Chapter 184 The Dog Tag Fee

Outside the small town, within the defense zone along the highway.

Tang Zhengde sat next to the command vehicle, smoking a cigar and constantly looking at his watch. In truth, he was very anxious, but he didn't want to engage the Chi Army in a head-on confrontation. As the current aggressor, a real fight would likely result in a victory, but at a significant cost.

Beside the command vehicle, Tang Zhengde pondered for a moment before shouting in the local language, "Three regiments, spread out in a fan formation! If Zhao Weihu doesn't respond in twenty minutes, we attack!"

Just as he finished speaking, a communications soldier ran over, saluted, and shouted, "Colonel Hazar has left Hualei Living Town and is heading towards our garrison!"

Tang Zhengde was overjoyed upon hearing this. "Quickly, have someone bring him in!"

"Yes!"

About a dozen minutes later, Hazar's car stopped on the side of the road. He got out of the car and walked expressionlessly towards Tang Zhengde. "Commander Zhao has agreed to your conditions, but you must order a retreat now!"

"Oh, no, no, I cannot retreat. I need to know for sure when Gui Mengjun will appear in my command vehicle!" Tang Zhengde refused with confidence.

...

Inside Hualei Living Town.

Chang Fei, wearing a dirty military uniform, surveyed the three hundred-plus soldiers under his command. There was no pre-battle mobilization, only orders: "Minimize weight as much as possible, except for essential combat equipment!"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone threw unnecessary items onto the ground, including water bottles, combat rations, and some personal belongings.

Chang Fei scanned the crowd again and shouted succinctly, "Everyone carry ten grenades. Front-line assault teams, all put on demolition vests!"

"Yes!"

"You're all veterans, so I don't need to say much about the rules!" Chang Fei paused and roared, "If anyone has any attachments, doesn't want to go, can lag behind after the battle starts and leave the team on their own!"

...

Five minutes later.

The soldiers of the First Regiment and some soldiers of the Second Regiment, who were holding the small town, all crawled out of their fortifications.

"Swish, swish!"

Three signal flares shot into the sky!

"First Battalion of the First Regiment, charge towards the high ground on the left side of the mountain!"

"Third Battalion of the First Regiment, attack the enemy's Second Regiment!"

"…!"

Commanders at all levels immediately issued orders. More than fifteen hundred people rushed out of Hualei Living Town and launched an assault on the enemy's waiting attack points on the left and right sides.

The sound of gunfire and running instantly echoed outside Hualei Living Town.

On the highway, Tang Zhengde, who was negotiating with Hazar, immediately changed his expression upon hearing the gunfire. "You're deceiving me?! He has no intention of handing over the person!"

"No, that's not how it is!"

"Colonel, you're treating me like a fool!" Tang Zhengde roared directly, "Guards, politely escort the Colonel away from the battlefield! Three regiments, in an encircling formation, attack Hualei Living Town!"

"Tang Zhengde, you can't open fire! This is a serious act of treason!"

"Zhao Weihu is the general colluding with the enemy!" Tang Zhengde retorted fiercely, striding towards the command vehicle, ready to inquire about the situation on the front lines.

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The outskirts of Hualei Living Town.

The First Regiment Commander, holding a communication device, yelled at the top of his lungs, "The depth of the attack is not enough! Push forward! Give our Second Regiment's daredevils an attacking depth! If you're afraid of death, fall back now! Don't affect the others!"

"Kill!"

The battle cries shook the sky. More than fifteen hundred soldiers pushed fiercely towards the enemy's waiting attack points from both sides, with shells raining down on the enemy's attack routes as if they were free.

After less than five minutes of continuous charging, Second Regiment Commander Chang Fei fired a shot into the sky. "Charge! Avenge!"

The three hundred-plus people who had been waiting in place, riding the military vehicles with the best maneuverability, rushed out of the small town's defenses and directly crashed into the deepest part of the highway line.

The soldiers of the brotherly units on both sides were also fighting desperately. They were originally on the defensive, and charging out of their fortifications now would put them at a disadvantage, but even so, they had to create an attacking depth for the three hundred behind them!

After five minutes of fierce fighting on both sides, Tang Zhengde already felt that something was wrong and immediately ordered the command vehicle convoy to retreat to the rear. However, his attacking troops on the front had now all switched to a defensive posture, and the protective forces on the left and right sides were not numerous.

