223: Chapter 223 The "Dragonfly" Drone's First Battle! The Terrifying Ability of Individual Soldiers to Conduct Group Combat!

"The Magnetic Storm 'Dragon Dragonfly' matrix is in position!"

"Breakthrough Group One is in position!"

"Infrasound Group Two is heading to the target location!"

"Flashbang Group Three is heading to the target location!"

"..."

Above the factory.

Prompts kept sounding inside Captain Yang Rui's armored helmet.

Following his orders, the rescue team was operating in full swing.

The first to arrive were the 2,000 "Magnetic Storm Dragon Dragonfly" drones in front of him.

Looking at the neatly arranged swarm of drones, Captain Yang Rui felt a sense of awe.

The "Dragon Dragonfly" drone, also known as the reconnaissance-strike integrated suicide micro-drone, was the latest output from the Micro-Drone R&D Base of the Lin Mo Research Center's Aerospace Equipment Division, and it had entered industrial mass production a month ago.

As of now, 60% of the five Orbital Assault Units of the China Sky Army had been equipped with them.

Strictly speaking, the technical prowess of unmanned aerial vehicles was not particularly high.

As a future technology unlocked at the second level of the system, it had taken an absurdly long time—over half a year—to begin large-scale deployment.

If the system had KPIs, Lin Mo would definitely have prestige points deducted...

Although the technical level was indeed not as high as the "Xuan Nu" or "Kunlun" compared to the Kunlun Armor, the technological value of the "Dragon Dragonfly" was far beyond that of the drones from before Lin Mo transmigrated.

The core value lay in the fact that the "Dragon Dragonfly" could perfectly complement the Kunlun Generation II Armor, producing a result like a tiger growing wings!

The "Dragon Dragonfly" was roughly the size of an adult man's fist and weighed between 5 and 10 kg.

Each Dragon Army soldier wearing the Generation II Armor could carry a full 100 "Dragon Dragonfly" drones using the armor's backpack.

Through the intelligent AI system in the armored helmet, they could control the "Dragon Dragonfly" drone swarm in a matrix formation in real-time, achieving precision strikes on designated targets within the combat area, greatly enhancing the individual soldier's group combat capability!

Yes, the Kunlun Armor equipped with the "Dragon Dragonfly" drone swarm could conduct group combat as a single soldier—it was just that outrageous!

Of course, group combat also required testing combat capabilities in different environments, and the functions could not be too singular.

Currently, the "Dragon Dragonfly" drones equipped by the China Sky Army, in addition to basic functions such as multi-spectral sensing, holographic scanning, communication relay, and electromagnetic interference, were also equipped with different combat weapons based on their operational purpose, hence they were divided into various models.

These included: the "Bombing Dragon Dragonfly" equipped with micro-guided cluster munitions, carrying 9 Micro-Guided Rockets identical to those in the Kunlun Armor's firepower system.

These Micro-Guided Rockets, not much larger than a battery, had significant power and could carry out saturation bombing on a target area with a diameter of ten meters.

The "Magnetic Storm Dragon Dragonfly" equipped with magnetic storm oscillation cluster munitions carried 9 non-lethal micro-magnetic storm grenades.

Through non-lethal electromagnetic oscillation, it could cause all personnel in the area to instantly lose consciousness and the ability to resist, mainly dealing with special situations such as riots to achieve the purpose of security and stability.

In addition, there were "Flashbang Dragon Dragonfly", "Laser Dragon Dragonfly", "Infrasound Dragon Dragonfly", "Incendiary Dragon Dragonfly", "Smoke Dragon Dragonfly", and so on...

It could be said that the advent of the "Dragon Dragonfly" drone would elevate the comprehensive combat capability of the Individual Exoskeleton Armor to an unattainable height once again!

"Report, Captain Yang Rui!"

"All groups are in position!"

"Please instruct!"

Captain Yang Rui took a deep breath.

Although the armored intelligent system gave a 100% success rate for all rescue plans, he was still not at ease, because these plans were ultimately executed by humans, and as long as they were human, they could not be absolutely rational, and mistakes could occur!

And the first battle of the China Sky Army must not have any mistakes!

To ensure the absolute success rate of the rescue operation, Captain Yang Rui finally decided that, on the basis of continuing to use magnetic storm oscillation as the main rescue means, all other rescue plans would be used as auxiliary means!

To put it simply, it meant throwing everything at them at once!

