"Bang Bang!"

The crisp sound of gunfire rang out, and almost all the mercenaries who were hunched forward fell to the ground. A few weeks of training still worked, at least no one was scared and yelled around. However, there are quite a few who shoot blindly with guns.

Zhang Cheng was also unusually agile and dodged behind a piece of ruins, and his surroundings were already crowded with guards. These people are very good soldiers. Even if he has retired, his strength is still strong. Their salaries are very high, more similar to Zhang Cheng's bodyguards.

"I still haven't trained enough." Looking at the mercenaries who were a little flustered around, Zhang Cheng shook his head slightly. It's just an ordinary blockade, and the mercenaries just managed to make sure that no one escaped.

Unlike ordinary army officers, Zhang Cheng had already changed into an ordinary soldier's uniform before getting on the truck, and after putting on a steel helmet, he was no different from ordinary soldiers. He didn't want to be dressed like a peacock on the battlefield and be shot and knocked to the ground.

"On the left, in that little red two-story building." He Laosan, who had been following Zhang Cheng all the time, pressed the steel helmet and said in a low voice.

Zhang Cheng looked over, and sure enough, a figure shook near the window of the rare red building that was not affected by the shelling, and from time to time a few barrels poked out to shoot outside.

"Follow me!" Zhang Cheng let out a low snort, carrying his gun, hunched over and trotting all the way around the building. He was accompanied by hundreds of mercenaries.

'Smack! ’

Pulling out a pistol and killing a Sardinian soldier who had lost a leg and was still howling bitterly, Zhang Cheng let out a low breath and leaned against the wreckage of the wall and poked his head out to look at the red building not far away.

Not only here, but also some other buildings that were either dilapidated or intact were popping up with Sardinian soldiers shooting at the mercenaries. And the mercenaries hiding everywhere are also fighting back. The whole town was filled with gunfire, as chaotic as firecrackers during the Spring Festival.

The Sardinians stationed here were clearly not elite troops. You can understand it if they haven't put out a heavy machine gun until now. Maybe they have it, but they should have been placed in the blocking positions on the hill outside the town.

Zhang Cheng was different, he brought more than a dozen heavy machine guns. Now a large number of machine gunners have found their positions and are working on the installation.

'Huh~Huh~~' After taking a few deep breaths, Zhang Cheng squinted his eyes and looked at the red building not far away, looking for a dead end. After a while, he whispered to He Laosan on the side, "You take a squad to shoot the window from the left to attract their attention." I led men to attack them from the right and destroy them. Go ahead! ”

"Yes! Sir! He Laosan nodded seriously, turned around and walked around with people.

Zhang Cheng personally joined the front-line battle, not because he wanted to play a live-action shooter. It's because he needs to lead by example.

Zhang Cheng was not optimistic about this war. Most of the mercenaries are a rabble, and it's okay to fight a good fight, but what to do when you encounter a real strong enemy? How strong can you expect a group of mercenaries to fight for silver dollars to have? Joke about it.

Zhang Cheng's army is different from others, and he has spent a lot of money out of his own pocket to recruit a group of retired veterans with service experience to enrich the army. The number of veterans was even more than what Liu Yue had assigned to him. This has greatly improved the combat effectiveness and ability in all aspects. However, these veterans are still mercenaries at heart.

If he wants to improve the cohesion of the army in a short period of time, apart from taking the lead in infecting these simple men with his personal charm, Zhang Cheng can't think of any other way for the time being.

At present, the effect of Zhang Cheng's method is not bad. At least the mercenaries who followed him could clearly feel that their mental state had improved considerably.

Zhang Cheng raised his hand and tapped his chest, and the dull sound of his fingers tapping made his heart settle down a lot.

Zhang Cheng nodded vigorously, after seeing that the firepower of the Sardinians in the red building was attracted by He Laosan, who was shooting fiercely. Pick up the Thompson submachine gun and rush out with a hunched waist!

The defenders guarding this two-story building were about a dozen people, the strength of a squad. They were not equipped with heavy weapons, which was also the status quo in the impoverished kingdom of Sardinia. Their attention was mostly drawn to the mercenaries who were shooting heavily on the streets and on the left, and they were engrossed in shooting. By the time they realized that a large number of mercenaries were approaching from the right, it was too late.

"Grenades!" Leaning his body against the wall, Zhang Cheng shouted angrily in a low voice.

Several mercenaries quickly pulled out grenades from their tall military boots. Pull the string, wait two seconds, and then throw it into several windows.

Zhang Cheng and the trained mercenaries instantly crouched down and covered their ears with their hands. Smoke-filled grenades were thrown into the building, and the terrified shouts of the Sardinians were heard.

'Boom, boom! ’

Delay for two seconds and then throw it so as not to give the enemy time to react, like the kind of thing in the TV series that picks up a grenade and throws it back, it will already explode when you go to pick up the grenade!

Huge amounts of smoke and dust mixed with all kinds of messy objects and debris erupted from the whole small building, and the whole small building was shaking and moaning. Recite.

'Boom! A mercenary stepped forward and kicked open the broken door, picking up Thompson in his hand and sweeping inside. A large number of mercenaries then stormed the small building. The mercenaries in the distance stopped shooting after seeing Zhang Cheng and them rushing into the small building, and turned their targets in other directions.

