Chapter 198 Operation Broken Sword!
Chapter 198 Operation Broken Sword!
So far, no one has completed the first kill of the Death Claw in the entire closed beta server of “Wasteland OL”.
Although there are traces of Death Claw activity in the Elm District, it is winter after all. After all, Death Claw is a close relative of lizards and needs to hibernate. They
basically lie in the nest 24 hours a day. So far, no player has found where the Death Claw in the Elm District is hiding.
Chu Guang, who was squatting on the forum and peeking at the screen, suddenly felt a little moved in his heart and spoke.
”Xiao Qi, can you transfer the drone over there?”
Xiao Qi paused and whispered.
”Well, it should be possible, but there are risks. The wind outside is too strong, and there is snowfall from time to time. The Hummingbird is a short-range rotor drone. Even if our communication radius can now cover a place 16 kilometers away, Xiao Qi is worried that it will not be able to fly back after flying over such a long distance.”
The endurance of drones is different in different climatic environments. The Hummingbird is very small and has strong concealment, but it is relatively weak in other aspects.
Chu Guang said after thinking for a while.
”You don’t have to stay there for too long, just take two photos?”
Xiao Qi said.
”That should be fine… Xiao Qi, give it a try.”
Chu Guang nodded and said.
”Well, just give it a try, don’t force it.”
After explaining to Xiao Qi, Chu Guang continued to look at the forum.
Compared with the players’ discussion on the strength of the Death Claw, the cloud players’ enthusiasm for discussion is mainly focused on the group of predators.
From the predators’ weapons to their clothing styles, there are even discussions about the habits and culture of predators.
These discussions cannot be said to be completely useless, but they can only be said to be useless.
Chu Guang, sitting in front of the computer, calculated silently in his mind.
The outpost now has 5 trucks, 1 is deployed in the industrial area, and 1 is deployed on the transportation route from the outpost to Changjiu Farm. The other 2 are deployed in temporary resource points outside the Elm District and the abandoned town in the north, responsible for transporting the prey and recycled garbage caught by the players back to Changjiu Farm.
There was actually only one idle truck, which was the one rented by Dr. Yin Fang for the Cow-Horse Squad, and it was now returning from the laboratory of Zhongzhou Aerospace.
The snow in the northern suburbs was already knee-deep.
There was no reliable vehicle for the nearly 16-kilometer distance, and the players had to be prepared to spend a whole day on dry roads to run over for support.
”It seems that the outpost lacks not only weapons, but also vehicles.”
Long-distance troop projection is a big problem. Even if his little players DIY a few mountain bikes and tricycles, the number is still too small.
”…After solving the problem of anti-aircraft weapons, we have to ask the No. 81 Steel Plant to think of a way to see if we can get a few more firewood trucks.”
Now Chu Guang couldn’t figure out one thing.
What do these predators need fuel rods for? Do
they also need to charge the shelter?
Can this thing be used as firewood?
At this time, Lao Bai, who had just returned to the online line for a while, went offline to the forum again.
He had turned that post into a live broadcast post.
Now I am updating the experience after being captured by the predators.
”I’m back! Just now I went back online, I secretly glanced at the window, and found that there are more and more predators here! There were only dozens of people just now, but now there are hundreds of them!”
”They confiscated my VM and searched my body before, hahaha, but they didn’t expect that I could go offline while sleeping!”
”By the way, is this considered taking advantage of the game bug? Brother Guang will not delete my post if he sees it.”
Shit!
Chu Guang’s eyes lit up instantly.
Good guy, can prisoners be used like this?
Not to mention deleting the post, Chu Guang hoped that he would get stuck in the bug a few more times, and it would be best if he could post the specific number of opponents and the distribution of troops on the forum.
Just as he was hesitating whether to open a small account to guide him, the stupid netizens who were waiting for updates under the post quickly asked all the questions Chu Guang wanted to ask.
Qingtian Bujianyue: “Fuck, your cell has windows?”
