Hive City, Central Avenue.
On the battlefield of Hive City's Central Avenue, a vast yet brutal scene unfolded before all the Soldiers. Unlike the narrow passages of the upper levels or the dark pipes of the lower levels, this area offered an open view, suitable for heavy combat.
It not only connected to the lower districts of the Hive City but also became a strategic stronghold contested by both sides. Because of this, this wide street became a meat grinder of intertwined warfare, with incredibly fierce offensive and defensive battles.
Astra Militarum tanks were scattered at various street corners, occasionally poking their barrels out from cover to unleash a devastating shot at enemy strongholds, the deafening explosions accompanied by flying dust and debris.
On the streets, Astra Militarum Soldiers moved in small groups, using cover to swiftly weave between buildings, gradually closing in on the enemy's lines and eroding their living space.
Meanwhile, Gretchin constructed layers of barricades and defensive works at strategic points. Walls of reinforced concrete, impervious under the cover of snipers and autocannons, made both sides engage in a tug-of-war at every alleyway and every window.
Soldiers from both sides fought brutally for every inch of land in close combat. Chain cannons were directly moved to the center of the street, their barrels set up to fire horizontally at enemy-occupied buildings, attempting to eradicate entire structures with fierce firepower and inflict irresistible destructive blows upon the enemy.
Winters and Spears stood overlooking the battlefield from a tall building, their eyes revealing resolute expressions. They knew that to break through this area, they not only needed to go all out but also had to be prepared for significant sacrifices.
Winters quickly commanded, "Heavy firepower units, concentrate fire to clear the barricades directly ahead! All squads maintain the offensive rhythm; do not give the enemy a chance to breathe!"
Spears, on the other hand, directly picked up his helmet and put it on, then slung his lasgun and walked out of the building. He needed to find Li Feng now.
Because Lord Li Feng's command post had already arrived at the front line, but where was the Lord Commander? The Lord Commander, carrying a large-caliber lever-action rifle and a double-barreled shotgun, wearing a cowboy hat, had already gone "hunting" by himself... Li Feng stood on the war-torn street, pulled Old Man Huang's Shure SE846 from his tactical vest and put them in his ears, then opened the tactical vest's storage pouch on his chest and started selecting songs from the Sony WM1Z (Gold Brick) he had snagged from Old Man Huang's room.
The Soldiers around him all looked at him, wondering why this ancestor had come here, while Li Feng focused on choosing songs. The Soldiers looked at Li Feng's attire and felt that he was about to do something extraordinary.
"Come and Get Your Love --- Redbone"
"Alright, this one it is."
Hearing Li Feng's sudden remark, a Sergeant instinctively asked a question, as he didn't understand what Li Feng was saying:
"Lord Li Feng? What did you just say?"
Li Feng waved his hand, picked up a rocket launcher from the ground, and walked towards the outside of the cover: "You guys take your time, I'll go check out the situation first."
Then, to the Soldiers' dumbfounded stares, Li Feng danced his way out of cover with the rocket launcher on his shoulder. The Gretchin in the residential building opposite were firing wildly at them but collectively stopped firing and froze when they saw Li Feng dancing out.
(Star-Lord's Solo Jam)
At this moment, Li Feng, with the rocket launcher on his shoulder, picked up a Gretchin's severed limb with his other hand as a microphone and started howling:
"Hey! What's the matter with your head, yeah!"
Li Feng aimed the rocket launcher at the building opposite and pulled the trigger.
"Boom!"
Li Feng tossed the spent rocket launcher to the ground, then shouldered his steel-barreled rifle and walked out... The Soldiers were stunned... At this moment, the Sergeant finally realized what had just happened... "Quick, quick, quick! Protect Lord Li Feng!!"
Li Feng, at this point, charged directly towards that residential building with his rifle. Bullets continuously flew towards Li Feng from the first-floor windows of the building, but Li Feng, with his "snake-like" movements, ran incredibly fast, heading straight for the swaying main door, shouting:
"Mama mia! La la la la!"
Bang! Li Feng directly kicked open the door, losing his balance and crashing into the wall. The renegade mutants inside the room looked at Li Feng with puzzled expressions, wondering what had just crashed in.
But the next second, they saw the dark muzzle of the rifle in Li Feng's hand. As Li Feng pulled the trigger, a modified.45-70 (11mm) bullet with a mercury explosive warhead directly sent a renegade PDF closest to Li Feng flying.
Subsequently, as an "old hunter" from the "Louisiana Bayou," Li Feng was naturally adept with the "lever principle." The rapid fire of the lever-action rifle quickly cleared the entire first floor of the building.
Li Feng pulled bullets one by one from his tactical vest pocket and loaded them into the rifle's magazine tube. These bullets had improved propellant and warheads; in a sense, they were all small, more rationally designed bolter rounds.
Once the bullets were loaded, Li Feng slung the rifle onto his back, took the shortened double-barreled shotgun in his hand, and walked up the stairs. At this point, the Soldiers rushed over in a panic, as Li Feng had already eliminated all the enemies on the first floor, naturally encountering no enemy fire in between.
As they entered the building, Li Feng was already on the second floor. The second floor, having taken a rocket hit, was filled with post-explosion smoke and debris.
Li Feng's feet stepped on rubble and broken furniture, mixed with blood and shell casings. Several Gretchin and renegade corpses lay amidst it, killed instantly by the explosion and shrapnel.
Suddenly, from the smoke, a Pureblood Gellerpox Infected lunged. Li Feng, gripping his double-barreled shotgun, pulled the trigger directly.
"Bang!"
The Pureblood Gellerpox Infected was directly blasted out the window by Li Feng: "Act tough again and I'll make you fly!"
Then another bald female Gretchin charged at Li Feng, raising a dagger high:
"My son!"
Li Feng probably realized that this woman was the mother of the Pureblood Gellerpox Infected he had just shot. Motherly love is truly great... Then Li Feng blasted her with another shotgun round, directly splitting her in two.
Two red shotgun shells dropped to the ground, and Li Feng loaded bullets into the two smoking barrels. Just then, the Sergeant and Soldiers arrived, only to see Li Feng having shattered a female Gretchin... Li Feng saw them, pointed at the Gretchin mother split in two on the ground, then flicked his wrist, and the double-barreled shotgun's hinge closed, entering a ready state... "Was it always this brave? Didn't it know I knew martial arts?"
The Soldiers immediately began clearing the room, and the Sergeant quickly ran to Li Feng: "Lord Li Feng, that was too dangerous! You are a person of immense value! What would we do if you were injured!"
"Small-minded. The Lord Emperor himself went into battle and was still put into the ICU, even almost choked to death by a giant Ork Emperor, though I admit the Lord Emperor might have been faking it a bit with the Orks..."
Li Feng noticed that halfway through his sentence, the Soldiers covered their ears, pretending not to hear anything. If anyone else had said this, they would have dismissed it as false history and directly shot the rumor-monger... But Li Feng was a friend of the emperor! Publicly acknowledged by the Imperium! Was the Lord Emperor's dark history he spoke of false history? No, it was real history that happened but wasn't recorded!
In the Imperium of Man, there was a phrase everyone knew implicitly: "The more you know, the worse you die. Secrets are secrets because they are secrets."
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