You Have a Day Like This Too

The drone in the sky naturally spotted Regimental Commander Kang's group the moment they left the cover of the woods, and the live footage was immediately transmitted to the Special Operations Brigade command center dozens, even hundreds, of kilometers away.

"Oh? Looks like Old Kang's having bad luck. He's injured." Fan Tian Lei immediately laughed when he saw the footage.

The military drone's optical reconnaissance equipment was extremely high-definition, so it was easy to see that something was clearly wrong with Regimental Commander Kang's hand.

But before his smile could fade, Old Kang, Regimental Commander Kang, stretched out his good hand and made a fierce gesture at Fan Tian Lei.

First, he ran his thumb across his own throat, then gave two downward thumbs.

The gesture was clearly mocking their decapitation tactic.

"Hahaha... I have to say, Old Kang is pretty interesting." Fan Tian Lei paid it no mind and burst out laughing.

Chen Shan Ming beside him could not help laughing as well.

"Come on, give them something exciting to watch. Scare them a little," Fan Tian Lei immediately said.

Naturally, the drone's missiles could not actually be used to bomb their own allies. This was an exercise, after all. But it was fine to scare them and give them a little excitement.

"Yes!" A Special Forces Soldier behind them immediately answered with a grin, then began operating the computer in his hands to issue the command.

In truth, he was only issuing the command. He was not the one operating the drone. Remote drone operation was not done with a keyboard, but through controls similar to those of a real aircraft.

Moreover, operating drones required specialized training.

For the time being, the Special Forces had not begun such training, since the odds of Special Forces Soldiers personally operating drones were far too low.

Because drones were all remotely controlled, and remote control meant safety. They were operated by communications units far behind the front lines.

Sure enough, after they gave the order, the drone in the sky immediately made a wide turn in midair, then flew straight toward the people on the ground. A small air-to-ground missile beneath its wing locked onto the cliff and blasted toward it.

With a thunderous BOOM!, Old Kang and his troops on the cliff scattered in panic to take cover.

"Hahaha..." Fan Tian Lei immediately delighted in it. This felt fantastic. Let's see you act tough with me now, Old Kang.

However, when he saw Old Kang's group scramble for cover, then get back up and openly provoke them—even making that internationally recognized gesture—Fan Tian Lei laughed even harder. Old Kang was obviously really pissed now. Next time they drank together, he could mock him over it.

"You're still provoking me? Give them another one," Fan Tian Lei said with a smile.

"Yes!" The man behind him immediately got to work.

From the footage, it was clear that the drone once again made a wide turn in the sky before lining up on the group below. Once it dove to a certain distance, it would launch another missile.

Fan Tian Lei and Chen Shan Ming watched the screen with cheerful smiles.

Just as the drone was about to fire its missile, the image before them suddenly shook. Then the entire screen instantly turned white. Fan Tian Lei and Chen Shan Ming froze at the sight.

"What happened?!" A terrible feeling surged up in Fan Tian Lei's heart, because he seemed to have seen something like this before.

The Special Forces Soldier behind him who was responsible for issuing commands immediately operated the computer at high speed. A few seconds later, he stood up with a strange expression and loudly reported, "Report! Um... the feedback says the drone was hit by a Large Caliber Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle. The missile detonated, and the drone crashed."

Fan Tian Lei was completely dumbfounded. A Large Caliber Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle? A drone?! Were they screwing with him?

This was not some DJI drone from the civilian market. This was a military drone!

Its speed might not have matched that of a Fighter Jet, but its cruising speed was still close to 300 kilometers per hour!

And they were telling him a sniper rifle could hit a drone like that?!

Even if the drone's flight path was relatively fixed while diving, it was still almost impossible!

After all, its dive path could not possibly be the same as before, meaning the sniper would have to recalculate everything.

So, in perhaps less than ten seconds during the dive, the sniper had calculated the distance, wind direction, relative velocity, and lead time before firing? And from the sound of it, he had even hit the damn missile?

Fine, even if he had not hit the missile, hitting any part of it would have been enough for that sniper to brag about forever!

This was not one of those trashy anti-Japanese war dramas! This was reality!

When Large Caliber Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifles were invented, they did indeed have the capability to attack aircraft, but that mostly referred to planes parked at airfields, where they could be damaged on the ground.

There were indeed real-world records of Large Caliber Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifles shooting down helicopters.

But that was when the helicopter was hovering in midair, and even then, they could not hit just anywhere. They had to hit the rotor assembly. Otherwise, the armor protection on most helicopters could withstand 12.7mm sniper rounds just fine.

And what had he just heard?

A jet-powered drone had actually been shot down by a sniper rifle?

And... it seemed he had just been played?

Fan Tian Lei's face turned green.

"Make preparations. Continue the decapitation operation," Fan Tian Lei immediately ordered with a dark expression.

"Huh? Again? Seriously?" Chen Shan Ming was a little stunned.

"It's real, and it isn't. This time, I'll go personally. Bring my equipment and wait for me at the airfield," Fan Tian Lei said, narrowing his eyes as though he had thought of something.

"Yes!" Chen Shan Ming immediately stood up, turned, and left the command center.

"Hahahaha!" Regimental Commander Kang laughed with unrestrained arrogance.

Watching the drone trail a plume of blue smoke signifying its destruction before turning away and flying off, Regimental Commander Kang stood there with one hand on his hip and laughed.

"Fan Tian Lei, Fan Tian Lei, so you have a day like this too. Just wait—next time we drink, I'll mock you to death." Master Kang laughed so hard that wrinkles formed at the corners of his eyes. He was absolutely delighted.

"Gong Jian!"

"Here!"

"What was that soldier's name just now?" Regimental Commander Kang asked happily.

"Jiang Yan Hai," Gong Jian immediately replied.

"He's Jiang Yan Hai? Commend him, and that Li Er Niu as well. Commend both of them." Regimental Commander Kang waved his hand grandly, in exceptionally high spirits.

"Yes, Commander!" Gong Jian smiled too. Today, they had finally vented their anger viciously. Let those Special Operations Brigade people keep acting so arrogant.

Thanks to K for the 999 Tip. Thank you.