Chapter 418: Fire
The tracks of tanks pushed through the usual road, turning it into a mess.
Dozens of tanks were driving along the roads of the Eastern City, and the city immediately became very busy.
The development of the Eastern City was very dense and tanks could often only move along the main roads, which greatly slowed down the search and destruction of the remnants of Central's forces.
Su Xiao was sitting on the tank and was currently acting as its eyes. Although he didn't know how to command the tank crew, he could sense the enemy's current location and that was enough.
He was just passing important information to the tank captain, and he was commanding the crew.
— At five o'clock, there are about 20 armed people in the house.
Hearing Su Xiao's words, the tank captain immediately gave the order. "Five o'clock, charge the incendiary!
Tanks could fire not only conventional shrapnel and armor-piercing shells, but also incendiary along with smoke shells.
Two men pulled out the projectile in a couple of seconds and inserted an incendiary shell into the breech.
*Boom!*
The glass windows of the house along with part of the wall collapsed to the ground.
At first, nothing happened, but soon white smoke started coming out of the house.
— A-A-A-A-A-A-A!!!
Screams began to ring out one after another, and several Central soldiers with white smoke on their bodies started running out of the house.
This type of incendiary projectile was called the "white phosphorus projectile", which was one of the most merciless and deadly projectiles.
This type of incendiary projectiles was widely used during World War II and was later banned worldwide because such projectiles caused huge psychological and physical damage to soldiers of warring countries..
As far as this projectile was effective, it was also cruel.
The soldiers of Central, who were exposed to white phosphorus, howled and tried to put out this "fire" on their bodies, while the soldiers of the army of the north watched on.
As soon as one of the Northern army recruits raised his rifle, he was immediately stopped by a veteran standing at the side.
— Let them burn alive.
— But... the recruit's eyes showed signs of reluctance.
— My brother was killed by them an hour ago, they deserve it, " the veteran said and grinned before continuing to admire the screaming soldiers of Central.
War is a huge accumulation of hatred, regardless of whether different countries fought or it was a civil war.
The tanks along with the infantry continued to advance, while Su Xiao sat on the tank and aimed it at the enemy's position from time to time.
*DING!*
The bullet hit the circular hatch next to it, sending a shower of sparks flying.
Su Xiao felt goosebumps run through his body. He didn't even feel that someone was aiming at him. He only felt this attack after the bullet landed next to him.
He was a professional in his field — a real sniper!
Looking at the hole on the hatch, Su Xiao began to calculate the sniper's position.
— It looks like someone has decided to join in the fun, " Su Xiao muttered and looked at the clock tower at the back of the city. In one of the holes, he saw a black rounded object.
It wasn't even a rifle barrel, just a silencer.
It was a contractor, there was no doubt about that. There were only a few strong sharpshooters in the Steel Alchemist world, but even they wouldn't be able to bypass Su Xiao's perception.
— At seven o'clock, between the floors of that clock tower.
Although the captain couldn't see where their enemy was, he immediately gave an order to the gunner.
— All tanks, focus on the clock tower for seven hours! Su Xiao shouted. As one of the initiators of the alliance, he certainly had the right to command the troops.
A dozen or so tanks not far from him turned their muzzles.
In less than ten seconds, the clock tower was completely destroyed.
Not far from the ruins of the clock tower, a female contractor hurriedly ran towards the exit of the city, gritting her teeth.
— Where did this contractor come from? Does he have the right to command tanks? It's too unfair!
A beautiful woman with a long golden braid that reached her waist was running away from the city. In Paradise, she was known under the pseudonym "Mira" and before entering Paradise, she was a sniper.
After becoming a part of Paradise, it was as if she had become a fish that had fallen into the water.
She was running away with her favorite sniper rifle in her hands. Facing a dozen tanks head-on, the only thing she could do was run away.
Su Xiao saw Mira running away, but he didn't chase after her. The distance between them was too great. He would only be wasting his time.
Naturally, he shot her a couple of times with his gun, but she calmly dodged all the bullets.
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Two hours later.
The battle gradually came to an end, and the remnants of Central's forces were wiped out.
The northern army captured the city along with the railway station.
While strolling around the small town, Su Xiao occasionally saw civilians strolling through the streets of the city. These civilians looked scared and were afraid of the army of the north.
As for the railway station, as soon as a part of the northern army entered the railway station, gunfire rang out, but everything quieted down in less than five minutes.
After that, more than a dozen soldiers began dragging the corpses into piles.
The corpses of Central's soldiers were collected, then doused with gasoline and set on fire..
The corpses had to be disposed of as soon as possible. War and plague always followed each other's footsteps.
Shortly after the railway station was taken under control, the northern army seized and searched the trains that were standing at the gas station.
Central's forces wanted to blow up some of them, which would have forced the northern army to stay in the city for a longer time, but the leadership of Central's forces did not expect that the defense line along with the remnants of resistance already in the city would be crushed so quickly.
Some of the trains were even filled with military rations, indicating that Central's army was preparing to start a protracted war.
In reality, the incoming army of the north took control of the city in less than half a day.
Almost immediately after taking the station, trains began to depart from the station one by one.
The first squads immediately moved out to the next target, along with Olivia.
Su Xiao wasn't in a hurry to leave the city yet.
Trains were quickly adapted by the northern army to meet the needs of the army — comfortable seats were thrown out of the cars and replaced with the most ordinary benches, which would increase the number of soldiers transported.
Tanks began to be slowly delivered to the train platforms, after which the train started moving to the next destination..
However, the transportation of so many tanks won't be able to be completed in one or two days.
Olivia, led by her most capable troops, went to open the way to the capital, and along the way they captured all the railway stations.
Su Xiao stayed in town and kept in touch with Olivia.
Two days later, Olivia took control of six other major train stations.
Because of this, not only did the number of trains under her control increase, but the number of her soldiers also increased.
Not all of Amestris's generals were idiots. Some generals had long been dissatisfied with the behavior of Central's top brass, and after seeing such a serious and powerful move by Olivia, many generals decided to join her and gain some of the glory in the future.
The number of allies began to increase rapidly. From the original three-man alliance, the alliance quickly expanded to a sixteen-man alliance, resulting in an increase in the number of infantry alone from 80,000 to over 400,000.
Even Su Xiao hadn't expected this situation. Previously, he had thought that the battle with Central's forces would be very fierce, but now, it didn't seem like it would be like that at all.
Mustang's performance, along with Olivia, created a fire that began to spread rapidly in the dried-up meadow.
On the third day after the start of the civil war, Su Xiao boarded a train with 4,000 soldiers and went to Central.
He left the Eastern City together with the last forces that remained in this city.
Now that the alliance forces had surrounded Central from all sides, there was no longer any need to control the Eastern City.
The number of trains at this point has increased many times, and the number of ordinary soldiers has already increased 600.000.
Many wavering generals saw that the top of Central could fall at any moment, so they decided to join the rebellion..
However, out of these 600,000 soldiers, only less than a hundred thousand obeyed Mustang and Olivia alone.
Many generals decided to join the uprising because of the feeling that the government could change at any time. If Central's forces put up a fierce resistance to their forces, many of them would eventually retreat.
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