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

Chapter 397: Chapter 276: Offense and Defense_2

Drilling bombs were able to penetrate several tens of meters of soil and reinforced concrete, and their explosive power when coupled underground was far more destructive than a simple surface explosion.

Many Jieke soldiers were shaken to death alive underground by the explosions, which were massive human killers, and even Super Soldiers had no chance of survival when faced with them.

To counter the Jieke Group, the Eight Nation Group prepared a large number of thermo-baric bombs and drilling bombs. Facing the solid defenses of Twin Peaks, they threw them down without regard for friendly fire errors at times.

“Reduce the number of outward-facing shooting windows, activate closed-loop independent defenses for each tunnel, and adopt guerrilla tactics when firing. Do not stay in one tunnel all the time.”

Atop Twin Peaks, Li Yuqi calmly issued orders, changing the tactical approach.

At this time, under the pressure of thermo-baric bombs and drilling bombs, many helicopters, including transport and rescue helicopters, arrived and descended to rescue the Japanese soldiers trapped in Twin Peaks without a way to retreat.

Although helicopters were occasionally destroyed by anti-tank missiles, many soldiers from Chan Country and Japan were rescued because of this.

After Li Yuqi’s orders were implemented, on Twin Peaks, the firepower of the Jieke Group began to wane.

Many hidden fire points no longer had heavy machine guns continuously sweeping, which greatly alleviated the pressure on the Japanese and Chan Country government army.

Facing the continuous bombing of thermo-baric bombs and drilling bombs outside, alloy fireproof, shockproof, and explosion-proof doors began to fall in the complex tunnels of Twin Peaks, making each tunnel independently sealed.

This way, even if a tunnel was hit by a thermo-baric bomb or drilling bomb, the flames and shockwaves would not travel through the tunnel, killing soldiers in connected tunnels.

On Twin Peaks, most of the heavy machine guns and artillery were pulled back, leaving only a portion for mobile combat.

The machine gunners in the tunnels absolutely did not fire for more than half a minute, and would move immediately after emptying a magazine.

The artillery would immediately retreat after firing a round.

Though the firepower of the Jieke Group had considerably weakened, the casualty rate had significantly dropped, and many dropped thermo-baric bombs and drilling bombs only managed to explode in empty tunnels.

The battle then reached a deadlock, with the Jieke Group voluntarily retracting their claws and stubbornly defending their position at Twin Peaks with solid defenses.

While the Chan Country government army and Japanese soldiers relied on various heavy weapons for suppression, they had no other solutions.

The infantry was still taking casualties. They lacked tunnel protection and flexible movement, ultimately forcing them to slowly retreat to the foot of the mountain.

This process lasted several hours until the sky darkened, and only then did they reluctantly leave behind a mountain full of corpses and disheartenedly withdraw from the outskirts of Twin Peaks.

Afterward, through count, on this day on Twin Peaks, the number of dead, injured, and missing from Chan Country and Japanese soldiers reached a staggering nine thousand, a tremendously heavy loss.

Out of a retaliatory mindset, in the following days, the Chan Country government army and Japanese soldiers, undeterred, continued to bombard Twin Peaks with a massive amount of ammunition, but Jieke Security just holed up inside Twin Peaks.

Even heavy drilling bombs could not reach hundreds of meters inside the mountain, making it absolutely safe for Jieke Security soldiers to stay there.

Seeing that the bombing was ineffective, Japanese soldiers began to launch fire attacks on Twin Peaks using artillery and air forces.

Napalm bombs were thrown onto Twin Peaks, the fires burning throughout the night, in an attempt to suffocate and kill the Jieke Security soldiers inside.

However, Jieke Group had long anticipated this. Inside, they had independent energy supplies and oxygen generators, as well as equipment for radiation and gas protection.

Water and food were also stored enough for half a year’s use, and the ammunition depot was located in the deepest part of Twin Peaks, storing enough ammunition to last until all of Jieke soldiers’ weapons were worn out.

