Chapter 1 The Outsider on
Su chose a completely new route this time, starting from Dragon City, traveling diagonally to the northwest, bypassing the northeast direction of Pendulum City, and then to 958. From the old maps, the road passes through the ruins of many villages and towns, and there is also a well-developed road network. Of course, these roads have long since been abandoned and are no longer in use.
But the route was much closer than the one that had passed through Saratoga and then across the Prairie, and it was much easier to resupply 958 via Pendulum City, the base that the Roxserland Company had already established. Villages and towns along the way can also be rebuilt into new supply points. The only downside is that the route has to detour to the northern part of the steppe mountains to reach the entrance to the base.
After talking to Ricardo before leaving, Sue notices the various creatures in the wilderness. Although there were no obvious signs of wisdom in sight for the time being, the shadow of the original leader of the rotting wolf still lingered. Su understood what the real crisis Ricardo was talking about, since there was a wise rotting wolf, there could be thousands, ten thousands, and other races could also develop intelligence that could rival that of humans.
That's not a good thing.
Although Su was not proficient in the doctrine of biological competition, he could know by intuition alone that at least on this land, two intelligent races could not coexist at all.
Su kept moving at a constant pace of 20 kilometers, and of course the efficiency of running was far less efficient than driving an off-road vehicle, but he liked it. This is not entirely due to the fact that she can't afford to pay for fuel, but mainly because Su feels that she can get closer to the wilderness and the whole world. Passing along the way, almost every slight change could be felt by Sue. The touch of his feet with the earth would even give Su the illusion that he was running on the chest of the world, and he could feel the strong sound of the heartbeat and blood of the whole world!
After running for a long time, in the map in Su's consciousness, it can be seen that his current position is less than 100 kilometers away from Pendulum City, and he has entered the range of the patrol of the Roxserland Company.
In front of Sue, there was cracked and cold earth, and in the distance was a dry river, and a few dead trees stood prominently on the riverbank, and the coiled branches seemed to hang with frozen time. Even though it was winter, it rarely snowed in the new era, and the ground was covered with tiny cracks due to drought.
As far as the eye can see, deep rut marks can be seen everywhere. Judging from the shape of the wheel print, it is the armed off-road vehicle configured by Roxerland.
There were several wheels with particularly deep wheel prints, and the turns were so fierce that the hard wasteland on the outer edge of the wheel prints was pushed up. When the cold wind blew, loose floating earth flew everywhere, and it seemed that the patrol convoy had just passed by.
Sue stopped, staring at the ground in the distance. In the wasteland over there, there were more than a dozen black and inconspicuous round pieces of metal, scattered within a radius of several hundred meters. Each of these metal clumps is no more than five centimeters in diameter, and at a distance of more than 1,000 meters they are insignificant dots that cannot be seen by anyone who has not been strengthened by sight. Metal blocks like this can be found almost everywhere in the wilderness and ruins, but what makes Su vigilant is that he hears a strange high-frequency sound wave, which is beyond the normal hearing range of the human ear, but when it encounters human tissue, it will bounce back to form a new sound wave, which will be reflected back. Countless jรน flashed in his mind for a moment, and Su had already located the source of these high-frequency sound waves, which was those inconspicuous pieces of metal in the distance.
After a few more seconds, Sue came to the conclusion that of all the creatures he had dealt with, only the human body had the strongest reflex against this sound wave.
Su walked towards the nearest round metal block, and when it was about five meters away from it, a dark red light suddenly lit up at the center of the metal block, and eight small nozzles popped out of the shell, spewing out light blue flames of different sizes. The metal block immediately flew up, drew an arc in the air, and crashed towards Su Fei!
The little thing flew extremely fast, which surprised Sudu. He slumped down, his feet exerting force, and his body sprang out to the side, widening the distance between him and the metal block. The nozzle around the metal block automatically adjusted the angle and intensity of the jet, making it flexibly draw a semicircle and accelerate towards Su Fei again!
