Chapter 581: The Siege
Chapter 581: The Siege
In the conference room, the voice of Eagle Tail Director seemed to echo, while everyone below remained silent, seemingly unable to recover from the shocking images.
Eagle Tail Director waited for a moment, leaning on his cane as he stood up and addressed the room. "Ladies and gentlemen, the Central City government has dispatched armed forces to surround us, clearly intending to eradicate our Skywheel Company. But we cannot back down. We must show the Central City government our determination to do whatever it takes!"
He raised his voice, "I propose to activate the Active Consciousness Entity, Vigorous Mind Body. If they want to eliminate us, they must be prepared for the destruction of the entire Dewy District."
The presiding director frowned at him, "Eagle Tail Director, you're being too extreme."
Eagle Tail Director spoke sternly, "Do we have a better option at this point?"
The director shook his head, "Not yet."
He looked at all the directors present, his voice low and serious, "Ladies and gentlemen, the Central City armed forces are attacking us so hastily, even rushing ahead of the Spider Mother Split. They must have bypassed the Municipal Council. We can try to activate secret channels to contact the Council, and have them stop the advance of the Central City armed forces."
The directors, who had been immersed in the news of the fleet's loss, suddenly saw the arrival of government troops and were unable to think clearly. But with his reminder, they gradually regained their composure.
After a moment of thought, they all agreed that this was a good strategy.
Although the Central City Council would surely take advantage of the situation to demand more benefits, it was nothing compared to the survival of the company. As long as the company was preserved, they still had a chance.
They could use a decade, and then another decade.
But Eagle Tail Director shook his head, "Perhaps before, but now there's no time. Ladies and gentlemen, the government troops have already reached our doorstep, and the airspace is blocked by airships. They will surely block all information fields and seal off all entry and exit routes, preventing us from sending out any messages."
One director couldn't help but argue, "How do we know if we don't try?"
Eagle Tail Director didn't insist, "Then let's try, but while we wait, we can't let the government troops defeat us first. We need to arm all company personnel and hold out until the message gets out."
No one in the room objected. The board quickly reached a consensus and issued orders to Guan Shangjing, granting him access to most of the security permissions and attempting to bypass the information blockade to contact the Municipal Council.
Guan Shangjing, upon receiving the instructions from the company's top management, immediately mobilized and organized the personnel.
Previously, in order to capture the Split Mother, they had deployed a security force of about a thousand, almost emptying Skywheel Company's main force.
Now, there were less than two hundred official armed personnel left, and even if they armed other staff members, it wouldn't be enough. This meant that many of the company's outer fortifications and firepower points couldn't be manned or defended, and they could only guard key positions.
As he was organizing the defense, the attack from the opposing side began. First, the airships hovering high above descended towards the outer perimeter of the company's building. The bottom hatches opened, and high-explosive bombs were dropped.
Although the Skywheel Company building had long-range machine guns installed, they were ineffective against the high-flying airships. They could only watch helplessly as the bombs fell.
With loud explosions, some of the company's outer fortifications, firepower points, outer walls, and even the barrier electric grids in the air were quickly cleared.
The bombing lasted for more than half an hour, and when the airships withdrew, only thick smoke remained.
Xu Chan stood on the rooftop of the main building and observed for a moment before issuing a second command.
After a while, numerous biological combat weapons began to emerge from their positions, either flying or leaping towards the Skywheel building.
To deal with the Spider Mother Split, the Government Hall specially procured a large number of battle mantises from Compound Eye Corporation, and they are very effective."
These combat weapons were not only expensive themselves, but the specialized high-energy nutrients required for them were also costly. Therefore, most of them were Great Shun's modified combat organisms.
Gunfire immediately erupted from the Skywheel Company building, even from some hidden firepower points, as these small, fast, and powerful creatures posed a significant threat. Once they infiltrated, ordinary combat personnel would be helpless against them.
Especially the battle mantises, with their incredible speed and destructive power, were unstoppable to non-fighters.
Skywheel Company released their remaining biological weapons, and both sides clashed in mid-air and on the ground, rolling and fighting fiercely.
Just as the intense battle raged at the front, the sea behind the Skywheel Company was churning. Lizard-like fish with four legs and tail fins emerged from the water.
