EBE Chapter 1386 Using a Cannonball to Kill a Mosquito
Chapter 1386 Using a Cannonball to Kill a Mosquito
"Target locked! Coordinates: Area A7, three mobile heat sources in gullies! Area B3, two lurking heat sources in snowdrifts! Area G9, four high-speed mobile heat sources..."
The cold, precise call to action from the night owl echoed through the internal communication network.
Xiao Dingshan's lips curled into a cruel smile: "Order: Nearby combat units, fire coverage! Saturation strike! No need for precise aiming, cover their location and all possible escape routes! I want that area, barren!"
Xiao Dingshan said through gritted teeth, "I want them dead!"
"As ordered!"
The command was executed instantly!
The dozen or so combat robots closest to the target area, including two heavily armed siege mechs, immediately turned their cannons around! No longer firing in short bursts, but based on the coordinates and predicted paths provided by Night Owl, they launched a devastating area-of-effect attack, beginning their counterattack...
Boom! Boom! Boom! Rumble...!!
Thick beams of energy, dense clusters of high-explosive grenades, and even wide-area incendiary bombs rained down like a storm upon the area where the guerrilla squads, who had just launched their attack, were rapidly shifting or re-entering the terrain...
The blinding light and deafening explosion instantly engulfed the ravines, snowdrifts, and piles of rocks!
The shockwave hurled snow and permafrost tens of meters high, and flames roared across the ice field!
The explosion's radius extended far beyond the guerrilla squad's location, encompassing all their possible retreat and concealment routes!
"Ah...!" The scream was so faint amidst the roar of the explosion.
A squad member running at high speed across a ravine was torn apart by the shockwave of the explosion...
A soldier attempting to take cover again in a snowdrift was engulfed in flames, exoskeleton and all...
A squad had just moved to a new firing position when they were blown to smithereens by a barrage of grenades!
For the first time, Han Da's guerrilla squad encountered such precise and deadly long-range firepower!
Their speed and stealth, which they were so proud of, proved to be extremely vulnerable under the powerful battlefield scanning and coverage strikes of the creation base!
In just one counterattack, at least three squads, nearly thirty men, were wiped out by the fierce artillery fire!
This is just the beginning!
"Target updated! D-5 area, new heat source appears! Moving at high speed!" Night Owl's report was like the Grim Reaper calling roll.
"Cover up! Bomb it! At any cost!"
Xiao Dingshan gave only one cold command; he simply wanted to vent his anger...
Even if such an attack feels like using a cannon to kill a mosquito...
But he didn't care!
boom! boom! boom!
The artillery fire resumed! Yet another area was reduced to scorched earth!
Xiao Dingshan stood in the wind and snow, watching the explosions and thick smoke rising in the distance!
Listening to the Night Owl's continuous reports of new coordinates and "target cleared" feedback, his face remained expressionless, only his eyes, hidden beneath the hood, burned with a cold and efficient killing intent...
"Keep clearing the minefield! Keep moving forward!"
He roared at the terrified and heavily damaged Shahar troops, "Anyone who hesitates will be killed on the spot by the robots! Handa's little rats will be crushed by my legion!"
Shahar looked at the area covered by artillery fire in the distance, and then at the soldiers around him who were trembling under the guns of the robots and forced to continue towards the scorched earth!
Looking again at Xiao Dingshan's cold, demonic back, a chill ran down his spine and straight to the top of his head.
For the first time, he realized with such clarity that the methods employed by the "master" he was loyal to were clearly more despairing than the snowstorms of the icy plains.
At this moment, Shahar truly didn't dare utter a single word...
While Han Da's guerrilla tactics were ruthless, Xiao Dingshan's counterattack was an even more efficient and cold-blooded slaughtering machine! The meat grinder of the icy plains began to roar shrilly in the fierce clash between the two sides...
...
Meanwhile, in another location, in the capital of a Slavic country.
They were all waiting for news of the battle in a central command tent...
Han Da stood before Xiao Ce, clutching a briefing tightly in his hand, his voice low and suppressed:
"Your Highness... the 123-man squad that was sent to harass and delay Xiao Dingshan's main force outside Don River Fort... was completely wiped out."
He paused, his throat bobbing as if suppressing something: "They...fought very hard. Utilizing pre-set minefields and terrain, they successfully destroyed or severely damaged at least thirty-seven enemy combat robots, delaying the enemy for nearly two hours...but...not one of them survived."
