"Stop! This is a military restricted area. No passage is allowed in front. Leave immediately — "
Without a word of nonsense, Wang Peng raised the muzzle in his hand and pulled the trigger neatly. With two short gunshots, the guard on duty standing next to the checkpoint didn't even have time to scream before he fell backward.
"You want to cause trouble with this little ability?"
Wang Peng glanced at the man next to him who was squatting on the ground and shivering while throwing away the weapon in his hand. He didn't say a word as he crossed the checkpoint and walked in the direction of the city hall.
The defense forces of Tiangong City were basically concentrated in the East District. They were currently competing with the Third Orbital Airborne Brigade for control of Street 23.
That was the main road leading to the city hall and also the transportation hub connecting the residential area and the industrial area. Once they lost control of Street 23, the advantage of the militia organization in Tiangong City in fortifications would be completely lost.
Not only that, but they would also have to fight hand-to-hand with the Third Orbital Airborne Brigade in the alleys where heavy weapons were difficult to support.
This was what Commander Yang Hailong didn't want to see.
After all, if they exchanged fire in the open, the advantages and disadvantages of the equipment of the two sides could not be reflected. Once the battlefield was pulled from the open area to the alleys, their exoskeleton armors were no different than paper compared to the Third Orbital Airborne Brigade.
"The situation on the front line is critical! Tell Mayor Xiao that if his reinforcements don't arrive within 30 minutes, we can only continue to shrink the line of defense and move the battlefield from Street 23 to the square in front of the city hall! "
Outside the temporary command post, the roaring sound of guns made him unconsciously raise the volume of his speech. He almost roared out his voice to be heard by the liaison officer on the other end of the phone.
Commander Yang angrily hung up the phone. He swiped off the holographic screen with his index finger and walked to the side of the command table. He looked at the reinforcements that were still more than ten kilometers away and couldn't help but hit the table several times with his fist.
"This group of useless trash … At critical moments, they are useless except for hiding behind and pointing fingers!"
Suddenly, he even regretted it a little.
He made an oath to join the Alliance Army because of his passion and also to seek support in his career. He originally thought that this was the right and bright path, but after seeing the group of idiotic teammates behind him, he felt that his hot blood had been fed to the pigs!
There was neither a war mobilization nor a press conference. There wasn't even the slightest bit of advance preparation before suddenly declaring war on the suzerain.
What the hell was wrong with the brains of these idiots?
Up until now, the battle had only lasted for less than 20 hours, and they had already lost more than 2,000 men. And among these two thousand people, at least eighty percent of them had fled from this confusing battle!
At this moment, a communication request suddenly flashed in the lower right corner of the holographic screen.
Yang Hailong glanced at it and saw that it was a request from the mayor's office. In the end, he patiently pressed the answer button. However, just as the communication was connected, before he had time to speak, Mayor Xiao, who was standing on the other side of the video window, spoke in an eager tone.
"Reinforcements are almost here! You must hold your ground here! Listen, you must guard Street 23 at all costs. As long as our reinforcements arrive, we can surround the Third Orbital Airborne Brigade in Tiangong City! "
"How long will it take?!" Yang Hailong roared in an angry voice, "If we continue to fight here, I'm afraid my people will all die here —"
"Then fight them to the death!" Interrupting Yang Hailong's words, Xiao Hong raised his voice and said in a serious tone that could not be refused, "We can recruit more people, but if we lose the line of defense — Damn, what's that sound?"
The holographic video window suddenly shook.
Yang Hailong looked at Mayor Xiao in the window and seemed to turn his head, then the communication was suddenly cut off.
The temporary command post was quiet for about five minutes.
Seeing that there was no reply, Yang Hailong couldn't help but gulp. He gradually had a bad feeling in his heart.
As if to confirm his hunch, an officer suddenly ran in from the outside in a hurry.
"Report, sir! Fire was found in the direction of the city hall, and the guards are suspected to have exchanged fire with unknown armed forces! "
"How is this possible!" Yang Hailong's eyes turned red in an instant. He couldn't help but step forward and grab the officer's collar. He spat in his face, "We have blocked every road to the city center. Not even a fly can fly in! How can the Third Orbital Airborne Brigade pass under our noses! "
Although he didn't like Xiao Hong very much, they were now in the same boat. Once the city hall was taken down, his situation would become quite dangerous.
Especially now that the morale of the Alliance Army was low, if the soldiers knew that even their hometown was destroyed, there would be more deserters.
Looking at Commander Yang's angry face, the officer stuttered for a long time, but he couldn't say a word.
In fact, he didn't know what was going on. When his men reported the situation to him, he was so scared that his heart almost stopped beating.
"Let the people of the 2nd Battalion rush to the city hall from the defense area immediately!"
"But …"
"No buts, hurry up!"
After roaring, Yang Hailong suddenly let go of his hand and pushed the officer to the door of the command post. However, before the officer could retreat from the door, a strong tremor came from under his feet.
Yang Hailong subconsciously reached out to hold the table next to him, waiting for the tremor to fade. He muttered to himself with a dumbfounded expression.
"Is it an earthquake? No, impossible, how can there be an earthquake on Mars! What the hell was that … "
"It's probably the cannon of the Qinling." The officer looked at the top of his head in horror and continued nervously, "And at least five rounds of fire were fired …"
"Fired into the city?! Are they crazy?! "
"No, not in the city …" The officer gulped and continued, "If it was fired into the city, we might have been gone … Judging from the tremor, the shell landed about ten kilometers away."
Ten kilometers away …
Yang Hailong was taken aback for a moment, then his pupils shrank to a point.
Reinforcements!
It was their reinforcements that were shelled!
He slumped into the chair. His face, which was originally filled with determination, seemed to have aged more than ten years in an instant. His wrinkles were filled with the vicissitudes of time.
Dumbfounded, the officer looked at his commanding officer, gulped, and whispered.
"Sir …"
"You go out, let me be alone for a while."
The officer hesitated, but he obeyed the order and left the room.
Yang Hailong silently took off his military hat and put it on his knees. After staring at the badge for a long time, a bitter smile suddenly appeared on his face.
"… Everything is over."
He squeezed these words out of his throat and reached his trembling hand to his waist.
Not long after, a gunshot sounded in the command post.
The shoulders of the officer standing outside the door couldn't help but tremble. He finally left without looking back.
Without reinforcements and command, under the simultaneous firepower and propaganda of the Third Orbital Airborne Brigade, the line of defense on Street 23 was collapsing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
At the same time, there was smoke in the city hall.
Under the attack of unknown armed forces, the guards stationed here were dizzy. They could only cover Mayor Xiao and his staff as they hid in the huge building.
Just as the battle in Tiangong City was coming to an end, someone tens of kilometers away suddenly stopped manipulating the holographic modeling system.
"Is this the warp speed technology of a higher civilization … I see."
General Reinhardt, who was standing next to him, glanced at him.
"Scholar of a low-level civilization, please don't make it sound like this is easy."
"I didn't mean that. In fact, it's the opposite … It's really an eye-opener to be able to see something like this."
The meticulous face finally stretched a smile that hadn't been seen for a long time. Lu Zhou looked at the complex holographic model lying quietly in his hand. He spoke softly with a hint of joy in his voice.
"I finally got it!"
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