Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don t Call Me a Demon!

Chapter 332: Chapter 235: Arrival at Jiwei City (30,000 words in three updates, asking for monthly votes!)

The battle for Jiwei City began on October 20th, signaling that the war between the Jieke Group and the Chan Country Government had escalated intensely.

The Jieke Group’s heavy synthetic brigade was stationed in Jiwei City, once again reinforcing their defenses tightly, staunchly blocking Chan Country Army’s attempt to capture the city.

The city’s complex terrain was inherently advantageous for the defenders.

Streets and alleys were deadly traps for attackers, with defenders ready in strong formations, able to launch attacks from all directions—hence why urban warfare is also called war in hell.

The soldiers of the Chan Country Government were not exceptionally elite, and currently lacking air superiority, they struggled to strike against the heavy armor and artillery of the synthetic brigade.

With drones rendered useless and a severe lack of intelligence gathering, they could only rely on the soldiers’ eyesight to scout the city.

Such circumstances naturally resulted in the waiting Jieke soldiers beating them brutally.

Especially with the presence of Super Soldiers, elusive and sudden, they often caused many Chan Country Soldiers to panic and flee helter-skelter, with some so intimidated that they surrendered en masse.

Not just the soldiers from Chan Country, but even world powers have found little solution to urban warfare.

Whether it was the bloody, brutal city battles between Dezi and Maozi last century, or the urban security struggles the Beautiful Country’s military faced in the Middle East in the 21st century, all had suffered severely and failed to devise effective strategies.

“Artillery, give me a massive barrage, I must take Jiwei City, never mind the civilians,” he commanded.

Faced with such desperate and urgent circumstances and the pressure from the Eight Nation Group, especially the threat of aid cut-off by the Beautiful Country, the Chan Country high command completely lost their senses and issued a shocking order.

Following this command, the Chan Country Soldiers disregarded international laws and indiscriminately launched a massive barrage.

Any area suspected of harboring Jieke Group forces was bombarded without hesitation, regardless of whether civilians were still present or not.

Although a portion of Jiwei City’s civilians had left before the war, many residents found it hard to leave their homeland.

These citizens thought this civil war would be like past skirmishes between the government army and the warlords, perhaps a few shot exchanges and hiding in the jungles, not posing much threat to them.

However, when the Chan Country Government indiscriminately bombarded Jiwei City—even within Ji State they controlled—many civilians realized their mistake.

The war was far crueler than they had imagined.

And the soldiers, who should have been nurtured by their taxes and meant to protect them, chose instead to bomb their unarmed civilians.

Videos of these events uploaded by some war journalists to the internet immediately caused an uproar, with the international community and online public opinion overwhelmingly condemning the Chan Country Government.

However, the Chan Country Government, disregarding this, continued their relentless bombardment.

But trying to destroy a city with artillery took too long, by the time they had shattered the city, the fifty thousand soldiers trapped within Ji State would have already starved.

Faced with this situation, all the Chan Country Government could do

was to send even more soldiers into Jiwei City amidst the intense bombardment, to fight for control.

By now, Jiwei City had almost turned into a merciless meat grinder of life, with Chan Country Soldiers and Jieke Soldiers dying every moment.

To hasten the capture of Jiwei City, the Chan Country Government brought in more troops continuously, attacking day and night.

This action indeed proved effective after paying a significant price.

Facing the staunch defense of Jieke Soldiers and the slaughter by Super Soldiers, the Chan Country Government paved a path with lives, capturing some streets and buildings in the city, occupying some high points, and were no longer on the defensive.

With only ten thousand soldiers in the heavy synthetic brigade and facing enemy forces far exceeding their own numbers, even with the geographical advantage and Super Soldiers, as the Chan Country Government pressed on regardless of losses, casualties and losses became inevitable, forcing them to further contract their line of defense.

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Just as the battle for Jiwei City was in full swing, an unexpected guest arrived.

Jiwei City, Jieke Group’s underground command post.

Valenkin, utterly baffled, looked at Su Jie who walked in through the main entrance, his mind slightly overwhelmed.

“Mr. Su, how… how did you get here? This place is too dangerous, no, I will arrange for someone to escort you out immediately,” he said.

Valenkin was truly frightened; if anything were to happen to Su Jie here on the battlefield, he’d be torn apart by the Jieke Group from top to bottom.@@novelbin@@

Su Jie waved his hand and said, “Don’t worry about safety. I came here because I heard that the Chan Country Government has been particularly aggressive?”

“Uh, yes, that’s correct. The Chan Country Government has brought in the Eighth Armored Brigade, a helicopter squadron, and five infantry divisions from within their territory to seize Jiwei City, now attacking our defenses day and night, and many of our streets and buildings have been taken.”

“But please rest assured, Mr. Su, our heavy synthetic brigade is confident we can hold on. Without a month’s time, they won’t even think about taking Jiwei City,” he assured.

Valenkin guessed the reason for Su Jie’s visit; could it be that he thought they weren’t managing the war well and had come to hold them accountable?

He also knew his task was very important. Now, fifty thousand soldiers trapped within Ji State were stretched at Jinlao Mountain, facing encirclement and bombardment by several other Jieke brigades, continual attrition of those Chan Country troops’ supplies and ammunition.

