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Chapter 1854 1855 Jade City Street Fight

"Boom!" The deafening sound of the explosion echoed in Jade City, and thick smoke rose from the direction of Arsenal No. 5 and rushed into the sky. The flames lit up half of the sky red, as if doomsday had arrived.

Because there were so many explosives, the houses nearby collapsed, the glass of buildings within a few hundred meters was shattered, and the glass on the buildings one kilometer away was clanging.

"Damn it, they're so cruel! They're going to bury us all here!" The shock wave of the explosion caused half of the ruins where a Tang army combat team was hiding to collapse again. A Tang army soldier holding an assault rifle spat out a mouthful of saliva mixed with mud, and climbed up from the ground cursing.

When they went south, they replaced their rifles with better assault rifles and prepared new gadgets such as red dot sights for street fighting. It was difficult to install sights on the old AK series rifles, so they had all been replaced with new rifles with Picatinny rails.

This rifle was called the Type 191 battle rifle within the Tang Empire. It was said that this rifle had begun to be mass-equipped in the army to replace various models of test rifles and old AK series assault rifles.

The front-line troops of the Tang Empire were actually equipped with a large number of rifles of various models, including bullpup ones and subsequent improved models of the AK series.

经过仔细的比较和筛选，5.45口径的AK-74步枪还有5.56口径的M-4系列步枪都被淘汰，最终唐军选择了口径稍大一些的5.8毫米作为了自己下一代步枪的制式口径。

The AK series rifles, which were originally equipped in large quantities by the troops, were abandoned because the receiver was unstable and could not be installed with rails, and it was inconvenient to add sights. The 191 rifle with a newly designed gun body structure was welcomed by most soldiers.

The combat effectiveness of the Tang army soldiers equipped with this rifle was indeed greatly improved. Not only can the new rifle be installed with various accessories, but its accuracy is also much higher than that of the AK series.

"Stop talking nonsense and get ready for battle! Did you hear those gunshots? The enemy is beginning to recover from the chaos!" The squad's commander kicked his own man on the butt, urging the squad to keep moving forward.

Their mission this time was to open up the connection between the Tang army and the rioting civilians in Yucheng, so as to buy time for the main force to enter the city. In order to cooperate with the actions of these Tang army squads, the Tang army agents in the city had just blown up the No. 5 arsenal of the Lions troops, causing unrest in the city.

The streets in Yucheng's civilian area are narrow and winding, with densely packed houses on both sides and renovated illegal buildings everywhere. You can even see dead rats on the streets that no one has cleaned up.

Such an environment provided a natural cover for the Tang army's street fighting. They could move freely in the narrow streets and defeat more numerous enemies with more advanced tactics.

This combat team was like a group of ghosts, shuttling between broken walls and rubble, launching attacks on the enemy at will, and then retreating after the attack without lingering in a lingering battle with the enemy.

Each of them has his own strengths and division of labor. Some in this team are proficient in blasting and can use pre-set explosives to blow up buildings to block enemy attacks; some can snipe the enemy with precision marksman rifles and help the team deal with unnecessary troubles with their marksmanship; some carry communication equipment and can contact artillery support and use positioning equipment to accurately indicate the target... In short, they are not ordinary people.

The Tang army squad walked along the road until they were close to the sound of gunfire. They quickly occupied a three-story building, using the rooms and windows in the building as cover and briefly observing the surrounding situation.

The streets in the distance were littered with corpses. Soldiers from the Lions Empire had just launched a brutal massacre against the rioting civilians of Yucheng.

After all, the civilians were no match for the regular troops. The civilians who broke through the checkpoints and barricades were blocked by a company of Dorne soldiers. A fierce battle broke out between the two sides, but the untrained workers and civilians of Yucheng could not beat the well-prepared regular army.

Although seven or eight of Dorn's soldiers were killed by Tang army snipers, the remaining soldiers still defeated the civilian armed forces with submachine guns and grenades. The Tang army agents could not prevent the defeat of the civilians, so the battle here ended hastily.

The ground was littered with the bodies of civilians, and Dorne's soldiers were carefully cleaning the battlefield at this time: they were afraid that the insidious sniper who shot and killed so many of them would come back, so these Dorne's soldiers wasted a lot of time here.

Now, a small team from the Tang Empire has taken over this defense zone. They are going to build a new line of defense here and wait for the arrival of follow-up reinforcements.

