The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 124 Airborne Pod? And you still say you're not Astartes!
Side Mission: Forced March – Recapture the heavy mobile machinery factory that has been captured by paratroopers as quickly as possible! Mission Reward: 5000 Merit Points; Number of Participants: Unlimited!

As soon as a side quest was assigned, Andrei and all the players rushed forward at top speed, their running posture incredibly captivating.

This was the first time he had issued a mission that rewarded so many merits; compared to the past, this was a truly generous gesture!

However, the main reason for this is that Andre summoned more players, and the original amount of merit points was not enough to go around.

After becoming a lieutenant colonel, Andrei was able to summon 300 players, and he naturally made up for this summoning quota as soon as possible.

Having fought this far, he no longer lacks the merit points required for summoning and reviving players, or maintaining some minor player skills; these things are insignificant in the grand scheme of war.

The real drain on merit points comes from arming elite soldiers and various research and development projects; these are the things that truly burn through money.

With a deafening roar, Andrei and the other players charged off into the distance, along with all 15 armored vehicles in the group.

Of these armored vehicles, all 10 captured armored vehicles were operated by players.

The remaining five mechs, which were added as compensation, had their own pilots, but seeing that their comrades had already charged forward, they naturally felt embarrassed to stay behind.

Upon seeing the way Andrei's troops were running, Lieutenant Colonel Yuri was momentarily moved, thinking that Andrei was still exactly the same as when he was fighting.

He realized that Andrei seemed to be particularly good at leading an elite commando unit from the front.

Although such tactics should absolutely not be employed by a company commander, considering that Andrei had previously led a similar unit and achieved astonishing results, he didn't want to say anything at this point.

However, he felt he should ask Andrei for advice on his training methods when he had the chance in the future.

I have no idea how this guy trained his elite guard assault team to be such a fierce force!

Watching Andrei's departing figure, Yelena stomped her feet in anger.

I don't know what's wrong with this guy, he's completely different now, he's going all out in battle!

How come she had never seen Andrei with such courage before?
All the players felt very relaxed during the battle, because in their view, the battle should have been effortless.

The enemy is an airborne force; they don't have any heavy weapons!

If they only have a few individual weapons, how can they fight against themselves?
Just as Andrei thought, the players also felt that this battle would be easy, because theoretically speaking, using armored units to fight airborne troops is almost the same as crushing them!
Operation Market Garden was the largest airborne operation in history, but it landed right next to a German armored division, and a group of elite paratroopers were wiped out.

So all the players are ready and waiting to beat up the kids with their mechs!
until……

"Strange, what is that thing? Is that big iron box stuck in the ground some kind of transformer?"

With his binoculars in hand, Andrei suddenly spotted a strange iron box stuck in the ground in the distance. Before he could figure out what the box was for, a series of explosive machine gun shots rang out.

The powerful large-caliber machine gun immediately swept down several players charging at the front. The unluckiest one was riddled with bullets and turned into pieces, beyond repair.

The Celestial Being Who Knows Me: [Damn it! Why am I the one who gets cold again?]

Rice Noodle Cat: [Wait, don't you guys think that thing looks a bit like a Space Marine drop pod?] When this player posted this comment, the entire comment section paused for a moment.

The comment section exploded in the next instant.

Mushroom Master: [Holy crap! No way! I don't want to fight Space Marines!]

Bulbasaur: [Are you kidding me? What happened to the WWII paratroopers? How did they suddenly become Astartes?]

Despite the players' bickering and complaints, they were actually quite efficient in their work.

Players quickly set up mortars and began bombarding the drop pods in the distance. However, compared to bombarding the pods bit by bit with mortars, the main cannon of the Dreadnought mech seemed to be more effective.

At a distance of about 800 meters, a player aimed at the distance and fired a shot.

The long-barreled 75mm gun was precise and deadly at that moment; almost instantly, the airdrop pod on the other side was penetrated by the shell.

Only the soldier inside the drop pod, operating the heavy machine gun and firing continuously at the outside, stared in astonishment at the Dauntless mech behind him before he died, not understanding how Imperial equipment could appear in the enemy ranks.

"Guys, we'd better be careful. The enemy's airborne troops may be stronger than we think!"

Looking at the scattered fragments in front of him, Andrei shouted to the other players while silently switching back into his old Trench Warrior outfit.

Honestly, he felt he might have been too presumptuous; he hadn't expected that paratroopers in this world were quite different from what he had imagined!
Damn it, shouldn't paratroopers just use parachutes or gliders to land?

Where did this inexplicable rocket pod come from?

Andrei was momentarily stunned. When he realized that the enemy had actually devised a tactic similar to the Astartes, he instantly felt completely overwhelmed.

Good heavens, he knew that airships had bombing capabilities and that cannons could indeed be mounted on them, but the accuracy of those cannons when bombarding the ground was almost zero.

But this was the first time he had ever heard that an airship could actually be used as a combat barge!

So, what kind of monsters and demons are the Black Hawk Empire in this world?
For a moment, Andrei had some doubts. Could the emperor of the Black Hawk Empire be the emperor from the Terra unification war?

So their current Cambrian Empire was actually a technological warlord from back then?

Just as Andrei was complaining, the enemy in the factory learned that a force was launching an attack on their side.

"No way, how could the Cambrian Empire's army move so quickly? We've only been here for a short time!"

Adolf Miller, who was in charge of leading the airborne troops, looked at the explosion in the distance with disbelief, feeling that the Cambrian Empire's reaction speed this time was simply unscientific.

But in the next moment, he put this minor problem out of his mind.

(End of this chapter)