Su's body tissues tightened suddenly, and the reflection of high-frequency sound waves was greatly weakened, and at the same time, it accelerated to the side again, and in an instant, the acceleration even surpassed that of the cheetah. The distance between Su and the metal block instantly narrowed to more than ten meters.
The metal round lost its target, flew in the air blankly for a few laps, and slowly landed on the ground, and after a few flashes of red light in the center, it suddenly exploded with a soft sound! Hundreds of metal fragments flew in all directions, covering a range of five meters. If it's a little farther away, these fragments don't pose much of a threat to the Dark Dragoon's Field Combat Set, but this is a piece of equipment that is specially configured for Dragoons, and even the standard version of the Field Combat Set is extremely expensive, and ordinary Dragoons can't afford it at all. If the target is ordinary people, then the power of this smart mine is not ordinary.
The metal blocks appear to be intelligent human-sensing mines that can be automatically triggered at a range of about five meters and have a tracking radius of more than 50 meters. Sue looked at the dispersion of the sensor mines around them and judged that it should have been fired from artillery or some kind of special projectile.
Su's eyebrows moved, and he squatted down, picked up a metal fragment, and slowly twisted it on his fingertips. This is a fragment particle made of alloy, although small but very heavy, the irregular shape can make it roll quickly in human tissue, and the lethality under high-speed impact is very amazing. Moreover, the alloy that makes up the fragments is a metal unknown to Sue, which contains strong radiation that can cause permanent damage if it is not removed for several hours after being injected into the body.
This mine, inside and out, is not something that can be manufactured by the technical level of the Roxseran Company, and the technical level is directly comparable to the standard equipment of the Dark Dragoon. But from the list of equipment of the Dark Dragoon, Su had never seen such an intelligent induction anti-infantry mine.
Thinking of seeing the flames of war flying behind Persephone during the physical examination, Su's heart tightened slightly. He took the rifle from his back and pressed the prepared magazine into the barrel of the gun. In addition to its long range and high accuracy, the rifle handmade by the captain is also characterized by a magazine that can feed three rows at the same time. This allows Su to switch between high-explosive shells, armor-piercing bullets and special bullets without changing the magazine, and the rate of fire is greatly increased compared to ordinary sniper rifles. However, except for those who specialize in sniping and strengthening above the fifth order, only Su can use this gun well.
He looked around and soon saw several striking car marks in the north. This is not a wheeled off-road vehicle from Roxerland, but a half-wheeled, half-track vehicle, and much heavier than the off-road vehicle of the Roxserland company. Judging from the number of car marks, two chariots came from the other side, turned diagonally, and chased after the off-road vehicles of the Roxyserland Company.
Su bent down, trotted up, and arrived at the unfamiliar car mark after a while. Deep imprints, cracked ground, and scattered dirt as it turned, all illustrate the brutal and rough power of the chariot.
The ground around the car marks was littered with deformed metal bullets. Su picked one up, looked at it, and threw it on the ground again. It seems that this 7.92 caliber heavy machine gun shell is completely incapable of helping the armor of the combat vehicle, and the 12.7 caliber anti-aircraft machine gun bullet is also of limited use.
Su tightened the lanyards and straps throughout his combat uniform, picked up his speed, and tracked down the car marks at a constant speed of 40 kilometers.
After running for more than half an hour, the car marks turned to the north, and another group of car marks set off from Pendulum City and drove towards the mountains not far away, which seemed to be the rescue team of the Roxserland Company. The reinforcements did not go straight into the mountains, but made a detour and drove into the mountains from the other direction.
On the distant hills, you can already see fires and smoke rising from time to time. Su picked up speed again and rushed into the war-torn mountains!