After both bombing and fire attacks proved ineffective, Japan tried to send elite special forces to sneak into Twin Peaks’ tunnels, hoping to open a passage and then send infantry to take over.

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Within the deep tunnels.

An elite combat unit from Japan, also known as the ‘Self-Defense Dragon’, under the cover of fighter jets and helicopters, sneaked into an abandoned tunnel deep in the night.

They planned to occupy several tunnels, just like ancient soldiers who first scaled the city walls, establishing a foothold for the troops behind them.

By then, infantry and armored vehicles alike could continuously infiltrate the interiors through the tunnels.

Rather than being continuously swept by heavy machine-gun fire and bombarded by artillery shells during the ascent of Twin Peaks like before.

“Don’t make any noise, be quiet, and try to use knives and silenced pistols if you encounter anyone.”

The commander of this special forces unit, Captain Xiaolin Yanping, didn’t speak but conveyed his commands through military hand signals.

This special operations company also remained silent. As Japan’s first special forces unit established twenty years ago, they had been trained by Beautiful Country’s Delta Force and endured devilish training, making their tactical level quite impressive.

At that moment inside the tunnel, hundreds of special forces were orderly, covering and alerting each other, alternating passage through the underground tunnels without any verbal communication, using only battlefield’s silent military hand signals for tactical communication, transmitting messages to one another like a single entity, making the entire infiltration process exceedingly smooth.

“Why is there no one here?”

After advancing several hundred meters, Xiaolin Yanping sketched a map on simple paper, including the path they took and the various branches they encountered along the way.

Logically speaking, the quality of Jieke Group’s soldiers should not allow for such relaxed vigilance. It was unusual that there were no guards or sentries for hundreds of meters.

Furthermore, many of the alloy doors along the way were left open, not shut, making their progress remarkably smooth.

As Xiaolin Yanping was thinking this, suddenly, several noises came from the back of the formation.

The Japanese special forces soldier equipped with a low-light night vision goggle looked back and couldn’t help crying out, “Why is the alloy door behind us closed?”

Xiaolin Yanping’s expression changed dramatically. Not caring it might alert the enemy, he shouted, “No good, we’ve entered a trap; the enemy intentionally let us in.”

He had wondered why it had been so smooth. His tracks must have been exposed to Jieke Security’s eyes long ago; the enemy intended to let them deep into the underground tunnels to trap them like rats.

As if to confirm his suspicion, the next second, heavy footsteps were coming from the front.

Several alloy-armored First-class Super Soldiers, carrying various heavy weapons, charged towards them quickly.

“Steel Camp soldiers.”

At the sweep of the low-light night vision, upon clearly seeing the enemy’s appearance, all Japanese soldiers’ legs started to tremble.

They couldn’t understand why Jieke Group’s elite of the elite, the Steel Camp’s First-Class Super Soldiers, were here.

In the past, such valuable assets were only used by Jieke Group for decisive battles and were not deployed on regular front lines.

These Japanese soldiers did not know that First-class Super Soldiers had already been deployed to regular units as elite assault forces.

The members of Steel Camp had all been replaced by even more ferocious Genetic Warriors.

Before these Japanese special forces could grasp this rationale, the First-class Super Soldiers, with their superior reaction, fired first.

Whizz!

The sizzling continuous hum of rotation sounded as a First-class Super Soldier with a six-barrel Gatling gun showered bullets like a curtain of rain, instantly turning seven or eight of the Japanese special forces into sieves.

The remaining Japanese special forces, terrified, quickly hid in the winding side tunnels to evade the direct fire.

“You bastards, let’s heat things up.”

Amid sneering laughter, another First-class Super Soldier wielding two specially modified flamethrowers unleashed roaring fire dragons. The thousand-degree heat scorched the air, incessantly surging and spreading through the narrow tunnels.

Many Japanese special forces, hidden in the bends thinking they had temporarily escaped disaster, were caught off guard and engulfed by the surging flames, igniting into living torches and rolling on the ground in agony.