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Chapter 98 Saying Hello to Grandpa

Buzz—

Just as everyone lay down and took cover, seven fixed-wing drones carrying fiber optic cables arrived over the command post.

The drones slowed down and circled twice in the sky, their optical fibers almost tangled together.

The next second, three drones flew toward the command tent in a triangular formation, each 20 meters apart, while the remaining four drones flew randomly toward the nearby mountains and valleys.

Boo!

The simulated bombs hanging from the drone emitted white smoke, and less than a second later, a series of white smoke billowed from the entire mountain forest.

Xu Zelin waited for a while, and when he was sure that the sound of the drone outside had disappeared, he reached out and lifted the reflective blanket off his body to stand up.

A dozen seconds later, everyone lifted the reflective blanket and stood up.

Xu Zelin turned on his tactical flashlight and swept it around; his face immediately darkened.

Of the hundreds of people in the entire command post and guard company, only a dozen or so remained unharmed and were emitting white smoke at this moment.

"Follow the exercise rules. Those who are killed should remain silent and leave."

Xu Zelin took a deep breath and looked at the seven drones that were landing in a regular pattern, clearly aiming for the maximum kill radius. His expression changed, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

"Commander—"

The chief of staff, who hadn't been killed in action, came over after counting the men and said with a wry smile, "There are only 2 staff officers left in command, including myself."

The guard company had 5 men left, the switchboard operator had 1 man left, the communications officer had 1 man left, and all the messengers were killed in action—the entire command post was paralyzed.

"..." he said.

The chief of staff paused for a moment and hesitated before saying, "Our command post is at least 15.6 kilometers away from the Red Army's position."

The Red team had just moved out to within two kilometers of their position and launched an attack on our anti-aircraft artillery position, which means that the fiber optic cable length of their drones was approximately between 17 and 20 kilometers.

Consider a fiber optic cable winding, with a bend allowance.

The squad that attacked and beheaded us most likely entered our Blue Team's position before launching the attack, and they did so in a straight line, indicating they had a very precise grasp of our command post's location without much searching.

At this point, the chief of staff stopped talking and his expression became somewhat silent.

If this weren't a drill, but a real battlefield.

His first instinct would be to suspect that there was a traitor in the Blue Team's command headquarters, or in the core of the regimental-level operations below, who secretly transmitted the command headquarters' coordinates to the enemy.

After all, apart from the core commanders, the other soldiers and mid-level commanders of the several combat regiments under the command headquarters did not know the exact coordinates of the command headquarters.

The fact that this assassination squad knew their precise coordinates suggests there might be a traitor among them.

But this is just a drill.

It's simply impossible for any organization to bribe traitors during a military exercise, or for anyone to be a fool to betray their organization during an exercise.

After all, it's just a drill and not a real death.

If I betray them now, will I still be able to live my life after the exercise ends? When I go back, won't I be promoted every day?

"I know."

Xu Zelin took a few deep breaths, his face twitching, and gritted his teeth, saying, "It's not a traitor, it's a thief in my own family."

I should have thought of this when deciding on the location of the command post. I should have avoided suspicion and not gotten involved—this kid has grown up! He's smarter than his dad, not as stubborn, and he's got potential! He's ambitious!

"Uh—Commander, on the battlefield, only victory or defeat matters, not fathers, sons, grandfathers, or grandsons."

The chief of staff looked at Xu Zelin's gritted teeth and his shoulders trembled twice as he said, "I watched Xiao Hua grow up too—perhaps he was also not in control of his own destiny on the Red Team."

After all, that guy Old Li from Chengdu in the southwest definitely knows his identity, and might even be secretly instigating or forcing Xiao Hua to find your whereabouts.

"If you remove two of the adjectives that exonerate him, it will sound more believable."

Xu Zelin, looking at the chief of staff's trembling shoulders, said with a dark face, "This is all too fake now—"

Beep—

Without waiting for the chief of staff's reply.

Suddenly, the two men's tactical watches began to vibrate, and a red notification popped up.

[The Blue Team's microwave electromagnetic interference device has been destroyed, and the Red Team has proactively shut down its microwave electromagnetic interference—all frequency band radio communications on the battlefield have been restored!]

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The chief of staff was taken aback by this expression, then sighed bitterly: "Our anti-aircraft artillery positions and communication hubs are all gone—the entire command and communication system is paralyzed."

Their microwave electromagnetic interference devices, along with the communication hub of the entire command system, were all within the defense range of the anti-aircraft artillery positions.

Now that the microwave electromagnetic interference device has been destroyed, combined with the intelligence that their anti-aircraft artillery positions were breached before the attack, it is conceivable that the entire anti-aircraft artillery position, as well as the communication hub, is no longer safe.

Rumble—

No sooner had the chief of staff finished speaking than a thunderous roar filled the sky, accompanied by the howling of large engines.

