Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!
Chapter 76: Make a Big Bang

Chapter 76: Chapter 76: Make a Big Bang

The cannon fire roared, and hollow shells filled with gunpowder kept falling.

Explosions echoed in succession, and the island where Yellow Stone City was located was shrouded in smoke.

Chen Jian lay in the bunker, staring intently at the aerial footage relayed by the drone, wanting to do something but feeling powerless.

No way, their long-distance artillery delivery capability is too poor!

The furthest-reaching weapon they have is just a few mortars, with a maximum range of only 3.5 kilometers.

Moreover, they only have 24 shells left, which must not be wasted carelessly and must be used at the most critical moments.

In contrast, their enemy’s logistics capability is exceptionally strong.

Relying on the Yangtze River Channel and steam-powered ships, they can easily communicate with several nearby major towns and even transport cannons and ammunition from Jinling over a thousand miles away.

What they need to do is simple: use artillery fire to continuously suppress everyone inside Yellow Stone City, then gradually advance and seal off the perimeter.

The longer the delay, the stronger their reinforcements become.

When the time is ripe, they can launch a large-scale assault under the cover of massive artillery and hot weapons, using the melee advantage of the Holy Blood to exchange lives with the defenders of Yellow Stone City!

The most critical point is that they wouldn’t lose out fighting like this!

Because, for them, the Level 3 monster within the Han Shui Relics was initially difficult to deal with, but Chen Jian’s group is much easier to handle.

As long as they defeat Yellow Stone City, they can enter the Han Shui Relics without any scruples and reap the rewards.

It’s not just a case of "the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind," they’ve also pulled a "Tian Ji horse racing" trick...

This is an invincible tactic. From any perspective, their ability to utilize medieval weapons to achieve such coordination and make such decisions in a short time makes the opponent worthy of being called masters.

Steady, astute, playing to strengths and avoiding weaknesses.

They know it’s hard to fight the so-called "Mimic Heretics" with their information and strong firepower advantage within visual distance, so they simply don’t even show their faces, bombing from 4 kilometers away with large-caliber smoothbore cannons!

Chen Jian doesn’t even remember the last time he fought such a battle.

Used to crushing enemies with superior equipment, only when being counter-suppressed by the enemy does he realize how stifling it is.

You can’t fight back!

This is even more stifling than being blinded by a landing EMP round from Man Guangzhi, because at least he still had usable forces back then, and now?

If he recklessly charges out with these green recruits who are on the battlefield for the first time, it’s as good as giving the Mechanical God Sect a free meal!

It’s tough!

Amidst the intermittent artillery fire, Chen Jian shuttles back and forth, stabilizing the emotions of the combat personnel inside Yellow Stone City.

But visibly, under the thrilling bombardment, their resolve has slightly wavered.

Cannons and guns are different, that bone-deep fear makes everyone instinctively want to flee.

"Hold on!"

"Don’t worry, they won’t hit you!"

"Stay in the bunkers! Don’t run around!"

Chen Jian shouts continuously to boost morale, while He Shuo, operating the drone at a high point and trying to find a battle opportunity, reports over the radio:

"Can’t find a flaw!"

"Their tactics are very steady!"

"We must actively advance to find a battle opportunity, let me lead a team to give it a try!"

"Give me 10 city defense members, and at least we can take out their artillery!"

"No use!"

Chen Jian decisively rejects and says:

"Front-loading smoothbore guns with a range of over 4 kilometers are at least equivalent to the general cannons of the Qing Dynasty."

"Unless you can hit directly with a recoilless gun, there’s no way to destroy them."

"They’re not fools, and there are Holy Blood operatives scouting at close range, so you absolutely have no shot opportunity."

"Then what? Let them besiege us to death?"

He Shuo questions anxiously, and Chen Jian knocks away the dust blown onto his helmet by artillery, then pauses silently before gritting his teeth to say:

"Let’s play big."

"Have Li Shi bring out the lead box!"

"Blow it up?!"

He Shuo is dumbfounded, urgently asking:

"Are you sure? If this tactical nuke’s destructive radius is too large, we’ll be caught in it too!"

