Chapter 1 In Dire Straits

After learning about the current state of the EU and Y country's grassroots forces, Li Tianran felt confident. In this situation, there was no way these two countries could hold out for long.

In a world ravaged by several Destruction Eras, food was undoubtedly the most precious and important thing for the rank-and-file soldiers.

These soldiers rarely looked to the distant future and didn't care about long-term interests. All they saw was that the joint forces, which had taken over unified command, were enjoying food, clothing, and housing that made them incredibly envious. Furthermore, in battle, they had the assistance of pioneers and mechanical berserkers from Kuangxi Island.

Good living conditions, low wartime mortality!

Either of these two factors would be enough to have a fatal attraction for the soldiers, let alone both combined!

Given the dire circumstances, Li Tianran predicted that these pampered EU soldiers would completely collapse within two days due to the huge sense of disparity.

The North Heaven Gate project was already 76 percent complete, and there were still three days before Li Tianran's original planned counterattack time.

"If I don't make you destroy yourselves, my name isn't Li!" Li Tianran said, stroking his chin and laughing.

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In reality, the EU and Y country forces held out for even less time than Li Tianran had anticipated.

On the third day after the command was unified, the EU and Y country troops stationed on human defense lines in various places began to experience large-scale morale collapse. The soldiers were very impatient with their superiors' orders and acted with very little initiative.

Faced with this situation, the higher-ups of the two countries were furious and immediately increased their management of the troops, severely punishing those soldiers who were not performing well.

But this approach not only failed to improve the troops but instead ignited the anger and resistance of the rank-and-file soldiers. In some areas, soldiers even disobeyed their officers' orders and held public demonstrations!

It must be said that although the current situation of the EU and Y country had factors manipulated by Li Tianran, it was inseparable from their national systems and customs!

If the EU were replaced by the Federation, this situation might not have occurred at all, because the education that Federal soldiers received was that orders were paramount, and they would never relax their military conduct because of their treatment or other external factors.

But the EU was different. The people of their countries were taught from childhood to believe in liberalism. Even within the military, this style could not be avoided. At this time, this deeply rooted liberal mindset finally collided with the strict military regulations, and the consequences were very serious!

Keya Sea City.

Three hours ago, a medium-sized beast tide attacked here from different directions. The joint forces and the EU forces went into battle at the same time, each responsible for two battlefields in different directions. After a fierce battle, the beast tide was finally repelled. While the logistics units were cleaning up the battlefield, the main forces, which had just experienced a bloody battle, began to count the casualties.

Jack was an EU officer, the commander of the army regiment under the 1106th Division. At this time, he was walking in the center of the battlefield covered with corpses. The mud mixed with blood soaked his military boots, and his always clean and tidy uniform was torn to shreds, covered with dust and blood.

In the bloody battle just now, as an evolver, he fought on the battlefield and killed three Beast Kings before being ambushed. If he hadn't reacted quickly, he might have been swallowed whole by that terrifying giant crocodile Beast King on the spot!

But even if he dodged the fatal attack, the giant tail of the Beast King still left him with terrible pain. His left arm was shattered, and several ribs on his left side were broken. Although the evolver's self-healing ability allowed him to recover slowly, the piercing pain would continue to torment him until he was completely healed.

"Anesthetic...I need anesthetic! Inject me quickly! I can't take it anymore!"

"Medic! Medic!"

"Quickly tie off the wound, the bleeding won't stop!"

Noisy shouts came from around, and the wounded with broken limbs and arms wailed in pain. The medics were overwhelmed because of the lack of treatment equipment and drugs. Two soldiers carried a stretcher past Jackson. On the stretcher, the wounded soldier had a large opening in his abdomen, and the wriggling internal organs could even be seen clearly through the wound...

"Put him down." Jack suddenly reached out to stop the two soldiers carrying the stretcher.

He had participated in many wars and could tell at a glance that this wounded soldier could no longer be saved. Continuing to treat this wounded soldier would only increase his pain.

"He's not an evolver, he won't survive, go save the soldiers with lighter injuries..." Jack took the soldier off the stretcher and placed him on the side. The current drugs and medical resources were very scarce, and he couldn't waste these things on someone with little hope.

Although it was cruel, he had no choice.

He pulled out his pistol and pointed it at the wounded soldier's forehead, his index finger pressed tightly on the trigger, but he couldn't press it down for a long time.

"Officer, shoot..." The soldier was obviously very clear about his fate. He didn't resent Jack, but endured the pain and said in a trembling voice, "Let me end this pain!"

Jack gritted his teeth and closed his eyes.

A gunshot on the noisy battlefield ruins didn't attract too much attention.

Jack stood up and suddenly saw a pioneer walking over in the distance. It was Li Xiao, the supreme commander of the joint forces at the Keya Sea City defense line stronghold.

"Looks like..." Li Xiao's battle suit was very clean and tidy, forming a strong contrast with the embarrassed Jack. He stood in the center of the battlefield covered with corpses, standing next to Jack and looking at the EU troops in the distance who were cleaning up the battlefield and rescuing the wounded, and continued, "Your casualties are very heavy!"

Jack glared at Li Xiao coldly, but didn't speak.

"Do you know the specific casualty rate of your troops and the joint forces in this war?"

Li Xiao suddenly asked.

Jack was silent for a moment, then shook his head.

"In this war, the joint forces faced more than 12,000 beast tides, of which nearly 1,000 were Beast Kings! The EU forces faced 8,000 beast tides, of which about 800 were Beast Kings!"

"And according to rough statistics, the casualty rate of the joint forces is less than one percent, with only more than 300 people injured and 100 people dead!"

"And your troops have a casualty rate of more than eight percent!"

"Do you know what this means?" Li Xiao asked softly.