The Most Important Mission

Return Countdown 96:39:01.

Midnight.

North of City No. 10, the Li Federation Group Army's encampment lay in darkness. Dark green hay had been tied over every tent as camouflage.

In modern warfare, long-range fire units could sometimes calculate a command post's coordinates from satellite images, then bomb it with precision.

Therefore, anyone who wanted victory had to be exceptionally cautious.

Farther north, the roar of artillery fire rang out from time to time.

The Federation's full-scale civil war had already begun. This was the frontline.

This Li unit was stationed in a small valley. Inside a cave somewhere, Li Yunmu, the Li family's frontline commander, was holding a combat meeting with Li Changqing.

"The fighting at the front is tense. Our remaining two Field Divisions are still marching here. The strategic position the enemy has chosen is particularly troublesome. The forward base must be pushed another 130 kilometers north to ensure logistical supplies..."

A colonel said, "According to everyone's analysis, the Kamishiro Corporation intends to use that city for biological contamination. Satellite images now show that only the Lower Three Districts of City No. 10 have not fallen, and their fall is only a matter of time. If Forbidden Item ACE-022 is truly in Kamishiro's hands, the massive Rat Tide may even encircle us from behind."

At present, the Li and Qing forces were both gathering north of City No. 10, while a small force remained to the south to guard against the Chen family suddenly sending troops.

Kamishiro was launching a full-scale attack even farther north.

If someone controlled millions, even tens of millions, of rats and sent the Rat Tide out from City No. 10 at this time, the combined Qing and Li forces might be caught between the Rat Tide and the Kamishiro forces.

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