"But the enemy's firepower is simply terrifying..."
The air seemed to freeze.
The staff officers stood with their heads bowed, Axe Bull's clenched fists were white at the knuckles, and Wei Wuji stared intently at the location of Don River Fort on the sand table, his eyes burning with anger.
Xiao Ce lifted his gaze from the mountain of blueprints for the Hidden Dragon Armory in front of him and placed it on the briefing in Han Da's hand.
No shock, no rage...
There was only one unusual calmness...
"understood."
Xiao Ce's voice was not loud as he continued, "In war, how can people not die? What's more, they are facing weapons that are ahead of their time and enemies who treat human life as worthless."
He stood up, walked to the sand table, and pointed to the wider area south of Don Fort!
"Xiao Dingshan's steel army, even if we exchanged our soldiers' blood, flesh and lives for it, was ultimately just a drop in the ocean. He could afford to waste his machines, but we couldn't afford to waste our lives."
His gaze swept over the generals present, his expression resolute: "Order all units: change the harassment strategy! Stop operating in small squads and break into smaller units! If they're using this 'cannon to kill a mosquito' approach, we can only continue to disperse and exhaust their ammunition!"
"Select the most elite, skilled, and resilient soldiers from each unit to form individual harassment teams! Each team will be equipped with the latest snow camouflage suits, individual energy weapons, miniature remote-controlled mines, high-energy incendiary bombs, and... delayed detonation devices. Judging by the time, they'll be entering our minefield soon!"
As Xiao Ce spoke, Han Da nodded.
Xiao Ce continued, "No fixed target! No fixed route! Their battlefield is the entire ice plain! They can launch an attack as soon as they spot a lone enemy robot, a small unit, a supply line, or even just a patrol trail!"
"Strike and run, never linger! Utilize the wind, snow, terrain, and darkness, omnipresent like ghosts! Strike and move on, making Xiao Dingshan's machine army walk on thin ice at every step!"
Upon hearing this, a flicker of pain crossed Han Da's eyes, which quickly turned into resolute determination: "Your Highness, this plan is excellent! However... acting alone greatly increases the risk, and the sacrifices may be..."
"I know."
Xiao Ce interrupted him, his eyes sharp as knives, and said, "So, tell all the warriors who volunteered to join the 'Ghost Team,' this is not an order, it's a request!"
"Make it clear to them that this is a mission with a nine-out-of-ten chance of death! Or they're just going to their deaths! The reason I sent them there alone is to make them feel unworthy to launch an attack when they're under fire!"
"They will face the cold scanners of machines and deadly energy weapons! If no one is willing to go, we will not force them! Every soldier of mine, Xiao Ce's soldiers, is precious!"
"Your Majesty!"
Han Da suddenly straightened his back, his voice rising abruptly, filled with a sense of tragic heroism and pride as he said, "You underestimate the men of Xiao Kingdom! To die for one's country, wrapped in a horse's hide, is the destiny and glory of a soldier! From the moment they put on this uniform, they have long been prepared to shed their last drop of blood for Xiao Kingdom and for the Prince! What is there to fear in life and death?!"
He turned and roared at the guards at the door, "Send word to the entire army! Announce the Prince's 'Ghost' plan! Anyone who volunteers, register with General Wei immediately! Tell them the Prince said this is a mission with a nine-out-of-ten chance of death; whether they go or not is up to them!"
The order was quickly relayed. Soon after, heavy footsteps could be heard outside the command post.
Without a commotion or hesitation, soldiers with resolute faces and eyes burning with the flames of revenge silently lined up and headed toward Wei Wuji's registration desk.
Their figures stood out exceptionally tall in the wind and snow, like unyielding pine trees on an icy plain.
Seeing this, Han Dahu's eyes filled with tears, and he slammed his fist heavily on the table.
...
At this very moment, on the ice plains north of the Slavic capital, Xiao Dingshan's army is advancing at high speed.
The previous harassment squads were completely wiped out, which seems to have had a deterrent effect!
At least there are no more annoying flies during the day.
But the safety of this icy plain came at a terrible cost.
Faced with a minefield laid out by Xiao Ce's army that was far denser and more treacherous than the one surrounding Yongdong Fortress!
Xiao Dingshan used the same method again.
