"Confirmed."
Caoyuan replied.
"Did the Raiders craft it themselves?" Lu Yuan asked.
The possibility of a wild Iron Man couldn't be ruled out either.
Caoyuan: "No, it doesn't look like it. The craftsmanship is exquisite, the performance is powerful, and it's likely equipped with a heartbeat detection device. We suspect it was bought from that Celestial company called 'Apollo'."
Oh?
Lu Yuan whistled cheerfully in his heart.
"Got it, support will arrive soon."
He looked at Guo Li Cheng, who was carrying a plasma greatsword beside him.
"There's an important mission now. An enemy in power armor has appeared in the town. Hurry and go support Caoyuan and fight in the alleys."
"Huh!?"
Hearing about a humanoid elite monster, this Soul Wanderer fan suddenly seemed to increase her standby power, becoming completely energized.
"Is he tough?"
"His defense is very high, so you need to go 'open the can'."
Lu Yuan relayed the enemy's weapon and armor situation that Caoyuan had reported to Guo Li Cheng.
"Oh right, the enemy might be equipped with a heartbeat detector. Don't try ambushing him, it's useless. After taking care of him, then deal with the remaining infantry in the town."
"Understood! Guaranteed to chop him down!"
The smile that bloomed on Guo Li Cheng's face made Lu Yuan feel a little creeped out just by looking at it.
This woman was about to go on a rampage.
After sending her off, Lu Yuan looked into the distance.
The retreating forces of the Stormwind Gang should be arriving soon. The reason Black Smoke and Salty Fish didn't go to support Caoyuan was precisely to drive them along the way.
The consumption of FPV racing drones was already more than half.
At this moment, looking from a high-altitude perspective, Red Iron Town was in the south. The Stormwind Gang was attacked by Cangyuan's flank forces from the east and north directions, and their retreat route was clearly on the west side.
But they couldn't scatter and flee because the open ground was within the strike range of the mountaintop pulse laser cannon. Therefore, they had to use the mountain terrain to block sightlines and retreat through the laser cannon's blind spot.
In other words, the only safe path was just a line clinging to the foot of the mountain.
And the main force of Cangyuan led by Lu Yuan was lying in ambush on the hillside!
After a moment, the Stormwind Gang's convoy indeed appeared in their field of vision. They formed a long snake formation, increasing their speed to the maximum, retreating at full speed.
Fleeing for their lives was paramount!
"Patience, let them pass a little first..." Lu Yuan knelt on one knee, raising his plasma combat crossbow. "Open fire now!"
At his command, the seven dark figures lying in concealment on both sides all stood up together, shouldering RPG rocket launchers.
Seven rocket-propelled anti-tank rounds, trailing long plumes of flame, pounced on their prey, followed by the second, third, and fourth rounds.
The exoskeleton players had astonishing carrying capacity and ample ammunition, making their attack airtight. At this moment, the Stormwind Gang's combat vehicles had exposed their sides and backs.
Compared to the front, the armor on these areas was much weaker. Rocket-propelled grenades could easily penetrate and then detonate the ammunition inside the vehicles.
After a series of dense explosions, more than a dozen armored vehicles and infantry fighting vehicles caught fire and stopped. The remaining ones made emergency turns.
This seemingly safe road was precisely the one Lu Yuan had deliberately left open!
If they were surrounded on all sides, the enemy might erupt with extraordinary combat power in a fight-to-the-death situation; but if a path for survival was left open, their will to fight would immediately give way to the desire for life!
However, even this only path to survival was ultimately just a fleeting dream, meant to make the prey abandon resistance, forget formation, tactics, and reconnaissance, and even forget caution and suspicion, becoming lambs to the slaughter.
The true butcher's knife fell from the darkness.
"Brothers, charge! It's our time to show what we can do!"
The exoskeleton players threw away their spent rocket launchers, picked up their 17.8mm anti-tank rifles, which were longer than their height, and officially launched their charge.
Due to the use of ONC propellant and tungsten alloy kinetic penetrator rounds, at least in terms of anti-vehicle capability, the power of this "gun" was already close to the 25mm main gun of the enemy's infantry fighting vehicles.
They would crush everything.
In the blink of an eye, another 10 vehicles were destroyed.
"Stop running! If you keep running like this, you'll all die! Turn around! Fight them!"
The Stormwind Gang officers finally came to their senses, roaring and trying to reorganize the front line.
But by this time, the unit had suffered over half casualties. How could morale be so easily raised?
Some crews listened to the advice and turned around to make a final stand; the rest, seeing some teammates actively covering the retreat, became even more determined to escape, pressing the accelerator as if it were welded down.
I don't need to run faster than the enemy, just faster than my teammates!
This battle is definitely lost. As long as the green hills remain, there will be wood to burn. It's not that I'm afraid of death, ah. If I run back to the main base with my equipment intact, it can be considered a merit for the Lieutenant Colonel, hehe!
With these determined defeatists around, how could the remaining people possibly fight well?
Why should I cover your retreat?
Why can you escape while I have to stay here and fight to the death?
We're all Raiders, why is my life worth less than yours?!
The Raiders who had previously been obedient symbolically fired a few shots at the officers' call, then turned around and continued to flee, no longer obeying any orders.
"I said fight them! Didn't you hear?! Are you deaf!?"
The officer's response was a bullet from a subordinate.
"Shut your stinking mouth! I've put up with you for a long time!"
The officer's corpse was thrown out of the hatch. The morale of the entire army completely collapsed, entering a state of rout. Even with the players chasing them from behind, they completely ignored everything, just blindly running forward like a herd of livestock.
At this moment, Ye Xing and Ma Lou's two all-terrain vehicles drove from a distance and rendezvoused with Lu Yuan's main force.
"Hey! The 'Didi Beat-Up' you called has arrived. Brothers, shall we go?"
"Let's go, let's go! Don't let those bastards get away!"
"Two anti-tank rifles on one vehicle are enough," Lu Yuan said to them. "The rest of you, come with me to support Caoyuan. There are still about 100 infantry there."
"Okay!"
Accompanied by loud shouts, drones from the support team flew overhead, heading towards the fleeing remnants of the Stormwind Gang.
They were completely finished.
............
Within the winding residential area of the small town, Guo Li Cheng rendezvoused with Caoyuan.
Heavy footsteps came from behind the street corner; the power-armored enemy was there.
Her opponent wasn't susceptible to ambushes, and Guo Li Cheng had no intention of ambushing him anyway.
No tactics, no clever tricks. The Sun Knight, upright and honorable!
Let's fight!
"The enemy's Gatling machine gun has a high rate of fire, but the caliber isn't large, and the single-shot power is only so-so. Your external armor should be able to withstand it," Caoyuan said to her.
"Got it!"
Guo Li Cheng charged out.
The enemy's Gatling had already opened fire the moment she entered its sight. Guo Li Cheng ducked her head, raised her left hand, using her forearm armor to shield her face, letting the rain of bullets wash over her upper body. Her greatsword, her main weapon, was dragged behind her with her right hand to prevent damage.
Her opponent never dreamed someone would charge forward despite the sweeping fire. In the blink of an eye, Guo Li Cheng closed the distance and swung out with a furious slash.
Relying on the power armor's incredible mobility, the enemy could still dodge at this moment. However, Guo Li Cheng's target wasn't his body at all, but the roaring Gatling gun.
This was experience accumulated during the time spent clearing underground dungeons: if you're not confident you can instantly kill the enemy, then first destroy his weapon.