Chapter 292: Cruelty Plus Cunning, Cunning Plus Cruelty
Kunlun Northern Front combat zone, the elite combat team dispatched by Lin Group to Xuan Chong has arrived. Xuan Chong saw these mecha soldiers wearing armor, over two meters tall, shaped like “Predator,” and was greatly shocked.
However, these are all “family.”
Back then, when Xuan Chong established Jianye base in Lin Group, he personally watched them participate in military training, including old acquaintance Lu Changfeng.
These troops are actually private soldiers within Lin Group. If Xuan Chong is the “Young Master,” then those who came this time are “servants.”
Of course, Xuan Chong’s level is too high. As Xuan Chong’s “servants,” they can receive extremely high rewards. After dying in battle, they are enshrined in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and descendants can be selected for office. So for Lu Changfeng and others, this is enough to make them pledge their lives.
Since the “hierarchy” in Lin Group has already been predetermined, after Lu Changfeng and others came under Xuan Chong, the inner guards of Lin Group automatically entered the state of monarch and ministers.
Note: This can be compared to borrowing troops in the Later Han era. Sun Jian borrowed troops from Yuan Shu, Liu Bei also took away Cao Cao’s troops incidentally. Even after Dong Zhuo entered the Capital City, he annexed the Capital City troops that did not belong to his direct lineage. This is unimaginable under the later “soldier-general binding” system. This is because the Later Han hierarchy system was done very well, with each level loyal to the one above. As long as the general individual is part of the Han Family internal military hierarchy, subordinates default to loyalty to him.
Xuan Chong didn’t need to test their obedience, directly pulling over a table to brief them on the current frontline situation.
Xuan Chong: “As shock forces, I hope you play a role at key points. But you won’t have the chance to show off like in puppet shows. I will send you to the most dangerous places.”
Lu Changfeng and others collectively swore: “Willing to use Han Family blood to burn the barbarian tents.”
…Black Technology mutual beating…
Mid-November, Xuan Chong felt that since he could hear the “waaagh!” rhythm, and also discovered that the enemy’s battlefield scheduling did not avoid him, Xuan Chong felt “if the warfare is not adjusted, it might drag on indefinitely.”
In front of the trenches swept by rifle fire and projectiles, Xuan Chong ordered the nano armor troops beside him. Xuan Chong pointed to an orc group of five hundred gathered three kilometers away in visual range.
Xuan Chong pretentiously put down the telescope: “Launch a counter-assault, leave a few alive.” (Ruler measurement can make the view directly reach the opposite side)
Just as Lu Changfeng and others were preparing to charge recklessly, they were pulled back by Xuan Chong.
Xuan Chong rebuked: “What are you doing? Wait for cannon fire cover.”
Half an hour later, Xuan Chong mobilized cannon fire, and a large number of beasts were swept by shrapnel.
The first squad of the nano armor troops hid behind the barrage and successfully charged to the battlefield, tying up an orc with claws and screwdriver modifications, then immediately withdrew.
The covering cannon fire had not ended yet, the beast’s battlefield boss roared madly at the sky, because from this direction, a batch of gliders dived down. Obviously, they already knew Lu Changfeng had assaulted their position.
Seeing this scene, Xuan Chong had eighty percent certainty, confirming that this group of beasts could sense the “noise” of their own internal command issuance.
The twenty-man nano armor troops dragging an orc tech expert reduced to just a torso entered the trench front, covered by bombing from flying gas bombs one after another. In the cannon dust, Lu Changfeng received Xuan Chong’s authorization to abandon the hostage and withdraw.
Lu Changfeng and others gritted their teeth, sent coordinate information, and called for rear cannon support! Xian Han and orcs began cannon battle.
Meanwhile, the Han army position opened a gap to receive back the near guard forces brought by Xuan Chong.
The nano armor near guard soldiers and others were full of violent aesthetics from head to toe. In this army generally at World War I level, soldiers were very reverent toward such iron armor troops.
But local senior officers seemed worldly, always evaluating the power armor.
In front of the Han army position were generally two-meter-tall beasts, while nano warriors in armor were two point five meters tall, a head taller than orcs. Visually, they were not at a disadvantage.
