From ship girl to machine god

If so, then take advantage of the time when their reputation is rising to recruit troops to expand their team and recruit a group of people.

If not, Mann had better make preparations in advance to avoid conflicting policies with the company and arrange the next plan.

According to Mann and everyone's previous speculations, Blue Bird is likely to stand up to the company, and the main target is Arasaka.

Although Mann and others are still somewhat afraid of the giant Arasaka, if they follow Aotori, they are still willing to join her in resisting the company.

After all, Arasaka only brought them white terror, while Bluebird gave everyone real benefits and hope.

However, to everyone's expectation, Blue Bird did not stand up to resist the company as they thought, or avoid the company.

"Next, we will leave Night City for a while. I have accepted a long-term commission from Rogge. There is a guerrilla group in Mexico that intends to overthrow the company's local rule, but their own strength is not enough to accomplish this. That's why we got this commission." Bluebird took out the data pad and sent a mission briefing to everyone, including David, V and Jack.

After everyone read the briefing, Jade Bird continued: "The company that controls the local area in Mexico is called Fruit United. You may not be very familiar with this company. It is an old agricultural product company. In the past, it mainly engaged in fruit cultivation and cane sugar. , brewing industry.

It was later acquired by Biotechnology and is now regarded as a subsidiary of Biotechnology. It is still operating its old business and is Biotechnology's agent in Mexico and Latin America.

The guerrilla group found a relationship and hooked up with Military Technology. Military Technology was very interested in this matter and decided to get involved and support the guerrilla group in overthrowing the rule of the Fruit Alliance in Mexico.

They will send military instructors and combat troops to provide military training and weapons support to the guerrillas, but some combat tasks will be outsourced to mercenaries. "

"So this time it was Military Technology who paid for people to fight for the Mexican guerrillas? Was it the Biotechnology guy?" Jack, who was listening in, felt a little confused. The complicated relationship here made his mind a little confused. Come, but fortunately I still understand roughly what is going on.

Jade Bird nodded and replied affirmatively: "Yes, the money will be provided by Military Technology. After the guerrillas drive away Fruit United, Military Technology will receive Mexican defense business orders as compensation, and the Mexican guerrillas can Take back our country and we can make tons of money.

The specific task contents are all written in the briefing that was just sent. If you don’t understand, you can read the briefing. So do you have any questions? "

"I have a question." V had already finished reading the mission briefing sent by Jade Bird, and suddenly raised his hand to express that he had a question.

Qingniao looked at V and motioned her to speak with his eyes.

Seeing this, V didn't waste any time and asked directly: "I already understand the general situation, but I'm afraid Jack and I are not qualified for such a big job, right? And we don't seem to be members of the cyberpunk team?"

Of course V herself is no stranger to this kind of work, or it’s not like she didn’t do similar work when she was still in Arasaka.

But Jack was just a street kid from Night City. He had just completed his career change as a mercenary. With such an exciting job, V felt that Jack's little heart might not be able to bear this important task.

However, Qingniao just waved his hand and said: "You are here now. As for this commission, I don't plan to let you, Jack and David be ordinary combatants. Instead, I plan to let you do your old job. Mexico does intelligence work.”

Chapter 141 Mexican Guerrillas

When it comes to Mexico, the only things most people can think of are beauty pageants and drug lords, and at most, football.

After all, in the world before Bluebird traveled, the most famous things in Mexico, or in other words, in Latin America as a whole, were the endless beauty contests that occurred every year and the drug lords who fought until the government surrendered.

As for football, although it is indeed very popular in Latin America, it has gradually lost its status as a cultural symbol in Latin America and its influence is not as good as before.

But this is not surprising. As football gradually becomes a toy for the rich, and the social environment in Latin America gradually deteriorates, the poor

Chapter 142 The operation went smoothly (the chapter content has been modified)

Because of the behind-the-scenes support of military technology, the guerrilla members participating in tonight's operation are very different from those in the past.

In addition to the fact that they received a batch of weapons and equipment assisted by military technology, which greatly improved the armed level of most of them, more importantly, the guerrilla members responsible for attacking the factory had previously gone to military technology training on the US-Mexico border. The camp received three months of combat training.

Although these trainings only taught them some basic combat skills and quick training provided by military technology, they also upgraded these people from armed civilians who had just picked up guns to serious soldiers who had undergone military training.

It's hard to say how big the gap in combat effectiveness between the two is, but with the addition of basic prosthetics provided by military technology and sufficient weapons and equipment, they may still lack combat experience compared to the mercenaries hired by Fruit Alliance. But at least it was a head-to-head confrontation.

Instead of being like before, they could only do some small tricks secretly, but they couldn't handle a frontal battle at all.

Of course, the nature of the guerrillas also determines that they can only engage in petty theft and small destruction, and cannot engage in direct combat with the enemy.

It is impossible to overthrow the company's rule in Mexico just by relying on the small actions of the guerrillas. Only by truly raising the flag of resistance and turning the guerrillas into a resistance army can they have any real hope of changing everything.