When Su cautiously sneaked into the flank of the battlefield, the fierce battle had just come to an end. Two light tanks were parked in the valley, and two tank guns were pointed at the surrounding battle roofs, and from time to time they fired a shot. The terrain of this mountainous area is complex, consisting of hills of no more than 100 meters, and the mountains are not steep. The caliber of the chariot cannon is not outstanding, but the cannon fire is surprisingly powerful, which can be compared with the main battle chariot, and the accuracy of the cannon fire is also very high, and it has successively bombarded two snipers who want to shoot cold guns into the sky.
In the middle of the two chariots, a dozen heavily armed warriors were dragging two wounded companions behind the chariots. These warriors are covered in dark blue armor with strange shapes, protecting vital parts of their bodies. The two wounded warriors were riddled with bullet holes, but although the armor was riddled with bullet marks, none of them were pierced, and all the wounds were distributed in the arms, thighs, etc., so their injuries were severe, but not fatal.
The armor and combat uniforms of the wounded were untied one by one, and the wounds were treated. Judging from the skillful methods of the soldier who carried out the rescue, he was at least a part-time medician. In a few minutes before and after, the wounded had been treated, and the soldiers used the body of the chariot as a cover to set up field tents to protect the two wounded.
On the other side, a warrior with a gun guarded six prisoners. The captives were badly wounded and fell to the ground, many of them still oozing blood from their wounds, and it seemed that even if there was no one to guard them, they would not be able to run far. Although the uniforms were soaked in blood, it was still clear that the captives were Oxserland Corporation's troops.
A dull gunshot rang out through the valley, and another sniper lurked on the heights to sneak attack.
It's just that both tanks are parked in the middle of the valley, and the nearest hill is also a thousand meters away. The site of the sniper ambush was more than 1,300 meters, and the bullet hit the chariot, splashing a cloud of sparks. The reaction of the soldiers next to the vehicle was surprisingly fast, and the two snipers immediately searched for the direction of the bullet and counterattacked. The heavy machine guns in the hands of the three fighters also roared, sending a hail of blazing bullets to the top of the hill, suppressing the snipers' possible retreat routes. The chariot gun turned quickly, took aim briefly, and then erupted in a burst of fire.
With a bang, a large area of earth and rocks exploded on the top of the hill, and the snipers who attacked flew into the air with the smoke of gunpowder.
Just when all the warriors were mentally relaxed, suddenly several more gunshots rang out, two sparks splashed on the chariot's hull, and a place of dirt spewed high on the ground. But there were also two fighters screaming loudly, one with a sniper bullet piercing his leg, and the other being much more unlucky, half of his neck was blown off by a bullet!
This time the blow was so striking that the fighters fell into a brief panic, each making tactical moves to avoid a possible follow-up strike.
With a whew, a rocket was fired from the side of a hill. The rocket, which was not guided by any guidance, was accurately pointed at one of the combat vehicles, showing the shooter's superb shooting skills. It's just that the timing of the rocket launch is about ten seconds later, which is usually negligible, but in the eyes of some people, it is very abundant. A soldier leaned back slightly, the automatic rifle in his hand spewing tongues of fire, and the magazine of fifty rounds was shot into the air in an instant.
The rocket was hit by a rain of bullets and exploded in the air!
A cannon shot out a ball of fire from the muzzle of a chariot, and fired a cannon rocket, which shot straight at the hill where the rocketeers were ambushing, and when it reached the top of the hill, the rocket suddenly cracked, throwing more than a dozen induction anti-infantry mines that Su had encountered behind the hill. A series of explosions faintly rang out behind the hill, and several Roxyland warriors rushed to the top of the hill screaming. The rest of the people quickly fell, and only one man was extremely tenacious, running back and forth on the top of the hill, and the terrible cry even reached the middle of the valley! It seems that his eyes have been blown blind.
A soldier next to the chariot steadily set up his sniper rifle, aiming it for no more than a second, and then the muzzle of the gun flashed. In another second, the head of the Roxland warrior who was still running back and forth on the top of the mountain suddenly turned into a rain of blood.
