From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 264 Who is the hunter? Who is the prey?
Hearing Baninger's voice, Amber immediately looked at the map and found the location of the special operations team.

It was in the northeastern part of the city, and near the special operations team was a huge residents' gymnasium.

"Are you sure it's the headquarters of the Imperial Force?" Amber adjusted the angle of the three-dimensional map and asked.

"Yes, Boss! There are special security forces here. And there are several air defense positions nearby. At the same time, through the investigation of the electromagnetic environment, we found that the signals here are sent and received very frequently. It is probably the command of the imperial troops. "

Following Baninger's answer, some new image information was also transmitted, all of which were taken by Baninger and the others.

Judging from the layout near the gymnasium on the screen, it does conform to Amber's impression of the regulations of the empire's standard frontline headquarters.

"Very good, the teaching team is going to make great achievements this time!"

Amber's voice also became excited. He had actually been thinking about carrying out a beheading operation before the general attack began.

He believed that as long as he could capture the enemy's headquarters, the remnants of the empire, whose will to fight had been shattered, would certainly not be able to continue fighting.

"Stay vigilant, continue to monitor, and be sure to pay attention to safety. I will bring people over to support you right away!"

Including his dark red landline, the 16 HCPs that attacked along many streets suddenly accelerated. These steel giants rushed in the predetermined direction in an attitude that was completely inconsistent with their size.

However, the RQ220 over the war zone will have to return to the base due to several days of continuous reconnaissance, and the ordinary long-endurance drone that just took off will not be able to arrive for a while and a half.

If the target is confirmed, let the troops sweep in this direction.

Although his own experience told him that this is where the 'jackpot' is most likely to be.

Out of caution, he decided to ask the command to conduct a 'double check'.

Amberton, who captured this scene through the sensor on the back of the machine body, felt bad, but he could not stop and go back to check the situation at this time.

The pilot of the reconnaissance plane, which was circling boredly in the sky, immediately stepped on the rudder and pulled the lever at one go, controlling the dark-skinned reconnaissance plane to draw a huge arc in the sky.

So Hogg asked the air control team to call over a high-speed manned reconnaissance aircraft that was on standby in the nearby airspace and let it perform a high-speed penetrating reconnaissance.

"Roger that, Boss!"

The enemy's headquarters is about to flee.

But many of those experiences come from games, and Amber can't guarantee that every experience can be used as a reference.

After the brief communication ended, Amber quickly synchronized the new attack target point to the surrounding HCPs. At the same time, he sent the coordinates of the suspected imperial force headquarters to the coalition command, asking them to find a way to further confirm.

At this time, many units of the imperial army have entered the stage of close combat, so many accompanying air defense units have also begun to 'level the forts' to serve as supplementary firepower. This has also caused the air defense efficiency of the remaining imperial troops in the city to be much lower.

In addition, what the air traffic controller said in the dispatch channel: "Brother, if you fly a round and get a bonus, come quickly!"

When Baninger saw the imperial troops deploying nearby air defense positions and beginning to switch to field maneuver mode, he finally understood.

The surrounding security forces suddenly moved, and soldiers kept running in and out of the gym.

"Gentlemen, let's speed it up!"

Opposite the residents' gymnasium, Baninger suddenly discovered that the enemy troops here had made new movements.

He could only speed up his advance to avoid encountering the result he least wanted to see.

In this case, the risk of allowing high-speed reconnaissance aircraft to conduct penetrating reconnaissance is not that great.

Immediately afterwards, amidst the roar of two adaptive variable cycle engines with rotating detonation principles, the reconnaissance aircraft flew rapidly towards the war zone.
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Just as Amber led the HCP commando team towards the coordinates given by Banninger, three signal flares were suddenly fired from behind a nearby building.

"Guys, the 'big fish' are running away, we have to intercept them."

Baninger looked back at the other team members who were waiting in the room. After hearing his words, these members of the special operations team stood up immediately.

"Then what else is there to say? Let's go, Lieutenant!"

No one present hesitated, and they were ready to fight almost instantly.

"But with just a dozen of us, I'm worried that we might not be able to stop them."

Baninger looked out the window again and saw vehicles starting to drive out of the stadium.

"We have to think of a way."

Just as he was thinking about how to delay time, a member of the team suddenly raised his hand and said.

"Lieutenant, why don't you try building demolition? I just made a rough calculation of the high explosives we carry. If they are arranged properly, they should be able to blow off the main structure and cause the building to fall to the street."

"Are you sure?"

"Lieutenant, have you forgotten, I used to be a blaster, and now the computing power of the exoskeleton combat processor is powerful enough to help me calculate the best blasting position!"

The team member raised his hand and made an 'eight' sign, and said with certainty:
"80%! I'm 80% sure of completing the blast!"

The current tense situation did not allow Baninger more time to think. He immediately adopted the blasting plan and sent it to Amber along with the message that "the enemy command is evacuating".

"Same as usual, Group A takes cover, Group B brings all the high explosives and follows me to blow up the building."

Everyone took action quickly. The members of Group A took off the small bags containing high explosives from the modular backpacks, and then hung them in easily accessible places on the exoskeletons of the members of Group B.

