Originally, Feng Jun had intended to wait for as many ordinary people in Huaicheng District as possible to evacuate before taking action, but now the Red Hand Mercenary Group and the Blood Bell Gang had begun closing the city gates, and guard posts were being re-established on the city walls. This situation could no longer wait.
"Attack," Feng Jun issued the command to advance.
Following the combat order, the ambush forces Feng Jun had prepared in advance launched dozens of electromagnetic pulse missiles from all around Huaicheng District towards it. As the missiles exploded within the designated range, a blue electromagnetic pulse stream covered the entire Huaicheng District.
Immediately after, a UAV swarm accompanied by white egret type ii conducted a low-altitude penetration. Under the cover of the UAV swarm, the white egret type ii helicopters flew over Huaicheng District without much concentrated firepower. The soldier robots, already activated and on standby, directly jumped out of the cabins, armed with Bolters. Their alloy mechanical bodies could withstand the impact of falling from a height of ten meters.
At this point, the rebels in Huaicheng District still hadn't understood what was happening. After being suddenly attacked, they thought it was the remaining forces of the Zhu Hong Business Association and the Blackwater Merchant Guild. However, accompanied by the sound of heavy metal objects falling, one after another, 1.9-meter-tall metal robots appeared on the streets of Huaicheng District.
These robots, upon landing, made no unnecessary movements. They raised their Bolters and began to unleash firepower. The three rebel factions had not properly coordinated their efforts. Most of the anti-air firepower within Huaicheng District had not been activated, and combined with Feng Jun's prior use of electromagnetic pulse missiles, the soldier robots inflicted heavy casualties on them at the very beginning of the battle.
At this moment, the air superiority over Huaicheng District was completely controlled by Feng Jun. The UAVs and anti-air weapons of the three rebel factions were all targeted by Feng Jun. Song Zhan had already set up a temporary command post outside the city, and the holographic projection screen was transmitted in real-time to Feng Jun via the Quantum Network.
Jiang Xueling was amazed by the UAVs and soldier robots Feng Jun suddenly displayed. She hadn't expected Feng Jun to be hiding such a force. She had originally thought Feng Jun would lead people to directly confront the three rebel factions, but Feng Jun's actions completely exceeded her expectations.
"Here, numbers four, five, six... are the missile silos previously controlled by the rebels. There are anti-air units deployed on the buildings surrounding the silos. You need to destroy them as quickly as possible," Jiang Xueling said.
Jiang Xueling was not sent back to Longmen Town but was kept here by Feng Jun, which allowed her to provide some intelligence and suggestions on the urban area to Feng Jun after the battle began.
The first targets were naturally the areas around the missile silos of the three rebel factions, which had various defensive weapons, and even two plasma cannons. Then, the city gates and several artillery positions needed to be quickly occupied so that Feng Jun could continue to send troops from the ground.
The battle situation had been relayed back to Feng Jun via the UAVs. The soldier combat robots performed very smoothly in the initial battle. After all, a 1.9-meter one-eyed robot was very shocking and easily eliminated a large number of rebels. However, these rebels quickly reacted and began to organize effective counterattacks.
Because the soldier combat robots were only the first generation produced, their combat power was only superior to a civilian wearing a mechanical exoskeleton, but against these experienced veterans, as well as Power Armor and the Blood Bell Gang's bio-humans, they were somewhat difficult to match.
Sure enough, after the opposing rebels recovered, they began to organize effective counterattacks. Although all the soldier combat robots and the UAV swarm were linked by Ling Jiu's Quantum Network, it was difficult to achieve the same initial effect.
Feng Jun looked at the returned footage and felt that these robots were not like the terminators he had imagined. So he complained to Ling Jiu, "Why isn't it as overwhelming as I imagined? Is it because your control is too poor?"
Upon hearing Feng Jun say this, Ling Jiu's virtual image immediately popped out of the projection and said somewhat aggrievedly, "Big Brother, I'm an AI for experimental use. My data doesn't have that many combat programs written into it. We AIs are born very pure, unlike you carbon-based monkeys who are born to fight and kill."
"Alright, alright, I don't blame you," Feng Jun said.
Feng Jun was aware of this point. Although the Quantum Computer's computing power was sufficient for Ling Jiu to operate thousands of robots, combat was not Ling Jiu's strong suit. Moreover, if a regular AI were to operate so many robots, it would probably have turned into a chaotic free-for-all of artificial imbeciles long ago.
"Concentrate your computing power on the two Titan Power Armors. The robots just need to attack according to the plan," Feng Jun said, then nodded to Song Peng and Song Zhan. The two naturally understood Feng Jun's meaning; it was now their turn to lead troops into the battlefield.
Two Titan Power Armors walked over with heavy steps. The plasma cannons on their shoulders aimed at a section of the city wall of Huaicheng District. After charging was complete, two plasma shells, accompanied by blue arcing light, directly hit a section of the city wall in Huaicheng District.
The plasma rounds, containing immense energy, exploded on the city wall. Unlike the penetrating effect of electromagnetic cannons, the energy cutting of laser cannons, or the explosive flash of traditional high-explosive rounds, the explosion generated by high-temperature, high-energy plasma was accompanied by dazzling light and lightning. The four-meter-thick city wall directly melted like glass under the plasma's scorching, opening a gap over forty meters long in the wall.
Feng Jun had originally planned to have the robots directly occupy the city gates and walls before sending in his own troops, but the combat power of the three rebel factions was far superior to that of the soldier combat robots. Not wanting to wait, Feng Jun chose to have the Titan Power Armors use their plasma cannons to directly clear a path.
Just as Song Zhan and Song Peng led their men to the breach in the city wall, black smoke suddenly rose from the streets of Huaicheng District. This black smoke spread very quickly, covering the entire Huaicheng District in just an instant, and the black fog was very dense, making it difficult to see what was inside with the naked eye.
Realizing something was wrong, Feng Jun immediately had Song Peng and Song Zhan temporarily halt their advance. This sudden black fog made Feng Jun feel very uncomfortable.
"Is this black fog your defensive mechanism? Hiding yourselves when an external enemy attacks?" Feng Jun said, pointing at Huaicheng District.
At this point, the black fog had completely engulfed Huaicheng District and was spreading outwards. Through the breach in the city wall, the black smoke inside could be seen with the naked eye.