Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
In reality, Ling Lan and the others weren't naive enough to think that the location of their headquarters could be hidden from everyone. Just like how Ling Lan could remember the location of countless military academies' headquarters, their headquarters' location could also be remembered by others.
Thus, even though Ling Lan had arranged many actions to confuse others, the defense of G17's headquarters was definitely not as weak as it seemed to outsiders.
Jiang Shaoyu saw that his side's first round of attacks had completely defeated the First Men's Military Academy's patrol team. He was very pleased with himself and said, "Charge in!"
Right at that moment, a "Whoosh ~! Whoosh ~! Whoosh ~! Whoosh ~! "was the sound of artillery shells being fired.
Jiang Shaoyu looked over and saw a sky full of missiles flying towards them. They looked exactly like the missiles mecha operators were most afraid of. He couldn't help but turn pale with fright. "Armor-piercing missiles?"
Why would the First Men's Military Academy have these kinds of missiles? Under his investigation, the First Men's Military Academy had clearly chosen mecha equipment, weapons, and necessary resources. They hadn't even applied for these armor-piercing missiles that were specifically used against mechas.
Armor-piercing missiles were extremely powerful. One of them could destroy a special-class mecha. Even ace mechas would suffer heavy damage if they were hit. Of course, the armor-piercing missiles used in the battle royale had already been weakened by five times. Even if they were hit, they would only cause damage to the outside of the mecha and wouldn't hurt the mecha operator. However, the mecha's A.I. would determine whether the mecha was damaged or destroyed based on the original damage of the armor-piercing missiles.
Armor-piercing missiles were very powerful, but they were also very expensive. One small missile cost 2 million honor points (and this was the internal price of the battle royale). The high price made countless military academies sigh. Even if they wanted to exchange, they would only exchange for one or two to satisfy their cravings.
As for the First Men's Military Academy, the number of missiles used in this round of cannon fodder attacks would definitely deplete all of their honor points. This was completely inexplicable.
The team members that Jiang Shaoyu had brought all saw what the missiles were. They didn't wait for Jiang Shaoyu's orders and all fired their beam guns to block them, attempting to detonate these armor-piercing missiles to prevent them from hurting themselves.
With great difficulty, this round of armor-piercing missiles was successfully intercepted. Before Jiang Shaoyu and the others could breathe a sigh of relief, they heard the sound of a new round of artillery fire. As expected, countless cannons flew over from the sky, forcing Jiang Shaoyu and the others to continue intercepting them.
Just like that, Jiang Shaoyu focused all his attention on intercepting 4 or 5 rounds before he finally reacted. Armor-piercing missiles were such precious items that the First Men's Military Academy could not afford to waste them like this. Moreover, the number of missiles far exceeded the amount that could be exchanged for. Could it be that these missiles were not armor-piercing missiles at all?
"Little Tao, go up and detonate it at a close distance." Jiang Shaoyu's suspicions were aroused. He immediately sent out a team member to test if this was a real armor-piercing missile.
A special-class mecha operator stepped out from the crowd and flew towards the missiles. Jiang Shaoyu was very cautious. He still had the other team members detonate the missiles. Very soon, most of the missiles were cleared, leaving only three behind. Little Tao was about a kilometer away from the missile when he heard Jiang Shaoyu's order, "Fire."
Without even thinking, Little Tao fired the beam gun in his hand and detonated one of the missiles. He then reported, "The mecha did not detect any energy waves."
"Continue to get closer!" Jiang Shaoyu's eyes flashed and he ordered Little Tao to continue getting closer to the missile.
On the ground, Han Jijun, who was monitoring the sky, saw this scene and immediately pressed a button to communicate. He ordered, "Prepare the armor-piercing rounds."
"Okay." Li Yingjie excitedly wiped his hands and shouted, "Brothers, it's time for us to show off."
This time, the Lingtian Mecha Clan only sent two battle teams and one logistics team. Ling Lan's team had already left the headquarters. The ones remaining in the headquarters were a mixed battle team formed by Wu Jiong and Li Yingjie. They were all advanced mecha operators. During the Grand Mecha Tournament, they had always been spectators. Even during the battle royale, they could only stay in the headquarters and do some patrolling and assisting the logistics team. This made Li Yingjie, who loved to show off, feel very frustrated.
"Yes, vice-captain!" The team members energetically took out the real armor-piercing missiles that they had been keeping at the back and placed them on the launcher.
