The Commander-in-Chief was overjoyed and immediately contacted PN Officer Ma, ordering him to enter the city to help the other gates from the inside.
PN Officer Ma received the order and led all his troops forward at full speed.
He had no idea that his advance troops had already lost the will to fight. They had all scattered to look for Female Decoys.
Once one or two started doing it, others followed. Groups of three to five went off together to find someone.
"Bang!" The door was kicked open.
A PN Soldier Z smiled as he walked toward the cellar. Although the voice was soft, they had just heard the cry of a Female Decoy.
They used their bayonets to poke here and there.
Soon, they found the cellar entrance.
As soon as the cellar door opened, two Female Decoys screamed and ran out.
A few PN Soldiers Z, unable to wait any longer, threw down their weapons and started tearing at the Female Decoys' clothes.
Meanwhile, PN Officer Na, protected by an armored convoy, entered through the Zhongshan Gate.
Seeing that there weren't many people outside, Paige didn't rush to close the gate, afraid of alerting the enemy.
Inside the city, things were probably getting lively by now.
"Idiot! Where is everyone? Why have they all scattered? We still have to meet the Commander!
If the battle is delayed, can you take responsibility?" PN Officer Na asked angrily as he came in. Out of more than 20,000 soldiers, only a few thousand were visible now.
These few thousand had just entered and hadn't had time to run off yet.
As the first unit to break into the city, he was feeling very proud of himself.
"Reporting, General. They probably don't know the way and went to ask for directions," one PN Squad Leader saluted and replied.
He really wanted to go ask for directions too. They had been inside for so long, and no one knew how many Female Decoys were left.
The PN Squad Leader cursed silently in his heart.
He knew that the first ones to enter must have gone to have fun. After all, their superiors had already planned for this.
Now they were just putting on a show by saying a few words.
Yes, and who knows how many are even left?
One of the Female Decoys being held suddenly pulled out a dagger and slashed the PN Soldier Z's throat.
At the same time, two more people came out from the basement, each holding a dagger. They killed with a single strike.
The PN Soldiers Z had already thrown their weapons aside, so they didn't even have time to resist.
Then, the Female Decoys quickly took off the soldiers' uniforms and changed out of their floral clothes.
In other rooms, while the PN Soldiers Z weren't paying attention, when the cellar doors opened, it was time for the warriors to strike.
They had agreed that anyone wearing a PN uniform shouldn't button it up, and should make it look messy to avoid being accidentally killed.
For these close combat situations, only the best soldiers were chosen.
They tried their best not to fire a single shot.
"Alright, we need to go assist the Commander and open the city gates from within," PN Officer Ma fired a shot into the sky and shouted for everyone to gather.
So, the surrounding soldiers slowly regrouped and headed toward Zhonghua Gate.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang…" Intense gunfire rang out.
Soon, some people came running from that direction.
"Reporting, General! Their reinforcements are attacking! They're coming from that direction," a PN Soldier So pointed, which happened to be the direction they were heading.
"Perfect. Artillery, follow my orders! Move forward at full speed! Everyone else, cover the artillery and help them!" PN Officer Ma said while raising his long sword high.
One by one, tanks slowly moved forward, heading toward the gunfire.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom…" Explosions followed wherever the tanks went.
"There's an ambush, take cover!" PN Officer Ma shouted and quickly hid inside the vehicle.
He looked around but didn't see anything.
"St*pid! It's landmines planted by the enemy. Are there any tanks still working?" All the tanks were destroyed, and many PN Soldiers nearby had already been blown up.
Only Paige could have done such precise strikes.
That had been their winning trump card. PN Officer Ma felt heartbroken just thinking about it.
"Officer, officer, there are too many enemies up ahead. We can't hold them off. Should we change direction?" A dirty, disheveled PN Soldier Z ran over from the front lines.
"Retreat. Head over to assist PN General Su in breaking through the city gate. After we join him, we'll regroup with the Commander." PN Officer Ma gave the order.
So everyone quickly changed direction and jogged away.
Many of the PN Soldiers didn't even have time to put on their pants.
Some had their clothes buttoned wrong, others wore crooked hats — all clearly rushed over after hearing the gunfire.
PN Officer Ma was frustrated. How did this even look like soldiers, let alone soldiers who had just claimed a victory?
Gunfire was closing in from behind, but PN Officer Ma didn't have time to scold his soldiers for their mistakes.
Right now, all he wanted was to reach the city gate and kill those Rin people to release his anger.
As for the planes in the air, since their own people were already inside the city, they didn't dare to continue bombing in case they hit their own troops. So the planes retreated.
From their point of view, since they were already inside the city, victory was just around the corner.
PN Officer Ma didn't notice that after they changed direction, the ones at the very end of the team were a bunch of disheveled PN Soldiers.
The more properly dressed ones in the middle started falling one by one, mysteriously collapsing as they ran.
As they neared the city gate, those disheveled PN Soldiers at the front shouted, "St*pid! Kill them!"
PN Officer Ma watched his troops charging so bravely and nodded in satisfaction.
They definitely deserved some kind of reward. Their great empire's warriors were just that brave and fierce.
The city defenders seemed to have been caught off guard, clearly not expecting enemies to have already entered the city.
They were quickly shot down.
The rest of the defenders scattered in panic.
PN Officer Ma's team quickly took control of the city gate from inside.
"Just a few broken troops, don't bother chasing them. Open the gate and let PN General Su's troops in first," PN Officer Ma stopped his soldiers from giving chase.
They had just been ambushed and suffered heavy losses. The top priority now was letting PN General Su's troops inside.
Just as the city gate opened, an ambush was triggered behind them, and reinforcements arrived at another gate, which began to slowly close.
On PN General Su's side, his men reported that PN Officer Ma had already opened the city gate.
But they were facing strong resistance from the city's defenders and were requesting backup.
"Pass down the order. Full speed ahead. Support PN Officer Ma and take the city," PN General Su commanded.
He had been preparing to send in engineers to blow open the gate, but PN Officer Ma had already done it.
A pity — he had lost the chance to be the first one in.
As more and more PN Soldiers entered, the defending warriors had no choice but to fight while retreating.
PN Officer Ma and PN General Su soon met up.
"PN Officer Ma, congratulations. Didn't think you'd be the one to take the lead this time," PN General Su said sourly.
With such a big achievement, PN Officer Ma might be promoted to general when they returned.
"Hahaha, PN General Su, all for the glory of the empire," PN Officer Ma laughed loudly.
"I just received word that the gate on your side has been shut again. Didn't you leave anyone to guard it?" PN General Su asked.