Chapter 1147 Decisive Battle

At the advanced observation post, a battalion commander was carefully watching the Dragon City direction with military binoculars. He finally saw the headlights of vehicles in the center of the mountain range.

"Commander! Commander! They're here, the Third Division is here!" the battalion commander shouted excitedly.

As soon as Zhao Weihu heard this, he immediately grabbed the full-channel command intercom and shouted, "All border troops, throw yourselves at them to cover the Third Division's withdrawal. It's a decisive battle! No holding back, don't worry about crossing the border, just use the surrounding terrain to your advantage and fight to the death!"

"Yes, sir!"

"…!"

The intercom echoed with responses.

"Commander, crossing the border... there might be a problem," a staff officer reminded him. "After all, this involves provoking the military sovereignty of District One, which could easily give their Regional Council a reason to open fire on the Old Mo government forces."

Zhao Weihu, carrying his gun, walked outside without looking back and said, "When you're pulling strings, you can't think so conventionally. Three days ago, the Regional Council would have seized this reason and definitely opened fire, but does today's Regional Council still have that courage?! The garrison in Dragon City is in chaos, with their own people fighting each other. Do you think they'd dare to enter Old Mo to fight?! When it comes to military affairs, you have to be flexible and think outside the box. You still have a lot to learn!"

After speaking, Zhao Weihu walked outside the camp and fired two shots into the sky: "Guard unit, assemble! We're going to the border to watch the fun!"

...

Outside the 55th Army's defense zone.

Li Yuan sat in a military vehicle, feeling very anxious. He looked at the 78th Regiment officer and asked, "Can't we go any faster?"

"How much faster can we go? Some of our vehicles were bombed, and many people have to walk," the 78th Regiment officer said irritably. "You can't expect soldiers to race against cars, can you?!"

Things hadn't gone well, and everyone was in a bad mood. Moreover, the 78th Regiment had been through a lot with the investigation team, losing many officers and being completely exhausted. Most importantly, they would definitely be held accountable when they returned.

If things were done well, the higher-ups would naturally support you, but if things were messed up, someone would definitely take the blame.

Listening to the other party's dissatisfaction, Li Yuan felt even more anxious, but he didn't dare to get angry, because he needed their protection at this moment.

The atmosphere in the car was silent. Li Yuan looked at the surrounding scenery, considering what to do next.

Just then, at an intersection outside the 55th Army's defense zone, a group of soldiers wearing the Third Division's uniforms slowly approached.

The leading officer held a walkie-talkie and said in a hoarse voice, "We've spotted him."

"Do it!" someone replied on the walkie-talkie.

"Swish!"

The Third Division officer slowly raised his hand and immediately shouted, "Use light fire to finish them off in one go, three companies cut in from the side, cut off the battlefield, end the battle within ten minutes, and then we retreat."

"Ready!!"

"Fire!!"

"Peng peng peng...!"

Portable grenade launchers and mortars began firing in the forest.

In Li Yuan's convoy, the 78th Regiment soldiers were the first to react: "Incoming shells, take cover, get out of the car, take cover!"

"Boom!"

A series of explosions rang out on the rugged road. Before the 78th Regiment could fully disperse, more than a dozen military vehicles were destroyed, and none of the soldiers on board survived.

"Charge!"

The Third Division officer shouted in a high-pitched voice, and a large number of soldiers ambushed on both sides of the rugged road rushed out of the dense forest, cutting off the battlefield in the first instance.

The 78th Regiment soldiers had been running around with Li Yuan all night, accomplishing nothing and encountering several battles, their morale had long since plummeted.

At this moment, as soon as the gunfire rang out, the 78th Regiment soldiers thought that the Tan faction's troops had come to encircle them. They had no intention of immediately engaging in combat, but instead scattered and fled at the first opportunity.

A large number of soldiers rushed into the dense forest, fleeing in groups of three or five, hardly forming any decent resistance.

In the center of the convoy.

After getting out of the car, Li Yuan also began to flee in panic, selfishly shouting at the 78th Regiment officer, "Bring people, follow me, this way!"

On the rugged road, gunfire resounded fiercely, with corpses and shell craters everywhere. Many 78th Regiment soldiers, after losing their will to fight, directly chose to surrender, squatting on the ground with their hands raised.

This was an unexpected gain. The Third Division's battalion had received direct orders from Chief of Staff Wu to deliberately block the 78th Regiment here. They had originally planned to run after the fight, never expecting to capture prisoners!

Since they had gone up the mountain, the replenishment of troops had become a problem, so these hundreds of prisoners were worth a fortune.

In the dense forest.

Li Yuan was running rapidly: "This way! Go this way!!"

"嗖!" (sound of signal flare)

A signal flare soared into the sky, illuminating the dark sky.

In front of the dense forest, Su Tianyu, leading Hou Guoyu, Lao Hei, Lao Fei, Su Tianbei and about sixty or seventy others, slowly approached.

Li Yuan and the other officers and soldiers who were running away with him were all stunned in place.

Su Tianyu looked at Li Yuan and pulled the trigger towards the sky.

"Bang bang!"

Gunshots rang out, Su Tianyu roared with a gloomy face, "Fighting is because of different political views, but considering that you are all soldiers following orders, and you are all Chinese, I will not kill you. Leave Li Yuan, and the rest of you get out!"

The 78th Regiment soldiers all looked at each other.

"Get out!! If you don't get out, I'll bury you all here!" Su Tianbei shouted.

"Go, let's go...!" A 78th Regiment officer shouted.

"You bastards...!"

"Secretary-General Li, you should have a good talk with them, you're all Chinese, let's clear things up...!" A soldier threw down a sentence with a pale face and turned to run towards the surrounding area.

Li Yuan bent over and was about to escape behind the big tree on the left when Hou Guoyu shot him in the leg.

The crowd stepped forward and surrounded Li Yuan.

"I... I was just doing things for Zhou Xian, not...!" Li Yuan looked at the densely packed people surrounding him, feeling extremely nervous, and stuttered.

Before this scene appeared, Li Yuan had always felt that he was not afraid of death, and that he had military beliefs, but now that this scene really came, those psychological wills disappeared instantly.

Su Tianbei took the military knife, gritted his teeth and looked at him and said, "No other meaning, no other position. You killed my own brother, so I have to cut you to pieces! Anyone who is brothers with Haozi, step forward and stab him once!"

"Whoosh!"

More than a dozen people stepped forward, holding military刺 (cì, a type of dagger) in their hands, and stabbed Li Yuan almost at the same time.

...

Outside the investigation team's interrogation room, a deputy team leader kicked open the door, walked into the room with a gun, and looked at Xin Xiaoming.

At the same time.

In Zha Island Prison, the old man surnamed Wang held the phone and said softly, "It's done? Very good, a single spark can start a prairie fire...!"