Wasteland Commander

The temporary landmine placement was already part of Ye Fan's battle plan.

When the Burning Army was being eliminated, Zhongjing had already commanded a mine-laying vehicle to plant mines here.

The single mine-laying vehicle placed mines quickly, which did not attract any attention from the Survivor Alliance.

This main road was not something that needed to be defended anyway.

The highways on Blue Sea Star are relatively wide, and those armored vehicles advance side by side in groups of four or five, facing a devastating blow in such situations.

The vehicles in the front exploded, and the ones behind couldn't retreat in time, as there were more vehicles behind them.

Seven or eight armored vehicles were destroyed in the explosion of the landmines, while the ones following became a congested mess.

Rocket Launcher Warriors and Air Defense Infantry ambushed on both sides of the road appeared.

Rockets and air defense missiles became the terminators of armored vehicles.

Stuck in the middle of the road, unable to retreat, they turned into sitting ducks.

It didn't require high aiming or shooting skills; just firing the guns hit the target.

A grand fireworks display blossomed over Pinggang Town!

Of the more than twenty assault vehicles, only the last two managed to reverse out of the battlefield in time, while the rest were completely decimated!

There's no way to advance on this road now, filled with burning vehicle wreckage, tightly packed.

Zhang Zhijian was so heartbroken that it seemed like he was bleeding.

His meticulously organized armored assault was countered and extinguished by the Dawn Army, without gaining even a small victory.

The tanks went to engage in a tank battle with the enemy, leaving less than five armored vehicles, rendering them devoid of assault strength.

Zhang Zhijian gritted his teeth and ordered everyone to abandon their vehicles and enter Pinggang Town from all directions.

Engage in street battles!

After all, they still held a numerical advantage, though it was shrinking.

They admitted defeat in this frontal battle, but not necessarily in street battles.

Such battles test individual soldier quality and teamwork, and with so many of them, could they not wipe out these over a thousand soldiers of the Dawn Army?

The Survivor Alliance abandoned all vehicles and began to enter Pinggang Town on foot.

The Dawn Army anticipated this move from them.

With no other options after a failed assault, what else could they do but engage in street battles?

Ye Fan immediately ordered everyone to tighten their defenses, some entering buildings, others hiding according to defensive fortifications.

Almost every street, except for the small school in the northeast corner, erupted into combat.

Zhang Zhijian thought, with their numbers and strict training, albeit not equal to a regular army, the Dawn Army's military quality shouldn't be strong either.

After all, it hasn't been three months since the apocalypse, making training limited.

But today, the Dawn Army taught them a harsh lesson.

The opposite side had an extremely well-balanced firepower coordination, one Army Soldier setting up a light machine gun would always have a Conscript covering him with a rifle.

The main streets were blocked by heavy machine guns, and in the alleys, their people seemed to appear and disappear unpredictably.

The Dawn Army's Scouts thrived in this environment.

They moved from rooftops, behind walls, into dark corners, sometimes tossing a grenade, sometimes suddenly using silenced weapons to take out the enemy from behind.

Often, a group of several people moved carefully, only to be attacked from behind, leaving them dead after a rain of bullets.

Even if one or two survived, by the time they looked back, they couldn't find anyone.

Sometimes, when the Survivor Alliance gathered a lot of people to charge down a road and was about to succeed, a Flamethrower Warrior would suddenly appear, covering almost the entire street in flames.

Being burned to death was an outcome many couldn't accept, especially when upon obtaining success, they encountered such a devastating blow, making the Survivor Alliance struggle to proceed.

Moreover, an important point was that the Dawn Army had medical support at their rear.

The Dawn Army soldiers possessed excellent physical conditions, rarely being taken down by a single shot, but as long as they weren't finished off, the medical team would soon come for rescue.

Therefore, the Dawn Army suffered minimal casualties, unlike the Alliance.

Injuries had no treatment, leading to many avoidable deaths due to blood loss.

The casualty ratio developed in a very unequal manner.

Zhang Zhijian at the rear was burning with anxiety seeing this situation.

He gathered all the leaders.

"Everyone, continuing like this won't work. The other side has a command center area, which I suspect is where Ye Fan is hiding. We must organize an elite force to directly take out their command center."

"As long as we take out Ye Fan, everything will be worth it, no matter the cost."

The leaders unanimously agreed, sending out their most elite forces.

All those sent were highly capable soldiers and Evolvers.

A total of one hundred men formed a Suicide Squad.

Consisting of ninety soldiers and ten Evolvers.

This was nearly the most elite force of the Alliance, pivotal in deciding the battlefield outcome.

If successful here, then the battle would not be counted as lost.

Zhang Zhijian could already tell, if the battle continues this way, by nightfall the Alliance might face defeat, which he doesn't want to witness.

There were now two preparations, the Suicide Squad's outcome, and the tank battle's outcome.

If they could eradicate the Dawn Army's tanks, the hope for victory still remained strong.

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Unlike the chaotic frontline battlefield, the tank battle involving twenty-three tanks took a while to commence.