The leader of the nursing home: “666, tell me how many people are there and what kind of equipment they have. I’ll get off the plane later and go back to the line with a message!”
Lao Bai: “Well, judging from their physique, I feel that they are actually no different from the Blood Hand Clan we encountered before. They are just ordinary predators, but overall, the organization of these predators is obviously much higher than that of the Blood Hand people, and their equipment is also much stronger, probably between the legion and ordinary predators!”
”In addition, I saw 2 trucks in their camp, and there was a light machine gun on the roof! That machine gun is exactly the same as the one we seized from the legion!”
”In addition, they also raise a lot of alien species, especially mutant hyenas. This is nothing to be surprised about. After all, the Blood Hand Clan also likes to raise dogs, but these people are a bit interesting. They not only raise dogs, but also dress the dogs in clothes!”
”I’m sure that the clothes are definitely not for keeping warm. They are probably used to hang explosive packs or something like that! If you plan to attack here, you’d better be careful of those hyenas and don’t let them get close to you!”
Just as Lao Bai was talking in the post, several familiar IDs suddenly appeared in the forum.
Ye Shi: “Fuck, Lao Bai, you’re still alive?!”
Lao Bai: “Haha, I’m alive! How did you climb a tree? I’ve tried so hard to help you guys, don’t tell me you still gave up.”
Fang Chang: “We were on the truck back to the base, and I guess you were offline, so we went offline and came back to see you. Good brother, wait, we’ll go back and get reinforcements to save you!”
Lao Bai: “Well, don’t be impulsive, these predators are not easy to deal with. The exoskeleton is broken, and the most valuable equipment I have is the VM. It’s not a pity to lose the others. If I die, I’ll just be on the forum for three days. Don’t make it like a life-and-death separation. I want to find out what those predators are doing in that ecological laboratory before I die.”
Fang Chang: “Well… I have some ideas about this. Maybe they are not planning to take any fuel rods at all, but are aiming at the ecological park itself.”
After hearing Fang Chang’s analysis, Chu Guang immediately became excited.
This is also what he is most curious about.
Lao Bai: “How can you say that!”
Fang Chang: “It’s very simple. The warm climate, sufficient area, and ready-made concrete fortifications make it a natural base of operations. If I were their commander and confirmed that the ecological park in Building 3 was still working, I would definitely choose to settle down there.”
”The only trouble for them now is that the Deathclaw has built a nest there, but now that the Deathclaw is injured, they just need to find it and clean it up.”
Lao Bai was shocked. “Fuck, now that you mention it… it’s a bit like that. I saw that their truck was carrying a lot of supplies, which is obviously not enough for
more than
a hundred people! I counted the boxes and sacks they unloaded, if they were all food and ammunition, they would probably be enough for a thousand people!”
Supplies! A thousand people!
Chu Guang was instantly excited.
Oh my god.
He was worrying about the supplies, and someone sent him a pillow so soon?
It took less than a minute for Chu Guang to make a decision in his heart.
He must not let this piece of fat meat slip away from under his nose!
Fang Chang and Ye Shi were still on the truck. They didn’t dare to stay on the forum for too long. After logging off and learning about the situation from Lao Bai, they returned to the online again.
…
Chu Guang thought for a moment, and then made a prompt decision to seize the initiative in the war. He issued a task to the remaining three members of the Niu Ma team through VM, ordering them to get off the car immediately, set up an observation point near the Zhongzhou Space Experimental Base, and closely monitor the movements of the group of predators.
Want to set up an outpost at my doorstep?
Dream on!
Chu Guang then sent a message to Luca, asking him to mobilize all five trucks before dark and wait for orders in the northern industrial area of the outpost.
At this time, there was a knock at the door of the office.
Yin Fang pushed open the door and walked in from outside with an anxious face.
”Something big happened!”
”Our scientific expedition team on the front line encountered predators!”
Chu Guang said calmly.
”Your news is too slow. I knew it ten minutes ago.”
Looking at Chu Guang with a calm face, Yin Fang was slightly stunned and said cautiously.
