Sky-cracking Rider

What would it be like to be recklessly impacted by a herd of horses?

It might feel like a small boat caught in a stormy sea. Despite weighing nearly 80 tons, the Mobile Base Vehicle still seemed vulnerable to impacts, with one side of its five pairs of load-bearing wheels occasionally lifting off the ground under the continuous barrage.

The entire cabin shook violently nonstop, and had it not been for the seatbelts, those inside would likely have been thrown around.

A horse weighs about 300 kilograms, so the total weight of 331 horses would be about 99 tons. Adding the force of acceleration, if they could maintain a certain rhythm, they would be capable of flipping the Mobile Base Vehicle, which was about 20 meters long, right there on the spot.

The Mobile Base Vehicle, engulfed by the horse herd, was completely immobilized, only able to endure the horses' reckless and desperate charges.

The crazed horses could even leap more than a meter high, slamming into the vehicle, one after another.

"Have these horses gone mad? Fire, fire!"

Initially concerned about the herdsmen's assets, the officer, seeing no hope of escape, had no choice but to issue an extremely difficult command.

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The higher-ups were probably going to face heavy compensation, as a horse was not cheap.

"There are cattle coming up behind us, should we fire at them too?"

The stony-hearted Chen Fei had already issued a warning.

With the loss of drone surveillance, the scouting radius of the Mobile Base Vehicle was not sufficient to completely avoid the nearest herds of cattle and horses, and who knew if more large livestock were approaching from nearby.

The Mobile Base Vehicle had initially smashed through with blood and flesh flying everywhere, but after several horses depleted the vehicle's kinetic energy, its speed quickly dropped to a critical point, no longer strong enough to break through the encircling herd of horses.

"What? There's more behind?"

The officer looked at the creature in the cage with a complex expression; this creature was the biggest troublemaker, continuously producing new troublemakers.

The most noticeable difference between firearms and other weapons is the sound of bullets being fired. The Railgun Combat Rifle was much quieter, but the bullets, given several times the speed of sound, easily penetrated the bodies of the horses, carrying on to pierce through the next horse, and sometimes even several horses in a row.

Although the horses were in a frenzy, they still felt pain, their cries echoing one after another.

With about a dozen railgun rifles firing at once, the scene resembled a massacre. In an instant, a large number of horse corpses lay outside the vehicle, some dead from the impact, but many more were shot dead by the Railgun Combat Rifles on the spot.

The Mobile Base Vehicle remained surrounded by layers upon layers of horse corpses, its wheels slipping continuously in the bloody mud, unable to squeeze out for the time being.

To break through, they would probably need to move those horse corpses first.

Seeing the hesitation on the other side, Chen Fei urged, "Make a decision quickly; if you get any closer, the railguns won't be able to open fire."

He could understand the other side's sentiment; the army's sacred duty was to protect the lives and property of the people, and now the railgun rifles were slaughtering what was the property of the people, making such a decision indeed required significant courage.

Another group of cattle was approaching in the distance, like Pandora's Box being opened — once opened, there was no closing it back.

"Only eight hundred meters left!"

The distance had been less than a kilometer when "Adam" issued the warning.

The blind spot radius of the railgun on the roof of the mobile base vehicle was about 30 meters, but... the demolition bomb's killing radius was around 300 meters.

If the distance was too close, they could certainly fire, but that would mean the mobile base vehicle would also fall within the firing range, a single shot could indeed obliterate the enemy target, but they would likely suffer as well.

Therefore, it was absolutely impossible to fire within a hundred-meter range.

"Fire!"

The officer, of course, was aware of the limitations of artillery strikes, which were more advantageous the farther the target was, with close range easily causing hesitation and lots of concerns.

"Launch!"

Chen Fei gently uttered the word.

The body of the vehicle slightly shook, and the sound of the shell tearing through the air was like a balloon bursting, a small black dot streaked across the sky, shooting into the distance.

If it hadn't been for the officer's orders to use the railgun combat rifle to clear the horse group around the vehicle, the recoil added to the mix could have flipped the mobile base vehicle over.

A flash of fire on the horizon, amid the already visible herd of cattle, a huge plume of smoke rose, with flames tumbling through the dust, and even visible were cattle carcasses, heads, limbs, and truncated torsos flying into the sky.

"Second round, launch!"

Chen Fei coldly ordered a follow-up shot.

The first white-gray mushroom cloud had not yet dispersed when the second mushroom cloud ascended again.

The demolition bomb of 152mm caliber was highly lethal against unprotected targets.

It was unfortunate that there were no drones to assess the damage from the bombardment.

The range of the cattle herd had not extended beyond a hundred-meter radius of the impact point; the shockwave, coupled with shrapnel, created a gruesome scene, especially within a 30-meter radius where each square meter endured a terrifying pressure of about 3-10 tons, instantaneously turning biological tissue into complete mess, with most debris being torn and thrown from this area.

If one round of the 152 couldn't solve the problem, then two would.

