Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!
Chapter 37 Precision Bombardment

Chapter 37: Chapter 37 Precision Bombardment

Xu Lie finally fell silent.

He realized that some of his previous thoughts, as well as those of the administrators of Han Shui City, were indeed quite problematic.

For instance, everyone knows that to completely eradicate these Blood Skulls that parasitize like maggots near human settlements, the best method is not to actively attack them, but to force them to attack instead.

However, from beginning to end, no one ever suggested finding a way to get rid of the Blood Skulls’ leader, to enrage the remaining Blood Skulls, making them lose their minds and launch an attack.

Why is that? Did no one ever think of this?

No, that’s not it.

This reasoning is so straightforward that everyone can grasp it.

It’s just that, for them, the situation isn’t as simple as it appears.

In most cases, the Blood Skulls’ leaders do not follow the main troops into battle. If you want to eliminate them, you must first overcome many obstacles and clear out the ordinary Terror Demon Soldiers.

The cost of doing so is too high, neither the Mechanical God Sect nor the Holy Blood wish to waste their strength on an endeavor with no return.

And what if, like the Chosen Ones, they attempt to bypass the Terror Demons and directly attack the leader?

Lack of capability.

The Mechanical God Sect does possess some outrageously powerful weapons, but those weapons lack the precision necessary to support such a decapitation operation...

Wait a moment.

If they don’t have it, do these Chosen Ones?

Xu Lie looked at Chen Jian, and Chen Jian was already beginning to deploy the operation tasks.

"...We only have two extended-range shells, so ammunition is very limited, and we must use it on critical targets."

"In the ideal scenario, these two shells must achieve two objectives."

"First, without causing an internal ammo explosion, we need to collapse the tinhouse at the center of the camp to block other Terror Demons from reaching the armory route, preventing them from stealing our equipment."

"Second, eliminate the so-called... Blood Sun General, make it die in the most horrific way in front of the other Terror Demons."

"To achieve these two objectives, we must first control the Blood Sun General—let’s call it the Blood Lord."

"We first need to control the Blood Lord’s movement route and restrict it to a certain activity range."

"Therefore, Shen Yue, Lei Jie, you two must advance, get within effective shooting range, and establish suppression fire points."

"There are currently two available fire points, I’ve marked them on the map, you both set off immediately."

"Understood!"

Without any hesitation, Lei Jie and Shen Yue turned around and left, while Chen Jian continued speaking to He Shuo:

"Similarly, maintain suppression fire."

"However, you don’t need to go further, just stay here to ensure the best view, use the 10x sniper scope to aim at the Blood Lord."

"Your task is to provide cover fire if the shelling fails or doesn’t cause sufficient damage, using a 12.7 bullet to smash it, understand?"

"It’s only two kilometers, hitting a target the size of a tank should be manageable, right?"

"No problem!"

He Shuo nodded and continued to ask:

"If the first shelling targeting the armory fails to succeed, will I assume the sole responsibility for lethal damage?"

"That’s right. If the first shell doesn’t collapse it, I’ll immediately fire the second shot, and the task of killing the Blood Lord will sequentially be handed over to you."

"Understood."

There were no further doubts, He Shuo dropped to the ground, launching a drone alongside Chen Jian.

At a distance of two kilometers, two drones hovered at 600 meters and 1400 meters respectively, with altitudes set at 2000 meters and 1000 meters.

This configuration allows for maximum collection of meteorological conditions along the ballistic path, such as wind direction, temperature, and humidity, to ensure the utmost accuracy in shelling and shooting.

A moment later, data streamed to the intelligent goggles and within half a second, the PDA automatically calculated the corresponding shooting and shelling parameters.

Chen Jian set up the brought PBP201 on the ground, adjusted the shelling parameters according to the targeted armory’s location, then raised his binoculars and waited quietly.

Theoretically, deploying two cannons simultaneously could achieve faster firing rates.

However, the issue is that cold artillery shooting accuracy is hard to guarantee. Rather than pursuing such a limited improvement, it’s better to stick with precision lethality...

At that moment, Shen Yue and Lei Jie were advancing rapidly towards the target point, and Chen Jian’s gaze locked onto the Blood Lord at the center of the camp, witnessing the "ceremony" Xu Lie had mentioned.