And those fifty thousand soldiers, lacking ammunition and supplies, could still hold in the fortified trenches and reinforced concrete of Jinlao Mountain, but once they stepped onto the open fields, they would be devoured by the Jieke Group in no time.

Jiwei City was now the focal point of the battlefield, and also the core city that the Jieke Group and Chan Country Government were desperate to capture.

If the Jieke Group held out, those fifty thousand Chan Country Soldiers would only be trapped and killed in Jinlao Mountain, ultimately annihilated by the Jieke Group.

Once successful, the Jieke Group would easily occupy Ji State, an industrial stronghold within the territory of Chan Country, whose output and economy accounted for 30% of Chan Country’s national economic output, a critical concern for the Chan Country Government.

And if the Chan Country Government reopened this lifeline through Jiwei City, it could supply those fifty thousand soldiers with logistics and ammunition, and might even push forward into East Qin State.

“Which area is the most fiercely contested right now?”

Su Jie turned around and looked at the map of Jiwei City hanging on the wall.

The map was annotated in different colors representing the areas occupied by the two sides, with blue representing the Jieke Group occupying three-quarters of the city and red representing the Chan Country Government Army’s quarter.

Valenkin did not dare to delay, quickly saying, “The fiercest and most brutal fights are in several areas including Lianxin Hospital and its nearby blocks, Lingyuan Building, Luyuan Street… These areas all have great strategic significance, and we are currently caught up in repeated tug-of-wars over these places with the Chan Country Government, with many areas changing hands several times.”

Su Jie stroked his chin thoughtfully and nodded, saying, “Then things should be easy, let’s pull our soldiers out of these areas and stop competing with the Chan Country Soldiers for them.”

“What?”

Hearing this command, Valenkin’s mouth dropped open, unable to close for a long time.

Thinking Su Jie had not understood his earlier meaning, Valenkin anxiously, his face turning red, said, “Mr. Su, these places are critical vulnerabilities, among them Lingyuan Building is the tallest in Jiwei City with a high-end CBD area around it full of high-rise buildings.

If taken by Chan Country, they would be able to monitor our troop movements from a higher vantage point.

And Luyuan Street is a critical junction separating our third and fourth regiments; if Chan Country Soldiers take it, the connection between these two regiments would be severed, and then there’s Lianxin Hospital…”

“I understand what you are saying, we are not truly giving up these territories, but there is no need to sacrifice the lives of our soldiers; we have a better method of taking them.”

Su Jie said with a smile, looking at the personnel he had brought with him.

Following Su Jie’s gaze, Valenkin also saw these people accompanying Su Jie.

One woman wearing sunglasses, with pale skin and an inexplicable chill emanating from her, was too intimidating to stare at for long.

Behind this woman, stood figures draped in large black robes, nearly obscuring their entire bodies.

These mysterious figures also had an indescribable aura about them.

Upon seeing them, Valenkin felt his heartbeat slow down and goosebumps rise on his skin.

“Could these be First-class Super Soldiers? If we use First-class Super Soldiers to take these positions, even if they succeed against heavy firepower, the casualties would be significant.”

Valenkin thought of the existence of the First-class Super Soldiers, having only heard of this unit’s reputation.

This unit, belonging to Su Jie’s Steel Camp, was very secretive, and Valenkin had not seen them in person.

But even as First-class Super Soldiers, Valenkin knew they were few in number, an absolute trump card of the Jieke Group.

Such sharpshooters should be used for special missions, squandering them on large-scale frontal battlefields would be a great waste.

If the Chan Country Government knew First-class Super Soldiers were attacking, they would definitely do everything possible to bombard them indiscriminately along with their own soldiers.

With a light chuckle, Su Jie spoke up to clarify, “They are not First-class Super Soldiers, but another special unit. In terms of combat power, they are even stronger than the First-class Super Soldiers. They can take the positions you all have been fiercely contesting.”

Valenkin was stunned again, a unit even more formidable than Super Soldiers.

The outside world had been saying that Jieke Group was conducting bio-chemical research, which he had somewhat doubted before, but hearing Su Jie say this, he began to suspect it was true.

First-class Super Soldiers already seemed freakishly superhuman; how terrifying then must be a unit even stronger than them?

Valenkin felt his heart rate increase and his scalp tingle at the thought.

“The commander of this unit, you can call her Miss Han, but don’t bother her unless it’s necessary; she doesn’t have the best temper. Just know that as long as she’s in charge of the territory, you can be absolutely reassured.”

Su Jie pointed to the Ghost Bride beside him, Valenkin’s eyes followed, and he locked eyes with her.

Even behind sunglasses, Valenkin was so frightened that he instinctively stepped backwards.

He felt as if he saw a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood in her presence.

“Alright, alright, I understand.”

Valenkin nervously swallowed his spit, having no choice but to trust in Su Jie’s promise, hoping that this unit was as powerful as Su Jie claimed.

Su Jie stroked Han Ruyan’s jet-black hair and said, “Tonight, I leave it to you.”

Han Ruyan did not speak, only looking outwards, waiting for the sky to darken.

Night was the best disguise and provided the perfect hunting time for Fierce Ghosts.

Behind her, sensing the numerous fresh blood and corpses in the city, the group of Fierce Ghosts had started to grow restless, craving to go out and slaughter.