Chapter 1 The Dragon City Rises

Outside the headquarters compound, Yao Dou's three brothers set up sniper rifles at a high point in the distance, clearing enemy soldiers approaching the edge of the courtyard for Su Tianyu and the others.

"Puff, puff, puff…!"

The suppressed sniper rifles were picking off targets one by one, and many enemy soldiers in the distance were being taken out. After Su Tianyu scaled the wall into the compound, he immediately bent down, signaling everyone to disperse.

Yao Dou, observing the battlefield, hunched over, holding his MX automatic rifle, and whispered to Su Tianyu, "Should we sneak in now?"

"No, no, wait a moment!" Su Tianyu ordered in a low voice, "Everyone, don't rush. Spread out and keep the pressure on! Wait for the conflict outside to escalate."

The group of men who came with Yao Dou were all veterans who had military experience, had been on independent battlefields, and had worked as mercenaries outside the district for many years. They were very experienced. After hearing Gou Liuzi's order, they immediately understood what he meant and dispersed even further to the sides.

Sure enough, in less than half a minute, the gunfire at the back door became more intense, with machine guns, grenade launchers, and RPGs taking turns.

"Rumble!!"

With a series of explosions, the wall on the left side of the backyard collapsed, and a large number of soldiers from the 78th Regiment blocked the outside, beginning to attack inward.

The reason why Su Tianyu said to wait a moment was because he knew that after the gunfire, as long as the 78th Regiment commander wasn't an idiot, he would definitely charge the headquarters to grab Xin Chaojie as much as possible.

A charge was inevitable, so there was no need for Su Tianyu to lead his men in first. Otherwise, if they were the only force in the backyard and ran into a sizable defensive force, they would easily be held up.

"Tap, tap!"

A series of rapid footsteps echoed, and Yao Dou, hunched over and carrying his gun, came to the rear of a military vehicle. Without waiting for Su Tianyu to tell him, he lowered his head and ordered into the communication channel, "Wen Yu, move closer, aim at the back door, launch two rounds of smoke grenades, then retreat!"

"Roger!"

"Get closer, don't expose our position!" Yao Dou added.

As the words fell, three men bent over, following the base of the wall, advancing forward in a blind spot where the light could hardly reach.

Ten seconds later.

The three men, taking small steps, formed a horizontal line, standing shoulder to shoulder. At a forty-five-degree angle, they aimed their guns at the sky and decisively pulled the trigger.

"Bang, bang, bang…!"

The gun-mounted grenade launchers made a sound like opening champagne, and smoke grenades flew in an arc, landing near the back door!

In just two or three seconds, a large amount of smoke rose, and shouts came from the crowd.

"Smoke grenades!"

"On my right!"

"Attention, they're going to charge!"

"…!"

The shouts echoed from all directions, and a large number of soldiers began to push outward. At this moment, the soldiers of the 78th Regiment on the periphery also found an opening, and two teams charged directly into the courtyard.

"Let's go, let's go!"

Seeing the courtyard completely in chaos, Su Tianyu immediately led his men toward the basement.

The group formed a reconnaissance search formation, with three groups covering each other, advancing alternately, and quickly covered a distance of more than two hundred meters.

Along the way, Su Tianyu discovered that there were quite a few garrison soldiers in the courtyard, definitely six or seven hundred people, and most of them had not gone to the front and back doors to participate in the battle, but instead were guarding near the main building of the headquarters.

Without thinking, that was definitely the building where Tan Hengqiang and An Zecheng were located.

"Tap, tap!"

The group moved forward rapidly and soon arrived at the side of the building connecting to the basement.

"Eryang!! You take your men to the periphery to provide cover, Xiaozhao, you guard near the entrance…!" Yao Dou immediately assigned tasks to each group.

Just as the men were talking, seven or eight soldiers suddenly appeared on the side of the building, carrying guns and running towards the main entrance.

"Shoot them, shoot them!"

Seeing someone appear, Su Tianyu decisively gave the order! They definitely couldn't let anyone else enter the basement at this time, otherwise, they would have to engage in extremely complex indoor combat!

"Each group aim, lock onto targets with a three-stage attack, unified fire!" Yao Dou shouted with lightning speed, immediately using his left hand to steady the gun and his right hand to pull the trigger!

"Bang, bang, bang…!"

A very neat burst of gunfire echoed, and each group fired almost simultaneously!

"Gudong, gudong…!"

The seven or eight soldiers with their backs to Su Tianyu and the others fell to the ground like wheat being harvested, almost all of them shot in the back, the head, without even a second to react!

Su Tianyu looked at Yao Dou in surprise: "Your team is awesome!"

"What the hell do you think I came here for? If I didn't have the skills, would I dare to show off at Tan Hengqiang's headquarters?!" Yao Dou replied domineeringly, carrying his gun and rushing towards the entrance first: "Each group take position, assault team enter!"

The group stepped over the bodies at the entrance and instantly rushed into the main building!

On the periphery, Eryang set up his gun at a distance, preparing to provide cover for the retreat later, while Xiaozhao led three brothers to the back door of the building, blocking the exit point to prevent the enemy from blocking the door.

In the dimly lit corridor, based on his judgment of the gunshots just now, Su Tianyu followed the entrances of each room, running forward for about seven or eight meters, when he heard shouts from downstairs.

"This way, this way…!"

Su Tianyu shouted and took the lead in running down the stairs into the basement.

As soon as he entered the lower corridor, Su Tianyu smelled a pungent gasoline odor, and there was a noticeable heat.

"Whoosh!"

Before Su Tianyu could react, he saw a fire person rushing out of the innermost room, howling as he ran towards him!

"Huagong, Huagong side!" Su Tianyu shouted the code word.

The other party ignored him, only rushing towards Su Tianyu.

"Bang!"

Yao Dou showed his head and shot the other party dead with one shot!

Su Tianyu quickly moved forward, came to the entrance of the innermost room, saw several bodies in the room, and two others were retreating, using clothes to pat a man whose upper body was on fire.

"Huagong, Huagong side!" Su Tianyu shouted again.

The people in the room looked back at Su Tianyu and immediately shouted, "He's on fire!!"

Hearing this, Su Tianyu looked inside and noticed that the person on fire was Xin Chaojie!

"Come over and help!" Su Tianyu shouted and immediately rushed into the room.

"Ah!!"

Xin Chaojie roared in pain, rolling on the ground, flames on his back, chest, and even his neck. Although the burning was not too intense, the situation was obviously very urgent.

…

Inside the Xin family villa.

Xin Xiaodong walked in from the main entrance and said to Chief of Staff Wu, "No news has come back from the border yet, I don't know how many of our family members have left! The situation in the city is chaotic, my dad…!"

Chief of Staff Wu looked at Xin Xiaodong, reached out and pulled him to a secluded place, and asked in a low voice, "Have you thought about it?! If…your dad doesn't come back, what do we do?!"

Xin Xiaodong was stunned when he heard this.

"We have to plan for the worst!! Even if he doesn't come back, you have to take the lead, we have no second way to go…understand?!" Chief of Staff Wu roared with red eyes, "We've played both families, there's no chance to surrender now!"