And Xuan Chong was also looking for a certain key node to test the combat effectiveness of this future military weapon. After Lu Changfeng and others returned to the position, Xuan Chong ordered these mecha armors to use the position on the spot to repel this round of orc pursuit.
Now the warriors raised their special firearms; with magnetic propulsion, projectiles exited the barrel at over two thousand four hundred meters per second. This projectile speed far exceeded the muzzle velocity of single-soldier gunpowder weapons, belonging to Gauss weapons.
…This is infantry weapons far beyond this era by a hundred years…
This electromagnetic weapon, before Xuan Chong arrived at the Imperial Ancestral Temple research institute of Lin Group, had the biggest problem: speed too fast leading to rifling wear and tear, unable to fire a hundred rounds before needing to change the gun barrel, so that magazine capacity could support bursts, but rifling couldn’t hold up.
But now this troop is invested under Xuan Chong. Xuan Chong’s ability can just make up for this shortcoming.
Xuan Chong added torque to the inside of every tube of the relevant electromagnetic weapons. This finally allowed this Gauss weapon to fire in bursts of dozens of rounds.
The needle bullets could finally be poured out like flowing water. After orcs were hit by these 2400 m/s needle bullets, the bullet heads bent and tumbled after entering flesh, instantly forming huge cavities. At the same time, the tip bullet heads unhesitatingly penetrated bones.
And Imperial Ancestral Temple products must be top quality. Not only the gun body, even the bullet technology far exceeded gunpowder weapons. This firearm’s spare magazine is 3.3 kilograms, with eight hundred rounds per magazine. These nano warriors have very high load-bearing, carrying five magazines, with fire density fiercer than Gatling.
And in this magazine, each bullet weighs only four point two grams. While traditional full-power machine gun bullets (e.g., 7.62*54R), total bullet weight around 20 grams, bullet head about 9 grams. Gauss bullet weight is only half that of its bullet head weight.
But according to kinetic energy formula, for the same kinetic energy increase, speed must double, equivalent to bullet head mass increasing four times. Gauss weapon bullet head kinetic energy far exceeds traditional bullets. So this is not light machine gun power, but heavy machine gun level.
In addition, the bullet head internally hides technical details, namely streamlined during flight, and upon touching an object, if no hard armor is detected, i.e., entering flesh, it actively opens from the tip like mechanical flowers, from original needle head state to a “blooming flower.” This microscopic mechanical structure applies all kinetic energy to flesh, releasing kinetic energy most efficiently.
While the first squad with “mission failure” was defending in place, the second squad dispatched by Xuan Chong received the predetermined signal from the bombardment and began assault.
Xuan Chong also came to the artillery position front, personally adding torque to each cannon barrel for range extension.
…View to the orc side’s troop dispatch point…
Six kilometers outside the Han army position, a coal station abandoned for half a year was converted into a shantytown area. Inside, various weapons were being manufactured. After the glider cannonballs made by Xuan Chong cheating with torque bombed this coal mine site.
Alien beastmen of various sizes, missing arms and legs, ran around chaotically. This round of cannon fire had already cut off their connection with their strongest boss.
This is the center of the loudest “waaagh!” that Xuan Chong could hear.
And now, the troops dispatched by Xuan Chong hit this disconnection time point, assaulting right to the center.
A few over two-meter-tall “big guys” with teeth comparable to pen length tried to command the small ones to resist. But their existence was quickly locked by the combat team.
One “big guy” just stood straight from the trench, preparing to swing a hammer and charge up, its head exploded like a watermelon.
Nano armor warriors fired all the way in assault, roadside orcs not only couldn’t surge up, even just peeking out were hit by explosive bullets. Their tough skin and thick flesh, body energy that could repair even after cannon recoil shock, had no effect under such bullets.
When the assault team arrived at a shantytown built from various rubble fragments.
This shantytown inside had a large amount of coal from unknown source. Beastmen melted metal items on the ground, then cast various small parts.
These small parts were some gun barrels, some motorcycle engine rotors.
Very wondrously, these with casting burrs were just stuffed into their machines, no need for grinding; after a few collisions, the sparks disappeared.
