Chapter 1 The Dragon City Rises

At 7:45 p.m., the Dragon City, where the sound of gunfire had been faint for three days, was still as empty as usual.

There were few pedestrians on the road, and hardly any people in sight. The surrounding buildings were filled with a sense of devastation from the war.

Almost all the people in the non-occupied areas had left. Even in the relatively safe areas occupied by the First District, the people had spontaneously fled.

Now that the war had begun, none of those who shared the blood of Hua Xia were willing to be subjugated people, and even fewer were willing to see the defeat of their nation's armed forces, so they could live here peacefully as so-called good citizens.

"Di di di di—"

At a time when every house should have been brightly lit, a loud bugle call suddenly echoed through the streets of this silent and empty city.

The tune of this bugle call had been passed down for nearly two hundred years, and it had resounded across almost the entire map of East Asia. Now, it echoed overseas again, in the Dragon City where Chinese people gathered!

Soon, the same bugle call began to ring out from the corners of various streets and from the buildings in the non-occupied areas, instantly forming a unified sound!

The sound was loud and melodious, echoing over the entire Dragon City!

Along with these bugle calls, soldiers who had been lurking in the Dragon City for a long time, not knowing how they had managed to survive, emerged from their hiding places in groups of three or five, or in small teams of ten or a hundred.

They knew that this was the bugle call for the final battle! They had to do everything possible to quickly move closer to the enemy-occupied areas.

On a certain street, a disheveled officer, holding a gun, shouted while directing, "Damn it, the final battle has begun!! Brothers, we swear to defend the Dragon City to the death! Follow me!"

"Swear to defend the Dragon City to the death..."

"...!!"

Soon, the phrase "Swear to defend the Dragon City to the death" exploded on street after street!

They were like fireflies, lighting up the city and eventually converging into a crowd that stretched as far as the eye could see!

Soon, the sound of gunfire, which had already weakened, intensified again! For a time, the entire Dragon City seemed to be engulfed in bloody battles everywhere!

This general offensive was very sudden. It was the first desperate charge against the enemy-occupied areas by the main force commanded by Tan Mingchao and Xin Xiaodong since the fall of Dragon City!

Soon, the enemy responded accordingly. All defense zones began to increase their reinforcements!

After three hours of fierce fighting, the troops commanded by Tan Mingchao and Xin Xiaodong suffered heavy losses.

However, under their desperate attacks, many enemy defense zones changed hands and were forcibly taken down!

...

At the same time, outside Dragon City, at the front-line suppression base of the First Army Corps.

The entire operations room was brightly lit, and everyone was busy. As the commander-in-chief here, Lieutenant General Mules was discussing countermeasures with his staff.

Kang Dinghuang almost ran into the operations command room, quickly passed through the crowd, and came to Lieutenant General Mules' side, panting and asking in a hurried tone, "General, why has the intensity of the offensive from Dragon City suddenly increased so much? Is there any news?"

Mules looked at the sand table and frowned as he heard Kang Dinghuang's question. "Who knows what they're thinking! According to our previous statistics, the number of troops remaining in Dragon City should not exceed 40,000. But judging from the scale of their current attacks and the more than 100 occupied areas where we're fighting, their numbers far exceed our statistics, at around 50,000 to nearly 60,000! Damn it, without supplies, are these people surviving by eating rats?"

Hearing this, Kang Dinghuang thought for a moment and said to Lieutenant General Mules, "In that case, we must come up with a defense plan as soon as possible. The occupied areas cannot change hands again! Because our Weian Society and many other organizations have already infiltrated them! If they change hands, all the previous work will be for nothing!"

Lieutenant General Mules waved his hand impatiently. "Don't interfere with war matters."

As he spoke, his own chief of staff walked over and said in a low voice, "Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, we now have more than 160 battlefields in the occupied areas! The enemy is attacking these areas as if they don't value their lives! They've even formed suicide squads, carrying explosive packages to attack our defenses... Under this kind of offensive, we're having a very hard time defending."

Hearing this, Lieutenant General Mules couldn't help but slam his hand heavily on the sand table, saying angrily, "Damn it, this is a premeditated counterattack! I deduce that their commander wants to fight a decisive battle in Dragon City, because the loss of the heavy industry base and the difficult situation in his own Lao Mo area mean that they don't have time to delay any longer!"

"We can't let these damn rats succeed!" Thinking of this, Lieutenant General Mules straightened his back and ordered his staff, "Notify the navy and air force to immediately provide support to our forces! At the same time, all logistical rotation troops are to be assembled to prepare for a counterattack! Let those damn guys roll back to their sewers!"

The chief of staff immediately saluted. "Yes!"

Kang Dinghuang looked at the busy command room, knowing that he couldn't interfere, so he could only clench his fists and stand silently to the side, thinking about something.