However, after such a delay, the rest of the people who shot cold have disappeared behind the mountain, and they are missing.
A warrior cursed angrily, suddenly raised his gun, and fired a wave of fire at the seriously wounded captives, sending the four men back to heaven in an instant.
The unknown warriors were in a hurry again, using body bags to trap the warriors who were obviously unable to be saved, and the guy whose leg was pierced had a simple minor operation on the spot. One of the fighters pulled out a one-meter-sized drone and flew it into the sky remotely, while he looked at the display in front of him, which clearly marked the image behind the hill. As soon as the whereabouts of the Roxerland warriors are spotted, the chariot gun will fire a cannon-launched missile, and under the guidance of the drone, the missile will accurately fly towards the Roxeland fighters marching in groups of three or five, and then drop a dozen induction anti-infantry mines.
No one at all was able to escape the pursuit of the induction mines, and there were even people who were directly hit by the mines, and then their entire bodies were smashed into a sieve by the volley of metal fragments.
Open! A dull gunshot rang out from among the hills, and the drone hovering low in the sky suddenly burst into a large ball of fire. Listening to this gunshot, it should belong to the Barrett sniper rifle of the old era. Being able to hit such a small moving target at a distance of a kilometer is clearly quite good marksmanship.
The warriors in the valley were visibly overwhelmed, and they still had spare drones, but they didn't dare to fly them into the sky again. After they had discussed for a while, the ten fighters advanced to the highest hill in the vicinity under the cover of the chariot, and the remaining two fighters opened the back door of the troop transport chariot and carried the wounded inside. Then one of the two captives who was still alive was selected and looked like a spirit, and stuffed into the chariot as well. They then boarded the chariot and followed the chariot in front of them.
Sue, who was crouching behind the rock, put down a tactical telescope in front of him, which was only ten centimeters long and square in shape. Rather than rushing to track down the unknown warriors, he took out a palm-sized tactical board and attached his own badge and then the tactical binocular. A strange pattern appeared on the display of the tactical board, a dark blue scorpion, with only the end of its tail spines dyed scarlet. This pattern is printed on the sides of both chariots, and some warriors also have this mark on their helmets.
Su lightly clicked on the blue scorpion pattern, and the electronic tactical board immediately searched for it quickly. It is now connected to the entire Dark Dragoon's library, and it is necessary to find a logo to match this pattern. The entire search lasted less than three seconds, but Su waited a little anxiously.
Then, the following line popped up on the tactical board: There is no record.
No records?
Su originally thought that this small army should belong to the private army of a certain family in the council or the armed forces of some peripheral company of the Dark Dragoon, after all, this place is not far from the core area of the Dark Dragoon, and Roxseran has also begun to have a preliminary cooperative relationship with the Dragoon. But now, the lack of records means that most of the force belongs to some powerful undiscovered power, and to a lesser extent, it may be a secret army of a family.
Whether it is the former or the latter, in the rules of the Dark Dragoon, it belongs to the object that can be hunted freely. Only the friendly forces on record can make the Dark Dragoon lower their guns.
Sue closed the tactical board and began to run along the hill, making a detour in the direction in which the fighters were heading. Su had hesitated before bringing this tactical board, although using it would bring a fairly obvious battlefield advantage, but it also meant that his whereabouts were exposed to the Dragoon headquarters. However, Sue finally decided to take it with him, because Persephone, who had no time to return to Dragon City, left him a word to learn to trust.
These fighters were well-armed and well-trained, using completely new-age equipment, and only a few large companies could have built such an arm. With the exception of the Dark Dragoon, Sue knew of any other company that could achieve this level of technology in chariots, drones, firearms, and even medical kits.
Against the warriors of Roxerland, this unit has an overwhelming technical level, but it is much worse in terms of tactics and contingency command. Roxeland has a high-ranking sniper who has a good chance of being unexpectedly powerful in the mountains.
It's mountainous and Sue loves the environment. http:///