Armor-Piercing Munition: Face Me, Carbon-Based Monster!
Chapter 81 Guard Brigade

Chapter 81: Chapter 81 Guard Brigade

Chen Jian and the others ultimately did not hold out for 5 minutes.

The reason was simple, the enemy’s counterattack was much faster than they had anticipated.

Just three minutes later, the Holy Bloods gathered from various locations attacked their position with reckless abandon, while at the same time, the intensity of the Mechanical God Sect’s attack suddenly increased.

A large number of shells fell throughout Yellow Stone City, most landing near Li Shi’s position.

For them, although suppressing the entire city was difficult, suppressing a single position was quite easy.

When a hollow shell exploded less than 10 meters away from Li Shi, he could no longer maintain sustained firepower and had to carry the portable 301 heavy machine gun to a new position.

The gap in suppressive fire left Chen Jian and the others unable to control the open position. When a bullet from a Holy Blood Scout struck the bulletproof plate on Chen Jian’s chest, he realized it was time to retreat.

At this moment, the two city defense teams led by Huang Shi had already reached the shore by boat, and Chen Jian shouted the command:

"Alternate covering retreat! CP!"

"Roger that!"

He Shuo and Shen Yue immediately took action. As the machine gunner, Shen Yue first ran to the lakeside, quickly set up the gun, and began suppressive fire, covering Chen Jian who was at the front.

Chen Jian casually tossed two thermobaric grenades and turned to run.

He Shuo continued 100 meters beyond Shen Yue before turning to provide cover.

The three retreated using the most standard central peeling tactic.

The Holy Bloods, who had never been professionally trained, were utterly incapable of withstanding the continuous firepower from just these three. They attempted to circumvent the firing line with high mobility, but the city defenders on the boats were not just spectators.

The dense rain of bullets covered a whole area, and the first to crumble was not the Holy Bloods’ bodies, but their morale.

Some of them had also fought against the Mechanical God Sect, but in their eyes, the lines of fire crafted by those zealots were full of flaws, and with a little acceleration, they could spin circles around their muzzles.

But now?

The heretics of Yellow Stone City didn’t even bother to track enemies with their muzzles, they just fired shot after shot, steadily and efficiently at the open areas!

If they moved randomly, they might end up charging straight into bullets!

The encircling Holy Bloods were instantly slowed, and by the time they finally regained some advantage with cover from the approaching Church Protection Army Vanguards of the Mechanical God Sect, Chen Jian and the others were already diving into the water.

They wouldn’t be foolish enough to sit on the boat to return.

They simply dived into the water, using the lake as cover and the boats’ buoyancy to swim vigorously toward the island.

The gap between the two sides had widened, and the 301 heavy machine gun’s firepower was without restrictions.

Li Shi pulled the trigger tightly, a fierce burst of suppressive fire heated the gun barrel red, emitting a mesmerizing glow in the night.

Tracer rounds mixed with incendiaries unfolded a dense web of fire in the air, causing all Holy Bloods trying to charge into the water to hesitate.

They didn’t know what they were up against.

Indeed, the Holy Bloods were very strong in close combat.

But here, many had seen from afar an iron warrior fending off swords with bare hands and smashing enemies’ heads!

Can such a person truly be challenged?

Once the will to fight wavered, the hope of pursuit was already lost.

Under the cover of strong firepower, Chen Jian and his companions retreated into Yellow Stone City without a scratch, but their ’teasing’ of the Holy Bloods provoked a crazy retaliation.

The shells rained down densely upon Yellow Stone City, almost all the buildings were destroyed.

Among the ruins, only the Mechanical God Sect’s chapel still stood tall.

This scene even made Chen Jian feel a bit ironic, but what was more ironic was that this chapel had become the last refuge for the civilians.

The squad that retreated from the lakeside quickly rushed back to cover. Shells exploded nearby, but the fear had disappeared from their faces.

Another direct confrontation.

Another victory.

The city defense team responsible for reception trembled uncontrollably, but as the adrenaline faded, they felt reborn.

The baptism by fire was only completed at this moment. Unconsciously, they looked at Chen Jian, who was watching the Holy Bloods’ movements with his back to them, and then at the guns in their hands.

And that gun seemed to have taken on a new significance.

"The dogs from the Mechanical God Sect are going crazy, the Holy Bloods too."

"We took them for a good ride..."

Huang Yu’s lips trembled slightly, then continued:

"Maybe we can break out! We can defeat them!"

"Breakout my ass."

Chen Jian immediately shook his head, then said:

"We just took advantage of the ambush, they’ve already begun closing in."

"The Mechanical God Sect’s vanguards in the Xianning direction are approaching, they’re hidden in the woods."

"If we hadn’t run fast, we might really have been stalled to death by the shoreline."

"They’re very smart, they’ve almost completed all the deployments before the general attack."

"Damn it, lucky we decided to go out to test, otherwise we wouldn’t even know their deployment!"

"This forest is covered too well... if it weren’t for the lack of fuel, I’d damn well want to burn it all down!"

Chen Jian said through gritted teeth, then opened the radio to call Lei Jie:

"Lei Jie! Report your position!"

"Have you completed the infiltration?"

A moment later, Lei Jie’s voice came through the headset.

"Arriving at the scheduled location in 7 hours."

"I need to move to Fengbo Port, the enemy is shrinking southwards, there’s a chance."

"Understood, stay hidden!"

Chen Jian sighed in relief.

The tactical objective of this raid was still achieved.

Although a lot of ammunition was consumed, they succeeded in getting Lei Jie to the designated drop-off point.

Now, what Yellow Stone City needed to do was just wait.

He looked at He Shuo, who was panting by the cover, reached out and patted his shoulder, and said:

"Hang in there."

"Get the drone up, scout downstream along the river."

"If they have reinforcements, they should be arriving soon."

"At the very least, we need to find out who’s coming!"

"Understood."

He Shuo forced himself to sit up, clearly, the continuous high-intensity combat had already exhausted him.

The drone quickly ascended and then accelerated at 140 kilometers per hour.

The transmission image returned instantly, and after flying to the maximum reconnaissance radius of 25 kilometers, Chen Jian indeed saw a fleet with a strong thermal signal on the river.

The scale of the large ship in the center far exceeded any steamship Chen Jian had seen in this world.

No doubt about it, it was the Mechanical God Sect’s flagship.

Chen Jian gestured for He Shuo to lower the drone’s altitude, then transferred the image to the PDA screen, pointed to the flagship in the twilight image and asked Huang Yu:

"What kind of ship is this? Where’s it from?"

Huang Yu looked down at the screen, then exclaimed in shock:

"It’s the Holy Temple Guard of the Mechanical God Sect!"

"Why are they here?!"

As soon as he finished speaking, fear spread instantly within the cover.

Chen Jian frowned slightly and asked:

"Are they very strong?"

"They’re the strongest... They are responsible for guarding Trinity Holy Temple, they’re supposed to be in Jinling..."

"Calm down!"

The more panicked Huang Yu was, the calmer Chen Jian became.

In fact, a slight smile even appeared on his lips.

Shen Yue and He Shuo both looked at him, the three nodded in tacit understanding, then Chen Jian switched the radio back on and said:

"Lei Jie, big operation coming."

"Buy one, get one."

"This time, we’ve hit the jackpot!"