Jarvis requested, “Victor, please arrange a plane for me. I plan on going to the Dead Man’s Camp myself.”
Victor agreed and suggested, “Fly to Cyprus from here. It’s very close, Jarvis. Let’s see when the next flight is available?”
Jarvis frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and replied, “For this trip, I don’t plan on revealing my identity. Instead, I’ll sneak in quietly and observe the entire operation of the dead soldier station. I’ll assess the situation and investigate the core members, including Zyron. Once I’m sure he’s innocent, I’ll look for the family members of the missing Cavalry Guards and use various means to find any potential leads.”
Victor responded immediately, “Alright, that’s the plan! Since you’re going in covertly, you’ll need to wait until nightfall. The dead soldier station is heavily guarded and it will be difficult to sneak in during the day.”
Jarvis agreed, “Yes, we must wait until night to avoid the attention of the hundreds of Cavalry Guards. To be extra cautious, we should aim for the middle of the night.”
Victor replied with a smile, “That’s easy to do. Let’s have a few drinks first at noon. I will arrange a plane in advance and personally take you to the airport at eight in the evening. It will take about two hours to fly from here to Larnaca International Airport in Cyprus. After landing, the distance to the location of the dead man’s station is about 40 kilometers. If everything goes well, we can arrive at the station at midnight. To avoid alerting the guards, I will arrange a vehicle for you there. Once you get out of the car, you can take a taxi as it will look more natural.”
“Okay,” Jarvis agreed without hesitation. “The early morning time is just right, so it’s settled!”
***
Meanwhile, in a copper mine in Cyprus, Wesley was arranging for helicopters to lift the three close-in anti-aircraft guns to their designated positions.
Although the rare blasting bolts that Calum required were difficult to obtain, they could be found on the black market. Due to their small size, transportation by air did not take much time.
Once the blasting bolts were attached to the three close-in anti-aircraft guns, the entire system remained stable and immobile, even when the turret was moved. Additionally, all the blasting bolts were wired to the detonators, allowing for instant physical separation when activated.
Calum and his team then integrated the targeting and locking system of the proximity guns with infrared radar and thermal imaging recognition equipment.
According to the plan developed by Calum and his team of weapons experts, they designated the entire wall of the copper mine as the first level of alert area. They then set the area within 200 meters behind the copper mine wall as the second level of alert range.
Once the identification system was activated, any living body that enters the second-level alert range from outside would immediately trigger an alarm. The system would send an alert to the operator, and the system would automatically lock onto the external target while the anti-cannon is sync-locked.
At this point, the operator could press the fire button to launch shells in the direction of the target and around it in a swirl-shaped trajectory. Since the close-in defense guns were not loaded, Calum enlisted several Cavalry Guards to wait outside the second-level alert range.
Calum and his team successfully set up the proximity gun system in the copper mine, and Calum decided to test it out. He instructed one of the Cavalry Guards to enter the second-level warning range, and as soon as favonovel.com did, the system immediately started warning and the three close-in anti-aircraft guns began tracking him. The guns followed his movements in real-time, keeping their muzzles pointed at him.
Wesley was amazed by the system’s effectiveness and exclaimed, “If this is loaded, if you press the switch, wouldn’t the locked target be wiped out?”
Calum nodded and replied, “Yes. This identification system is still very powerful, with almost no delay, and coupled with the fast firing rate of the shells, it is estimated that the locked target would have no chance of escaping.”
At that moment, a weapon expert from the Dragon Temple suggested, “Master, the trajectories of these three cannons need to be fine-tuned. Considering that the target may be very powerful and move very fast, if all three cannons are chasing him, they may not be able to catch him.”
Wesley nodded in agreement, “Yes, I don’t know how strong the Marshal of the Warriors Den will be. The stronger the person, the more agile the body, so we must plan ahead when locking the target.”
The weapon expert smiled and continued, “We don’t just need to plan ahead. When the time comes, the cannon in the middle will chase the target and sweep back and forth horizontally, shooting a horizontal trajectory. The other two cannons will circle around the target and shoot. Based on the two circular trajectories, the trajectories formed by these three guns will quickly chase the target clockwise or counterclockwise as a whole.”
