Chapter 102

Amidst the chaos, they made their way to the central area of the film set. It was there that Tang Jingzhi finally discovered their intrusion.

As more and more troops were dispatched to attack them, four armored vehicles and two tanks approached from the opposite street. Faced with heavy firepower and artillery shells, they had to divide their forces. However, Tang Tingzhi was still reluctant to separate everyone, fearing encountering the Dragon Blood Kins. But Ayer decisively split the team into three smaller squads, each consisting of 4 to 5 members, ensuring that each squad had at least two Dragon Blood Kins. One squad took cover in the administrative building, another in the opera house diagonally across from it, and the third squad infiltrated the church. The three squads worked in harmony, providing mutual defense and support.

As Ayer ran, he shouted urgently into the radio, “Vulture, Misfire! Tanks incoming! Get down from the clock tower immediately! Get down now!”

After shouting a couple of times, a burning armor-piercing round struck the fuel tank of one of the enemy armored vehicles, causing a thunderous explosion that sent nearby soldiers flying. It was at this moment that the tanks began to rotate their turrets.

Ayer remembered to shout loudly, “Retreat!!”

A shell precisely targeted the clock tower!

Ayer was dumbfounded and angrily exclaimed, “Are you fucking stupid? The bell tower was such an obvious target! Even a fool would know where the sniper was hiding. Why the hell would you fire instead of retreating?”

There was no response over the radio for a while.

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The armored vehicles and tanks advanced, unleashing a barrage of explosions along the way, reducing the buildings they were hiding into rubble. Flying debris and shattered walls were scattered everywhere, injuring everyone. However, no one dared to retaliate. If their hiding positions were discovered, they would face a relentless onslaught of artillery fire. Even the most skilled would be buried alive under such circumstances.

Shan Ming anxiously asked, “Tang Tingzhi, can those ice-piercing rounds take down the tanks or no?”

Yang Guan responded, “They can’t penetrate it directly, but the ice-piercing round can instantly freeze the tank’s exterior, allowing the armor-piercing round to penetrate through.”

Tang Tingzhi nodded and said, “Use the ice-piercing rounds first, then the incendiary rounds. The tanks may not be completely destroyed, but the tank crew inside will be done for.”

“Alright, I’ll take care of the first tank. Vulture, are you still able to move?”

Through the earpiece, the sound of Vulture’s heavy breathing was heard, “Yeah.”

Ayer said in a deep voice, “Tank number one, Kali. Tank number two, Vulture. Armored vehicle number one, Hawk. Armored vehicle number two, Shan Ming. Armored vehicle number three, Pelle. Any questions?”

“None!”

Shan Ming swiftly replaced the bullets in his Remington sniper rifle with armor-piercing incendiary rounds, keeping a close eye on his prey through the scope. He had covered himself with a thick layer of rubble stones, resembling someone buried alive. Tang Tingzhi, Oriole, Ayer, and a Dragon Blood Kin special forces soldier from the same team as him were in a similar state. The ceiling of the administrative building, on the verge of collapse, seemed as if it could come crashing down at any moment and turn them all into meat paste.

Ayer’s eagle eyes were locked onto the tanks and armored vehicles slowly passed before them. “Fire,” he commanded.

Shan Ming pressed the trigger, and the armor-piercing incendiary round swiftly pierced through the fuel tank of the second armored vehicle. Simultaneously, bullets were fired from all four sniper positions. Suddenly, a small hole appeared in the area around the tank’s cannon bearing, followed by a visible frost rapidly spreading from that point. The entire bearing froze in an instant. The thick armor of the tank, once impenetrable, now became as fragile as paper. In the next second, an incendiary round entered through the bullet hole. Instantly, flames erupted from the breach, revealing the intense scene inside the tank.

Instantly, the enemy tanks and armored vehicles were all turned to scrap. Shan Ming raised his sniper rifle and began firing at the panicked soldiers on the street. Despite their numbers, his accuracy was uncanny, hitting almost every target with a single shot. The street below turned into a fiery inferno, resembling hell on earth.

Their triumph was short-lived as bullets and rockets whistled towards their exposed hiding spots Shan Ming took cover, not daring to expose himself. Shrapnel and shell casings struck him, with one grazing his brow, causing blood to flow down his face.

Tang Tingzhi crawled over to tend to Shan Ming’s wound, but Ayer forcefully pushed his head down. A bullet whizzed past Tang Tingzhi’s helmet, narrowly missing. Ayer cursed, “Don’t fucking move.”

