Munitions Empire-Chapter 1016 - : 938 Fengjiang Alley Battle

Chapter 1016: 938 Fengjiang Alley Battle

Fengjiang’s architecture is actually quite distinctive. Its core was constructed by the construction team of the Great Tang Empire as part of the peace treaty between the Great Tang Empire and the Dahua Empire.

At that time, the Great Tang Empire promised to rebuild a new Fengjiang, while the original Fengjiang became the territory of the Great Tang Empire.

The Great Tang Empire has never gone back on their word in this regard; they indeed dispatched their construction team and built a large modern urban area for Fengjiang.

This included modern train stations, power plants, airports in both the north and south, and an entire area of high-rise buildings. The Great Tang Empire also built a bridge connecting both banks of Fengjiang, as well as various government offices throughout Fengjiang.

However, after the entire city was handed over to the Dahua Empire, the situation changed. The Dahua Empire did not develop the city according to the development plan left by the Great Tang Empire.

They constructed a large number of ordinary buildings on the outskirts of Fengjiang, and the closer to the city’s edge, the more such slum-like areas appeared, more and more rudimentary.

Frankly speaking, these buildings severely affected the aesthetics of Fengjiang and also hindered its development, but these constructions did provide a large number of cheap housing for the poor of Fengjiang.

In this respect, the two countries handled things very differently: the urban planning of the Great Tang Empire was always strictly according to regulations, which mandated that with each expansion of the city, a quarter of the land area had to be dedicated to building necessary affordable housing.

As for the so-called noble areas and high-consumption zones, a significant portion of housing prices was, in fact, subsidizing the civilian residential areas, but this was a necessary measure as it was mandated by the law of the Tang Country.

Local officials could only benefit from three-quarters of the development profits of an area; the advantage of this was that it could significantly narrow the wealth gap, but the disadvantage was that it slowed down the local development.

After all, one-quarter of the funds had to be forcibly allocated to affordable housing, and if this money could be reinvested into the cycle, local development might progress faster.

However, the Great Tang Empire did not allow such occurrences; Tang Mo would rather see these areas slow down in development by a quarter to ensure at least a quarter of the city served the ordinary civilians.

Dahua Empire took another extreme; the outskirts of Fengjiang were filled with a large number of slums, with the west side having the most, and now they have become battlefields.

The Fengjiang defending forces set up numerous defense lines here, following the tactics advised by the Great Tang Empire’s consulting team, dividing the city into several parts, each part manned by a troop responsible for its defense, securing profits if held successfully.

Now, these slums were almost completely in ruins, as they were shoddily built making their collapse seem all the more inevitable.

Bricks, tiles, and collapsed walls built up a natural defense line, and with various weapons from the Tang Empire brought by Chu Country, this defense line became incredibly strong.

Firstly, in these ruins, countless experienced soldiers with excellent tactical skills were hidden, each holding a substantial bounty.

Secondly, these soldiers were supported by a wealth of weaponry, including numerous cannons and 50mm long-barreled anti-tank guns.

In addition to anti-tank guns, the Great Tang Empire’s manufactured 75mm and 88mm cannons also appeared on the battlefield since Chu Country had aided Fengjiang with aircraft, it did not mind assisting with some more military equipment.

Thus, on the streets of Fengjiang, behind the barricades, 88mm anti-aircraft guns began to appear. These guns did not have many AA duties but were mounted with gun shields for anti-tank operations.

Dahua’s soldiers advanced with difficulty in the ruins, while the mercenaries of Fengjiang fought tenaciously within them. Both sides continually suffered casualties, and the battle had taken on a different character.

The scene of hundreds or thousands charging, which were seen on the second day of the outbreak of urban warfare in Fengjiang, had virtually vanished. Such charges were merely serving as live targets for machine gun emplacements within the ruins.

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Continuous large-scale offensive attacks were replaced by small squad attacks. Everyone was huddled in trenches, cautiously probing every corner, carefully progressing step by step, where each step came with a heavy cost.

