Chapter 277

Old Mountain, Main Peak.

The ground shook violently, as if a magnitude‑seven earthquake, and concrete debris rained down from above.

Inside the Main Peak fortifications, countless faces turned pale; they gripped their rifles tightly, as if only that could suppress the primal fear in their hearts.

"What's going on?" asked Ruan Wenqiang, the highest‑ranking monkey officer defending Old Mountain, frowning.

"Reporting, Division Commander…"

Before his subordinate could finish speaking, the entire mountain emitted a huge humming sound.

Clang!

"What's happening?" Ruan Wenqiang lifted his head and looked upward.

"Mushroom bomb!" someone shouted at that moment.

What, a mushroom bomb? How could that be? This is just a regional conflict, and those people to the north had clearly promised the world they would never use mushroom bombs first—there's no way they'd do something so blatant.

Besides, if they were going to use a mushroom bomb, they'd surely withdraw first; they couldn't possibly irradiate their own people, could they?

So it's not a mushroom bomb!

But…

A blast wave surged from the Pine Hair Ridge direction, blowing away the smoke released on this side of the mountain, and they could clearly see the mushroom cloud rising in the sky over there.

Damn it, what the hell is going on?

The next moment, the answer was revealed!

Ruan Wenqiang saw that the thick reinforced concrete above him cracked open, and a metal rod drilled in from inside; at that moment he felt dazed.

What is this? Sun Wukong's golden hooped staff?

Then it kept drilling down, disappearing from everyone's sight and continuing to bore deeper!

This…

What on earth is this monster?

Boom!

The explosion sounded, flames engulfed the entire fortification, and not a single survivor was left here!

The first earth‑penetrating bomb destroyed Pine Hair Ridge completely!

The second earth‑penetrating bomb took everyone inside the Old Mountain Main Peak fortifications!

The third earth‑penetrating bomb blew up Eight Li River East Mountain!

All three of the strongest fortifications were destroyed!

After dropping the earth‑penetrating bombs, three H‑6 bombers turned away, while a fourth bomber continued flying forward five kilometers, then its bomb bay opened and bombs rattled down one, two…

The H‑6 bomber's maximum load is nine tons; this half‑ton bomb can carry sixteen of them!

These bombs constantly altered their trajectories in flight, homing onto their locked‑on targets!

Boom, boom boom!

One after another, fortification shelters were blown into ruins.

That's not enough!

A Strong Five formation followed close behind, with one bomb in the fuselage bay and one on each inner wing; although each plane could only carry three 500‑kg bombs, there were so many Strong Fives that it didn't matter!

Twenty Strong Fives arrived, forming five four‑plane squadrons; when they came over, the Old Mountain region already looked like hell on earth.

"Report, visually unable to locate Pine Hair Ridge!"

"Don't worry about it, just toss them down; these bombs are sentient—they know what target to attack!"

On the northern position, cheers rose up.

Earlier, the 155mm howitzer bombarded—they cheered; later, the M7 missiles bombarded—they cheered even louder; now the bomber unit was dispatched, directly blowing Pine Hair Ridge to smithereens; the remaining Old Mountain main peak and Eight Li River Eastern Mountain are also smoking, smoking from inside out, indicating the interior suffered devastating destruction—how could they not be happy!

Everywhere across the hills and fields, cheers rang out!

By comparison, the monkey position is a horrifying sight.

The dead will never speak again; the living are currently in the grip of utmost fear!

Watching the slowly rising mushroom cloud, they felt their pants grow wet.

During training, how did they put it? Face away from the radiation direction, avoid light radiation, seek cover, avoid the shock wave; most importantly, quickly put on your gas mask to inhale less dust…

Boom!

Amid the bomb explosions, this auxiliary fortification flew into the sky; the monkeys inside finally had no more worries about their fate!

In the rear.

"Great, great, the fortifications are all written off! Order, Truck Cannon unit, fire a salvo of shells for a barrage attack; after the bombardment, all of you charge forward and retake our Old Mountain!" Because he was excited, Yuan Lao's voice trembled.

The bombs are precision point‑strike attacks, but many spots can't be covered, especially the minefields the monkeys set up on the front line; however, that's nothing—once the 155mm howitzer sweeps over, all those minefields will be detonated!

Boom boom boom!

The cannon fire was deafening, smoke filled the battlefield, the soldiers gripped their steel rifles, eyes flashing like lightning.

Finally, the cannon fire ceased!

"Comrades, charge! Reclaim our territory!"

A company commander leapt out of the fortification, shouted, took long strides, and ran forward.

Behind him, the flag bearer followed closely, the military flag fluttering, then came countless soldiers.

"Charge!"

"Reclaim the territory!"

Under normal circumstances, such a charge would be outright suicide—after all, if the enemy had just one machine gun fire, it could mow down a wide swath.

But…

Now that the bombing has turned out this way, if there are still people alive on the other side, it just means their fate wasn't meant to end—it's a sign that their ancestors' graves are sending up green smoke!

Units charged forward, and in just fifteen minutes Pine Hair Ridge had the motherland's flag planted on it—or rather, on the ruins of Pine Hair Ridge's main peak; after all, the terrain here is now completely different from before: inside is a large pit, outside a ring mountain formed from a great deal of debris…

Half an hour later, the flag was planted on the main peak of Old Mountain!

Good news, reports came in one after another, and Yuan Lao could no longer contain his inner excitement: 'Immediately send a telegram to the Capital, we have retaken Old Mountain, annihilated the defending forces, our side suffered zero casualties; this battle is our first high-tech war, we have gained a great deal; from now on, we firmly support military reform and take the path of strengthening the army through high technology!'

"Actually, there's no need to send a telegram; using the short-message function of the Northern Dipper satellite, we can send it directly." Qin Miao reminded.

"Exactly, that Northern Dipper satellite is practically our magic weapon for defeating the enemy!" Yuan Lao exclaimed.

"Actually, there's still more." Qin Miao said: "We have taken Old Mountain; the monkeys definitely won't accept this, so next they will launch a counteroffensive."

"Yeah, they're definitely going to counterattack, but we will absolutely not let the monkeys succeed; as long as we hold the position…"

"Cough cough, Yuan Lao, you just said zero casualties, how happy, but what comes next…"

"San Shui, you say, we'll listen to you."

"As for actual combat, I don't know anything about it, but our Ha Gong Da has also developed a specialized anti-infantry radar…… to guard against monkey sneak attacks; this is really the most useful equipment……"