The Tang army commander gave the sniper a look, and the sniper immediately took his observer to find the best sniper position. The assaulter gave a thumbs up and went to the first floor with his rifle equipped with a grenade launcher. Everyone found their position, and they debugged their communication equipment to ensure that they could contact their teammates in time during the battle.

"Tower! Tower! I'm Hurricane 1! I'm Hurricane 1!" The signalman began to adjust his equipment in a safe position. His movements were very skillful. After hearing the answer from the headset, he immediately reported his coordinates: "Enemy position... 44, 98! Requesting precision artillery fire!"

All the members of the Tang army squad quietly entered the defensive positions they had chosen. They were scattered in various corners of the building, with their guns pointed in the direction of the street.

Through the cracks in the window, they could clearly see the Dornish soldiers less than a hundred meters away. These soldiers had just experienced a massacre of civilians and were now searching the battlefield carefully with a trace of fatigue and tension. They did not dare to move forward in a big way, for fear of disturbing the ghosts hidden in the dark.

The sniper was lying on the roof, the cold barrel of the gun aimed at the head of a Dorne officer, holding his breath, waiting for the best time to shoot. The assaulter was lying in ambush behind the window on the first floor, his finger gently resting on the trigger of the grenade launcher hanging under the rifle, ready to strike the enemy head-on at any time.

At this moment, time seemed to stand still, with only the slight sound of breathing and heartbeats echoing in the silent room. The Tang soldiers waited patiently, waiting for the sound of a cannon to break this strange silence, and also waiting for a storm-like attack to completely devour the enemy.

The artillery behind them did not let them wait for long. Soon, a sharp whistling sound came from far away, followed by a deafening explosion. The shells of the 155mm howitzer pierced the air and fell accurately on the street, instantly tearing the Dorne soldiers who had no time to dodge into pieces.

"Boom!" A huge fireball soared into the sky, and the shock wave mixed with shrapnel and gravel, ravaging everything around. Before the terrified Dorne soldiers could react, they were engulfed by the sudden artillery fire. The flying fragments and rolling flames drowned out their screams, leaving only broken limbs and arms on the ground and filled with smoke.

"Boom!" The second shell fell almost at the same time. Before the Dorne soldiers could react, their bodies were torn to pieces by the shrapnel.

"Bang!" A crisp gunshot, which was inconspicuous amid the deafening roar of artillery fire, took the life of a Dorne officer who was standing at the end of the street and looking around. He fell straight down, and the Dorne soldiers around him thought he was hit by shrapnel, so they were so scared that they all lay down immediately and sought cover.

The Dorne soldiers who had just suppressed the civilians of Jade City were stunned by the sudden artillery fire. They didn't know what was going on and just scattered like birds and beasts.

They were defeated, covered in dust and fear, and retreated to the end of the street. The artillery fire stopped temporarily, and the air was filled with a thick smell of gunpowder, making it difficult to breathe. The Dornish soldiers who were stunned by the shells had not figured out what was going on. They looked at each other, their eyes full of confusion and fear.

"What's going on? What exactly happened?" a soldier asked in a trembling voice, but all he got were the same confused looks from his companions.

"Is it the Tang army's artillery bombardment? Why are we being bombarded?" Another soldier held his head, still in shock and said.

They were not sure whether they were just unlucky to be covered by the Tang army's artillery fire or they were really attacked by the enemy. The leading Dorne officer did not even know what kind of orders to give to deal with the current situation.

  When these Dorne soldiers once again bravely tried to cross the streets to expand their defensive positions, they finally discovered that a Tang army unit appeared in front of them!

That annoying sniper is back again. Not only this sniper, but also a bastard who appears out of nowhere and fires rifle grenades everywhere, and several opponents with firepower comparable to machine guns who rain bullets at them from different windows.

  This time they finally confirmed that they were indeed attacked by the Tang army, or rather, their way was blocked by the Tang army. The Tang army had already established a line of defense in Yucheng!

More than an hour later, the news was delivered to Paul in the underground bunker of Yucheng Command. After he drew the area occupied by the Tang army on the map, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

The Tang army has almost occupied one-fifth of the city, and the entire Yucheng defense line has been pierced by this salient...

"Assemble the nearby troops immediately! Counterattack! We must counterattack!" Paul clenched his fists, slammed the table and ordered loudly: "Whatever the cost! We must drive the Tang army out of the city!"