Apocalypse: The Stronghold System

Chapter 120: Attacking the Imperial City (1)

—Empire City South—

The Alpha team managed to infiltrate into the Imperial City after crippling all the guards at the entrance gate, but they did not kill him as it was deemed unnecessary, moreover, the low-level soldiers guarding this gate did not know anything.—only carried out the duties of the superiors.

Since Team Alpha went through the main gate, the difficulty encountered was higher than the other teams.

The one leading the operation this time was Tang Zixuan who was the Alpha Team Leader.

In this operation there is also a very visible oddity, namely the military headquarters are far in the north, but they instead pass from the south. However, there is certainly a reason why you should take a further path.

Yun Mingyue looked around, she saw the myriad changes in the Imperial City. Previously, the main road had two lanes that in total can accommodate as many as 8 — 12 large cars simultaneously, but now only one lane is small. House buildings were also more dense, this was like a city in the medieval era.

"I didn't believe in the condition of the Imperial City at first when I was observing it via satellite, but looking at it head-on, this was indeed terrible."

Yin Mengqi nodded. "Yes, I'd rather stay where you are. The food there is varied, the air is fresh, and the technology there is amazing."

"You guys." Tang Zixuan sighed as she saw Yun Mingyue and Yin Mengqi talking casually. Nothing changes in the two, always relaxing every time you go on a mission.

Tang Zixuan was speechless anymore, she signaled with her hands for them to be silent and communicate with the mind alone so as not to cause any excess noise.

Tang Zixuan raised her open left hand and moved left-right.

Everyone who was originally in a one-track formation, suddenly split up in two different directions.

Tang Zixuan clenched her hands, raised them as high as possible, then her index finger and thumb formed a 90°-like angle of the letter “L”.

Yin Mengqi, who had been hiding in the area of the house on the right street, kept the weapon behind her back and crouched down while turning her back against the wall of the house behind her.

Yun Mingyue dashed towards Yin Mengqi, stomping on Yin Mengqi's hand for a dash before leaping onto the roof of the house. He who had already arrived at the roof, extended his hand.

Yin Mengqi leaped up, reaching for Yun Mingyue's hand to climb onto the roof.

When the two were already on the roof, they took out the DX-5 Ravager for Yin Mengqi to use. As for Yun Mingyue, he assembled the Separator on the roof.

Sniper Separator has bullets with caliber 23 × 152mm and barrel along 1.5 m, and effective within 4,000 m. This sniper is an anti-material sniper that is usually used to penetrate armored fighting vehicles. Surely this Separator is stronger than the DX-5 Ravager whose caliber is only 12.7 × 108mm, despite winning in range.

Yun Mingyue was lying on his stomach, eyeing the tank that was patrolling at night. He himself did not expect to kill his compatriot, which is the most serious offense in the military.

But Yun Mingyue did not directly shoot, she waited for the cue from Tang Zixuan. However, he said it was very unreasonable to knock out tanks that could attract attention, when they themselves came secretly.

Yin Mengqi also held fire, but she was extremely eager to kill the soldiers seen in the tank's entrance hole. He himself knew the most grave offense, but since he was no longer in the military, he could do the thing he wanted most long ago.

In Alpha Team Yin Mengqi is often called crazy because it is very happy to shoot fellow members, although every shot is always intentional to miss.

“Cut.”

Yun Mingyue received the order, but it was accompanied by a hand gesture that asked him to disable the tank, not the rider.

Yin Mengqi clucked furiously, she kept the DX-5 Ravager behind her back as it was no longer useful.

Yun Mingyue aimed for the chain wheel on the tank, then pulled the trigger of the Sniper Separator.

Bullet projectiles were fired from the barrel, giving rise to loud noises that blared like lightning striking.

The tank that was running as usual, two seconds later stopped moving as the chain that bound the iron wheel was cut off, and the next six seconds heard a loud gunshot.

The personnel inside the tank were initially puzzled as to why the tank had suddenly stopped and there was damage to the wheels, but when there was the sound of an explosive echo creeping through the air, the personnel inside began to panic.

"There's attack! Report this to headquarters! Ask for more soldiers!"

Yun Mingyue as the perpetrator who shot, dismantled the Sniper Separator and left the place.

Tang Zixuan gave the order with hand movements projected directly in everyone's field of vision, her command was to hurry away and find a safe place.

The twelve men ran through a small alley, jumping from rooftops to rooftops of other houses, hiding in shady trees under the chaos of the city deploying most of the military forces.

“The attack was to create chaos, now the real war has begun. Remember, they are not partners, but enemies.”

Tang Zixuan's voice sounded in everyone's minds, making everyone more serious than before. Especially Yin Mengqi who has released the DX-5 Ravager security.

