With Zero-Two hit and Zero-Three, whose body was less agile, taking several more shots, Zero-One was the only one of the three still capable of fighting.
And with their advantage in weaponry gone, Zero-One could only drag the two of them into a detached house.
Bullets kept striking the bricks around them. The tremendous impact shattered the masonry, sending countless fragments flying in every direction.
Zero-One sat Zero-Two and Zero-Three down in the middle of the house, leaning them against each other. He didn't dare put them against a wall. If an explosion went off outside, the blast could travel through the wall and prove fatal!
After fighting for so long, fewer than a third of the enemy remained.
But even that third numbered more than thirty people! Their bullets had already stripped away a layer of the house's outer wall!
At this critical moment, Zero-Six and Zero-Seven arrived in time, carrying machine guns.
With Zero-Eight providing sniper cover, the two set their machine guns on a windowsill and unleashed a furious barrage at the spot across from them where flames were visible.
Seeing the enemy's fire suppressed, Zero-One hurriedly pulled three grenades off Zero-Two and Zero-Three. He pulled the pins and tossed all three through the window toward the enemies' approximate location.
One of the grenades hit a wall and bounced away, but the other two landed safely inside the building where the enemy was hiding.
After the explosions, the enemy's firepower weakened noticeably. Judging by the sound of the two grenades going off inside, they must have hit quite a few people.
At that moment, a sudden shout came from the main road. Tang Shi charged toward the stronghold with the two Black Mask soldiers assigned to guard the base and fifteen Black soldiers whose wounds had been