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Chapter 262 Street Tankers in Florence

Tails couldn't believe that the powerful and reliable knight commander had died under the demons' cannons. No one could imagine it, no one could believe it.

But there was no time for grief. She activated her mecha and immediately crashed into a building. A shell followed, sweeping across the street and destroying several rooms of the house.

Before the Knight Commander's mech was destroyed, she launched all ten missiles from her shoulder without guidance toward the cathedral. Tails saw that the cathedral was mostly collapsed and burning fiercely—one of the missiles was equipped with an incendiary warhead.

"Reverse! Reverse!"

Upon seeing this, the Bayonetta crew immediately reversed. The sound of the mechs destroying buildings echoed through the streets, and they could only do their best to pursue them.

No one knew what the last remaining paladin driver of the church wanted to do. The crew searched frantically, watching the IFF while planning a pursuit route.

Tails drove her mech to blast through the building. She knew that the low-slung tanks would soon catch up and aim their main guns at her.

She had to find a suitable spot and a way to destroy those tanks. Maybe with all the missiles? Maybe from the top?

She blasted open the building again and launched smoke grenades. She quickly saw a low-profile tank appear on the other side. She raised her hand to fire the cannon, leaped up, and a shell whistled past thirty centimeters below her leg thrusters. She rushed forward, but suddenly found a 125mm cannon pointing directly at her from the opposite side.

Unable to brake in time, she veered sharply towards a nearby building. The simple brick and wood structure did not affect the mecha's structure, but it could change her direction of movement. Between the bricks and wood, a fin-stabilized discarding sabot armor-piercing round whistled past, destroying the nearby house.

Unlike humans, when a mech loses balance, using the thrusters to change its attitude is the optimal solution. The automatic calibration program sends instructions to the thrusters, and the entire mech flies out, stabilizing its attitude while advancing.

"Switch to artillery-launched missiles!"

The 9K119 gun-launched missile has stood the test of time and is a powerful anti-armor weapon. The gunner of the "Jeanne d'Arc" crew simply presses a few buttons on the fire control panel, and the rotary loader loads the corresponding shells into the breech.

Tanks rolled over rubble and ruins, and Tails' masterpiece also benefited the crews, as the tanks, with their powerful engines, could also roll over the rubble.

"The IFF isn't working; we're too close!"

Without high-precision positioning satellites, relying solely on the low-precision positioning satellites remaining in orbit, IFF positioning is basically ineffective at this distance. The crew of the "Beunita" simply stopped paying attention to the map, and Huesca Raca opened the commander's hatch and relied on sound to locate the enemy.

"Cannon fire?"

Huesca Laca recognized that it was not any of the artillery pieces he knew that his side possessed.

Tails finally spotted her target: a low-slung tank covered in strips of cloth and branches appeared at her feet. As soon as the saucer-shaped turret appeared, she immediately launched the nine anti-tank rockets that were waiting on her back.

An explosion was heard, but she did not think the tank had been destroyed. These unfamiliar things would not be destroyed easily. She piloted her mech and landed on top of the tank, firing her anti-armor automatic cannon directly at the top of the tank.

She only stepped aside when flames burst from the tank's hatch. Then, the flames grew even larger, and the kinetic energy of the exploding ammunition lifted the turret high into the air.

"Joan of Arc destroyed, repeat, Joan of Arc's crew killed in action!"

"A tough opponent!"

For Alice, this was expected, but the fact that the enemy driver only destroyed it now is enough to prove that the T-90MS-UN's combat capabilities are excellent, and that the tank, designed with the T-72 tank's design language, is excellent enough.

Huesca Laca remained silent. The "Joan of Arc" crew was also one of the best tank crews in the entire army. He gazed at the flames shooting into the sky, then let out a long breath.

"Come on, you are a knight, and so am I."

"We must have vision to launch drones!"

From a small box at the rear of the turret, a tiny machine flew into the sky. During World War III, drones had become an indispensable factor in the war, and the offensive and defensive battles surrounding drones were equally fierce. Each side had its own experience and methods for dealing with drones.

The most important of these is equipping tanks with drone platforms and anti-drone measures.

The drone began to hover 100 meters in the air, and the high-definition camera quickly located Tails' mech. Huesca Raka planned the route.

"Change to 9K119."

Tails navigated the intricate city, the place where she grew up, a place she knew intimately, down to the smallest blade of grass.

She found a slightly open but isolated place. The "little angel" brought her ammunition supplies and armor repairs. The replaceable armor was disassembled and replaced, and the thruster fuel was replenished.

During this brief respite, both sides took a short break. Huesca Laca asked an armored infantryman by the roadside for a pack of cigarettes, a few bottles of soda, and some chocolate. The soldier informed him of Tails's location.

It was a market.

Huesca Laca nodded and ordered the armored infantry to bring their anti-tank weapons and gather as many as possible at the market to fight the tiger together.

The drone locked onto Tails's mech, and the tank spewed smoke as it headed toward its target.

"This is Platinum. Calling Bayonetta, we've found a sniping spot, but there's cover between us and the target. Try to lure the target out."

Upon hearing this, Huesca Laca picked up the radio: "Understood, but you must also prepare for battle. The enemy is experienced, ruthless, and cunning in combat. If we are no match for them, it will be up to you."

The Platinum crew were the kill leader in the entire army, and Huesca Laca knew that if he couldn't complete the mission, they would be the only ones left.

“We know, Bayonetta, Platinum wishes you good luck.”

The streets of Florence fell silent for a moment. Tails knew that the mission to destroy the enemy general might not be accomplished, but she still had the will to survive, to replenish her ammunition, just to get back.

The buildings in Florence are generally not able to support the weight of the mechs, so they can only move on the ground. If you want to leave Florence, you have to be as fast as possible and try not to face enemy tanks.

She didn't know how many tanks were left, but she knew she was the only one left.