Luo Zhu hid inside the culvert, he was ordered to take the parked military car not far from its place. Right now, he is alone in the culvert, and this military car is being rested because it is done.

"I don't know which stupid leader would let military cars park recklessly here." Luo Zhu took out a Glock 17 that had been fitted with a silencer, he opened fire directed at the lighting and surveillance cameras.

Luo Zhu looked up, he made use of the night vision features and saw Qian Jianying (Colonel/Female/47 Years Old) squatting on the roof of a one-story building.

Luo Zhu stood up and rushed towards the car, he took out a key-opening kit. It did not take long from inserting a safety pin and so on until he managed to open the door, then he forcibly destroyed the car key and turned it on.

Qian Jianying waited for the person inside the house to come out and kill him, but when it had already been a minute passed but there was no movement, she immediately left the place— did not want to linger.

On the other hand, Yun Mingyue and Yin Mengqi were still together, but they were somewhere else.

Yin Mengqi wore a black mask and hid her silver hair. He saw the transport trucks that kept coming. "So, we're making a mess here so that the other team can sneak into the base easily? I'm an expert at making a mess."

Yin Mengqi was eyeing the moving transport truck at night, she was calculating the path and distance between her and the distant truck. After successfully obtaining the results, he pulled the DX-5 Ravager trigger.

The bullet shot out at a speed of 900 m/s splitting the cold air at night, the bullet pierced through breaking glass and blowing up the heads of the two soldiers sitting in front.

Yun Mingyue beside Yin Mengqi, fired the same shot using a Separator Sniper. The larger bullet damaged the front wheels, leaving the car off balance and rolled over.

Yin Mengqi gave a compliment to Yun Mingyue. "Good, that's my sister."

Yun Mingyue did not say anything, he re-opened fire several times which each penetrated the shot he had head on. Then after spending the ammunition in the magazine, he jumped down from the three-story building and slipped into the narrow alley.

Their main task was to capture General Fan, but there was a side mission where they had to wreak havoc until the team led by Fu Shan and Yu Fengsan managed to infiltrate.

Yun Mingyue ran in the narrow alley to meet with Luo Zhu who had already started picking up the other members, followed by Yin Mengqi behind him.

The two ran until they almost left the narrow alley, and they heard a shout in front of them: 'But:

"Stop! Headquarters has given orders for all cars to go south!"

Yun Mingyue hurried over, he saw three soldiers standing almost opposite each other intercepting the personnel carrier truck. He raised his left hand, pointed at one of the soldiers then scratched his own neck.

Yin Mengqi smiled faintly as she took out a knife, she could see there was Luo Zhu, her husband was driving and beside her was Qian Jianying getting ready to come out.

Yun Mingyue and Yin Mengqi extended a left hand, caught the mouth of the man in front of her, then stabbed her neck and slashed at him.

That loud growl attracted the attention of the soldier who stepped forward, as he turned around, he was surprised to see his dead comrade. He took out a firearm, but before he could attack, his hand was attacked from behind.

Qian Jianying who kicked the soldier's arm, stretched out her hands carrying a sharp wire and strangled the neck of her target.

The soldier struggled with gripping Qian Jianying's hand while kicking her feet on the ground and fighting for her life, but it was all in vain even until the end of her life.

Qian Jianying dropped the corpse on the street, then dragged it into a small alley and stockpiled it with trash.

Yin Mengqi gave a thumbs up to Qian Jianying. "As expected of our psychopath, he's happy to kill his target slowly."

"I don't want to hear it from you that's so happy to shoot his partner." Qian Jianying stared intently at Yin Mengqi, then turned back up onto the truck tub.

Yin Mengqi shrugged her shoulders. "They are not our comrades, they are rebellious soldiers. Even if civilians only knew that the President was sick, the army would know the real reason. Since they joined the rebellion operation, they are no longer considered our compatriots, they are traitors."

Luo Zhu heard Yin Mengqi's voice, could only shut up and shake his head. He himself understood the meaning of the word spoken by Qian Jianying, the intent of shooting comrades was while they were resting, but Yin Mengqi liked to play a gun and shoot in all directions.

Yun Mingyue looked around, looking at the lights of the extinguished house. "Empire City, is there a curfew rule? Even the Wind Protection City did not have this kind of rule."

"Yes ..." Yin Mengqi nodded as she opened the door and said, "From nine o'clock, no one is allowed to leave as it could interfere with military operations. Heh! That's just bullshit!"

Yun Mingyue looked around for once again, the current was completely desolate, incompatible with what was shown earlier in the afternoon. Furthermore, the area where they are currently there is not a single civilian, all of them are from the military.

"It seems that civilians are only allowed to live in the outer area, daylight can enter this area, but after evening, must return."

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