"Moreover, delivery is also an issue, we don’t have a long-range delivery method, are we just going to run up there for a manual detonation?"

"No need."

Chen Jian shakes his head and says:

"Sneak the warhead to the Huangzhou Ruins bypassing the encirclement, then float it downstream from there."

"Remove two IFF long-wave triangular positioning modules to mark the location, then trigger detonation via radio."

"Conventional tactics are no longer effective here, no matter how we fight, we will inevitably suffer heavy losses."

"Then what’s the point of holding this Yellow Stone City? We might as well have not come in the first place."

"You have to believe that we found this thing for a reason, it’s meant to be used here!"

"I refuse to believe, after a nuke goes off, that they’ll dare to continue advancing!"

"...Understood. Li Shi! Go and get the lead box!"

Upon hearing the order, Li Shi immediately rushes out from the bunker.

At this moment, the Mechanical God Sect’s artillery temporarily halts, and after the last shell falls, several figures swiftly emerge from the trees across the lake, attempting to seize the opportunity with Yellow Stone City’s loosened defenses to dash across the water into the city.

----But their coordination between infantry and artillery is still too naive.

The ever-vigilant He Shuo finally finds an opening to fire; the 201 machine gun fires with full force, bullets flying furiously, pointing directions for everyone else.

Immediately following, the 301 heavy machine gun and the 22 AA gun in Shen Yue’s hands open fire simultaneously. Under the barrage of large-caliber bullets, countless slender tree trunks are directly snapped, and likewise, a Holy Blood’s body that didn’t dodge in time is also broken.

The enemy’s close attack is momentarily dismantled, the gunfire ceases, and Li Shi limps with an injured leg to bring the lead box before Chen Jian.

Without any hesitation, Chen Jian pries open the lead box.

The environmental monitoring system immediately alerts, the radiation levels shoot to the red zone instantly.

Fortunately, the CPM only reaches around 300.

This indicates that the preservation condition of this nuclear warhead is actually quite good.

This is evident from the relatively smooth surface of the warhead as well.

Seeing the internal engravings, Chen Jian breathes a sigh of relief.

"2000 to 20 kiloton variable nuclear warhead, same design as B2112, but with a more powerful atomic trigger."

"Luckily, it’s not a true tactical nuke; if it was a neutron bomb, it’d be useless."

"Not refreshing tritium gas for hundreds of years, it can’t possibly detonate."

"So what now, only detonate the atomic trigger, or go for the maximum yield?"

Upon hearing Chen Jian, Lei Jie quickly comes over and says:

"The full detonation is necessary."

"Over hundreds of years, if it wasn’t stored at low temperatures, the fuel enrichment likely has reduced significantly."

"Normally, a 20 kiloton atomic warhead would have a comprehensive destructive radius of around 2 kilometers, but with reduced enrichment, we’d be grateful for a 1-kilometer radius."

"Just detonate it, don’t overthink!"

"Fuel enrichment decline?"

Chen Jian frowns and asks:

"Could it turn into a high-yield dirty bomb?"

"Highly unlikely."

Lei Jie answers:

"Even though the fuel enrichment has declined, as long as the atomic trigger is strong enough, it will still cleanly detonate."

"Besides, we have no other choice."

"The situation is very clear now."

"They can’t take down the monster, but they can defeat us."

"If we don’t throw this punch, and fail to establish a foothold in Yellow Stone City, even if we later eliminate all the monsters, we’d still end up as tools for them!"

"Captain, you’re right, let’s detonate it!"

"Then let’s detonate it!"

Chen Jian nods forcefully, then orders:

"Rest for an hour, cease fire completely, let them close in!"

"Counterattack exactly in an hour to create a breakout opportunity for Lei Jie."

"Lei Jie, break through to the Huangzhou Ruins with Zeng Yi and Xie Liu, and properly deploy the warhead."

"You’ll plan the exact means of detonation, but ensure the warhead detonates after reaching the water."

"We need to show them what a real big explosion is!"

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