The agents in the UK can get them ordinary firearms and weapons, but heavy weapons are strictly controlled. Even if these agents risk being exposed, there is nothing they can do but get them these things. And with these limited resources, they can't assemble any powerful weapons from the cannon barrels.
He loaded the large-caliber shell that he and the gunpowder barrel had helped make, then casually inspected the oddly shaped cannon that had been hastily put together and looked like it could fall apart at any moment. The cannon barrel let out an excited growl, then resolutely pressed the firing button. Immediately afterward, he did a somersault and, without hesitation, tumbled into a ditch that he had already found.
With a deafening roar, the oddly shaped cannon, hastily pieced together from the barrel, disintegrated, scattering into countless fragments that flew in all directions. Then, miraculously, the cannonball crammed into the breech was ejected from the disintegrated cannon as usual, whistling sharply as it flew towards the sturdy dock warehouse more than two hundred meters away...
At such close range, it was as if the shell arrived the moment it left the barrel. The shell followed a parabolic trajectory, plunging into the warehouse from above. The warehouse seemed impenetrable, yet for some reason, the shell, falling from the roof, crashed straight in without a doubt. And what was even stranger was… how come the shell, despite hitting its target, didn't explode? Could it be that the cannon had malfunctioned and fired a dud?
"Boom!" Just as the onlookers were wondering, a deafening explosion rang out. Then, in everyone's eyes, a dazzling light suddenly burst out from the solid warehouse. Balls of blazing white flames shot out from the gun ports and windows at the same time. Then, the warehouse, which seemed to be built of steel plates, shook violently and suddenly turned into countless fragments that flew in all directions.
What a powerful shell! This thing... it's incredibly fierce!
Seeing this, Zhou Ziwei couldn't help but sigh sincerely. However, when he looked at the cannon that had also been blown to pieces and was temporarily pieced together from the barrel, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. This thing... was indeed very dangerous, both to the enemy and to himself!
A series of clanging sounds echoed from the ditch as black smoke billowed parts were rummaged through and moved aside. Then, a man with a blackened face and a strange part, shattered into a steel ring, crawled out of the ditch. Seeing that the warehouse in the distance had been neatly razed to the ground, he shouted excitedly, clenched his fist, swung it hard, and growled, "Done!"
However, after his initial excitement, he looked at the pile of broken parts around him and his face fell. The battle had only just begun, but he was already out of weapons. How was he going to survive?
With a crisp clang, a piece of what looked like the barrel of a heavy machine gun, which had flown from the exploded warehouse and broken in two, landed not far in front of the cannon barrel, and the cannon's eye immediately lit up.
Although the cannon that was pieced together earlier has been destroyed, this is a battlefield, and the enemy's weapons are quite advanced. It's not impossible to reassemble a heavy weapon by using these broken weapon parts!
Thinking of this, the cannon barrel immediately became so excited that its eyes gleamed blue. With a strange cry, it pounced over and picked up the section of the barrel that looked relatively intact...
Just as the cannon fired a shot that destroyed a steel warehouse, the gunpowder barrel, carrying a bunch of bombs, rushed to another warehouse a hundred meters away.
This distance is already quite close; if we go any further, there will be no cover left. If we continue forward, like a powder keg, we'll basically be sitting ducks.
Although the powder keg has a short temper and often doesn't value his own life, he's also the kind of person who wouldn't stoop to doing something that's obviously a suicide mission.
"If only that little blind girl were here..." Gunpowder barrel sighed as he looked at the still more than fifty meters away. His arm strength was not as monstrous as the blind girl's. At this distance, he had no way to throw the bomb into the warehouse. If the bomb just exploded outside, it would not have much effect at all.
And if... we can't even reach the edge of that warehouse, then we're just wasting ammunition!
However, this was no challenge for Gunpowder Barrel, an expert in explosives. In a short while, he had disassembled one of the lightweight bombs and then used the tools in his hand to assemble it into a mini bomb launcher...
This thing isn't the colossal monster cannon that the cannon barrel created, but its level of danger is no less. Using one bomb to propel another bomb... such a crazy idea could probably only come up with by a desperate man like Gunpowder Barrel.
