Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!
Chapter 64: Coordinated Steps and Cannons!

Chapter 64: Chapter 64: Coordinated Steps and Cannons!

Yellow Stone City, inside an inn room.

Chen Jian, while closely watching the thermal imaging signals on the screen, continuously briefed the other three:

"The number of the Mechanical God Sect’s Church Protection Army is not 10, but 30, divided into 3 teams."

"Teams one and two are mobile patrol units, patrolling along two fixed routes: the city edge and city center. They have completed one cycle and are currently switching to the second cycle."

"Team three is the garrison team, defending the church at the city center."

"Within team three, there are two groups: one deployed for external vigilance around the church and one stationed inside for internal security."

"According to Zeng Yi and Xie Liu’s close reconnaissance information, the Mechanical God Sect church in Yellow Stone City has a semi-fortified structure."

"The fortress’s outer wall is built with rammed earth, marble, and fired bricks, with a thickness of about 2 meters."

"The church has almost no excess windows, and the main door is a heavy gravitational door made of various metals and controlled by hinges, making it difficult to open from the outside once closed."

"Currently, we have no weapon capable of directly penetrating this thickness of cover, so it’s foreseeable that the assault on the cover will be the most challenging part."

"In terms of weaponry configuration, most of the Church Protection Army are using modified single-shot or semi-automatic rifles we’ve seen in Han Shui City, mainly remodeled ’old era’ rifles like the 191s and Type 81s."

"However, Zeng Yi saw some members of the Church Protection Army’s third team with light machine guns similar to Type 201 and the tandem rifles we encountered last time."

"Inside the church, there are also two 5-kilogram class smoothbore cannons, which might be loaded with grapeshot."

"Overall, the opponent’s firepower isn’t weak, and combined with their numerical advantage, it’s not going to be easy for us to take them down."

After Chen Jian finished speaking, Zeng Yi, mimicking He Shuo’s gesture, raised his hand to add:

"There are also nearly 50 regular city defense troops in the city, although their weapons are outdated, they still pose a challenge we must address."

"Leave these city defense troops to you two."

Chen Jian decisively stated:

"You two need to hold off or wipe out the 50 city defense troops. Can you do it?"

"... We’ll do our best!"

Zeng Yi nodded slowly, then turned to ask:

"And you? You mean you’re going to attack the Mechanical God Sect’s church fortress with just four people?"

"To be exact, with two people."

Chen Jian exhaled lightly and explained:

"Lei Jie and Shen Yue are on their way. They need to operate heavy weaponry from a strategic point 1.5 kilometers away by the lakeside to provide us with necessary suppressive fire and organize fire support."

"They can’t make it over here; they’re carrying too much equipment, and exposure would certainly make the Mechanical God Sect alert."

"So, the close combat clearing falls to the few of us."

"... Four people against eighty, with thirty being the elite Church Protection Army of the Mechanical God Sect??"

Zeng Yi was dumbfounded.

He wasn’t unfamiliar with seeing these chosen ones overpower giant beasts with excellent tactics and powerful firepower or fending off the joint forces of Han Shui City with just four people.

But in this situation, things were entirely different!

When fighting monsters, there was only one beast, and through coordination, the chosen ones could greatly constrain the monster’s range of movement.

During the defense against the Han Shui City coalition, they could fully leverage the advantage of long-range firepower from a distance.

But now?

They were going to siege!

And siege meant close-quarters combat!

Perhaps just one bullet could be enough to take down a chosen one.

Because what’s flowing within them isn’t "Holy Blood," they’re, after all, just ordinary flesh and blood.

What kind of crazy adventure is this?

Zeng Yi took a deep breath, his judgment swaying between "can" and "can’t."

He thought they could because he had seen with his own eyes the truths, witnessing these chosen people’s ancestors achieving incredible feats under even more desperate and difficult circumstances.

If their ancestors could do it, they should be able to as well.

He thought they couldn’t because, based on his instincts formed over ten years of countless battles, he believed no one could achieve such a battle on this entire continent.

Neither the Mechanical God Sect nor the Holy Blood could!

Upon thinking of this, he instinctively wanted to voice a "retreat," but before he spoke, it turned into a question:

"So what’s our plan?"

Chen Jian gently adjusted the night vision device on his head, then responded:

"We mustn’t give the Church Protection Army a chance to retaliate."

"Or, to be more extreme, we can’t give them any opportunity to shoot."

"One attack, take it down at once."

"Only in this way can we win with the lowest probability of casualties."

As his words fell, not only Zeng Yi but even Xie Liu looked on incredulously.

After a moment of hesitation, she said:

"But this is nearly impossible...."

"It’s already daytime, and your night combat advantage cannot be exploited."

"Even if you intend to launch a surprise attack..."

"It’s not a surprise attack."

Chen Jian waved his hand and explained:

"Although the tactical objectives of an assault and a surprise attack are similar, the methods of achieving them are fundamentally different."

"We have a heavy firepower advantage and a clear target, so there’s no need for a surprise attack."

"It’s time to show these Church Protection Army members how modern warfare is truly conducted!"

....

An hour later, Zeng Yi and Xie Liu reached the designated attack positions.

Meanwhile, Lei Jie and Shen Yue had also occupied the strategic point by the lakeside and began deploying their equipment.

Li Shi was also assisting, though he wasn’t very mobile. To bring him along, Lei Jie had improvised a board cart from spare parts and attached it to the cat tractor; it ran well enough to haul a lot of ammunition and equipment.

In just two minutes, the three on the opposite lake shore had set up two automatic grenade launchers, a 301 heavy machine gun, two mortars, a sniper grenade launcher, and two tripod-mounted, well-aimed rocket launchers.

As planned, Li Shi would manage the 301 heavy machine gun to pressure the external Church Protection Army’s first and second teams with continuous short bursts. Accuracy aside, it was powerful suppression.

If they were lucky enough to catch a few, it would be a huge gain.

Lei Jie and Shen Yue were to each use a mortar to complete a rapid six-shot volley, then quickly switch to the QLZ-24 automatic grenades for shelling the church fortress’s perimeter, clearing the path for the assault by Chen Jian and He Shuo.

This was destined to be a perilous assault.

But in Chen Jian’s view, the danger might not come from those Church Protection Army fighters, but from.....

The allied artillery behind them.

Standing behind the inn door, he confirmed the enemy positions and movements one last time, then took a deep breath and decisively ordered:

"He Shuo, move out and take the advantageous assault position."

"Zeng Yi, Xie Liu, start creating a disturbance to divert the city defense troops’ attention."

"Li Shi, open fire with the heavy machine gun in 10 seconds, covering the lakeside Church Protection Army team one."

"Lei Jie, Shen Yue, commence the first round of shelling in 30 seconds."

"Aim accurately!"

"Show them what real infantry-artillery coordination is like!"