After doing this, the two teams quickly left the building and split into two groups to start taking action.

Group A moved toward the gymnasium, preparing to attract the enemy's attention through a round of feint attacks.

Group B, on the other hand, rushed towards a 15-story building on the enemy's road out of the city.

When explosions and firefights sounded at the other end of the street, Baninger also led Team B to the edge of the target building.

"Which level will it be blasted on?"

"Only the fifth floor!" Hearing the demolitionist's answer, Baninger took the lead and rushed towards the outer wall of the building.

"Obstacle mode activated!"

Under his voice command, a pair of mechanical claws hidden in the arm armor of both arms popped out, and immediately made a high-frequency vibrating 'buzzing' sound.

Immediately afterwards, Baninger jumped up and rushed directly to the height of two stories in the fire emitted by the individual rocket booster device behind him.

The mechanical claw easily 'grabbed' into the wall, and Baninger climbed upwards with the cooperation of the booster device and the mechanical claw.

The members of Group B behind him also jumped onto the outer wall one by one and began to climb quickly like a bunch of spider-men.

The height of five floors was nothing to the members of the special operations team. When Baninger was the first to break open the exterior glass and rush into the building, he discovered that it was an office building of a financial company.

But now it is obvious that the place is empty.

"Let's start setting up! We don't have much time!"

"Yes, sir!"

The Demoman quickly synchronized the information in the team coordination channel based on his own experience and the calculation results of the combat processor.

The AR modules of everyone's tactical masks also marked the places where explosives need to be placed.

Information such as the amount of charge and countdown to blasting were carefully written on the side.

The members of the teaching team have all received relevant training at the Tower of Babel, so now they can easily deploy bombs.

With the efforts of Team B members, explosives were placed in key structures of the building, and the delayed detonation time was set based on the detonation time of each explosion point.

When the Demoman completed the final confirmation and gave Baninger an 'OK' gesture, everyone returned to the window they had just climbed in and jumped out without hesitation.

The individual booster device on the back of the combat exoskeleton burst into flames again, and the members of Group B also jammed the mechanical claw into the wall. While grabbing a terrifying trace, they completed the deceleration before landing.

"Lieutenant! The enemy's convoy is coming out of the stadium!"

The roars of Team A members rang out on the communication channel, and the background was filled with the sounds of weapon firing and explosions.

A small window also popped up in the upper right corner of Baninger's tactical visor, which showed the surveillance footage of the gym entrance from a nearby surveillance camera.

Several armored personnel carriers and armored command vehicles have already driven out of the vehicle exit, and just as Baninger guessed, they are heading northeast towards the road out of the city.

"Demoman! Detonate!"

"coming!"

"Boom boom boom boom!"

From the fifth floor of the 15-story building just off the street, a volley of flames erupted around the central support structure.

Immediately afterwards, in a symphony of shattered glass, falling gravel and twisted metal, the financial company's office building slowly fell towards the road like a young man falling asleep.

The Imperial convoy that had just entered the road naturally saw this scene, and the driver of the lead car suddenly stepped on the brakes in fear.

"boom!"

Amidst the sound of heavy objects falling to the ground, smoke and dust and overwhelming glass fragments covered the entire street.

Baninger led Team B members to climb up another building, climbed to the fourth floor, and then rushed to the window to look at the smoky street outside.

The combination of individual soldier millimeter wave radar + infrared optical sensor, combined with the enemy detection algorithm, marks each target with a red frame and projects it on the tactical mask.

"Hit the two cars in front!"

As Baninger finished speaking, two 'light spots' trailing through the smoke penetrated the smoke and went straight to the two wheeled armored vehicles at the front of the convoy that were lowering the infantry.

"Boom! Boom!"

The shock wave caused by the explosion directly blew away the smoke and dust from the location of the vehicle, revealing the target that had begun to catch fire.

The two team members who completed the launch threw the disposable tube to the ground and bumped fists.

But before they could prepare for the next round of strikes, several tongues of flame composed of 30mm chain guns swept into the window.

If Baninger hadn't reacted quickly and knocked the two of them down, both of them would have been shattered by now.

"Get out of the window! Take cover!"

The members of Group B quickly retreated toward the interior of the building under Baninger's command, while the firepower covering the windows continued to intensify. More than a dozen 40mm grenades exploded in the windows, and the flying shrapnel left the surrounding front in a mess. .

Baninger, who had retreated to the other side of the building, suddenly felt that something was wrong. The other party's reaction seemed to be too fast, as if he had been preparing to fire.

At this moment, a team member who was leading the way shouted in the communication channel:

"Lieutenant! There are enemy infantry packs coming downstairs from behind!"

At this moment, Baninger finally realized that this seemed to be a trap to lure them out.

"Fuck! We can't be trapped here. Concentrate your firepower to open a way and break out first!"

While commanding, he rushed to the window they had just climbed in, and at the same time, the miniature rocket nest on his shoulders also rose.

A ballistic line is also marked on the HUD of the tactical visor.

"Guys, follow me!"

After saying that, Baninger jumped out of the window, and the miniature rocket launcher on his right shoulder also spit out tongues of fire, hitting the Imperial soldiers on the ground.

(End of this chapter)