”I have to remind you that if they take the fuel rods there…all our efforts in the past week will be in vain, and we have to find a suitable target again.”
Chu Guang said.
”I know, but at present, the fuel rods are not in great danger.”
Yin Fang asked.
”What do you mean…”
”Those predators have set up camp there. Judging from the size of their personnel and the deployment of supplies, they probably intend to use it as a base of operations… If my guess is correct, they should be the ‘Bone Chewing’ tribe that has suddenly risen recently.” If
nothing unexpected happens, they should be planning to establish a base at the Zhongzhou Space Experiment Base as a bridgehead for a full-scale invasion of the southern part of the Valley Province.
Just as Fang Chang said, they had no intention of taking the fuel rods.
They were heading for the ecological experiment base!
As he spoke, Chu Guang couldn’t help but sigh in his heart.
I didn’t expect these people to come so quickly…
After hearing Chu Guang’s words, Yin Fang’s face changed slightly and he said nervously.
”Isn’t that more serious?”
”They all have their purpose written on their faces. Do you think I will let them succeed? There are only more than a hundred people. This is not the first time I have suppressed bandits.”
Looking at Yin Fang who was slightly stunned, Chu Guang smiled faintly and continued.
”The reconnaissance team has been deployed near the looters. Just before you walked into my office, I have mobilized all the trucks in the base, and will soon mobilize another 200 reservists to form a reinforced company.”
”Since they have stretched their feet to my doorstep, they must have planned to leave their legs and shoes behind.”
”Wait until dark, I will teach them a profound lesson!”
…
Trapped in the “cell” and unable to get out, Old White looked around boredly. Occasionally, when he heard a noise, he would walk to the window to take a look outside, and then sit back on the bed. It
was just past noon in the game, and it was early morning in reality. Even if he went back, he would sleep, and he might not be able to sleep.
It’s better to stay here and be in a daze.
Speaking of which, the looters are quite interesting.
When standing by the window to observe, Old White found that these NPCs have their own life trajectories, just like in Wild Cousin.
For example, the looter standing guard at the door of the experimental base is a smoker. Every time the superior is not around, he will take out a half-smoked cigarette butt, smell it twice, and then put it back in his pocket.
The driver leaning against the truck was probably of a higher status, so no one cared about them. He stood with the co-pilot smoking a cigarette, puffing out clouds of smoke with an intoxicated look on his face.
There was also a looter sitting on the stone steps, rubbing something on the bullet head with a knife.
By the way, does anyone really believe in that kind of urban legend?
Carving a cross on the bullet head can increase damage.
At this time, Lao Bai suddenly found through the small hole in the tent that a huge monster about four meters long was carried out from the main door downstairs.
”Death Claw!”
A trace of surprise appeared on Lao Bai’s face.
”These people actually killed the Death Claw?”
It would not be accurate to say that it was killed.
If you look closely, although the Death Claw was covered with shocking scars, it was not completely dead, and it seemed that it was still alive.
There was a row of tents at the back of Building 2, which was very close to the place where the truck unloaded supplies.
Several looters worked together to carry it into a spacious tent on a stretcher.
Just as Lao Bai was thinking about what they were going to do, he soon saw an ugly old man following them in.
For some reason, Lao Bai always felt that the old man wrapped in a thick coat had a different temperament from the surrounding predators.
How should I put it?
This guy seemed mysterious.
If the surrounding predators were compared to goblins, then this old man was at least a goblin witch doctor.
”Are they going to heal the Deathclaw?”
Lao Bai’s face was full of weirdness.
Not really, right?
…
Xiao Qi’s drone returned with aerial photos of the predator camp. From a few photos, it can be seen that at least one company of predators was stationed at Zhongzhou Aerospace Laboratory.
To put it bluntly, there were at most 150 people and at least 100 people.
They were scattered in several laboratory buildings.
Someone was patrolling with a dog.
As for the supplies, judging from the aerial photos, there really seemed to be a thousand of them, and the unloading point was near Building 2.