And tonight is their first battle from guerrillas to resistance. If this battle does not start or is messed up, they will lose their almost only hope of resistance.

So both the leader of the resistance and every member performing the mission were very nervous at the moment.

Although they are not afraid of death, and everyone has been fighting against the company since the day they became guerrillas, what they are worried about at this moment is not their own life or death, but what will happen if they screw up this operation. Lost hope of saving this country.

This is also the biggest difference between these people and the regular army and mercenaries. Their experience is not rich enough and their psychological quality is not strong enough.

Although they have passion and ideals, and have gone through training and battles, their shortcomings were exposed at such a critical moment.

Fortunately, no one really lost their guard at this critical moment. As the rebel leader issued the order, a few carefully selected soldiers quickly removed the sentries around the factory with the cooperation of snipers.

"It seems that your people performed well and did not trigger the alarm." Standing on the roof of a low building, Qingniao saw that the team responsible for bombing the factory successfully entered the factory, and praised him with satisfaction.

However, the leader of the resistance army on the side still looked solemn and was not happy because of the smooth operation: "This is only the first step. If they mess up this part, there is no need to resist the company."

Jade Bird didn't agree very much with this. Although he had been in Mexico for a while and got to know Old Morgan's temper after getting along with his old friend, Jade Bird still said to him: "I think you have too high demands on them. Yes, and sometimes they should be praised for their good performance. There is no conflict between being rigorous in running the army and encouraging and rewarding them when necessary, right?"

"We are far from the time to celebrate. When we really drive the company out of this land, I will naturally praise their performance." The leader of the resistance army still looked indifferent, but The telescope he raised from time to time revealed that he was not calm at the moment.

Qingniao didn't bother to say anything anymore, and just asked his men about the current situation through the communication channel: "How is the situation over there?"

"Everything is normal. The level of Fruit Alliance's people is far inferior to that of Military Technology and Arasaka. The factory was attacked, but there was no response at all." Alpha's voice came from the communication channel, which seemed to be a warning to the Fruit Alliance's troops. The level was dissatisfied.

When Qingniao heard what she said, he couldn't help but laugh and said: "If they had military technology and Arasaka's level, I wouldn't accept this order. Please be careful and don't overturn."

"Don't worry, boss, I will keep an eye on them." Mann's voice was still mature and steady, but he couldn't help but said in the communication channel: "But these people are really not good enough to get to Night City. Maybe he's at the level of a second-rate mercenary, who can't even touch the threshold of the next life."

"That's really good, but now we are just auxiliaries, and the guerrillas are the ones who really do the work." Jade Bird couldn't help but feel helpless when he heard Mann commenting on the mercenary troops of the Fruit Alliance: "And they all have to be If they are noobs, what do these guerrillas who have been fighting with them for so long mean? Are they just noobs pecking each other all the time?"

Even though he knew that what his men said were true, Jade Bird still had to protect the face of old Morgan's friend.

And in any case, these passionate guerrillas who are willing to stand up against corporate rule should not be criticized because of their lack of skills.

No matter what they do, if they dare to stand up and risk death to do this just for more people to enjoy freedom, they are already great.

"Their level before receiving training might be considered a compliment to say they were novices pecking each other. Even the gangsters on the streets of Night City are better than them." Rebecca also interjected at this time.

As an irritable old girl, Rebecca had a small conflict with these guerrillas when she first came to Mexico. Although this small conflict was quickly resolved, Rebecca did not like the level of these guerrillas. .

Blue Bird suddenly felt a headache. It seemed that after the incident at Arasaka Tower, his subordinates had gained the reputation of being legendary, and now they were starting to have their eyes set on something higher than their expectations.

However, just when Qade Bird was about to say something, someone on the communication channel suddenly jumped in front of her and interrupted: "Although I don't really want to interrupt your conversation, I must say that the Fruit Alliance found that the factory was under attack. Their troops are gathering to prepare the rebels for battle."

It was V who spoke. After discussing with the leader of the resistance, Bluebird arranged for V to form the intelligence department of the resistance and temporarily put it under her management.

The early intelligence and reconnaissance of this operation were all done by people led by V, and this also added a lot of help to this operation.

"I understand. You should also prepare for battle and reduce our casualties as much as possible." Qingniao confessed, and then said to the leader of the resistance on the side: "Fruit Lianhe knows that something happened to the factory, let everyone do what they want." Get ready for battle!"

After saying that, without waiting for the leader of the resistance army to reply, Qingniao complained again: "By the way, we'd better unify our command after we go back this time, otherwise it will be too inefficient now."

Although Qingniao is not a military expert, he also knows that it is a taboo for military strategists to command many people.

Chapter 143 Fierce fighting in the streets

The rebels who entered the factory successfully removed the sentries around the factory without triggering the alarm. It can be said to be a very successful infiltration.

However, perhaps due to lack of experience, they overlooked a small detail, that is, Fruit Lianhe's factory operates 24 hours a day, which means that when the rebels infiltrated into the factory, there were people working in the factory.

