Chapter 102 – Crossfire
Novel Title: 龙血 (Dragon Blood)
Author：水千丞 (Shui Qian Cheng)
Translator: K (@kin0monogatari)
Protagonists: 单鸣 (Shan Ming -MC), 沈长泽 (Shen Changze -ML)
*Please read at Novels Space.space, the original site of translation. TQ*
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In the chaos, they had advanced to the middle of the movie city. Tang Jingzhi finally discovered their invasion.
More and more troops were dispatched to attack them. Four armoured vehicles and two tanks drove over from the opposite street. Under the situation of heavy firepower bombardment, the troops had to be divided. Tang Tingzhi was still unwilling to let everyone separate. He was afraid of encountering Dragon Blood people but Ayer decisively divided the team into three teams. There are 4 to 5 people in each team, making sure that each team has at least two Dragon Blood people with them. One team hid in the administrative building and the other team hid in the opera house diagonally opposite of the administrative building. Meanwhile, another team lurked into the church. The three teams responded to each other’s defence from a distance.
Ayer yelled into the radio as he ran, “Vulture, Zouhuo, there’s a tank! Get down from the bell tower now! Get down now!”
He just yelled twice when an armour-piercing ammunition hit the fuel tank of an enemy armoured vehicle. The fuel tank exploded and all the surrounding soldiers were blown out. At this moment, the tank began to turn its head toward the bell tower.
Ayer yelled loudly, “Get out!”
A projectile bomb was concentrated and released on the bell tower!
Ayer was dumbfounded and cursed angrily: “Are you a fucking idiot?! The bell tower is an obvious target. Even a fool would know where the sniper is hiding. Why would he shoot if he doesn’t retreat afterwards!”
There was no response from the radio for a long time.
Yang Guan was also anxious, “Vulture! Vulture! Report!”
For a long time, their hearts were suspended. But finally, there was a rustling sound from the other end of the radio. Vulture’s weak voice sounded, “I know…they are going to blow up the bell tower. But I have to get rid of one of their armoured vehicles no matter what…”
The Dragon Blood people who are wounded could heal but the situation will not be so optimistic for a normal human being.
Shan Ming asked: “Vulture! What’s wrong with you? What about Zouhuo!”
“I’m okay…fuck…I’ll get Zouhuo out.”
“Don’t move anymore. Kali, don’t act rashly. They haven’t found your location yet. The other party has tanks. So we must find other ways to deal with them.”
Kali said in a calm voice, “Got it. I want to try that Iced Armour Piercing Shell.”
They only brought armour piercing projectile bombs with them to go against armoured vehicles or tanks. They have no idea if the Iced Armour Piercing Shell can penetrate tanks. Knowing that they have snipers, all the tank soldiers dared not poke their heads out. Their only choice is to get rid of the tanks as soon as possible. Otherwise, the tanks will blow up the entire building sooner or later.
The armoured vehicles and tanks went all the way and blew up the building where they were hiding and the gravel walls were splashed everywhere. Everyone was injured. But no one dared to fight back. Once they found their hiding place, what was waiting for them was intensive bomb attacks. Even the gods would have to be buried alive.
Shan Ming said anxiously: “Tang Tingzhi, can the Iced Armour Piercing Shell deal with tanks?”
Yang Guan said: “It can’t penetrate them directly. But the ice-seeded bomb can freeze the outer skin of the tank instantly. And then, we can use the armour-piercing bullets to penetrate frozen tanks.”
Tang Tingzhi said: “Use Iced Armour Piercing Shell first. And then use incendiary bombs. The tank cannot be completely destroyed but the tank soldiers in it will definitely be finished.”
“Okay. Let’s distribute the tanks first. Vulture, can you still move?”
Vulture’s panting voice came from the earphones, “Yes.”
Ayer said in a deep voice: “Tank No. 1, Kali. Tank No. 2, Vulture. Armoured Vehicle No. 1, Falcon. No. 2, Shan Ming. And No. 3, Pell. Is there any problem?”
“No problem!”
Shan Ming quickly replaced the bullets in the Remington sniper rifle with Iced Armour Piercing Shell and stared at his prey through the scope. His body was covered with a thick layer of grey stones and his whole body seemed to be buried alive. Tang Tingzhi, Huang Ying, Ayer, and a Dragon Blood special soldier in the same team as him were in the same state as him. The administrative building was on the verge of collapsing. The ceiling looked like it would come down at any moment, crushing them all to a pulp.
Ayer locked his eyes on the tanks and armoured vehicles slowly passing by in front of their eyes, “Shoot.”
Shan Ming tapped the trigger and the Iced Armour Piercing Shell slammed into the fuel tank of the No. 2 armoured vehicle. Four snipers in their positions fired bullets at the same time. The small hole is the centre and the frost spreads around at a speed visible to the naked eye, freezing the entire bearing in an instant. The thick layer of the tank is now as fragile as a layer of paper. In the next second, an incendiary bomb drills through the bullet hole. Once inside, the flames inside the tank came out from the broken hole. One can imagine what the scene inside the tank was like.
