The Dragon City Rises

　　Heavy Factory Number One gate passage.

　　At this moment, the passage had been blasted, rubble piled up at the exit, completely blocking Gustav's army inside.

　　The soldiers who had just escaped looked back, their eyes desolate, their bodies like statues.

　　In just those few seconds, too many brothers were buried inside, separated forever from this world…

　　Hou Guoyu collapsed on the ground, staring at the blasted passage in front of him, unmoving, silently shedding tears.

　　After a long while.

　　"Ah—"

　　A hysterical scream echoed, Hou Guoyu knelt on the ground, his body convulsing, wailing loudly.

　　…

　　With Gustav trapped, the city defense army's morale faltered, and the outlying street fighting units began to collapse.

　　Jin Maohui led the assault team, advancing rapidly towards the heavy factory.

　　After a few minutes, the troops arrived.

　　Jin Maohui discovered that there were still some scattered city defense soldiers harassing the area near the heavy factory, so he waved his hand and roared, "Fight! Clear out these remaining troops for me!"

　　The assault team began to clear the area, while Jin Maohui led the guard regiment into the factory, where he saw two soldiers carrying Hou Guoyu out on a stretcher.

　　Jin Maohui frowned and hurriedly stopped them, asking, "Monkey, are you injured? What's the situation inside? Where's Lao Hei?"

　　Hou Guoyu lay on the stretcher, staring blankly, tears streaming down his face, not responding.

　　Jin Maohui's heart sank, and he gently waved his hand.

　　The two soldiers continued to carry Hou Guoyu towards the medical team.

　　Jin Maohui paused for a moment, his expression turning ferocious, and he gritted his teeth and ordered, "Damn it, get the demolition team over here!"

　　Dozens of demolition experts immediately rushed over, standing in front of Jin Maohui, saluting him in unison: "Demolition Platoon Two, awaiting instructions!"

　　"Above the passage, give me a directional blast, blow out some holes." Jin Maohui shouted, his eyes red, pointing at the passage: "Don't worry about the lives of the people below, blast a line, bury those city defense soldiers inside for me!"

　　"Yes!" More than thirty demolition experts immediately stepped forward and began placing explosives above the passage.

　　"Pa pa pa!"

　　Rows of explosives were placed, and the demolition experts quickly retreated, awaiting instructions.

　　"Assault team, prepare for battle!" Jin Maohui shouted loudly, and five or six hundred soldiers stepped forward, setting up automatic weapons, aiming at the passage entrance.

　　"Detonate!" With a loud shout from the platoon leader, a burst of fire erupted on the passage.

　　"Boom boom boom!"

　　With the violent explosions, rubble flew, and a passage was forcibly blasted open.

　　Inside the passage, thick smoke billowed everywhere, and many city defense soldiers were buried under the rubble.

　　"Assault team, go down." Jin Maohui ordered, and the assault team members were about to charge inside.

　　"Buzz buzz..."

　　Just then, the sound of helicopter rotors came from the sky, and Jin Maohui looked up towards the heavy factory gate.

　　He saw a dense formation of helicopters flying over, each with the emblem of the Blackwater Legion on its fuselage.

　　"Wooo wooo wooo—"

　　Then, a clear bugle call sounded, and rows of heavy armored vehicles crushed the surrounding walls, entering Jin Maohui's view.

　　"Charge!"

　　With the roaring shouts, the soldiers of the Third Division, like a tide, also surged over.

　　…

　　A few minutes earlier, in the bunker passage.

　　An intelligence officer ran over from the front, his face covered in dirt, and saluted Gustav: "Report General! We can't get out, the Number One passage ahead has been blasted."

　　Gustav frowned: "Find a way to blast a gap for me…!"

　　"Rumble!"

　　Before he could finish speaking, a violent explosion was heard.

　　Immediately afterward, the entire passage began to shake, and large amounts of rubble fell from above.

　　"Bang bang bang!"

　　Many soldiers were crushed under the rubble, and screams and cries of pain rose and fell. Rolling smoke continued to spread, and Gustav, covered in dust, was protected by several officers, squatting on the ground.

　　In the thick smoke, a ray of light shone in from the distance, and a gap had been blasted in the blocked passage.

　　A large number of soldiers in black and green uniforms were charging in through the gap.

　　"Counterattack!" Gustav, realizing the situation ahead, roared loudly: "Gather your forces and fight out!"

　　"Da da da!"

　　Intense gunfire rang out in the passage, and the two sides immediately began to exchange fire.

　　"Damn it, you still dare to resist? Kill them all! Leave no one alive who can breathe!" Jin Maohui gritted his teeth, holding a light machine gun, and personally led his troops into the passage, quickly clearing out the city defense soldiers there.

　　The Joint Army's fighting style was extremely brutal, basically every shot was fatal, leaving no survivors, fighting to the death upon encounter.

　　…

　　Xin Xiaodong sent the Third Division and Fei Pingsheng's field brigade to support Jin Maohui, while he led a regiment, driving towards the Finance Department.

　　In one of the spacious command vehicles, a city defense officer wearing a general's star medal, was tied up and kneeling on the ground, his forehead covered in cold sweat.

　　Xin Xiaodong held a pistol and said to the officer in English, "I want to know two things now. One, where is the Finance Department's treasury? Two, where is your military headquarters' treasury?"

　　The officer looked at Xin Xiaodong, his eyes hesitant, but he shook his head: "Sorry…I don't know…"

　　"Bang!"

　　Xin Xiaodong cocked the gun, fired a shot at the roof of the vehicle, then pressed the muzzle against the officer's forehead, and said through gritted teeth, "Damn you, you think I can't find it if you don't tell me? Can a warlord not have a vault?"

　　"Don't shoot, I'll talk…" The officer gave up struggling and began to explain the whereabouts of the treasury.

　　…

　　Inside the Number One passage.

　　"Da da da!"

　　"Bang bang bang!"

　　The sound of gunfire continued, and Jin Maohui led the soldiers, advancing rapidly into the passage.

　　The ground along the way was covered with corpses left by the city defense soldiers.

　　Soon, they fought into a spacious hall, and the city defense soldiers in front of them were already few in number.

　　"Surrender!" An officer shouted loudly: "We surrender!"

　　With his voice, the city defense soldiers put down their weapons and raised their hands in surrender.

　　"Confiscate their weapons." Jin Maohui ordered, and the soldiers stepped forward to confiscate the weapons, while pressing the city defense soldiers to the ground.

　　Jin Maohui scanned the crowd and quickly saw Gustav's figure. This imposing Saint Paul City Chief had changed into an ordinary soldier's uniform, seemingly wanting to take the opportunity to slip away, but unfortunately, all the rat holes were blocked.

　　Jin Maohui's face was gloomy, and he strode over.

　　Gustav also noticed him, and when the other party approached, he said, "Perhaps…we can talk."

　　Jin Maohui went up and kicked Gustav to the ground, while cursing, "Talk your mother's ass!"