The looters seemed to be planning to hide the supplies in the building, so they began to clean up the slime mold species in Building 2.
Ye Shi set up an observation point nearby and set up a sniper rifle. Fang Chang, who was agile, had enhanced vision and served as an observer. Kuang Feng was lying in ambush nearby, responsible for watching the two people’s anus, and occasionally logging off to take a look at the forum.
Lao Bai, who was taken as a prisoner, had become their eyes in the looters’ camp, always paying attention to the distribution of people in the camp.
However, since the entire experimental base itself was built on a relatively high terrain, surrounded by ruins and jungles, Ye Shi, who served as a sniper, did not have a very good field of vision.
However, this was not important.
The mission they received was not to squat on a high place and shoot from afar, but to monitor the patrols scattered outside the base and provide cover for the players approaching the base.
If you find a high-threat target, such as a machine gunner or a gunner, kill him before he poses a threat to our units. It was
eight o’clock in the evening in the wasteland time.
Five light trucks delivered 200 players in two batches to the war zone and assembled 1 kilometer away from the Zhongzhou Aerospace Ecological Experimental Base.
This operation was led by Chu Guang himself, who arrived at the front line with 6 guards to supervise the battle.
In addition, the former legion centurion Vanus was also allowed to go to the front line.
This was his own request, because he wanted to see with his own eyes how the people who had defeated them on the battlefield fought.
Chu Guang agreed to his request, took him aside, and allowed him to watch the battle.
It happened that he also needed a staff officer, and he didn’t necessarily have to refer to his advice, but his actual combat experience might come in handy at a critical moment.
The southwest side of the experimental base is Qingquan City, so this is also the key defense area for those predators.
A machine gun was set up on the third floor of Building 1, with sandbags stuffed in the windows as cover, and the muzzle was facing the gate of the experimental base where the checkpoint was placed.
Sandbags were piled near the checkpoint, and squatting behind the sandbags could shoot down at the forest below the slope.
In addition, about thirty slaves with shackles were building simple shelters and fortifications in the base under the supervision of a team of ten.
It can be seen that this group of looters is very cautious.
They even considered the possibility of air raids and artillery bombardments, and even knew to dig foxholes in their nests.
Chu Guang estimated that those foxholes and shelters should not be aimed at them, but probably to guard against the planes of Boulder City, or something else.
However, in contrast, the east side of the experimental base is their weak defense area, with only two patrols and no heavy firepower deployment.
Perhaps because the terrain here is flat and the shelters are sparse, they are confident that they can react quickly when they encounter attacks from this direction and drive the truck with a machine gun welded on the top over.
However, they are not facing ordinary opponents.
Vanus looked at Chu Guang, who was wearing power armor, and said with a strange expression.
”Are you going to go to the front line yourself?”
Chu Guang glanced at him.
”Did I say that?”
Vanus glanced at the heavy breastplate, the hammer on his back and the Gauss rifle, and shook his head slowly.
”No.”
To be honest, he has fought hundreds of battles, big and small, but it is the first time he has seen a commander who has armed himself like an iron can.
Lu Yang doesn’t count.
In his eyes, he can’t be considered a commander at all.
Chu Guang ignored him, and his index finger gently touched the helmet, and an orange floating window was projected on the tactical eyepiece of the helmet.
The information was updated on the players’ VM at the same time!
[Mission: Operation Broken Sword]
[Content: The vanguard of the Bone Chewing Tribe has arrived at the northern suburbs of Qingquan City. Not only have they captured our compatriots, but they also plan to establish a bridgehead here to invade Qingquan City! Unfortunately, they picked the wrong opponent. We will use bullets to tell them what the price is! 】
【Description: You can get 100 points by participating in the action, and you can get 10~50 points by completing the orders issued by the commander. 】
【Reward: 1 silver and 1 tribute per war score. 】
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【Mission: Rescue the prisoners (branch)】
【Content: We will not abandon anyone! 】
【Description: Rescue the captured residents of the shelter. 】
【Reward: 50 silver and 50 tribute】
(End of this chapter)
