The equipment currently used by Frank and his team has already given them combat capabilities akin to Superman.
Neural-link exoskeleton armor for enhanced strength, body hormone control systems for enhanced reaction speed, jetpacks, gliding boots, and Web Fluid launchers for increased mobility, custom-made tactical support AIs and Green Goblin drones for each person, various advanced weapons, and the Titan.
This equipment is enough for them to act with impunity anywhere in this World, and they even have the strength to put up a fight against the Avengers.
If the Avengers did not include Thor and Hulk, they could even suppress the remaining Avengers in a fight.
This kind of overwhelming combat easily leads to complacency.
In Harry's view, what makes these soldiers, called Pilots, truly outstanding is not their flashy equipment, but their terrifying sense of self-discipline.
After all, not all Pilots have undergone biological enhancement; at most, they might have replaced a few limbs or something similar. So, what exactly makes them stand out?
It is the day-after-day training and one cruel battle after another.
Clearly, the Osborn Rapid Response Force, accustomed to winning easy battles, does not possess these two conditions. Although Harry has always recruited these individuals only from soldiers with distinguished service records, this inevitably still leads to some slackness among them.
Of course, there are still some people who are natural-born soldiers and are always adept at fighting.
For example, the Punisher; he is such a person.
Before undergoing the enhancement, Harry still needs to screen for the best among these people using the virtual reality pod.
On the plane, Harry stood before 10 elite soldiers, examining their mental state.
"You are the best soldiers under my command, which is why you were chosen to be here."
"But it was Frank who chose you, not me. Now is the time to prove your capabilities--"
"You will serve as the first wave of airborne troops to clear ground threats and dismantle the Covenant anti-aircraft installations, paving the way for the second wave of airdrop troops."
"Before that, there are no Titans, no reinforcements, only yourselves!"
"Check your equipment and prepare to airdrop--"
The Covenant, a theocratic alien nation composed of various Alien races, possesses a level of technology far surpassing that of Earthlings. Since the two sides first made contact, thousands of Earthlings have died in their genocidal wars.
As his voice faded, the deck beneath the soldiers' feet opened. The drop pods were buffeted violently by the roaring wind, adrenaline surged, and everyone gripped their weapons tightly.
The communication channel was deathly silent, with only the sound of heavy breathing audible.
"3, 2, drop!"
Bang!
Thousands of drop pods left the hull simultaneously, turning into meteors falling toward the ground.
In almost an instant, green laser weapons pierced through the clouds!
This battle was a campaign simulated by Harry in the virtual reality pod; the so-called orbital airborne division would continue to die as the battle progressed.
If these 10 warriors cannot achieve their tactical objectives in the battle, all these thousands of virtual soldiers will be wiped out within an hour.
The memories of the soldiers, including Frank, were partially sealed; they would not remember that they were in a virtual reality pod, which is currently the best selection method.
Sitting inside the plane cabin, Harry began to watch the perspective of each of them.
Boom!
The first step of the mission was completed; Frank's squad successfully passed through the laser anti-aircraft net and landed in the forest near the Covenant Base.
This first step was not so simple; about 30% of the people died in the first step.
"We are the first to step into hell," someone in the communication channel silently encouraged themselves.
Several Covenant soldiers were right at the landing point, their plasma weapons aimed at these drop pods.
The goblin glider popped out first, and bright yellow bullets and Rockets rained down on the encirclement, but the standard bullets of the Flyer had poor effectiveness against the shields of the Covenant soldiers.
Frank's squad took the opportunity to eject from the pods, rolled to hide behind the drop pods, and the Gauss rifle's spiked armor-piercing rounds easily tore through the shields, blowing the Covenant soldiers to pieces.
"Billy, report the situation." Frank communicated with his AI immediately.
The goblin glider took in the surrounding situation from the sky.
"300 meters away, two squads are engaging in combat--a Scarab tank!"
Bang!
"The Flyer has been destroyed!"
The Scarab tank is a heavy unit of the Covenant. Without the ability to airdrop a Titan, they have no way to effectively strike it.
Unless they can seize a Covenant plasma turret.
Frank shouted, "Move! There are friendly forces engaging at 300 meters at 12 o'clock. We will flank them, attack the turret at their rear, and then take out that Scarab!"
Several team members fired Web Fluid in unison, swinging through the forest.
With the assistance of jetpacks, these soldiers were quite efficient at using Web Fluid for three-dimensional movement.
Because of their extremely high mobility, although the Covenant's weapons had great lethality, they could not actually hit Frank and his team, and instead were left dazed by their ghostly shooting skills.
Skirting around the bloody frontal battlefield, The Bunker was not far away.
"Grenade throw!"
The Arc Star traced a beautiful blue arc and stuck to the Covenant soldiers beside the turret. Taking advantage of the dizziness caused by the explosion, Frank and his team descended from the sky!
After a few gunshots, Frank successfully seized the plasma turret.
Just at this moment, the Scarab tank also realized something was wrong and turned its muzzle toward them.
"Frankie, get out of the way!" Curtis shouted from the side.
But Frank gritted his teeth and forcibly aimed the muzzle at the Scarab tank!
Boom!
The green plasma melted a large hole in the tank, but the turret Frank was using was also hit, and the aftermath of the explosion sent him flying several meters away.
"Cough, cough... not bad." Frank coughed while climbing up from the ground.
Harry, watching this scene inside the cabin, thought to himself that the equipment he gave them was still too good; after all, in the backstory, the Covenant easily crushed human troops.
However, thinking from another angle, not all Earthlings soldiers have matching exoskeletons, Flyers, and such things; after all, Helljumpers are truly pure ordinary people, without these powerful exoskeleton and Flyer equipment.
But Harry was not too worried; after all, this scale of battle tests many things.
After thinking for a moment, Harry increased the firepower of the Covenant, and Frank on the ground only found that the death rate of his friendly forces suddenly became faster.
This brought the entire squad back to their senses from this small victory.
They had blown up one Scarab tank, but there were still hundreds of Scarab tanks on the battlefield, and not everyone was as well-equipped as they were.
"Continue the mission, report consumption."
Frank looked at the laser anti-aircraft array that was constantly firing in the distance and the countless Covenant soldiers, feeling a sense of powerlessness in his heart:
This was a mission with no retreat, and as far as the current situation was concerned, they had already fallen into a disadvantage.
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