156: Want to cut off my head?

The Black Hawk Empire troops, having lost their armored combat power and air cover, were stretched thin and completely unable to mount a defense along the crisscrossing city streets.

Liu Nian's attacking forces pushed forward all the way, encountering almost no decent resistance.

Li Xiao, who was outside the city, breathed a sigh of relief. The big picture was set; it was only a matter of clearing out the remaining enemies inside the city, and Weixing City would fall into the hands of the Xiaoyao Squad.

But just at this moment, gunshots suddenly rang out from behind the command post. Hundreds of players, including Li Xiao, looked back and were shocked to see a large group of heavily armed, masked Black Hawk soldiers charging towards them.

The hundreds of soldiers originally stationed near the command post immediately stepped forward to intercept, but the enemy's marksmanship was fierce, their movements swift, and their coordination exceptionally tacit.

In just a few moments, they had actually taken down over a hundred of their own men, and they were even attacked by rocket launchers.

"Quick! Organize a defense immediately! Ling Chao, hurry and provide support!"

Li Xiao turned and shouted to Qin Luming, Xuan Yu, and the others, then immediately contacted Ling Chao and the others to return for defense.

Ling Chao and his six companions had originally thought there would be no problem since there were hundreds of soldiers protecting the rear, so they had only monitored the left and right flanks.

They didn't expect the enemy to launch their attack precisely from the area with the most defenders.

Watching his own soldiers being continuously headshot and killed, Yun Dongliu said in a deep voice, "Captain, I'm afraid this is that special operations brigade from the 129th Group Army that hasn't shown itself until now!"

"I had already guessed as much. I didn't expect them to try a decapitation strike on me!"

Li Xiao said disdainfully, "Don't they know that decapitation strikes are my specialty?!"

After saying this, Li Xiao simply charged forward and began adding two thousand to the maximum health of each of the hundred or so soldiers defending outside the command post, regardless of which team members they were.

Two thousand health points certainly weren't enough, but adding any more wouldn't be a good thing; once the battle ended, these surviving soldiers would become a hidden danger that could expose his secret.

The Black Hawk special operations brigade quickly broke through the defense in front of the command post and killed their way toward Li Xiao and his group.

"Brothers, open fire!"

Seeing the Black Hawk special forces charging up, the players in the temporary command post surrounded by numerous military off-road vehicles cooperated with the defenders outside the perimeter, desperately trying to stop the Black Hawk special forces' attack.

Even with the enhancements from Li Xiao, these hundred-plus people were still in a sorry state when facing the exceptionally formidable Black Hawk special forces.

Their tactical movements and marksmanship were far inferior to the Black Hawk special forces, and in less than two minutes, they were continuously taken down by the superior marksmanship of the two or three hundred Black Hawk special forces.

Seeing that they couldn't hold the line, the players began to turn and run, but Yun Dongliu stood up at this moment and shouted, "Everyone don't panic! Take out your grenades and throw them out! Retreating now is equivalent to turning yourselves into moving targets!"

Yun Dongliu's prestige in the squad might even be higher than Liu Nian's; after all, many of the squad's combat plans were devised by him, so his suggestion quickly gained the support of the majority.

In order to protect themselves, players generally carried a large number of grenades in their backpacks, and dual-purpose offensive-defensive grenades were among them.

Everyone took out their grenades and threw them frantically in the direction of the Black Hawk special forces' attack, and before long, a man-made, large-scale bombing zone was formed.

Sure enough, Yun Dongliu's tactic worked. The power of the grenade explosions was enough to instantly kill even a Major with two thousand health points, and not a single special forces soldier dared to step into their grenade throwing range.

The barrier formed by the continuous explosions temporarily restricted the Black Hawk special operations brigade's attack, but the grenades in their backpacks were limited and couldn't sustain the players for long. Purchasing them from the trading center had a certain delay, and once the grenades dwindled, the Black Hawk special forces would immediately charge over.

"What do we do! We're almost out of grenades!"

"Yeah! How about we split up and run? If one of us can survive, that's one!"

"Captain, you come up with an idea!"

The decision fell on Li Xiao, but he just smiled, because Ling Chao and his group had already arrived.

With a strange series of "pfft, pfft, pfft" gunshots, people in the Black Hawk special forces immediately screamed and fell to the ground as glowing, deep blue bullets flew out continuously from a small forest on the side.

These bullets flew too fast, and the trajectories indicated by the deep blue light effects were like lethal rays reaping lives; almost no Black Hawk special forces soldier could withstand more than five bullets.

Four members of the Shadow Special Forces led by Ling Chao charged out of the woods in a row, their sci-fi-like rifles immediately drawing exclamations from the members of the Xiaoyao Squad.

"Holy crap! What kind of weapon is this? Is it a laser gun or a ray gun?"

"How much damage do these bullets deal? These Black Hawk special forces soldiers are at least Lieutenants, yet they're taken out in just a few shots."

Ling Chao and his team couldn't hear the members' exclamations. After taking down dozens of people in one encounter, they just stood in the open, changing magazines while enduring the retaliatory bullets from the Black Hawk special forces.

The Black Hawk special forces became more and more fearful as they fought. These four suddenly appearing individuals were like invincible gods of war, making this unit, which was always iron-blooded, cold, and devoid of emotion, feel the threat of death.

Ling Chao and his team reloaded and charged directly at the enemy. Taking this opportunity, the players hiding in the temporary command post also raised their rifles to assist the Shadow Special Forces in launching a counter-charge!

The Black Hawk special forces finally realized they were no match for these four tough guys in front of them, so they turned around and tried to run away.

But how could Li Xiao let them escape? Otherwise, wouldn't the matter of the Destroyer Crystal Energy Guns be exposed?

"Don't let a single living soul escape!"

Li Xiao issued the order to annihilate them, but Ling Chao smiled unhurriedly, "Don't worry! They won't be able to run!"

As the words fell, a roaring sound came from the sky, and two armed helicopters entered the airspace above their heads.

The team members, who had subconsciously wanted to run upon seeing the armed helicopters, saw the helicopters in the air firing dense rockets toward the direction where the Black Hawk special operations brigade was fleeing, and immediately cheered.

"Holy cow! Whose helicopters are these? Why are they helping us?"

"That's awesome! Our squad actually has aerial vehicles now!"

"I love it, I love it!"

"It's so damn exciting, I can't take it..."

Yun Dongliu looked back at the confident-looking Li Xiao and said with some surprise, "Captain, are they yours?"

Li Xiao nodded quietly, "Got a bit of good luck, accidentally got my hands on two of them."

Yun Dongliu couldn't help but reveal a very intrigued smile, "I've found that you're becoming more and more mysterious. Invincible troops, large quantities of armored vehicles, and now Griffin Armed Helicopters—you have more and more secrets."

Li Xiao shrugged, "So what? As long as the Xiaoyao Squad can win and we can live better, that's all that matters."

"You're telling the truth, living better..." Yun Dongliu nodded. He didn't continue to press for answers because Li Xiao definitely wouldn't tell him, and if Li Xiao wanted to say it, he probably wouldn't need him to ask.