Chapter 15 The Final Climax
Medical District at the entrance of the Chinese Embassy in Taoyuanxing Capital
With the harsh alarm, the metal gate of the embassy, which has always been "closed at night", slowly closed. At some point, the busy medical personnel and the patrol police who were responsible for maintaining order around them were gone. Only the armed police standing guard on the periphery were eyeing the wounded, which frightened the nearly 1,000 wounded people in the medical area. Although now, driving them out is the best way, because General Booker may be in the crowd and deliberately creating trouble to take the opportunity to get out, he had to close the door first and close the door and beat the dog.
The hospital not far from these medical tents has been completely blocked, and the hospital, which specially treats high-level personnel and wounded people in the Empire, was also closed. The armed police officers and the militia who were temporarily mobilized to arm the army have already guarded the entrances and exits of the hospital with live ammunition. All the remaining high-level patients in the Empire were under house arrest in case there were people who colluded with General Booker.
According to the surveillance video, whether it was intentional or lucky, General Booker had already taken his adjutant and a few friends to go out for a "stroll" under the name of recovery and walking. Since there was no "confinement order" to these empire leaders at the beginning, and the generals had gone out for a walk more than once and would return to check within the specified time, the guards did not stop them. However, after the embassy had abnormal movements, they obviously noticed something and did not come back. This also confirmed Li Yuanxing's speculation from another aspect.
"Discover them, there!" A security officer in charge of surveillance pointed to the video of the monitor and reported. Cheng Ping and Li Yuanxing immediately came over. General Booker had already changed into ordinary soldiers' uniforms and walked quickly towards the wounded soldiers at the gate surrounded by a large number of imperial soldiers. It was one hour ago. Fortunately, the embassy's surveillance system was also connected to the Sky Eye system, allowing Zach to use his body language to judge his identity after his face was deliberately blocked.
Although the embassy covers an area of 4.2 square kilometers, which is equivalent to the size of an ancient small town, the monitor still retains many blind spots. So to this day, all outsiders and even employees of the empire are limited in scope, allowing them to be exposed to the monitor in all aspects for easy monitoring.
"Book was on the main road an hour ago and probably had mixed into the medical area. He immediately chased after them and caught them! Remember, you must capture them alive. Also, actions of less than five people are prohibited. We don't know what he will do now." Li Yuanxing picked up the communicator and ordered.
"It's on fire!"
However, before he could finish speaking, he heard someone pointing out the window and shouting.
I saw that the green belt on the outer wall of the embassy had already burned at some point, which was particularly dazzling in the dark, making the wounded soldiers inside and outside the embassy who were already a little frightened became even more restless. The officers and soldiers who were allowed to maintain order also felt it was difficult to suppress.
A team of armed police officers in charge of firefighting immediately drove over under the escort of another armed police officer.
"How could it burn there? There are no people from the empire there!" Cheng Ping said in shock. Then, in the monitor, he saw a black shadow flashing past the green belt, holding something in his hand, and then the next green belt also burned. Countless black shadows that shouldn't have appeared here began to run around, carrying things like combustion aids and setting fires everywhere.
"The enemy has sneaked into here!" Li Yuanxing immediately reported that the embassy is too big, and it is impossible to take care of every place in both surveillance and insufficient troops now.
"Immediately organize a squad and use drones as a guide to start cleaning up the enemies in the embassy! Remember to catch a few live ones." Li Yuanxing hurriedly answered the phone number from the security department, and transferred out the only mobile anti-terrorism team left in his hand. He used the speed of the jeep to start attacking under the guidance of the surveillance and drone.
The human legs were destined to be unable to run into the jeep. After a while, the jeep brought several imperial prisoners wearing imperial military uniforms and wounded all over the body and returned. But before Li Yuanxing began to interrogate, the emergencies were one after another:
"A fire broke out in the isolation belt outside the embassy, and the people we detained are about to rush out."
