Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!
Chapter 77: Home is Behind

Chapter 77: Chapter 77: Home is Behind

The plan was drawn up, and Chen Jian suddenly felt his thoughts were flowing smoothly.

Forget about positional warfare, breakouts, or overwhelming tactics—none of them compare to a single atomic bomb.

Just like the residents of Yellow Stone City couldn’t withstand a few rounds of artillery, he didn’t believe the Mechanical God Sect could withstand the power of a nuclear bomb.

This is the most powerful weapon ever created in human history, and it is always an excellent deterrent.

What’s even more ingenious is that the bombarded never knows how many of such weapons their opponent possesses.

What if they suddenly pull out another bunch from their pants?

Why are nuclear weapon stockpiles kept secret?

Because that’s how deterrence is established.

Even Xu Lie, who personally witnessed a few men carry away a lead box, would never dare to bet with certainty, "This is the last one."

Because as long as there’s another one, it will definitely fall on Han Shui City, on the Mechanical God Sect, on the heads of those high up in the Holy Blood Temple!

There is no better way than this.

Chen Jian issued a series of orders, and during the pause in the shelling, all the residents inside Yellow Stone City seized every second to lie down and rest, preparing for the next round of battle.

They indeed had no professional military training, but evidently, certain qualities akin to instinct had already fused into their veins.

Fight, fight.

Only by fighting can they protect what they’ve just snatched back from the Mechanical God Sect!

Chen Jian quickly drank a bowl of cold fish porridge, and after his body regained some warmth, he immediately took over Lei Jie’s position to deploy the artillery positions, preparing to cover Lei Jie’s escape from the island by boat.

Just as he moved drone No. 2 to the predetermined breakout path, drone No. 1 issued a warning.

"Abnormal heat source! Abnormal heat source!"

Chen Jian quickly looked at the cycling footage of the drone and discovered that on the highway leading from southwest Xianning to the vicinity of Yellow Stone City, a large convoy had appeared.

Steam-armored war vehicles belching black smoke, organized ranks of the Church Protection Army, priests holding incense burners and banners, priests guarding artillery...

A rough estimate indicated that there were at least a thousand people.

"Damn! Didn’t they say Xianning only had a few hundred people?!"

Chen Jian glared at the impulsive messenger Huang Yu, who nervously replied:

"It must be more than just Xianning City! They probably gathered fighting personnel from all surrounding towns!"

"They really gave us face..."

Chen Jian exhaled a long breath.

So the legendary Mimic Heretics, are they really that terrifying?

What exactly have they brought to this land?

If they could cast such a psychological shadow over the Mechanical God Sect and the Holy Blood Temple, how did they ultimately get defeated?

Question after question lingered in Chen Jian’s mind, but now he couldn’t afford to dwell on them.

The three steam war vehicles from the southwest direction had advanced within 5 kilometers; they didn’t move forward further but instead stationed there, setting up for a siege.

"He Shuo, establish electromagnetic shielding."

"Even if we can’t cover them, at least cut off the communication between the advancing Holy Blood and their rear!"

"Understood!"

He Shuo immediately activated electromagnetic interference, and at the same time, in the footage from the drone, the iron armor of the steam vehicles slowly opened up, revealing six giant smoothbore cannons at least 3 meters long.

"Damn it, you guys really aren’t afraid of collapsing the overpass... Everyone, prepare for combat! Their forces are almost assembled and will surely launch a probing attack during this artillery strike!"

"Understood!"

The words had barely fallen when Huang Yu turned to walk.

He intended to wake everyone in the shelter, but in reality, his actions were redundant.

Because today’s second round of shelling had already arrived!

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

Numerous hollow shells fell on the island. This time, the Machine Soul seemed to favor the followers of the Mechanical God Sect, and the accuracy of the shelling increased significantly.

Fortunately, Chen Jian had organized the people to dig shelters in advance; otherwise, this round of shelling could have caused significant casualties!

Meanwhile, just as Chen Jian anticipated, the Holy Blood, acting as the forefront, coordinated with a small force from the Church Protection Army to launch an attack from the lakeshore.

The unpowered wooden boats were rapidly rowed by the strong Holy Blood, and the Church Protection Army stood on the boats, firing suppressive fire in the direction of Yellow Stone City.

Bullets flew horizontally; Chen Jian didn’t rashly use the machine guns but instead set up He Shuo’s 26 sniper rifle, attempting to pick them off one by one from 1500 meters.

"Bang! Bang!"

Bullets were fired one after another towards the small boats and sampans on the lake. Seizing the chance while the enemy focused on landing, Chen Jian loudly ordered:

"Lei Jie! Go!"

"Understood!"

With the order, Chen Jian abandoned the 26 sniper rifle in his hands.

Then, two 201 squad automatics, a 301 heavy machine gun, and a large-caliber anti-aircraft gun began firing simultaneously!

The sampans on the lake were instantly shattered, as fragile as paper mache under the 14.5mm caliber ammunition!

Enemies fell into the water, but to Chen Jian’s surprise, they didn’t immediately stop their advance.

On the contrary, under the continuous cover of the rear’s large-caliber smoothbore cannons, nearly a hundred Church Protection Army and Holy Blood submerged beneath the water, attempting to swim underwater to evade bullets and land!

Are you kidding me?

With a lake nearly a kilometer wide, do they really think they can swim across?

Chen Jian thought the enemy was being whimsical, but in a flash, a word crossed his mind.

Xia Ma Town!

Miners!

Chen Jian felt a chill run down his spine and quickly shouted:

"Don’t look at the lake center! Look at the lakeshore!"

"Intercept them! Don’t let them get close!"

"Lei Jie! Watch out for underwater!"

At that moment, Chen Jian couldn’t afford to conserve ammunition. He rushed to the back of the pre-set automatic grenade launcher and opened fire fiercely near the small boat where Lei Jie was riding.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Deep and dull explosions resounded continuously, and moments later, several fainted Church Protection Army floated up from underwater.

"Shen Yue, cover Lei Jie for landing!"

"Everyone else, get your weapons ready; they’re coming!"

"Understood!"

As the words finished, dozens of heads suddenly emerged at the lakeshore.

Like tentacles, the air hoses retracted into the mouths of those "miners," and then they lifted their weapons, starting to continuously shoot in the direction of Yellow Stone City!

Under the artillery’s suppression, the counterattack from Yellow Stone City seemed somewhat weak.

Occasionally, a few daring city defense team members stuck their heads out to fight back, only to be quickly pinned down by concentrated fire from the Mechanical God Sect.

At this time, the slower-paced Holy Blood, having taken several breaths, also surfaced.

They were less than three hundred meters from Yellow Stone City’s first line of defense.

There were ten of them in total.

Chen Jian fired with all his might, but he knew his forces probably couldn’t keep them outside close combat range.

The firepower density was too low, too few firepoints, and their positioning was overly dispersed, creating a crossfire net insufficient to ensnare them all!

Casualties were inevitable.

This was destined to be a bloody battle!

Chen Jian took a deep breath and issued a loud order:

"Shen Yue, He Shuo, all automatic weapons full fire!"

"Everyone tighten the formation, hold your ground!"

"Enemies in front, family behind!"

"Shoot them for me!"