Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!-Chapter 223 - 89 Arrival

After Jin Zhong left, Chen Jian immediately began organizing aerial reconnaissance of the Huadu Army north of Jinling City.

By now, it was already 2 a.m., and the miniature integrated reconnaissance and attack unmanned aerial vehicle within Fort 095 still couldn’t take off. Relying on the two micro rotor drones carried by Chen Jian and his team to organize reconnaissance was almost impossible.

After all, Fort 011, where they were located, was nearly 60 kilometers away from Jinling City and theoretically over 80 kilometers from the location of the Huadu Army.

Even using dual aircraft signal relays, the distance was still too far.

Fortunately, the unmanned combat cluster equipped with the 30A tank originally included a long-endurance patrol surveillance drone codenamed "Tianqiong-S," with a range of nearly 500 kilometers, reconnaissance radius exceeding 200 kilometers, and a maximum loiter time of 48 hours.

Although there was no satellite signal support and the cellular network wasn’t ready yet, the drone autonomously completed its reconnaissance of the target area after takeoff, thanks to its simple onboard AI chip.

When the drone returned to the area within a 15-kilometer radius covered by the cellular network, a large amount of reconnaissance imagery appeared before Chen Jian and his team.

Sitting in a true command center, Chen Jian could finally analyze the battlefield and make decisions in a familiar manner.

He opened a wide-angle aerial image and, with a few simple clicks, the War Skull system quickly marked all abnormal heat sources and analyzed the recognizable combat equipment captured in the high-definition imagery.

"...Basically consistent with our previous estimates, there are around three thousand troops, including over two thousand relatively professional soldiers and another thousand are refugees and militia forced to join.

Additionally, on the line from Lai’an to Xuyi, there is a large amount of activity involving the transport of supplies."

"They seem to be transporting frontline logistical supplies, including food, ammunition, and medicine."

"In terms of equipment, it can be observed that the professional soldiers of Huadu heavily use automatic weapons, mainly 191 rifles, 201 machine guns, and other light weapons."

"From this, it can be inferred that they have indeed activated Fort 6 located in Quan City."

"However, the reconnaissance imagery did not reveal enough self-propelled artillery, tanks, or armored vehicles. It’s still unclear if these assets are damaged or if they just cannot use them."

"On the contrary, there are many towed artillery and rocket launchers, and even some unknown-model missiles are visible."

"In the combat zone between the Mechanical God Sect and Huadu, the damage caused by these heavy weapons can be seen."

"As of now, their firepower is quite strong—slightly stronger than we initially expected."

Chen Jian finished speaking, and the analysis from War Skull was complete.

Even before he could further analyze, War Skull had already provided a recommended combat plan.

However, Chen Jian did not immediately adopt it, instead continuing to say,

"Fu Xi, do you think it’s possible for the opponent to still have heavy high-mobility vehicles like the 30A tank?"

"Highly unlikely,"

Fu Xi immediately replied,

"Based on high-definition ground imagery, the opponent’s towed artillery is in poor condition, with noticeable rust marks."

"Given the long-term disconnection of Fort 006 and your ’semi-damaged’ assessment, it’s likely that its environmental maintenance system has collapsed."

"Without effective measures to slow down the aging of electronic equipment, the smart vehicles dependent on it may have all become inoperable."

"This is also supported by the high-resolution images."

"It’s noticeable that the few weapons held by Huadu personnel include handle-less 12.7mm caliber heavy machine guns originally mounted on high-mobility unmanned vehicles, and very few flamethrowers meant for fortress assaults. Thus, it can be inferred that a large number of unmanned combat units have been dismantled."

"According to inherent logic, the opponent must have dismantled the unmanned combat units only after finding them inoperable."

"Therefore, considering all factors, the probability that the opponent still retains heavy intelligent vehicles is less than 1%."

"Understood, no problem then,"

Chen Jian nodded, then enlarged the recommended combat plan made by War Skull onto the screen.

"The overall combat plan is divided into four parts."

"First, use four Golden Eagle-11 miniature integrated reconnaissance and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, in conjunction with a cluster of twenty Vermilion Bird-10 patrol missiles and four 107 rocket shells, to suppress the enemy’s rear artillery and support-heavy firepower positions. After suppression, use six Pufferfish S-2 attack drones for area control to eliminate remaining targets."

"Second, while suppressing enemy rear support firepower, use the 30A tank in conjunction with twenty Sentry-2 wheeled-leg combat robots to attack the enemy frontline, using six Xingtian-9 unmanned vehicles to occupy key high points for fire suppression on enemy infantry."

"Third, organize an attack with forty Iron Wolf A quadruped robots from the east, west, and south to compress battlefield space and restrict battlefield scope."

"Fourth, after the first round of attacks, when the enemy line collapses, He Shuo will accompany me in launching a penetration attack from the north to search for high-value targets for decapitation operations. Avoid exposure, advance fast and withdraw quickly after the operation."

"This is my preliminary operational determination. Does anyone else have any other suggestions?"

After Chen Jian finished speaking, He Shuo raised his hand and asked,

"War Skull suggests prioritizing attacking the opposing supply line. Aren’t we considering it?"

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