The armed police officers responsible for the isolation belt outside the embassy reported anxiously. Everyone hurriedly turned on the surveillance and immediately saw the temporary fences of various Imperial Army, Royal Guards, noble bodyguards, and Imperial Communists outside the embassy. Although the fire was not big, the thick smoke from the embassy caused these people to be completely turbulent. Soon, under the leadership of whom, they began to rush into the fence, and with countless panic tramplings, the temporary fences were shaking. The soldiers around them shouted and could not stop the commotion, and could only hold guns and stare at them and wait for the orders above.
"Open the isolation belt and let them go, the key is now in the embassy." Cheng Ping ordered - they had almost no troops left outside the embassy, and they could not bear to see these people at all. It would be a matter of time before they could break through the isolation belt. It would be better to open it directly to avoid greater casualties. Otherwise, once the gun was fired, the empire's armed class would inevitably suffer heavy losses, which would damage China's image and create more hatred. Moreover, the reinforcements had not arrived yet, and the number of armed police on the periphery was very small, and the firepower was not enough to suppress everyone.
As the isolation belt outside the embassy was opened, countless people trapped for several days flocked out and fled along the road. The roads around the embassy were immediately crowded out, making it difficult for reinforcements on the ground to arrive in time.
Just when the embassy was in chaos, the "wounded soldiers" inside also had new trends. In the thick smoke and fires around, various rumors were spreading as fast as possible. I don't know who suddenly shouted:
"It's on fire, and the Chinese think there are infectious patients among us and want to burn us to death!"
"If you don't want to be burned, run there, there is a door there!"
"Someone rushed out from there just now, and the door there was not closed!"
With these rumors and people taking the lead, the bewitched wounded immediately followed the leader in the dark, like wild beasts migrating, rushing towards the direction of the light they pointed at in the dark - that direction is still far away from another door of the embassy, but the group of buildings in the middle is the core part of the embassy, including the ambassador's office, communication center and confidential room.
"Stop, stop, don't move around!" The armed police officers who maintained order all around shouted, and even fired guns to the sky to warn, but they still could not stop the turbulence. Instead, the wounded ran towards the direction of the lights in even more horror. The officers and soldiers had to watch the people rushing towards the ambassador's office while constantly trampling and holding them.
"Can we shoot the crowd?" the commanders of the armed police hurriedly asked.
"Don't shoot! Block them! Disperse them! Use tear gas." Cheng Ping in the embassy gritted his teeth and ordered - if the shooting is fired, with the lethality of the Chinese military weapons, then his rescue operation aimed at winning people's hearts will end in the biggest tragedy, and if the person who should have been captured alive dies, who knows what conspiracy will be there?
Nearby troops immediately carried out the barbed wire, drove out the vehicles, picked up explosion-proof shields, and blocked the front of the ambassador's office, trying to block these impacts like wild beasts' migration. The officers and soldiers who rushed to reinforcements rushed over to reinforcements in helicopters, and their bullets were loaded to ensure that the situation could be controlled under the last resort.
After all, the fleeing crowd was still a crowd. After seeing the various obstacles in front of them, they would not silly bump into them, but ran away. The dense crowd of people were quickly dispersed, then scattered by tear gas, and then controlled by the armed police forces holding explosion-proof shields one by one, and began to investigate the people in the middle. The impact finally did not cause any damage. However, the surveillance showed that more people had already run away, and even ran into the blind spots of the surveillance, scattered in the embassy.
Li Yuanxing's eyes were still staring at the monitor, watching the actions of these people - it was obvious that this impact was a tactic of striking the east and west, and it would be quickly resolved with the military's investment. Those mysterious arsonists were not captured when they died, but they still didn't say a word when they first started interrogation. It took time to pry open their mouths. At the same time, General Zach and his subordinates disappeared. They were either trying to escape, or they had more important targets than here. Of course, the former is more likely. If it were a more important target, where would it be?
