Chapter 2634

At the same time.

In the copper mine in Cyprus.

Wan Po Jun arranged for a helicopter to hoist the three-barrel close-in defense cannon into its designated position.

Although the explosive bolts requested by Lang Hongjun were rare, they could still be purchased on the black market, and being small in size, they were airlifted over without wasting too much time.

After the three-barrel close-in defense cannon was secured with explosive bolts, the turret composed of six gun barrels remained completely still no matter how it moved, with no stability issues whatsoever.

Moreover, all the explosive bolts had already been connected to detonators; when needed, pressing the switch would instantly shatter the bolts, achieving physical separation.

Once the close-in defense cannon was in place, Lang Hongjun, together with the weapons experts, began aligning and locking the cannon's targeting logic with the infrared radar and thermal imaging identification equipment.

Following the logic devised by Lang Hongjun and the other weapons experts, they first set the entire copper mine's perimeter wall as a first-level alert zone, then, based on that perimeter, designated the "hui"-shaped area within a 200-meter radius inside the wall as a second-level alert zone.

Once this identification system was activated, any living organism entering the "hui"-shaped area from outside would immediately trigger an alarm; while alerting the operator, the system would automatically lock onto the incoming target, and once the system locked on, the close-in defense cannon would synchronize its lock.

At that point, the operator could immediately press the fire button; upon pressing, the three-barrel close-in defense cannon would each fire shells in a vortex trajectory toward the target's direction and surrounding area.

While the close-in defense cannon had not yet been loaded, Lang Hongjun summoned several Jinyiwei guards and had them wait outside the second-level alert zone.

Upon system activation, he used a walkie-talkie to instruct one of the Jinyiwei guards to run into the second-level alert zone; as soon as the guard entered, the system immediately began issuing warnings, and simultaneously, the three close-in defense cannons locked onto him, with the gun barrels moving in real time to follow his position wherever he went.

Seeing this effect, Wan Po Jun was so astonished he could not close his mouth, blurting out: "If this were loaded, one press of the switch, and the locked-on target wouldn't just be blown to ashes?"

"Exactly," Lang Hongjun nodded, saying: "This identification system is still very powerful, with almost no delay, and combined with the high muzzle velocity of the shells, it's likely impossible to escape."

At this moment, a weapons expert from Wan Long Dian said: "Palace Master, the trajectories of these three cannons still need fine-tuning, considering the target's strength might be extremely great and movement speed extremely fast; if all three cannons simply chased and fired at him, they might truly fail to catch up."

"Yes," Wan Po Jun nodded, saying: "I also don't know how strong the Earl of Po Qing Hui will be; the stronger a person is, the more agile their body becomes, so when locking onto the target, you must definitely aim with sufficient lead."

The weapons expert smiled and said: "We don't just need to aim with lead; when the time comes, the middle cannon will track the target, sweeping left and right in horizontal passes, creating a horizontal trajectory, while the other two cannons will circle around the target, firing circular trajectories, and the combined trajectories of the three cannons will rapidly pursue the target either clockwise or counterclockwise."

As he spoke, he pushed up the glasses on his nose bridge, pointed at them, and said: "The overall trajectory is just like the shape of my glasses here, and it continuously performs circular motion around the center point—this glasses-shaped trajectory; the system will always keep the target at the exact center of the glasses, so no matter which direction he flees, it's impossible for him to escape."

Wan Po Jun murmured, repeating: "Glasses-shaped, continuously rotating trajectory……Is that what it means……"

"Yes," the weapons expert said: "The three cannons will track the target, producing a full-coverage super-dense barrage; this barrage is not the kind of danmu posted by netizens on video websites—it is a complete artillery canopy formed by hundreds or even thousands of 30mm close-in defense cannon shells, fully covering the area. Moreover, each cannon can densely cover a range of several hundred square meters; with the three cannons' coverage overlapping, even a fly could not possibly fly alive out of the barrage."

As he spoke, he gave a hehe laugh and added: "I've given this system a very second-dimensional name—called the Kiss of the God of Death."

