Dragon flags fluttered over the sea.
In the camp by the coast.
Bugle calls for an emergency assembly rang out one after another.
Figures bustled through the vast camp.
Inside the main command tent,
Commander Sun strode out in full uniform. Looking at the soldiers ready to deploy, he bellowed with confidence, "Zhou Zheng!"
"Present!"
The tall Zhou Zheng hurried out of the neighboring tent.
"Orders!"
"Zhou Zheng will serve as acting commander of the Fifth Armored Vehicle Division. Reach Kou Island's imperial capital within twenty minutes."
"You have only one mission: ensure the safety of our citizens!"
"Anyone who obstructs our advance will be treated as an enemy and killed on the spot!"
"I repeat: anyone who obstructs us is to be killed on the spot!"
"Yes, sir!"
Zhou Zheng, who had long since run out of patience, saluted excitedly. "Mission guaranteed!"
Commander Sun looked with satisfaction at his favorite subordinate, then turned and smiled at Elder Teng. "Remember our wish?"
"To ride across Kou Island, admire the flowers beneath Mount Fushi, honor our ancestors in the Emperor's palace, and plant dragon flags all over Kou Island!"
The two aged soldiers straightened their backs. The wish they had held when they joined the army was finally about to come true.
At that moment, they seemed to be back in their early twenties.
Those passionate years.
"Pass my orders to the entire army: sever all contact with the mainland."
Every staff officer was stunned by Commander Sun's words.
Elder Teng smiled knowingly. "Old friend, we're going all in."
The factions in the Capital were complicated. Where there was a pro-war faction, there was an Anti-War Faction.
Commander Sun was going to act first and report afterward.
"I'm willing to stake my military career on this battle." Commander Sun's gaze was