As the sky grew darker, the road leading to the outside of the city was still crowded with all kinds of vehicles, and the bustling flow of people dragged boxes of all kinds towards the dark wilderness amid cries and curses.

At this time, the center of Yaqiu City became unusually quiet, and the usual lively streets were only covered with garbage, floating randomly in the wind.

Liu Yi took a few people out of the original Iron Cavalry Gang headquarters and drove towards the city center by car. There were almost no vehicles along the way, and it took only about ten minutes to arrive after what would have taken half an hour.

The vehicle was parked in the Municipal Square, which is usually crowded with vendors doing small business, but now it has run out of steam, and only the garbage on the ground is uncleaned.

Liu Yi stepped to the center of the square, where several burly people were already waiting, all heavily armed, looking not much different from regular army soldiers.

"Lao Yan, you guys are coming very quickly." Liu Yi greeted one of them.

I saw a tall man take a few steps forward and took the initiative to reach out and shake Liu Yi's hand, it was Yan Feng, the security minister of Kecheng Mining.

"I've brought the people, and the vehicles with weapons are on the edge of the square, so tell us what to do." Yan Feng said.

"What about people?" Liu Yi looked behind Yan Feng and didn't find anything.

Yan Feng beckoned behind him, and a few seconds later, a sound of neat footsteps sounded, and a group of soldiers dressed in black, wearing helmets and masks, walked from the darkness to the light, and there were hundreds of people in the black.

When Liu Yi saw this group of soldiers, he couldn't help but nod secretly, and said in his heart: "These big companies really hide a lot of strength, these soldiers are their real security forces, and they are completely different from those ordinary security guards." ”

Yan Feng saw Liu Yi staring directly at the group of soldiers, and said with a smile: "Look stupid, right?" These are our secret security teams, which are never present and can only be used when it is most critical. ”

Liu Yi nodded and said, "It's really extraordinary, I'm afraid this equipment alone will cost a lot of money, right?" ”

"Thirty thousand!" Yan Feng stretched out three fingers and gestured, and said quite proudly: "Their equipment is more expensive than the special forces in the army, of course, their combat ability is definitely not weaker than the special forces, and it is more than enough for one person to deal with a squad." ”

Hearing Yan Feng say this, Liu Yi was also taken aback, it would cost 30,000 yuan for a soldier's equipment, and tens of millions for arming these hundreds of people, and these big enterprises were really rich.

Liu Yi thought to himself: "Fortunately, I forced them to take out their family resources, otherwise wouldn't it be a waste of such a strong combat force." ”

"It's getting late, just say what you want us to do. But let me first state that no matter what I want to do, I will personally lead this unit. Yan Feng looked at the time and said.

Liu Yi nodded and said, "Okay, since you want to go into battle in person, let it be you." Then you're welcome, I need you to divide into squads, move freely around the city, and try to kill the bandits' ordinary soldiers, but you don't have to fight mechs. ”

Yan Feng said: "Okay, this matter is not difficult. But I want to ask, how are you going to deal with the bandits' mech troops? If you don't get rid of the mecha, this battle will not be won. ”

"Don't worry, we have our plans." Liu Yi smiled: "By the way, our people have marks on their bodies, so that your people don't hurt us by mistake." ”

"No problem. Say whatever you need us to do, after all, we are now a man in the trenches. Yan Feng said.

Just as Liu Yi and Yan Feng were meeting, the militia were also divided into hundreds of squads, each rushing to different locations in the city.

According to the battle plan formulated by Liu Yi and the others in advance, these combat teams will use the cover of buildings in the city to attract the enemy's mechs to different places as much as possible, so that they can be dispersed as much as possible, and then wait for the opportunity to destroy them.

Ordinary vehicles drove quickly through the streets and alleys, and in addition to the militia members, the rest of the vehicles were all kinds of weapons, among which anti-armor hand-held missiles were the mainstay.

This weapon is more effective against ordinary armored vehicles and tanks, and is still too weak against mechs, but these combat squads are designed to attract enemy mechs rather than destroy them, so these weapons are barely usable.

Except for the government buildings, the buildings in Aqiu City are basically dilapidated and messy, and the phenomenon of random construction abounds. This would be a headache for city administrators in normal times, but now it has become an advantage, and the clutter and dense complex will cause a lot of restrictions on the mech's movement, which is why Liu Yi advocates street fighting.

Soon, the militia squads arrived at the predetermined location, they quickly unloaded their weapons from the vehicles, and then arranged their positions according to the pre-drilled ones, and the rest waited for the robbers to deliver to the door.

