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Six Chinooks, like six black behemoths flying out of ancient mythology, brazenly cut into the core airspace of the North China Area Army Headquarters amidst a deafening roar!

"Descend altitude! Prepare for battle!" Shen Wang's icy voice echoed throughout the team via the internal channel.

The massive aircraft began to descend steadily, the violent airflow whipped up by the rotors like an invisible hammer, slamming into the rooftops and courtyards of the Japanese-style buildings below, raising clouds of dust, and shattering countless window frames and paperwork in an instant!

The enormous shadows and deathly roars plunged the entire command area into a nightmare.

Finally, the ground troops, after initially experiencing extreme shock and chaos, managed to regain a sliver of their instinctive will to resist.

"Enemy planes! Fire!!!" a Japanese officer roared hysterically.

Sporadic gunshots began to ring out.

Some panicked guards, soldiers rushing out of the barracks, and even staff officers in their pajamas raised their Type 38 rifles and Type 14 pistols and blindly opened fire on the massive aircraft in the sky.

At several pre-designated anti-aircraft machine gun positions, the soldiers scrambled to their positions, frantically adjusting the azimuth and elevation mechanisms in an attempt to aim.

However, their response appeared so slow and ineffective in the face of the well-prepared raiders.

Almost at the same time that the Japanese began their sporadic counterattacks—

The robust tail ramp doors of the six Chinooks opened with a roar, powered by hydraulic systems!

At the tail of each helicopter, two M2HB 12.7mm heavy machine guns with thick barrels, exuding a chilling killing intent, were prominently displayed!

The dark muzzle of the gun was already pointed downwards!

The gunners of the twelve heavy machine guns were all top-notch marksmen selected from among the Flying Tigers.

In the past few days of simulated training, they have memorized the layout of the headquarters area, the location of the firing points, and the distribution of guard posts, and have even conducted countless simulated shooting exercises!

At this moment, there is no need to aim carefully!

Almost the instant the hatch was fully opened, the twelve machine gunners pulled the triggers!

"Thump thump thump thump thump—!!!"

The deafening, ferocious gunfire instantly drowned out the roar of the rotors!

12.7mm heavy machine gun bullets, like the fiery whip of death, lashed down from the sky onto the ground!

Tracer rounds drew dazzling and deadly red trails across the night sky, heading straight for targets that had just lit up their muzzle flashes or whose figures were moving!

Brick and stone debris flew everywhere!

The wooden guard booth was instantly torn to shreds!

The sandbag fortifications were hit, sending up clouds of dust. The Japanese soldiers behind them were torn apart by the terrifying kinetic energy before they could even scream!

The Japanese squad that tried to operate the anti-aircraft machine gun was targeted, and after the storm of bullets, all that was left was a pile of twisted metal and broken limbs!

The first wave of aerial firepower was clean, brutal, and efficient!

The sporadic resistance from the Japanese soldiers on the ground crumbled instantly in the face of this sudden storm of metal, like thin ice fragile under the sun!

The Japanese soldiers who were lucky enough to survive were terrified by this terrifying firepower that exceeded their comprehension.

They either scrambled for cover, or collapsed to the ground, unable to even hold their guns.

At that moment, these Japanese soldiers had only one thought in their minds: The Eighth Route Army... is fucking fierce!

. . .

Meanwhile, our gaze falls on Okamura Daisuke's bedroom.

The extremely sharp air raid siren, like steel needles piercing his eardrums, abruptly woke Okamura from his restless sleep!

He jolted awake from the tatami mat, his heart pounding wildly for a moment before his temples throbbed.

"An air raid siren? An air raid?! At night?"

A series of shocks and disbelief rushed into my brain.

"The Eighth Route Army! It must be the Eighth Route Army!"

"How dare they? How could they?"

Okamura was dumbfounded.

He had considered that the Eighth Route Army would launch an air raid on Beiping, and he had also considered that the Eighth Route Army would launch a night raid on Beiping, but he never thought that the Eighth Route Army would launch an air raid on Beiping at night.

Are you kidding me?

Nighttime air raids are extremely inaccurate, unless it's a large-scale, indiscriminate bombing...

But the Eighth Route Army... do they have that capability? Do they have that many bombs?

Even if they did, would they use it in Beiping?

Are they not afraid of accidentally bombing civilians and provoking public outrage?

This is inconsistent with the "protecting the people" style that those "peasants" have always advocated!

Okamura immediately ruled out the possibility of a large-scale bombing.

But the alarm was real, and things were in complete chaos outside...

Was it a harassing attack? A small group of planes dropping a few bombs as a show of force?

The thought gave him a slight sense of relief, but he immediately tensed up again—what if?

What if the other side is insane? What if there's a mole leading the charge?

Okamura could hear the roar of an engine that was getting closer and louder outside... a deep and violent sound that he had never heard before!

That wasn't the sound of any airplane he was familiar with!

An unprecedented fear based on the unknown instantly gripped his heart!

"Baka! Guards! Guards!!"

Gangcun shouted sternly, while frantically pulling back the covers.

He didn't care about maintaining a general's demeanor anymore; he didn't even bother to put on his clothes, rushing out in his pajamas and barefoot!

"Commander! Please get into the air-raid shelter immediately! An unidentified aircraft is approaching!" The adjutant and several guards rushed to the door, their faces also filled with panic.

Protected by the Japanese soldiers, Gangcun ran while feeling immense humiliation and anger welling up inside him.

He was the Commander-in-Chief of the North China Area Army and a General of the Imperial Army!

In his own headquarters, he was forced to flee disheveled and barefoot by an unknown attack!

Baka! No matter who comes, I will definitely...

He hadn't finished saying those harsh words in his mind—

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

That strange, enormous roar seemed to explode right above our heads!

Immediately following was the sound of violent shaking and even shattering of the building's glass windows!

The headquarters... has been bombed!

Gangcun suddenly stopped in his tracks and looked up at the sky in shock.

At that moment, ropes descended from the sky, followed by a group of fully armed soldiers.

As for the headquarters' security forces, they seem to have been completely wiped out in the explosion just now!

Okamura was completely dumbfounded!

How long has it been since his command post was breached?

And these people... came for me?

"Baka! We're not going to the air-raid shelter, we're going to the tunnel!"

"Quick, get into the tunnel!"

A few days ago, after receiving news that the Eighth Route Army had shot down 60 of his own aircraft, Gangcun began digging anti-aircraft fortifications in his command post.

In addition to air-raid shelters, there is also a rapid escape tunnel.

It was originally just in case, but I never expected it would actually come in handy.

In this day and age, digging tunnels inside rooms is not a rare occurrence.

Even some landlords and wealthy people dug tunnels in their homes. It is said that a complete tunnel is still preserved in the former residence of Boss Dai.

Okamura, a China expert, actually dug an escape tunnel in his command post.

The reconnaissance photos taken earlier captured almost the entire command post in Gangcun, but they missed this tunnel.