CHAPTER 453: CHAPTER 222: WHERE TO SIGN UP

When Lei Jie successfully transported the goods back to Base 011, Chen Jian was leading the Offensive Company in pursuit of the final large-scale beast tide in the southeast direction.

The capture of key equipment altered Chen Jian’s strategy; he no longer aimed for the complete annihilation of the southeast beast tide but organized a resolute yet brief offensive to directly scatter the beast tide.

Meanwhile, far away in Han Shui City, He Shuo also made corresponding strategic adjustments.

After coordinating the cleaning of straggling monsters around Han Shui City with the remaining forces of the Penetration Company, the Expeditionary Force quickly expanded and began selectively supplementing personnel with strong combat capabilities into the Penetration Company.

At this point, the Huaxia Army’s operational focus shifted.

From the previous divide, encircle, decisive battle, to seek the enemy, penetrate, decapitation, decisive battle.

Based on the experience of combat against the Mechanical God Sect in the north, if the core commander within each beast tide could be eliminated, the difficulty of the battle would greatly decrease, even transforming completely into a "organized" versus "unorganized" crush!

Wiping off the monster blood splattered on the explosive gun, Chen Jian exhaled deeply.

"No sign of a commander among these monsters in this beast tide."

"There are two possibilities: either the opponent has already retreated upon realizing the battle can’t be reversed."

"Or they’re capable of real-time acquisition of our location information and have evaded us."

"Both possibilities are highly likely, but if it’s the latter......"

"Our drones and bombers have flown countless times in the air, and reconnaissance balloons were released long ago, why have we never encountered any of the opponent’s aerial reconnaissance equipment?"

"Could it be high-altitude reconnaissance...what level of technology and industrial completeness does Mountain City need to achieve this?"

"300 years..."

As Chen Jian’s words fell, Huang Yu standing beside him nodded.

"Indeed, it’s quite incredible... Commander, is there any other means for reconnaissance?"

"Like our unmanned combat equipment or radio monitoring devices?"

"Impossible."

Chen Jian shook his head and said:

"In this world today, although the electromagnetic environment is relatively clean, it’s not entirely free of interference."

"To rely purely on radio signals for positioning, one needs to deploy multiple signal receivers in a small area using the TDOA method for positioning."

"However, even using this method, our frequency hopping communication mode would severely interfere with positioning accuracy, possibly to the point of being completely unusable."

"This route is completely blocked..."

"And if there are any other reconnaissance methods....."

Chen Jian paused for a moment and then looked up.

"Satellite."

"Only satellites remain."

"Fu Xi mentioned last time that over 300 years, it could still receive signals from some satellites."

"Maybe Mountain City controls one or two reconnaissance satellites, excluding them from usable sequences by some means."

"The result is they can use it, but we can’t."

"If we speculate this way, our current situation makes a lot of sense."

"We have an information advantage, but it’s not significant."

"This entirely aligns with the results of satellite reconnaissance."

"If that is the case......"

"We even need to find a way to gain satellite control."

Chen Jian sighed deeply.

It’s becoming more and more complicated.

Initially, he thought Mountain City was merely a nest controlled by some super monster.

Later, he thought Mountain City was a "shell city" controlled by AI, developing unconsciously.

And now, various signs indicate the city is far more complex than he previously observed.

It’s not only strongly linked to various secrets of the Wasteland World but even exhibits some... characteristics of a Transcender?

No, not a Transcender.

But a regulator.

That city seems to consistently output influence to this world in its unique way, yet no one knows what result they truly seek.

Perhaps, only by going there in person can the answer be found.

Beast Tide.

It’s time to end this prolonged battle.

Once everything concludes, it’s the Huaxia Army’s time to advance westward.

Chen Jian quickly packed his gear and immediately ordered Huang Yu to start counting personnel and equipment.

Despite consecutive large-scale battles, the Offensive Company’s losses were not particularly small.

With a total close to 10 personnel casualties, over a dozen damaged unmanned equipment, and nearly depleted ammunition, now every combat unit falls short of even one basic ammo load.

They must promptly return to Jinling New City for resupply and rest.

Otherwise, even one unexpected battle could trap this squad in a dire situation of having guns without bullets, unable to resist.

"Commander, where do we go next?"

Huang Yu asked:

"The Yangtze River’s transportation route is almost stalled, we can’t use it for quick mobility."

"No worries."

Chen Jian waved his hand.

"Even if the water transport route could still be used, we cannot take such risks."

"For satellites in space, that’s the most noticeable route."

"We still need to go by land."

"Just over two hundred kilometers...first to Suzhou City, through Huzhou, return to base along G25."

"Understood!"

Huang Yu immediately began organizing the squad for assembly, all vehicles activated.

A few minutes later, the squad started advancing southwest.

After spending nearly 3 hours, the group reached Huzhou City for a first short rest.