Surrounded by several guards, Zhang Cheng rushed into the small building with a Thompson submachine gun equipped with a drum. At this time, the small building was already in a mess, and there were all kinds of debris left over from the explosion of the grenade. Several Sardinian soldiers, covered in blood, lay in pools of blood, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.

The first floor had been cleared, and the soldiers who had rushed in were firing desperately at the stairs leading to the second floor. The violent and dense gunfire shook people's ears numb. The sound of the 'clanging' metal bullet casings hitting the ground made Zhang Cheng's eyelids jump.

"You!" Zhang Cheng turned around and raised his hand to a soldier on the side, and shouted in a deep voice, "Hand grenade!" ”

The soldier with a nervous look on his face was slightly stunned, and then hurriedly pulled out a grenade that he was carrying. But because of the nervousness, he was in a hurry, and the grenade actually fell to the ground.

Zhang Cheng watched a little speechlessly, the nervous-faced soldier picked up the grenade in a panic, but began to twist the lid backwards. twitched the corner of his eye, and snatched the grenade away.

"Get out of the way!" Zhang Cheng rushed to the stairs with a 'hiss' white smoke grenade in his hand, yelling at the soldiers who were still shooting to disperse.

The soldiers under Zhang Cheng, armed with Thompson submachine guns and Winchester M1897s, were so powerful that they were far beyond the resistance of the rifle-only Sardinians. They had long been suppressed by the dense firepower and could not raise their heads.

'Whoosh~' The white smoke grenade was thrown down the corridor to the second floor. Fortunately, Zhang Cheng practiced when he was in PLA, and there were no tragedies such as a grenade hitting a wall and bouncing back.

"Boom!"

After a loud bang, the roof of the first floor shook violently, and a large amount of white ash and debris shrouded the entire floor. The choked mercenaries coughed.

By the time the mercenaries rushed to the second floor, there was no more to live here. The power of military grenades is terrifying. Especially in such confined spaces.

The battle was over, and the soldiers began to clear the battlefield. Zhang Cheng walked slowly to the place that resembled a cupboard. Of course, it's now a mess of ruins. He casually put Thompson aside and sat on the ground with his ass. Unfasten the leather gloves and pull out a cigarette and light it.

No one is born a warrior, and no one is born not afraid of death. A lot of the time, it's forced to move forward by the environment around you.

It's like Zhang Cheng rushed to the stairs with a grenade just now. He didn't feel scared at all, but with a hint of excitement and excitement. Adrenaline and male hormones put him in another inexplicable state.

It wasn't until he calmed down now that he began to feel scared. The fingers holding the cigarette trembled slightly, and he had already betrayed his mood at the moment. What would have happened if the Sardinian soldiers on the second floor had given a grenade to the downstairs first? Zhang Cheng shuddered when he thought about it!

Leaning against the crumbling cupboards, watch the mercenaries carry out the mangled corpses, listening to the dense gunfire and the occasional explosion outside. Zhang Cheng slowly lowered his eyelids.

After the cigarette burned out, Zhang Cheng pursed the corners of his mouth and put on his gloves and stood up.

At this moment, the soldiers around Zhang Cheng looked at him with completely different eyes! A truly brave commander on the battlefield is bound to be embraced by the soldiers!

Picking up Thompson, Zhang Cheng walked out of the two-story building with a grim face. The soldiers behind him followed closely. Zhang Cheng knew that it wouldn't be long before his bravery spread throughout the team.

If it were an ordinary soldier, he would have been complimented, he would have been praised. But if it's a colonel, it's admiration and heartfelt excitement! Who can not be excited to have such a commander on the battlefield? It has a huge effect on boosting the morale of the military.

The fighting in the town of Varazze soon ended. After all, it is a small area, and it has been subjected to brutal heavy artillery bombardment before. The remaining defenders were small in number, and their will to fight was not high. When the mercenaries set up their heavy machine guns and began to fire intensively, the short battle came to an end.

"The alert troops set up a guard position three kilometers ahead, and the scouts set up sentry posts five kilometers ahead. Tell the troops in the back to hurry up and come up, and we'll have lunch here. Standing next to a huge pit left by the heavy naval bombardment, Zhang Cheng gave an order with an indifferent face: "Find some veterans to interrogate those prisoners of war, I want to know all the valuable information in their heads." Go ahead. ”

"Yes, sir!" He Laosan saluted and left quickly.

Zhang Cheng stood next to the pit, looking at the various messy parts scattered around him that could not see the prototype, and shook his head slightly. Gazing at the small church in the center of town, looking at the building that had completely collapsed, he didn't say much.

After the gunfire subsided, many of the townspeople of Varazze came out of nowhere. Most of them ignored the mercenaries with weapons in hand, and kept their heads down in the ruined town for anything they thought would be useful.

"Sir, what are they looking for?" After experiencing the baptism of war, Guan Kuo, who already had a hint of adulthood, came to Zhang Cheng's side and asked suspiciously.

Zhang Cheng looked away and took out a cigarette. Guan Kuo on the side hurriedly lit it for him.

"Maybe I'm looking for hope for the future." After spitting out the smoke ring, Zhang Cheng said casually.

"It's all been destroyed, what hope is there?" Guan Kuo also lit a cigarette for himself, "It's a battle, don't run away quickly." I'm not afraid of death. ”

"Huh." Zhang Cheng leaned over a piece of metal that looked like the remains of a cannon shield, his eyes were a little confused as he looked at the townsfolk who were picking up stones and wood in the cold wind, and said softly, "Because this is their home." ”

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