"Herd the pigs into the pen."
Li Youxian slowly lit a cigarette.
"Order the frontline troops not to wipe them out."
"Drive the Second Echelon toward the Third Echelon."
"A rout is like the Yellow River bursting its banks. That panic will keep spreading like a virus."
Once that panic spread, no number of troops would help.
Seimei had transferred all his elite troops outside the city.
That also left the troops in the rear unable to withstand any upheaval.
Once a group of second- and third-rate troops broke, it would be hard to rally them again in a short time.
Out in the wilderness where the Second Echelon was stationed.
Kou Island soldiers, still half asleep, rushed out of their tents in panic.
Flames filled their vision.
Fighter aircraft swooped back and forth overhead. A casual sweep of a Nuclear Cannon across the ground could take out several platoons of soldiers.
"Stay calm! Stay calm! Gather the troops and prepare to counterattack!"
Inside the Inoshita Division headquarters, the division commander was dumbfounded too.
How had the enemy slipped in?
How many troops did they have?
He knew none of it.
He wanted to counterattack too, but the camp had already erupted in panic.
Tens of thousands of men were fleeing headlong. There was no way he could stop them.
"Men of Dian Prefecture!"
A furious roar rang out.
Mu Jinghua appeared directly in front of the Inoshita Division, leading Dian Prefecture's fighters.
"An inch of our land, an inch of our blood. A hundred thousand people of Dian Prefecture, a hundred thousand soldiers!"
"If I don't retreat, none of you take so much as half a step back!"
"If I fall in battle, keep charging!"
"Drive these sons of bitches out of the Dragon Kingdom for good!"
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