On the other side, Jiang Shaoyu's team member, Little Tao, once again got closer. When he was about 300 to 400 meters away, he detonated another missile. "The energy display is weak. Even if it's five times, it won't be a problem."
"D * mn, it's actually fake." At this moment, how could Jiang Shaoyu not know? He had actually been blocked by these fake armor-piercing missiles. "Don't worry about them. Charge."
Jiang Shaoyu was frustrated. He had already investigated the types of resources that the First Men's Military Academy could exchange for and didn't find any armor-piercing missiles. Why didn't he suspect something was wrong just now? He had actually wasted so much time.
At this moment, Little Tao had already rushed towards the last missile. The missile hit his mecha and instantly exploded. "The energy is extremely weak. It can't break through the beam shield. The damage of these missiles is close to zero."
The information that Little Tao sent over proved Jiang Shaoyu's guess. As expected, these missiles were just a bluff, and he had actually been fooled just now.
Little Tao's words also made the other mecha operators relax. Under Jiang Shaoyu's lead, everyone pushed forward at full speed and quickly flew towards G17.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh …" Countless missiles appeared in the sky again. This time, Jiang Shaoyu and the others didn't stop to block them. Instead, they rammed into the missiles at an even faster speed.
"Boom, boom, boom …" The sounds of explosions rang out continuously. The mecha operators found that there was indeed no damage to their mecha, so they became even bolder.
"Boom!" This explosion was a little strange. After a mecha rammed into a missile, it suddenly lost control and fell to the ground. No matter how the team members called out, they didn't get any response. Before the others could react, several consecutive explosions caused more than ten mecha to instantly lose control and fall to the ground …
Seeing this, Jiang Shaoyu's expression changed drastically. At that moment, a missile just happened to be flying towards him. He shot straight towards it and detonated the missile prematurely. The huge explosive force caused the A.I. of Jiang Shaoyu's mecha to sound an alarm, reminding him that his mecha had been damaged. The beam shield's energy had been depleted and a new energy storage unit had to be replaced.
"It's an armor-piercing missile!" Jiang Shaoyu roared angrily. He didn't think that after four or five rounds, the opponent would actually really fire armor-piercing missiles, causing them to lose 14 mecha in an instant while they were unprepared.
"Ptui, who told you to attack our headquarters." Li Yingjie saw the results of his team's first round of attacks and was very pleased with himself.
"Continue to fire fake missiles," Li Yingjie ordered. Li Yingjie continued to order, "Every armor-piercing missile is precious. Without my orders, no one is allowed to use them."
Originally, the First Men's Military Academy indeed didn't have any armor-piercing missiles, but before Zhao Jun's group of four had been forced to land, they had managed to snatch four boxes of supplies. One of the boxes contained some precious weapons, and there were 15 armor-piercing missiles inside. In addition, when Qiao Ting had led his team to clear out District SP and District SP, he had let the people of the First Co-ed Military Academy transport the scattered armor-piercing missiles over. Thus, the headquarters had accumulated close to 30 armor-piercing missiles. Unfortunately, after one round, more than half of them had been used up. There were only around 10 left, so Li Yingjie had no choice but to use them carefully.
"Vice-captain, they've stopped again," a team member reminded Li Yingjie.
Li Yingjie huffed coldly and said, "It'd be weird if they didn't stop." Did they want to take another round of armor-piercing missiles?
Jiang Shaoyu and the others couldn't tell whether the missiles fired by the opponent were real or fake. In order to ensure their safety, they had no choice but to stop and deal with these missiles.
"The engineers we brought this time are really f * cking geniuses. They actually managed to imitate so many fake missiles in such a short amount of time," a team member said excitedly as he fired the fake missiles.
"That's because they worked overtime. Luckily, other than the necessary supplies and weapons, the regiment commander also brought a lot of modified machinery," another team member said admiringly.
"I remember someone who had a strong opinion about this," a team member beside him teased.
"That's why I'm just a small team member, while Boss Lan is the regiment commander. He truly has great foresight," the team member who had been exposed didn't get angry, replying in a very Ah-Q manner.
His words made the team members smile knowingly. Indeed, how could they understand Boss Lan's every decision?
Li Yingjie heard his team members' words of admiration for Ling Lan, but his heart didn't waver at all. He had been beaten down since he was young until now, so he had completely lost all will to compete with Ling Lan. That kind of monster was not something a normal person like him could compare to. It was better for him to focus on researching how to become the next head of the Li family.
