The Battle of Hakal (Part 3)

"Prepare to fire!" The artillery commander of the Third Regiment of the Far East Vanguard Army, wearing a gas mask, shouted the order to his subordinates behind him.

Immediately, the Far East Soldiers, also wearing gas masks, sprang into action, working in pairs. One Soldiers was responsible for calibrating the new weapon in front of him, known as Mortar, while the Soldiers carefully took out the gleaming silver shell from a tightly wrapped canvas bag.

Inside the shell was the iron can that had previously turned the Middle East battlefields into hell.

At that moment, the Far East people soldiers' cannons were once again aimed at the distant Hakar Fortress. Taking advantage of the lull in the Far East Soldiers' preparations to fire, the artillery commander's adjutant hesitantly approached him. "Commander Sam, I don't understand. With our weapons and equipment, taking Hakar Fortress wouldn't be difficult, but is it really necessary for us to use such inhumane weapons?"

In fact, there are many Far East soldiers who are as confused as the adjutant. Although the Far East Army's combat effectiveness has always been looked down upon, it is not lacking in soldiers with honor. The weakness of the Far East Far East Army is more due to the country's poor resources and backward technology. In fact, the Far East Army has the strongest fighting spirit in the world.

Countries around the world have mocked the backwardness and defeats of the Far East Army, but they have overlooked the fact that although the Far East people suffered more defeats than victories, they have never surrendered. It is not uncommon for the Far East Army to be completely wiped out without surrendering. The Far East soldiers, who grew up in the extremely cold climate, have the most tenacious qualities.

Although most Far East soldiers did not understand this world war launched by the Far East, they resolutely obeyed orders as soldiers. At the same time, Ebson's early planning allowed Louis Armory to infiltrate Far East countries, and various new weapons and equipment were quickly armed to the Far East Army, which directly and exponentially improved the combat effectiveness of the Far East Army.

The Far East Army finally had a chance to prove itself to the world, but soon the shells called "Evolver" shook the honor of the Far East soldiers. These cruel and terrifying weapons could even temporarily turn humans into hideous and terrifying Blood Titan.

After transforming into Blood Titan, these Titan can maintain this state for one to two hours. During this time, the Blood Titan will frantically slaughter any visible human in its vicinity. Then, after a while, the Titan's body will crumble into dust like tofu.

Titan have always been synonymous with the Eldians, and the world views Eldians descendants of demons. But now, the weapons of these Far East people are creating demons. Therefore, many Far East Soldiers privately refer to these shells as "the Demon’s Despair."

"Kus, you shouldn't question orders from your superiors. As soldiers, our duty is to obey orders completely!" Artillery Commander Sam sternly reprimanded his adjutant. Through his mask, Sam's voice sounded particularly somber.

Lieutenant Kus immediately lowered his head. "Yes, sir. I spoke out of turn."

That being said, Sam himself felt contempt for this extremely dishonorable practice, but he was just a lowly artillery commander. What right did he have to question his superiors or their orders?

Moreover, in the eyes of politicians in the rear, the Far East Army was indeed achieving victory after victory, and the casualties were negligible. They didn't care about the honor of soldiers; they only cared about the result of victory.

"Alas, a disgrace to the military," Sam sighed inwardly.

"Fire!!"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Countless deadly shells were launched, crashing into the ancient Hakar Fortress in the Middle East.

Sam raised his binoculars, and after "Demon’s Despair" crashed into the fortress, Crimson Lightning soon began to flash all over the distant Hakar Fortress.

Clusters of explosions and flashes of light occasionally lit up the fortress. Those were probably the Middle East Soldiers inside the fortress who hadn't been turned into Blood Titan, desperately fighting back against the Titan. Perhaps no one could have imagined that one day, peoples other than the Eldians would experience their own kind being turned into brutal Titan.

Sam put down his binoculars; he didn't want to look at Hakar Fortress anymore. The streaks of Crimson Lightning within the fortress made him feel as if he could hear the desperate, piercing cries of countless Middle Easterners.

The artillery units fired several rounds of "Demon’s Despair" as ordered, then went into standby mode, waiting quietly.

Soon, several hours passed, and there were almost no signs of Middle Easterners counterattack inside Hakar Fortress; the dark red arcs of electricity gradually disappeared.

Following orders, the Far East artillery units fired dozens more rounds of ordinary High-Explosive Shell, practically washing the entire Hakar Fortress clean. Only then did the Far East army, under the cover of dozens of Tank, begin its attack on the Hakar Fortress.

The Far East Army entered Hakar Fortress with almost no attack and was deeply shocked by Hakar Fortress hellish scene inside. Far East Army legendary purgatory was probably no more than this, and the Far East Soldiers once again gained a profound understanding of the horror of "the Demon’s Despair".

The Far East Army did not attack only the Hakal fortress. In fact, the 100,000- Far East army was divided into more than a dozen routes and launched an attack on the Middle East border at the same time. The result should be easy to guess.

Within three weeks, all thirty-two fortresses along the Middle East border fell, hundreds of thousands of the Middle Eastern Army were wiped out, and nearly all of the hundreds of thousands of civilians in the fortresses perished.

This terrible and terrifying news quickly swept the world, leaving countries around the globe in shock, and causing a major upheaval among the Middle East Union leadership.

With hundreds of thousands of troops and hundreds of thousands of civilians, the Middle Easterners were nearly devastated. The Middle East could not afford such enormous losses, and its covetousness of Marley was completely shattered. The Middle East Union to quickly prepare for a full-scale war against the Far East countries.

In this battle, the Middle Easterners were solely motivated by revenge. The 200,000 troops initially prepared on the Marley border were all redeployed and surged towards the Far East.

However, the Middle East Eastern leadership seemed oblivious to the military reports on the conference table: Blood Titan, Iron Monster, Mysterious Green Gas, and unprecedented weapons. These leaders paid no attention to any of this; they were only concerned with the annihilation of hundreds of thousands of troops and the loss of hundreds of thousands of civilian lives. They couldn't care less about anything else; the Middle East was now determined to take revenge!

The war between the Far East and the Middle East has elicited different reactions in different countries. Some countries are shaken, some are indifferent, some voice their support for the Middle East and condemnation of the Far East, while others have ulterior motives and are eyeing the devastated and weakened Middle East.

The wars in the outside world did not affect the development of Paradis Island. With the help of the Hizuru and other countries drawn into the interests of Iceburst Stone, Paradis Island developed in an orderly manner, with the New Army, technology, and infrastructure. The Eldians gradually gained the confidence to step onto the world stage.