They swiftly climbed the sloping dam wall and passed through the rear area, which was previously covered by electric grids and firepower points. Ignoring the complex terrain and obstacles, they crawled up the walls of the company building, searching for gaps and entrances to squeeze through.
This was a two-wheeled combat organism developed by the Canglong Company, capable of climbing from underwater onto ships to attack military personnel during battle. This time, the joint fleet also brought these organisms, but due to the rapid retreat of the Skywheel Company's fleet, they were never used, but this time there was an opportunity for validation.
With the addition of biological weapons and implanted armed personnel, the war situation was no longer like it used to be. Old-style armies of a certain scale were basically ineffective.
However, fighters still held a crucial position on the battlefield, even in seemingly classical army models like the Former Imperial Court, because of the participation of a sufficient number of fighters, they still possessed formidable combat strength.
Xu Chan was standing at the rear, observing the battle as a fighter, but he didn't rush forward immediately. Instead, he adopted a standard tactical approach.
"Airship bombing, fire points, modified biological attacks. If we encounter setbacks, continue bombing and blasting, persistently clearing fire points, and then dispatch modified organisms. In any case, use the advantage to push forward."
If the other side had fighters, they also had fighters who served as long-range gunners. These people might be rare in other places, but the Defense Department could mobilize quite a few of them. Under such threats, the fighters within the Skywheel Company couldn't show their faces outside.
This offensive lasted less than an hour, and the outer wall defense of the Skywheel Company was breached. A large number of modified organisms began to infiltrate the building.
In front of Xu Chan, there was a biological device, which released a fan-shaped light from the bottom up, displaying the internal situation of the Skywheel Company at that moment.
Among these modified organisms, in addition to those dedicated to combat, there were also those responsible for transmitting field information, allowing them to see the situation inside and adjust their tactics based on the specific circumstances on-site.
In the 1619 book, there was no mistake in the version!
These expenses didn't need to worry about not being able to find their way back. Once the Skywheel Company fell, its assets on various islands would be taken over by the Great Shun Government and national enterprises, enough to make up for this expenditure.
At this moment, under the Skywheel building, most of the company's directors had transferred to a submarine and were watching the images transmitted from the front.
If things went wrong, they would try to leave from here first.
However, they were still somewhat concerned about this, because the Canglong Company had taken precautions against them long ago, and they would definitely deploy underwater modified organisms in the coastal areas. Even if they couldn't sink them, they might be tracked and entangled, and they wouldn't be able to get far.
However, the situation had not yet reached a dead end, and they had already dispatched an underwater team to swim out along the coastline. As long as they bypassed the information field's shielding range and entered the city to contact the Municipal Council, they could stop all of this.
Inside the building, Guan Shangjing was leading a group of company armed personnel, dealing with the constantly rushing combat organisms around them.
Fortunately, he still had the last batch of internal security personnel, whom the company had spent a lot of money to create, equipped with the most advanced implants and heavy protective armor. Each of them was proficient in firearms and cold weapons, and they could calmly handle these almost endless combat organisms.
However, after holding them off for a while, the situation changed. The modified organisms that came in from behind carried explosives, and once they got close, there was a violent explosion, which caused many casualties among these elite members.
Guan Shangjing had no choice but to retreat towards the underground entrance. Even until now, he hadn't seen any of the enemy's combat personnel breaking through. It was all modified organisms attacking, and the commander on the other side was evidently very steady.
This tactic was costly and demanded a high price, but the loss of personnel was minimal, and it didn't give them any room for counterattacks.
He felt that they couldn't hold out for long, so he called over a security captain and asked him to take over the command while he quickly went to the rear, to a spacious training hall. He bowed to a tall figure with his back to him.
"Iron Cheng, the situation is critical, we can only rely on you, I hope you'll keep your promise!"
That person was sitting there, over two meters tall, with a wide and stout body, like a small mountain. At that moment, he was constantly stuffing nutrient paste into his mouth, and after hearing his words, his movements paused.
Just then, there seemed to be a shockwave spreading through the Skywheel building, and all the combat organisms fighting inside the building were as if they had been hit by a hammer. First, they stiffened, and then they all fell down."
Not only here, but even the combat organisms within dozens of meters outside the building were affected. Those who approached either fell to the ground or fell from the sky and the building walls, and in an instant, the area around the building became almost empty.
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(End of Chapter)
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