Global Catastrophe: I Became the World Tree-Chapter 271 - 194: Heavy Weapons Enter the Stage_1

At this moment inside the restricted zone, not a single living creature could be seen, yet the atmosphere on the military’s side was growing ever more serious.

"Five minutes have passed." Dong Ming glanced at the time and said in a low voice.

If their previous attacks had indeed been probing ones, then what followed would be a storm.

Bai Yinghui nodded and checked the time, saying, "I hope they wait a bit longer; my reinforcement troops will arrive in a few minutes."

Upon detecting abnormalities in the restricted zone, Bai Yinghui, Dong Ming, and Fang Wei all immediately called for reinforcements at the first opportunity.

The troops from Yang City, being the closest, would take at most 10 minutes to arrive here at full speed, especially now that the roads were clear of traffic.

The reason they hadn’t arrived yet was mainly due to the time taken to prepare weapons.

After all, against Five Six Order enemies, ordinary firearms were almost useless; they needed a massive amount of heavy machine guns and rocket shells to arm the soldiers.

Even the logistics department had but a limited supply of these items, and they had to hastily dismantle the heavy machine guns from the city walls to scrape together enough.

Though the heavy machine guns on the city walls were designed to be detachable from the very beginning, this still required time.

"Then my reinforcement troops should arrive a step ahead of yours," said Fang Wei at this point.

Hearing this, the two men were a little surprised since the provincial military district should be the farthest away.

But they soon thought of something.

Right then, a low humming sound came from the distance.

The two immediately opened the observation port of the command vehicle and instantly saw that in the distance there were no fewer than a hundred armed helicopters flying towards them.

Seeing this spectacle, many of the soldiers at the position let out cheers of joy; it was only such heavy weaponry that could offer them ample security.

Soon, the hundred armed helicopters hovered above the defense line; then, ropes were lowered, and one after another, soldiers wearing exoskeleton armor slid down.

In no time, a full 1000 elite troops composed of Evolutionists, all clad in exoskeleton armor, had landed on the defense line.

Seeing those exoskeleton suits, both Bai Yinghui and Dong Ming showed looks of envy.

Who wouldn’t covet such new equipment? But envy was futile; though production of this new equipment had already begun, it was not yet widespread, and only the most elite forces were qualified to be outfitted with it.

"Exoskeletons are nothing special, but take a look at the weapons they carry on their backs; those are the real deal. I can’t say for the Sixth Order Beasts, but they should be able to inflict serious damage on Fifth Order Skeletal Creatures," Fang Wei said with a smile.

It was only then that Bai Yinghui and Dong Ming shifted their attention to the soldiers’ equipment.

Indeed, they weren’t equipped with regular weapons; apart from cold weapons hanging at their waists, there was only the gun barrel on their backs—stretching a full 1.5 meters.

"Gun barrel" was the only way to describe it.

Because it was indeed very thick, with an estimated diameter of 70 millimeters at the muzzle.

"What’s that equipment?" Dong Ming couldn’t help asking.

"The First Generation Destroyer Hand Cannon. It weighs 1500 jin (750 kg) and can fire 70mm caliber Armor-Piercing Bullets, Blast Shells, Tungsten Steel Armor-piercing shells, and Depleted Uranium Armor-piercing Bullets. Each shot’s power can be at least half that of a main battle tank," Fang Wei introduced.

"And unlike a main battle tank, it has advantages of faster firing rate and easier mobility."

"Of course, it has its drawbacks as well, notably the terrifying recoil, which can only be withstood by an Evolutionist wearing Exoskeleton Armor," Fang Wei explained.

After the introduction, Bai Yinghui and Dong Ming felt as if they were drooling.

What did this mean?

It meant there were effectively a thousand weakened main battle tanks on the field!

"What’s the firing rate of those Destroyer Hand Cannons?" Bai Yinghui inquired.

After all, whether a weapon can cause significant damage depends not only on its power but also on the speed of attack.

Hearing the question, Fang Wei’s lips curled into a slight smile. He had previously mentioned that compared to main battle tanks, the greatest advantage of the Destroyer Hand Cannon was not only in its mobility but also its speed of attack.

Mobility was easy to understand; even if a main battle tank were fast, it wouldn’t outspeed everything, and aiming the gun barrel at a target tended to be quite sluggish.

But when Evolutionists wielded hand cannons, it was a different story entirely; even in dense forest warfare, they could move wherever they pleased, and adjusting the gun barrel and aiming at an enemy were much quicker processes.

If you had enough strength, you could aim however you wished.

So, the flexibility of the two couldn’t even be compared.

As for the speed of attack,

Fang Wei introduced with a smile, "You can see the Destroyer Hand Cannon has a magazine. Although it can hold no more than ten bullets, its theoretical rate of fire can reach one bullet per second."

At this answer, Bai Yinghui and Dong Ming inhaled sharply, each spotting the surprise in the other’s eyes.

It’s known that an average main battle tank takes about 6 seconds to load a shell, equating to about ten shots per minute.

But theoretically, these Destroyer Hand Cannons could fire 60 rounds a minute!

Even accounting for the time to swap magazines, they could still achieve about 50 shots per minute. Such a rate of fire was much higher than that of main battle tanks.