CHAPTER 430: CHAPTER 208: HEAVY STRIKE

"Penetration Company’s Squad One!"

"Maneuver southwest to the designated location on the map!"

"Establish the cellular network base station, guide the drone swarm to advance for fire reconnaissance!"

"Squad Two!"

"Set up a heavy machine gun firing point on-site!"

"Heavy machine guns to overreach fire, organize coverage attacks on the enemy’s flanks!"

"Squad Three!"

"Follow the tanks for coordinated cover, clear surrounding small targets, and open up the area for deployment!"

"Squad Four!"

"Set up artillery positions, deploy howitzers and rocket launchers!"

"Squad Five!"

"Maneuver west to the map-designated position, use rocket launchers and recoilless rifles to strike enemy protruding targets!"

"Understood!"

"Understood!"

...

By the bank of Poyang Lake, Shen Yue continuously issued deployment orders, and the five squads of the Penetration Company quickly sprang into action, beginning maneuvers according to his command.

The first to complete the order was Squad One; under the squad leader’s guidance, the soldiers swiftly cleared out small monster targets surrounding the high ground, and relying on the giant trees growing on the high ground, quickly set up the cellular network base station.

At the moment when the network signal became effective, several rotor drones from the drone swarm rapidly ascended and began receiving orders from Fu Xi and War Skull, maneuvering swiftly towards due east, using the 8.6mm machine guns carried to accurately strike at the monsters on the ground.

At the same time, on the Benghu Defense Line nearly 60 kilometers away, the drone swarm led by He Shuo also identified the cellular network signal and was immediately integrated into the War Skull command sequence, starting coordinated maneuvers with the drones in the air.

The monsters at the forefront of the Beast Tide were the first to be struck, and under the dense barrage of large-caliber bullets, several heads of monsters didn’t even have time to advance to effective engagement range before falling with torn skins and shredded flesh onto the muddy plains by the lake.

The momentum of the Beast Tide’s charge was almost instantaneously cut off, akin to charging Cavalry encountering a chevaux-de-frise; this Beast Tide forced onto the lake area plains by the Penetration Company began a collapsing "stampede incident."

A massive, plump monster exploded when it fell due to internal pressure imbalance.

The monster’s body crashed to the ground like a landslide, with rotting fat and muscle exploding the moment internal pressure destabilized, spraying fetid bodily fluids in high-pressure jets in all directions.

The ground nearby was instantly turned black, and the soldiers of Squad Five, who had already closed in on the side of the monster’s frontline at 400 meters, swiftly bent low.

The splattering acidic liquid fell like rain just 50 meters short of them, and the leaves wetted by the rain burned and withered at an alarming speed.

"Stay concealed!"

"The body fluid of that monster is highly acidic!"

The squad leader of Squad Five shouted in the communication channel, simultaneously firing a flare.

The scarlet light pierced through the lake’s mist, marking the splatter range for the drone swarm.

The rotor drone group in the air immediately adjusted its course, using crossfire to seal off the exposed flank gap after the monster collapsed.

But the chaos of the Beast Tide did not cease.

The death of that huge monster was like knocking over dominoes, as the charging monster group behind collided due to inertia, the brittle sound of bones breaking mixing with their wails.

Shen Yue glanced at the image flowing on the tactical monocle, with the tactical situation map showing violent fluctuations in the red dots representing the enemy crowd.

This is an opportunity.

The previous hammer-anvil tactics relied on cooperation from two friendly forces, but now, the monster corpse has already formed a fragile "anvil."

It can withstand a few more impacts, but won’t immediately be penetrated!

"Squad Three, accelerate advance with tank cover! Bypass the wreckage, open up a passage for assault!"

Order given, the sound of tracks grinding over mud came from behind.

The 30A tank, having removed reactive armor and reduced its weight as much as possible, broke through the smoke released by special monsters within the Beast Tide, its main cannon aiming at targets still moving atop the piled monster corpses.

"Boom——!"

Tungsten core armor-piercing rounds penetrated two glued bodies in succession, blasting flesh into a sky full of fragments.

