82 The Siege (1/2)
<South - Main Gate>
”Shields up!”
”Hold the line!”
Adnan was the captain of the Red Barret special forces. He used to train and lead thousands of special forces soldiers. He has been in dozens of secret missions before and survived many life and death situations.
He was currently the most experienced battalion commander guarding the south gate. The other two commanders followed his order. Adnan and his 1.000 men stood on the first line in front of the gate.
”Hold the line!!”
Wwooossssshhhhhhh!!!!
Pa!... Pa!... Pa!... Pa!... Pa!... Pa!...
Thousands of wolflike mutated rats rushed into of the gate, the battalions created a semi-circle formation about the size of a basketball court. There were 3 rows of spearman and 2 rows of saber fighters. These black furred creatures were annihilated by the dozens every minute. But there was always the careless soldier who got bitten and badly injured or died. Adnan ordered the soldiers to switch rows every 15 minutes to give some breathing room.
”Do not falter!!” ”Bring up the reserve soldiers!”
Because of the mutation, many of these 1.000 men were stronger than his previous special forces. But these soldiers were inexperienced, they tend to make mistakes.
”Keep your shields up!” ”Trust the brother next to you!! Focus on what in front of you!!”
The mutated rats attacking the south gate were twice as many as at the other gates.Commander Adnan saw black furs creatures cover all over the ground until the horizons... there's definitely more than 30.000 rats in here. These are city rats, they mostly came from the city's sewers. All the big cities were south of the Starbase.
RRRRR...RRRRR...
”Firearm troops, fire!!!”
DRATATATATATATA...
The cats were still the hardest to deal with. They are fast and fight better in the dark.
Each battalion had at least 100 firearm troops. At this gate, a total of 300 chosen men were using an AK-47 with the 7.62 cartridges. There were also a dozen snipers.
Pa!... Pa!... Pa!... Pa!... Pa!... Pa!...
The battle at the south gate was a battle of endurance; Adnan's troops had the advantage, but his battalion's survival will depend on how long they could hold the line.
<Central - Headquarters>
Hearing the battle reports made Alex's blood boils. He was really anxious to jump in and join the fight, but he needed to put his trust in the commanders. They needed to improve fast if they wished to save humanity.
”There are many more mutated beasts seen at the south gate, should we send reinforcements?”
Sandi has known Adnan for quite a while, one in the police special forces, the other in the army special forces. He was worried about his friend's safety.
”No.. we need to hold! As long as it's only rats and cats, they will be fine.”
”What of the situation at the other gates?”
”The River Gate in the west and the Mountain Gate in the north are fighting the same mutated beasts, but with half the numbers compared to the south gate. At the east gate, Commander Karra is leading the 10.000 reinforcements. She plans to clean up the whole east battlefieldwithin the hour.”
ast-Pillar Gate>
The East Gate had Commander Rangga holding one of the battalions, unlike Adnan, Rangga lead from the top of the wall.He is a death squad lieutenant who specialized in kungfu techniques. Within kung fu, there were also Chinese double saber techniques.
SLASH!! SLASHH!!
Every slash managed to kill or incapacitated the mutated beasts.
Most of the battalion commanders already reached the high stage or peak Mortal Realm. Rangga himself was still in between high and peak state expert.