Chapter 902: Chapter 876:
Da da da...
The bullets rained down heavily, but the opponent’s siege vehicles were covered with thick steel plates, causing the vehicles to move slowly. The bullets only left deep marks on the steel plates without penetrating them.
"Mr. Ye, the bullets can’t penetrate!" the soldiers said anxiously.
"Damn, I give you a virgin, and you can’t even break her seal?" Ye Chen glared at them and said, "If you can’t pierce it, then give them a harsh lesson. Pour gasoline and set it on fire!"
"Got it!" The soldiers simply threw the high-pressure pump into the big oil barrel and then used a high-pressure water gun to spray the opponent fiercely. A large amount of gasoline was poured onto the opponent’s siege vehicles and the soldiers underneath.
"Oh no, they’re pouring gasoline!"
"Damn it, run!"
The soldiers panicked, even those on the siege vehicles ready to jump onto Luoyang Prefecture’s walls got scared. However, being over ten meters high, they could only climb down step by step. Ye Chen didn’t give them any chance to escape. He sneered and said, "Come on, set them on fire for me!"
"Boom..."
Deputy Liu personally lit the torch in his hand and threw it onto the opponent’s siege vehicle. A massive flame shot up, engulfing the entire siege vehicle like an ancient card and consuming the soldiers on and below it.
"Ah, help!"
"Help, save me!"
The fire spread through the camp, and it burned for miles without extinguishing. The horrible scene was indescribable in just a few words. Over a thousand people were involved, dozens just on the siege vehicles, plus those who rushed to the gate. They were promised ten beauties and a million US Dollars for being the first to enter the city. Everyone risked their lives for it. It’s beyond comprehension which general of Luoyang Prefecture used such cruel and inhuman tactics against his own people.
Seeing the blazing flames, the soldiers in the rear lost confidence and immediately turned to retreat. Outside the North Gate, over a hundred people were burning all over, rolling on the ground, and some tried to find a water source to jump into.
Ye Chen’s eyes flickered with two flames, which gradually grew larger and soon filled his whole eyes. Ye Chen revealed a cruel smile and said, "What a scene of fire raging through the camp. It sure burns beautifully!"
Outside the North Gate, the situation was in total chaos. If not for the generals trying their best to control it, it would have been completely out of control. The generals gathered all the soldiers from other gates at the North Gate, deciding to take it down in one go.
After some deliberation, they decided to use machine guns to completely blockade the Luoyang Prefecture’s gates and send a few more siege vehicles. Fortunately, only one siege vehicle was destroyed; without them, Luoyang Prefecture would never fall.
Subsequently, under the heavy firepower suppression, Ye Chen had to retreat into the city. Over a hundred soldiers on the wall were holding ten machine guns, aggressively attacking the opponent. However, both sides were using suppressive firepower, having little effect. The soldiers on the wall didn’t dare show their heads; any carelessness could cost them their lives. Bullets don’t have eyes. The soldiers on both sides were firing blindly, just using firepower to suppress. Anyway, bullets don’t cost money.
Soon, two more siege vehicles were dispatched, but this time, they were not as sturdy as before, covered only with ordinary iron plates instead of steel. A single shot from a machine gun pierced through them. However, because of the suppressive firepower, the opponent dared not show their heads, and the two siege vehicles quickly reached the base of the wall, allowing the soldiers to start climbing up.
"Damn, they’re here again!" After glancing over the wall, the soldiers immediately noticed the opponent had launched two siege vehicles. They quickly panicked and shouted, "Quick, burn them with gasoline!"
"Damn, where’s the high-pressure water gun?" The soldiers were dumbfounded. Under the opponent’s suppressive fire, the wall’s soldiers were also at a loss and in some disarray.
Boom...
The two siege vehicles rammed into the wall, and over a hundred soldiers quickly climbed up, reaching the top in no time. However, before they could pop their heads up, they were immediately riddled with bullets. However, there were only over a hundred soldiers on the wall, while the assault from the siege vehicles involved over a hundred more. As people continued to stream up from the siege vehicles, chaos ensued on the wall.
