Planet of Sand and Oasis of Iron

Chapter 70 70. Who Would Charge Into an Encirclement? (Part )
The words were unpleasant, but the content was very caring.

Amidst the huge noise, Tien's voice was filled with joy. She even became more excited after hearing Cypher say that he had finished a very large car body.

Then he pulled Seifer into the defense team's channel. Although there were still various noises, they could still communicate.

The fixed artillery positions in the node city have been almost destroyed. Now a group of people are shrinking the defense circle, using the sandbags and temporary protective walls piled up around the city as resistance. Although they cannot protect against heavy artillery, they are better than nothing.

It was a bit far-fetched that a command node was knocked out by mercenaries coming from outside, especially since the mercenaries came from the direction with the most troops under their command...

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the mercenaries immediately used this place as a breakthrough point to counterattack.

Even the enemy mercenaries who had been ordered to advance immediately became active after realizing that support and orders from the rear had not been issued for a long time.

There are only two possibilities for the interruption of the communication and link that has been maintained: the command center has escaped or the command center has been captured.

No matter which result, the mercenaries could not accept it - what was even more unacceptable was that the heavy artillery vehicles behind them had stopped firing for a long time!

They didn't know that as Seifer rushed forward from behind, he was constantly aiming at the heavy artillery vehicles that were firing at the center of the battlefield in the safe area.

Every time they aimed, a fresh special bullet would be delivered. The dazzling white special fuel would propel these beautiful "little things" to pierce into various vehicle bodies, stopping their movement and turning them into isolated islands.

If you want to blame someone, just blame these people for being too focused on the front battlefield, forgetting about the "little mercenary" Sefer, and not even planning to mobilize firepower to destroy him.

The initial contact error led to a series of subsequent failures.

From time to time, a missile would be launched from the body of the vehicle belonging to Sever, which was hanging not far behind. With guidance, they could accurately hit any target.

Because there is no need to worry about the damage rate, as long as the hit is made, even the aiming does not need to be too detailed.

Sprinting through various mobile strongholds that seemed to be stuck in the ground by the Sword of Light, Seifer rushed through the entire rear battlefield, and even the car body could easily pass through this road.

But then, we have to face those vehicles in the middle area... Oh, we don't have to face them.

By slightly adjusting the angle, Seifer quickly dodged the artillery fire from some combat and reconnaissance vehicles. As soon as he aimed his gun at them, they ran away.

As for the vehicles that had sustained damage and counterattacks during the entire night's battle, either their weapons and armor had been shattered and were being repaired on the spot, or they had retreated after noticing the disappearance of their command units.

The situation that had just gained a brief victory was instantly returned to its original state or even worse.

Seifer didn't think deeply about these things. After confirming that the front corridor was fine, he rushed towards the node city. The friendly identification code made those vehicles and personnel who were also struggling and could hardly launch a decent attack quickly get out of the way.

Anyone who can drive a mecha around in this kind of armored battlefield is either super crazy or super confident. In short, just don't mess with him.

The noisy roar of the armored vehicles swept past, passing by other vehicles moving in the opposite direction.

He said in the communication: "I have paralyzed some vehicles behind me - the mercenary system reminded me of the reward for paralyzing vehicles, who will pay it out in the end?"

"Huh? Your first reaction was the reward? You seem to be getting more and more familiar with the mercenary business... Don't worry, the company will pay the bill, just beat them up!"

That's fine. Sefer was still worried that these spoils would be snatched away by others... Strange, why is my thinking becoming more and more like a mercenary?
It's inevitable to do this kind of work for a long time.
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The domino effect of this incident immediately extended to other battle zones. The extra manpower could now support other players from the middle to both sides like cutting tofu.

Although Tien's communication was still available, she was actually busy serving as a mobile artillery base in another war zone. She took a break from her busy schedule to say that the communication in the city had been cut off a long time ago and no one knew what was going on inside.

The only good news was that no strange machines had burst forth from within to expose the enemy from both sides, so for the time being, we could assume that the forces inside were evenly matched. The brazen intrusion of Cypher and his vehicle from outside was a stunt for the attackers, so much so that several mercenary commanders prepared to attack and decapitate them... only to be pushed back by even more intense firepower.

After a few rounds, he was safe and sound... Oh, some artillery scraped the vehicle's hull and returned to the innermost layer of the defense circle.

The area was full of busy vehicles and transport units. Lin Shenxue could only park the car in a temporary maintenance area, while Seifer parked the aircraft on a maintenance platform.

The ground crew who were in charge of the inspection were amazed that this aircraft had obviously experienced combat, but it did not have much damage... For an older model aircraft, this was almost unbelievable.

"Ah... by the way, the higher-ups said to provide adequate support to every active mercenary. Now that you're back, that support should fall on you... tell those guys on the ground crew."

Got it, hinting at the possibility of getting some free stuff. Saifu relayed this to the ground staff without hesitation, and they immediately and enthusiastically sent over the list.

There aren't many weapons to choose from, but they are practical and can be mounted for free.

So without hesitation, Seifer replaced the gun and electric whip he had picked up with a brand new weapon belt provided by the city.

The weapons provided by I/O companies are not live ammunition as commonly known. They prefer to manufacture ammunition that is fired purely by converting energy into energy.

Once the beam hits the enemy, it can quickly and unquestionably melt the enemy's armor or other parts. But the disadvantage is that the flying speed of this thing is not as fast as real bullets.

It's ridiculous, but that's what the manual says. So to compensate for the speed issue, it was given a curved trajectory and spread shot function.

In order to deal with possible problems, Sefer simply held energy guns in both hands. The name was very long but he couldn't remember it.

Afterwards, the 'Spike' mounted on the left shoulder was checked and confirmed to be in good condition, and an additional vertical energy launcher with pre-calculated parameters was mounted on the right shoulder.

This thing is even more outrageous. It can launch a special energy stream vertically into the sky, and then make it turn, spread out, and fall down to capture the enemy. Regardless of whether this idea is right or not, how exactly it is achieved, Seifer really wants to question it.

Even though he had designed or participated in the design of various weapons, he was mentally prepared for all kinds of wild ideas.

It’s not that no one has come up with things like shoulder-fired tactical nuclear bombs with a throwing range of 300 meters and an effective range of one kilometer.

But I’ve never seen this before!

A series of thoughts ran through my mind, but when I finally spoke them out loud, it became: "Carrying so many weapons, how much does the weight affect it?"

The artillery battle outside is still in full swing, so we can put aside our opinions on the weapons that have been produced and put into use.

The ground crew enthusiastically told Cypher that the overall propulsion efficiency would certainly be reduced, but the power of the weapons would definitely be worth this small price.

It sounds like someone who says, "If you can add two more, do it, don't be afraid!" It seems the ground crew hasn't considered that this is an older aircraft.

After preparations were completed, Cypher's body was released from the bracket. He moved his arms as usual and suddenly turned his head to look in the direction of the battlefield.

He said to himself, "It's almost dawn."

It was originally quite artistic, but Tien on the communication line shouted back, "Huh? There's still a few hours until dawn! Fire, fire, as many shots as you can before the barrel melts!"

The atmosphere is gone!

(End of this chapter)