Counterfeit Hero

Chapter 1206: Chapter 8-20: Death Defying Battle 2-2

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The officers exchanged glances, feeling a bad premonition deep down.

Amid speculation, Lieutenant Colonel Pirlo had already finished his task. He quickly extracted an electronic file from the data slot on the console, but as he turned to run, he stumbled over a fallen chair, staggered a few steps before stabilizing himself at the electronic simulation table, and swiftly ran towards the command platform on the second floor.

”Admiral!” Pirlo stood before Magi, his face pale, his tongue stiff: ”The camp of 172nd Armored Division’s First Battalion, Second Company has been destroyed, and numerous bodies of our soldiers have been found. Additionally, our 172nd Armored Division’s First Battalion, Third Company encountered an ambush, completely wiped out...”

Before Pirlo could finish speaking, Magi and Gan Lun’s expressions had already changed.

”What did you say?!”

Pirlo shakily handed over the electronic file in his hand: ”Two hours and forty minutes ago, SkyNet detected abnormal behavior from 172nd Division’s First Battalion, Second Company after receiving deployment orders. The entire battalion remained stationary. One hour and forty minutes ago, we dispatched a reconnaissance drone to verify the situation. It found evidence of obvious combat throughout the camp, with corpses in our military uniforms scattered across the entire valley...”

As Pirlo spoke, he pulled up photos taken by the reconnaissance drone from the electronic file.

Looking at the hellish camp, at the corpses covering the mountains, Magi and Gan Lun felt cold in their hands and feet.

”One hour ago.....” Pirlo continued reporting: ”SkyNet detected a strange signal interruption from 172nd Division’s First Battalion, Third Company. Until now, there has been no return contact. I ordered the reconnaissance drone to shift and search at the signal interruption location and found......”

Pirlo didn’t continue, the photos in the file explained everything.

Gan Lun snatched the electronic file from Pirlo’s hand, flipping through it as he roared: ”Damn it, how could such a thing happen! The Chuckna people are all west of their second line of defense! How could they appear inside our absolute control zone and attack our Armored Camp! Moreover, how did SkyNet not detect any sign beforehand! Are they ghosts?!”

”Connect me to Zhongshan Yi!” Magi’s face was ashen. The time given to him by Parent was already less than forty hours. He couldn’t believe any of this was real.

The liaison officer quickly connected to the communications with the 172nd Armored Division’s division commander, Zhongshan Yi, and hurriedly stepped aside with fear.

”Tell me, what’s going on?!”

When Zhongshan Yi’s image appeared on the communication screen, Magi’s furious roar shook the entire command center. He slapped the console hard, pointed at Zhongshan Yi’s nose, and shouted angrily: ”Where is your First Battalion, Second Company now? Where is the First Battalion, Third Company?!”

Zhongshan Yi was stunned by Magi’s head-on roar. He said bewilderedly: ”Admiral, my division is currently assembling towards Height 415 according to your orders.......”

Zhongshan Yi’s report suddenly halted.

On the screen, it was clear that someone handed a document to Zhongshan Yi.

Zhongshan Yi took the document with confusion, looked at it briefly, and the color drained from his face completely like a receding tide.

”This is impossible!”

Zhongshan Yi was furious, the electronic mecha he held in his hand seemed like a piece of red-hot coal! He suddenly turned his head and screamed towards the other side of the screen: ”Contact them immediately.”

”Contact?!” Magi was shaking with anger, sneering repeatedly: ”Contact my ass! Your First Battalion, Second Company is done, the First Battalion, Third Company is completely wiped out too! You still don’t know it until now!”

”Admiral, I....” Zhongshan Yi said urgently: ”There must be a system problem, my division has nearly a thousand mechas in two Armored Camps, it is absolutely impossible for them to be annihilated silently. This is our control zone, the Chuckna people cannot penetrate through the defense line without alerting us to penetrate more than a hundred kilometers away from the front line! To annihilate my two Armored Camps, at least an Armored Group is needed! General, you know that the Chuckna people absolutely cannot have so many mechas now.....”

Zhongshan Yi’s defense was somewhat incoherent, he repeatedly muttered ”absolutely impossible” and his disbelief showed his shock.