The tanks of the Dawn Army, relying on their superior performance, kept running away, delaying a direct confrontation with the Alliance.

After running for more than twenty minutes, the opponent's tanks finally stopped.

Zhou Tao and Wu Ling looked over to Pinggang Town, and two massive metal-armed battle vehicles emerged.

"It's about time, Old Wu. Now it's our tank unit's time to shine."

"Haha, Old Zhou, let's see who kills more enemies today."

Neither would yield as their tank commanders simultaneously started their tanks, charging towards the Alliance's tanks.

The two tanks led the charge, with eight more tanks closely following behind.

Seeing the Dawn Army's tanks counterattacking, the Alliance's tank units got excited.

They feared that the enemy would keep running away, but as long as they were willing to fight, there was no problem.

The turrets of the tanks clacked and rotated, ready to enter shooting mode at any moment.

The light tanks from Rakshasa weren't exactly the newest models; many components, like engines, were taken from older tanks.

So their performance was inferior to the T5 models.

Especially compared to One-Star's T5 models, they were a bit worse, but they didn't know that Dawn Army's tanks had star ratings.

Both sides raised clouds of snow as they rapidly approached each other!

Zhou Tao and Wu Ling fired almost simultaneously.

Boom boom~~~!

The tank bodies shook as the 105mm main guns shot out a burst of fire!

Both shots hit their targets!

The two fastest tanks of the opponent were scrapped under the artillery, and their turrets were blasted off.

The tanks emitted thick smoke as slightly injured soldiers clumsily scrambled out.

The ammo loaders inside the tanks quickly reloaded, and the vehicles didn't slow down, ready to fire a second shot at any time!

The Alliance tanks were practically fuming with rage.

The opponent's actions were too arrogant; after destroying two tanks, weren't they supposed to turn tail and run? Charging right at them as if their cannons were made of vegetables?

"Prepare to counterattack!"

Both sides were now in range and almost fired simultaneously.

Zhou Tao and Wu Ling's tanks destroyed two more of the opponent's tanks.

But they were also hit at the same time.

The Dawn Army's tanks seemed sturdier, taking several hits before stopping, as smoke rose from them, indicating they were inoperable.

The Alliance people laughed heartily, thinking they deserved it!

But focusing fire on Zhou Tao and Wu Ling's tanks came at a great cost for them.

The eight tanks following behind fired, immediately dealing a significant blow to them.

Three tanks from the Survivor Alliance were destroyed just like that.

They had already lost seven tanks and now only had six left, while the Dawn Army still had eight.

In terms of numbers, they were now at a disadvantage, and the Alliance's tanks hurriedly began to maneuver, not daring to directly engage the Dawn Army.

Meanwhile, two battle vehicles from the Dawn Army approached the battlefield from the side, raising their massive metal arms in front of Zhou Tao and Wu Ling's tanks.

This didn't attract the Alliance's attention, as they thought the enemy was coming to rescue their own.

Let them rescue, they thought. Without tanks, a tanker was useless, and they couldn't care less.

Both sides were fighting while on the move, and with the exchange of fire, the hit rate wasn't high. The Alliance quickly lost another tank, retreating in panic.

With all their attention focused on the eight opposing tanks, they didn't notice that amidst the constant movement of the battle vehicles' metal arms, the two extinguished Dawn Army tanks were inexplicably repaired.

This was the multifunctional infantry vehicle!

Engineers entered the infantry vehicles and were able to quickly repair the damaged tanks.

This was one of Red Alert's black technologies, far surpassing the current technological level.

This time, when Ye Fan went on this mission, he brought along his multifunctional infantry vehicles from home and produced another on the battlefield with the remaining funds.

Two infantry vehicles and two engineers played a surprising role here.

When Wu Ling and Zhou Tao's tanks were hit, they had already ensured their safety inside the tanks.

The One-Star tanks weren't so easily destroyed completely; the opponent clearly failed to realize this, so they were not dead, only slightly injured.

As the tanks were being repaired, they quickly returned to the battle.

The Survivor Alliance's tanks, still unaware of the truth, continued to fight fiercely as they followed up.

Two more shells boomed out; the Alliance lost two more tanks.

Out of thirteen tanks, only three survived!

This sudden blow from the rear shattered their confidence; they had no idea how the two tanks came back to life again.

The battle was now unwinnable; they wanted to drive away in their tanks but, after destroying two tanks, Zhou Tao and Wu Ling's tanks had already upgraded to Two-Star!

The armor was thicker, and the firepower more ferocious.

They focused their fire and destroyed another one; the remaining two had no chance to escape.

Surrounded and blocked by ten tanks, they had lost the courage to fight, so they simply didn't run and directly raised the white flag and surrendered.

Thus, with the sudden addition of the multifunctional infantry vehicles to the battlefield, the Dawn Army's ten tanks achieved a zero-casualty record, completely annihilating the Alliance's thirteen tanks, destroying eleven and capturing two!

The tank battle concluded, and they could now go back to support the main battlefield.

Now the Alliance's only hope was that suicide squad.