"We’re about to succeed!" The opponent’s general was excited and waved his arm, shouting, "Everyone, listen to my orders, rush in and capture Yao Yue!"
"Charge!" Just as the soldiers shouted, a group of soldiers emerged continuously from the nearby forest, leaving the opponent’s general stunned. Everyone stared wide-eyed at these newcomers, unsure whether they were friend or foe. Based on their attire... At this moment, a general shouted, "Damn, stop charging, Luoyang Prefecture’s reinforcements have arrived!"
The advancing soldiers were dumbfounded, and eight hundred were surrounded by 1,500. They were like sheep being cornered.
"Mr. Ye, we should return to the mansion, or else we might get hit by stray bullets!" Zi suggested while watching Ye Chen from the wall. Ye Chen shook his head and said, "No rush, let’s see how things unfold first. If you’re afraid, go back first!"
"No, I won’t go if you don’t go!" Zi shook her head hurriedly, silently following behind Ye Chen.
"Something’s not right..." Ye Chen immediately frowned.
"What’s wrong?!" Zi was puzzled.
"It’s silent outside now, haha... our net has finally closed in!" Ye Chen laughed heartily.
"Net?!" Zi looked at Ye Chen, completely bewildered. She stared at Ye Chen in confusion. Ye Chen shouted, "Open the gates, charge out!"
"Open the gates!" Deputy Liu shouted urgently.
The soldiers guarding the gates twisted the knob, and the four major gates of Luoyang Prefecture were controlled by this switch. Once a gap wide enough was opened, over a hundred soldiers immediately charged out. Outside, over eight hundred had already been surrounded by soldiers led by Guo Decai.
"Brothers, break through!" The opponent’s general roared, leading his guard team to charge one side.
The scene turned chaotic again. Guo Decai deliberately left an opening, as Ye Chen had instructed not to annihilate the enemy, but to wear down their live forces while preserving their own as much as possible.
To kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred of our own, Guo Decai understood this, and so did Ye Chen. That’s why Guo Decai left an opening. The enemy found a way out and had no intentions of counterattacking, but just wanted to escape. However, the soldiers of Luoyang Prefecture retaliated fiercely. They longed for Ye Chen’s promise that whoever killed the most could be promoted to team leader.
The soldiers fought not only fiercely but also bravely.
"Captain, let’s pursue them!" A brave soldier swallowed his saliva, wiped the blood off his face and looked eagerly at his captain, saying, "We could score more military merits. If you kill the most, you might become at least a general!"
"No, without orders to pursue, we must stop!" The captain, being a captain, had ingrained in him obedience to orders and arrangements. If everyone acted on impulse, the team couldn’t be led.
"Sigh..." The soldier sighed helplessly. Since the captain was unwilling to pursue, as a subordinate, he couldn’t pursue either.
Soon, eight hundred of the opponents hastily departed, leaving over three hundred corpses and over a hundred wounded behind, groaning in agony. Those guys had no sympathy and fled chaotically.
In the darkness, a force of over five hundred soldiers was rushing under the cover of night. They unexpectedly met the fleeing troops, and upon seeing the fleeing four or five hundred, Leader Ma curiously asked, "Who are these people?"
"Great Leader, just asked, they’re the soldiers of Leader Qiu and other leaders!" a guard replied urgently beside him.
"What?! Impossible!" Leader Ma shook his head immediately and said, "I equipped them all with standard uniforms and weapons. I issued two thousand sets of equipment to them. How could they go to battle looking so ragged?!"
"I don’t know, but that’s what they said!" the guard replied urgently, "That’s exactly what they said!"
"Scoundrels, did they strip the gear and come naked to attack?!" Leader Ma was dumbfounded and urgently said, "Quick, let’s go and see!"
"Yes!" The guard quickened his pace.
Over five hundred, uniformly dressed, uniformly equipped with US-style gear, looking like American soldiers entering a city. But judging by their demeanor and stature, they were clearly inferior to American soldiers.