Chapter 1048 - Battle of Dnieper River (1/2)

Translator: _Min_  Editor: Caron_

Just as Jiang Chen and Evelyn worried about the future of Frankberg, it was late in Ukraine on the other side of the globe.

It was already late May, and the air on the outskirts of Dnepropetrovsk began to feel hot.

The old church stood alone in the middle of the shambles. Perhaps it was because the warring parties had intentionally avoided firing at it that it miraculously survived. In the cemetery behind the church, dark smoke slowly floated up. In order to prevent the plague from spreading, the citizens of the suburbs all helped the government forces to drag the dead bodies there and incinerate them.

Two streets away from the church were the front lines.

A ragged old mother limped forward and wandered around the Dnieper River filled with dead bodies. She was numb to the constant cannon shots in the distance. She mechanically touched the faces soaked by water as she muttered: “God”, “Jesus”, “No”.

The mother river that gave birth to the Ukraine people was now filled with countless floating bodies.

Zhang Feng sighed, raised his hand and pressed on a button outside of the helmet.

“A05 district, found a civilian … who’s going to bring her back?”

After he ended the communication, he looked at the time and saw that it was time to change shifts, so he switched to the team channel.

“Okay, guys, pack things up and get ready to change.”

“Roger that.”

Soon, the squad sent by the militants took over defense from Zhang Feng. Several militants wearing worker uniforms placed machine guns behind the bunker, seemingly guarding their posts diligently. However, Zhang Feng knew that except for the captain who led the team, these people all recently joined the military without proper training.

However, he didn’t say anything.

Why did it matter? Anyway, the situation was similar on the other side. The veterans’ luck was exhausted, and it was the rookies’ turn. At least the morale of the militants was high. They fought for freedom.

At least they thought so.

Out of kindness, Zhang Feng patted the shoulders of a soldier when he left, pointing to the ruins on the other side of the river.

“At three o’clock, there will be firepower from the government forces.”

The captain in the gray sweater glanced on the other side of the river and grinned.

“Thank you.”

“Good luck—”

BOOM.

Zhang Feng didn’t finish before the roar of the artillery interrupted his blessing.

The two men bent down to protect their eyes and blocked the rubble from the ceiling. The glass window shattered into pieces, scaring the machine gunner to curse in horror while retreating into the corner.

“Damn, *cough*. What are they doing?”

After inhaling a full nose of dust, the captain straightened his back, dusted off his arm, and quickly walked to the window. He zoomed on the shoal of the river. Suddenly, his eyes widened, and he subconsciously swore. “Fu*k…”

Tanks and armored vehicles formed a steel wave. With the roar of artillery, the enemy launched an attack across the river. Soldiers screamed out and held the rifles on their chests, closely following the steel wave. They stepped across the burning ruins and assaulted the smoke-filled defense.