Chapter 1103: Chapter 358: It’s 59! 59 Ascends!
"This is number 17, we’ve arrived above the Cayman Islands, everything’s normal here."
Inside the cockpit, the Giant methodically reported the situation to the transport squadron.
This was a transport fleet consisting of no less than twenty planes, escorted by a fighter formation.
In addition to tanks, a large number of fully armed players would also be directly airdropped to the front line.
They would collaborate with the batch of players stationed on the front lines to launch a large-scale battle.
Then, the players from the first wave of offensives who died will log out and wait for respawn, and those who survived will take the transport ticket back to Night City for a vacation to relax, then wait for the second wave rotation.
You could say it was very easy and pleasant.
However, Cuba wasn’t a pushover either, after the transportation and mobilization over this period, Havana had amassed an entire brigade on the blockade line, over five thousand troops, pushing armor units, artillery units, and helicopter squadrons to the front line as if they were free. They even assembled an entire air force squadron and military technology to contend for air superiority.
In addition, they received a large number of European military aids, and morale was high.
They seemed to have the momentum to, in one fell swoop, push the Horizon Mercenaries into the sea in this battle.
The temporary air force command post on the military technology hovercraft responded,
"Received, be careful, recently the Cuban Air Force has been very active, they might detect you with their radar."
"We have launched signal simulators to disguise the fleet’s signal, but we can’t guarantee that the other side won’t see through it."
Hearing that it was a female voice on the radio, the Giant’s eyes lit up.
"Thanks for the concern, beautiful, do you have a contact?"
Click
Buzz——
The other party hung up directly.
It’s basically impossible to hide such a large-scale transport aircraft operation from the other side.
Even if the radar couldn’t detect them, there is still the possibility of leaks from insiders in the military technology sector.
As for the satellites in the sky, a plane wouldn’t appear any larger to them than a mosquito seen from several kilometers away, not to mention the effects of self-interference and counter-interference satellites. If the target wasn’t locked in advance, it’s still difficult to locate a group of high-speed moving aircraft.
And if it weren’t for the lack of better partners, Lin Miao really wouldn’t want to buy from Military Science.
Tanks and aircraft are the same, Horizon Corporation has already begun independent design, with progress being swift under the assistance of dedicated individuals and AI, standardizing vehicle chassis, modularization, informatization, integrating air, land, sea, and space to reduce future logistical production pressures as much as possible.
The only problem is production, Lin Miao doesn’t have manufacturing capabilities.
As for hovering
Hovering is impossible, hovering isn’t possible in this lifetime
Superconductive materials can’t be produced, and they can’t afford to buy them, so maintaining the appearance of tanks can only rely on tracks on the ground.
"Tch."
The Giant smacked his lips, having been rebuffed. He was just momentarily interested, but wouldn’t dare to actually mess around here.
Potato absolutely wouldn’t indulge him, and by then kneeling on a washboard would be considered lenient by Weiwei, he’d probably be sleeping on the couch for half the year.
He pressed the intercom system
"Passengers, we’re about to reach the destination, get ready for tank parachuting."
Feeling bored out of their minds, Potato, who was not allowed to speak, had drooled in his sleep. Waking up with the announcement, he drowsily looked around.
"A? We’ve arrived so soon?"
The women and Shui Yue beside him froze for a moment, not reacting before they heard Potato speak.
"Seems like the flight was smooth, I really don’t know what you’re worried about, if you really want to believe in something, you might as well find a bald guy for a blessing, that’s definitely more useful than keeping my mouth shut."
"Oh no!" *3
The other three on the plane felt a chill, their necks goosebumped.
No matter how they calculated, they didn’t account for this move!
It was too late to reach out and cover his mouth now.
The radar screen before the Giant began to flash red, capturing more than a dozen unidentified aircraft approaching.
Above Cuba at this time, who else could be outside the military technology’s marked signal range?
"Huang Xudong, you did well."
The Giant didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Fortunately, there were military technology planes escorting, and they were still within the air defense range below, fighting was advantageous for the players here.
Sure enough, several friendly signals appeared on the radar, heading straight forward.
Air combat in 2025 was very boring.
What’s the most annoying thing about playing FPS games?
Cheaters
Especially aimbots, wall hacks, through-wall, bullet acceleration, and bullet tracking that severely disrupted balance, those are worse than fishy players.
Unfortunately, in the information age, beyond-visual-range air combat possesses all these traits.
Everyone is more than a hundred kilometers apart, using radar instead of eyes to lock onto opponents, then just pulling the trigger to fire a missile and it’s over.
Whoever locks on first wins, so electronic warfare and anti-jamming capabilities are more important than the aircraft’s own attributes.
After all, in the face of missiles with terminal speeds of seven or eight Mach, even if you’re flying supersonic, you’re essentially in a stationary state.
But air battles in 2076 lacked interest because of the early entry into space; if you can’t secure orbital dominance, no matter how strong your plane is, one shot can take you out.
So it’s still the Cold War-era battle zone of less than 20KM search range. This distance is negligible before subsonic fighters, so dogfights are inevitable.
Both sides’ planes maneuvered around each other in the clouds, each trying to get behind for a back shot, machine guns sketching lines of light that disappeared into the cloud sea.