Meanwhile, taking advantage of the window of opportunity brought by other squads’ proactive attacks, Squad Four had already completed the deployment of artillery positions.

The gunners quickly loaded, with coordinate data being calibrated in real-time through the War Skull system.

"Elevation angle 42, azimuth angle 089—fire!"

Amidst the deafening sound of artillery shells exiting the barrel, ripples were stirred on the surface of Poyang Lake by the shockwave.

Rocket artillery steel rain covered the Beast Tide’s rear cluster that had not yet scattered, and in the explosion’s firelight, several shell monsters were thrown into the air by the blast, their appendages curling and carbonizing under high temperatures.

Like grasshoppers falling into fire.

Shattered limbs flew high overhead, with debris falling like rain.

Witnessing this scene, Yu Qian tightly gripped the rocket launcher in his hands, momentarily stunned.

But soon, a new command came through his earphones.

"Channel opening!"

"Squad Five! Continue to advance!"

Yu Qian gritted his teeth, following closely behind the squad leader who had already stepped forward.

This was his first experience of such a large-scale battlefield.

Dozens of huge monsters, exploding artillery shells everywhere, bullets flying overhead, drones in the air, ground combat teams, radio commands so dense they even seemed noisy, comrades around him on edge to the extreme...

All this instinctively tightened his emotions, his hand gripping the rocket launcher even beginning to cramp from exerting too much force.

But he had no choice.

This is the Penetration Company.

This is the Assault Group!

No matter how complex or brutal the battlefield, he must closely follow the squad leader, like a sharp, unmatched dagger, plunging fiercely into the core area of the Beast Tide.

"Squad Five in position!"

The squad leader ahead halted, reporting through the radio with a voice slightly hoarse.

Next, he continued to order:

"Everyone, prepare for attack!"

"Aim at the enemy’s protruding targets, select individual targets according to a left-to-right sequence allocation!"

"Follow my command!"

"Fire once in effective kill range!"

"Understood!"

Squad Five’s 9 soldiers responded almost in unison.

Yu Qian’s gaze locked through the rocket launcher’s aiming device ahead, and only now did he truly feel the immense psychological pressure endured by the true Huaxia Army when facing monsters.

This was completely different from the previous "hunting actions."

A 30-meter-tall monster at a distance of 500 meters still imposed no sense of encroachment.

At 300 meters, the vibrations from its movements already stirred dust on the ground.

At 200 meters, its shadow could already blanket Squad Five’s entire position under the sunset, and even raising his head, he could clearly see its terrifying mouthparts, and the blood and flesh tangled on its clawed arms.

At 150 meters, his entire field of view was filled by the monster.

However, the effective kill range set by the squad leader is 100 meters!

Yu Qian breathed heavily, quietly waiting for the squad leader’s command.

Yet another jet of acid was spit from the monster’s mouth, but even before those fluids fell, the prepared squad leader had already fired a thermobaric grenade.

"Boom!"

The explosion’s shock wave combined with intense heat instantly evaporated the liquid, and immediately after, the squad leader grabbed a recoilless rifle, roaring out orders.

"Fire!"

Yu Qian flipped up.

The rocket launcher muzzle raised.

In the next second.

"Boom!"

"Boom----"

Several rockets, recoilless artillery were fired from the position.

Brilliant fireworks exploded in the air everywhere, with 6 monsters at the protrusion falling instantly.

Yu Qian exhaled slightly, turning to grab a rifle to prepare for retreat.

And just then, a strange scene unfolded before his eyes.

The fallen monster’s corpse fractured from within.

Next, a "fetus" wrapped in blood stood up from the flesh.

The sharp cry drowned out the muffled explosions and deafening gunshots.

The fetus opened its eyes, locking onto the location of Yu Qian.

Yu Qian’s eyes focused.

In the next second, the fetus rushed towards Squad Five’s position at an astonishing speed.

This scene seemed familiar.

Yu Qian’s gun barrel raised.

The figure was already charging.

And in his hands...

Was a rifle already loaded!

meters.

The trigger was pulled!