467: Chapter 467: No Winner on the Surface

“Ground-based mechs attract fire! Flying mechs retreat, then detour towards Budapest!” Dai Zheng ordered.

“Rumble, clang, clang ~”

Many tanks and mechs also appeared on the ground; the enemy’s ground forces had arrived.

The Special Operations Team members piloting the flying mechs quickly took off and retreated.

The enemy’s fighter jets thought they were escaping, so a portion of them split off and chased after them.

“Tat-tat-tat-tat ~”

They chased while firing from behind.

Fortunately, in flight mode, the mech flies fully automatically. The Special Operations Team members do not need to constantly focus on dodging bullets, as the system has automatic evasion capabilities.

“Bang, bang, bang ~”

While constantly adjusting their flight posture, the Special Operations Team members also seized opportune moments to counterattack.

The armor-piercing rounds were too powerful; as soon as an enemy fighter jet was hit, it would plummet.

“We’ll split up. You detour from the north, and we’ll go south,” a team member shouted through his bone mic.

The Special Operations Team members quickly divided their tasks. All flying mechs suddenly pulled up rapidly, then some turned north, and others flew south.

The chasing fighter jets behind also quickly split into two waves, pursuing closely.

Meanwhile, Dai Zheng was still leading the remaining ground-based mechs in guerrilla warfare across the vast plains.

“Brothers, don’t fight head-on, retreat while fighting!” Dai Zheng shouted.

The team members dispersed, dodging, retreating, and counterattacking.

At present, breaking through the enemy’s encirclement to reach Budapest was extremely difficult.

So Dai Zheng decisively adjusted the plan: the ground-based mechs would draw fire, feigning defeat and retreating, while the flying mechs would use retreat as a means of advance, circling in the sky.

The key to the successful implementation of the plan was that the enemy did not know the objective of the Special Operations Team members.

“Team Leader, I think the time is about right, shall we start?” a Special Operations Team member asked.

“Alright! You three cover us from behind!” the team leader ordered.

“Yes!”

Among the four flying mechs in this squad, three suddenly pulled up and turned around, while only the one piloted by the team leader continued to fly forward.

Consequently, most of the chasing fighter jets turned around, with only a small portion continuing forward.

“Bang, bang, bang ~”

It turned out that the three flying mechs that had just turned around had circled back and were now behind this small group of fighter jets.

“Boom, boom, boom ~”

This small handful of fighter jets was quickly eliminated.

“Team Leader, you go ahead; leave the rest to us,” a team member shouted.

“Be careful!” The team leader did not mince words; after giving his instructions, he accelerated and flew west.

The distance to Budapest was still about 120 kilometers. If the team leader piloted his mech at full speed, he could arrive in just over half an hour.

To be safe, the squad detouring north also arranged for a fighter jet to fly towards Budapest.

Thus, as they neared Budapest, three team members converged.

Budapest was not considered a very large city in China; before the virus outbreak, its total population was only about 1.8 million. Many third and fourth-tier small cities in China could reach this size.

But in Europe, it was still one of the top important cities.

The three team members circled over the city, finally landing in Budapest Central Square on the east bank of the Danube River.

“Should we deploy it here?” the team leader asked the other two team members.

They were not from the same squad, so he spoke in a consultative tone.

“Okay!”

The two team members said in unison.

They had deployed this item countless times and were very familiar with it.

Although they didn't know what this detector was for, it was truly very simple to deploy.

It didn't pick locations, methods, had no requirements, and no precautions.

The Commander said where to put it, and they just put it there.

“Reporting, Captain, the detector has been deployed to the designated location!” the team leader reported after setting down the detector.

“Evacuate immediately!” Dai Zheng ordered.

“Yes!”

The three team members set down their boxes and immediately took off, rendezvous with the other team members.

Upon learning that the mission was complete, the team members also did not linger in combat and began a full-scale retreat.

Originally, they were only about 100 kilometers from the border, and all of them withdrew within about two hours.

The team members waiting outside the border were already prepared.

All nine aircraft took off and launched indiscriminate attacks on the pursuing fighter jets.

Okshung Federation’s tanks, mechs, and warships stopped at the border, hesitant to advance.

After the Special Operations Team members retreated, the warships retreated at full speed, flying towards the Ulan Neutral Zone.

On the surface, this battle appeared to have no victor.

The warriors from the Ulan Neutral Zone achieved no combat results after entering the Okshung Federation territory, and Okkhung failed to retain those warriors. Neither side gained any benefit.

Only Oriental Chen himself knew that this combat mission had been successfully completed.