The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 129 Strange, why are the enemies charging up with the manure-pulling device?
Using the minimap, Andrei knew that the enemy had already ambushed many people behind the wall, especially a group of Fear Knights, so he wanted to catch the enemy off guard!
Under the cover of smoke grenades, the players charged straight up with bayonets. No matter how well-prepared these Dread Knights were, Andrei was sure they would be stabbed to death by the players' bayonets.

The player's bayonet charge is truly legendary; when dealing with humanoid units at close range, it's an unstoppable weapon of mass destruction!
As soon as Andrei finished speaking, a smoke grenade was thrown out, and then a group of players who had been holding back for a long time launched a fierce charge.

"Ula!"

Watching a group of players roar as they charged into the smoke, Andrei smiled, feeling confident that this wave was in the bag!
But the next moment, a sudden burst of intense gunfire from behind the corner startled Andrei.

The intense gunfire was nothing unusual; with so many Fear Knights lying in ambush, it would have been strange if the gunfire hadn't been intense.

But amidst the intense gunfire, Andrei not only heard the sound of submachine guns, but also some kind of explosive machine gun sound, which was much louder than the submachine guns.

Immediately afterwards, he heard a player curse, "Holy crap! This is a rip-off!", and then for some reason, there was no further response.

Realizing something was wrong, Andrei quickly checked the chat area and discovered that some players had actually encountered enemy mech units!

Wait a minute, are you kidding me? Isn't this enemy force an airborne force?

Although Andrei had already seen the enormous rocket drop pod before, the space inside was limited, and it seemed that it could only carry 3 to 4 Dread Knights at a time.

So how exactly were such huge mechs transported down? Did the Black Hawk Empire research airdrop mechs in a special way?

Hao Nan: [Holy crap, this is a total rip-off! This thing isn't much bigger than the Dread Knight, and it's not even as tall, so how is it classified as a mech unit?]

Brave Cow: [Maybe it's because this thing is driven by a person, rather than worn by a person?]

After glancing at the screenshots in the chat area, Andrei finally understood that the enemy had indeed deployed mech units, but they were different from the mech units he had imagined.

Compared to the normal large metal can, the mecha unit he saw this time looked a bit like the Peacemaker mecha, but it was a severely scaled-down version.

Compared to the Peacemaker, this thing is less than two meters tall. It's unclear how thick its armor is, but there's only one machine gun on top of the mech.

So what is this thing? A miniature version of the Peacemaker?

If we draw an analogy, this mech is roughly equivalent to the Italian CV33 pocket tank from World War II—a small tank weighing less than three tons, in the same way as other tanks.

Andrei was unaware that this mech, named the Steadfast One, was actually one of the earliest mechs developed by the Black Hawk Empire.

However, after a batch of this thing was developed and manufactured, it was consistently rejected by the military because they felt it was just a makeshift solution.

The production department felt that the mechs required by the military were too difficult to produce, and believed that these makeshift mechs could still be used to fight. However, the military felt that these things could not fight the armored warfare they envisioned, and could at most only support the infantry.

Therefore, this miniature mech named Steadfast was once left to gather dust in the warehouse. Even if there were no armored units to drive, armored soldiers were unwilling to operate this broken thing!
However, with the invention of the rocket-propelled drop pod and the further development of paratroopers, this thing has been given a second life.

Although this thing is small and has little firepower or protection, it is precisely because of its small size that it can be packed into a rocket drop pod for airdrop! With this advantage, it was immediately equipped by the airborne troops and became an important fire support unit for the airborne troops.

After all, this thing is still a mech, equipped with a heavy machine gun and rocket launchers.

In terms of firepower, this thing is much stronger and more sustained than the submachine gun carried by the Dread Knight!

The Black Hawk Empire never expected that their mech units would actually cause trouble for the players.

Strictly speaking, this thing isn't that different from power armor; it's just a little heavier.

However, during the assessment, the power armor was classified as an infantry unit, while this thing was classified as an armored vehicle. This meant that when the player charged with a bayonet, it had no effect at all, just like stabbing a tank!
Immediately afterward, before the players who had charged in could even figure out what was happening, they were all cut down by the Dread Knights who followed closely behind, wielding their greatswords.

"Hahaha, just a bunch of bayonet brutes! Keep charging, don't stop!"

"Use our mechs to clear the way, charge down in one go, and crush them! We must show the Imperial armored forces their spirit!"

Upon seeing this, Captain Meyer was overjoyed, thinking that the so-called elite troops were nothing special.

That armored battalion that was completely destroyed and even annihilated by the enemy is truly useless. They managed to be beaten like this while operating proper mechs. They are not even as good as these mechs!

It's time to show the fighting power that the imperial elites should have. Otherwise, the fighting power of the imperial army will always be dragged down by those useless people. How will they ever be able to hold their heads high in the future?
Two Steadfast mechs aggressively climbed over the corner of the wall, their heavy machine guns firing incessantly. Several players who had just charged forward were once again mowed down, as if all their efforts were in vain.

However, these two mechs never expected that the players charging at the front were merely clearing the way for their companions behind them, or rather, they were just unlucky ones caught in the middle, with no choice but to charge forward.

"What a death!"

The players who rushed up after their comrade showed no grief over the sacrifice; instead, they couldn't help but gloat in the chat.

These guys, who haven't been online long and don't have many points yet, are squatting here hoping to take down a few enemies with bayonets and pick up the scraps, even though they don't have any anti-armor weapons.

But by blocking their way, they were blocking their attack route, preventing them from charging forward!

The Black Hawk armored soldiers easily mowed down several Cambrian soldiers in front of them, and were preparing to operate the machine gun to fire further when they suddenly noticed something.

From behind these soldiers, more Cambrian soldiers rushed towards them, some of them holding something that looked like a dung-removing device.

What is this thing? Is it some kind of strange new weapon?
Before they could react, with a roar of war, the thing that looked like a dung-pulling device was thrust directly into their frontal armor.

(End of this chapter)