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However, since it was an exercise, the rules had to be followed. Some of the breachers with more than 20 fluorescent markers on their bodies reluctantly took off their armor and left the battlefield amidst Swire's loud shouts, leaving only about 3 meters of power armor in place to represent the destroyed wreckage as cover for follow-up troops.

"I didn't even warm up properly, the engine hadn't even gotten warmed up, and I was already dead." The Yeti Breaker returned to the rear starting position with a pained expression.

"That's to be expected. If you weren't dealing with Lungmen police, but Patriots' shield guards equipped with molten cannons, you wouldn't even have a chance to warm up before you were dead. How many times have I told you, are your left hands crippled? Are your shields just for show?"

"And you guys, do you think that because your exoskeletons can protect you from being killed by stray bullets, you are truly indestructible and impervious to swords and spears?"

"Cover each other, advance in crisscrossing formations, three to a group, coordinate a heavy-armored assault! Do you think you can just swarm in because the enemy is a cop?"

Yelena grabbed the retreating Yetis and gave them a good scolding, "You Yetis? You're not Shield Guards. Are you standing together because you think Old Xia's electromagnetic cannon can't take your whole squad into the air with one shot, or do you think Patriot's power halberd can't slap you all into the ground with one blow?"

The scene was similar on the other side.

"Anyone who dares to move around or run away will lose their entire bonus this month. You are the last line of defense for Longmen!"

"What are the snipers doing? What are you shooting at those big guys for? Are you trying to give them a quick scraping? Prioritize attacking the enemy snipers and grenadiers..."

"Warlock, where the hell are your explosives? What are you looking at me for? Watch the battlefield! Blow up their shields and create opportunities for the Sentinels!"

"That's a sponge stick, not a spiked club. What are you going to dodge? Even if it were a real spiked club, you still can't dodge! You're a heavy armor user. If you dodge, are you just letting the warlock behind you catch the enemy's spiked clubs and etching bullets with your skull?"

"It's over, Lungmen is doomed."

Swire was also on-site directing operations, and the flying drones amplified her roar throughout the entire area, creating a nightmare or rather, an extremely memorable scene for all the Guardian agents.

When the Yeti Assault Team, wielding sponge batons representing melee weapons, rushed in, Swire discovered that the Lungmen Guard's combat training was absolutely terrible. The police combat techniques they had learned couldn't even last a single round before nearly half of them were taken down, and that was after the Yeti Team had switched to unfamiliar melee weapons.

Like other young people on the snowfield, the Yeti Squad learned the standard combat martial arts summarized from the Patriots' century-long battles, using the simplest, most convenient way to exert force and the most efficient and thorough techniques to kill targets.

Those guard captains who particularly enjoyed melee combat and hand-to-hand fighting even sought out Skadi for advanced lessons.

Although both are basic sword techniques used by the Deep Sea Hunters, the problem is that the Deep Sea Hunters are best at fighting multiple opponents in a chaotic melee where they cut down anyone they see.

Being led by these spearheads into a group of Guard Bureau agents who had only taken a few general courses in police combat skills was like a baby killer whale charging into a group of middle school students in a snowfield school.

Even their combat instructors might not be able to beat the few people here, let alone them. Fortunately, it was just an exercise, and the Yeti were using the capture techniques used on the battlefield.

For a moment, looking at the Guardian agents who were pinned to the ground and handcuffed, Swire didn't know which side was the cop.

Because during the previous long-range interception, there was still a sense of crisis, with chaos spreading and flames raging.

Once in close combat, it was as if she were leading a raid on an underground gang's transaction site. Groups of agents were easily captured and taken down, and when they were tied up, they performed no better than those petty thugs.

"Stop!" came the command from the drone. The Yeti Squad and the Guardian Operators gradually stopped. There was no need to continue the exercise.

If this were a real battle, the entire force of the Lungmen Guard Bureau branch would have been wiped out, and even the reinforcements sent by headquarters would probably have been defeated.

By this standard, even though the Yetis haven't rushed into the blue circle representing important facilities, it means they have already won. The Lungmen Guard Bureau has suffered a crushing defeat, and the thought of this scene potentially playing out in reality at any moment is unbearable.

