23: It's really amazing.

"They just bombed that patch of woods. Will it be our turn next?" As soon as he said this, everyone looked at him. He regretted it immensely, slapping his own mouth fiercely, blaming himself for saying something inauspicious.

Qin Liang's back was already soaked with cold sweat. He knew he couldn't just sit and wait for death.

He neither wanted to die nor fall into the hands of the Police. His past wasn't clean. Although on the surface he was a second-hand dealer, behind the scenes he carried the burden of two lives.

"That tank just bombed the woods, so it shouldn't fire again right now." Qin Liang took a deep breath, staring at everyone. "Is there anyone willing to rush out with me?"

"As long as we can rush into the small woods ahead, that tank won't be able to catch us," he encouraged again. "How about it, is there anyone who dares to come with me?"

"I'll go with you! We're going to die anyway, might as well fight for it!" Lao Mo gritted his teeth, saying with determination.

At this moment, everyone seemed to have forgotten their original purpose, with only one thought in their minds—to survive and escape the Police's pursuit.

Facing a tank head-on? That was simply a joke.

Just look at the destroyed trees, and you can foresee their end.

Meanwhile, a thousand rounds of ammunition had been unleashed. Xu Ning looked at the messy woods in the distance and nodded with satisfaction.

The test results of the auxiliary weapons clearly met his expectations.

Tang Ziwei and the other team members watched from a distance at the entrance of the shooting range, a chill involuntarily rising in their hearts.

They were amazed by the powerful might of the auxiliary weapons, which far exceeded their imagination.

"Can this tank's auxiliary weapons really achieve fully automatic control?" one team member asked in disbelief.

They had seen the imposing appearance of tanks before, but the power displayed by this tank left them dumbfounded.

"I participated in the design of that blueprint," a team member explained proudly. "It's called the remote electric firing system, truly incredible. I have to admire Factory Factory Director Xu's mind. How on earth did he conceive of these things? It's truly remarkable."

At this moment, their understanding of tanks had been completely overturned.

...

"Next, we will test the main weapon," Xu Ning issued the new order sternly. "The target is the dirt pit in front of the woods."

The 125mm high-pressure smoothbore tank gun can fire up to 8 rounds per minute, equipped with an automatic loader. If loaded manually, the rate of fire drops to 1-2 rounds per minute.

"Understood!" the team members responded.

"Testing automatic loading system, loading successful." With the operator's report, everything was ready.

In the dirt pit, Qin Liang's eyes flickered with anxiety and resolve. "We can't wait any longer. Those who want to stay, stay. Those who want to live, follow me! Lao Mo, let's run!"

"Okay!" Lao Mo responded without hesitation, his eyes gleaming with determination.

"I'll go with Boss."

"I don't want to spend the rest of my life in prison either."

"Count me in."

One after another, people expressed their determination to follow Qin Liang.

These desperate criminals displayed different levels of courage at this moment. It seemed the more lives they had taken, the bolder they were.

Qin Liang cautiously poked his head out to observe the tank in the distance. After confirming there was nothing unusual, he quickly pulled back.

"I'll count to one, and everyone run!" he ordered in a low voice.

"Understood!" everyone responded in unison.

...

Xu Ning's gaze shifted between the dirt pit and the woods in the distance. Finally, he made a decision. "Change the target. We'll aim at the woods in the distance and fire."

He felt that the dirt pit might not fully demonstrate the power of the 125mm high-pressure smoothbore tank gun, while the woods could more directly show its destructive power.

"Target changed!" Xiao Chen reported after completing the operation on the screen.

"Good. Listen for my command. Three, two, one, fire." Xu Ning issued the instruction.

"Instruction received!" the team members were ready.

Time seemed to be playing a joke at this moment. Qin Liang and Xu Ning unexpectedly began counting down at the same time.

Xu Ning: "Three!"

Qin Liang: "Three!"

"Two!"

"Two!"

"One!"

"One!"

Qin Liang: "Run!"

Xu Ning: "Fire!"

"Boom!"

The shell roared out like a fierce tiger descending the mountain, heading straight for the woods in the distance, triggering a earth-shattering explosion there, with smoke and dust rising everywhere.

Suddenly, Xu Ning's observation screen captured several dark figures darting out like lightning, rushing towards the woods at high speed.

He rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things.

"Did you guys just see what looked like people running towards the woods over there?" Xu Ning asked doubtfully.

"It... it seems like there really were..." Wang Shuo stammered in response. He had also thought he was seeing things just now, but hearing Xu Ning say this, he dared to confirm what he had seen.

Could it be that the shot just now really hit someone?

This was clearly a shooting range, so there shouldn't be anyone around.

The sudden turn of events caused everyone's faces to change drastically, filled with surprise and uncertainty, their thoughts a tangled mess.

Just then, in the dirt pit in the distance, several figures slowly emerged.

Their hands were raised high, and their various weapons were clearly visible—hunting rifles, homemade cannons, and even that cold, gleaming watermelon knife.

Wang Shuo and Xiao Chen's throats simultaneously bobbed as they swallowed nervously.

A sense of foreboding simultaneously rose in their hearts. Could it be that their shot just now had truly injured the innocent?

"Something's wrong, they have weapons!" Xu Ning stared intently at the observation screen, suddenly speaking up. "Quick, aim the cannon at them! Wang Shuo, immediately contact Tang Ziwei on the walkie-talkie and tell her to call the Police immediately!"

Hearing this, Wang Shuo snapped out of his daze, quickly pulled out the walkie-talkie, and urgently called Tang Ziwei.

Despite the distance, Tang Ziwei couldn't see the specific situation at the scene, but from Wang Shuo's tone, he sensed the seriousness of the situation, so he immediately ordered someone to contact the police.

Under the deterrence of the tank's muzzle, those holding weapons dared not make the slightest move.

They secretly congratulated themselves for not acting impulsively just now, otherwise, they would probably be shattered into pieces by now.

In the dirt pit, they witnessed the horrific scene of Boss and their other accomplices being torn apart by artillery fire.

Half of Boss's butt was blown off, arcing through the air in a bizarre trajectory, finally hanging on a treetop. The scene was shocking.

This incident quickly broke down their psychological defenses.

On normal days, these desperate criminals might only engage in petty theft, and even if it escalated, it wouldn't make the news. But this time, they dared to target a military factory. Although the action was unsuccessful, it had caused a huge uproar.

The next day, Xu Ning learned that the Deputy Secretary of the city—that eloquent Secretary Liu—who had visited the factory a few days earlier, had actually turned himself in.

As for the thugs who attempted the attack, their fate was not hard to predict—the judgment was swift and severe, as the execution of the death penalty was already imminent.

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