North Pass!
After more than ten rounds of artillery fire, the city gate tower had collapsed, all military facilities on the city walls were rendered useless, and the defenders suffered heavy casualties. The fortifications were almost completely destroyed.
Division Commander Jin was going insane.
He couldn't contact Commander Chu, nor any of his superiors. The requested reinforcements hadn't arrived, and if the siege began, he wouldn't be able to defend the city.
"How much longer until the helicopter squadron arrives?"
Division Commander Jin held the phone, shouting, "What? Speak up! Damn it, faster, faster! Otherwise, if they attack, the North Gate will be breached!"
Outside the city.
The First Independent Division of the Hungry Wolf Legion remained in its original positions. Division Commander Hu Lai had not ordered an attack, but instead, ordered his troops to rest and wait for the rebel reinforcements.
Ten minutes later.
A rumbling sound echoed in the sky?
As the sound grew louder, they could be seen with the naked eye: a helicopter squadron, over a hundred armed helicopters, crossed the city walls and charged towards Hu Lai's army.
"Hahaha, they're finally here!"
Inside the city, Division Commander Jin rushed out of the command post, looking up at the sky and shouting, "Hit them hard, bomb them hard! Cripple them with one concentrated volley! Damn it, you still want to attack my North Pass?!"
In the air.
The commander shouted into the walkie-talkie, "Once each squadron reaches its designated position, open fire and strafe. Don't conserve ammunition, kill them all!"
"Team One, roger."
"Team Two, roger."
Echoes instantly filled the walkie-talkie.
"Report, something's happening?"
An observer suddenly shouted.
"What's happening?"
The commander asked blankly.
"Something is approaching in the sky from the other side."
"Is it helicopters?"
"No, it's too fast, they're almost here."
"Damn it..."
Beep beep beep, beep beep beep...
As the commander and observer were speaking, the helicopters suddenly began to blare alarms, a signal of being locked onto by fire, meaning weapons had targeted them.
"Holy hell, it's fighter jets!"
The pilot exclaimed, almost jumping out of his seat.
"Evasive maneuvers, evasive maneuvers, ahhh!"
The commander yelled in stunned disbelief.
Whoosh!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Violent sonic booms echoed in the sky as volleys of rockets flew in. In an instant, over a dozen helicopters were hit, some exploding directly, others losing control.
That's right.
Over a dozen fighter jets had opened fire.
The armed helicopter squadron supporting North Pass, before even reaching their designated positions and without firing a single shot, was attacked by unidentified fighter jets.
Fighter jets attacking helicopters were incredibly accurate, while helicopters attempting to attack fighter jets was almost a pipe dream. Facing fighter jets, helicopters could only be targets.
The sky roared deafeningly.
The explosions never ceased.
Flames soared into the sky, incredibly blinding.
At this moment.
The helicopter squadron was filled with despair!
On the ground, Hu Lai sat in his command vehicle, holding a walkie-talkie in his left hand and a cigar in his right, and said with a smile, "Son of a bitch, you still want to bomb me? Damn it, I'll take you all down!"
Inside the city, Division Commander Jin stared through his binoculars, his mouth twitching as he muttered in disbelief, "It's over, we're truly finished! Where the hell did they get fighter jets from?!"
Five minutes later...
There were hardly any helicopters visible in the sky.
Approximately seventy to eighty attack helicopters were shot down. The remaining ones were lucky, scattering and fleeing. This was despite the fighter jets not pursuing them, otherwise, escaping would have been extremely difficult!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
The fighter jet squadron left after finishing their attack.
They arrived, attacked, and then retreated.
"Armored vehicles, clear the path, attack the city!"
Hu Lai issued a domineering command.
On the ground, thousands of armored vehicles started almost simultaneously, followed by thousands of armed off-road vehicles, with infantry at the rear. They advanced menacingly, beginning the siege.
"It's over, we're dead!"
Inside the city, Division Commander Jin collapsed onto the ground.
The common people could not witness the battle at North Pass because the entire city was sealed off. No one, except police officers and soldiers, was allowed to leave their homes.
However.
The news had already spread.
Hearing the violent explosions, the people knew that fighting had begun. Most of them were on edge, fearing that shells might land in the city and that they might be killed indiscriminately.
However.
Not a single bullet entered the city.
In a very ordinary residential house, a father holding his three-year-old son looked towards North Pass. The armored vehicles of the attacking forces made the entire building tremble.
"Daddy, why are we fighting?"
The three-year-old son asked with a tender voice.
"Because there are bad guys."
The retired father's expression was extremely serious.
"Who are the bad guys?"
"Anyone who commits treason is a bad guy."
"Daddy, I'm scared!"
The child buried himself in his father's arms.
"Be good, son, we're not afraid. When you grow up, you'll become a soldier too, to fight bad guys specifically. Any traitors and collaborators deserve to die. Remember, be a soldier who defends our home and country."
The three-year-old son couldn't truly understand these words. The father said this mainly to express his inner emotions, as he was a veteran.
In Sihai Manor.
The fighting had basically stopped.
The Chu family army attacking Lei Guo'an had either been killed or had fled. Chu Nantian's troops, with the addition of Ye Zixiao and Tang Keke, had been largely crippled by the plainclothes troops led by the husky man.
If Commander Chu were not in the villa, Chu Nantian would have already planned to escape. However, he had personally witnessed the villa being captured. In his desperation, he once again led his men in an assault.
"Charge in, save Commander!"
The ghost-like Chu Nantian roared hoarsely.
The remaining few hundred special forces members charged with a lot of emotion, but not at a fast pace, nor were they willing to die. Some of them were even muttering curses under their breath.
"Charge my ass!"
"Huzi, let's run!"
"Damn it, let him save his own father!"
After a series of hushed conversations.
Several more special forces members fled.
None of the fleeing Chu family soldiers considered themselves deserters. They hated the rebellion and were extremely opposed to fighting for someone else's ambition.
"Charge for me, charge in!"
Chu Nantian roared amidst the crowd.
His eyes were bloodshot, his teeth clenched, and he longed to kill Ye Zixiao. However, he didn't dare to confront Ye Zixiao. The only thing he could do now was to rescue his father, who was the commander.
But he didn't know.
His father was no longer recognizable!
On the third floor of the villa.
Amidst the blood-soaked floor lay the corpses of many important figures. Leng Shao, leading his ruffian soldiers, after confirming the identities of Chu Feng and Li Yan, had killed everyone else.
At this moment.
Commander-in-Chief Chu Feng and Acting Mayor Li Yan, the two ringleaders of the rebel army, lay gasping for breath in the pools of blood. Their limbs had been broken, and their noses and ears had been cut off.
"Chu Feng, fuck your mother!"
Li Yan cursed with his last ounce of strength.
He hated!
He thought that by marrying his daughter to the Crown Prince, he had secured the strongest backing and could kill Ye Zixiao and get revenge on the Lin family.
But unfortunately.
On their wedding day, Chu Feng had betrayed the country!
Even more unfortunately.
They were captured by a bunch of reckless youths!
"Don't kill me, don't, don't!"
The unrecognizable Commander Chu wailed.
"You should have died long ago!"
Li Yan, with nothing to live for, continued to curse, "It's all your fault, damn you, you complete imbecile. You've killed me, chop him, chop him into pieces and feed him to the dogs."
"Damn it, shut up!"
Leng Shao kicked Li Yan in the mouth.
Mayor Li had truly met his misfortune!