Chapter 309 Spoils of War

Having learned the location of the vaults, Xin Xiaodong immediately split his forces to rush to the municipal treasury and the military treasury.

After a burst of gunfire, more than a dozen soldiers guarding the gate of the military headquarters building were mowed down. The remaining soldiers, not daring to resist, squatted on the ground, dropping their weapons in surrender.

With the command post cut off, the defending forces in each region had completely lost their will to fight.

Xin Xiaodong and his men encountered almost no resistance worth mentioning along the way.

After dealing with the guards at the gate, Xin Xiaodong dragged the city defense officer out of the command vehicle and patted his face. "Lead the way, Brigadier General."

The brigadier general didn't dare to resist and obediently led the way.

"Second Battalion, stand guard outside," Xin Xiaodong ordered. "First Battalion, follow me in to take... war supplies."

Protected by a large number of soldiers, Xin Xiaodong stormed into the military headquarters building and successfully reached the second basement level.

At this moment, a shocking scene unfolded!

The vault on the second basement level had already been opened, and more than a dozen soldiers from Saint Paul were stealing from it, loading money into trolleys!

Seeing this scene, Xin Xiaodong was furious and opened fire with his gun.

"Da da!"

"You dog bastards! You have no morals! Stealing from your own treasury, huh?" Xin Xiaodong roared, his eyes bulging. "Tens of thousands of troops couldn't stop us, but we're going to let a few little shits like you steal from us?! Kill them all!"

"We surrender!"

"Don't shoot!"

"..."

As soon as they saw the green uniforms, the soldiers immediately put their guns on the ground and knelt down in a row.

"Da da da!"

Xin Xiaodong didn't give them a chance to surrender. With a wave of his hand, dozens of submachine guns instantly obliterated the enemy soldiers.

The men rushed into the vault. Xin Xiaodong turned his head and looked around, his eyes shining. "For this bit of soy sauce, I ended up making a dumpling feast! Move it all!"

In fact, Xin Xiaodong himself was not a money-loving person, because he didn't lack money. The reason he was so eager was to ensure that the soldiers under him could live a better life and receive more bonuses.

Since war was unavoidable, he had to try his best to secure benefits for his troops.

The vault was filled with a large number of antiques, gold, and banknotes, dazzling everyone.

Internationally, warlord forces are generally not recognized, so these warlords especially like cash or gold, which can be readily circulated.

"Brothers! Go in and take as much as you can!" Xin Xiaodong shouted with the energy of a bandit, "Don't be polite with Gustav, fuck him, even if we empty his money, we'll make him pay us more."

The soldiers swarmed in, carrying the wealth from the vault time after time.

A soldier next to him was frantically stuffing local banknotes into a bag. Seeing this, Xin Xiaodong couldn't help but walk over and kick him in the butt. "Are you sick? What are you doing with those Reals? After a war, this local currency isn't even worth the paper you wipe your ass with! Pack up those Euros! Hurry up!"

The soldier grabbed the bag and hurried over to the pile of Euros.

...

Su Tianyu, aboard a military helicopter, had already flown to the outskirts of Saint Paul. On the ground, soldiers wearing Saint Paul military uniforms were scattering everywhere.

At this time, Su Tianyu didn't know what was happening on the front lines, let alone what had happened to Lao Hei.

Su Tianyu retracted his gaze and picked up the communicator to contact Xin Xiaodong, "Xin Xiaodong, what the hell are you doing?"

Xin Xiaodong immediately replied, "Reporting to the commander-in-chief, the battle is basically over, and the main force has gone to support Jin Maohui's side. By the way, I received news that Gustav has also been captured. So, I brought some people and am busy... confiscating enemy supplies."

"Don't touch the National Bank!" Su Tianyu reminded him, then instructed Xin Xiaodong, "Have your troops set up camp on the edge of the city and build a defensive zone in the ruins south of the city. Don't go too deep, it's too chaotic in the city. I'll have the supply troops follow up to help you rest and reorganize."

"Yes, I understand!" Xin Xiaodong replied.

The two hung up the communication. Su Tianyu quickly contacted Jin Maohui, "Is Gustav in custody?"

Jin Maohui's voice sounded a little hoarse, "Yes."

Su Tianyu quickly ordered him, "Don't think about anything now, immediately take all the troops and withdraw from Saint Paul to rest and reorganize at the southern defense line."

"Understood," Jin Maohui hung up the communication.

With Gustav captured, the war was completely over.

...

Three hours later, at the southern defense zone.

The sky had begun to turn fish-belly white, and the sun shone again over the city.

Su Tianyu and Fu Zhen sat outside a tent in the southern defense zone, smoking cigarettes. All around were dilapidated buildings, and the streets were scarred, filled with craters from the shelling.

"Boom boom boom..."

The roar of a car engine came from a distance. Su Tianyu looked up and saw rows of military vehicles, bathed in the morning light, driving towards them.

Before long, the military vehicles stopped in front of Su Tianyu.

Exhausted soldiers jumped out of the vehicles in an orderly manner, gathering their units, and one stretcher after another, covered in white cloth, was carried down from the vehicles.

Seeing the large number of wounded and dead soldiers, Su Tianyu's expression was grave.

"Pa pa pa."

A burst of messy footsteps sounded. Su Tianyu and Fu Zhen turned their heads at the same time and saw Jin Maohui leading a group of officers walking over quickly.

"Commander-in-chief," Jin Maohui walked up to Su Tianyu and saluted according to rank.

"Have Huo Dongsheng and Gustav been captured?" Su Tianyu asked.

"Yes, they have been captured," Jin Maohui replied, but there was no joy on his face.

Su Tianyu was about to tell him something when another burst of footsteps came from the side. Everyone turned their heads and saw a group of familiar faces walking over, supporting each other.

Sun Wei was covered in blood, Wang Zheng was wrapped in bandages, and the other soldiers were also injured. They slowly walked up to Su Tianyu and saluted him and Fu Zhen.

"You've worked hard..." Su Tianyu said first, his heart touched, his voice trembling.

Everyone was silent.

"Where are Houzi and Lao Hei?" Scanning the crowd, and finding two of the most familiar figures missing, Su Tianyu asked quickly.

Just then, Hou Guoyu, his hand wrapped in gauze, walked up to Su Tianyu with heavy steps, holding a body covered in white cloth in his arms.

Su Tianyu's mind went blank with a crash.

Hou Guoyu knelt on the ground with a thud, and said with a sob, "Lao Hei is gone..."

Su Tianyu stood frozen in place, his mind instantly blank.

The faces of the others also turned gloomy. At this moment, Fu Zhen stood up, put his hands behind his back, walked up to Wang Zheng, and said slowly, "Didn't you always want to go to the battlefield? Now do you know what the battlefield is like?"

Wang Zheng's emotions collapsed instantly, and he knelt on the ground, crying bitterly, "Xiao Jiu... Xiao Jiu is gone too!"