Players Invade Cyberpunk-Chapter 840 - 271: Adam’s Hammer and Information Warfare_3

But the Netherworld Dog isn't just sitting idly by. Although they haven't established an information-based army, they won't stupidly watch the drones in the sky without doing anything. Netherworld Dog has its own drone warfare unit, and soon, several Huangban Octants took off with a batch of combat drones, beginning to clean up those illegally airborne unknown drones.

However, players who already have experience in conflicts with the Big Goose and Second Goose have long prepared massive FPV suicide drones. While the military-industrial enterprises in this world are trying their best to refine and complicate weapons, wanting to equip a gun with a thousand functions and parts, the players opted for simplification.

Why bother with all the bells and whistles?

Blast them to bits!

Swarms of drones launched from the containers parked outside Dog Town, swarming over the high walls that Hansen painstakingly rebuilt.

Some Dog Town residents, unaware of what was happening, heard unusual noises from the sky. Looking up, they saw a large number of black dots streaking across the sky above them.

One resident, confused, remarked,

"Are those birds? Since when did Night City have so many birds?"

Another resident with more advanced artificial eyes cursed,

"Birds, my ass! Those are drones!"

Some reckless Dog Town residents tried to shoot down a few drones, but after a few drones crashed and erupted into deadly fireworks, nobody dared to mess with them anymore.

Like a flock of sparrows, they swarmed the heavens. The Netherworld Dog attack drones initially prepared to hunt reconnaissance drones were immediately surrounded. Although equipped with machine guns and small rockets, making them more expensive, their speed wasn't any faster and they were quickly engulfed in explosive flames.

A technician at the Netherworld Dog camp looked disbelief at the garbled display on the terminal, taking a long time before swearing,

"Shit! Do those bastards' drones cost nothing?"

Hansen's top aide Murphy immediately asked upon hearing this,

"How many drones did they deploy?"

"Three hundred?"

"No, I think there are at least a thousand."

"????"

Murphy looked incredulous, but in reality, the Dog Town players had deployed a total of 2,300 drones of various types for the battle.

Thanks to the highly developed productivity in this world, the cost of imitating DJI drone 4a parts is only 150 Orokin, and this is when Horizon Corporation hasn't formed a drone industry chain, requiring separate orders for many parts. Complete production autonomy would lower the cost even further.

On the other hand, Netherworld Dog's drones are all purchased, and they were particularly keen on equipping them with machine guns and other weapons.

The more functions, the heavier the drone, the heavier the battery needed, the higher the cost. This vicious cycle meant many drones couldn't even fly above 100 meters, leaving them to be bombarded by the cheap suicide drones overwhelming the sky.

Netherworld Dog obviously can't use anti-aircraft missiles to shoot down drones, right?

Players would laugh themselves awake from dreams if that happened.

Rifles and machine guns for anti-aircraft defense are even less practical. Even with artificial eyes for aid, hitting a drone 600 meters high is a fantasy. Besides, shooting down a few won't make any difference.

These drones even compensated for the lack of artillery for the players in Night City to some extent. Just goes to show the benefits of cheap options.

However, even more brutal blows are yet to come.

A group of brothers, donned in cockroach armor, were infiltrating the periphery with a team worth 50 bucks, when their view was suddenly alerted by the Sky Net,

"14 soldiers are stationed at the street corner 50 meters ahead, with a firepoint set up in the building on the second floor to the left."

The brother: "Sky Net, give me a countdown of 3 seconds and prepare to blow up the firepoint. You three, go behind the wall on that side to flank them, ready to suppress with fire."

"3, 2, 1."

The countdown ended, and two FPV suicide drones descended from high altitude. As the fireman focused their attention around the street, they plunged into the building from above.

After a roar, the Netherworld Dog in the second-floor building went out.

"What?"

Several Netherworld Dog soldiers, still looking up at the suddenly exploding second floor, were suddenly shot at by several cockroach heads emerging and firing at them from across the street.

Following the massive expansion at the Kangtao factory, the rifles in players' hands underwent their second upgrade. Though large-scale deployment of electromagnetic rifles was currently unavailable, adding two electromagnetic rails to assist the existing rifles to increase bullet velocity was achievable.

Rat-a-tat.

A few gunshots, and bullets penetrated the skulls of two Netherworld Dog soldiers. The rest realized what was happening and immediately pressed forward with fire towards the brothers.

A barrage of bullets forced the players back into cover. Meanwhile, a few close-combat specialized Netherworld Dogs sprinted in preparation for close quarters combat. However, three Hell Divers who had flanked early on emerged from the side, raising their guns and taking aim at the Netherworld Dogs with weak defenses exposed.

A round of metal storm left the Netherworld Dog badly hit. The three sides cooperated seamlessly, easily suppressing an enemy force double their number. The soldiers initially planning to charge were also hastily recalled by their officers, leaving behind seven or eight bodies and retreating in disarray.

After the initial bombings, the players' counterattacks went smoothly. With Sky Net collaboration, they could almost discard their brains used for thinking and fully immerse in combat and slaughter.

Compared to the militarized Netherworld Dog, they seemed more like a modernized army.

Gunfire and explosions constantly echoed throughout Dog Town, with drone aerial bombardments occurring frequently. The Netherworld Dog drone unit was recalled to Gemstone Cyan for defensive support, no longer venturing out. Hansen's preparations for this war seemed far from enough in the face of the players.

Until the robots and players came face to face.