No one will call a halt then. Not to mention Swire, even the slightly responsible Guardian agents have thought of this and are completely demoralized.

Fortunately, the Yetis took charge of defense, while the Lungmen Guard Bureau conducted indoor breakthrough drills, which allowed them to regain some face. The Yetis' ambushes and traps caused significant casualties to the assault team.

However, their objective was not to kill the assault operators, but to protect their own VIPs, or hostages, from being taken away by the enemy.

Ultimately, after being subjected to a vertical attack, a wall-breaking assault, and a desperate rearguard action with hostages taken along, they lost half of their hostages, barely managing a draw, or even suffering a slight defeat. Only then did the little tiger's expression soften a bit.

"Send this exercise videotape to headquarters and hand it over to the tactical training department. Give a copy to Commander Chen; she knows what to do."

The exercise was recorded in its entirety. Swire bought over a thousand expensive cameras made with Originium technology to ensure that the battle could be recreated from every angle.

The White Rabbit also provided data and video footage recorded by the battlefield recorders on the Yeti's equipment.

In particular, I experienced firsthand how terrible the firepower distribution of my Guard Bureau was. Some Yeti Assault Operators walked through almost like they were taking a stroll, without recording any sense of pressure from the Lungmen Sniper Operators' firepower suppression.

The little tiger's face almost turned green, but there was nothing that could be done. Etching ammunition and explosive grenades are very expensive. The sniper operators of the Lungmen Guard Bureau only have a few live-fire training sessions a year, let alone such a crazy high-intensity firefight. It is normal for such a scene of misallocation of firepower, insufficient firepower continuity, and terrible hit rate to occur.

The White Rabbit also found the Yeti Squad's weaknesses: firstly, they didn't know what security guards from the Security Department should prioritize; secondly, they were too trusting of their equipment, which led them to often show a lack of respect for the enemy's attack power.

Especially after experiencing the Lungmen Guard Bureau's abysmal ranged accuracy, many members of the Yeti squad exhibited reckless behavior in the latter half of the game, which are issues that both sides need to address.

The Lungmen Guard Bureau is terrible, but the Ursus Rangers are not like this. Not to mention, they wouldn't have this level of firepower and density against opponents like Raytheon Industries or the Pope Gunguard. If they develop a reckless attitude, the losses they will suffer later will be much greater than what they are now.

A day later, "Old Wei, take a look at this!" Old Chen burst into Commander Wei's office and threw a tactical video in front of him. "If this is the standard, the Lungmen Guard Bureau is practically useless..."

"You're exaggerating, Huijie. I know you have feelings for the Guard Bureau and high expectations of them, but they are just..."

"You watch it first..." Old Chen's face was completely black, because after watching the videotape provided by Swire, she took her special inspection team to try it out, and they died even more miserably than Swire's men.

Because the Yetis have corrected some bad habits and tried to use new tactics, while the Special Inspectorate agents, who didn't take the plight of their colleagues in the 16th Precinct seriously, are still making the same mistakes.

Even though Old Chen almost cheated by bringing Chixiao and Hoshiguma up with him, he couldn't save the army from a complete rout. He was even mocked by that damned rabbit for a long time, who said that Lungmen hadn't even participated yet, but they had already sent their ace mixed in with the grunts to cheat.

The most shameful thing is that they still couldn't win even by cheating.

At least Swire managed to rescue half of the hostages, so the breakthrough tactic is still feasible.

However, having learned their lesson, the Yeti didn't give Old Chen a chance to take any hostages away. Apart from Hoshiguma using a cheating method to take one hostage puppet away with a Star Shield throw, the whole group was basically wiped out by blocking the hall.

Old Wei looked at Old Chen with some skepticism, "Alright, if you insist..."

Two hours later, "..." Old Wei even forgot to smoke his pipe.

The videotape, presented from multiple angles—both sides and observers—deeply, meticulously, and richly detailed, depicts how the Lungmen Guard Bureau was beaten like a child by a group of armed men posing as rioters, leaving them in tears.

