When the bombardment finally ended, the surroundings were completely shrouded in smoke and dust.
"Everyone is safe and accounted for." Jiang Yan Hai had received confirmation as well.
This round of shelling had been aimed almost entirely at the areas around their hiding places. They were also on the outskirts of the city, so it would not destroy too many buildings within the city itself. After all, they were only the first group; there would be others later. They could not just turn the entire city into ruins.
In truth, a city was not so easily reduced to ruins. But if the whole city was damaged too severely, those who came later would not be able to feel that same shock.
Thanks to the strong natural wind outside, the smoke and dust were quickly blown away. When everyone emerged from their shelters, the sight around them left them all dumbfounded.
Even the Jiaolong Commando Unit, which had already experienced war in the Republic of Evia, felt the same way. At this moment, they had truly experienced the terror of modern weapons of war.
Right beside them, a six-story building had been blasted apart by several shells, with more than half of it collapsed. Some of the nearby craters around them were at least eight or nine meters across.
The two abandoned buildings had originally merely looked deserted, while the road beside them had still been intact. It had only seemed like an abandoned residential complex. But now, this place looked like a battlefield!
Especially with the smell of gunpowder filling their nostrils and the flames from the shell explosions still burning. Those flames would be extinguished soon enough, though.
In any case, this was an abandoned city. If something could burn, then let it burn. In the end, it would