King Of War: Starting with Arms Dealer

Chapter 349 New Toy

The next morning, Eric delivered the Springblade Drones and the automatic weapon towers he had promised.

This guy was very meticulous about his work. When Joe Ga received the goods, the launch boxes for the Springblade Drone 300 and 600 models had already been placed in the back of a GMC pickup truck, and he had even added a cover with great care.

The automatic weapon towers, on the other hand, were mounted on a 6-wheel Dodge pickup truck, which also had an automatic flip cover in the back. When in use, the automatic weapon tower would rise from the back of the truck and could be operated by someone in the passenger seat or even from a neighboring vehicle using a smartphone.

When Joe Ga saw the weapon tower at the show, he had only noticed the tower and hadn't paid much attention to the matching vehicles. Now that he saw the actual product, he found it incredibly cool.

That was the genius design of non-professionals: regardless of how practical it was, the first step was to make its overall appearance cool, then, based on conclusions drawn from their gaming experience, they'd equip the automatic weapon system with a gamified operating system.

Joe Ga mounted an M47 automatic grenade launcher, provided by Eric, onto the weapon tower and tried it out using a 'three-proof' smartphone that came with an added shock-resistant case.

It was extremely easy to use!!

The 'War God' automatic weapon tower came with an omnidirectional probe, infrared detection, range finding, ballistic computing, and even a fire control system that could program grenades by setting the explosion distance and height for 40mm grenades.

The M47 automatic grenade launcher came with its ammo box that could hold 48 grenades, but if you used the ammo box provided for the automatic weapon station, it could hold 96.

Joe Ga had Sanderson drive the Dodge pickup into the wilderness, while he stood on the porch of the safe house himself, picking a target 1 kilometer away to try it out.

The accuracy of the grenade launcher was surprisingly good; three consecutive rounds could hit within a radius of about 10 meters, and the shooting accuracy improved significantly when the shooting distance was reduced.

Also, the ammunition programming was very simple—everything had been 'idiot-proofed' by a bunch of 'geniuses'.

Of course, this shooting program also had obvious weaknesses, such as a low resistance to interference and not particularly advanced encryption programs.

This type of 'toy' used for fighting with a smartphone could 'switch sides' if it encountered top-notch hackers.

Therefore, only non-professional users like Joe Ga would like this kind of thing; the military would definitely trust the products of mature companies more. The operation might not be as simple, but humans can be trained, and safety and cost-effectiveness are the most important.

However, Joe Ga really didn't care. The weapon tower itself was a mature tool, the M47 was a mature weapon, and he would soon have his own communication network, plus he had a decent hacker to help design the encryption program.

If he really faced electronic countermeasure forces of the five major bully levels, there was no need to be tough. Even if the airships were advanced, they would just be a round of play for the opponents; the right choice would be to surrender or flee when that moment came. As for others...

It would definitely be sufficient!!

Joe Ga was starting to have a new respect for Eric...

Both pickups were armored vehicles. The Dodge was just an armored vehicle modified by a Canadian company, not too professional, but looking at the 4-centimeter-thick glass on the windows of the GMC pickup Eric provided, you could tell how much it could withstand.

Inside the two launch boxes, one launched Springblade 300 and the other Springblade 600, with six and four drones, respectively.

With ten of the most advanced suicide drones, Joe Ga felt that it should be enough to take down whoever they wanted.

After testing everything, the seven of them in four cars drove 200 kilometers to the outskirts of 'Ogen Town'.

They arrived around noontime, and Sanderson and Waters went in in disguise to do reconnaissance, while Joe Ga and Ayu accompanied Nis into the town from another direction to look for a suitable sniping spot.

Estelle stayed behind with 'Pliers,' watching as she used the drones Joe Ga provided to take to the skies, offering offsite support to the two groups who had set off.

Compared to Antar, 'Pliers' could only be said to know how to use drones. He had many issues with his judgment of the overall situation and distribution of attention, but this also opened Estelle's eyes.

Just these professionals taking a turn inside the project area was enough to set up a retreat route.

As Sanderson and Waters drove past the target house, they didn't stop at all. Under the drug dealer's sinister gaze, they seemed like tourists who had taken a wrong turn and quickly left the community.

Sanderson and his team searched for their people's escape routes, while 'Pliers' used the drones to mark several directions the enemies might retreat toward when under attack, then set up coordinates directly.

When the time came, a simple call would enable them to bomb the escaping targets with grenades.

Meanwhile, Joe Ga and his group drove around the outskirts of the town and then took another turn inside the town...

Ogen really couldn't be considered a small town; by American standards, its size would qualify it as a small city.