"Upgraded equipment, enhanced combat training, and at least one live-fire exercise every month—I never knew that the Guard Bureau's sniper operators were even worse than gangsters' crossbowmen!"

"The heavy armor operators are barely passable..." After all, the heavy armor operators in the inspection team were led by Sister Ghost, but it was useless. At most, they could buy two rounds of attack opportunities for the casters and crossbowmen behind them.

Then the casters have a slightly better hit rate, after all, they are all highly educated, while the sniper operators have an average hit rate of only 17%, which means that on average, two heavy armor operators need to be sacrificed to create a hit, and there is no guarantee that it will hit through the gap and hit the enemy's body and vital points.

If you were to strike that kind of folding shield, based on the strength Old Chen tested with the Crimson Sky, unless it were a very powerful spell, it would probably have little effect.

If the exercise settings hadn't limited the shield's defensive capabilities, forcing the Yetis to abandon the shields—which might not have even sustained much damage in actual combat—after enduring a certain number of attacks, the Guard Bureau's performance would have been even more dismal.

"Hiss—" Old Wei took a deep drag on his cigarette. Although he didn't have high hopes for the Guard Bureau, he never expected it to be this bad.

Although the Yeti team's equipment was very fashionable and novel, that was no excuse, because this was an exercise, and the opposing team had not exerted their full strength at all; in fact, the performance of their equipment was adjusted to the normal range.

"But we don't have any money..."

"Let's start with the parts that don't cost money. Also, we should remove some operators who are obviously just coasting from the team as soon as possible. And we should ask Boss Xia for the equipment ordering channels. I have to say, these Ursus equipment are no less than the new goods from Raytheon Industries."

"Hmm, I'll think about it carefully..."

"Old Wei!"

"This is not a matter for me alone. Whether it's procurement, expanding recruitment, or increasing funding, it's not something I can decide on my own."

Putting everything else aside, he had to give a copy of this video to the Great Yan Garrison Command. Otherwise, what would the Great Yan Emperor think of Longmen's sudden expansion of its army, increased military spending, and procurement of advanced foreign military equipment?

A member of the royal family who claims to have abdicated the throne is recruiting soldiers and upgrading military equipment on the border.

Therefore, it is necessary to convince Da Yan that this is not something they want to do, but that the Longmen garrison is simply unable to withstand a single wave of attack.

Moreover, it might even be a good thing. If Da Yan believes that the military reforms in Ursus pose a sufficient threat, Lungmen's position will be more stable, and it can gain more political, especially military, freedom and power.

"As for training, we can start now." Although Lao Wei rejected Lao Chen's plan to immediately allocate funds to expand the army, he agreed to the proposal to reform training methods and strengthen the training of operatives.

Chapter Fourteen Time Error

Chapter Fourteen

"Longmen is asking us to use intermediary channels for weapons procurement? What's wrong with them?"

Old Xia was really baffled by this request, since he produced all his own equipment.

However, he quickly realized that Longmen was testing him, trying to find out if Lao Xia's weapons and equipment were manufactured by them.

After all, there is a big difference between an agricultural group that purchases weapons and equipment from other channels to arm a portion of its security forces and an arms group that has the capability to independently research, develop, and manufacture weapons and equipment.

After all, large-scale farming in this world really requires some military force. It's not about the Terran bandits and their power, but about the various Originium bugs and Originium mutant creatures that can raze your farm to the ground.

Therefore, it is common for agricultural groups to possess a certain level of armed force. However, it is not unusual for them to be able to produce independently or even mass-produce standardized products.

Lungmen Guard Bureau, Reception Room: "We ordered from Rhodes Island. The specific transportation was handled partly by Rhodes Island's logistics subsidiary and partly by our Amiya Logistics."

"But I heard that one of the adopted daughters of the leader of Rhodes Island is named Amiya?" Old Chen frowned slightly.

"Hmm, I know that, but she's a rabbit, and I'm a donkey." Old Xia looked puzzled. "This is a kind of pack animal from my hometown, good at carrying supplies in the desert. It's almost extinct due to environmental changes. This kind of donkey is called the Amiyata donkey!" (It really exists, an endangered animal, its native habitat seems to be Afghanistan?)