Immediately, the enemy’s tanks and armoured vehicles were all scrapped. Shan Ming raised his sniper rifle and shot at the panicked soldiers on the street.
They didn’t get complacent for too long. Soon, bullets and rockets flew towards their hiding place due to the exposure of their location. The cut directly scratched the corner of his eyebrow and his blood flowed down.
Tang Tingzhi crawled over to treat Shan Ming’s wound but Ayer pushed his head down. A bullet whizzed past Tang Tingzhi’s helmet. Ayer scolded: “Don’t fucking move.”
Shan Ming took out the hemostatic powder from his pocket, closed his eyes and sprinkled it on his eyebrows. He then wiped off the blood on his face and continued to shoot at any given opportunity.
The enemies on the street were about to be completely wiped out by them soon. Seeing that the building above them was crumbling, they rushed out of the building in order to prevent being buried alive. They ran out with gunfire over their shoulders to eliminate the few remaining enemies on the street.
Ayer commanded: “Cover Jushi. Go to the bell tower with Pell. Take Vulture and Zouhuo out. Shen Changze, Shen Changze, where the hell are you?!”
Shan Ming suddenly remembered that there had been no report from Shen Changze for a long time. So he also shouted: “Shen Changze, report!”
Shen Changze spoke quickly, “I am reinforcing for Tiger Shark.”
Tiger Shark yelled at this time: “We broke the defences to let the ‘Prayers’ and the ‘Red Frost Warriors’ in. But then these sons of bitches started attacking us.”
Tang Tingzhi said: “Try to avoid them. Their target is not us.”
“We are retreating towards you.”
Shen Changze said in a deep voice: “I’m a little worried. Why haven’t we met any Dragon Blood Man so far?”
Everyone’s hearts were stagnant. Yes, why didn’t they meet any Dragon Blood Man yet? So far, all the troops that have appeared are troops from the ‘Lion Mountains Allies’ and no one from Tang Jingzhi’s side has been seen.
It is understandable that Tang Jingzhi wants to use the power of the ‘Lion Mountains Allies’ to destroy them. But regardless of whether Tang Jingzhi is naive or not by thinking that these people can resist them, now that these armies have almost been wiped out by them, why didn’t Tang Jingzhi send any Dragon Blood men to deal with them at this time?
Could it be that Tang Jingzhi has already evacuated?
Thinking of this possibility, everyone was very worried. If Tang Jingzhi had already evacuated, then they would really be caught in the crossfire for nothing. They broke into the territory of the enemy just simply to fight against the largest diamond smuggling army in the area and they still haven’t achieved their goal. Then, they must’ve been played by Tang Jingzhi.
Tang Tingzhi quickly retorted: “Impossible. Koski and Huang Ying are monitoring the surroundings of the movie city. Unless they run away from underneath the ground, anyone who approaches or leaves will be found by them. Tang Jingzhi will never give up his lair that easily. We have already destroyed two of his bases. If we destroy this one as well, it will ruin his years of hard work. With Shen Yao escorting him, he will not leave.”
Ayer said anxiously: “Then why haven’t I seen any Dragon Blood Man so far?!”
Sweat broke out on Tang Tingzhi’s forehead. He tried hard to think, but he still couldn’t figure out why.
However, as the ‘Prayers’ and the ‘Red Frost Warriors’ also marched into the movie city, within a hundred metres away from them, they finally knew why. And they found out in an extremely tragic way.
Suddenly, there were a few Dragon Blood men with wings and tails on the city wall, holding MP5K rifles. They also have grenade launchers hung under the rifles. Multiple grenades were fired towards them and the smuggling army behind them.
Long before they fired, Shen Changze’s keen sense of smell had smelled an unusual scent. His face suddenly changed and he shouted hoarsely into the radio: “It’s white phosphorus grenades!”
Everyone’s complexion changed. They started running like crazy towards the building. Even if they risked being buried alive, they didn’t want to get even a little bit of military white phosphorus on their bodies!
The gun grenade shot towards the bombed armoured vehicles and the white phosphorus mixed with fuel exploded. This explosion increased the life-threatening 50-metre splash distance of the gun grenade by at least ten metres. The air was filled with the stretch of white phosphorus as they were shot out.
Those smuggling soldiers who had no time to dodge in a daze burst into hellish screams in the next second.
Ayer trembled and roared: “If your skin is stained with white phosphorus, don’t touch it! Don’t touch the wound! Don’t make me repeat this a second time! No matter how painful it is!”
Soon, through the radio transmitters, they all heard Dino’s heart-piercing screams at the same time.
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☝🏻Armour piercing shell = It is a type of projectile or munition used in military applications. It is designed to be fired from a gun or launcher and is typically made of a hard material, such as steel or tungsten, that is able to penetrate through armour or other barriers. They are used to defeat armoured vehicles, tanks, defences, and other hardened targets.
Next update: 2023.–.– (*TBA)
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