A robust Terror Demon was half-kneeling in front of the Blood Lord, who was waving an iron spear, lightly tapping the shoulder of the Terror Demon as if knighting a warrior.

The Blood Lord’s movements were incredibly swift yet gentle, and only from this, it was clear how exaggerated its strength and agility were.

Truly not an easy enemy to deal with.

Chen Jian thought silently and continued to watch.

Moments later, a naked woman was brought up, and an iron-plate knife was handed to the Terror Demon.

He trembled all over as he walked forward, using the small knife to cut the woman’s skin.

His movements were extremely restrained, only a small amount of blood flowed from the wound.

But the woman was struggling in pain.

"I know what they’re doing now."

Xu Lie spoke up from the side:

"You killed their squad leader, so they’re appointing a new one."

"The chosen Terror Demon must endure the bloodthirsty desire, torturing the sacrificial victim until she dies from blood loss."

"This is a great challenge for a Terror Demon; if it weren’t a particularly mentally strong Terror Demon, it could hardly resist pulling the guts out of the victim to eat after the first cut..."

"A bizarre ritual..."

Chen Jian nodded and then asked:

"So where do these sacrifices come from?"

"Surrounding small settlements, lone merchants who lost their way, or other different types of Blood Skulls, many sources."

"Understood."

Chen Jian said no more, as Lei Jie and Shen Yue’s voices already echoed in his earpiece.

"Lei Jie has reached the predetermined operation position, firing conditions are good."

"Shen Yue has reached the predetermined position, all set."

Chen Jian crouched down and looked at He Shuo, who gently responded:

"Parameters are good, fire at will."

"Fire!"

In an instant, Chen Jian pulled the trigger of the PBP201, the extended-range shell whistling as it shot forth, descending in a screech.

Almost simultaneously, gunfire erupted from the positions of both Lei Jie and Shen Yue, and through the binoculars, Chen Jian could clearly see a burst of blood and sparks exploding from the "Blood Lord."

"Bang!"

He Shuo’s 12.7mm bullet fired in tandem, and over two seconds later, the bullet crossed countless buildings and trees, precisely striking the Blood Lord.

The armor on the left side of the abdomen was instantly penetrated, blasting open a gaping wound as large as a basin.

Yellow fat surged out like liquid, and soon after, gray intestines spilled out.

"Roar----"

The frenzied scream even drowned out the sound of gunfire, the Blood Lord swung its iron spear, and several Terror Demons, still unprepared, were instantly flung out by its mighty strength, with the furthest being thrown a dozen meters away!

Such terrifying power!

The Blood Lord charged forward, collapsing the buildings within the camp, and at this moment, the mortar shell had already exploded.

"Boom!"

The armory at the camp’s center instantly collapsed, no need for a second round!

Good fortune is indeed on my side!

Chen Jian immediately adjusted the parameters, and taking advantage of the Blood Lord being slowed by the explosion, Shen Yue unleashed an accurate long burst, directly pinning it in place.

Perfect timing.

"Pfft!"

A soft sound, the mortar shell soared high into the sky.

He Shuo continued firing rhythmically, and after he emptied a magazine...

The mortar shell came crashing down.

It landed directly on the unsteady, fallen Blood Lord’s belly.

Originally, Chen Jian had not aimed for that spot, but hitting accurately was actually less important than hitting opportunely.

The next second.

"Boom!"

The explosive shell detonated, hundreds of fragments, akin to numerous blades, accompanied by immense explosive pressure, swept along the blast wave’s path at an astounding speed, boring into the Blood Lord’s muscles from within, and then slicing through the skin out.

The Blood Lord’s body was riddled as if sieved by a dense net, in a moment losing all integrity and turning into fragmented pieces.

Almost simultaneously, the pressure blast scattered the fragments along with blood and bones completely asunder, showering them in a hemisphere of more than ten meters radius.

The rain of blood fell.

No remains of the corpse.

Only the blown-off head rolled forth.

Xu Lie was dumbfounded.

If there truly is a blessing from the Blood God in this world...

Then today, he witnessed it.

He looked at Chen Jian, then realized in horror that the other was actually smiling...

"It went smoothly enough!"

Chen Jian said with satisfaction:

"Shen Yue, Lei Jie, prepare to retreat."

"When these Terror Demons descend into chaos, we’ll swoop in for the spoils!"