Chapter 159 Setting Fire

It was late afternoon, the sun setting in the west. The Dragon City officially announced the names of more than thirty military war criminals and members who had been engaged in military espionage within Dragon City.

After announcing these names and crimes, all of them were taken to the banks of the Bana River and executed by firing squad!

This included Jiang Yuanzhen, his son and nephew, as well as Shang Yao and his son.

The whole affair was disseminated to the world through the media and quickly caused a global uproar. Media outlets everywhere declared this Dragon City's open and forceful retaliation for District One's execution of Zhou Tonghui!

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At nine o'clock in the evening, the People's Army frontline command post in the Old Mo region.

The night was late, and a bright moon hid behind the clouds, adding to the darkness of the night.

Su Tianyu sat alone at a secluded crossroads, burning paper money for Zhou Tonghui.

In the pitch-black night, the crackling flames on the ground were particularly dazzling, extending tongues of fire and turning bundles of paper money into ashes.

A sharp night wind blew, stirring up scattered sparks.

Su Tianyu squatted on the ground without a word, silently burning the paper money, his eyes slightly dazed.

The guards responsible for protecting him were scattered around, watching him quietly, not disturbing him.

After a while, Fei Pingsheng slowly walked over from the side, stepping up to Su Tianyu. He squatted down, grabbed a handful of paper money lying on the ground, gently threw it into the fire, and watched the paper money burn little by little.

After a moment of silence, he turned to look at Su Tianyu beside him and comforted him softly, "In this battle, some will survive, and some will leave, it's inevitable. Xiao Yu, don't put too much pressure on yourself. If you are crushed, this army will also collapse."

"It's okay, I can adjust." Su Tianyu waved his hand gently, his voice hoarse, and said, "It has always been us adapting to this era, not the era adapting to us. Don't worry, my emotions... will adjust quickly."

Fei Pingsheng nodded gently, said nothing more, and just silently stayed with Su Tianyu.

After a while, the flames gradually died down, leaving only a patch of black scorched ash on the ground. Su Tianyu sighed, picked up a bottle of wine from the side, unscrewed the cap, and sprinkled the wine on the ground, gazing at the silent distance, muttering, "Tonghui, have a good journey...!"

The cold wind continued to blow, and paper scraps fluttered everywhere.

Su Tianyu put down the wine bottle and left with Fei Pingsheng.

The dark clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, and the bright moonlight shone on the earth again.

…

A few minutes later, Su Tianyu returned to his camp alone, took a cold shower, which lasted a total of twelve minutes.

This was his personal time, and the time he could adjust his emotions.

After finishing everything, Su Tianyu dried his body, put on his military uniform, and strode into the combat command room. He looked very awake and said to the people around him with full energy, "Come on, let's continue the combat meeting!"

"Yes!"

The core generals sat down around the sand table and began the meeting.

This time, the personnel were very complete. In addition to Su Tianyu, Zhao Weihu, Wang Dingyuan, Fei Pingsheng and other core generals of the Chinese Army Corps, Santos and his chief of staff, and the staff team under him were also present.

At the meeting, Su Tianyu pointed to the troops distributed on the sand table and said, "Come, who can help summarize how many troops we have on the border?"

Hearing this, Zhao Weihu took over the topic and introduced, "The Xinlai area is basically pacified, and the prisoners of war have been taken to the rear. Therefore, the Blackwater Legion has returned. The battle damage is not very large, and the number of casualties is about three to four thousand, but the overall combat power has not been affected. They have about twenty-six to twenty-seven thousand people, and they have collected their equipment and moved to the vicinity of the border. Replacing them is a division sent by Dingyuan, who will continue to maintain stability there. At the same time, the An family's reinforcements are gradually returning to Dragon City to support the battlefield there. Our People's Army Second Army, with more than 20,000 people, close to 30,000, is continuing to fight on the front line. Counting the more than 90,000 main troops dispatched by the Old Mo government army, and the 70,000 to 80,000 people under Dingyuan... Adding them together, we now have nearly 200,000 troops at our disposal."

Su Tianyu nodded slowly, thought for a long time, then turned to look at the other officers around him, "What are everyone's thoughts?"

"Then I'll talk about my thoughts first." Santos' chief of staff immediately said, "Our suggestion is to continue to rest and reorganize internally, regroup our troops, and then attack outwards. After all, our troops have experienced a long period of combat and are relatively dispersed, so a period of rest can bring out the best combat effectiveness."

"According to normal reasoning, your strategy is correct, we should indeed reorganize internally." Wang Dingyuan nodded first, but soon continued, "But now, we have several problems. First of all, Dragon City can't wait any longer, if we drag on, they may not be able to hold on. Secondly, if we reorganize for too long, it will allow the Red Hat Army to have enough time to build solid defenses in our inland occupied areas. At the same time, they are also equipped with air force, and with the ebb and flow of the situation, our advantages will become less and less."

Zhao Weihu thought for a while and also expressed his concerns, "If we fight now, it is indeed a bit hasty. After all, District One's air force and fleet are too powerful, and their radiation and strike range are too wide! Most of our troops are mixed armed forces. Although there are many people, it is hard to say how much combat power can be demonstrated in siege warfare. If District One gives support to the Red Hat Army, the pressure on our side will still be great."

Everyone discussed the matter, constantly supplementing and revising the proposed plans.

At the end of the discussion, Zhao Weihu noticed that Su Tianyu had been listening to other people's speeches and hadn't spoken himself, so he turned to look at him and asked, "Xiao Yu, what is your attitude?"

Su Tianyu then said, "Dragon City can't hold on any longer, every day we delay increases the risk of being completely captured. My opinion is to gather for one day on the border and once again send troops to Juarez Town."

The crowd looked at each other, Santos pondered for a moment, and then nodded and said, "Indeed, now there is no time for us to continue to adjust. I agree with Commander Su's opinion, we should now go all out to fight outwards!"

"Good!" Su Tianyu clapped his hands, "Then let's formulate a specific plan according to this direction, we have to discuss how to fight and where to fight."

Everyone immediately calmed down, full of energy, and continued to discuss the matter.

…

At the same time, on the outskirts of Dragon City, the First Army Corps frontline suppression base.

In a lounge, Yuan Biao sat on the sofa, holding his mobile phone, watching the message he had just sent to Xiao Yan.

"Are you there?"

"Are you busy?"

"Why are you ignoring me again?"

"Why aren't you talking? Are you taking a shower again?"

Yuan Biao looked at these four sentences, frowning and thinking about the fifth sentence, when the door of the lounge was pushed open, and Lu Zhen walked in with two cans of ice-cold Coke.

Yuan Biao put down his phone and looked over.

"Here."

Lu Zhen walked up to him and handed Yuan Biao a bottle of Coke.

Yuan Biao took it and gently put it aside, and said, "I don't drink this."

Lu Zhen sat down on the sofa, opened the Coke with a snap, took a gulp, and continued, "The instructions from above have come down, and it has been decided to promote you to major and serve in the Chinese Army Corps."

"This has no meaning for me." Yuan Biao waved his hand directly and said very directly, "First of all, the pension for the sacrificed personnel in my unit, and the money promised to me, must be fully credited... right now!"

Lu Zhen was not angry, but smiled and said, "No problem, not a penny will be missing."

Yuan Biao glanced at him, "Speak, what's the matter?"

Lu Zhen looked at him and said, "I have a new mission for you."

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At the same time.

After returning, Su Tianyu began to secretly preside over the work of the All-System Bureau.