In the world of cyberpunk, this kind of 24-hour sweatshop is not a rare thing. It can even be said that almost all companies' factories are in a similar state.

After all, if the factory shuts down for an hour, the company will make less money for an hour. What a huge profit loss if the workers don't work for a night!

And, from the perspective of maintaining equipment and saving costs, it is best not to stop a large production line after it is running.

Because every time the equipment is completely shut down, restarting the equipment will cause losses to the production line, and each time the production line is started, various parameters need to be readjusted and corrected, which is a cost.

So usually, some large production lines will not stop the equipment unless necessary.

I would rather produce at a loss than stop once. This is actually just a consideration made by the simplest cost accounting.

But this brought up a problem. In the factory that the resistance was about to blow up, there were still a large number of their compatriots working.

Although these compatriots have become workers in Fruit United, in this country ruled by companies, working for companies is the only way for most ordinary people to survive.

They are just forced by life. There is no problem of betraying their country and nation and working as dogs for the company.

Therefore, there is no way for the rebels to ignore these people and directly blow them up along with the factory.

The rebels just told these numb workers working on the production line that they were here to rescue them, and then they pulled these workers off the production line and began to install bombs on the production line.

In the entire Fruit Lianhe factory, this production line is the most valuable and critical thing. After it is blown up, even if Fruit Lianhe wants to rebuild the factory, it will take at least several months to wait for the equipment to be in place to rebuild the production line.

Originally, there was no problem with these. Everything was a plan formulated by the resistance leadership after discussion before the operation. The resistance soldiers also strictly followed the pre-planned plan and executed it without any omissions.

But as expected, accidents still occurred. In order to maximize the work efficiency of workers and prevent workers from fishing or walking around at will during working hours, Fruit Lianhe installed dynamic monitors at every work station, and installed dynamic monitors at every work station. Workers are also equipped with positioning programs.

When workers leave their jobs during normal working hours, these dynamic monitors will alert factory supervisors.

The supervisor will immediately check the worker's current location and warn him. If the worker does not return to work immediately, the supervisor will send security personnel and robots to force the worker back to work.

Yes, there are robots in the cyberpunk world, but they are not very intelligent and generally can only work as auxiliary units under human control.

But even a robot without any intelligence at all, under the control of security personnel, is more than enough to drive a few "absent from work" workers back to work.

So when the rebels pulled the workers who were still working from their jobs and drove them out of the factory, the alarm was naturally triggered, and the alarm was triggered at the highest level, which was directly reported to the police station in the city. department.

This immediately made the resistance army's idea of ​​​​operating in secret to avoid a head-on conflict with the Fruit Alliance troops come to naught.

Fortunately, from the beginning, the leadership of the resistance army had prepared a plan to break the pot and turn it into a head-on conflict, so in general everything was still within the plan.

So the resistance fighters were too lazy to continue their covert operations and turned directly to a frontal attack. After quickly clearing out the supervisors and robots in the factory, they planted bombs in various important locations in the factory.

Outside the factory, on the main roads leading to the factory, the resistance fighters responsible for blocking the Fruit Alliance forces were ready to fight, just like hunters squatting next to a trap waiting for their prey to be hooked, waiting for the Fruit Alliance forces to take the bait. troops arrive.

Although the leadership of the resistance army wants to try their best to avoid this action becoming a frontal conflict, these grassroots resistance fighters are looking forward to fighting this battle.

You must know that they are all locals. Almost everyone grew up under the brutal oppression and bloody exploitation of the company. Everyone has an unforgettable hatred for Fruit United, and many of their family members and relatives are even Die at the hands of fruit union.

Therefore, they still chose to join the guerrillas without external support in the past, and persisted in resisting the company's rule with their own meager strength.

Now there is an opportunity to take revenge, and of course they don't want to miss it at all.

The Fruit United troops did not keep them waiting. Within 15 minutes after the factory alarm was triggered, the armored vehicle carrying mercenaries drove in front of the resistance fighters.

"It's really unscrupulous. Even Arasaka and Military Technology don't dare to drive this kind of armored vehicle blatantly in Night City, but here they don't hide it at all." On the roof of a corner building, Qingniao watched the car drive. The armored car that came over couldn't help but shake its head.

The situation is so bad when a country is completely controlled by a company. Although Night City has become a plaything of the company, and the government of Night City has long been controlled by the company, at least the major companies in Night City still maintain a semblance of control. of decency.

In other words, because of the competition and opposition between the major companies, everyone has a tacit understanding to maintain their dignity. They have not used too large a force in the urban area of ​​Night City, nor have they used armored vehicles, tanks or other things. Drive into town and pass.

But in a place like Mexico, which is completely controlled by one company, Fruit United has no scruples at all, and military equipment such as armored vehicles are openly driven on the streets.

"Dorio, destroy that armored vehicle. The little toys in the hands of the rebels cannot penetrate the armor of this thing." Blue Bird gave instructions to his men through the communication channel.

"Received." With a reply, an anti-tank missile was shot from the roof of the street. After drawing a bright trace in the night sky, it accurately hit the armored vehicle of Fruit Lianhe.