"This is one"

Xu Zelin and the chief of staff's expressions changed, and they hurriedly picked up a low-light telescope and looked at the distant sky.

Without the threat of anti-aircraft artillery, and with command paralyzed and unable to promptly mobilize counterattacks, the Red Army's offensive was no longer concealed.

A real medium-sized transport plane, protected by two fighter jets, flew over from the Red Team's side, and then the rear cargo door of the transport plane opened.

Before they activated microwave communication suppression, they saw the large drone that could guide the smaller drones fly out and gather in the air to form a drone swarm.

The next instant, the entire fleet of aircraft scattered with a roar.

Drones flew through the air, rapidly forming tactical formations of three to three, like a swarm of bees rushing towards the Blue Team's position below.

"That movement and reaction speed—"

A look of horror flashed across the chief of staff's eyes, and he subconsciously glanced at Xu Zelin.

"Not human."

Xu Zelin shook his head, put down his binoculars, and said in silence, "I didn't expect that after fighting so hard for so long, we still couldn't force out the true strength of these drones."

"Infrared-guided tracking suicide drones, pilot-controlled FPV drones and fiber optic drones, plus this intelligent drone that can coordinate operations and guide suicide drones in attack—this is a complete drone combat system."

The chief of staff couldn't help but exclaim in shock, "Just who is Lin Weiliang, the chief engineer at Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group who developed this UAV? How come there wasn't a single word about it before?!"

"Quick! Quick! Zhang Tingsong, wireless communication has been restored!"

The blue team's position is 1 kilometer away.

Seeing the transport planes arrive and the swarm of bees appear, Zhang Yihao rushed to Lin Dong and excitedly pointed to the first-person view on the remote control.

"Quickly mobilize the swarm to take out this Blue Team leader! The swarm has been deployed; the exercise is about to end! Hurry, hurry, hurry!"

Because it is a fiber optic drone, both ends use fiber optic hard communication connections and are not subject to the control of the exercise system.

Although all seven drones have been "destroyed," the cameras are still working and transmitting clear images.

This also allowed them to see the results of their decapitation strike on the Blue Team's command post, and confirmed that Xu Zelin, the No.0.1, was still alive.

"Sure?"

Lin Dong turned to look at Xu Hua.

"I'm fine with anything. There are no fathers or sons or grandfathers and grandsons on the battlefield. That's what he taught me since I was a child."

Xu Hua nodded, then seemed to have thought of something: "If we really have to take action, then let's consider it revenge for Li Tao."

"Brother Fan is tough."

Upon hearing that he was going to avenge Li Tao, Lin Dong immediately stopped hesitating.

Take out your own keyboard, unplug the waterproof and dustproof cover from the connector, insert it into the remote control, and quickly input a few lines of command codes and coordinate information using two-finger typing.

Beep—

The indicator light on the remote control flashed once.

In the sky.

The second wave of 200 swarms dropped by the transport planes is preparing to swarm the blue team's battlefield below.

Suddenly, as if receiving some signal, its flight path changed, and it flew directly towards the location of the Blue Team's command post.

"Wait, please say hello to Grandpa for me."

Xu Hua suddenly thought of something, quickly walked over to Lin Dong and said a few words.

Are you sure?

Lin Dong paused, then looked up at Xu Hua with a strange expression.

"Sure."

Xu Hua nodded affirmatively: "Anyway, we've paralyzed the Blue Force's command post this time. Even if he dies in battle, he'll still get promoted when we get back, so it won't make a difference."

"Brother, this isn't just a little bit, it's a billion points!"

Hearing Xu Hua's words, Zhang Yihao gave a thumbs-up with admiration.

"This is a bit troublesome. Also, we need to be a little discreet about public exercises—"

Lin Dong stopped issuing the swarm's attack command, looked at the coordinates of the connected fiber optic drone, and quickly entered relative three-dimensional coordinates on it with his finger. It took him a full three minutes before Lin Dong pressed the Enter key.

Buzz—

The swarm of bees that had stopped in the sky moved again, rushing towards a position 100 meters away from Xu Zelin, and then landed at an angle in the forest that was not visible from the outside. Immediately afterwards, the swarm dispersed and quickly formed five characters.

—[Say hello to Grandpa]—

"Pfft—cough cough cough!"

The chief of staff was initially surprised to see the swarm of bees suddenly fly over, as if these things could prioritize "decapitating" the commander.

But the next moment, upon seeing these five greetings, I couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Xu Zelin's face darkened instantly, but before he could react, the swarm of bees scattered again, sweeping past them and rushing towards the Blue Team's position.

*Pop! Pop! Pop!* As the swarm of bees departed, the exercise sensors on the shoulders of the dozen or so surviving members of the Blue Team command post, including Xu Zelin, all exploded, emitting white smoke.