After arranging everything, Liu Yi took the car back to the headquarters of the Iron Cavalry Gang, which was about three or four hours before dawn.

The Iron Riders' headquarters was empty again, most of them had been dispatched, and only a small number of people in charge of communications and logistics were still here.

Liu Yi walked into the temporary combat command room, only to see a group of people busy debugging various communication equipment, and dozens of display screens were playing videos from various monitors.

"Where are the bandits' troops now?" Liu Yi asked.

"They have passed a rest stop at 50 kilometers, and it is estimated that in an hour the vanguard will reach the city of Yaqiu." A correspondent replied.

Liu Yi said with some surprise: "I didn't expect them to come so slowly." ”

"The valley was blown up so badly by them that the robbers spent a lot of time trying to get through it."

"So that's ......," Liu Yi said thoughtfully, "I hope the government troops outside the city can hold out for a while longer." ”

At this time, everyone in charge of communications reported: "The 9th squad is in place, and the 27th squad is in place......"

"Put the location of each squad on the map so that it is easy to command."

"Yes!"

A real-time map of Yaqiu City is displayed in front of everyone through a holographic projection, with many small red dots on the map, each indicating the location of a squad.

Through this holographic map, everyone in the command room can know the location of each team in real time, so that Liu Yi and others can deploy it in time.

The same map is also found in the underground command post of the government building, except that there are no small red dots on it, but the location of government troops outside the city can be seen.

Ding Kai looked at the government army on the map with his hands behind his back and his staff, only to see that the government army had built a temporary defensive line on the road outside the city, ready to stop the bandit troops.

At present, the government army still has more than 100 mechs, in addition to some automatic artillery and armored vehicles, and about 300 motorized infantry, which is very shabby compared to the hundreds of mechs of the bandits.

Ding Kai himself was not confident that these troops would be able to resist the invasion of the bandits, but he was the governor of Aqiu, and he could not surrender to a gang of bandits, and now there was clear information that these bandits had defected to the rebels and were now part of the rebels.

"I should have known that I shouldn't have underestimated the enemy, and I should have invited the fleet to come......" Ding Kai regretted it very much in his heart, but it was too late to say anything now, so he could only think about resisting the invasion of the bandits first, and then consider something else.

Just when Ding Kai was looking at the map in a daze, his most trusted staff took advantage of the fact that others were not paying attention, quietly slipped behind Ding Kai, lowered his voice and said, "Lord Governor, the shuttle is ready, and the spaceship at the airport is also ready, ready to take off at any time." ”

Ding Kai nodded lightly, and said in the same low voice: "Got it, you send someone to guard the passage, don't let others know about it." ”

"My subordinates understand, I have already sent someone."

"That's good, let's hope our army wins." After speaking, Ding Kai sighed softly.

"Lord Governor, the enemy forces are approaching, and a battle is expected in 10 minutes!" The intelligence officer's voice interrupted the conversation between Ding Kai and his staff.

Ding Kai waved his hand, and the staff left in amusement.

At this time, Ding Kai strode in front of everyone and beckoned to the staff, and a group of staff immediately brought many cups that had been filled with wine on a tray.

Ding Kai took a glass of wine, held it high above his head, and said loudly: "Everyone, this battle is related to the safety of Yaqiu City, as well as the sovereignty of Yaqiu Star, I hope everyone shares the same hatred of the enemy, and must defeat these rebellions, let us wish the battle a smooth one!" Long live the Empire! ”

The rest of the crowd also raised their wine glasses in their hands and shouted in unison: "Long live the Empire!" ”

There was a faint white glow on the horizon, and it was still two or three hours before dawn, and even though it was summer in Yaqiu, the wind was still a little chilly before dawn.

Government soldiers hid behind makeshift bunkers, their eyes fixed on the horizon ahead, and although there was only darkness in their field of vision, everyone could sense that the enemy was coming towards them with menace.

Suddenly, a few faint lights appeared in the sky, followed by a loud siren, "Missiles are coming!" Missiles are coming! ”

Before the soldiers could react, the defensive missiles placed around the defensive positions had already been launched automatically, roaring up with dazzling firelight, and flying towards a few bright lights in the sky.

At the same time, the fully automatic artillery has begun to aim automatically, and under the control of artificial intelligence, the aiming and positioning are completed in just a few seconds. With a loud bang, the automatic artillery had already begun to attack the enemy troops.

"Boom! Rumble! Boom ......" dozens of automatic guns began to fire continuously.

The soldiers were all staring in the direction of the horizon, and after a few seconds a series of fires erupted on the horizon before they heard the explosion of "knock, knock, knock......".