After another two hours of intense fighting, the naval and air forces of the First District stationed in this area were forced to mobilize and投入ed all their resources into the Dragon City battlefield for bombing and clearing operations.

The intensity of the offensive by Xin Xiaodong and Tan Mingchao's troops gradually decreased.

...

At the same time, in the Lao Mo area, at the Red Hat Army command base.

Bai Qiao, who was sound asleep in his room, was suddenly awakened. He changed into his military uniform and walked into the command room, looking at the staff who had gathered there and asking, "What's wrong?"

The chief of staff immediately said to him, "Chief, there has been a large-scale disturbance in the enemy forces in Dragon City. 60,000 people have launched a counterattack, and there is a tendency for a decisive battle!"

Bai Qiao was immediately stunned when he heard this, and asked in confusion, "Why would there suddenly be a war in Dragon City?"

"We don't know the specifics." The chief of staff said with some concern, "But I just made a routine call to the First District's naval and air forces, and they replied that the Dragon City battlefield needs support and that they will not provide us with any assistance tonight."

Bai Qiao's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly said, "Immediately connect me to the First Army Corps, I want to talk to Mules of the First District!"

"Yes!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Just as the chief of staff was about to make the call, a thunderous sound of artillery suddenly came from the direction of the Lao Mo Allied Forces!

"Rumble!"

Along with the roar of artillery shells, the entire earth trembled! Even his headquarters, far behind the troops, could feel the clear tremor!

"Whirring!"

Dust flew and the lime from the ceiling kept falling, landing on the pale faces of the crowd!

Bai Qiao's forehead was covered in cold sweat, and he couldn't help but say, "It's too late... they've already begun!"

...

Ten minutes later, at the front-line command post of the Lao Mo Allied Forces.

Su Tianyu stood near the front line, holding binoculars and watching the Red Hat Army's defense zone being covered by artillery fire.

He was in high spirits and turned to Zhao Weihu and said, "Brother Hu, let the artillery部队 stop firing after this round. I just received intelligence that the First District's naval and air forces have支援ed Dragon City! Notify the 200,000 troops to march south in two routes! Once again, march out of Juarez Town! This time, we must break through!"

"Okay!"

"Di di di di—"

Immediately afterwards, the loud charge bugle sounded again, and the People's Army部队 commanded by Zhao Weihu, like a sharp knife, thrust straight into the enemy's defense zone!

And Wang Dingyuan, leading the Western Expeditionary Army of 50,000 people, as well as the Blackwater Legion, marched out of Juarez Town from the right flank, and 插 entered forward in an arc!

The 200,000-strong force of the Lao Mo Allied Forces绞 entered the front line and engaged in battle with the Red Hat Army!

In this battle, the Red Hat Army, without the naval and air support of the First District, showed a declining trend in firepower and could only rely on conventional tactics to fight! But this seemed a bit unsustainable for the Lao Mo Allied Forces, which had an absolute numerical advantage!

The outer defense line was quickly broken through...

...

At the same time, in Desola, the capital of the Red Hat Army, on the 1,200-kilometer-long offensive line between it and the inland areas of Lao Mo. About 650 kilometers along that line, there was a mountain called Mount Tian Shen (Heavenly God Mountain)!

Inside Mount Tian Shen, the two brigades led by Fei Pingsheng and Xing Yao, a total of six部队, finally completed their assembly.

They quickly counted the number of people and found that more than 4,000 people had died on the road through Ghost Gate Pass, all non-combat losses! However, not a single person deserted!

They had gone through nine deaths and one life, and finally victoriously会师ed here.

Fei Pingsheng stood on a rock, looking at the soldiers all over the mountains and fields, holding a walkie-talkie and shouting to everyone: "Attention all, you have six hours to rest. Those who are sick, take your medicine. Those who are not sick, eat all the reserved rations and quickly replenish your physical strength! We must rest as much as possible and accumulate strength!"

The soldiers shouted with full vigor: "Yes!"

The sound echoed in the mountains for a long time!

Although these soldiers were ragged, pale, and in extremely poor mental state, the moment they arrived here and set foot on Mount Tian Shen, they seemed to have already overcome everything, and their momentum was like a rainbow, unstoppable!

...

On the Lao Mo front-line battlefield.

After two hours of frontal衝鋒 by the Lao Mo Allied Forces against the Red Hat Army, the tottering Red Hat Army had already lost many defense lines. In particular, Wang Dingyuan's部 had already led his troops to突圍 out from the right flank!

In this way, Bai Qiao, who had been稳坐ing in the central army帐, had completely慌神ed. He felt that the situation of this war seemed to be about to change!

At this moment, his chief of staff walked over and said, "Chief! According to the侦测 of our air units, a large number of enemy armed personnel are聚集ing near Mount Tian Shen! The number is over ten thousand!"

Bai Qiao's heart sank when he heard this!