With a deafening roar, even more impressive than the cannon's initial firing, a shell wobbled through the air before landing with a thud at the warehouse entrance... Another loud boom shook the entire warehouse door, causing it to sway twice before collapsing with a crash...
"Wow...it failed!"
Despite being covered in soot from the previous blast, Gunpowder Keg wasn't too discouraged by the effect of this attack... After all, he was a master of bombs, not cannons. Being able to use one bomb to hit another at its intended target was already quite an achievement. He didn't expect to be able to use this method to make a bomb fall directly into the ventilation shaft of the warehouse. Even if he did manage that, it would be pure luck, not Gunpowder Keg's true skill.
However, managing to blow down one of the warehouse doors was already a decent result. The second bomb...
With a muffled groan from the gunpowder barrel, the second bomb was blasted away. This time, it was lucky enough to fly through the collapsed door with considerable force. However, instead of the expected earth-shattering explosion, a raging fire spread throughout the warehouse.
"Wow... looks like a mistake. This time it looks like an incendiary bomb was launched!" Gun barrel wobbled as it crawled out of the smoke. One of its arms was missing, and blood streamed down its shoulder, staining its clothes. However, Gun barrel seemed oblivious, frowning as it stared at the raging fire in the warehouse. Just as it was about to launch a third explosive bombing, it suddenly heard more than one explosion coming from the warehouse...
"Boom boom boom boom..." A series of explosions rang out in unison. The warehouse, like a balloon being rapidly inflated, expanded rapidly before vanishing into thin air. Only scattered debris flew everywhere, and a scorching blast of air swept in all directions, blowing up a hidden passage not far away. A dozen soldiers who had been walking out of the passage were instantly blown to pieces, their cries of agony filling the air.
The ferry docked at the pier had already lost half of its firepower from the bursts of bullets fired from the silver pistol, but it would take a lot more bullets to completely destroy it.
This time, the warehouse explosion was so powerful that it simply flipped the ship sideways...
With a "plop," the ferry, which was very close to the warehouse, had no time to escape when the explosion occurred. It was overturned by the sudden burst of air... and became upside down. Then, strings of bubbles rose to the surface of the water, and the ferry began to slowly sink...
"Uh... this works too... just how much explosives did those bastards store in that warehouse to produce such an effect!" Seeing this spectacular scene, Gunpowder Barrel was speechless and dumbfounded. He had accidentally picked up the wrong bomb, firing a fuel-filled bomb unintentionally, but the effect was far more outrageous than expected. They must have stockpiled a lot of munitions in that warehouse! This fire... it's pretty satisfying!
Volume 3, King of the City, Chapter 520: I Can't Stay Out of the Spotlight...
When three people act at the same time, the cannon is relatively the most efficient, while the bullet is the slowest. After all, no matter how powerful a pistol is, it can't compare to a cannonball or a bomb.
However, the gunpowder barrel accidentally set fire to the warehouse, which greatly helped the bullet, causing the massive explosion that destroyed the ferry as well.
Two squads of fully armed soldiers charged out from the dock and the small building, but before they could get close, a large number of them were killed by a barrage of fire from the modified automatic rifles in the hands of Ma Da and his men. Most of the remaining soldiers were pushed back.
Before the people at the dock could even retreat back into the warehouse, they were all thrown into the lake by the sudden explosion. It is estimated that very few of them survived.
Seeing this scene, everyone gasped in shock. Then, a hysterical roar came from the Dragon Group's internal communication channel: "Holy crap... I really am a lucky general, even this works... Wahahahaha..."
Bullet was silent for a few seconds on the channel, perhaps rolling his eyes, before his calm voice rang out again: "Mada, Leopard... you two stay and clean up the battlefield, we don't need any survivors... the rest of you, follow me and we'll flank Xiaolou... the original plan to encircle from all four sides is canceled, we'll charge head-on instead..."
The original plan had to be cancelled because once she arrived on the island, Zidan discovered that the information she had received was incorrect. The map of the island originally showed the entrance to the secret biological research base belonging to a certain large multinational corporation in the United States, which was built on the island in the middle of the lake... that is, the building that looked like an ordinary villa on the island was built in the center of the lake.
But now that he was actually there, Zidan realized that although the small building was indeed located in the center of the island in the lake, there was a waterway around the building, almost as wide as the building itself, that ran around the building on three sides and into the lake. It was unclear whether the waterway was originally formed naturally or was later excavated.
