103: Chapter 103 The Iron Wall arrives! South Lv.3 direct confrontation.

Polaris sped across the ice for fourteen minutes.

On the radar screen, the light spot of the southern lv.3 fortress entered the three-kilometer precision detection range.

The heat source profile took clear shape on the screen.

It was elongated, about 110 meters in length and 35 meters in width.

It was one size smaller than the one in the north.

The number of heat sources at the gun emplacements was lower than the northern one.

Fourteen small heat sources were arranged along the top of the city wall.

Fourteen cannons.

Six fewer than Iron Spine's fortress, and it completely lacked the characteristic heat sources of 150mm heavy cannons.

They were all 105mm cannons.

Lu Chen slowed the vehicle down to forty.

"Chief of Staff Zhou, who is the commander of the southern lv.3?"

"Intelligence is blank," Zhou Yuan's voice was very low, with the constant sound of artillery from The City-State's walls in the background, "In the North Ice Group's command sequence, Iron Spine is in the number one position, and the codenames and identities of the remaining subordinates have no records in the files."

"Understood."

"City Master Lu Chen, the Patrol Cars have already made contact with the southern lv.3!" Zhou Yuan's speaking speed increased by half, "Patrol Cars No. 3 and No. 5 fired two rounds at the front of the fortress and then ran, and the tracks of Patrol Car No. 7 were broken by a 105mm cannon shot!"

"What about the people?"

"They abandoned the vehicle and jumped out; other Patrol Cars picked them up."

"How much did the Patrol Cars' harassment delay it?"

"The fortress slowed down for three minutes to correct its course, and it has currently re-accelerated to eighteen km/h."

Three minutes.

These three minutes were worth one Patrol Car.

Lu Chen glanced at the radar.

The southern lv.3 was twelve kilometers away from the southern wall of The City-State.

The light spot of iron wall appeared on the edge of the radar screen.

Eight kilometers from Polaris.

Sixteen kilometers from the southern lv.3.

"Battalion Commander Zhao."

"I'm here!"

Zhao Tiezhu's voice was mixed with the metallic resonance of iron wall's engine trembling.

"Can you see that southern lv.3?"

"I can't! My observation distance is only five kilometers! Can your radar give me the position?"

"The current southern lv.3 is located thirty degrees to the front-left of your position, sixteen kilometers away, moving at eighteen km/h."

"Received! I am adjusting my course!"

"Battalion Commander Zhao, this lv.3 is one size smaller than the one in the north, with fourteen 105mm cannons, and no 150mm cannons."

"No 150?"

"None seen."

"Then I can handle its 105mm cannons head-on without issue," Zhao Tiezhu's voice gained a layer of confidence, "iron wall's armor is of the same level; 105mm cannons cannot penetrate my wall from beyond three hundred meters."

"I will coordinate with you from the flank."

"Good! You attack from the flank, and I'll take the hits head-on, the same coordination as when we fought the Icebreaker Swarm!"

"It's harder than fighting the Icebreaker Swarm."

"How much harder?"

"Your wall won't be affected by taking twenty 105mm shots, but it's hard to say after fifty."

"Then we'll knock it down before it hits fifty shots!"

The communicator switched back to Lin Xiao.

"City Master Lin Xiao, what's the situation at the front?"

"It's bad!"

Lin Xiao's voice was mostly drowned out by the sound of artillery.

"Ice Thorn has advanced to ten kilometers! The penetration rate has soared from four percent to nine percent! The outer layer of the wall has already started to peel off locally!"

"How much longer can Horton hold on?"

"Horton's exact words were that if it shrinks another five kilometers, his penetration rate will reach over fifteen percent! By that time, the outer armor will be finished!"

"How many shots have you returned at him?"

"One hundred and twenty cannons are firing non-stop! His wall is also losing paint! But his fire suppression system is too fast; it extinguishes within thirty seconds after every penetration!"

"What is his advance speed?"

"Eight km/h! And he is accelerating!"

Eight km/h, distance ten kilometers.

If Ice Thorn continues to advance, he will reach the walls of The City-State in seventy-five minutes.

Seventy-five minutes.

The hard limit.

The southern lv.3 must be dealt with within seventy-five minutes, and then we must turn back to deal with Ice Thorn.

"City Master Lin Xiao, you hold on for now."

"I am holding on! One hundred and twenty cannons, not a single one has stopped!"

The communicator cut off.

Lu Chen switched the communicator back to Zhao Tiezhu.

"Battalion Commander Zhao, how long until iron wall reaches the position of the southern lv.3?"

"Twenty minutes! The supercharger is shaking! But it can still hold!"

Twenty minutes.

The southern lv.3 is advancing at eighteen km/h; in twenty minutes, it will advance six kilometers, arriving at a position six kilometers from the southern wall of The City-State.

Six kilometers is already the effective range limit of the gun emplacements on the southern wall of The City-State.

It cannot be allowed to advance further.

"Battalion Commander Zhao, you intercept it head-on after you arrive, and I will harass it before you get there to slow down its advance speed."

"You? Your Ray Cannon is out of power, right?"

"No power."

"Then how are you going to harass an lv.3 with an lv.2?"

"The same method."

"What same method?"

"Blind it with fragmentation grenades, find the weak point, and then dismantle it."

A rough, heavy laugh came from the other side of the communicator from Zhao Tiezhu.

"City Master Lu Chen, I used to think you were just a bold madman."

"And now?"

"Now I think you're a bold genius."

"Not a genius, just out of options."

Polaris approached the southern lv.3 at sixty km/h.

On the radar screen, the outline of the fortress became clearer and clearer.

Unlike the one in the north, the heat source distribution of this fortress was very uniform.

There were no extra bright repair welds.

No obvious weak points were seen.

Lu Chen's fingers paused for a beat on the steering wheel.

No weak points at all.

Then he would create one himself.

"System, reload the eighth round of fragmentation grenades."

[Consumed 50 Truth Points. fragmentation grenade: 12 rounds pre-loaded for the eighth round. Current balance: 3155 points.]

"System, replenish Heavy Machine Gun ammunition to full."

[Consumed 3 Truth Points. Heavy Machine Gun ammunition: 500/500. Current balance: 3150 points.]

Three thousand one hundred and fifty points.

Enough.

Polaris's searchlight cut through the last gray zone in the twilight.

Two kilometers ahead, the outline of the southern lv.3 fortress appeared in the darkness.

The muzzle flashes of fourteen cannons were lined up in a row.

All pointed straight ahead.

Polaris had not been discovered.

Because Polaris was coming from the side.

"Lin Wan, find something sturdy to hold onto."

"I'm holding onto the Hydroponic Rack."

"Change to something else, hold onto the frame of the cold storage."

"Why?"

"Because it will be bumpier than the one in the north."

Lin Wan did not ask why.

She moved from the side of the Hydroponic Rack to the metal frame of the cold storage, holding onto the load-bearing pillar welded to the chassis with both hands.

"Hold on tight."

Lu Chen hit the supercharger.

The engine roared.

Polaris charged at the southern lv.3 fortress from the side at eighty-five km/h.