Chapter 118 A Tangled Web

On a highway in the southern part of Dragon City, two regiments under the First Army Corps of the garrison were moving towards Xin Chaojie's Third Division defense zone.

As the convoy sped along, blinding searchlights suddenly appeared ahead. The regiment commander in the lead vehicle looked up and saw that the road was blocked by troops, with military vehicles parked on both sides.

"Damn it."

The regiment commander cursed and immediately grabbed the intercom, shouting, "Convoy, stop!"

As the words fell, the convoy and the tanks following behind slowly came to a halt on the side of the road. The regiment commander pushed open the door, got out of the vehicle, and yelled, "Which unit is this?"

"The 55th Army!" came the reply.

"Come over here!" Dragon City was in chaos, and the regiment commander didn't dare approach the other side rashly.

"Why don't you come over here?" the other party replied cautiously. "How do I know who you are? Just let me come over!"

"I'm from the First Army Corps of the garrison!"

"Says who?" the other party shouted back.

"Damn it! Let's each walk halfway!" The regiment commander proposed a fair meeting plan.

Three minutes later, both sides raised their guns and cannons, and the two commanding officers met in the middle of the road, verifying each other's identities.

The regiment commander from the garrison, seeing that the person in front of him was indeed from the 55th Army, immediately complained, "Brother, what are you doing blocking the road here?! It's delaying things!"

"You think I want to be here?! Our brother unit was attacked by the investigation team. The higher-ups sent us to block the road to prevent them from crossing our defense zone. I just received the order!"

"...Hurry, hurry, move aside and let my troops through!" the regiment commander from the garrison immediately replied, "I'm taking my troops to the outside of the Third Division's defense zone!"

"What's wrong? Are you going to move against the Third Division?"

"Something like that!" the regiment commander nodded.

"Brother, then wait for me for five minutes. I have to ask the higher-ups for instructions." The officer from the 55th Army said politely, "You also know there are too many things happening now. If I let you through without orders, and something goes wrong, I can't afford to be held responsible!"

The garrison regiment commander felt somewhat anxious and irritable upon hearing this, but considering that the relationship between the two units was currently warming up, and their respective military leaders were on the same side, he didn't want to make things difficult for the other party.

"Alright, go ahead, hurry up, I'm in a rush!"

"Okay!" the officer from the 55th Army replied, turning around and running back to his defense zone.

At the same time.

Inside the Xin family villa, a heated argument had broken out. Xin Chaojie's eldest son-in-law had completely lost his composure, clenching his fists and roaring, "Dad said to let us start first!! You have to wait. Once our troops are surrounded, there will be no chance at all!"

"We can't move here yet! If Dad can get out, he must lead this matter! Do you think the lower-level officers don't know anything? The old man is still in Dragon City and hasn't even shown his face. If we rush to issue orders, it's easy for people not to respond!" Xin Xiaodong roared excitedly, "We have to wait for the opportunity. We can't afford to lose, understand?!"

"You're just worried about Dad's safety. You're too indecisive!"

"You're talking nonsense! If it were you, wouldn't you care about your father's safety?" Xin Xiaodong yelled, "I think you're just too afraid to die!"

During their argument, a staff officer walked in, saluted, and shouted, "Chief of Staff Wu, a large number of First Army troops are moving towards us! I guess Old Tan has reacted!"

Chief of Staff Wu waved his hand expressionlessly and replied calmly, "Understood!"

"Uncle Wu! It's too late if we don't act!!" The eldest son-in-law was still roaring.

Chief of Staff Wu looked at him coldly, "If you're afraid of death, then defect to the enemy!! This is a military matter, it's not your place to interrupt! Say one more word, and I'll execute you to raise the banner!!"

With that one sentence, the eldest son-in-law stared blankly at the other party, not daring to say another word.

...

Inside Dragon City.

At the Nancheng Street checkpoint, Su Tianyu sat in the car, his eyes extremely sharp as he looked at the company-level officer: "I said I'm the company commander of the Third Company of the Guards Regiment, do you recognize me?!"

The officer pressed his hand on his gun, gritted his teeth, and replied, "Whether I recognize you or not depends on what the higher-ups say!"

As the words fell, the company commander turned and walked to the side, took out his personal phone, and dialed a number.

Ten seconds later, the deputy regimental commander answered the phone: "Speak!"

"Deputy commander, the person is here! Two cars, with about forty or fifty people in the cars." The company commander glanced around, "They're wearing our military uniforms and claiming to be from the Third Company of the Guards Regiment."

The deputy regimental commander was silent for a long time, then whispered, "Have the surrounding surveillance cameras been taken care of?"

"They have!"

"Act according to the plan!" the deputy regimental commander replied, "Let them pass!"

"Understood!!"

The two ended the call, and the company commander returned to the side of the car, saying to Su Tianyu, "I'm taking twenty people with me to get in your car!"

"Sure, come on up!" Su Tianyu replied without thinking.

The company commander waved his hand, and more than twenty soldiers ran over and climbed into the two military vehicles.

"Let them through!"

The company commander shouted into the intercom, then said to Su Tianyu, "Don't play any tricks, or everyone will be finished!"

Su Tianyu nodded.

After the two sides finished communicating, the garrison soldiers quickly lifted the roadblocks and allowed the two military vehicles to pass through.

...

Dragon City.

Inside a military vehicle, the garrison regiment commander responsible for blocking Nancheng Street pointed his finger at Zhang Tao of Huihong Pharmaceutical Group, roaring word by word: "Just this once!!! Just this once, do you understand? Go back and tell Zhang Zhengchen that I've paid him back what I owed him!!"

Zhang Tao also looked at him with a grim expression: "Do you think we want to do this?! We have no choice! They have our weaknesses in their hands, so we can only cooperate...!"

"Are you threatening me?!" the regiment commander asked in a low roar.

"We're friends, why would I threaten you? I'm just talking about our situation!" Zhang Tao pushed open the car door, saying in a serious tone, "Arrange your subordinates well, this matter can't leak, or everyone will be finished!"

With that, Zhang Tao left.

The regiment commander watched Zhang Tao's back, feeling very uneasy, but he couldn't help but do it!

Huihong Pharmaceutical and Baolong Group were both commercial units that had been on the same side as the garrison for many years. There were too many under-the-table利益交易 between them, from the class and company-level cadres to the commander-in-chief, Tan Hengqiang, all had financial dealings with these commercial organizations acting as fronts.

Rampant corruption had made Tan Hengqiang powerful, firmly sitting in the top military seat in Dragon City, but it was precisely rampant corruption that had made Dragon City complex, allowing all parties to see opportunities!

The regiment commander cooperated with Zhang Tao because Huihong Pharmaceutical had his weakness in their hands!

But why did Zhang Tao want to help Su Tianyu?!

Because the son of the Huihong Group was captured alive by Su Tianyu in the battle of Sri Lanka!!

This was Su Tianyu's biggest trump card for daring to enter the headquarters and rob Xin Chaojie!

...

In the mountains.

Su Tianbei had already led his people back, preparing to meet Zhang Hao, but as they approached the center of the battle, they heard even more intense gunfire from the opposite side.

"Haozi, Haozi, run towards me!" Su Tianbei shouted anxiously.