…Racial talent…
Xuan Chong, who assaulted together, was very curious why orc junk weapons could function normally. So Xuan Chong measured with torque and was surprised to discover that in these mechanical casting processes, there was a moving force field.
The orc tech bosses’ force fields could pinch steel solid during steel melting. That’s right, even lattices were aligned. And after irregular mechanical parts entered the machinery, the force field directly wrapped selected fine grains, directly polishing the parts by friction.
And this was not just one or two beastmen had it, but every beastman! Though small beastmen’s force fields were only finger-sized, optional, but big beastmen’s force fields could wrap an entire motorcycle.
So orc tech bosses stacking materials, to outsiders looked like casually rubbing, turned into tools.
This is similar to dogs or cats watching humans casually swipe with hands, and food gets hot!
Humans often pride themselves on dexterous hands. As primates, after evolving hands that can grip stones and sticks, gradually walked the path of tool-making, unstoppable. Similarly, orcas with very high language ability and IQ not less than human 12-year-old teenagers can only ram sharks in the ocean.
However now, these alien beastmen considered barbaric by Xian Han, their tool-making ability is equivalent to humans compared to dolphins—they have a pair of even more dexterous “hands.”
After understanding the truth, fear arose in Xuan Chong’s heart.
The assault team continued charging. Xuan Chong followed the frenzied “waaagh!” sound and caught the opposite boss. This guy was also clad in steel mecha, obviously copycat design. Several motorcycle engine devices loaded on the back allowed its full-body mechanical skeleton to move freely. And holding a chainsaw.
These mechanical junks looked very unreasonable, but similar to when Xuan Chong added skin to the Sparrow Eye Mantis Shrimp. And at this time, this beastman leader using “waaagh!” force field was much more than Xuan Chong cheating.
This orc boss saw Xuan Chong and directly ran over, looking like it recognized Xuan Chong as archenemy.
Xuan Chong felt a wave-like “force field” surging, immediately raising the assault rifle to sweep at the orc’s eyes, while unfolding torque lines, marking strike targets in front of every soldier.
Finally, this five-meter-tall giant monster turned into a pile of steel ruins. Xuan Chong cut with torque, then used wire to thread through this orc leader’s muscle bones, binding it. And the airship landed at this time, whole team withdrew.
Half an hour later, in the heavily guarded Yibohai base, under the machine gun lock of rivet armored automobiles one after another, Xuan Chong’s team brought back the beast leader.
Inside the base, the team began crowding, escorting this monster to the necessary area.
And ordinary soldiers in the military camp looking at the “black near guards” brought by Xuan Chong, their original fearful expressions turned to reverence.
…Rough black iron mixed with electronic chip style…
After arriving at the temporary secret base, Xuan Chong immediately conducted tests to verify his guess.
Respectively, let ordinary people interrogate, company commander interrogate, battalion commander interrogate, and finally himself appear, to test if the orc could distinguish who is the “boss” in their organization.
Finally, in the ordinary people and company commander comparison link, Xuan Chong discovered this orc leader’s state was different.
Just as Xuan Chong began syncing the report to Yandu side for observation testing, here Lu Changfeng quietly called him out.
Xuan Chong paused, went out with him, soon connected to Qilin Lord’s communication; seeing this old superior, Xuan Chong immediately bowed respectfully: “My lord.”
Qilin Lord: “Doing well in Dragon Group.”
Xuan Chong was slightly stunned, feeling Qilin Lord’s tone off: “I am not Dragon Group personnel.”
Liu Wang glanced at Xuan Chong: “As long as you remember you are Lin Group personnel, I thought you were gone after letting go.”
Xuan Chong hurriedly expressed: “No no, I definitely want to go home. My lord, after this battle, I will immediately apply to return.”
Liu Wang: “Cut that out, work well there. But don’t get yourself killed.”
Then this Qilin Lord scolded about “Xuan Chong personally leading the assault.”
“(You) were doing well coordinating in the middle, why suddenly take risks?” Liu Wang commented on Xuan Chong: “Dragon Group people all dead? Or you can’t command them? Didn’t you tame Liu Yi completely? How at key moment, not bother him?”
Xuan Chong stammered about his battlefield discovery: because needed to understand possible “sociality,” so had to go personally.