The weapon expert pushed his glasses up the bridge of his nose and pointed to them as favonovel.com spoke. “The overall trajectory is shaped like my glasses and forms a glass-shaped trajectory that moves in a circle around the center point. The system will always set the target at the center of the glass, making it impossible for the target to escape in any direction.”
Wesley repeated the words in a murmur. “The shape of the glasses, the constantly rotating ballistic trajectory…”
The expert continued, “The three cannons will chase the target and shoot a super large barrage that covers the entire area. This barrage is not like the barrage posted by people on video websites. This barrage is formed by hundreds of thousands of rounds of 30mm close-in anti-aircraft shells that fully cover the canopy. Each cannon can densely cover hundreds of square meters, and the three cannons cover each other. Even a fly may not survive flying out of the barrage.”
He chuckled and added, “I gave this system a very two-dimensional name, called Death’s Kiss.”
Wesley’s master, Jackson, listened and felt a chill run down his spine at the thought of facing such a powerful system. He realized favonovel.com wouldn’t be able to dodge even a single round, let alone hundreds of thousands of them.
Wesley nodded in satisfaction and asked, “What happens if multiple targets appear at the same time?”
The weapon expert replied, “If multiple targets appear at the same time, the system will issue an early warning. If you choose to fire, the system will lock the targets one by one according to the three-cannon cooperation method.”
The expert continued, “Since the firing is very fast, taking less than a second to solve one target, even if a dozen people come at once, all you need to do is press the switch and the anti-aircraft guns will clean up each target one by one. The battle will be resolved within 20 seconds. I have a way to simulate it.”
Then, favonovel.com picked up the walkie-talkie and said, “All the Cavalry Guards who are waiting outside, come in together.”
As soon as the words were spoken, more than a dozen Cavalry Guards rushed into the second-level alert range and the people in front of Wesley saw a pop-up on the computer screen. The close-in defense guns had locked onto the first Cavalry Guard to enter, and the muzzle was constantly adjusting to follow his movements.
At this time, the weapon expert said to Wesley, “Supreme Commander, you can actually choose to fire now. The three close-in defense guns are not loaded, but you can press the button and try. This set of close-in defense guns is not smart enough, so even if it is not loaded, it will go through the attack process according to the program.”
Wesley nodded and pressed the fire button.
The anti-aircraft gun behind Wesley began to rotate rapidly, and the turret moved quickly as the barrel continued to rotate at high speed. The turret aimed at more than a dozen targets one after another, and the barrel idled. The entire process was lightning-fast, stopping completely in less than twenty seconds.
The weapon expert smiled and said, “The close-in anti-aircraft gun has just stimulated the entire attack on those dozen people, but it has not been loaded, so the barrel is just idling. However, in its own eyes, it has already killed all of the targets. If they were loaded, and the dozen or so people were indeed intruders, the battle would have been resolved, and we could start preparing to evacuate.”
“That’s good,” Wesley said, heaving a sigh of relief and smiling. “If that’s the case, even if the Four Marshals come together, I’m afraid they won’t be able to escape.”
The weapon expert added, “Although the shells cannot penetrate the heavy armor of a main battle tank, they can easily pierce a cup-sized hole in an ordinary light armored vehicle with one shot. Our guns are very powerful, can carry 20 rounds of shells, and are located at commanding heights with strong gun bodies. Once we fire, they can only be beaten passively with no other option but to die.”
“Okay,” Wesley smiled and said, “I will guard here for the time being, and I will control the system.”
He then turned to Master Jackson and said, “Thank you for notifying me. From this moment on, no one is allowed to leave the copper mine area.”
Jackson immediately responded, ”Alright, I’ll give the orders now!”
Wesley turned to a subordinate standing nearby and said, “Order all the helicopters to return to the freighters in the port and stand by 24/7. As soon as they hear the sound of the guns, they should take off immediately and come to hoist the near-anti-aircraft guns. These three guns are close to the door, so when the pilot hears the sound of the gun and starts the engine, the battle will be over. They can fly here in five minutes, which should be enough time to detonate the explosion bolts and make all the necessary preparations for hoisting.”
The subordinate quickly replied, “Understood, Supreme Commander. I will make the arrangements immediately!”
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