey!"

"Roger that!"

"Commander, have a safe journey!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Jian jumped down.

The wind whistled in his ears, but he calmly adjusted his posture and plummeted towards the park in the middle.

High-altitude low-opening maneuvers were as easy as eating for him; he didn't open his parachute until he dropped to 600 meters.

Meanwhile, the others who had deployed their parachutes at an altitude of 3000 meters were still slowly descending.

But Chen Jian had already stepped onto solid ground.

Release the parachute lines, retract the parachute, and draw your gun for a warning.

The surroundings were quiet, but the faint calls of deer could be heard from the woods at the edge of the meadow.

Chen Jian activated the infrared telescope to observe the surroundings, intending to first eliminate any potential threats and then establish an observation post.

But just as his gaze swept across the woods, he suddenly noticed something unusual.

blood.

Deer head.

The deer's head, already slightly rotten, was cut off by a sharp instrument.

someone!

Do not!
It's impossible for him to be from Chongqing.

It must be Lin Yu.

They might still be alive!

(End of this chapter)