Chapter: 3140
“Wait! I remembered something!” Hamid shouted excitedly. “Brother, get ready for my good news!”
After hanging up with Charlie Wade, Hamid sighed, realizing how much inspiration he gained from him. He thought about how the government’s grand recognition of him might actually offer him a chance to grow. If he could win this battle, even when outnumbered, his reputation among the opposition would soar!
He understood that whether this situation would be a blessing in disguise depended on his ability to withstand the attack from the enemy’s eight thousand troops. But he quickly reassured himself, thinking, “No, there are probably only six to seven thousand left now!”
To prepare for the coming assault, Hamid called over his adjutant. “How many drones do we have at our base?” he asked urgently.
The adjutant replied, “We have over 20 drones bought from China. They were cheap, so we got more.”
Hamid continued, “What’s their battery life like?”
The adjutant thought for a moment before responding, “They last about 25 minutes, maybe half an hour at most.”
Hamid nodded. “That’s a bit short, but it will do. Make sure all drones are ready for action. I want at least five drones flying around our base at all times. They need to keep an eye out for any small enemy groups trying to sneak around. If you see anything suspicious, report it to me immediately!”
He added, “And tell the drone pilots to fly higher so the enemy doesn’t notice them!”
The adjutant quickly took note of Hamid’s orders.
The commander quickly took the order and got to work. Soon, five small folding drones flew out of a hole in the reverse slope tunnel. These drones were tiny, about the size of a hand. As soon as they emerged, they climbed high into the sky. Before reaching a height of one or two hundred meters, they became hard to see with the naked eye.
Once the drones reached two to three hundred meters, their rotor noise was almost impossible to hear, especially with all the explosions happening on the battlefield. The enemy lacked advanced radar equipment, so they couldn’t detect these small drones at all.
As the drones flew higher, the ground targets appeared smaller. However, the enemy had a lot of people, making it easy to spot them through the drone’s image feed. At this resolution, unless the enemy broke into small groups of fewer than ten, the drones could easily track them.
Meanwhile, Lu Zhanjun, who was busy organizing his troops before the battle, had no idea that Hamid was closely watching all their movements. He could not have imagined that Hamid was using a set of civilian drones bought from China, each costing less than 10,000 yuan, to achieve such comprehensive surveillance.
The Wanlong Palace had already lost hundreds of fighters right at the start. It was the most devastating defeat the Wanlong Temple had ever faced. Lu Zhanjun hesitated to report this failure to Warlord Chen Zhonglei, focusing instead on finding a way to take down Hamid and save face. After all, Hamid’s old tactics, weapons, and training were not on par with his own.
He felt humiliated after being taken away by hundreds of people, especially since he was trained to be better than ordinary militiamen. Now, he wanted to quickly get Hamid out of his hideout. If he could report back to Chen Zhonglei about the operation and the number of enemies taken down, he might regain some respect.
He focused on the upcoming side detour strategy and decided to lead the team himself. He was determined to catch Hamid off guard!