"Saturation bombardment! Cover all coordinates of suspected minefields ahead!"
Boom! Boom! Boom! Rumble....
The shells from Shahar's side roared again. Although they felt a little heartbroken, after all, they had intended to use these shells to attack the enemy.
Nowadays, they're used for plowing.
"Shahar".
Xiao Dingshan turned his gaze to Shahar, who was standing silently to the side. "Send your men to level those craters and the edges of the bomb craters. Remember, use the 'right' men."
This time, Shahar understood immediately, a cruel glint in his eyes. He gave the order right away!
"Kornev! Bring out those who are accompanying the entourage, and... those of our own wounded who can't walk! Let them go! With their feet, clear a perfectly safe path for our master's divine soldiers!"
Kornev accepted the order with a sinister grin.
Soon, the people who followed them out of the fortress, along with some Slavic soldiers who were wounded and unable to move in the previous battle, were roughly driven onto the scorched earth after the explosion.
Their eyes were empty, filled with despair.
"If you don't want to be killed on the spot by the divine soldiers behind you, move forward! Stomp hard! Make sure you stomp firmly!"
Kornev brandished his whip, roaring through the wind and snow. At first, he had some psychological burden, but as time went on, he no longer felt any burden at all...
Under the threat of the cold gun barrels of the black robots behind them, these ordinary people who were part of their own logistics team staggered into the shell craters, which still smelled of heat and gunpowder, like walking corpses.
Each step was accompanied by painful groans and desperate sobs.
puff!
With a muffled thud, a wounded soldier stepped on a pressure-activated mine that had been overturned and half-buried by the explosion. His lower body was instantly blown off, and his screams came to an abrupt halt.
scoff!
Another woman tripped over a booby trap disguised under a snowdrift, and a violent explosion tore her to pieces.
Each explosion was accompanied by emotionless warnings from the rear-guard robots and reprimands from Slavic officers.
They used their own flesh and blood and lives to pave a blood-stained safety path for Xiao Dingshan's steel torrent in the minefield.
Shahar watched this scene with no remorse whatsoever, but rather with a morbid excitement, as if he were proving his "worth" to his master.
Xiao Dingshan watched indifferently, as if he were merely inspecting the final use of a batch of consumables.
Thanks to these extremely ruthless methods, Xiao Dingshan's main force's advance was not significantly delayed.
On the scorched earth, the massive black legion silently and resolutely crushed the outer defenses of Don River Fortress, treading on a path paved with human flesh and blood, its advance aimed directly at the core of this fortress that had been abandoned by the Federation.
Night fell, like a giant black curtain, once again enveloping the icy plains.
The cold wind was even more biting than during the day, whipping up snow and drastically reducing visibility.
It seems that the capital's castle can already be seen in the distance!
Xiao Dingshan ordered his army to speed up their advance!
He was eager to engage them in battle...
Just then, not far from them, Han Da's Ghost Squad launched another attack.
They had no rousing slogans, no dense formations, only solitary figures wrapped in top-quality snow camouflage suits!
Like a snow fox, it glides silently over undulating ice hills and deep ravines.
Each person is an independent hunter, carrying heavy miniature remote-controlled mines, high-energy incendiary bombs and energy rifles, with a delayed detonation device in their heart, and a resolute heart that has long since disregarded life and death.
An old soldier codenamed "Snow Owl" lay quietly behind an ice slope overlooking the main road, like a snow-covered rock.
His breath condensed into white frost beneath his mask, and his gaze, through his night vision goggles, was fixed on a small team of black robots moving below.
This squad has six combat robots, responsible for flank protection, and is patrolling along the road that has been razed by artillery fire but is still potholed.
Their cold, scanning beams swept regularly across the snow, but failed to penetrate the snowy owl's camouflage, which blended perfectly with its environment.
The opportunity is fleeting!
When the last two robots in the team slowed down slightly due to a deep pit, creating a gap of more than ten meters between them and the robots ahead, "Snowy Owl" moved!
He released the tension like a taut bowstring, launching a miniature remote-controlled mine in a precise parabolic arc. The mine rolled silently to the side of the path between the two robots, where it was instantly covered by the drifting snow.
At the same time, he slightly adjusted the energy rifle in his hand, not aiming at the robot's heavy torso, but calmly pulled the trigger at a cluster of dark blue energy lines at the joint of one of the legs!