Mission Dragon's Roar

Mission ⑤: Dragon's Roar

Preface:

The word "impossible" exists only in the dictionary of fools.

—Napoleon Bonaparte

Mr. Hasben, who had originally belonged to an EOD demolition team, had instead joined the Fast Knife Synthetic Brigade's assault demolition unit. As a bomb-disposal expert who used to cut off the electrical circuits on bombs, he now had to start thinking again about how to set off firecrackers and put on a fireworks display.

As a centurion in the Rangers, this deputy battalion-level officer hadn't earned many notable military honors during the expedition. The reason was simple: Hasben's overly cautious tactics. When the Fast Knife Synthetic Brigade was first being built, he'd mostly done administrative work, much like his current duties with the warband at Lieyang Fort.

"Did you hear that?" Hasben asked his adjutant.

The adjutant was the same vanguard soldier who had once come with Hasben to the Nameless front desk to demand insurance money, then stared down the gunsmith. This Guangling Zhixi special operations squad had taken a long detour, traveled more than thirteen thousand kilometers, and regrouped in a foreign land.

"Beautiful blast." The young adjutant cradled a toolbox. On the tactical map displayed at the multimedia center, more than forty bombardment zones had lit up. These were all lifeless dead zones, offering the armored units plenty of routes to approach from.

"Is Swen over by the satellite truck?" Hasben asked about the squad's sniper, who should have transferred to an information unit by now.

The young adjutant replied, "We're in a war, Commander! Stop reminiscing!"

The infantry moved slowly and quietly behind a rocket launcher vehicle. Though artillery thundered around the battlefield and bullets shrieked as they tore through the air, they still had to remain completely silent—not firing a shot or rushing a step.

"At least