Magi laughed furiously, he took the electronic file from Gan Lun’s hand, pointing at the photos: ”Absolutely impossible? Then tell me, how do I explain these photos?!”

Zhongshan Yi stared blankly at the photos, opening his mouth but saying nothing, his whole being like he had lost his soul.

”Admiral....” Gan Lun said to Magi: ”We must now find the enemy. To be able to eat up our two Armored Camps in such a short time, the enemy’s force should be very strong. An Armored Group, possibly even two! I don’t know where they came from, but I believe that since they can evade our SkyNet, accurately find the location of our Armored Camp, and lay ambush on our military’s movement route, they must be fully aware of our deployment......”

Gan Lun, a graduate of the Jiepeng Royal First Military Academy, possessed high military acumen. In just a few minutes, he grasped the crux of the entire incident.

Magi took a deep look at Gan Lun, trusting his partner’s judgment ability completely.

Without saying anything further, he immediately turned and commanded: ”Immediately activate the SkyNet dynamic password, conduct S-level identity verification on our military’s operational units, order Division Commander Oono Hayato of the 59th Division to move quickly towards Height 415, dispatch all reconnaissance soldiers, extend exploration up to twenty kilometers beyond! Additionally, the 203rd, 281st Infantry Divisions, 194th Armored Division, dispatch troops immediately to conduct reconnaissance in their respective areas.”

Speaking of which, Magi instructed Lieutenant Colonel Pirlo: ”Pirlo, deploy the Air Force, release the reconnaissance drones as well. Sweep the entire mountainous area for me, leaving no angle unexplored! No matter what, I want the enemy captured!”

”Yes, Admiral!” Pirlo acknowledged the order and hurriedly left.

Magi took a deep breath and said to Zhongshan Yi on the communication screen: ”Zhongshan, a momentary lapse is not a crime. I can protect you! But from now on, if you lose another company, another platoon, even the Emperor couldn’t protect you! I’ll implement martial law at the front!”

Magi’s words were severe by the end.

”Do I still need to teach you what to do?!”

”No, sir!” Zhongshan Yi wiped his cold sweat, stood at attention, and saluted. Without a single word of nonsense, he hurriedly left.

Gan Lun poured a cup of tea, handed it to Magi, and said: ”Major General Zhongshan is one of the top students of the elite class of the 2060 Army batch, steady yet daring in strategy, with a tough style, never backing down. I think, taking this silent loss, Zhongshan Division Commander is going to explode. With his personality, he will definitely not rest until he pulls the opponent out. With him laying the net ahead, 59th Division blocking at the rear, and participation from the 194th, 203rd, 281st Divisions and Air Force, I estimate, it won’t take half an hour to find the enemy!”

Gan Lun glanced at the clock and smiled slightly: ”If the force that joined is the Chuckna’s main force, it isn’t necessarily bad for us! As long as this gets annihilated......”

From the sky, a few sharp whistles came, the sound of Jiepeng Fighters skimming the mountainous area.

Gan Lun’s voice stopped abruptly amidst the whistling. His eyes seemed to see something very peculiar.

Magi followed Gan Lun’s gaze to the hall below the command platform. Lieutenant Colonel Pirlo was seen standing again before the central control console. His shaky figure seemed ready to collapse at any moment, with a face so pale without a trace of blood.

His lips were moving, his voice drowned by the fighter jet whistles, like a silent movie close-up.

When the jets flew away, Magi and Gan Lun finally heard Pirlo’s words.

”172nd Division, Second Battalion, First Company....... completely wiped out!”

Magi turned his head with difficulty, looking at the electronic map. The Second Battalion, First Company was eighty kilometers from the annihilation site of the First Battalion, Third Company. His gaze returned to the valley where the First Battalion, Second Company was stationed, which was almost the same distance.....

Less than three hours, nearly two hundred kilometers, three Armored Camps wiped out...

That wasn’t three attacks. Saying there were three Chuckna Armored Groups in their territory is as ridiculous as saying no one saw three elephants walking on a pedestrian street.

It was just one assault—a fierce, thunderous strike!

Next time, where will the blade of this army hidden in the darkness point?!

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