50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 795 Contempt
After lunch, Sun Zhiwei gathered all eight amateur tank soldiers and two helicopter pilots, a total of ten people. After a brief mobilization, everyone boarded the Black Hawk helicopter.

Together with the existing security team in the Helmuksai community, they formed the main force of the convoy escorting the transferred personnel.

Soon, the Black Hawk, piloted by Sun Zhiwei, began to take off and quickly ascended to an altitude of 1,000 meters.

A dozen kilometers is not far, and before long they arrived over the Helmuksai community.

The Hel Muksa neighborhood is also part of Aden. It is much larger than the embassy area and is a developing region.

The neighborhood is roughly divided into two parts: one part is the completed community with a considerable population; the other part is still an unfinished construction site with many residential buildings that are more than half-built.

Among these dilapidated buildings, there are also many blue PVC-coated steel houses, which are the dormitories for the construction teams.

The open spaces between the buildings were piled with various building materials such as sand, gravel, and steel. The terrain was very complex, with not a single large open space, making it completely unsuitable for helicopter landing.

Sun Zhiwei looked around and found that only a bus terminal parking lot not far away had enough open space.

So he parked the Black Hawk helicopter right inside the bus stop.

Once the Black Hawk had come to a stop, Sun Zhiwei led eight tank soldiers off the helicopter first, but then had two pilots take off again in the Black Hawk to provide fire support from high altitude.

Because the bus terminal was located in a combat zone, everyone except the buses had fled. Sun Zhiwei led the tank crew to the maintenance warehouse at the back.

When he came down just now, he had already placed the last three Type 69 tanks in the warehouse here.

He ordered his soldiers to smash the large lock on the warehouse door and push open the sliding doors on both sides, revealing three enormous vehicles.

The soldiers beamed with joy upon seeing the Type 69 tank. As tank crewmen, they felt safer riding in a tank than in a car or an airplane.

Sun Zhiwei turned to them and said, "Let's go. We'll split into three groups of nine. First, we'll plant the national flags, and then drive them all the way to the entrance of the Helmuksai residential area."

After saying that, he took the lead and boarded the Type 69 command vehicle in the middle, which was topped with a tall antenna.

中间这辆坦克全称69-ⅡC1，是69式坦克的指挥型号，有一根全长3米3的通讯天线，内部有两台889型电台。

After climbing up, Sun Zhiwei did not enter the tank. Instead, he waited until his two teammates had gone inside before he stood halfway in the turret.

It's not that he didn't want to go in, but tanks have a compact internal structure and cramped space. As a tall guy of 1.8 meters, it's better not to go in and make himself uncomfortable. Bumping his head wouldn't be good for anyone.

Fortunately, the Type 69 tank also has a 12.7mm heavy machine gun on the outside. Standing outside and holding the machine gun, he looks majestic and doesn't seem out of place at all.

Once all three tanks were ready, Sun Zhiwei led the tank squad towards the residential area.

He had already told all the tank crew members that they should follow orders in all actions.

They lack manpower and cannot fully utilize the tanks' combat capabilities, so they avoid fighting to prevent revealing their true situation.

Although the distance to the Helmuksai residential area was less than 1 kilometer, the main road leading to the area was already a complete mess. Taking a detour would add several kilometers to the journey, and he didn't want to waste time. Besides, they were tanks; there was no rule about tanks giving way to infantry.

He led three tanks to the outer wall of the bus terminal, and without stopping, he pushed down the wall and drove onto the main road.

Once all three vehicles had arrived, he took a moment to light a cigarette and then gave instructions over the radio: "All vehicles, maintain a slow pace, engines running at full speed."

Immediately, the three Type 69 tanks began to roar loudly. The noise was deafening even hundreds of meters away.

The ground shook as the tank advanced, and the windows of buildings along the way rattled as the tank drew near.

Gradually, the firepower from both sides in the battle began to slow down and eventually cease. The combatants on both sides watched nervously in the direction the tanks had come from; no one knew what kind of monster was approaching.

The three Type 69 tanks were equipped with 600-horsepower engines, which produced a loud and frightening noise when running at full power.

This is actually a drawback, as it makes the tank less concealed. However, at this moment, the sheer volume of noise it makes is a powerful deterrent, perfect for intimidating people.

As the massive Type 69 tank approached from afar, the combat personnel on both sides looked at each other in bewilderment, unsure which side's reinforcements were coming from.

But soon they saw the red flag on the tank, and they all realized that it was a tank from the Dragon Kingdom.

Their relationship with China is currently okay, so they shouldn't be enemies.

In particular, their unease finally subsided when they saw Sun Zhiwei smoking a cigarette on the lead tank.

Before they could even breathe a sigh of relief, the Black Hawk helicopter that had been circling high in the sky, under Sun Zhiwei's instructions, descended from the sky, hovered above the tank, and escorted the tank as it slowly moved forward.

They could clearly see the Vulcan cannons and Hive missiles mounted on the Black Hawk helicopters overhead. Now, both sides were even more hesitant to make any rash moves.

When the tanks got close, both sides sent people to inquire about the situation. Sun Zhiwei did not order the tanks to stop, and the three tanks and one helicopter ignored them and continued to move forward slowly on their own.

Only after hearing the inquiries from both sides did Sun Zhiwei leisurely flick his cigarette ash, glance at them sideways, and after a long while utter a single word: "Pick someone up."

After receiving Sun Zhiwei's answer, the person who asked the question quickly went back to report.

And so, the combatants on both sides watched as three Type 69 tanks, escorted by helicopters, leisurely passed through the battle-stricken streets and gradually disappeared into the distance.

After they had gone some distance, the sound of gunfire resumed on the street, but this time both sides seemed to have lost their focus, and the fighting was like popcorn being made, with shots popping out here and there.

Sun Zhiwei and his team passed through the combat zone and soon arrived at the Hel Mukesai residential area. Sandbags had already been piled up at the entrance of the residential area, and defensive fortifications had been completed.

The arrival of the tank caused a moment of panic among the people inside, but cheers erupted when someone finally saw the red flag on the tank.

The cheers grew even louder when the helicopters appeared in the sky following the tanks.

(End of this chapter)