The meeting room was already in an uproar.
The first lieutenant general abruptly rose to his feet. The cigar in his hand was nearly snapped in two.
"Foolish! This deployment is practically treating the soldiers' lives as a joke!"
The second lieutenant general was not to be outdone. He slammed his hand heavily onto the table.
"You're the one treating the soldiers' lives as a joke! How many people died in the last counterattack? Huh?"
"If we don't advance along the entire front, how are we supposed to pressure the Abyssal Monsters? If you attack from the west and the Abyssal Monsters in the east strike our flank, what then?"
"Concentrate our forces and break through at one point! Like a red-hot blade, drive it straight into their chests! We win through speed—through catching them off guard!"
"Same question: once your blade is thrust in, what about the flank? Are we supposed to wait to be surrounded?"
Meanwhile, the major generals had also chosen sides. When they could no longer win the argument, they began trading insults about each other's families.
Li Wei sat at the far end, watching the spectacle with her pretty almond-shaped eyes. All she lacked was a handful of sunflower seeds.
Ma Baoguo was in much the same mood. One moment he played with his fingers, the next he looked at the ceiling, utterly calm.
Bang, bang, bang!
At last, General Lebedev at the seat of honor lost his temper.
The sound of his furious pounding on the table quickly silenced both sides. Everyone sat rigidly upright, as if nothing had happened just moments before.
The general angrily swept his gaze around the room and took several deep breaths.
In the end, his eyes fell on Li Wei once again.
He put away his stern expression