A fierce gunshot came from a distance, and Major Wu Zuren's anxious voice came from the communicator:
"The embassy hotel was attacked, request reinforcements, request reinforcements!"
"Hotel!" Li Yuanxing was shocked. Why was it there?
15 minutes ago, a forest in the embassy was in the green belt
"Are you really sure?" General Booker, dressed in an ordinary imperial military uniform, asked in a desperate tone.
"I've confirmed that the queen is indeed hiding in the Chinese embassy. At the beginning of the riot, she hid here. Her subordinate had a female knight named Du Jia who married the Chinese and settled in the embassy. With her power, she made up herself into a family member, and then successfully hid herself in the embassy hotel. Even the Chinese people didn't know. We have investigated from many days and searched the imperial capital in the past few days. Finally, she obtained her whereabouts from her subordinates." An Imperial Army soldier wearing a stabbing suit and carrying a long musket on her back reported.
"A shrewd little girl, at this time, she is still superstitious about these Chinese people! She thinks that the Chinese are the safest here. Now let these Chinese buildings become your last grave." General Booker turned his head and ordered his subordinates viciously:
"Prepare to attack! Don't leave any of the people in the hotel! Everything is for the future of the empire!"
"For the future of the empire!" said these selected imperial soldiers, and then they picked up the bore guns in their hands and checked them.
Booker turned his gaze to another white-haired old man, who nodded, sighed, stood up, and walked towards the hotel, and the soldiers with the borehole muskets followed closely behind. Behind them, more people gathered over, they were all "wounded soldiers" who had made up before, and now they began to gather, and there was no monitoring equipment in this area.
Embassy Hotel
This hotel that houses imperial personnel is far away from the ambassador's office. Since Taoyuan Star's second five-year plan, intermarriages between the empire and China have occurred frequently, and some imperial employees also live in the embassy. Therefore, since the riots in the capital, Chinese personnel who are worried about their family's safety have taken their families here to take refuge in the first place. Although guests from other countries and some local imperial officials who came to attend the congratulations, they all returned in a planned manner after the Chinese army controlled the imperial capital. Now there are only some families of Chinese people with imperial dynasties and a small number of local employees who have almost no value, so the garrison is very limited.
Major Wu Zuren stood at the door of the hotel and began to command the guards of only 20 people here, less than one platoon, to carry out defense. According to the provisions of Plan No. 9, after the plan was launched, all military personnel entered the area closest to them to carry out defense tasks. As the officer with the highest rank here, he had to shoulder this task. However, Wu Zuren does not have the invulnerable exoskeleton mecha, only a pair of tactical cosmic gloves and his own pistol.
The hotel's security personnel also disappointed him a little - as the situation became tense, those with strong combat effectiveness were sent out to perform tasks. In less important places like the hotel, there were some recruits left behind, and the ammunition reserves were not very sufficient.
Fortunately, there are only two entrances and exits in the hotel. Wu Zuren divided his troops into two parts, used existing materials at the front and back doors, built bunkers according to convention, set up weapons, and prepared to guard the gate. Looking at the chaos in the direction of the ambassador's office in the distance and the fires around him, Wu Zuren couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
"Who!" A soldier discovered a figure approaching through the night vision device and immediately shouted.
The other soldiers immediately pointed their guns there, but when the figure approached, they were all stunned.
An old man with white hair, leaning on a crutch, walked over with fear and confusion on his face, and looked like Alzheimer's disease, and said in a stuttering imperial language: "I'm sorry, I'm separated. Please help me, can you find my son?"
Several soldiers looked at each other. It was true that there were several elderly people among the patients recently received by the medical team. It was obvious that no one could make things difficult for this unthreatening old man anymore.
"The danger is lifted, and it's a lost old man!" The lieutenant who led the team, who also had an old man, felt compassion. He reported to Wu Zuren on the other side, and ordered. "Take him back to the hotel to rest first, and then go to find his son after the riot is quelled."
