However, after her subordinates repeatedly urged her, Jiang Ying naturally couldn't reject them with a dark expression. Calling in an airstrike would take some time. After all, their special forces unit hadn't brought any air support, such as helicopters, on this mission.
But they had clearly come prepared with surveillance-and-strike microdrones.
Before long, a swarm of microdrones appeared, launching a second round of attacks. Their strikes were extremely precise, targeting the area occupied by the remaining enemy forces.
Back in the Sunny Era, an attack of this intensity would probably have been enough to flatten the ground. In fact, the hillside had been blasted beyond recognition, its vegetation shattered and its surface pitted with craters, a complete mess.
But after all that, the results had clearly fallen far short of expectations.
The team members who had been counting on the drones to scour the ground were all crestfallen. Reconnaissance revealed that the bombardment zone contained barely any bodies.
At most, that terrifying barrage seemed to have taken out only two of the enemy.
This outcome was a major blow to the team members who had put their faith in firepower. They all looked dejected, lacking the courage to face Jiang Ying.
Some still found the truth hard to accept and complained, "Mount Dajin is huge. The enemy scattered and fled, so it was hard to cover them with fire."
But others retorted, "Even if they scattered and fled quickly, could they move faster than drones? Faster than bombs? I think we have to change our mindset and stop worshipping firepower. I heard that when the Western Frontier Military Region fought the Bizarre Tree this time, firepower wasn't useless, but it certainly wasn't decisive."
Just like at the high-level meeting, the two sides clashed once more.
This time, though, the side