In the next few rounds, Li Yingjie only fired two real armor-piercing missiles. However, because Jiang Shaoyu was extremely cautious and didn't miss a single missile, he didn't succeed. This time, Li Yingjie didn't dare to waste any more time. He simply used fake missiles to obstruct the opponent.
"Beep beep beep!" Han Jijun, who had been keeping a close eye on the battle situation, suddenly received several call requests. Han Jijun pressed one of them and heard Wu Jiong's voice from the other side, "Han Jijun, we've reached the designated location."
"Got it." Han Jijun replied sternly. He then connected the remaining calls one by one. Just like Wu Jiong, they all reported that they had all reached the designated location. Only then did Han Jijun's stern and cold face finally reveal a hint of a smile.
This plan was something he had meticulously planned for the attackers: Jiang Shaoyu, have a good taste of it!
Knowing that everything was in place, Han Jijun saw that the opponent was firmly defending and knew that it was no longer possible to use armor-piercing missiles to damage the opponent's mecha. Thus, he pressed the call button on Li Yingjie and said, "Li Yingjie, stop firing fake missiles. Activate Plan B."
Hearing this, Li Yingjie immediately had his team members gradually reduce the number of fake missiles they were firing. In the end, they made it look as if they had run out of fake missiles. When everyone stopped firing, Li Yingjie had his team members take the fake missiles that had not run out and the remaining 10 armor-piercing missiles and quietly retreat to the back.
"Regiment commander, the opponent isn't firing anymore." Seeing that the opponent wasn't firing any more missiles, Jiang Shaoyu's people finally let out a sigh of relief.
Jiang Shaoyu was a paranoid person. It was also because of this paranoid nature that he didn't lose a single mecha in the last few rounds. The two armor-piercing missiles that were sandwiched between them had been blocked. Seeing that the opponent wasn't firing any more missiles, he still chose to wait. At the same time, he sent out a battle team to test the waters.
However, the opponent might really have run out of missiles. The battle team continued forward and didn't encounter any obstacles. Only then did Jiang Shaoyu feel at ease and lead his team to follow. They passed by G7, G9, G11, and when they saw that they weren't far from G17 and didn't see the opponent firing any more missiles, Jiang Shaoyu finally relaxed.
Right now, he was guessing that those fake missiles were probably forged by the engineers of the First Men's Military Academy after they had entered the map. It was impossible for there to be so many of them that they wouldn't run out. Those armor-piercing missiles were also the same. 17 or 18 of them should be the limit of the First Men's Military Academy.
However, very quickly, Jiang Shaoyu was once again in danger. While they were flying, a warning suddenly sounded out from each of their mecha. "Your mecha has been locked onto. Please evade immediately."
Jiang Shaoyu was shocked. He glanced at the radar area and saw that the originally empty radar area was suddenly surrounded by countless bright spots. They had actually stepped into an encirclement.
Jiang Shaoyu wasn't an idiot. He instantly understood that these ambushing mecha had probably turned off their engines. That was why there were no energy fluctuations and the radar couldn't detect them. He had also made similar arrangements in Area Q and M. He didn't think that this time, he would personally experience the feeling of falling into an ambush.
Bang, bang, bang … Countless beams of light attacked from all directions. Many of Jiang Shaoyu's team members who were surrounded were hit and fell to the ground. Li Yingjie had used fake and real missiles to intercept them, giving the surrounding mecha operators enough time to reach the ambush location. In other words, this was all of the strength left in the headquarters. Han Jijun had invited them into the trap and also made a decision to cut off all means of retreat.
"I didn't think that the First Men's Military Academy would still have such a powerful strategist. This series of calculations is enough to make the Second Men's Military Academy lose many mecha operators." The people in the monitoring room originally thought that the people left behind by the First Men's Military Academy wouldn't be able to stop the six battle teams of the Second Men's Military Academy. Now, it looked like that might not be the case. The fake and real armor-piercing missiles had caused Jiang Shaoyu to lose more than one battle team. Now that they were surrounded and ambushed, it was hard to say how many mecha operators would be left behind … If Qiao Ting was still left behind in the headquarters, Jiang Shaoyu wouldn't have any hope at all.
"It looks like we've still underestimated the First Men's Military Academy. They aren't as blindly arrogant as we thought. Their arrangements are well thought out," said an officer who liked the First Men's Military Academy.
