#301 - Chapter 301 The Battle Begins
Upon receiving the order, the command center immediately controlled 10 groups, totaling 100 drones, to take to the skies and rapidly fly towards the city.
Shen Tuzhenghao also arrived at the command center, watching the screen.
With no obstructions, the situation within the city was completely visible.
Indeed, not a single person could be seen within the entire city.
"Relay the order to release all simulation spider robots to scout the entire city and search for any targets with vital signs," Shen Tuzhenghao ordered.
Consequently, 60,000 robots poured out, rushing towards every corner of the city.
The evenly distributed green dots on the screen indicated that the robots hadn't found a single living person either.
After half an hour, the entire city had been searched, and not even a rat or a zombie was found.
"Let's continue forward," Shen Tuzhenghao said, leaving the command center and returning to his vehicle after issuing the order.
Once all the robots were retrieved, the troops began to move out.
The tanks didn't bother detouring, directly bulldozing, crushing yurt after yurt under their tracks.
The entire city of Kabula was directly reduced to ruins.
After leaving Kabula, the troops slightly adjusted their direction, advancing towards Mandali, another city 50 kilometers due north.
The entire southern part of Ulan State is a vast Gobi Desert, sparsely populated to begin with, now even more desolate.
Along the way, they encountered no resistance. The tanks sped across the vast Gobi, kicking up clouds of dust.
At the same time, Dongfang Chen dispatched 50 special operations soldiers from the base.
They flew in anti-gravity drones at high altitude, following Shen Tuzhenghao's troops from a distance.
Another hour passed, and the troops arrived at Mandali.
"Commander, something doesn't seem right here."
In the command center, an officer said to Shen Tuzhenghao, who was beside him.
Shen Tuzhenghao didn't speak, his eyes fixed on the screen.
It was evident that Mandali was much more developed than Kabula. In addition to the rows of yurts around the perimeter, there were also many buildings in the city center. Although the tallest of these buildings were only five or six stories high, it could indeed be considered a proper small city, even if it couldn't compare to a small county town in China.
"Commander, combat has begun!" a soldier shouted.
Shen Tuzhenghao turned to look at another screen. Sure enough, many robots on the screen were emitting red light.
"Send the drones over there and pull up the images," Yan Zhengping ordered.
Soon, dozens of drones flew to the combat area, and the images appeared.
The images showed countless pikas, densely packed, attacking the robots.
"Transmit the images back to the country," Shen Tuzhenghao ordered.
"Yes, sir!"
Soon, Bai Liji and several councilors waiting for news in the Parliament Building saw the combat scenes.
"This is completely different from the situation during the Yujing exercise," said Wu Shengrong of the Land Administration Department.
"That's right. These pikas are actively attacking the robots, which means someone must be controlling them behind the scenes," said Shang Yangping of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
"It seems our deduction was correct," said Jiao Zizhuo of the Supervisory Department.
Everyone nodded, agreeing with this view.
In the images,
Although nearby robots had come to reinforce, there were simply too many pikas. They were small and fast, and the robots' rapid firing couldn't stop their advance.
Soon, several robots were surrounded. The surrounded robots lost their attack targets and could no longer fire.
This issue had been considered early in the design phase.
The top of the surrounded robots rose by 2 centimeters, and 4 blades popped out. These four blades were distributed in four directions, like the blades used for crushing in a blender.
The blades popped out and began to rotate at high speed, and the nearby pikas were directly cut into pieces, with blood and flesh flying everywhere.
After breaking free from their encirclement, the robots retracted their blades, closed the top cover, and quickly retreated, firing as they retreated.
The councilors breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this.
"It's a good thing they can handle it, or it would be embarrassing if they were all surrounded and killed," the councilors thought.
"Chirp~, Bang!"
Suddenly, a bomb flew over and landed among the robots.
Instantly, many robots were blown away, followed by a second bomb, a third bomb…
However, the robots with wireless communication weren't pushovers either.
They dispatched a team to find the enemy who launched the bombs.
However, it was too slow for them to find it on their own. The soldiers in charge of dispatching at the command center quickly defined a range and informed the main control system of the main search area.
So, the reconnaissance robots quickly approached the area.
Soon, the target was found. The robots fired simultaneously, and the man holding the rocket launcher was shot dead, falling straight down from the third-floor window of the building.
The crisis was resolved, and the reconnaissance robots returned to the attack formation, continuing to shoot at the pikas.
On the other side, the tank units stationed outside the city were also under attack.
