Chapter 1640

"Stop! This is a military restricted area, no passage ahead, leave immediately—"

Without a word of nonsense, Wang Peng raised the muzzle of the gun in his hand and pulled the trigger neatly. Following two short gunshots, the guard on duty standing next to the checkpoint fell backwards without even a scream.

"Do you want to do something with this ability?"

Glancing at the man next to him who was squatting on the ground in fright, throwing away the weapon in his hand and trembling, Wang Peng walked across the checkpoint towards the city hall without saying a word.

The defense forces of Tiangong City are basically concentrated in the East District, and they are currently competing with the 3rd Orbital Airborne Brigade for control of 23rd Street.

It is the main road leading to the city hall, and it is also the transportation hub connecting the residential area and the industrial area. Once the control of No. 23 street is lost, the advantage of Tiangong City's militia organization in fortifications will be completely lost.

Not only that, but they will also have to fight hand-to-hand with the 3rd Orbital Airborne Brigade in alleys where heavy weapons are difficult to support.

And this is what the leader Yang Hailong doesn't want to see anyway.

After all, if there is a firefight in an open area, the pros and cons of both sides in terms of equipment cannot be reflected. Once the battlefield is pulled from the open area to the alley, their exoskeleton armor is no different from that of the 3rd Orbital Airborne Brigade.

"The battle 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 defense line and move the battlefield from the 23rd street to the square in front of the city hall!"

Outside the temporary command post, the sound of roaring guns made him unconsciously increase the volume of his speech, and it was almost a roar that was heard by the liaison officer on the other end of the phone.

Angrily hung up the phone, Commander Yang, who crossed out the holographic screen with his index finger, walked to the side of the command table, and looked at the reinforcements who were still more than ten kilometers away, couldn't help but knocked on the table several times with his fist.

"This group of useless trash... other than hiding behind and pointing fingers at critical moments, they are useless at all!"

Suddenly, he even regretted it a little.

When he made the oath to join the Alliance Army at first, it was because of his enthusiasm, and secondly, he wanted to seek support in his official career. He originally thought that this was an extremely correct and bright path, but after seeing the group of pig teammates behind him, he felt that his enthusiasm was like feeding pigs!

There was neither war mobilization nor a press conference, and without even the slightest preparation in advance, war was suddenly declared against the suzerain country.

What the hell is going on with these idiots' brains?

Up to now, the war has only lasted less than 20 hours, and they have lost more than 2,000 people in non-combat situations. And among the two thousand people, at least 80% escaped from this bewildering war!

At this moment, a notification of a communication request suddenly flashed in the lower right corner of the holographic screen.

Yang Hailong glanced at it hastily, seeing that it was a request from the mayor's office, and finally pressed the button to connect patiently. However, just as the communication was connected and before he had time to speak, Mayor Xiao, who was standing opposite the video window, said in an eager tone.

"Reinforcements are coming soon! You must hold on! Listen, you must defend Street 23 at all costs. As soon as our reinforcements arrive, we will be able to encircle the 3rd Orbital Airborne Brigade in Tiangong City!"

"How long will it be!" Yang Hailong roared in an angry voice, "If you continue to fight here, I'm afraid all my people will have to fight here—"

"Then fight to the death with them!" Interrupting Yang Hailong's words, Xiao Hong raised his voice, and said seriously in a tone that could not be refused, "We can recruit again if the people are gone, but if we lose the line of defense-damn, what sound."

The holographically presented video window suddenly shook.

Yang Hailong looked at Mayor Xiao in the window and seemed to turn his head, and then the communication was cut off suddenly.

The temporary command post was quiet for about five minutes.

Seeing that the call has not yet come, Yang Hailong couldn't help swallowing, and a bad premonition gradually emerged in his heart.

As if confirming his premonition, an officer suddenly ran in from the outside in a hurry.

"Report, report sir! There is a fire coming from the direction of the city hall, and the guard company is suspected to have exchanged fire with unknown armed forces!"

"How is it possible!" His eyes turned red for a moment, and Yang Hailong couldn't help but stepped forward and grabbed the officer's collar, spitting on his face, "We have blocked every road to the city center. One road, even a fly can’t fly through it! How could the Third Orbital Airborne Brigade pass under our noses!”

Although he doesn't like Xiao Hong very much, they are grasshoppers on the same rope after all. Once the city hall is taken down, his situation will become quite dangerous.

Especially now that the morale of the alliance army itself is sluggish. If the soldiers know that even their hometown has been taken away, there will be more deserters.

Looking at Commander Yang with an angry face, the officer hesitated for a long time, but he couldn't say a word.

In fact, he didn't know what was going on. When his subordinates reported the situation to him, he was so scared that his heart almost stopped beating.

"Let the people of the 2nd Battalion rush from the defense area to the city hall immediately!"

"But……"

"No but, go!"

After roaring, Yang Hailong let go of his hand abruptly, and pushed the officer to the door of the command post, but before the officer could back out from the door, a strong shock came from under his feet.

Subconsciously stretched out his hand to support the table next to him, waiting for the shock to fade away, Yang Hailong muttered to himself in a bewildered expression.

"Is it an earthquake? No, it's impossible, where did Mars come from? What the hell was it just now..."

"It's probably Qinling's naval gun," the officer who looked at the top of his head in fear and supported the door frame continued nervously, "and fired at least five rounds..."

"Fire on the city?! Are they crazy?!"

"No, not in the urban area..." The officer swallowed, and continued, "If we fired at the urban area, we might already be gone... Judging from the vibration, the shell landed about ten kilometers away."

Ten kilometers away...

Yang Hailong was taken aback for a moment, and then his pupils suddenly shrank into a dot.

Reinforcements!

It was their reinforcements who were shelled!

Slumped down on the chair, the face that was originally full of fortitude seemed to have aged a dozen years in an instant, with a trace of vicissitudes of time in the gullies.

Staring blankly at his officer, the officer swallowed and yelled in a low voice.

"Sir..."

"Go out and leave me alone for a while."

The officer hesitated, but obeyed the order and retreated from the room.

Watching the door of the temporary command post close, Yang Hailong took off his officer's cap silently and put it on his knees. After staring at the badge for a long time, a bitter smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"……it's all over."

Squeezing out these words from his throat, he stretched his trembling hands to his waist.

Not long after, a gunshot rang out in the command post.

Hearing the gunshot, the shoulders of the officer standing outside the door couldn't help but tremble, and finally left without looking back.

Without reinforcements and command, with the firepower of the 3rd Orbital Airborne Brigade and the propaganda offensive going hand in hand, the defense line on 23rd Street is routing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

At the same time, the city hall was filled with smoke.

Under the attack of unknown armed forces, the guard company stationed here was beaten so dizzy that they could only cover Mayor Xiao and his staff and hide in the huge building.

Just as the battle in Tiangong City was coming to an end, someone tens of kilometers away underground suddenly stopped the ten fingers that were manipulating the holographic modeling system.

"Is this the warp speed technology of advanced civilization... I see."

General Reinhardt, who was standing beside him, gave him a sidelong glance.

"Scholars of low civilization, please don't say this thing seems very simple."

"I didn't mean that, in fact it was the opposite... It was an eye-opener to see something like this."

On that meticulous face, there was finally a smile that he hadn't seen for a long time. Looking at the complex holographic model lying quietly in his hand, Lu Zhou said softly with a pleasant voice.

"...Finally let me get it done!"