Chapter 124 Self-Salvation?

After Kang Dinghuang and Lumeni's private conversation, Yu Mingyuan led his private armed forces in another twenty-minute assault on the mountains.

In small-scale military conflicts, twenty minutes is often enough to determine victory or defeat, especially when Yu Mingyuan's attacking forces far outnumbered the defenders in the mountains!

...

Near Yad County, a helicopter landed at a secure location, and Anze Cheng arrived with a dozen soldiers.

"Uncle!"

"General An!"

"…!"

Yu Mingyuan and the others went to greet him.

Anze Cheng nodded to the crowd and quietly asked, "What's the situation on the battlefield?"

"Zhou Xian has been cornered," Yu Mingyuan replied immediately. "Our men are flanking the mountain from both sides, sealing off their retreat routes. The helicopter is circling right above Zhou Xian's head. He can't escape."

Anze Cheng looked at the chaotic gunfire in the mountains with his hands behind his back and paused before asking, "What about the opposing regiment?!"

"The outer reconnaissance units reported back that all four of their regiments are staying put outside the Yad jurisdiction. The helicopter squadron retreated behind the mountain after two rounds of interception," Yu Mingyuan said with a frown. "That bastard is desperate!"

"Go up the mountain and bring him down here!" Anze Cheng pointed to the ground and said, "I'll wait here!"

"Yes!"

Yu Mingyuan replied, turned around, took a bulletproof vest, and shouted, "The rest of you, follow me!"

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Inside the mountains.

A communications officer from Zhan Hammer held a military communication device in his right hand, lying in a ditch, constantly shouting, "Headquarters! Headquarters! Please respond…!"

Nearby, Zhou Xian had run out of bullets and rushed over, shouting, "Have you made contact yet?!"

"N-no…no!" the officer shook his head in terror. "There's still a signal, but our channel seems to be locked. We can't communicate directly with friendly forces!"

Zhou Xian swallowed and immediately took out his phone to check, seeing an "x" on the signal bar.

It's over!!

An extremely bad premonition arose again in Zhou Xian's heart!!

Before coming to Yad County, Zhou Xian had a separate deployment with Lumeni. At least four regiments from the Zhan Hammer command were reserved in advance specifically to support this side.

But it had been more than forty minutes since the battle started, and Zhou Xian hadn't even seen the most mobile reconnaissance unit. Was that normal?

So far, only one helicopter squadron had arrived on the battlefield, fired two rounds of interception, and claimed to be out of ammunition, needing to return to resupply!

Was that normal?

Zhou Xian's mind was in chaos. Although the information he currently had couldn't allow him to guess what had happened at the Zhan Hammer command, he knew with certainty that the delayed arrival of reinforcements might be directed at him!

After a moment of silence, Zhou Xian immediately said to the communications officer, "Come here, you come here!!"

"What's wrong, sir?!"

"Give me your clothes, hurry!" Zhou Xian grabbed him and pulled him behind a large tree, shouting urgently.

The communications officer swallowed and immediately took off his uniform.

Down the mountain, the artillery roared, the gunfire was intense, and the opposing armed forces launched another general offensive, reaching the hillside and entering the dense forest!

Zhou Xian took the communications officer's uniform and hurriedly put it on. Then, he picked up the useless military communication device and said, "You don't have to follow me. Disperse and break through!"

Stripped down to his underwear, the communications officer nodded blankly: "Yes…I'll break through with the other troops!"

As he spoke, Zhou Xian, carrying the communication device, turned and ran towards the side of the mountain.

"Zhou…Commander Zhou!"

Just then, more than a dozen people ran over, led by the battalion-level officer sent by Zhan Hammer: "Wait a minute!"

Zhou Xian looked back at him, sweat pouring down his forehead, his brow furrowed.

"Commander, Commander!"

The battalion-level officer, carrying a gun, ran over with more than a dozen people, shouting urgently, "Break through from the back. I've ordered a company to open a gap. There are fewer people encircling and blocking there. We can get out!"

Zhou Xian glanced at him: "Have you contacted the command?"

"No, no contact!" the battalion-level officer stepped forward. "Let's go, let's break through, let's get out first!"

Zhou Xian looked at him and took a step back unconsciously.

"Pa!"

The battalion-level officer reached out and grabbed Zhou Xian's wrist: "Let's go! Commander!"

Zhou Xian glanced at the others, then suddenly burst out, smashing the communication device at the officer's head.

"Bang!"

The battalion-level officer raised his arm to block, and Zhou Xian immediately drew his gun, reaching out to try to hold him hostage!

"Whoosh!"

Four or five Zhan Hammer soldiers, who had been prepared, pounced on Zhou Xian at the same time!

"Bang!"

A shot rang out, and one soldier was shot through the arm by Zhou Xian, but the others had already pinned him against the tree!

"What are you doing???! " Zhou Xian roared furiously.

The battalion-level officer pulled out a military dagger from his waist, looked at Zhou Xian, and swallowed: "Th…they are here for you! If you…stay here, me and our brothers can survive!"

"You are betraying me!!" Zhou Xian roared in extreme anger.

The battalion-level officer walked towards Zhou Xian with a knife in his hand, his voice hoarse as he replied, "You betrayed the Xue family too, didn't you?! If you had considered them…maybe we wouldn't have had to come to this hellhole!"

Zhou Xian was stunned.

"Puchi!!!"

The battalion-level officer stabbed Zhou Xian in the chest with a knife. The military dagger, more than ten centimeters long, pierced straight through, and the tip of the knife was nailed to the tree!

"Ugh…!"

Zhou Xian gasped, his eyes wide open as he looked at his chest in a daze.

"D…don't pull out the knife, Commander!" the battalion-level officer looked at him and slowly backed away: "If you pull out the knife, you will die immediately!"

After speaking, the battalion-level officer turned and ran: "Withdraw, notify the troops to retreat!"

In the cold, howling mountains, a large number of Zhan Hammer soldiers followed their battalion commander all the way up the mountain. Zhou Xian was nailed to the tree by a military dagger, and no one stayed by his side!!

In less than a minute, Yu Mingyuan and others from the foot of the mountain fought their way up. One of the scouts found Zhou Xian in the woods: "Here!! Zhou Xian is here!!"

"Thump, thump!"

A burst of footsteps rang out, and Yu Mingyuan led people over, looking up and down at Zhou Xian, who was nailed to the tree: "…What are you playing at? Self-salvation? Commander Zhou!"

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Inside the Zhan Hammer command.

Lumeni stood by the window, staring blankly at the scenery outside.

The chief of staff came over and whispered in Lumeni's ear: "It's all done. No one will know, General!"

Lumeni turned around: "Four regiments turn around and rush to support Bana City!"

"Yes!" The chief of staff saluted.

On the mountain.

Anze Cheng stepped up to Zhou Xian, pointed at him with a gloomy expression, and said, "Damn it!! Look at the mess you've made. I don't even have a chance to capture you alive!!"