Wan Po Jun's master, Qiu Zhiyuan, standing nearby, listening, unconsciously felt a chill run down his back; the power of such shells was so great that he felt he couldn't even withstand a single one, and if this truly fired hundreds or thousands of rounds, even a Golden Immortal of the Great Luo would likely meet their end here.

At this moment, Wan Po Jun, satisfied, nodded and then asked him: "What if multiple targets appear simultaneously?"

The weapons expert replied: "If multiple targets appear at the same time, the system will immediately issue a warning; if fire is chosen, the system will engage targets in the order they were locked, following this three-cannon cooperation method, one by one."

As he spoke, the weapons expert further explained: "Because the firing is extremely fast—basically eliminating a target in under a second—so even if a dozen or more people rushed in at once, as long as the switch is pressed, the close-in defense cannon will automatically eliminate them one by one, and the battle should be over within twenty seconds."

Immediately after, he added: "Let me simulate it for you."

Subsequently, he picked up the walkie-talkie and said: "All Jinyiwei guards waiting outside, come in together."

As soon as the words fell, over a dozen Jinyiwei guards swiftly breached the second-level alert zone, and a prompt popped up on Wan Po Jun's computer screen in front of him.

The close-in defense cannon had already locked onto the first guard to enter, and the gun barrel continuously made fine adjustments following his movement.

At that moment, the weapons expert said to Wan Po Jun: "Palace Master, you can actually choose to fire now; the three-barrel close-in defense cannon has no shells loaded, so you can press the button to test—this system isn't smart enough; even without shells, it will still be driven by the program to execute the attack sequence."

Wan Po Jun nodded and pressed the fire button; immediately after, the gun barrels of the close-in defense cannon behind him began rapidly rotating, followed by the turret beginning to move quickly, and the gun barrels continued spinning at high speed.

The turret continuously aimed in succession at the over a dozen targets, the gun barrels idling, the entire process extremely fast, and it came to a complete stop in under twenty seconds.

The weapons expert laughed and said: "For the close-in defense cannon, it has already simulated the entire attack process against these over a dozen people—just without shells loaded, so the gun barrels are merely idling; but in its own 'eyes,' it has already slaughtered all these targets once through; if it were loaded with shells, and these over a dozen people were indeed intruders, the battle would already be over, and preparations for withdrawal could begin."

"Then that's good," Wan Po Jun exhaled in relief, smiling: "If that's the case, even if the four Earls came together, they probably couldn't escape."

"They definitely couldn't escape!" the weapons expert laughed: "Our shells have tremendous power—although 30mm shells can't penetrate the heavy armor of a main battle tank, they can blast a cup-sized hole through ordinary light armored vehicles with a single shot; even if the target were incredibly strong, taking two hits would send them to see Yama; even if we assume he's truly formidable, able to withstand twenty shells, that's just a matter of one or two seconds; moreover, our cannons are positioned on high ground, the gun barrels are sturdy, and they'd likely struggle to threaten the cannons; once we open fire, they can only passively take the hits—by then, besides death, there's no second option."

"Good," Wan Po Jun gave a faint smile and said: "In the coming period, I will remain here to guard, and I will personally control the system's authority."

Having said that, he turned to his master beside him, Qiu Zhiyuan, and said: "Master, please trouble yourself to notify everyone below: from this moment on, no one is permitted to leave the copper mine area even half a step without authorization."

Qiu Zhiyuan immediately replied: "Alright, I'll pass on the order right away!"

Wan Po Jun then said to a subordinate beside him: "Have all helicopters return to the freighter at the port, remain on standby 24 hours without interruption; once gunfire is heard, the helicopters must immediately take off and fly over to hoist the close-in defense cannon; given the speed of these three cannons, by the time the pilot hears the gunfire and starts the engine, the battle will already be over; they can reach here in five minutes, which is also enough time for the explosive bolts to detonate and complete all preparations before hoisting."

The subordinate immediately replied: "Understood, Palace Master; I will arrange it immediately!"