The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse-Chapter 407 - 400 This Night Is So Chaotic

As Ralph explained, the overall appearance of the Unmanned Sentinel System gradually became known, but that brought even more questions.

"Why are you so familiar with this Unmanned Sentinel System?"

The question came from Sirte, who was angry, annoyed, and frightened because, according to Ralph, the system launched cluster bombs, also known as bomblets.

America’s MK20 is a typical example of a cluster bomb, except that type of cluster bomb is dropped from airplanes, while the cluster bomb from the Unmanned Sentinel System is launched from the ground.

Everybody knows what cluster bombs are, and there are various types of Unmanned Sentinel Systems, with each country having its own system; even just a camera could be considered an Unmanned Sentinel. However, not every Unmanned Sentinel System has weapons, and not all of them equipped with weapons would have jumping mines, let alone this extremely dangerous type of cluster bombs.

Moreover, they were high-tech sensitive bomblets, meaning they were smart munitions that would automatically seek their targets.

Just one glance and you know so much? That would be ridiculous.

Ralph fell silent for a brief moment, then he said in a low voice, "Because it was manufactured by our country and is now being used on a large scale. We have all personally deployed this type of Unmanned Sentinel System in harsh environments unsuitable for long-term manned guard posts, such as border areas and places prone to infiltration, so he recognized it at first glance and knew what would happen next."

That explained it; no wonder that was the case.

At this moment, Sirte was both angry and annoyed, as well as scared, and he said bitterly, "Why didn’t you say such things earlier, and also, how was it discovered?"

Ralph said helplessly, "How could I have expected the Unmanned Sentinel System to be here by the river? It’s hard to detect the system, which has a camera and an infrared emitter. This weapons system can be manually controlled or fire automatically if it detects a signal matching human characteristics or a tank signal, or any signal that meets the attack criteria, especially if it doesn’t have an IFF (Identification, Friend or Foe) system, it would launch a technical bomb."

Sirte, clearly frustrated, raised his voice: "I’m asking how this system was detected, how we discovered it!"

Ralph, as if he had done something wrong, said softly, "The reconnaissance equipment is hidden in a metal box with a very narrow horizontal slit, almost no heat escapes from the outside, so it is difficult to find through thermal imaging. Then, the Unmanned Sentinel System is battery-powered, only activating other systems after the infrared detects a moving target, so it requires some response time, which is about ten seconds, of course, it can also be set not to enter sleep mode."

Sirte spread his hands, expressing his distress, "Why would the Sanitation Worker have your stuff? Why?"

Ralph said softly, "It’s not just ours; it was jointly developed with America... and I think, placing the Unmanned Sentinel System by the river might be to prevent someone from crossing and launching an attack..."

Sirte, impatiently interrupting Ralph’s words, said with extreme anxiety, "I can’t believe I missed a cluster bomb, damn cluster bomb, damn cluster bomb!"

Klaus said quietly, "Can opener, stay calm."

Sirte took a deep breath, then he seemed to finally remember something, and suddenly turned to Gao Yuan, saying, "What happened just now, that cluster bomb... you kicked it away?"

"Yes! Yes! What did you do?"

Reminded by Sirte, Ralph looked at Gao Yuan, extremely perplexed, "How did you manage to kick away a cluster bomb that was launched vertically with a high-pressure gas at a speed of twenty meters per second and weighed twenty-six kilograms?"

Many vertically launched anti-air missiles or other missiles are ejected from the launch tube by high-pressure gas, a well-established and common technique.

"Why is it launched with high-pressure gas instead of directly with a rocket?"

Gao Yuan asked a question, and Ralph urgently said, "Because a rocket fired directly in a sealed launch tube is too fast, and the high-pressure gas can give the scatter rockets enough time to turn. No, that’s not the point. How could you kick away a cluster bomb!"

Gao Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Well, I saw it and just kicked it."

Ralph urgently said, "Is that something you can explain away by saying you saw it and kicked it?"

Could it be covered up with Shenzhou martial arts?

Alright, let’s cover it up with martial arts then.

"Martial arts, they are magical..."

Ralph, frustrated, said, "Don’t give me that magical martial arts crap. Do you think I’m an idiot? If there were such magical martial arts, the Shenzhou people would have unified the world long ago, and do you know why we’re called the Egg Bomb Squad? I’ll tell you! I’ve seen real martial arts masters. One Shenzhou person named Toad was even our instructor! I..."

Li Jingang, surprised, said, "What? What did you say?"

Yuri suddenly shouted from the side, "Stop talking about martial arts! Enemy! Take cover!"

There was some confusion at that instant; the team, which had been jogging, immediately sought cover nearby. Gao Yuan urgently said, "Ralph, Scarecrow, take out your night vision equipment and observe. Mr. Hao! Observe the enemy situation!"

Yuri had already put on his night vision goggles, and he merely glanced before saying there were enemies. Indeed, without his reminder, Gao Yuan could now hear the distant rumbling sound.

This chaotic night was truly messy.

He took out the handheld thermal imager, powered it on, and after waiting a few seconds, Li Jingang held the thermal imager up to his eyes and urgently said, "Tanks! Two tanks! And two armored vehicles, moving fast towards us, distance... 2400 meters, speed about 30 kilometers per hour, spread out! Prepare to engage the enemy!"

The enemy had tanks, and they were charging directly this way. Trying to outrun tanks on foot was simply a suicide mission. Gao Yuan and his team were carrying many rocket launchers. Since the enemy only had two tanks and two armored vehicles, it might be better to find a tactical advantage and fight before leaving because they had a good chance of destroying the enemy tanks.

"If the enemy thinks we’ve been wiped out by the cluster bombs and are just coming to check, then they will..."

Li Jingang was urgently explaining to Gao Yuan, but before he could finish talking, a flash of fire erupted in the distance, followed by a loud explosion.

Li Jingang’s mouth gaped open, and he loudly said, "What’s going on, someone attacked the tank coming our way?"

"Yes! Another one! Anti-tank missile!"

Just as Ralph finished speaking, another loud explosion rang out, and the tank that hadn’t been destroyed earlier now turned into a fireball. At a distance of 2000 meters, the faint glow of fire was visible even to the naked eye.

Watching the sudden burst of firelight, Gao Yuan’s mouth fell open, then he swallowed hard and said, "Guys, this night’s pretty wild, huh?"