This Game is Too Real

  Chapter 763 The turning point of the southern line

  Zhang Ruowen never expected that ten steel king crabs would climb onto the deck of the destroyer within 5 minutes of their sonar system being paralyzed.

  Although the Reef has plenty of firepower, it is impossible for that 150mm naval gun to fire on itself.

  The same goes for the point defense system and the torpedo launcher, which are useless against the "king crab" standing on the deck.

  Looking at the 20mm gun barrel pointing directly at the bridge, Zhang Ruowen knew that the game was over, so he did not continue to make meaningless resistance, and led all the officers and soldiers on the ship to surrender.

  They will be sent to the prison on Anle Island, and what awaits them will be the trial of the law.

  Looking at the sailors of the South China Sea Alliance who boarded the deck and came to disarm them, Zhang Ruowen was silent for a while, then looked at the huge steel crab standing on the deck and said.

"Can I ask a question?"

   Having seized such a large ship, the mood of killing chickens in the middle of the night is not the usual joy, he said decisively.

"Just ask."

  Zhang Ruowen continued.

   "...how did you get close to us in such a short time?"

   He is well aware of the King Crab armor of the Alliance. The Northern Federation's staff has conducted detailed research on the Alliance's equipment, and has even developed an adsorption bomb specially designed to deal with individual armor for the Alliance's frogman tactics.

  According to his understanding, the Alliance's "King Crab" only has mobility and no cruising speed, especially when underwater, its moving speed is not even faster than those mutants swimming.

  This sea area is not generally vast. It would be too coincidental to say that they waited to ambush under their boat from the beginning, and even if they are so close, they will be recognized by sonar no matter how good the camouflage is.

  There is only one possibility. They were silent in advance in the area where the accuracy of sonar recognition is not high, and then quickly rushed to the vicinity of the Reef after completing the EMP strike.

  However, this is absolutely impossible at their speed.

  Zhang Ruowen couldn't understand it.

  Midnight Killing Chicken said with a smile.

   "What's so difficult about this, just get a large underwater thruster, grab that thing and walk away, and you'll be done."

  The last time they fought against mutants outside Coral City, they encountered similar problems.

  Because the underwater cruising speed of the king crab is too slow, once it separates from the ship, it can only wait for friendly troops to recover, and cannot evacuate the battlefield by itself or complete a quick transfer.

  If you put a large propeller on the King Crab here, it will make the whole armor look too bloated.

  The Alliance Logistics Department conducted a bidding process based on the needs of the players, seeking solutions from the industry.

  The final bid was Goblin Technology, and Mosquito Brother only spent 10,000 silver coins to solve this problem.

  The method is also very simple, just get a large battery and a propeller to make it into a shape similar to a firecracker, and the king crab will just hold it.

  It is economical and practical to throw it aside when fighting, and pick it up and transfer it after the fight is over.

  After hearing the alliance's approach, Zhang Ruowen was stunned for a moment, and then a wry smile appeared on his face.

"I see."

   This is really not a complicated solution, but he thinks the problem is too complicated.

   This battle was not unjustly lost.

   "Speaking of which, I also have a question to ask you." Seeing the captain with a wry smile, Midnight Kill Chicken suddenly said.

  Zhang Ruowen: "What's the problem?"

  Midnight Kill Chicken took a look in the direction of Shazhou Island, and saw that black smoke was floating slowly on the coastline, which was the trace of the bombing by 150mm naval guns.

   But if you look carefully, the shells did not fall in the city, but hit the side of the city.

   "Did you miss it on purpose?"

  Zhang Ruowen was silent for a long time, then spoke slowly.

   "The people who live there are my people after all."

  …

   Just as the entire crew of the Reef surrendered, the battle on Shazhou Island was coming to an end.

  The last one hundred mutants wearing special exoskeletons were trapped in a cannery in the suburbs. They leaned against the walls of the factory building as a cover, and the offensive and defensive situation has been reversed.

   A trace of panic finally appeared on the fierce faces.

  A mutant with one ear missing walked up to the commander, panting, and said in a low humming voice.

   "Boss, this group of humans is not easy to deal with."

  The guy he called the boss also had a heavy face, and the thick armor on his chest was covered with minced flesh and blood.

   Some of it is its own, and some are left by those humans.

  Before boarding the landing ship, Chalas told them that there are only a group of weak and incompetent waste on the island, and they can do whatever they want after they land on the island, and they can work as long as they want.

  However, after it went to the beach, it discovered that things were not as simple as it thought.

  The people here are not inferior to those guys they met in the mountains in the north, they are even more vicious and cruel than those guys, and they are more well-trained!

