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Chapter 783: Chapter 681 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) (Please subscribe!)_1
Just ten minutes after the incident.
Tang Qing received the news not because the Command Room was incompetent or the satellite was blind, but because Chai Ren’s security level was not high enough to warrant constant satellite surveillance, which provided twenty-four-hour security. That was reserved for Tang Qing and his family.
Given Chai Ren’s level and his membership registration in ’Tongtian’,
He was entitled to passive protection.
Therefore,
Chai Ren’s safety status was confirmed every fifteen minutes.
Upon receiving the news, Tang Qing quickly packed up his sketchbook, asked the class president for a leave and hurriedly left the classroom.
Exiting the school,
He got into a car parked by the street.
And swiftly entered the Command Room.
"Tang Yi, how is the investigation going?" Tang Qing asked anxiously.
Tang Yi responded, "Commander, we can only confirm who kidnaped Chai Ren for now. The reason is still unknown. We have taken over all the radio signals within the Congo Gold territory. If they communicate via radio, we should soon understand why."
Tang Qing knitted his brow,
As he observed the information about the kidnappers.
They were from a tribe in the southern part of Congo Gold. They controlled a small town about 150 kilometers away from the Iron Mine, crossing through multiple territories. They had essentially carried out a cross-territorial operation.
Usually, tribal people would not do something like this.
They would be in trouble if they profit from crossing territories.
Their chosen route suggested that they did not bribe the forces along the way. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have chosen to go the back way. There had been no past dealings between the tribe’s leader and Chai Ren.
Tang Qing sniffed a whiff of conspiracy.
Regardless of who it may be,
Daring to mess with his company,
Stealing my Potassium Transport Vehicles, kidnapping my people, there will be a price to pay.
"Tang Yi, tell the folks at Black Prison Operations to hurry up. Nothing can happen to Chai Ren - no, nothing can happen to any Chinese person inside. Deploy the closest Combat Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and prepare for attack at any moment." Tang Qing commanded.
"Yes, Commander." Tang Yi agreed.
And turned around to give the order.
...
Congo Gold.
In the eastern rainforest.
This place was seldom visited by outsiders, because a sizable cannibalistic tribe lived in the jungle. Hundreds of them. The dense jungle blocked out the sun. Everything remained in its primitive state.
Deep in the forest,
A brown rocky mountain where not even birds would dare to nest.
There were many caves on the mountain.
Suddenly,
From one of the dark caves,
A silver, round drone head slowly emerged, gleaming in the sunlight.
When military equipment was made available in the Mall, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) were included. Capable of combat as soon as they are launched. However, these UAVs were used by various countries’ militaries. Tang Qing did not like their design, so he asked the scientists to design drones specifically for his use.
The main goal was to address situations where swift support could not be provided. After all, his soldiers couldn’t fly. This equipment can perfectly fill in for them.
Thus,
The TH-1 Combat UAV was born.
It has the same dual purpose as other military UAVs – reconnaissance and combat use.
To fit the unmanned drones, Tang Qing asked scientists to decrease the size significantly while maintaining most of the weapon’s power. With the efforts of these top scientists, the power of the TH-1 even surprised Tang Qing.
In its 2.3-meter body,
There are thirty-two air-to-ground dual-purpose smart shells with only three centimeters in diameter and twenty centimeters long. Any Potassium Transport Vehicle is basically destroyed with a single shot. Among them, two are EMP, electromagnetic pulse bombs, with a range of five hundred meters.
Underneath the fuselage is a gun barrel with a capacity of five hundred rounds. Along with Little Two’s ballistics calculations, no shots would be wasted. While it has strong reconnaissance capabilities, its firepower is as efficient as a fighter aircraft’s, if not stronger.
The cost of a UAV is close to one-fifth of the cost of a fighter aircraft, which only accounts for the material cost, not including research and development investment. The most expensive part is its small power engine, capable of vertical takeoff and hover.
Such objects,
Tang Qing crazily placed one or two in almost every African country. Fortunately, the Mall charges a small fee for the scientists’ designs, and the exchange price is only thirty percent higher than the material cost.
Whoosh...
The engine started,
Causing a gale in the cave.
"Clack clack clack... Boom..." The entire UAV was catapulted out. Despite being capable of vertical takeoff, a catapult was designed from the beginning for use in some special environments.
Just as it was landing,
The main engine suddenly increased output. A blue light flashed.
The UAV sped away like an arrow leaving its bowstring.
It disappeared into the sky.
While the one in the sky was dispatched,
The ones on the ground obviously would not be left behind.
At the same time,
The capital of Congo Gold,
At Kinshasa,
Within a villa in the suburbs, five cars drove out in a line, each occupied by stern-looking black men, their muscular bodies and sunglasses evoking an overwhelming presence.
Rumble...
Once they left Kinshasa,
The five cars suddenly accelerated to the max, maneuvering through traffic.
At the moment the UAV was launched,
Tang Qing identified through the satellite that the convoy turned onto a small road and arrived at a deserted village. It was supposed to be deserted, as previous data collection had marked it as uninhabited.
However,
Two vehicles were waiting where there should have been no one.
The convoy stopped outside the village.
What were they doing?
Tang Qing had thought they would be taken to their territory.
...
Inside the village.
The convoy slowly came to a halt,
Chai Ren was roughly pulled off the vehicle,
Stumbling and falling directly to the ground, covered in dust.
Chai Ren gave a bitter smile.
He didn’t think he would see this day.
Struggling to his feet, one large black man grabbed each of his arms, leading him into a dome-shaped wooden house. His bodyguard and other company employees were suppressed and made to squat under the sun.
The moment he entered the wooden house,
Chai Ren saw a prominent middle-aged black man sitting on a folding chair, his eyes flashing menacingly. He was looking at Chai Ren with an amused and sinister smile, like one would look at a piece of prey, or rather, a dead object.
"Hello, Mister Chai Ren." The middle-aged man said coldly.
Chai Ren felt a twinge in his heart.
This tone, he knew him, he didn’t seem like someone who wanted money.
"Hello, may I ask who you are?" inquired Chai Ren.
"Let me introduce myself, my name is Mulaiel. You may not know me, but do you remember Karonba? He’s my nephew, and Karul." Mulaiel spoke slowy,
Karonba?
Chai Ren instantly remembered.
That was the last tribal leader who had taken over the Iron Mine, and Karul was Karonba’s brother.
However,
Both of them were now dead.
Chai Ren felt that today’s matter was not about money.
He might even lose his life here.
