nycdaug Chapter 192 Special Operations Team's First Test of Skill
Chapter 192 Special Operations Team's First Test of Skill
After the cruiser HMS Sea Knight and destroyer 201 arrived at their designated positions, they launched a small reconnaissance aircraft to investigate the arms processing area.
The reconnaissance results were as expected: the drone found signs of human activity in a residential area next to an arms processing plant.
To avoid alerting the enemy, the Sea Knight's main control unit quickly recovered the small reconnaissance aircraft and reported the situation to the nearby flagship.
Immediately afterwards, a Stealth Eagle high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft was launched from the deck of the amphibious assault ship and conducted reconnaissance of the area at an altitude of 6 kilometers.
When all the unmanned combat units returned to the flagship, they also received the latest news about the area.
The good news is that these survivors only operate near that small military factory.
The bad news is that there are about 500 survivors, who have enough weapons and ammunition and can use the small military factory to produce them.
"Tsk, hopefully these survivors will use these processing machines correctly."
Lorraine shook his head helplessly and led the remaining ships in the port to the vicinity of the processing plant.
The unmanned combat swarm landed on a shallow beach 12 kilometers southwest of the fleet.
Ten hovercraft carrying unmanned infantry fighting vehicles left the ship's dock and, escorted by the cruiser HMS Sea Knight, sped toward the distant shoals.
Because the survivors' camp was far from the coast, the roar of the 20 gas turbines did not reach their ears.
Two hovercraft landed side by side on the shallows. The speed of the two gas turbines gradually decreased, the hovercraft slowly contracted, and the baffles opened, allowing the three Type 21 wheeled infantry fighting vehicles and 100 Hound multi-purpose combat platforms loaded on them to land on the beach.
After establishing initial landing positions, the fleet that arrived near the landing point began to transport landing troops at full speed.
Eight Peregrine 35 utility helicopters took off and, together with the hovercraft used for the second landing, deployed the landing troops to the shore.
The 15 unmanned robotic combat teams carried on board these eight Peregrine 35 helicopters are all special operations teams that have undergone platinum-level adjustments.
Because the fleet's electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft have sufficient payload capacity and extremely low noise, these 15 special operations squads can be described as traveling light.
A special task force consists of eight humanoid robots and one light transport vehicle.
A special operations squad's combat force consists of two heavy-duty robots equipped with small octagonal shields, three assault robots equipped with hummingbird drones, two sniper robots equipped with sniper rifles and sniper grenade launchers respectively, and a support robot carrying a 40mm individual electromagnetic cannon.
After landing, the 15 special operations teams were divided into five squads, each squad consisting of three groups. When these five squads advanced together, their formation resembled a W.
Squads 1 through 3 are positioned in front, while squads 4 and 5, located to the left and right rear, provide support to squads 1 through 3 directly in front.
The team quickly arrived near a small military factory 12 kilometers away where survivors were active, and then lay in ambush there.
Because the special operations team involved in this operation was nearly the size of a company, they planned to infiltrate the military factory at night.
There were still 8 hours until nightfall. During this time, the third batch of landing engineering robots quickly built a small forward position using the available materials.
With Platinum overseeing the construction of the forward positions, Lorraine focused intently on the state of the survivor camp.
The good news is that this survivor camp has used its stockpiled weapons and ammunition to clear out the surrounding zombies.
The bad news is that there are very few women in this survivor camp who are able to move around freely outside.
Unable to determine the nature of this survivor camp, Lorraine had no choice but to allow these special operations teams to continue their stealth missions.
The sun slowly set, and the sky gradually darkened, but a large number of unmanned combat units were still active around the shallows.
At 2:23 a.m., a huge cloud blocked out the moonlight, and the robots were released from their stealth state, preparing to take this opportunity to infiltrate the military factory.
Leaving their respective unmanned transport vehicles in place, and utilizing the aerial vision provided by the Stealth Eagle high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft and its own infrared imaging device, the first team, acting as the spearhead, successfully bypassed the outer sentry posts and entered the military factory.
Under the cover of two unmanned combat teams within the squad, three drones were successfully launched and began close-range reconnaissance of the interior of the military factory.
Squad 2 and Squad 3 bypassed the military factory from the east and west sides, heading straight for the survivors' living quarters.
Due to the high population density within the living area, both Squad 2 and Squad 3 only deployed three heavy-duty robots and three assault robots to carry out the infiltration mission.
Meanwhile, Lorraine also arrived at the flagship's cockpit, watching the progress of the infiltration operation alongside Platinum.
Team 1, which entered the factory area from the south, has already scouted the first factory building.
The situation inside the factory is relatively optimistic; from the outside, the machinery used for manufacturing these weapons is well preserved.
Sixty meters further north is another factory, which mainly produces various optical sights, so all the machinery is covered with huge plastic films.
"Yes, we are consciously maintaining these production facilities."
The drone continued north, flew over a small wall, and landed over the patrol personnel in the smallest factory building.
Upon entering the factory, Lorraine witnessed a truly astonishing scene.
The equipment in this factory is used to make bullets, but the machine that loads the bullets with propellant and primer is covered with a huge plastic sheet.
The perspective shifts, and the equipment that manufactures bullet casings is now covered with a plastic film.
After looking around, Lorraine discovered that only the equipment for manufacturing warheads was still in normal use in the military factory. In addition, Lorraine also saw a series of equipment for reloading ammunition near the wall.
The use of reloaded ammunition is not hard to understand. There are not many places with large copper reserves in this area, and there are a lot of zombies around them. There are also no copper resources worth mining around this city.
After inspecting the factory's interior, the drone began searching for sentries patrolling the surrounding area.
After discovering that they were not equipped with wireless equipment, a small team launched a heavy attack, knocking down all 15 sentries operating near the factory area and gathering them together for guard by two assault robots.
At this time, the six robots dispatched by Squads 2 and 3 had also crossed the outer perimeter of the living area and begun launching drones for reconnaissance.