84 The Cannon (1/2)
ast - Pillar Gate>
Six APV cars attached with 12.7mm machine guns were pouring hot metals into the hordes.
DRAATATATATATATAT....
Facing stage one beasts, these APVs were unbeatable, total killing machines. Mutated rats and cats were unable to resist the high caliber bullets. The raining bullets didn't just pierce their bodies but they actually tore them apart...
Commander Karra and the 10 battalion fighters, a total of 10.000 men were charging at the mutated beasts at the east gate... As the most experienced officer within the battalion, she's now in command.
Karra had never been a great fighter, but she's a smart woman. As an experienced navy officer and navigator, she always found tactics fascinating. A ship navigator must always consider ship position, asses threats and determine the best solution.
Five battalions of men are spreading out and surrounding the beast hordes from the outside, while the other five creating an arrow formation are charging straight into the main gate. With the six APVs as the arrowheads, the beast wave was easily cut in half and opened up a path.
When the five battalions reached the east gate, they divided into three groups. One group with two APVs and two battalions heading to the south, another group also with the same number heading to the north. These two groups swiped and cleaned up all the beasts along the walls, charging fiercely next to the flaming ditches. They went directly to support the other gates.
Commander Karra with the last battalion and two APVs joined up with commander Rangga's three battalions to clean up all the remaining beasts in front of the east gates. The ten thousand mutated beasts were being crushed from the front and the back. Just before they finally routed the east gate's beast threat, other threats show up.
Hundreds of flying beast flying down from the dark sky... The sudden surprise attack created casualties within the east gate battalion. These birds diving from the shadow of the night, sharp claws and beaks that, when they hit the fighters critical areas like the neck, turn into lethal weapons. The 2 meter tall birds are also strong enough to carry one man to the air and throw it in the sky. The lucky victim would drop to the ground with heavy injuries, the unfortunate one was ganged up on in the skies.
The battalions depended on the APVs' machine guns and the firearms unit for fighting threats from the sky, but the number of the firearms unit within the east gate was less than a thousand. The dark night also made it harder to aim at these flying beasts.
On top of the east gate, a man was fighting with three mutated cats. He was holding two long straight double-edged swords. This is a 'jian' Chinese style sword, held by a peak Mortal Realm fighter. The man could utilize these swords into a dancing-like sword style.
The three mutated cats died within less than 10 moves. Seeing this, Karra impressed. A flying beast dove down and suddenly attacked this man from his back...
”Watch out commander!!”
The man quickly did a flip and parried the incoming attack. He got pushed a few steps, but instantly counterattacked... A full power swing attack with his sword managed to hack off the mutated bird's wing. When the bird fell to the ground, the man continued with multiple sword stabs…
Pa, Pa..!! The mutated bird died.
”Thank you for the warning, Commander Karra.”
”I'm sure you will be alright without my warnings Commander Rangga.”
This man is Rangga, the previous lieutenant of the Deathsquad, one of the brightest fighters with Chinese wushu specialty. Seeing the mutated bird's corpse body, and hundreds more flying above the army, Rangga was slightly worried.
”Commander Karra, any idea?”
Karra thought for a while and said: ”Is that thing ready?”
”Yes, but there's only one installed on each gate.”
”Don't worry, wait for my signal.”