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The journey through Arabia Terra came to an end when we encountered a huge sea.
In fact, the natural topography of Mars has more seas than land. Even if you look at the Earth, though. The gap is greater than on Earth.
It is self-evident that the journey to the North Pole is much easier by boat.
Of course there are ships in the sea. No matter how much terraforming you do, air freight is more expensive than sea freight, so it’s much easier to ship by boat.
And, whenever there is a cargo ship, there will always be bastards who think absurdly, so of course there are also naval warships.
One of them is the USV (unmanned surface vehicle) corvette operated by Ogas.
Of course, Ogas is only unmanned to fully operate all systems, but if you want to carry crew members, you can ride them.
But now there was none.
Except for us.
I trudged over the deck and looked around.
“He was pretty heavily armed.”
“It has its own anti-aircraft and anti-surface radar and sonar, as you can see, it has a gun in the front and one multiple rocket launcher in the rear. There are also a few heavy machine guns and light machine guns RWS. As defense equipment, it is equipped with two 20mm 12-extended CIWS.”
“It’s hot.”
Her words were interrupted unnaturally. But I could figure it out there.
‘Is it because the enemies were heavily armed to this extent?’
It was true.
The enemy’s stronghold was the ship.
The inside of the ship is equipped with a ballistic missile launcher loaded with dirty bomb and poison gas, and the outside base has an underground base with a runway.
Although the ship itself is old-fashioned, it is armed with a 120mm gun, 35mm CIWS and 2K12 SAM, and even a P-270 launcher in camouflage.
All of them were used during the Cold War, or worse, World War II, and they are old-fashioned weapons used by countries with the worst pockets among developing countries. Of course, that’s enough, so even the terrorists were able to acquire it.
Nevertheless, the power itself is threatening enough.
Nevertheless, Ogas attempted to thwart the plan by directly bombing the area, but this was also impossible.
Due to the powerful jammer, it was impossible to control the drone within the attack range. She opened her hands to her father only after three times that the drones automatically returned based on the return system that was activated when control was lost.
It was difficult to break through that electronic shield unless a person personally entered and commanded it. Originally, with her computing power, the electronic shield would be enough to break through, and without the need for an electronic shield, she would have evaporated by firing satellite weapons or cruise missiles, but there were also no such heinous weapons on Mars.
Only after going inside and destroying the jammer will she be able to intervene directly.
***
“It’s a 12-gauge fully automatic shotgun. It’s loaded with high explosives.”
I threw a large CDP military automatic shotgun at her and put a rocket on her back.
“Communication with Ogas is lost, but it’s possible to get it to operate as pre-programmed, so the two of us infiltrate and smash the jammers while he induces chaos.”
I made a few dots on the map.
“The jammer is dispersed in three places around the ship and exists in the form of a buoy. Again, there are three ground types around the airfield. A ship can attack all three jammers, and a ground airfield can be attacked by destroying only two jammers. UGVs are waiting outside the disturbance range, and UAVs need to reconnect with Ogas before they can be supported.”
Inspecting the ear-mounted receiver, I checked the waterproof bag full of ammunition.
“Get ready.”
***
Through the blizzard, multiple rockets flew at the enemy ship as they colored the sky.
Directly, 35mm cannons blew fire and set fire to the sky. A few multiple rockets exploded in the air to create graphite, but there were a lot of them.
And the anti-ship missile flew in at a speed that exceeded the speed of sound, as if in revenge.
– Boowaa!
20mm cannons arranged in a rectangular shape fired a barrage.
In that mess, there was a human figure swimming in the icy sea of the Arctic Ocean, which was cold enough to freeze to death.
Approached aboard a torpedo with a detached warhead—formed almost on the spot—our team moved away from enemies preoccupied with a surprise attack.
In the meantime, a roar rang out.
– Complete removal of jammer A.
As we swam through the water, we installed explosives at the bottom of Jammers B and C and carefully swam under the ice.
It’s perfect for freezing to death, but the combat suit for extreme cold weather that we wore with chemical protection ability was fortunately excellent in thermal insulation so that it could be used as a substitute for a wetsuit.
-The ground clock is almost zero, escapes to the ground through the cracked ice, then rearranges and moves.
***
“The dogs of the West!”
The 400-ton patrol boat, which had already launched a surprise attack, was hit by missiles one after another and sank, but the attack itself was a problem.
“Captain, how are you?”
“Doctor, prepare the missiles.”
“It takes time. Liquid fuel needs to be injected and the final inspection is still…”
“Just do it! If the dogs of the West are determined to run and run, that is……”
At that moment, a loud bang rang out.
“Jammer Down! Repeat! The Sapper has been smashed!”
The leader clenched his teeth at the report of the gang member who was sitting in front of the computer.
Then, a lot of lacerations began to be caught around the blizzard.
“Send out the drones! Take your time!”
***
I quietly shoved a corpse into the ice hole.
The taste was bitter.
