The Brutal Battle

Is this a case of shooting oneself in the foot?

The Doctor Death adjusted his angle mid-air and landed steadily. The damage caused by the White Noise Wave Cannon was repaired by his self-healing ability, but the mechanical parts were inevitably damaged.

But he didn't stop. He rushed towards the combat team members who were firing at him at an extremely fast speed. Because of the angle, there was only one sniper shooting at him, but there were more snipers lying in ambush among the high-rise buildings. They just couldn't identify the target because of the line of sight and angle.

Doctor Death charged forward, studded Negasonic Teenage Warhead constantly striking the ground in front of and behind him. The snipers quickly adapted to his speed and trajectory, as well as the muzzle velocity and trajectory of the bullets from their Electromagnetic Rifle. The bullets were getting closer and closer to Doctor Death.

The scene in the movie where the characters run in a zigzag pattern to evade snipers is purely a fictional creation by the screenwriter for dramatic effect. A qualified sniper would have used tens of thousands of bullets to shoot at a moving target, and their movement trajectory is completely under their control. They are just getting used to Electromagnetic Rifle and are not yet proficient with this new type of weapon. Coupled with the complex environment of city streets, their hit rate is pitifully low.

Unfortunately, the buffer time they had was too short. When they were 100% certain of hitting Doctor Death, the enemy had already rushed into the area where the snipers were located, and the snipers, now hesitant, could no longer fire.

They didn't huddle together, but instead spread out tactically behind cover to ensure their weapons could cover each other. However, Doctor Death was no ordinary human in any way, and with Magneto's superpowers as an extra advantage, he could greatly reduce their accuracy by slightly interfering with the angle of their guns.

Moreover, the White Noise Wave Cannon was developed by Wei Xiuming, Doctor Death knew all its parameters very well, including the firing interval deliberately left to reduce the impact of recoil on accuracy.

When he rushed up to the operatives, they were basically all out of the game, having already fired one shot and still charging up for the second, leaving them completely defenseless. Doctor Death destroyed their weapons with a single slash and rendered them incapacitated with another. None of the operatives could withstand a single blow from him.

Even if other team members fired at them relentlessly, disregarding the lives of their comrades, Doctor Death could still throw the one who wasn't quite dead yet out to shield them from artillery fire. However, ordinary team members were basically stuck to the wall.

Soon, Wei Xiuming rushed to Rumlow's side. Rumlow had given up resistance almost as quickly as France surrendered. Rumlow was in an angle formed by a protruding building wall, with cover on both sides. Doctor Death grabbed Rumlow and pulled him to the outside, forcing the snipers and other team members to hesitate to fire.

"The Static Expander is something I'm still researching. Whoever finishes it will hand it over to you!"

Doctor Death asked menacingly, "And what kind of people are you?!"

"Hydra, we are Hydra!" Rumlow thought that Doctor Death had not been notified in advance, so he had no choice but to introduce himself.

Then he frantically signaled with his eyes that Doctor Death was on his side, and glanced sideways at his communicator to indicate that Coulson was still listening and that he shouldn't give himself away.

Upon hearing this, Coulson on the other end of the communicator was relieved. He was impressed by Rumlow's excellent tactical arrangements and quick reaction. Not only did he not reveal that he was a member of S.H.I.E.L.D.., but he also managed to shift the blame and stir up conflict between SHOCKER and Hydra, the forces behind Doctor Death.

The field agents who had been lying on the ground got up one by one. Most of them were not seriously injured. The unfavorable situation in the battle did not allow them to slack off. After checking their weapons and bullets, they picked up their guns and rushed out, leaving Coulson stunned.

Unfortunately, before this group could join the battle, a dark figure descended from the sky, scattering the field agents. Several unlucky ones were hit squarely, suffering broken bones and ligaments.

It was a corpse, and judging from his attire, he was clearly a sniper from the rapid response team. His neck had been snapped before he fell from the high-rise building, and the person who killed him quickly appeared before everyone.

Several burly men dressed in black bodysuits and wearing black masks jumped down from the height. Their reinforced bodies, along with Exoskeleton Armor with human skeletal structures, allowed them to deflect the impact by slightly bending their knees.

The arriving were SHOCKER combatants.

To ensure the organization SHOCKER was properly established, Wei Xiuming, the Doctor Death account, unleashed all his forces, including the SHOCKER combatants, who had been hiding in nearby buildings as an ambush force. After eliminating the snipers, they officially joined the battlefield.

Half an hour later, Nick Fury rushed to the street. Coulson was sitting in a chair, letting a paramedic disinfect and bandage the wounds on his forehead and cheeks. His suit was tattered, and one of his arms was in a sling.

Upon seeing the arrival of the Black Eggplant, Coulson told the medical staff not to rush to treat his wounds and stood up to report on his work.

Nick Fury gestured for Coulson not to stand up, then asked, "The operation failed?"

This is very obvious.

The number of personnel sent to handle logistics was equal to the number of combat personnel directly involved in tactical operations. Most of these logistics personnel were responsible for putting the bodies into body bags, loading them onto vehicles, and then embellishing the bodies. S.H.I.E.L.D.. would then fabricate a suitable cause of death to explain the situation to the families before holding a funeral and burying the bodies.

A few of them required shovels to carefully collect the bodies from the wall, bit by bit.

The other group, dressed in work clothes, rain boots, and rubber gloves, used a mixture of cleaning agents to wash away the bloodstains on the ground and walls, flushed the sewage into the sewers, and removed the Negasonic Teenage Warhead one by one from the walls and the ground and put them in bags.

The shop that Coulson took over was transformed from a fully furnished apartment into a bare shell.

"Yes, sir." Coulson's voice was somewhat somber. "The target is a Mutant, and he has several Mutant subordinates equipped with rudimentary Mechanical Exoskeleton —based on eyewitness accounts, they have likely undergone artificial enhancements. Their strength, reaction speed, and physical resilience have all reached a terrifying level."

"What about the casualties?" Judging from what he saw on the scene, it certainly wasn't good, but Nick Fury still needed an exact number.

He equipped this operation with high-level weaponry, enough to take down a tank platoon with minimal casualties, yet they still suffered heavy losses.

Coulson took a deep breath. "Of the 25-man rapid response team, five are still in critical condition; Captain Rumlow has lost too much blood and is in a coma, but after a blood transfusion and stitches, he is temporarily out of danger... The rest have all perished."

"None of the thirteen field agents survived."