Sniper shots could ring out at any moment; if it weren’t for the treaty banning the use of land mines, the severity of the battles would escalate even further.

Everywhere there were trenches, everywhere there were bunkers, and the terrain could change completely every few meters.

In such landscapes, everyone could only attack each other with hand grenades and fight mercilessly with bayonets. Casualties were rising drastically; sometimes hundreds of people from both sides would repeatedly contest over a single ruin.

As such battles became more frequent, the demand for submachine guns by the Fengjiang troops and the Dahua Empire troops surged significantly.

The Dahua Empire urgently procured a large batch of Thompson Submachine Guns, authorized for production by the Great Tang Group, from Shireck Consortium; while Fengjiang directly purchased 30,000 Boposha Submachine Guns from the dwarves.

Both sides’ troops began to extensively use automatic weapons, further intensifying the bloodshed of urban combat in Fengjiang. The city was filled with continuous gunfire, accompanied by relentless artillery sounds day and night, fighting incessantly every moment.

During fierce battles, the Dahua Empire’s troops even started to bring Maxim heavy machine guns or other models of light machine guns to the front line for fire suppression, while Fengjiang responded with anti-aircraft guns firing flat trajectory shots with great force.

“Boom!” A massive explosion shook the nearby buildings; the wooden floorboards made creaking, warping sounds with the blast. Dust and dirt from the ceiling fell onto the M35 steel helmets.

The goblin soldiers with helmets looked like a group of kids, but their combat abilities were far from boy scout level; their submachine guns were distinctive, loaded from side magazines with bayonets attached to the front.

This was signature weaponry from Mirage Country, purchased from the designs of the Great Tang Empire. This equipment, known as the Type-Hundred Submachine Gun, might be the most unique among all countries’ submachine guns.

To ensure that shorter Mirage Country soldiers were not disadvantaged in close combat, the Type-Hundred Submachine Gun was the only one in the world equipped with a bayonet.

Of course, although its design wasn’t that great, up close, a submachine gun is still a submachine gun.

Hiding in a two-story building, the Mirage Country soldiers used their short stature as an advantage in urban combat. They often hid in unexpected places and launched sudden attacks, achieving brilliant battle results.

It’s no joke – imagine a killer hiding in your refrigerator’s drawer with an RPG rocket launcher. That’s a terrifying thought.

Waiting in the gaps of the rubble below, when several Dahua Empire soldiers cautiously passed by, these Mirage Country soldiers suddenly sprang up, aiming their weapons downwards and unleashed a barrage of fire.

“Ratatatat!” Accompanying this intense gunfire, the Dahua soldiers below were caught off guard and all fell down, their blood staining the nearby rubble, rapidly deciding the outcome of a tense encounter.

The Great Tang Empire had to be very cautious when entangled with the goblins of Mirage Country within Beiyuan City, which fully highlighted the goblins’ advantages in street combat.

They could sneak into chimneys that others couldn’t, and climb through sewers that others couldn’t navigate. They could also hide in cabinets under stairs—spaces usually only big enough for rats.

Stepping on the now shaking wooden staircase, these goblin soldiers began to move their positions. They had already gained rich combat experience in Beiyuan City, and these experiences, along with early retreated injured goblin soldiers, returned to Mirage Country, where they became invaluable assets.

Mirage Country always researched urban combat strategies; meanwhile, other nations also studied similar tactics. Feeling unable to compete with the Great Tang Empire in open fields, relying on fierce city battles to wear down the Great Tang Empire’s troops became one of their best strategies.

“Bang!” Just as these Mirage Country soldiers were descending the stairs, a gunshot sounded from afar—a Dahua Empire sniper had spotted one of the goblin soldiers and shot the one in the middle.

The goblin soldier who was going downstairs immediately tumbled down the stairs; the rest of the goblins quickened their descent and quickly hid downstairs.

Despite their speed, a second gunshot sounded, hitting another goblin who fell to the ground, blood pouring out.