The world I have created has advanced science and technology dazzlingly. However, despite the fact that there was no consumption due to meaningless arms race, a considerable part of the development came from the exploitation of the lower classes.
99% sacrifice for 1%.
The fundamental contradiction of capitalism was maximized, and their anger was also maximized.
‘I beat the revolutionaries in my previous life, and I’m beating them here as well.’
But even so, the method is wrong.
With my rifle, I switched to thermal imaging and looked at the base in the distance.
A number of sentinels were already rushing in and bombarding the enemy ships, and the drones that Ogas had launched were also approaching.
-warning! warning! Detect hostile aircraft!
At the sudden emergency signal, I quickly checked the drone’s camera image on the PDA screen.
“Oh, damn it.”
“What?”
“hey! run!”
“No what!”
“They have drones too! Not one or two!”
Containers lined up on the terrorist’s carrier disguised as container ships were lifted.
CIWS and SAM, which appeared there, as well as anti-ship missiles and drone launchers, appeared one after another.
The drones that jumped out of the container began to engage in a battle with the wing-type drones that Ogas had launched.
“Damn it, run! hurry!”
The laser fired from the wing plane cut the enemy drone in half and scraped the ground. The appearance of destroying the launched surface-to-air missile with a laser was reminiscent of a skillful swordsman cutting flying fruit in the air.
But that’s the case with them, and for the two of us running around on the ground, that situation was hell where even the wrong piece of debris could lead to a goal. Even a 50-caliber round, which has the weakest firepower among the lasers, missiles, and machine guns flying over there, will not be able to pick up bones.
However, the number of drones on our side was relatively small.
“Elizabeth! What happened!”
Because of the difference in performance of the drones, our side is now overpowered, but those guys were very determined and attacked in numbers.
– This is the limit I can mobilize. While operating more than this number of combat drones at the same time, there are not enough resources to perform existing tasks in parallel. If it were Earth, I would already be able to take over an entire enemy system at this point without the need for a drone sortie, but I’m too short on resources here.
“Then what?”
– Wear a gas mask and never take off the CBRN protection.
“What?”
In an instant, several slightly different-looking drones flew towards the runway.
And like a bird pooping, it dropped something and flew away.
The cigar-shaped ‘something’ was immediately disassembled into pieces, and yellow smoke began to leak out from the inside.
And those exposed there began to scream.
“Ah! Save me! aah!”
The skin tissue was blistered and damaged, spilling fluid from every hole in the face, and enemies were knocked down.
Even if you wear a gas mask, it doesn’t seem to have any effect if it comes into contact with your skin.
– Now. Go. Most of the enemy ground forces have been neutralized.
“Ogas, what did you make?”
-The only remaining enemy threat on the ground is drones. The blizzard doesn’t help, as they appear to have a thermal imager. Retrieve the nuclear warhead. I’ll take care of the ship.
Then, I saw something moving in the hangar. To be precise, the yellowish smoke began to show an abnormal airflow.
-warning! Enemy Survival Forces Available! Currently trying to take off the bomber! Stop it!
“Damn, who doesn’t know it has to be?”
Whispering, I stopped running, pulled out the launcher, and took a stance.
Assemble the booster, mount the booster on the warhead, remove the safety pin, and aim. launch.
At the same time as a strong aftershock swept backwards, a rocket flew towards the bomber that had just emerged from the middle of the runway.
And, I felt it.
Whether it’s sniping, shooting a bow, at least kicking a soccer ball or throwing a basketball, you’ll get a feel for it after trying it several times.
In other words, when you shoot the wrong thing, you get the feeling that you made a mistake.
“Mr….”
Before I could finish my words, the rocket was blown away by the wind and crashed into the ground, causing an explosion.
“One more step! One more shot!”
“If you don’t say anything, I will shoot you!”
At that moment, there was a sound like roasting beans.
-Tutatattattatta!
“Harm!”
I gave up the launch tube and rolled the floor. However, Lieutenant Colonel Bagration immediately began slashing the automatic shotgun into the air.
– Tong Tong Tong!
Buckshot’s bullets instantly erased the space and scattered iron beads everywhere. Shots, each with the power of a bullet, spread randomly and poured into the machine gun-equipped multicopter that had been attacking.
The multicopter’s wings smashed and the main joints broke and shattered, and it rolled to the ground, but that wasn’t the only thing coming.
“hey! More coming!”
-Tattoottattoo!
Rifle bullets bounced in all directions as they smashed the ice cubes in my cover.
“Ogas! Do anything!”
– Wait a minute.
“hurry!”
I took a peek at the RPG launcher, but feeding it didn’t seem like it would work. It’s just like a swarm of mosquitoes, but just because one shot feeds something strong, it can’t be effective.
Originally, in this case, soldiers with automatic shotguns formed a barrage to suppress them, but only one automatic shotgun was used.
“Ugh, really, you’re tougher than you were in your previous life!”
The North Koreans didn’t bring anything like that, you rotten things!