After the bombardment, blood flowed into rivers, and corpses were strewn all over.

The mobile base vehicle was about seven hundred meters from the impact point, the sweeping shockwave striking the vehicle body with a harsh jolt, even though most of the direct lethal force was gone, the remaining power was still formidable.

Blood, mud, and flesh fell like raindrops, even around a kilometer from the impact point, a few still fell.

"Only the wolf pack left now!"

Chen Fei looked at the officer, whose complexion wasn't looking too good. To be precise, a few mad horses left behind the mobile base vehicle continued to madly bump into its rear, their threat level having decreased to nearly negligible.

Both the on-site command and the order were given by the other party; if anyone was to be blamed, it would undoubtedly be them; credit for successes could also not be stolen from them.

The original plan didn't involve such gruesome scenes, but since the ground-effect aircraft crashed—fortunately without human casualties—switching to ground transport was an inevitable choice in this situation.

"Kill, kill!"

After the officer had spoken, he took a deep breath, forcibly stabilizing his mind.

If he continued to panic like this, something bad would surely happen to him.

Before departure, everyone had been warned not to rely too heavily on the protection of the Protective Forehead Artifact, to maintain their inner peace, stay calm and composed no matter what.

The threat of the wolves was even less than that of horses and cows, only that they were more cunning.

"┗|｀O′|┛ Wow~~ Oooooooooo........"

Chen Fei, holding a microphone, amplified his imitation of a wolf howl, trying to warn the wild wolves lurking nearby.

Since he wasn't too close to the Mobile Base Vehicle and was keeping a certain distance, the officer did not order to shoot directly, only allowing it if they got too close.

In the icy, snowy plains, there wasn't much difference between killing and wounding, the former might even be more merciful.

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The officer looked at Chen Fei warily; he was a bit neurotic now, very suspicious, feeling that everything was abnormal.

Out of nowhere, playing a wolf howl, could it be that his mind had been invaded by the spiritual power of the mission target?

Wasn't it agreed that there was high resistance to psychic abilities? Just this?

Obviously, his mind was not right!

"Ah? Imitating a wolf howl? I have another identity, that is the Wolf King of the Xingdu Kush Mountain Area!"

Chen Fei just wanted to try and see if he could communicate with the group of wolves outside, hoping they would recognize the better part of valor and not throw away their lives in vain.

"The Wolf King? Can this work?"

The officer was half-doubtful; this act was catching everyone off-guard.

"Who knows? Just howl a few times!"

Chen Fei was just giving it a shot in the dark, not knowing if it would work, but figured that howling a few times definitely couldn't hurt.

"Wow~~ Ooooo!"

It appeared that the leading wolf howled back.

Hurriedly, Chen Fei howled as well; in the Xingdu Kush Mountain Area, no wolf could escape his pat on the head.

"Really freaking weird!"

The officer frowned, his body breaking out in goosebumps, as if there was indeed another wolf that had eerily appeared in the compartment.

"Wow~~ Ooooo!" "Wow~~ Ooooo!" "Wow~~ Ooooo!"

You howl, I howl, howling at each other for a long while.

Yet, the pack of wolves gathered together, suddenly charging towards the Mobile Base Vehicle.

"They're coming!"

A soldier quickly sounded the alarm.

"Fire!" The officer ordered without hesitation.

Then again, there was a series of whooshing sounds through the air, continuous wails echoing.

Although wild wolves were being killed on the spot by steel core bullets, their speed was faster and they were more cunning, not running in straight lines, repeatedly darting in Z-shapes. One wolf successfully broke through under the vehicle, a blind spot for the Railgun Combat Rifle.

Just as a soldier was about to stuff a grenade through the firing hole, a loud "Boom!~" was heard. The Mobile Base Vehicle shook, and the wolf that had rushed underneath was blown out, crashing heavily among the carcasses of the horses, howling in pain, unable to rise until a steel core bullet pierced its skull.

The officer asked uncertainly, "What blew up?"

Although he had his suspicions, he still wanted to get the answer from Chen Fei.

Chen Fei helplessly said, "A tire blew up!"

Then he added, "That's not the main issue, the urgent task is to move the bodies in front of the vehicle."

Otherwise, they would just have to wait for them to freeze naturally, and then the Mobile Base Vehicle would have to forcefully push its way out.

However, it was certain that staying here would definitely not bring anything good.

Chen Fei looked at the troublemaker inside the cage; all these messy attacks were the last-ditch struggles concocted by the opponent.

Once delivered to the destination, it would have nothing to do with him.

"I'll arrange for people to move the bodies, hmm, at least two, no, four people are needed."

The officer's manpower was limited, needing to continue on guard while keeping an eye on the middle task target in the cage, unable to dispatch more mobile personnel.

"No, I can do it alone; you all stay in the vehicle."

Chen Fei walked towards the vehicle door.

Suddenly, he halted, stood in his tracks, and did not move an inch.

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