   They only need three men to block a street, and three teams can surround their entire centurion. But when they landed, they scurried through the streets like headless flies, neither finding the human female nor seeing the waste that Charas said.

   "What should we do now?" A mutant grunted, with unspeakable panic in his voice.

   And just as the atmosphere of fear permeated with the silence, a black iron can the size of a soda can was thrown in through the window, and rolled on the ground with a clatter.

   Before the mutants could react, the iron tank exploded with a bright red flame, shooting out dazzling sparks and thick white smoke.

  Memories of fear emerged from the brain in an instant, and the distorted faces were full of horror.

  White phosphorus bomb!

   They seem to have returned to the cave in Shifeng Mountain!

  These guys... are from the League!

   At the same time when they were extremely shocked, crackling gunshots and more incendiary bombs rushed in along with the bursting flames!

  The flames of war ignited instantly!

  Intensive bolt bombs rained down on and around the mutants in the factory building, causing a **** storm.

"Roar!"

  A mutant centurion roared and fired a grenade towards the door.

  The smoke and shrapnel from the explosion engulfed the person who broke into the door.

   There was a trace of ecstasy on its face, but before it howled excitedly, a figure like an iron tower passed through the thick smoke of the explosion and stepped into the gate of the factory building.

  The man was wearing a set of streamlined power armor, and was carrying a huge bolter in his hand. His whole body exuded a murderous aura and sternness.

  Even through a layer of helmet visor, it can still feel the threat of death coming along its line of sight.

  It opened its mouth, trying to dispel the fear in its chest with a roar, but just as it opened its mouth, an oncoming bolt bomb was poured into its cheeks.

"boom!!"

  Shattered flesh and brains were coated on the wall by the metal jet that penetrated the skull.

  The man who easily killed him then aimed at the next target, pulled the trigger and fired, covering the teammates behind him and rushing into the factory building.

   "...the head won't grow out, it's not the Sangbian on Broken Blade Mountain, it's a regular variety."

   "Whatever it is, just do it!"

   "Clean up the factory area, leaving no one behind."

"receive!"

  Lao Bai, who was wearing the dragoon power armor, personally led eleven players wearing the "Xiaguang" power armor into the paper mill.

  The roar of the bolter echoed in the factory building, along with the roar and wailing of the mutants.

  Twelve against one hundred, the whole battle was without any suspense, it was a completely one-sided massacre.

   As for the mutants, the alliance has never kept any prisoners, so it has no hands at all.

  After a stubborn struggle, the last centurion was wiped out.

  After the battle on the island was over, Lao Bai also received good news from Brother Chicken that the sailors from Anle Island had boarded the destroyer Reef in a speedboat.

  According to the retrieval of the cached data of the communication terminal, the Anle Island Fleet has successfully locked the position of the North Island Fleet, synchronized it to the Alliance Air Force and suppressed all three attack nuclear submarines.

  Two Thunder fighter jets that had just landed in Potato Fries Harbor took off again and flew towards the coordinates provided by the Anle Island Fleet, preparing to provide laser guidance for the land-based missile launchers on the circular island.

  Unfortunately, the opponent did not just stand in the same place and wait for the alliance's planes and submarines to pass by, but had already shifted its position early.

  Considering that the old coordinates might be the new "bait", General Li Minghui finally gave up the pursuit and withdrew the three submarines after communicating with the alliance's frontline command.

   After all, those three submarines are the South China Sea Alliance's biggest hole cards, and there is no room for mistakes.

   In addition, the harvest of this battle is already rich enough. In addition to the landing ship converted from the cargo ship, they even successfully captured a federal destroyer, so there is no need to be greedy for that little bit of victory.

  At present, there are only four ships left in the hands of the Northern Federation-the first battle, the first patrol and the second expulsion.

  The South China Sea Alliance has five ships with one patrol, four drives, and three attack nuclear submarines.

  In addition, the submersible mother under construction is about to be completed, and the "electromagnetic gun nemesis" that will be installed on the cruiser - the Meissner effect armor!

   It won't be long before they can plan a final decisive battle, and let Charas and his lackeys get out of the southern sea completely. There is no need to consume strength at this time.

  After the battle was completely over, Fang Chang took people to the center of the island to appease the restless residents, while Lao Bai led the brothers in the regiment to clean up the battlefield.

   In the whole battle, 10 players were killed, 2 were seriously injured, and 20 were slightly injured.

  The lost equipment included 14 "Type Five" exoskeletons and four "Type Six" exoskeletons.

