CHAPTER 1461: 1,442 CHAPTERS: THE PROGRESS OF THE ERA

Gao Yang was beaten into submission and was also quite frustrated.

Even cheating didn’t get him a glimpse of Black Demon. Now Gao Yang understood that if Black Demon really intended to settle everything in the shadows, they would definitely achieve it.

After realizing that cheating was useless, in order to have a proper fight with Black Demon, Gao Yang decisively chose to admit defeat.

Admitting defeat wasn’t embarrassing. Gao Yang’s aim was to help Satan improve, not just to compete blindly. He had worked hard to drag Black Demon into the mud, but if they couldn’t even touch them during the exercises, those would be meaningless, which would be truly embarrassing.

After shouting his surrender, Gao Yang put down his gun and yelled, "Come out, we admit defeat."

Despite shouting several times with no response, Gao Yang, feeling urgent, ashamed, and angry, yelled, "Where are you? Come out! I already said we admit defeat. Now it’s your turn to attack, and we’re defending. Unless we wipe you out over and over, I, I..."

"What will you do?"

Finally, someone spoke. The voice came from behind a building, and soon after, the old man who led Black Demon strolled out slowly. Seeing Gao Yang, the old man smiled faintly and said in a deep voice, "If you can’t wipe us out, what will you do?"

Gao Yang raised his head boldly and said loudly, "We’re defending. If we lose again, you can have it your way!"

The old man rubbed his chin and said, "Saying it’s your way means nothing. I’m too lazy to waste words on useless people like you. You defend, we attack, use whatever you want."

Gao Yang turned his head aside disdainfully and said, "Pah! We won’t use mines, we’ll face you directly. Come on, if you can beat us again, I’ll kneel and call you grandpa."

The old man glanced at Gao Yang with contempt and said, "Hmph, if this were a real battlefield, you’d have died dozens of times by now. I’m waiting for you, now leave and come back in half an hour. We’ll switch positions."

Gao Yang said impatiently, "So troublesome, why wait half an hour when we can switch now?"

The old man coldly replied, "De-mining."

Gao Yang shrugged and said, "Fine, half an hour it is. See you soon."

Half an hour later, Gao Yang and his team entered the core area of the exercise ground, while Black Demon moved to the spot where Satan launched their attack earlier.

With a half-hour preparation time, Satan’s team was already geared up for battle. There was no need for further words, everyone knew their positions and how to deploy the firepower. They were ready, just waiting for Black Demon’s old gang to attack.

Black Demon had a tactical advantage during the attack. Before the exercise, both Satan and Black Demon had entered the ground to familiarize themselves with the terrain, but Black Demon had gained significant knowledge of the terrain when they defended in the morning.

The area to defend was not large, with only four tin houses, but Black Demon had numerous routes for attack. Even though Satan tried changing routes previously without success, it didn’t mean Black Demon couldn’t get through.

Gao Yang didn’t divide people equally to defend from four directions. So the strategy was to wait it out in just one tin house.

Confident and at ease, Gao Yang swung his hand three minutes before the attack and commanded proudly, "Big Bird! Deploy the drone!"

Jansen chuckled as he launched the drone. Meanwhile, Rafael sneeringly said, "Doing this makes us impossibly shameless."

Gao Yang glared at Rafael and said loudly, "Watch your language. How are we shameless? I ask you, would we use drones for reconnaissance in actual combat?"

"Yes."

"And would we use drones to monitor the battlefield during defense in actual combat?"

"Yes."

"There you go. We’re doing exactly what we’d do in real combat. How is this shameless?"

Rafael spread his hands and smiled, "But Black Demon doesn’t know that."

Gao Yang waved and said, "That’s their outdated thinking, not our shamelessness."

Suddenly, Jansen shouted, "They’re on the move."

"From which direction?"

"The North!"

Gao Yang loudly commanded, "North, act according to the plan."

A dozen people quickly dispersed, setting up an almost impenetrable net for the Black Demon attackers.

Gao Yang used an exercise gun resembling a sniper type, and it was modeled after a bolt-action sniper rifle. It couldn’t shoot continuously and was limited to a firing speed, capable of only one shot every three seconds.

Gao Yang climbed onto the roof. He was on one side, Cui Bo on the other, while Jansen was slightly further back between them, ready to report Black Demon’s movements at any time.

"The enemy has split into two groups, advancing straight along the S5 main road. They’re about to enter the H3 line. The enemy is regrouping into three groups, each with four people, already at H2 line, ready to appear."

A person poked their head out from the street corner. Gao Yang didn’t shoot. When two groups quickly appeared from both sides of the corner, Gao Yang still didn’t shoot. Not until the third group came out from the corner did Gao Yang quietly command, "Fire!"

Gao Yang only fired one shot and then had no opportunity to shoot again.

Because within three seconds, all of Black Demon’s men were dead.

A group of people trailing colored smoke looked bewildered on the street. After a moment, Black Demon’s old man waved his hand, and they turned and walked away.

When Black Demon’s people were out of sight, Jansen loudly said, "They’ve retreated to their starting point."

Eileen raised her arms and shouted, "Yay! Black Demon wiped out!"

Frey cheered along, and Albert followed suit. Gao Yang frowned and yelled, "Quiet down and act your age! This is only the first time. We need to obliterate Black Demon ten times to count. What’s there to be excited about?"

After saying that, Gao Yang turned and smiled broadly, loudly adding, "But it sure does feel good. Being stomped on ten times and finally getting to take pride, it feels great, doesn’t it?"

Jansen loudly commanded, "Retrieve the drone, conserve power."

Satan’s victory, and a resounding one at that, was because they had complete control over Black Demon’s movements, while Black Demon didn’t even know all their actions were in Satan’s sights.

Black Demon was indeed formidable, but they were also limited by their era. When Satan used reconnaissance methods with which they were unfamiliar, Black Demon was utterly defeated.

Back in the eighties, they had drones, but they were just in their infancy. Most importantly, there was no technology for real-time data transmission back then. Even reconnaissance planes had to be piloted by someone who took photos, landed, developed the film, and printed the pictures. Real-time monitoring like today was unthinkable.

In conclusion, Black Demon lost because they had fallen behind the times, while Satan won due to technological advancement. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, feel free to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)