The soldiers of Vanguard Twelve-Six remained behind their Guardian APCs while the smoke and dust from the earlier bombardment continued spreading across the northern streets.
Several buildings were still burning, while others had lost entire sections of their upper floors. Broken concrete and twisted steel covered much of the road, making it difficult to determine which routes could still accommodate their armored vehicles.
The squad leader was checking the Advanced Radar when another loud cracking sound came from farther ahead.
CRAAAAACK!
A damaged office building began leaning toward the adjoining street before its lower floors gave way.
BOOOOOOM!
The entire structure collapsed, sending another enormous cloud of dust across the surrounding buildings.
"Shit! Another one went down!"
"Probably from the bombardment," one of the Army Soldiers replied.
