Tragic

Located in Tewei City's western district, the Heimu 2nd Mechanized Infantry Regiment had originally occupied a vacant plot of land belonging to the Jewish State.

Later, because of the threat posed by the gene warriors, the Jewish State Government had deliberately redeployed this elite unit here for defense.

Not far from here stood the General Staff Headquarters and the headquarters building of the Military Operations Command Committee.

The Jewish State's military was no weak force. Although its territory was small, it possessed 130,000 regular troops, organized into three armored divisions, two divisional headquarters, three regional divisional headquarters, four mechanized infantry brigades, and three rocket artillery battalions. It had thousands of main battle tanks and armored vehicles, more than a thousand towed and self-propelled artillery pieces, and hundreds of combat aircraft.

The Jewish State, which controlled vast funds, was not short of money. With its relationship with the Beautiful Country right there for all to see, it had purchased a great deal of advanced equipment from the Beautiful Country. That was why it could throw its weight around in the Middle East.

Besides the Jewish soldiers stationed here at the Heimu 2nd Mechanized Infantry Regiment, an entire reinforced battalion of Beautiful Country soldiers had recently arrived as well.

Of course, they had come here in the form of mercenaries. This unit belonged to a combined-arms reinforced battalion under the Beautiful Country's 35th Infantry Division. It had around a thousand soldiers and had entered Tewei City only three days ago.

"What was that sound?"

Hawkes had just finished his morning exercise. As a new recruit in the Beautiful Country's army, he looked up and glanced around. He seemed to have heard an explosion from far away just now.

"Sounds like it came from the east."

Beside him, his friend Will, who had