Then, without waiting for Wu Zuren's reply, he led the three soldiers to rush out over the cover and ran to the old man to set up defenses.
"Don't get out of the bunker!" Wu Zuren's order reached the lieutenant's ears, but they were already outside the bunker.
"Old man, please follow us. We will arrange for you to rest and help you find your son tomorrow." A soldier went up to support the old man, said in the inexperienced imperial language, and then led him towards the hotel. The others quickly stood behind the old man to cover him to prevent anyone from following him.
"Thank you! Thank you!" The old man's hand trembled and held the warrior's hand, and his other hand grabbed the crutch tightly. Then, a flash of light appeared on the head of the crutch. The warrior twitched all over and fell to the ground.
The old man's old feeling disappeared, and three big fireballs instantly appeared in his hand, and they hit the three officers and soldiers behind him who had broken the back.
Before the three people could turn around, their bodies began to burn. Their body armor could protect against bows, arrows, or even guns of this era, but they had no resistance to fire. The three people burned in pain, lying on the ground screaming and rolling, and soon there was no movement, leaving only three fires on the lawn.
"Be careful, he is a magician! Open fire, open fire!" Wu Zuren ran over from the other side frantically and screamed desperately, but the soldiers were a little dazed - because the magicians on the Shenzhou Continent were almost wiped out in the earliest wars, and the remaining number was very small, so most of the officers and soldiers were a little surprised when they saw the magician for the first time.
A lightning bolt hit a warrior next to Wu Zuren. The old man could also hear the roaring loudly while throwing fireballs and lightning:
"You invaders from other worlds, remember me, I am Dorant, the Imperial Magister, the former commander of the Imperial Magisters. Since Moult I, I have protected the strongest magicians in this country, so that you can see the strength of the Imperial Magisters!"
Wu Zuren was furious and snatched a soldier's rifle and fired immediately. Only then did the others understand and shoot at the other party frantically.
"Bang bang bang!"
After a violent gunfire, Dorant fell to the ground covered in blood - he obviously had already supported his magic barrier at the first time, but this barrier could only withstand the slower impact, but could not withstand the speed of the bullet.
"Go and save people!"
I don’t know who said something, and immediately five soldiers jumped out of the bunker and ran out, preparing to rescue their comrades who were still outside, regardless of their life or death.
However, before Wu Zuren had time to stop him, another "bang bang" gunshot came. This time it was not from the position of the Chinese army, but from the enemy hiding in the dark opposite.
Three soldiers fell down in response, and the other two instinctively lay down. After a suppressed shot at the place opposite where they had just been shooting, they threw out two smoke bombs. Then, with the help of reinforcements, they took the three fallen soldiers back to the cover.
"It's a gun, why do they rob it?" a soldier who had just retreated said in a terror.
"Boiled rifle, don't be afraid!" Wu Zuren picked out a round projectile from a soldier's bulletproof vest to comfort everyone, but he was also a little shocked. Judging from the density of firepower, the other party obviously had equipped a team of breeze guns, and adopted the tactic of volleys. Since the shooting accuracy of these early breeze guns basically depended on faith, they were lined up in a row when firing, and fired at the same time to increase the fire density to make up for the difference in accuracy.
The three fallen soldiers were not killed. They wore steel helmets and bulletproof vests to block most of the projectiles for them. Moreover, these shoddy bore guns were also very lethal, so the three soldiers were shot and fell down in places where their arms and legs were lacking in defense, without fatal injuries!
"The enemy is found on the left!"
"The enemy is found on the right side!"
Before they could send the wounded away, the soldiers reported one by one. Then they used their night vision goggles to aim at the targets moving in the dark and opened fire. Many targets fell down, while more targets appeared one by one, and even kept hearing the sound of shooting. Obviously, the enemy was dispersed, using the advantage of the number of people to attack, looking for a breakthrough in hotel defense, and waiting for an opportunity to rush over.