This means that the island in the middle of the lake is surrounded by water on three sides, and can only be entered from the front. The waterways surrounding the island appear to be quite deep and at least twenty meters wide. Moreover, some large crocodiles and other small creatures can be seen appearing and disappearing in the water. Obviously, the waterways surrounding the building are not easy to cross.
Although most of the Dragon Group members are quite proficient in swimming, the waterway protected on three sides is definitely fraught with danger. Bullet dared not let his team members go down and risk it. With no other choice, he had to change the original plan and prepare to concentrate all his firepower to directly attack from the front.
"Tap tap tap... tap tap tap... tap tap tap..."
The ten men had only advanced a short distance towards the small building when they heard a burst of gunfire from its direction. In an instant, at least thirty gun barrels simultaneously emerged from each floor of the building, meaning that nearly a hundred gun barrels suddenly appeared inside the building, firing wildly in the direction the men were advancing.
Using a hundred guns to deal with a mere ten people, and with at least six or seven of those guns being heavy machine guns, this firepower would be more than enough to defend against an attack by a regiment. It would be impossible for her Dragon Group squad of a dozen or so people to break through.
When this lakeside pavilion was designed, the possibility of being attacked was clearly taken into account. Therefore, the pavilion was not only built in the middle of a body of water, but also had a small plaza built within 300 meters in front of it. The plaza was flat and clean, without any obstacles, and had a very open view. This was undoubtedly a great advantage for the gunmen guarding the pavilion. They could hide in the pavilion without worrying about their safety, while attackers from the outside could not get within 300 meters of the pavilion. In this way, they were almost invincible.
In this situation, unless all nearly one hundred guns inside the building are silenced or crippled, the Dragon Group team simply cannot enter the open area within three hundred meters of the building; otherwise, they will all die as soon as they enter.
If they couldn't even get into the square in front of the building, there was no way they could sneak into the building in the middle of the lake.
Even with a distance of over 300 meters, a guy as crazy as a powder keg couldn't effectively throw a bomb in front of or even inside the building.
His ingenious method of using the explosion of one bomb as the power source for another could not send a bomb that far. Moreover, if the bomb could not be sent into the building, even if it could be thrown outside, the explosive power of such a bomb would probably not be very lethal.
After all, if a warehouse on this dock can be built with metal, then the main building must be even more sturdy.
If he could piece together a powerful cannon from the barrels and fire at it a couple of times, he might be able to blast one wall of the building down. However… the cannon he originally made was completely destroyed after firing just one shot. Although he had temporarily collected some parts on the battlefield, it was still far from meeting the requirements for assembling a cannon. Therefore, he could only shake his head helplessly as he watched the dense gunfire coming from the building.
The others' automatic rifles could shoot up to 300 meters away, but unfortunately... the gunman inside the small building didn't even stick a finger out of the wall. Their frantic firing at the building was just a pointless waste of bullets, having no effect whatsoever. Seeing this, each of them fired a few shots and then had to stop.
"Bang bang bang..." Among the group, one person was still relentlessly firing; she was none other than Bullet, the Dragon Group leader with godlike marksmanship.
Don't be fooled by the fact that she uses pistols; these two specially made pistols have a range that is no less than that of ordinary automatic rifles, with an effective range of up to 600 meters.
This is almost ten times the performance of a regular handgun, and it's certainly no problem to aim at targets 300 meters away.
Although all the gunmen were hiding inside the small building, only sticking their gun barrels out through specially made small holes to fire, not even a single finger would stick out of the building, every single bullet still inevitably caused one gun to misfire.
It's not that the gun she used was more powerful than other people's automatic rifles, capable of penetrating even a wall reinforced with several layers of steel plates with a single shot. Rather, it's because the accuracy of each shot was unbelievable. Every single bullet she fired could accurately enter the barrel of a gun protruding from a small building 300 meters away.
With the sharpness of the silver bullets, once they penetrate the opponent's gun barrel, they can at least immediately cripple the weapon. And if, by chance, the opponent's gun is also loaded with bullets... then the result could very well be that the gun explodes instantly... and the explosion of a gun is no joke. It's really hard to say how much hope the unlucky guy who was about to fire would have to survive.
