Chapter 1069: Autumn Wind Sweeps Fallen Leaves (Part 1)
Outside the gathering place gate.
Captain Wang Xiaoyu, commander of the 1st Armored Infantry Company, was looking down at his watch, the cold electronic numbers ticking mercilessly.
"Four minutes and fifty seconds."
He whispered the time into the vehicle's communicator, his tone steady and emotionless. Inside the vehicle, all the soldiers kept their fingers firmly on the trigger guard, maintaining maximum alert.
The final ten seconds countdown.
However, in this suffocating silent waiting——
Da da da da da!!!
A burst of extremely clear sounds, obviously the sound of continuous firing from automatic weapons, suddenly came from inside the gathering place!
The gunshots were so sudden and so dense, forming an extremely discordant contrast with the roar of the armored engines and the echo of the radio! This was definitely not a warning shot, but a combat strafing!
Wang Xiaoyu suddenly raised his head, his eyes beneath his helmet instantly becoming as sharp as a hawk! Internal exchange of fire, and it was automatic weapons! The nature of the fire changed instantly!
There was almost no hesitation, and even no need for any further confirmation or instructions. All tactical plans were clear at this moment!
"Attention everyone!" His voice instantly spread throughout the entire convoy through the radio, cold and decisive, without a trace of hesitation:
"Intense exchange of fire inside! Automatic weapons! Hostile resistance confirmed! Execute assault plan!"
"Round attack! Blast the door open!!"
The order is given and thunder responds!
The ZTL-11 wheeled armored assault vehicle, which had been maintaining an aiming posture at the front, suddenly spewed out blazing flames and thick smoke from the muzzle of its thick 105mm low-recoil rifled gun!
boom! ! !
There was a deafening roar! The whole earth seemed to tremble!
The "solid" gate of the gathering place, which was made of old trucks, sandbags and miscellaneous items, was as fragile as paper in front of modern assault guns!
In the violent explosion, heavy iron sheets, twisted metal, broken wood chips, and sand were thrown into the interior like flowers scattered by a fairy! A huge gap was torn open in an instant, and the air was filled with smoke!
"Infantry! Seize the breach! Eliminate the remaining enemies! Control the situation! Kill any armed resistance!"
Wang Xiaoyu's orders came one after another.
Buzz buzz—!
The engine roars wildly!
The leading 04A infantry fighting vehicle was like a beast that had broken free from its chains. Its tracks rolled over the burning wreckage on the ground. It took the lead and suddenly rushed through the gap in the still falling wreckage. The huge body of the vehicle irresistibly knocked away all obstacles along the way!
More infantry fighting vehicles and armored personnel carriers followed closely behind, and the steel torrent rushed into the Wantong gathering place in an instant like a flood that broke through the dam!
The heavy machine guns and coaxial machine guns on the roofs spun like awakened snakes, searching for any possible threats. The powerful searchlights illuminated the interior of the gathering place, revealing the countless hidden filth and chaos.
The car door opened, and fully armed soldiers swarmed out like cheetahs, quickly dispersing in standard battle formations. The beams of tactical flashlights under their guns were like sharp swords, cross-cutting the chaotic darkness in the gathering place.
"Don't move! Put down your weapons!"
"Get down where you are! Anyone who violates this will be killed without mercy!"
...
On the other hand, as for the guards at the gathering place, the moment the gate was destroyed by the 105mm assault gun, the deafening explosion and the earth-shaking shock wave had completely crushed the last bit of resistance of the already panicked guards on the walls and watchtowers!
The homemade hunting rifles, old 56 semi-automatic rifles, and even a few pump-action hunting rifles with sawed-off barrels, which they held tightly in their hands and used to bully others on a daily basis, now looked like fire sticks in the hands of primitive people in front of these roaring steel behemoths that broke in. They were both ridiculous and pitiful.
“Oh my god——!”
I don't know which guard was the first to let out a distorted, almost collapsed scream, dropped the weapon in his hand, and rolled down the violently shaking wooden ladder of the watchtower. He didn't care about the pain when he fell to the ground, and used his hands and feet to try to get into the darkness.
"Fire! Fire quickly! Stop them!!" A squad leader who seemed to be the leader hid behind sandbags, shouting at the top of his lungs, trying to organize a pitiful counterattack.
He raised a replica of the Type 54 pistol with trembling hands and fired two random shots at the Type 04A infantry fighting vehicle that rushed in first, like a prehistoric behemoth.
Ding dong!
The bullet hit the well-inclined upper front armor of the 04A infantry fighting vehicle, and apart from two insignificant sparks, it did not even leave a white mark. Instead, it angered the steel giant like a tickle.
The 30mm machine gun turret atop the 04A infantry fighting vehicle instantly began to hum with a low hum. The cold muzzle didn't even aim at him, pausing only briefly as it scanned the area.
Everything! !
In just two or three bursts, the powerful 30mm machine gun shells were like the scythe of the god of death, easily tearing the sandbag shelter where the squad leader was hiding, along with the squad leader himself, into pieces in an instant!
Flesh, blood, and sand debris mixed together, bursting into a hazy and bright blood mist, which violently splashed on the surrounding walls and the ground, leaving shocking marks.
This scene completely defeated the other guards who were still trying to resist.
"You can't beat them! Run!!"
"Don't kill me! I surrender! I surrender!!"
...
Fear spread like a plague.
The guards completely gave up any idea of resistance. Some of them ran around the wall like headless flies, and were then knocked down by the alert infantry below with precise short bursts of fire.
Some threw their broken guns far away in panic, raised their hands high, and knelt on the ground, even ignoring the broken glass and filth on the ground, kowtowed desperately, and cried out "spare me" in a sobbing voice;
Many more tried to jump off the wall or flee in panic along the shadows at the base of the wall, wishing their parents had given them two more legs. They pushed and trampled on each other, just to get farther and farther away from the cold muzzles of guns and unmatched armor.
However, their escape seemed futile and ridiculous in the face of a well-trained army.
Buzz—!
The Mengshi 3 armored assault vehicle equipped with a protective net was like an agile hound, making quick detours. The 12.7mm heavy machine gun on the roof firmly locked onto anyone trying to escape, and the warning shots hit their feet, splashing up a trail of dust.
"Get down where you are! Put your hands on your head!"
"Those who refuse to surrender will be executed on the spot!!!"
...
The armored infantry company soldiers, covered in chemical protective suits and wearing black rubber gas masks, were divided into groups of three, taking turns to cover each other as they advanced. The beam of the tactical flashlight on the rail of the QBZ-191 assault rifle was fixed on the panicked figures.
bang bang bang-
Every time a precise short burst of gunfire rang out, a guard who was still running blindly or trying to hide would fall down.
Throughout the entire process, the army's attack was like a precise and ruthless machine, efficiently crushing all sporadic, chaotic and unorganized resistance.
Most of the gunshots came from the attackers, which were crisp, short and deadly. On the defenders' side, apart from the initial few scattered and ineffective shots, all that was left were desperate cries, pleas for mercy and dying wails.
And on this battlefield where the smoke, smell of blood and the pungent smell of burning diesel were mixed together, a 04A infantry fighting vehicle was like an angry steel beast, breaking through the fog with an unmatched posture and rushing towards the direction where the last sound of automatic weapons fire was heard in the gathering place!