  As for the power armor, there are only some small bumps, and it doesn't even need to be repaired.

  Objectively speaking, the exoskeleton designed by the Northern Federation for the mutants is still somewhat strong, at least much stronger than the "I Xun Si armor" that the mutants knocked out by themselves.

   "Oh my god...the caliber must be 20mm." Picking up a rifle that was only half the height of a person from the ground, the murderer dagger gestured at the caliber of the barrel with his thumb, and couldn't help but click his tongue.

  Although the gun is still in the shape of an assault rifle, the receiver structure is also a classic version, and it is still a stamped part.

   But this thing is obviously not a gun anymore, it has already reached the category of "cannon" in terms of caliber and power.

  Catching the "big gun" handed over by Brother Killing Dagger, the Kidney Fighter took it in his hand and pondered for a while, then leaned it against the wall along with other captured weapons.

   "Besides the mutants themselves, probably only strength animals can use this thing."

   "Actually, what I'm more concerned about is their exoskeletons..." Squatting next to the corpse of a mutant, [the dog took the good name] stared at the steel plate hanging on the guy.

  About two finger-thick armor plates made up its breastplate. Faced with the bolt bombs fired by the bolter, this guy managed to hold down four rounds abruptly!

   As for other potholes that did not penetrate, they looked like marks left by rifle and machine gun bullets.

   Obviously most of the bullets that hit the mutants' chests were blocked, and that's why they were able to charge into the city against the firepower of the machine guns on the beachhead.

  If they were replaced by aquatic mutants, or the gray wolf army of the Xilan Empire, they would probably die without even touching the shore.

  In fact, from the moment the alliance's transport plane landed first and completed its deployment, the outcome of this battle was already decided.

   Coastline.

   Forty iron crabs lurking around the coastline climbed ashore one after another.

   Jumped out of the amphibious individual armor, and strode towards the direction of the city at midnight. The shape of the whole body welded with steel plates startled the guards who helped clean the battlefield, thinking it was the mutants who had returned.

  This guy is much more exaggerated than mutants, I'm afraid the only thing left is that his head is not made of iron.

   "Big harvest, brother." Looking at the ordnance piled up on the ground, Midnight Kill Chicken said with a grin.

   Untied the visor of the power armor helmet, Lao Bai made a helpless expression towards him.

   "It's all a pile of rubbish, and ordinary people with those equipment can't play at all."

  The murderous dagger touched his chin, pondered and said.

   "It should be no problem to make a fixed bracket, but the ammunition is different from our 20mm ammunition... Sigh, thinking about it this way is really a bit tasteless."

  Good names made the dog take it and nodded.

   "The most valuable are the batteries on the exoskeleton. Although they are also solid-state hydrogen energy storage, the energy density of the batteries they design is much higher than the models we are currently installing."

  Model Voldemort: "Oh my god, the equipment used by mutants is better than ours!"

  Picheng paratrooper: "People rape! Dogs say people rape!"

  Xiao Xiaoxiao bookworm: "...that statement sounds weird."

   While the players were thinking about how to make use of these loot, Fang Chang, who was in the center of the island, also saw the survivors who were setting up tents.

  The Bawang transport plane dropped tents, sleeping bags and other living materials that had been prepared on the island.

  More than 70,000 urgently evacuated residents were crowded on a few square kilometers of land, tents crowded together, and the entire open space was crowded so that there was no way to see the road, and there was almost no place to stay.

  Because there was no careful planning and preparation in advance, the Sheriff Du Men of the Security Bureau was so busy that he could only lead people around to fight the fire, but the result of the busy work was still a mess.

   Fortunately, friends from the alliance brought people over, and the situation here was stabilized.

  Listening to the roar of artillery fire and gunfire in the distance, as well as the crying of babies in the camp and the noisy and chaotic quarrels, the faces of the survivors were full of anxiety and panic.

  Finally, when the gunfire and gunshots subsided, some people began to get up eagerly, wanting to go home.

  At the entrance of the refuge area, a group of survivors walked up to the checkpoint, looked at the guards and alliance soldiers standing there and asked.

   "Sir, is the war over? When are we going to go home?"

   "My baby needs a diaper change and feeding and there's no room here..."

   "Damn it, someone put a **** in my tent!"

  Seeing that several guards beside the checkpoint looked at him helplessly, Fang Chang sighed, raised his right arm and shouted.

   "Quiet, quiet! Please listen to me!"

  The sound from the helmet speaker covered the noisy voice, and also calmed down the noisy crowd.

   Waiting for the noisy voice to subside, Fang Chang continued in a patient tone.

