novel bin Chapter 575 Trading cannon fodder for one of our main cities? They don't deserve it!
Chapter 575 Trading cannon fodder for one of our main cities? They don't deserve it!
A burly general strode out.
He looked to be in his early fifties, his face etched with deep lines from the hardships of life, his military uniform without a single wrinkle, and the general's stars on his shoulders gleaming.
He glanced around and his gaze fell on Lin Shigong standing at the entrance of the vault.
He strode over and stopped in front of Lin Shigong.
"Smack."
A standard military salute.
"Zhou Shan, commander of the 2nd Division of the Arctic Theater, has been ordered to come to provide support."
He lowered his hand and looked at the city lord in front of him, whose hair was messy, eyes were red, and beard was unkempt.
There was no condescension in their eyes, only the respect that exists between comrades.
"Comrade, you've worked hard."
"Leave the rest to us."
Lin Shigong returned the salute, his lips moving slightly.
He wanted to say something, but in the end, he said nothing.
A tremendous sense of security and passion overwhelmed him.
At this moment, the tension he had been holding all day finally eased.
Inside the vault, the technicians, staff officers, and intelligence officers watched as their comrades poured out of the door.
Someone took off their glasses and wiped them; the lenses were completely fogged up.
Someone loosened their grip on the keyboard, and their knuckles clicked.
Someone turned their back, their shoulders trembling, but they didn't make a sound.
The blue light from the portal was still on.
Soldiers continued to pour out, one group after another.
The footsteps converged, like drumbeats, like heartbeats, like the pulse of this dying city beginning to beat again.
Zhou Shan turned around to face his troops, raising his voice.
"All troops, listen to my command!"
"In conjunction with Tianxiong City's existing defense system, take full control of all combat zones!"
"Not even a single insect is allowed to crawl one more step into the city!!"
"yes!!!"
Thousands responded in unison, the sound waves rolling through the underground city's corridors, causing dust to fall from the walls.
The Great Xia Dynasty has never abandoned any city or any person.
Even in the last second.
Lin Shigong stood at the entrance of the vault for a long time before he managed to swallow back the overwhelming emotion that was welling up in his eyes.
He looked at the division commander before him, whose figure was as imposing as an iron tower, and asked, puzzled:
"Commander Zhou, what brings you here?"
Zhou Shan looked at him, his eyes calm and unwavering, clearly having anticipated that the other party would ask such a question.
"An order from the Central Military Commission."
Lin Shigong frowned.
He knew, of course, that it was an order from above.
Without the highest authorization from the Central Military Commission, it would be impossible for a fully-equipped elite rapid reaction division to travel tens of thousands of kilometers to reach the underground city in Antarctica.
"But it was an order from above that everyone who could be evacuated from Tianxiong City be evacuated!"
Lin Shigong's voice was a little hoarse; he hadn't slept for over twenty hours, making him look exhausted. He said excitedly:
"Civilians, logistics personnel, and 80% of the garrison have all been evacuated!"
"The cost of this evacuation was enormous!"
"We finally managed to evacuate, and the city was about to fall, and you've come back to fight again?"
"Then everything we did before was for nothing?!"
This is not a question, much less a complaint.
Lin Shigong is not the kind of person who argues and makes excuses.
He just really couldn't understand it.
As the supreme commander of Tianxiong City, from the moment the eighth-tier demon god Kogas approached, he had bound his life to that city.
When the order came down to evacuate everyone except the suicide squad, he obeyed without question.
Because that tactical logic is flawless.
Facing an eighth-tier demon god, no matter how many regular troops you send, they're just going to be sent out as takeout. The only thing that can take it down with it is that antimatter bomb that can flatten mountains.
In order to prevent the bombs from being wasted and to avoid unnecessary casualties, it is reasonable to evacuate the area.
But now, before the evacuees have even settled in the rear, a full-strength division of fresh troops has launched a counterattack with heavy weapons.
Isn't this a contradiction?
Zhou Shan didn't rush to reply, but turned to look at the figures of the technical troops pouring into the vault.
They would take over all the systems within the city to facilitate command of the battle, and then he said in a deep voice:
"Lord Lin, the situation has changed."
"Why did we evacuate them before? Because the eighth-tier demon god Koga was there."
"Conventional artillery missiles are not even enough to scratch an eighth-tier shield."
"The only way to erase it is with that antimatter bomb you have."
"But the power of antimatter bombs is too great. If they were detonated in this enclosed underground city, the shockwave and energy backlash would overturn the earth's crust."
"Keeping people in the city is an unnecessary sacrifice."
"That's why the higher-ups ordered the evacuation."
Lin Shigong nodded vigorously; this was exactly what he had done earlier.
"But things are different now." Zhou Shan's eyes turned cold.
"The demon god has escaped."
"It is currently ravaging Seoul, South Korea."
Lin Shigong remained silent.
He knew Kogas had left, but he didn't have time to think about it at the time.
The burrowing dragons from all directions and the all-pervasive elite demons tore his defenses to shreds, leaving him no time to even catch his breath.
There was no time to think about the changes in the battle situation brought about by this situation.
Zhou Shan pointed to the red dot on the screen.
"It wants to use these cannon fodder to wage a war of attrition and slowly wear down Tianxiong City."
"The Central Military Commission slammed its fist on the table, declaring that Great Xia would not agree to this deal."
Lin Shigong's eyelids twitched: "What do you mean?"
"They don't deserve to trade cannon fodder for one of our main cities!"
Lin Shigong opened his mouth, then suddenly realized.
The strategy of the Da Xia leadership was clear from the very beginning.
Tianxiong City is located in an isolated area of Antarctica and cannot be defended by an eighth-order demon god.
Since we can't hold it, we can't let it go to waste!
Tianxiong City is the bait, and the antimatter bomb is the dead end.
When the arrogant demon god arrogantly steps into this city, we will perish together with him.
They traded an incredibly expensive underground city for an eighth-tier demon god.
Strategically, this is called "exchanging pieces," and from Da Xia's perspective, this outcome is acceptable.
All the evacuation operations were paving the way for this grand "exchange of pieces".
But now Kog'Maw has stopped playing!
It dared not step into the trap itself, but instead sent a bunch of cannon fodder to their deaths, attempting to slowly grind the city down.
If it succeeds, Tianxiong City will be destroyed, the antimatter bomb may be forced to detonate, and Kogas will be unharmed.
The Great Xia lost a city without even a sound, which was something the Great Xia could not accept under any circumstances.
"So the higher-ups sent you here..." Lin Shigong was interrupted before he could finish speaking.
"Yes," Zhou Shan said firmly.
"There's nothing we can do if we can't defeat the demon god."
"But when it comes to conventional warfare, who is Great Xia afraid of!"
"Tianxiong City can be sacrificed, but it must be worthwhile!"
"When that eighth-tier beast dares to stick its head out again, we'll use an antimatter bomb to set it on fire again."
Zhou Shan stepped forward, his eyes blazing.
"Until this, not an inch of this city, not a single brick, will be taken by the demons!"