Liu Wang didn’t listen to explanation, warned Xuan Chong not to do such risks again. “You are borrowed over, not to die there!” Xuan Chong hurriedly nodded.
Speaking of, the Qilin Lord coming for dialogue was actually not scolding Xuan Chong for risking, core purpose was to check Xuan Chong’s attitude.
This time Xuan Chong’s merit was too great! Son of Heaven side would give heavy rewards, and heavy rewards would bestow favor.
Xuan Chong not yet of age, Qilin Lord really feared Xuan Chong would turn back! So came early to “scold a bit” like picking ginseng, first tie with red string.
Obviously Xuan Chong still recognized home, not like Lu Bu that profit-forgetting villain. Thus, Qilin Lord satisfiedly left.
Here Xuan Chong respectfully saw off this nominal uncle-elder, let out a long breath. And the interrogation process had reached the end.
At this time a guard soldier came to report: “That beast leader captive seems increasingly berserk, generals preparing to destroy it!”
“Wait for me to handle!” Xuan Chong hurriedly rushed to the base.
…Passing through heavy isolation…
Xuan Chong heard roaring, but then felt the roaring getting louder.
This was a thirty-meter diameter cement enclosure. This location originally a hundred years ago for stockpiling nitrate ore, and now a big iron cage nailed inside. The beastman locked in the iron cage kept roaring, shouting for the shrimp that defeated it to come.
Xuan Chong looking at this beastman controlled by mechanical locks, suddenly understood his roar: “The battle is not over!”
Xuan Chong slowly said in human language: “What battle.”
The orc’s fist-sized eyes stared at Xuan Chong: “Shrimp, if you don’t win thoroughly, sooner or later I will defeat you!”
Xuan Chong nodded: “I will!”
Suddenly, bang, the rebar on the iron cage broke. This was not normal break, but this orc boss’s “force field” found gaps inside the steel, breaking from inside.
However Xuan Chong reacted faster, torque pressed the orc, the broken rebar’s sharp opening just aimed at its heart. And in the process of the orc trying to rush out. Xuan Chong like Taiji gently guided, making it stumble, rebar along its impact force stabbed into its chest.
It was not dead yet, carrying the destroyed steel cage rushing at Xuan Chong. However surrounding bullets and machine cannons fired over, immediately killing it.
The dying orc “waaagh!” once last, Xuan Chong understood this beastman’s dying meaning: “You won!”
Xuan Chong suddenly felt, after the dying orc’s “waaagh” sound dissipated, a large amount of some “existence” surged toward him, Xuan Chong suddenly felt like he was growing something.
However soon Xuan Chong discovered, his torque unfolding speed was faster, and original “ruler” measurement had a view shift, now Xuan Chong seemed to have multiple views, and also macro and micro views.
Xuan Chong looking at the dead orc leader, inexplicably a sentence appeared in his mind: “I devoured him.”
At this time Xuan Chong gazing at that bloodied rebar, now his view was 13°23′, distance 14.434 meters. Now he could see the full view of the threaded steel, and also observed the prominent “carbon segregation” structure at the broken rebar place, that is, this “carbon segregation” structure let this orc break the rebar.
Two views, one overlooking heaven and earth, one discerning minutiae. Vaguely in Xuan Chong’s heart arose a longing, that is “war.”
“My lord what happened to you?!” Nearby soldier jumped down the cement pit, guarding Xuan Chong, while several soldiers raised guns pointing at the dead beastman, strictly guarding against revival.
After all on battlefield this thing’s self-healing too strong, but with its four hearts pierced by steel stakes controlled by Xuan Chong, dead beyond dead.
As soldiers kept asking but Xuan Chong not responding, everyone thought Xuan Chong was stunned, Yandu side directly activated communication to inquire Xuan Chong.
(Son of Heaven) Liu Lu: “Liu Haoxing, what happened to you, anything wrong?”
Xuan Chong slowly said: “Your Majesty, I increased.” (Xuan Chong hid his ability details, but for alien beastman matters, it’s official business, he cannot hide)
Liu Lu: “What increased? (reacting) Mm, rest a bit, talk later.
