Mercenary’s War

Chapter 2370 - 2346: Entering the Inner Sanctum

When everyone is about to begin a bloody battle, they all have little movements, like Gao Yang who takes continuous deep breaths to adjust his breathing. Whether he has to fire while running continuously or shoot from a distance, he always adjusts his breathing to its best state.

Breathing has a significant effect on shooting accuracy, and Gao Yang always adjusts his breathing whenever he faces a battle. This habit was developed when he first started learning to shoot.

Now, Gao Yang took another series of deep breaths, and after one last long exhale, he spoke steadily into the intercom: "Cover fire!"

The machine guns roared again, and Gao Yang suddenly waved his hand, so Peter led the Dagger Assault Team forward again.

"Follow me!"

Finally, the Dagger Assault Team showed the true meaning of its name.

Before Satan, the Dagger enters.

Three soldiers holding AK-47s rushed through the gate first, at this time, they couldn’t help but shout.

Peter didn’t enter first, nor did he follow closely behind after three men finally broke into the courtyard doors occupied by the enemy. Because it was just a courtyard door.

Accompanied by shouts, a loud bang, Peter, who was waving people to enter slowly against the courtyard wall, watched helplessly as two soldiers who were about to charge through the doors in front of him shattered like targets.

They shattered, but were not torn apart or blown away, instead floated to the ground like target paper detached from the board, an effect that only one weapon could achieve, the Directional Mine.

Only when a Directional Mine explodes can such dense fragments or steel balls be generated.

Directional Mine, Peter suddenly felt extremely fortunate that he hadn’t stormed in first by habit.

Directional Mines are indeed a terrifying weapon. Whether triggered by someone or detonated remotely, at the proper distance and angle, no one can survive.

The two at the courtyard entrance were dead, and the first three to enter must have died too.

Peter really didn’t know how to fight this battle. He hated the role he was playing, commanding people to send themselves to death, using lives to carve a bloody path—that’s the role of cannon fodder. But he truly hated the role he was playing, and wished he didn’t have to command this cannon fodder.

The enemies were much tougher and stronger than expected, especially when facing the Directional Mine, a nearly unsolvable blockade weapon. Peter truly didn’t know what to do.

Every weapon has a way to be countered, but for light infantry to counter a Directional Mine, they can only consume the mines with their lives one by one.

Peter doubted if he could get the remaining people to continue advancing. Even if he ran at the forefront, no one should dare to follow him into battle now; the survivors of Dagger Assault Team were already afraid.

At that moment, Peter heard another loud noise, then saw a piece of the courtyard wall collapse.

Suddenly, Peter felt a sense of enlightenment.

Break the wall and open a new door, and you can avoid the Directional Mine blocking the main entrance.

This path is blocked, aside from paving the way with blood and flesh, the simplest solution is to take another route. Sometimes the way for light infantry to solve the Directional Mine is actually quite simple.

Peter wasn’t unaware of the simple logic of taking another path; he just hadn’t thought of it yet.

Peter hadn’t thought of it yet, but Gao Yang immediately thought of it upon noticing the enemy’s Directional Mines.

Satan may not be the world’s strongest mercenary group, and mercenaries may not be the world’s strongest war group, but mercenaries are undoubtedly the most experienced war group, and Satan is definitely among the most experienced mercenary groups.

Experience is truly important.

Gao Yang was also tired of the current fighting method. Peter led the Dagger Assault Team, but all orders were issued by him.

Gao Yang had some disdain for his current self, feeling that letting cannon fodder clear the way was the correct approach. Nearly everyone he knew taught him this method, and he was trying to fight using this supposedly correct tactic. But it didn’t alleviate his self-disgust.

Knowing how to do something and believing it’s the right thing doesn’t mean you can do it with peace of mind.

If Gao Yang knew that the courtyard entrance had been sealed by Directional Mine, he would definitely order the Dagger Assault Team to avoid entering. He could have had a hole blasted in the courtyard wall from the start, instead of waiting for several deaths to consider this simple and effective approach.

Yet no intelligence or prior battles revealed the presence of Directional Mines, so the Dagger Assault Team showed their value perfectly.

Rafael moved swiftly, opening a two-meter wide gap in just tens of seconds, and as the wall tipped inward and created a passage, Li Jinfang leapt over the rubble and charged in.

Li Jinfang, Eileen, Taylor—they went in.

If there were additional Directional Mines aimed at the gap Rafael created, Li Jinfang and his group would be doomed.

Fortunately, there wasn’t. The enemy laid several Directional Mines, but clearly, they only aimed them at the courtyard entrance. The hastily arranged mines didn’t create a perfect 360-degree trap.

Li Jinfang entered, and of course Gao Yang followed. With no Directional Mine explosion, only gunfire sounded, indicating Li Jinfang’s group wasn’t dead and wouldn’t be. Naturally, the rest of the assault team had to follow.

Li Jinfang sprinted towards the windows far from the entrance as he, Eileen, and Taylor kept firing. Somebody had to guard the courtyard, and Li Jinfang’s group fought while charging over the short ten meters to enter the building for the final indoor battle.

Experience, it all comes down to experience. Li Jinfang sprinted towards the room far from the entrance because it was likely free of Directional Mines.

In just two seconds, Li Jinfang’s group reached the windows. The glass had long been shattered, so Li Jinfang pressed his body against the wall beside the window and quickly threw two grenades into the room he’d chosen.

As the grenades exploded inside, Gao Yang reached the window, single-handedly holding his weapon and resting his left hand on the window sill about 1.6 meters high. Using the force of Li Jinfang’s sudden push on his rear, Gao Yang flipped sideways into the room.

The window was a bit high, but Gao Yang and Li Jinfang’s cooperation was so seamless that the slightly elevated sill posed no hindrance.

Why did Gao Yang enter the room first, not the lead assaulter Li Jinfang?

Because Gao Yang is unbeatable in close combat.