It didn't matter if the hostages were injured; saving their lives was the key!

"All units, attention!"

Captain Yang Rui officially ordered.

"Execute the rescue operation immediately according to the established deployment!"

...

Inside the factory.

The militants held weapons, huddling among the hostages with panicked expressions.

And all the hostages present felt incomparably desperate.

At this moment, the factory's steel gate had already been blown out of shape by that grenade launcher just a moment ago.

That man named Jones, including the few militants who escorted him away, were already scattered here and there.

Looking at the mutilated remains on the ground, combined with the smell of gunpowder and blood permeating the air, many people almost vomited their stomachs out.

Gazing at the sunlight filtering in from outside the factory, the militant leader's expression was extremely serious.

It had been over ten minutes!

So much time had passed, yet there was no movement outside; the sense of crisis in his heart was growing!

No!

Must take the initiative!

"Grab three people!"

"Go out and observe the situation!"

The slightly chubby Engineer Wang was very conspicuous in the crowd.

Just as the thought "If I can survive, I will definitely lose weight" crossed his mind, he had already been pushed out of the crowd by the militants and put on a bomb vest.

"Spare my life, spare my life, spare my life!!"

"Ah!!—"

A gun butt smashed down violently, and blood immediately gushed from Engineer Wang's head.

Beside him, Reporter Xia Qinglan and a European were also fitted with bomb vests.

The leader first gave instructions to Reporter Xia Qinglan, then said to a militant.

"After going out!"

"First, kill this fatty!"

"Then tell those damned Sun Sect heretics our meaning!"

The militants inside the factory did not know that the outside had already been controlled by the Huaxia army.

After a pause, the leader continued with a cruel smile.

"Tell them to withdraw from the Huaxia factory area within ten minutes!"

"Leave all transport vehicles behind!"

"Otherwise!"

"We will kill one hostage every minute!"

Hearing that they could kill people, the militant replied excitedly: "Yes!"

Engineer Wang, who had been working on engineering construction in the wild Camel region for many years, could only understand a few scattered words of the Camel language.

Because the militant leader spoke very fast, he only heard the word "fatty" clearly.

Engineer Wang knew that in the Camel region, calling someone "fatty" was somewhat affectionate.

Seeing the leader and the militant laughing and talking, and even calling himself "fatty," Engineer Wang mistakenly thought it was pity for his beating just now, and asked those lackeys to treat his dear fatty self well.

Consequently, he clasped his hands together and bowed frantically, thanking the leader repeatedly.

His blood-covered and pitiful appearance made a group of militants laugh out loud.

On the side, Reporter Xia Qinglan, who had been observing the whole time, showed sadness.

Engineer Wang...

In this desperate situation, even if the Huaxia rescue team was just outside, I'm afraid they couldn't save you!

And as for myself, I probably wouldn't live much longer...

Soon, the three people wearing bulletproof vests were pushed to the factory entrance by several militants acting as human shields.

"Buzz buzz buzz!!" —

As soon as they went out, a sound like a swarm of bees flapping their wings came.

The militants were a bit confused; in the middle of winter, where did so many bees come from?

"Holy crap!!!"

Engineer Wang shouted out loud.

Everyone turned their heads and found Engineer Wang looking up at the sky in horror.

Everyone immediately followed his gaze and looked toward the sky above the factory.

Behold!

Under the shining sun, a tall soldier wearing dark armor stood in the air, his divine might like sharp blades, his divine might like a prison!

Beside him, countless small aircraft circled around, like a black dense cloud!

Only then did they suddenly realize that the "buzzing" sound was not any bee swarm at all, but the vibration of these aircraft!

A militant reacted, his face changed drastically, and he was about to turn back and shout.

Suddenly!

An extremely harsh infrasound shockwave struck, piercing straight into the brain through the ears!

The few people outside the factory gate all showed pain and instinctively covered their ears!

At the same time, everyone inside the factory also encountered a sudden attack of infrasound shockwaves!

"Ah!!!"

Everyone was in extreme pain, their eardrums feeling like they were about to be pierced!

Some people with weak nerves even fainted and fell to the ground!

"No!! Sonic weapon!!!"

The militant leader covered his ears, his eyes splitting.

He struggled to raise his AK, wanting to strafe the hostages, taking one down if he could.

Just then, a dazzling white light flashed in the factory, and his eyes suddenly went white!

Soon, sharp pain came from both eyes!

"Damn!! No martial virtue, there's a combo!!!"