Among the Four-Handed Xi Ren's Sin City army, the city lord's subordinate number two, watching the dwindling number of artillery shells in the sky, chuckled, "It seems our aircraft have suppressed the enemy. Could it be that our Four-Handed Xi Ren's planes have already crushed them!"
After all, the number of aerial bombardment shells had significantly decreased. It was natural for the city lord's subordinate number two to make such a guess based on the apparent situation.
However, he was soon proven wrong.
"Sir, our aircraft are being reduced in number. The enemy is shooting down our flying machines."
"Sir, we only have one aircraft left."
Upon hearing this, the city lord's subordinate number two exclaimed in surprise, "What? Our aircraft have been shot down?"
"Yes, we only have one flying machine remaining. And that aircraft is now disengaging from the battlefield."
Only one aircraft was left, and it was now retreating. But the city lord's subordinate number two wasn't angry about the escaping aircraft. With no aircraft to suppress the enemy, the enemy's artillery fire would surely resume.
As the city lord's subordinate number two pondered this, dense radar responses immediately appeared.
"A large volume of artillery shells are incoming."
Indeed, without the aerial suppression, the enemy's artillery shells rained down once more like a storm.
The city lord's subordinate number two shouted, "Accelerate! Break through this barrage of shells! Speed up to maximum!"
This subordinate of the city lord chose to accelerate, just as the previous city lord's subordinate had done.
Artillery shells continued to fall, and the Four-Handed Xi Ren army suffered continuous casualties. These deployed Four-Handed Xi Ren had never experienced such heavy losses before even seeing the enemy. If it weren't for the Sin City Guard of the Four-Handed Xi Ren enforcing discipline, many Four-Handed Xi Ren would have already fled.
"Accelerate, increase speed to the maximum! Annihilate the enemy!"
After the Sin City army of the Four-Handed Xi Ren had lost one-third of their forces, they finally spotted their enemy.
Various lasers and plasma cannons from the hover tanks of the Sin City army of the Four-Handed Xi Ren unleashed attacks on the Dragon Country's positions.
Major General Hua Deyun also ordered fierce attacks against the enemy.
For a time, conventional explosive shells, lasers, plasma cannons, and kinetic rounds crisscrossed the battlefield.
The surrounding trash mountains were leveled by the explosions.
Major General Hua Deyun observed the hovering vehicles in the distance through his binoculars. Ordinary bullets striking these hovering vehicles only left faint white marks. Only direct hits from artillery shells could destroy them.
The armor of these hovering vehicles, which looked like ordinary buses, was as tough as the armor of the Dragon Country's tanks.
Commander Number Two of the Sin City army of the Four-Handed Xi Ren directed his troops to charge twice, but both assaults were repelled by the Dragon Country's army. With no other choice, the Four-Handed Xi Ren began to engage in positional warfare, using the surrounding trash mountains for cover.
In the previous battle commanded by Wei Wenxing, the Dragon Country's army had a numerical and technological advantage. This time, although the numbers were greater, the firepower only provided a slight advantage. Once the forces closed in, the direct-attack weapons of the Four-Handed Xi Ren also became effective. Tanks and autocannons, partially exposed in the trenches, were destroyed by these linear energy weapon attacks.
Meanwhile, Dragon Country soldiers fired from their concealed positions within the trenches.
Major General Hua Deyun, observing that the laser weapons and plasma cannons of the Sin City army of the Four-Handed Xi Ren were primarily focused on the Dragon Country's front lines, issued an order: "Launch hypersonic missiles from the rear!"
From the base near the portal, dozens of hypersonic missiles were launched.
These hypersonic missiles burned all their fuel for increased thrust, rapidly exceeding Mach 5 and continuing to accelerate: Mach 6, Mach 7, Mach 8...
City lord's subordinate number two hid behind a trash mountain, observing the battle.
"Continue the attack. Their conventional ammunition will eventually be depleted. By then, our energy weapons will annihilate them all."
"Sir, there are hypersonic objects flying in from a distance."
"Hypersonic objects? Are they using this outdated technology again? What's the number?"
"The number is thirty... forty... fifty... sixty... one hundred! It's one hundred missiles, and they're coming from all directions."
"One hundred? Shoot them down immediately."
In the distance, missiles appeared from all directions, streaking towards the location of the Sin City army of the Four-Handed Xi Ren.
As soon as they were spotted, a multitude of laser and plasma cannons quickly shot down twenty of the hypersonic missiles.
However, these hypersonic missiles were incredibly fast. From the moment they were detected to their arrival, less than five seconds passed. During those five seconds, another thirty missiles were destroyed.
City lord's subordinate number two, watching the explosions in the sky, scoffed, "Can these outdated missiles be faster than our lasers? Destroy the remaining missiles."
As the lasers and plasma cannon fire resumed, the remaining fifty missiles suddenly shed their casings, scattering out one hundred bombs.
This instantly turned into five thousand bombs.
The hovering vehicles' defensive systems below, facing the frontal barrage from the Dragon Country's army and the aerial bombardment from above, were overwhelmed.
The area occupied by the Sin City army of the Four-Handed Xi Ren erupted into a sea of explosions.
Hua Deyun ordered an intensified assault.
The Sin City army of the Four-Handed Xi Ren, caught off guard, suffered a tenth of its casualties in this wave of attack.
The battle raged on.
The tide of battle slowly began to turn in favor of the Dragon Country's army.
The Sin City army of the Four-Handed Xi Ren could no longer hold and began to rout.
Major General Hua Deyun continued to order launches from the missile base near the portal base in the rear.
With severe casualties, the Sin City army of the Four-Handed Xi Ren could not intercept this wave of hypersonic missiles.
"Boom, boom..."
Under this barrage of explosions, the Sin City army of the Four-Handed Xi Ren was routed. Even the stern enforcement by the Sin City Guard of the Four-Handed Xi Ren could not stop the scattered Four-Handed Xi Ren from fleeing.
Hua Deyun was not about to let so many Four-Handed Xi Ren escape. He knew that Su Han's main mission also included driving away all the Four-Handed Xi Ren on this Tata Jiao planet. Annihilating them was one way of driving them away. And now was an even better method for annihilating the enemy.
City lord's subordinate number two was also among the fleeing ranks.
"Damn it, what kind of racial civilization's armament is this? It's so powerful! Next time, I will definitely seek revenge!"
A missile fell and struck the hovering vehicle.
"Boom."
In the explosion, the city lord's number two lost his life, forever forfeiting any chance of revenge.
Dragon Country's drones entered the battlefield to clear the area and capture prisoners.