Shan Ming retrieved a blood clotting agent from his pocket and closed his eyes as he sprayed it onto his brow. He then wiped the blood off his face and continued seizing opportunities to take shots.

As they were close to completely annihilating the enemies on the street, they noticed that the building above them was on the verge of collapse. To avoid being buried alive, they braved the artillery fire and charged out of the building, determined to eliminate the remaining few enemies on the street.

Ayer commanded, “Big Rock, provide cover. Go with Pelle to the clock tower and bring Vulture and Misfire down. Shen Changze, where the fuck are you?”

Shan Ming suddenly realized that he hadn’t heard from Shen Changze for quite some time. He shouted, “Shen Changze, respond!”

Shen Changze quickly responded, “I’m providing reinforcement for Tiger Shark.”

Tiger Shark, in a fit of rage, exclaimed, “We breached the defensive fortifications to let the Prayers and Crimson Frost Warriors in, and now these sons of bitches are attacking us instead!”

Tang Tingzhi said, “Try to avoid them as much as possible. They’re not targeting us.”

“We’re retreating towards your location.”

Shen Changze spoke in a somber tone, “I’m concerned. Why haven’t we encountered a single Dragon Blood Kin until now?”

A sense of unease gripped everyone’s hearts. Indeed, why hadn’t they come across a single Dragon Blood Kin? After all this fighting, they had only encountered forces of the Alliance Army, without sight of any of Tang Jingzhi’s people.

It’s understandable that Tang Jingzhi would want to utilize the forces of the Alliance Army to eliminate them. However, regardless of whether Tang Jingzhi is naive enough to believe that these people can resist them, the fact remains that the Alliance Army has been almost completely annihilated. Behind them lie the Prayers and Crimson Frost Warriors, ready to take advantage of the situation. So why hasn’t Tang Jingzhi sent out the Dragon Blood Kins to organize them at a time like this?

Had Tang Jingzhi already evacuated?

In light of this possibility, everyone was filled with deep concern. If Tang Jingzhi had indeed evacuated, their efforts would have been in vain. They had recklessly intruded upon the territory of the Alliance Army and incurred the wrath of the local diamond smuggling military factions, only to fail to achieve their objective. They would truly have been played by Tang Jingzhi.

Tang Tingzhi quickly countered, saying, “It’s impossible. Koski and Oriole are monitoring the area around the film set. Unless they managed to escape from underground, anyone approaching or leaving would be detected. Besides, Tang Jingzhi would never abandon his lair so easily. We’ve already destroyed two of his bases, and if we destroy this one as well, it would undo years of his hard work. With Shen Yao’s protection, he won’t leave.”

Ayer anxiously exclaimed, “Then why haven’t we seen a single Dragon Blood Kin until now?”

Beads of sweat formed on Tang Tingzhi’s forehead as he struggled to think, but he still couldn’t figure out why.

However, when the Prayers and Crimson Frost Warriors advanced towards the film set and came within a hundred meters of Tang Jingzhi, they finally understood why, and in a brutally tragic way.

Suddenly, several Dragon Blood Kins with wings and tails appeared on top of the wall. They wielded MP5K submachine guns, with grenade launchers attached underneath. They unleashed a barrage of grenades, firing them toward the space between Tang Jingzhi’s group and the smuggling armies behind them.

Even before they launched the projectiles, Shen Changze’s keen sense of smell detected an unusual odor. His face immediately turned pale, and he shouted hoarsely into the radio, “It’s white phosphorus bombs!”

Everyone’s faces changed, and they started running toward the buildings as if they were going mad. They would rather risk being buried alive than come into contact with even a trace of military-grade white phosphorus!

The gun-launched grenades were fired toward the destroyed armored vehicles, where the white phosphorus mixed with fuel caused a fiery explosion. This amplified the lethal spray distance of the bombs, extending it by at least ten meters beyond their original range of fifty meters. The air was filled with the foul stench emitted as the white phosphorus burned and evaporated.

The smuggling military factions were caught off guard and unable to evade in time. In the next second, they erupted into a collective scream of sheer agony.

Trembling, Ayer shouted, “Do not touch or disturb the skin if it’s contaminated with white phosphorus! Avoid contact with any wounds! Don’t make me repeat it a second time! No matter how much it hurts!”

Soon, anyone whose radio transceiver was still intact heard Dino’s agonizing screams.