Chapter 418: Cruise Missile Precision Strike, The Pioneering Group's Ferocious Combat Power |
"Coordinates X2434.Y5355, target confirmed, strike authorized."
Inside the Dawn Consortium's command vehicle, the fire control radar had completed its lock. The target was the Reyes Legion in the canyon thirty kilometers away.
Rook looked at Yu Yuan.
"Begin!"
"Fire!"
As the button was pressed, the dust cover on a vertical launch unit on an armored vehicle popped open.
*Whoosh—Whoosh—Whoosh*
Three R3-type cruise missiles were ejected from their launch tubes into the air by compressed air.
They then completed in-air ignition. The engines started working, and scorching flames propelled the three cruise missiles towards the canyon at a speed of 0.7 Mach.
Within the Commander System, Yu Yuan had already notified Alpha that three cruise missiles were rapidly approaching.
He told them to prepare for the assault.
The true threat from the Dawn Consortium was never this convoy; the real threat was the retaliation that would follow.
Tonight, the Reyes Legion side was the real battlefield.
At the speed of the cruise missiles, the 30-kilometer distance was covered in less than two minutes as they arrived over the canyon.
The signal indicating the missiles had successfully destroyed their targets appeared on the command vehicle's screen.
Alpha's battle also officially began.
With the sudden attack from these three missiles creating chaos, the fall of the Reyes Legion was only a matter of time.
"Sir, the attack is complete."
Rook looked at Yu Yuan.
The Reyes Legion was finished.
Rook had not a shred of doubt.
His gaze fell on Zhi Zhi perched on Yu Yuan's shoulder.
He had just watched this rat control a shadow-formed python to bind all his men.
He had also seen the man before him use a key to open a strange door, locking all his subordinates inside a room.
All of this made Rook think of an experiment his organization was currently conducting.
An experiment that was still only in the hypothesis stage.
Yu Yuan, however, did not linger. The launch mission was complete, and he had obtained all the special armored vehicles he needed.
It was time to return now.
He placed Rook and the two soldiers who had just controlled the launch into the Loser's Cube.
All members of the Pioneering Group also entered the armored vehicles and drove towards Dead Mine Town.
Yu Yuan's side was done, but the battle at the canyon was just beginning.
When the three missiles flew over the canyon, the Reyes Legion had already detected them.
Three fiery-red streaks of light were dazzlingly bright in the deep night.
Alarms blared throughout the entire camp.
But immediately after, the three missiles arrived over the canyon.
Amidst the panic of the Reyes Legion, they descended towards their camp.
Three consecutive explosions rang out.
The entire Reyes Legion descended into chaos.
The power of the three missiles exceeded Yu Yuan's expectations.
This power was not only due to the lethality caused by the missiles themselves.
More crucially, it was the deterrence they represented.
Because in this region, only one faction had the capability to launch such long-range strike weapons.
That was the Dawn Consortium.
And at the moment the missiles exploded, Alpha and his men, who were already prepared, moved.
"Move out!"
Following Alpha's command.
The sentry posts set up by the Reyes Legion were simultaneously taken out by gunfire masked by the explosions.
Immediately after, the Pioneering Group rapidly infiltrated through the dark forest to the top of the canyon.
Sniper positions and fire suppression points were quickly established, and the remaining Pioneering Group members swiftly advanced towards the camp.
All those who followed Alpha this time were elites of the Pioneering Group.
Including the [Jackal] squad.
They had essentially brought out their strongest combat force.
In just a few dozen seconds, the firepower points were set up.
The next moment, as explosions from RPGs, grenades, and rifle grenades rang out.
The Pioneering Group's assault on the Reyes Legion began.
Learning from last time's experience, Eagle Eye's sniper team prioritized enemy heavy firepower targets.
The fire suppression squad led by Rock targeted the enemy soldiers at the bottom of the canyon.
Trap, Roar, and Hyena had already led their men into the enemy camp, commencing a slaughter of overwhelming superiority.
During the Pioneering Group's last attack on the Reyes Legion, they were mostly all recruits. Although trained by Alpha, they were still inexperienced.
But after these several battles, the Pioneering Group members who came for this attack had basically all awakened the [Elite Recruit] template.
With the boost from the [Elite Recruit] identity template per person, the Pioneering Group members were like wolves falling into a flock of sheep—ferocious and fearless.
Their combat proficiency itself far surpassed that of the Reyes Legion, and all of them were also stacked with the [Morale Soaring] buff.
Firepower, defense, movement speed—they were superior in every aspect.
The enemy had barely raised their gun muzzles when the Pioneering Group might detect them and casually shoot them down.
All of this was driven by their bodily instincts as elite soldiers.
The Pioneering Group members seemed to enter a certain mysterious and profound state.
They were born warriors, born for the smoke of battle.
Fighting, rolling, dodging.
Every action was incredibly skilled and effortless.
It was as if everyone had an automatic enemy-seeking radar installed.
The moment an enemy showed hostility, they could complete automatic target lock and attack.
Even before an enemy showed hostility, just hiding in a corner preparing for a surprise attack.
The experience and instinct of battlefield veterans had already provided an early warning, automatically judging where enemies might be concealed.
And aiming their gun muzzles at that position.
The moment the enemy peeked out, the kill was already complete.
*Bang—*
An armor-piercing round penetrated a steel plate, killing an enemy who had climbed onto an armored vehicle's vehicle-mounted machine gun position.
Eagle Eye skillfully worked the bolt to eject the casing and reloaded.
His sights were already aimed at the next enemy raising an RPG.
*Bang—*
The bullet pierced through the enemy's head again.
"Damn it, where are the sentries? How did these bastards get into the camp? Motherfucking Dawn Consortium...."
"Counterattack, counterattack, coun—" A company commander from the reinforcement troops who had just arrived at the canyon that afternoon roared hoarsely.
But his presence was immediately noticed by a Pioneering Group soldier.
The soldier's eyes instantly lit up.
Without hesitation, he raised his Yo-yo Assault Rifle and pulled the trigger.
*Rat-a-tat-tat—*
The bullets directly pierced through that company commander's chest. He looked incredulously at the bullet holes in his chest.
And slowly fell down.
Blood slowly flowed from the corner of his mouth. His final memory only lingered on a blurry figure arriving beside him and taking his shoulder insignia.
"Hey! A captain, this is a company commander! Not bad!"
This scene was just one microcosm of the entire battlefield.
Similar or identical situations were playing out every moment.
Although the Pioneering Group's numbers were far fewer than the Reyes Legion's.
With the opening salvo of three cruise missiles, the entire Pioneering Group was pressing the attack against the Reyes Legion.
It was like a father beating his son; they had no ability to resist whatsoever.
They were simply not on the same level of combat power.
The Reyes Legion soldiers fell like harvested wheat, row after row.
This kind of attack filled the Reyes Legion soldiers with dread.
Just as they wanted to mount a desperate last stand, to fight to the death...
"Attention Reyes Legion, your unit commanders have all been eliminated. Immediately lay down your weapons and surrender. Those who surrender will not be killed."
"Repeat, attention Reyes Legion..."
A cold voice, amplified by loudspeakers, covered the entire canyon, causing the Reyes Legion soldiers who had just mustered their resolve to fight to the death to freeze momentarily.
Immediately, without any hesitation, everyone threw down their weapons, placed their hands on their heads, lay prone on the ground, and shouted loudly:
"We surrender, we surrender..."