Every time a bullet was fired, a gun on the opposite building would inevitably misfire. The amazing marksmanship amazed all the Dragon Group members, and terrified the people in the building.
However, Bullet herself felt no sense of pride or joy, after all, there were more than a hundred guns on the small building opposite... and she only carried a little over a hundred bullets, a small portion of which she had already used up while shooting at the ferry.
This means that... even if she doesn't miss a single shot, she probably won't have enough bullets left to knock out all the teeth from the building across the street.
What worries Bullet even more is... how much armed force is hidden in the building across the street? If she takes out this batch of gunmen or weapons, and they replace them with a new batch of guns and personnel at any time, then all her efforts will be in vain.
Another point is that... their operation this time must be swift and decisive; it absolutely cannot be delayed for too long.
After all, this is someone else's country, their territory. They can get support at any time, while they are fighting alone... They probably don't have much time. After careful calculation, the first batch of reinforcements will likely arrive within 25 minutes. Even if the ball blocks the distress signal sent by the other side with an electronic jammer at the first moment, it can only delay the arrival of the reinforcements by a dozen minutes at most.
This means that... from the moment they parachute to the ground, they have at most about thirty minutes to complete their mission. Once thirty minutes have passed, even if they successfully complete the mission, they will probably be wiped out here.
"Bang—bang—bang—" Even though Bullet was burning with anxiety, the gun in his hand continued to fire at a very steady and consistent rate, with each shot taking about three to five seconds apart.
If her target is one hundred people standing three hundred meters away, she is confident that she can fire a shot at each target within thirty seconds, three shots per second. This rate is not very fast, but it is not slow if she can maintain sufficient accuracy.
Hawkeye felt ashamed. Only now did he truly realize how terrifying the gap was between himself and his team leader, Bullet. Bullet was a gun expert, and so was Hawkeye. However, Bullet, a disabled man, had become the leader of the Dragon Team, while Hawkeye was just an ordinary member. This made Hawkeye feel resentful and unconvinced by Bullet.
But now... Hawkeye has to admit defeat. After all, 300 meters is neither close nor far, which is already within the range where snipers like them can dominate.
But... Hawkeye had already tried several times. He fired twelve shots in a row, and ten of them hit the gun barrels protruding from the wall of the opposite building, but not a single bullet actually went through the barrel.
Of course... this is also related to the fact that the caliber of the sniper rifle bullets used by Hawkeye is larger than that of the pistol bullets. However, Hawkeye was still extremely ashamed because he knew that even if he were given a small-caliber rifle or pistol now, even if he would not embarrass himself like before, he would definitely not be able to achieve the same level of accuracy as the bullet team leader.
No wonder they're both gun users, but Bullet became the leader of the Dragon Group, while Hawkeye is just a lowly member...
"Damn it." Just as Bullet had fired more than twenty shots in a row, each hitting its target and crippling the enemy's weapon, and was about to continue expanding their gains, they suddenly heard the blind boy beside them exclaim softly, "Someone has brought out two heavy boxes from the basement. It looks like they're full of guns and weapons. They're... they're going to get new guns... Sure enough... those guns that were destroyed but the gunmen who weren't injured have all gone there to get new guns. Sister Bullet... this won't work... unless we can destroy all the guns on that wall in an instant, so the enemy doesn't have time to replace them, otherwise... as long as they have enough guns to replace, we can only continue this stalemate with them."
The blind child's hearing was incredibly sharp. Even amidst a hail of bullets, with the two locations more than 300 meters apart, she could still clearly hear some of the sounds coming from the small building. Therefore, the blind child's main task in such a battle was to gather various key information from the battlefield.
Upon hearing this, Zidan paused slightly, his hand moving as well. He then gritted his teeth and said fiercely, "Attention everyone, fire at full speed at the lakeside pavilion... If we still can't break through this defense line in fifteen minutes, then... we'll have to retreat temporarily."
She was also very unwilling when she made this decision, but as the leader of an elite special forces team, although she had her own honor and pride, she was by no means a stubborn person. She would never risk the lives of the Dragon Group members just to maintain the Dragon Group's 100% mission completion rate.
To knowingly do something that is impossible is not courage, but utter ignorance.