"Request reinforcements immediately! Everyone should be careful and prohibited from leaving the bunker. Everyone should keep a close eye on their own position and use a night vision instrument to shoot the target." Wu Zuren ordered loudly, and then reassigned the staff and summoned the hotel staff to help transport the wounded. In just a few minutes, his troops had 8 casualties and suffered losses of one-third, which was unprecedented in the PLA since entering Taoyuan Star, and even made Wu Zuren feel a little admiration for the enemy opposite.
However, the opponent's outstanding performance ended here. As the last Imperial Army soldier who rushed to the bunker with a musket and was shot dead after firing the last bullet, the gunfire around him quickly stopped. Due to the lack of flares, those Imperial Army, who had rich experience in night battles and thought that night cover would be foolproof and could be dispersed to find a breakthrough. They became the targets of the defenders wearing night vision devices, allowing the Chinese army to show their basic ability to shoot at night. At the same time, after they were dispersed, the projectiles fired after the bore guns did not have the effect of volleys, and most of them did not know where to fly, and had little impact on the People's Liberation Army's troops.
Before Wu Zuren and others could breathe a sigh of relief, they heard the noisy slogans and footsteps coming from not far away:
"Kill the Chinese! Long live the empire!"
Hundreds of imperial troops were charging here. They didn't even have a decent weapon in their hands. The better was stones and wooden sticks. Many of them were still wrapped in gauze and bandages, but they rushed towards the hotel with the determination to die. The people in front fell down and followed behind. They overcame human fear of death and rushed up desperately for a single sight to meet the firepower of the Chinese army.
"Close the hotel gate and find something to block the gate! Everyone enters the high-rise room, blocks the door, and waits for rescue." Wu Zuren gave the final order to the hotel's left-behind employees, and then his subordinates shouted: "Let's open fire!"
The dense bullets hit the bustling crowd of charges, causing countless deaths, but the remaining people were still maintaining a strange charge. Obviously, the Imperial Army's charge was not a suicide-like intensive charge, but was fully dispersed, lowered its body, and maintained a zigzag charge route and pressed towards the hotel. They must have done considerable research and training on the weapons and tactics of the Chinese army to make such tactical actions.
Wu Zuren's sweat flowed down his forehead - the hotel was not a key protection target, and the ammunition and weapons naturally hoarded were not sufficient, especially without any heavy weapons. What's worse is that many of the soldiers here are recruits and lack combat experience, so they often do not pay attention to saving bullets when firing. In a panic state, the shooting accuracy has dropped a lot. Faced with the enemies who have begun to throw stones to interfere with their shooting, they have already started to throw grenades to fight.
The reinforcements have set off, on the way, but everything happened too quickly and they may not be able to arrive. However, Wu Zuren had no choice to retreat - even for his wife and children who were still in the hotel, he must not take a step back.
Wu Zuren threw away the rifle that had no bullets in his hand, and used both hands to carry cosmic energy. Several huge fireballs flew out and burned several enemies on the spot.
But before Wu Zuren had time to use the next move, a strong shock wave caused him to fall backwards.
A violent explosion fell from the sky, and the area around the hotel was immediately blown into the surface of the moon pit. Everyone was overturned by this huge shock wave. Many Imperial soldiers who were charging were "blowing" out, and more people were blown to the point where they were dead.
Wu Zuren struggled to stand up, with a smile on his face as if he was relieved. He was so familiar with the sound of the explosion - the sound of the cosmic energy rifle dedicated to the 709th Brigade.
A familiar voice came from the major's headphones.
"This is Zhao Yi, the deputy brigade commander of the 709th Brigade. I heard that I need help here!"
He raised his head and saw more than 20 exoskeleton mechas in the air using their submachine guns to shoot the imperial troops that fled everywhere, while slowly falling from the sky...
Chapter completed!