The business district here was unexpectedly developed, with a large shopping center and a street lined with shops on both sides dividing the town in half.

To the north were mostly locals or people with residency permits; the neighborhoods there looked like the typical middle-class style from the outside.

But the south side was not so accommodating; it was a mess of unauthorized and shabby construction, grimy and disordered, with the streets swarming with large numbers of Mexican gang members and their families, alongside droves of illegal immigrants.

According to American tradition, police avoided such places; first, because the people there hardly paid taxes, so resources for policing were not allotted to them.

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The second reason was the 'hostility' there was too intense; police would not venture into such areas unless it was for a case, otherwise, they simply didn't want to go there.

It was precisely the police's 'blind eye' that led to the prevalence of gangs, which ultimately created a vicious cycle.

This situation was common in most American cities, with New York having many similar crime-ridden areas.

It was Joe Ga's first time encountering a scene where a single street could feel like the divide between heaven and hell.

A smooth dual carriageway with four lanes in each direction; to the north, police patrolled, the storefronts were decent, groups of women lingered in the cafés, then visited clothing and jewelry stores, finally heading home with their purchases.

On the south side, there were mainly low-end eateries, second-hand electronics stores, and convenience stores. Illegal immigrants hurried along, fearing to be stopped by the police; the gang members, too, did not deliberately provoke the police or pedestrians across the street.

The local population seemed to have grown accustomed to this bizarre situation as if nobody thought there was anything wrong with it.

Joe Ga parked at a bakery on the north side, bought a dozen overly sweet doughnuts and a few cups of coffee, and after making small talk with the cashier, he left and returned to his vehicle.

Then the car drove to the end of the street, exiting the town and turning onto a small road that soon led to a hillside overlooking half the town.

Joe Ga stopped the car and walked to the top of the hill, using a laser rangefinder to measure the distance between there and the target community...

"What do you think of this spot?"

Nis looked at Joe Ga; she couldn't remember when he had become so meticulous, but she was enjoying this new attention to detail.

Only after Joe Ga asked a second time did Nis nod, saying, "This place is good, I'll move 80 meters to the right side; from there, I can see the street you'll use to withdraw.

I can cover you from the east while you pull out."

Joe Ga nodded and said, "You know more about this than I do. I checked up on the Seta Group—they might have heavy weapons, so be careful.

I'll have Estelle and Pincers stay here; with grenades and drone cover, even if someone spots you, you should be able to hold them off."

Nis, looking at the 'amateur' Joe Ga, shook her head seriously, saying, "This is my area of expertise. If I'm the one who needs protecting, why should I even come out with you?"

After listening, Joe Ga helplessly nodded and said, "Just be careful, okay?"

......

Meanwhile, inside the house Joe Ga and his team were targeting, an Englishman in a plaid shirt and jeans nervously paced back and forth in the living room.

The Englishman checked his watch for the third time in 15 minutes, then, with annoyance, turned to a smiley, moustached gunman sitting on the couch laughing at the television, "It's time, why hasn't that 'Coyote' contacted us?"

The moustached gunman, who was just watching a particularly funny part of the talk show, laughed heartily as he shoved a handful of popcorn into his mouth and washed it down with a gulp of beer before looking at the Englishman and saying, "What did you just say?"

The Englishman, growing impatient, said, "I said it's already noon; why hasn't that 'Coyote' called yet?"

The moustached gunman glanced at the clock and replied in confusion, "It's only been fifteen minutes; maybe he drank too much last night or smoked too much, it's totally normal!"

The Englishman was the Glorious Society's 'Shadow Messenger'. Once an English field agent, he was retired for some special reasons, and then joined the Glorious Society to make money.

The situation he faced was dire, and he had not expected that stealing content from the FBI to avoid punishment would stir up such a strong response.

Initially, his plan was to leverage information from the 'Witness Protection Program' to establish connections with Seta and Jalisco, exploiting their weakness of not having a stable supply chain, and to forge a new route for the Glorious Society.

After losing their ground in the east, he needed to open a new route in the west in order to maintain his position within the Glorious Society. He also needed cover from the drug cartels to slip away from America unnoticed.

In Los Angeles, he purposely made a mistake and passed the hot potato to another group. By diverting Eric's attention there, he facilitated his own escape through Texas.

But he could never have the imagined that the man Jalisco had sent to pick him up would run into Joe Ga head-on.

Seeing the apathetic protection arranged by Seta, the Shadow Messenger had a foreboding feeling. In his anger, he dialed the phone of Jalisco's new boss...

"Where are your people?"