"Ah, this..." Faced with the detailed information that Old Xia presented, which seemed so genuine, Old Chen was speechless. He had only meant to make a quick guess, but it turned out to be a real breed of pack animal, and the name itself had a story behind it.

"They're actually quite famous in our area because they bred zebras and produced zebra donkeys. My logistics company is also a hybrid of these, which you call chimeras here. Is there anything wrong with naming it Amiya Logistics?"

"No, I was just saying. So, how much does Mr. Xia know about Rhodes Island?"

"Yes, I know they're from Kazdel, probably related to the previous coup and civil war there. However, we only have a cooperative relationship, so it's not appropriate to delve too deeply. But, it's not surprising that they have their own weapons supply channels, is it? Why do you ask that, Inspector Chen?"

"No, it's just curiosity." Old Xia's reason was indeed impeccable. To those who knew the inside story, Rhodes Island was no different from the Kazdel government-in-exile, or rather, the Kazdel restoration army and its remnants. It was not surprising that they had their own weapons purchase and even production channels.

But it was precisely because Lao Xia's reasons were so impeccable, and every point that could be questioned was blocked, that Lao Chen found him even more suspicious.

Of course, as suspicious as it may be, she didn't dare to actually make a move. After all, with such a large investment in Longmen, even Lao Wei couldn't protect her if she really wanted to.

Moreover, it's not a big deal if he's suspicious or even just an arms dealer. Aren't there plenty of arms dealers with branches in Lungmen?

Black Steel's office is just a docking deck away from Old Xia's old town. When the bidding was done, the Yeti team and security department hadn't been formed yet, so they hired Black Steel's professional team to handle the on-site security.

Or rather, in the business world, and even in multinational corporations and cross-border collaborations, it would be abnormal if the other party didn't have some little secrets.

If you confront someone with the slightest suspicion and relentlessly pursue the truth, you won't end up with an "absolutely reliable collaborator," but rather someone who will never have any friends again, including fair-weather friends.

There are definitely spies among both the Guard Bureau and Lao Xia's employees, and if we really want to catch them, we can definitely catch most of them.

In reality, there is no need for that at all. In a sense, these spies are a special communication channel. Occasionally, we have to deliberately pretend to leak some information to them in order to achieve the effect of strategic deception or strategic intimidation.

"So, is there any way for Mr. Xia to maneuver in this situation?"

"Why do you need me, the middleman, for this job? You should just go directly to Rhodes Island..." Old Xia refused, thinking it best to stay away from this kind of messy arms trade for now.

Moreover, his current manufacturing capacity is barely enough to supply his own needs. Whether it's the power armor or the exoskeleton, they are all made from Covenant spare parts that are almost non-renewable and machine hours of advanced processing machines. Mass production for trade is absolutely out of the question.

Not to mention that some material issues remain unresolved to this day, such as superconducting electromagnetic orbitals and ultra-high-energy laser excitation materials used in starships. This is why the Yeti team still has quite a few melee weapons.

The only mass-produced long-range weapon is the electromagnetic crossbow that fires steel balls and bolts, and its power is only slightly greater than that of the Terra heavy crossbow. The next step for Lao Xia is to replace them with gunpowder weapons that are less sophisticated but more practical.

Once the rare metals are produced at the mines and the manufacturing base in Lungmen is almost operational, we can start producing heavy weapons, such as electrothermal cannons.

Once the manufacturing base here is up and running, and the experimental equipment that was purchased and ordered has arrived, Lao Xia can consider mass-producing Originium parts for the molten gun here. It only needs to be combined with the "Talulah Tissue Culture Ignition Tube" and "Originium Activator" produced at the farm to obtain the ability to mass-produce molten guns.

This would likely allow Terra to skip conventional armor-piercing weapons and elevate its anti-armor capabilities to a new level.

However, Lao Xia doesn't plan to sell this, because if it becomes widespread, it will pose too great a threat to his crudely made power armor.

Therefore, we had to settle for second best.