"Otherwise, it's all up to Jiang Shaoyu now. An ace operator isn't someone who can be taken care of by a small ambush." The people on the Second Men's Military Academy's side naturally objected.
"Even if they can't take care of Jiang Shaoyu right now, they can take care of the people he brought with him. Jiang Shaoyu will have a hard time fighting alone."
"As long as one battle team is left behind, with Jiang Shaoyu's ability, he will be able to take care of the battle teams left behind. At that time, the headquarters of the First Men's Military Academy will be in Jiang Shaoyu's pocket."
The two sides continued to argue. One of them suddenly turned his head and asked Ling Xiao, "Sir General, what do you think?"
Ling Xiao smiled lightly and said, "Let's see if Jiang Shaoyu can withstand this round of ambush. If he can, Jiang Shaoyu wins. If he can't, the First Men's Military Academy wins." Ling Xiao's words hit the nail on the head. The key point would depend on this ambush.
Jiang Shaoyu was, after all, Jiang Shaoyu. An ace operator wasn't someone who could be taken care of by ambush. He didn't even think about it and directly charged forward. At this time, he couldn't hesitate. Only by breaking through the encirclement would he have hope.
The battle teams that Jiang Shaoyu had brought with him this time were all their strongest mecha operators, including the two allied battle teams. They were also carefully selected. It could be seen that Jiang Shaoyu was determined to take down the headquarters of the First Men's Military Academy.
Thus, even though they had been thrown into confusion by the beams coming from all directions at the beginning and had lost quite a few mecha, the mecha operators who had calmed down saw Jiang Shaoyu's actions and immediately followed him. It was clear that they had great chemistry with each other.
Just like that, with Jiang Shaoyu as the arrowhead, the remaining mecha operators fired beams to intercept the beams while operating their mecha to charge forward. In that instant, they had once again lost quite a few mecha. However, because of this decisive action, they had successfully opened a gap and charged out.
Han Jijun calmly pressed down on the call button and said, "Li Yingjie, fire the armor-piercing missiles."
Following this order, Li Yingjie and the others, who had already retreated to G17, fired the last 10 armor-piercing missiles as well as countless fake missiles.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh …" The sound of countless missiles being fired rang out once again. Jiang Shaoyu had just broken through the encirclement and hadn't even had time to breathe a sigh of relief when he was covered in missiles.
This time, Jiang Shaoyu was caught in a dilemma. If he blocked the real and fake missiles in front of him, he wouldn't be able to block the countless pursuing mecha and beams coming from behind. If he focused on defending against the pursuers behind him, then he could only rely on his mecha to take on the missiles in front. However, he didn't know how many of them were real armor-piercing missiles.
There was no time for him to hesitate. Jiang Shaoyu gritted his teeth and ordered, "Block the pursuers from behind with all your strength." In other words, he was the only one who would choose to take on the missiles in front of him.
"Boom boom boom …" Following the countless explosions caused by the missiles hitting the mecha, another 10 mecha were destroyed in this round. Seeing that he had lost another 10 members, Jiang Shaoyu almost spat out blood.
He hadn't blocked the missiles in front of him because he had bet that the opponent didn't have that many armor-piercing missiles. Unfortunately, he had lost the bet.
The first round of missiles had just exploded when the sound of countless missiles being fired could be heard again. This time, Jiang Shaoyu didn't dare to take the risk and had his team members clear out the missiles. Although his team members were clearing out the missiles in front of them while running irregularly to avoid the countless beams coming from behind, there were still a few mecha that weren't able to dodge and were once again destroyed.
However, from the energy reaction of the explosions, they had been fooled again. This round, there were no real armor-piercing missiles at all.
Jiang Shaoyu was about to go crazy from these real and fake missiles. He roared, "I don't care anymore. Block them." Hells, he didn't believe that the First Men's Military Academy really had that many armor-piercing missiles.
This time, Jiang Shaoyu had made the right bet. Seeing that the opponent was no longer worried about their missiles, Li Yingjie also stopped firing fake missiles. Instead, he had all his team members fire heavy missiles. Although their destructive power couldn't be compared to armor-piercing missiles, it was still better than the fake missiles which had almost no destructive power. It was always good to cause some damage to the opponent.
However, this time, Jiang Shaoyu also knew that the opponent really didn't have weapons as powerful as armor-piercing missiles. Otherwise, they wouldn't have given up just like that.
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