   "The war is over, but we can't let you go home right away—"

"Why?!"

   Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by an anxious voice.

  It was a mother holding a child, she was wearing pajamas, her hair was messy, and she obviously walked in a hurry when she was evacuated from her home.

  The baby in her arms was babbling and crying, not knowing whether it was hungry or frightened by the sound of the cannon just now.

  Understanding her mood at the moment, Fang Chang continued patiently.

"This is for your safety. Those guys are mutants who eat people and don't spit out their bones. They have no intention of fighting a law and order war with you. They rushed to burn and kill you when they came up. Naturally, in the battle They don’t care about the means either.”

"We need to remove the explosives left in the city, especially some anti-personnel mines and unexploded grenades...those guys have neglected the maintenance of weapons, those things are toys to us, but they are deadly to you. As long as a small mistake, it can send your family away, are you sure you want to go back immediately?"

  In the middle of his speech, the scene was completely quiet, and no one interrupted him.

  The people here are well-educated after all. Although they are not as docile and easy-going as the survivors of King Gallon Port, they are reasonable after all.

  Besides, no one wants to joke about the lives of themselves and their families.

  Whether it was the mother who was anxious to breastfeed her child or the survivors clamoring to change the tent, they all fell silent.

   Of course, their demands also exist. Solving these problems is exactly what Du Men and other guards should do.

   After a pause, Fang Chang continued.

"In addition, we have to confirm that there are no mutants hiding in a certain house in the urban area. You don't want to see a big surprise as soon as you go home, right? Alright, let's all go back to our tents , we will resolve your demands one by one."

  Under his persuasion, the crowd gathered in front of the checkpoint finally dispersed, and the guards standing in front of the checkpoint finally breathed a sigh of relief.

  The night seemed to return to silence again.

  Looking in the direction of the city and the thick smoke floating on the outskirts of the city, the guard standing in front of the checkpoint couldn't help but think of the past.

  The times of Vault 70 don't seem to be that bad either.

Although most of the power and wealth are in the hands of the residents of Vault 70, they at least had no worries about food and clothing at that time. Unlike now, they not only have to suffer from lack of water and electricity, but also have to be involved in not in a war of their own.

  The young man couldn't help complaining in a low voice.

   "Why... why do bad things always chase us, is it wrong for us to just live our own lives?"

   Just heard the complaint, Fang Chang thought for a while and said casually.

   "It's normal because...you don't care."

  The guard froze for a moment, looked at him in surprise, unable to understand why he said that.

  How could they not care.

   They care more about their own fate than anyone else, both in writing that common constitution and now in the fight for it.

  Chalas wanted to transfer North Island troops to Shazhou Island to protect their families instead of them, and they stood up without thinking.

   But the man continued.

   "...Whether it's Chalas or Li Minghui, it doesn't matter as long as it doesn't affect the stability of Shazhou Island... Am I right? You all thought so before you finally felt the pain, didn't you?"

"Actually, from your own standpoint, whether you choose your constitution or Chalas can be regarded as a road, the difference is that one holds the destiny in one's own hands, and the other is to entrust the fate to a guy you can trust. There are two kinds In fact, there is nothing wrong with the choice, but the problem is that you feel indifferent to your own destiny, whatever is fine... If this is the case, then you have to be prepared to suffer indifferently."

  Obviously, the survivors in the southern seas are not as hard-working as the survivors in the Borneo province, and they couldn't stand it after Chalas moved a little finger.

   But that's not necessarily a bad thing.

  Intuitively, it seems that suffering is more difficult than enjoying, and the latter is much easier than the former. However, the reality is that many things are actually "counter-intuitive".

"I didn't mean to be sarcastic, I just answered your confusion. I am very glad that you are on our side. We will never let you down. After all, the manager is watching all of us...Besides, be happy, at least your home is still alive. I am here, and I can go back in less than two days."

  Looking at the silent young man, Chief Fang patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, then handed this place over to his captain, and left the checkpoint to do other things.

  …

   "Wasteland OL" official website, during the peak period of going online and offline, an unexpected news was suddenly updated on the forum.

  【Progress on the southern front: The front in the southern sea area has been fully advanced to the middle of the sea area. Please continue to work hard for players on the southern line to try to land in Haiya province as soon as possible and join forces with players on the northern line. 】

  Yaoya: "Good guy... you guys open the map too fast.!!!∑(Дノ)ノ"

  Makabazi: "+1, Yaya hasn't left Novice Village yet. (Funny

  Yaoya: "??? What the hell, I've traveled far too, okay?"