Tang Zhengde had never imagined that the Chi Army would take the initiative to attack, because just a few hours earlier, they had been routed by the rebel army, suffering heavy casualties, and many military equipment had been abandoned along the way. So he thought that Zhao Weihu had only one way out: negotiation!

But what he didn't expect was that the severely damaged Second Regiment of Chang Fei still rushed out under such circumstances!

On the highway line.

Chang Fei led three hundred men, encountering resistance from the support troops on the left and right sides. Relying on the mountains, gentle slopes, and trenches, they fired cold shots, blocking them step by step!

Behind the command vehicle, Chang Fei watched the Second Regiment soldiers falling one after another in front of him. He directly gouged out his fake eyeball, which had been rubbing against his eyelid until it was sore, threw it on the ground, and roared, "How many people are left in the assault team!"

"They're all written off, they've retreated!"

"Put another fifty on, keep pushing!" Chang Fei waved his hand.

Ten minutes later, more than half of the fifty brothers in the second assault team were injured, and they had advanced about two kilometers!

Chang Fei ordered the wounded to be evacuated, waved his hand, and roared again, "Put another fifty on! The convoy, hold your ground, don't rush!!!"

With the order issued, the third assault team replaced their retreating comrades and began to continue attacking the enemy command vehicle position.

Next to the command vehicle, Tang Zhengde was dumbfounded, surrounded by dozens of people in the center, looking up at the battle scene not far away.

One by one, Chi Army soldiers with explosive vests on their bodies charged towards him one after another. Those who were lucky enough to break through the defense would occupy the points they had fought for and provide cover for their brothers behind them. Those who unfortunately fell, knowing that death was inevitable, would directly detonate their explosive vests and crash into the convoy!

Bayonets met, there was no possibility of retreat!

"Hold, hold!!!"

Tang Zhengde shouted with wide eyes.

"Buzzing...!"

Six off-road vehicles sped from a distance. The drivers inside used guns to jam the accelerators, left hands on the car doors, eyes fixed on Tang Zhengde's command vehicle!

A hundred meters!

Fifty meters!

Explosions sounded as two of the speeding off-road vehicles were taken out by anti-tank rockets from the mountains!

Four off-road vehicles remained, continuing to charge forward!

"Jump out of the car!"

Chang Fei shouted!

The drivers of the four cars all pushed open their doors and jumped out of the vehicles, which continued to charge forward with the accelerators jammed!

Seconds later!

"Bang, bang, bang...!"

A series of vehicle collisions sounded!

"Kill him!!!" Chang Fei jumped out of the car, roaring with bloodshot eyes.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Two RPGs shot out like fire dragons, instantly igniting five off-road vehicles jammed on the road. Explosions rang out one after another, and everything in that area was melted by the high temperature, including half of Tang Zhengde's command headquarters!

Five minutes later, Chang Fei pointed his gun at Tang Zhengde, who was blocked in the trench, and said, word by word, "Do you know why you get a fixed military expenditure, and we charge by the size of the army?!"

Tang Zhengde looked at him in horror, not daring to answer.

"Fuck your mother!! You fired first!! Then there's nothing we can do!" Chang Fei helped Tang Zhengde up.

...

Two and a half hours later, the mediation troops dispatched by the General Headquarters arrived outside Hualei Living Town.

A staff officer from the People's Army Headquarters got out of the car and immediately rushed into the town, finding Zhao Weihu!

"Zhao, it's over, don't touch Tang Zhengde...!" The staff officer strode into the headquarters and shouted at Zhao Weihu.

Zhao Weihu picked up his broad-backed machete and walked towards Tang Zhengde, who was kneeling on the ground, with one hand. "Do you know why I didn't kill him on the spot?!"

"Zhao!!! You have to consider the future of the Chi Army, your own future, the Commander-in-Chief's health is already very poor! If he...!"

"I only look at today, not the future when I do things!" Zhao Weihu held the knife and looked down at Tang Zhengde. "Fuck you dog bastard!!!! I'm going to hang your head on the plaque at the entrance of Hualei Town!!"

"You can't kill him!"

The people sent by the headquarters all came up to pull him away!

"Puchi!"

With one slash, Tang Zhengde was decapitated on the spot!

Zhao Weihu threw the knife and shouted outside the door, "Hang his head up!!"

...

Dragon City, inside the Municipal Building.

Li Mingsheng sat in his office, smoking a cigarette, and said with a gloomy gaze, "This Programmer Association is too flamboyant!! After preparing for more than a year, I don't want to endure it anymore. Get the plan, I want to kill this association first!"