Otherworld Advance Team
Chapter 744 - 737: Countermeasures

Chapter 744: Chapter 737: Countermeasures

"If I’m not mistaken, the Asirens has anti-aircraft capabilities, right?" Luoer asked.

"Correct. The Asirens is equipped with three anti-aircraft gun positions on top, each armed with a 20 mm caliber Erlikon anti-aircraft cannon," Reimer nodded, responding truthfully.

"So, ordinary small-sized aircraft can’t get close at all," Luo’er said, exchanging glances with Cheng Ziang upon hearing this.

"Does the Asirens carry any transport planes or reconnaissance aircraft?" Cheng Ziang pressed.

"No," Reimer glanced at him, then shook his head, "The Asirens is a ground support ship and generally does not carry transport planes and reconnaissance aircraft. Those are only carried by the main battle airships, so we should be grateful that they did not take a main battle airship."

Ronisca’s ground support ships and main battle airships overlap in function, but not in usage. Ground support ships primarily carry out ground support missions, assisting the land forces in suppressing ground strongholds. Main battle airships, on the other hand, do almost everything, not only providing ground firepower support but also deploying troops to capture ground targets.

"Besides," He paused before continuing, "We have currently deployed two reconnaissance aircraft to monitor the Asirens. If they have any aircraft and dare to take off, they’ll surely be shot down by our reconnaissance aircraft."

"So, the mission of our Advance Team now is to somehow get our troops aboard the Asirens and rescue Mu Lansi, right?" Luoer asked.

"Exactly," Reimer affirmed, then took a deep breath and pointed at the blueprints on the table in front of them, "These are the structural blueprints of the Asirens. Take a look and see what we should do."

On the table in front of everyone, were several blueprints of the airship’s structure, detailing even the locations of screws.

Seeing these blueprints, Baiyue was visibly excited, preparing to take a photo with a mechanical camera she retrieved from her waist, but was quickly stopped by Reimer.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I must ask you not to take photos. We have not received authorization to allow you to record the blueprints of the airship. I ask for your understanding," Reimer expressed sincerely. Luoer approved of his words, nodding and then stopping Baiyue, who was a bit carried away.

"I have a question," Hu Daoke had been holding back for quite a while, he couldn’t help but look at Reimer, "If our Advance Team encounters any resistance from the crew when we board the Asirens, does that mean we can take them down?"

"Naturally," Hearing him, Reimer paused for a moment before nodding reluctantly, "But I would still ask you, personally, to avoid harming others. After all, they are all soldiers of Ronisca. Giving them another chance to turn over a new leaf is better than having to recruit new people."

"The first step to solving the problem is to deal with the three anti-aircraft positions on the Asirens. Without removing them, not to mention the inability to carry out subsequent actions, even getting close to the Asirens will be an unattainable luxury," said Cheng Ziang, bending over and tapping on the blueprints on the table with his finger.

Since these devices were specifically designed for dwarves, they only meet the standards of the dwarves. For tall and sturdy people like Cheng Ziang, there is no difference between the blueprints being on the table and being on the floor.

"I’ve been thinking the same," Reimer looked at Cheng Ziang and nodded, "I’ve considered ordering the reconnaissance aircraft to carry weapons and completely destroy the three anti-aircraft positions. But, I’m worried it could provoke the pirates on the ship and put Lord Mu Lansi in danger."

"But if we don’t get rid of these, we simply can’t get close to the Asirens," Cheng Ziang folded his arms, "The Asirens is a ground-support ship. Approaching from the bottom will undoubtedly result in being riddled with bullets due to the ground firepower. The only option is to strike from above, but then these three anti-aircraft positions become necessary targets we need to resolve."

As he spoke, he turned to look at Luoer who was lost in thought, and couldn’t help but ask: "Luoer, do you have any suggestions?"

"To be honest, I don’t have a particularly good plan either," Luoer furrowed his brows and pondered, "The problem is the pirates have taken Mu Lansi hostage, and our primary goal is to rescue him. No matter what, we shouldn’t alert the gang and risk something happening to him."

"We can strike at night!" Just as all were immersed in thought, Baiyue, who had been studying the blueprints for a long time, suddenly came up with a suggestion.

"You have a plan?" Hearing her words, Cheng Ziang’s eyes lit up, he excitedly asked.

"Our primary objective is to bypass the antiaircraft position and then carry out the boarding plan, right?" Baiyue asked, scanning everyone in the room.

"Yes, only by taking out the antiaircraft position do we stand a chance of boarding and executing the rescue plan," Luoer nodded in response.

"That means, if the antiaircraft position is incapacitated, we’ll have a chance to board, right?" Baiyue asked, pointing to one of the antiaircraft points on the back of the Asirens.

"Do you have a plan?" Luoer asked.

"Yes," Baiyue nodded, then said in a steady voice, "We can get as close as possible to the Asirens under the cover of night, then disable the antiaircraft position we need through sniping. Next, we can have a transport plane carrying assault team members land in our designated area and execute the rescue mission."

"But that’s pretty difficult, since we don’t have any night vision gear," Cheng Ziang and Luoer exchanged glances, skeptically questioning.

"We can use the backplate memory for that. The positions of the antiaircraft guns are fixed. As long as we can pinpoint the positions of the guns, we can approximately locate the gunners," Baiyue said confidently.

"How do you plan to carry out the sniping?" Cheng Ziang asked.

"I plan to take a transport plane to the side of the Asirens, and then snipe the antiaircraft position from within the aircraft," Baiyue explained, gesticulating as she spoke.

"That’s extremely difficult. If you’re discovered by the antiaircraft position, you all will be in great danger," Cheng Ziang said, looking over at Luoer.

"That’s why we need the cover of night," Baiyue retorted.

"What do you think?" Hearing her, Cheng Ziang turned to Luoer and asked.

"Can you ensure a 100% hit rate with this highly difficult sniping?" Luoer asked with a stern face. He knew very well that if Baiyue missed and alerted the antiaircraft position, the consequences would be disastrous.

"I can’t promise 100%, but I can guarantee a high hit rate," Baiyue answered truthfully.

"If we can break through the antiaircraft position, we can send people to infiltrate the Asirens without having to completely destroy the antiaircraft position," Reimer reasoned.

"I have another question," Cheng Ziang started, looking at Reimer.

"Please go ahead!" Reimer replied respectfully.

"We need to know whether Mu Lansi is currently on board the Asirens and whether he’s alive or not. The most important factor in special operations is intelligence. If, and I do mean if, these people have killed Mu Lansi, then our risky effort to send people up there would be wasted if we only manage to rescue a corpse— an effort wasted in vain," Cheng Ziang reasoned.

"You make a good point," Reimer agreed with Cheng Ziang’s reasoning.

"Perhaps," Reimer meditated for a moment, then said, "when daylight comes, I’ll send a letter to the Asirens. In it, I’ll demand they reveal the kidnapped Mu Lansi in order to stop us from shooting down the Asirens. If Mu Lansi has indeed been killed, we can just launch an attack and bring down the Asirens."

"You can still communicate with the Asirens?" Upon hearing Reimer’s words, Luoer was taken aback and couldn’t help but ask.

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