  Tail: "Oh, oh, Brother Fang is so fast! I feel sorry for Miss Dolly! (ω

  Ye Shi: "Good guy, it's okay if there's no way out. (Funny

  Sisi: "Sorry, my Awei took the wrong medicine again. (o__

  Fang Chang: "It's okay, I don't care, it's not as exciting as my brother's hacking me, I'm used to it. (Squint eyes

  Ye Shi: "Translate, Fang Chang: I wrote a small book. (Funny

  Tail: "Big brother, I made a mistake...(||Д

  Yaoya: "Wait, where is that Shazhou Island? Your map is too big, I almost fainted. T.T"

  Old Bai: "It's just to the northeast of Potato Fries Harbor! It's about a few hundred nautical miles away, welcome to come and play! Make it your own home! (Show your teeth

  Stop talking nonsense: "The sea fishing map has been updated, let's go brothers!!"

  The mole on the run in the canyon: "There are still eight islands left out of the thirteen islands. We have already cleared the Shifeng Mountain on our side. Brothers on the southern line have to work hard. (Funny

  Midnight Kill Chicken: "Come on, come on. -ω-

  Due to the breakthrough in the situation in the southern waters, players have added another island to their range of activities.

  In addition to the new map called Shazhou Island, the discussion on the forum focused more on the battle itself.

  Especially the life professional players who have dabbled in the military field, pay special attention to the performance of various new equipment of the alliance in the battle.

  Although most of the technologies are realized by the engineers and technicians of the alliance, traces of their brain holes can be seen on many equipment.

  WC really has mosquitoes: "Speaking of which, this should be the first actual combat of Thunder Fighter, right?"

  Luo Yu: "??? Fuck, isn't it me in the first battle?"

  WC really has mosquitoes: "You don't count, the opponent is a group of mutants, what's the difference between driving Thunderbolt and driving W-2? The killing efficiency may not be as good as W-2!"

  Luo Yu: "%￥#@!"

  WC really has mosquitoes: "@风清@鬼鬼, come out and talk, how do you feel? (色

   Guigui: "Hey! Why are you posting this emoji?"

  Feng Qing: "Hmm... Anyway, it's very fast? And the plasma engine is indeed much more stable than the jet engine. If you compare it, it's like the difference between an electric car and a tractor."

  GuiGui: "Indeed! But the difference in the limit speed doesn't seem to be that big? I even feel that the limit speed of the Lingyun Fighter is a bit faster."

  Luo Yu: "It's normal, our plasma engine has just started, and the steamship was completely abused by the sail when it first came out, but the gap widened after a long time."

Commander Quanshui: "Well, that's the truth. In fact, the reason for the limitation of the atmospheric environment has to be considered. I remember it was mentioned in the setting that the plasma engine of the People's Federation era was developed in outer space from the very beginning. It seems that the development of aircraft has only reached the stage of jet engines? It is actually not advisable to blindly learn from the experience of the People’s Federation.”

   Tyrannosaurus Warrior: "It's okay to learn from... What do you want to do. (Khan

  WC really has mosquitoes: "Kids don't worry about it, just play your game. (squint smile

   Tyrannosaurus Warrior: "I don't have a helmet... Brother, I'm a student, can you lend me a few days to play. T.T"

  WC really has mosquitoes: "...good guy, sloppy."

  In addition to the Thunder fighter, the "Dragon" missile of Jushi Military Industry is also quite brilliant.

  The "Sea Dragon" transformed by the engineers of No. 70 Vault carried an EMP warhead, and it paralyzed the radar and sonar systems of the destroyer Reef with just one shot, creating a key opportunity for the Jungle Corps' occupation plan.

  In addition, this should be regarded as the first joint "joint operation" of the sea, land and air forces since the launch of "Wasteland OL"!

  Although it is not as exciting as the battle on Shifeng Mountain, the equipment and various tactical and strategic details invested in the battle are far more than the former.

   Not only did the players enjoy the game, but Chu Guang, who was far away on the northern line, also praised the game from the bottom of his heart after watching the report of the entire battle.

   "... Shazhou Island has been captured. If radar stations and missile launchers are deployed on the island, the space for activities of the Beidao Fleet can be further compressed."

  The captain's room of the Iron Heart.

   After reading the battle report, Chu Guang turned his attention to the world map on the wall, and the red dotted line drawn in the middle of the southern sea area has been filled with a solid line.

  Just a few minutes ago, good news came from the shipyard on Anle Island. I hope the Alliance's air force can cooperate with them to complete the test of the "Conch" submersible mother.

  The day of the decisive battle is getting closer!

  (end of this chapter)