Upon hearing Bullet's order, the other Dragon Group members fell silent. They knew very well that Bullet's order was essentially no different from a direct order to retreat.
This is an absolute disgrace for the Dragon Group, which has maintained a 100% mission completion rate for many years. It is a disgrace that all members of the Dragon Group can never recover from.
Moreover, each of them knew that this humiliation was caused by the incompetence of their team members. If... if each of them possessed marksmanship as formidable as Bullet's, and could use this burst-fire technique to cripple every enemy gun with perfect accuracy, then they would have had a sufficient chance to break through this obstacle in an instant. But now... apart from Bullet, no one else could hone their marksmanship to such a level of mastery, not even Hawkeye, who was equally skilled in marksmanship. At this moment, they naturally became the ones who dragged the team down, and they naturally felt immense shame and guilt.
After the order to fire was given, apart from Hawkeye firing a few shots in a row, no one else showed any intention of obeying the order to fire indiscriminately. They understood that firing at this point would only waste bullets and serve to relieve their frustration with the hysterical gunfire.
However, he also knew that if they fired a burst of bullets randomly at this moment and still couldn't even cripple a single enemy soldier, then they would only feel increasingly frustrated.
"I'll do it! Everyone get ready to storm the building..."
Just as the crowd was feeling depressed, Zhou Ziwei suddenly turned around and emerged from behind the tall and thin Long Wu, then reached out and took the automatic rifle that Long Wu was carrying on his shoulder.
Normally, all members of the Dragon Group should be equipped with an automatic rifle, but there are two exceptions: Zhou Ziwei and the blind boy. The reason is simple... mainly because neither of them is as tall as the rifle. If they were to carry such a long gun, they would probably have difficulty walking. Therefore, each of them is only equipped with two pistols... Of course, they are only equipped with ordinary standard-issue pistols, the kind with a basic effective range of only fifty or sixty meters. If they were to use these guns to shoot at a target three hundred meters away, they might as well just pick up a few pebbles from the ground...
Zhou Ziwei originally wanted to blend in with the Dragon Group members, as long as he could successfully retrieve or destroy the three water spirit seeds. He had little intention of showing off in front of these people.
However, it seems that... he has no choice but to make a scene. Of course... even without a gun, he could easily take care of everyone in that building, but... that would make too much of a scene.
Zhou Ziwei grabbed the automatic rifle from Long Wu, which was longer than Long Wu's current height, and then skillfully removed the magazine, tossed it aside, quickly pulled a new magazine from Long Wu's waist, and replaced it before slowly raising the muzzle to aim at the small building opposite...
Volume 3, King of the City, Chapter 521: Unfailing Shots
"What did that child just say? I... I don't think I heard him clearly."
Gunpowder barrel was hiding behind a bunker not far from Long Wu. After hearing what Zhou Ziwei said, his hands trembled and he almost detonated a bomb in his hand. As a result, the cannon barrel that was hiding next to him simply fell down behind a broken wall.
After a long while, when he still hadn't heard the bomb explode, he got up, still feeling uneasy, but he refused to hide with the madman any longer.
Originally, Gunpowder Barrel wanted to move to a different spot, as far away from this madman as possible, but before he could slip away, Gunpowder Barrel grabbed him from behind and asked him that question.
"Are you talking about the prodigy deputy leader?" Cannon replied casually, "He seemed to be telling us to prepare to rush into the small building... Ah... He... He actually wants us to brave a hail of bullets to rush into the small building? Is he crazy? Or... does he think we're all idiots?"
The cannon barrel was so terrified by the gunpowder barrel that it hadn't paid attention to what Zhou Ziwei had said. But when it subconsciously answered the gunpowder barrel's question, it startled itself.
Gunpowder Keg curled his lip, his face full of disdain, and said, "I don't think he necessarily wants us to brave a hail of bullets and charge into the building, but... well..." Gunpowder Keg pointed at Zhou Ziwei, who was slowly raising his automatic rifle, and sneered, "I think he means... he can quickly cripple and silence all the gunmen in the building, and then we should rush over as soon as he succeeds... Damn... where did this brat come from? Is he born with some kind of brain problem? Even the bullet team leader's marksmanship can't do this, and even Hawkeye can't help much. Does he think he's Ultraman or something?"