"Motherfuckers, none of us are getting out alive! Arrange for the elderly and weak across the prefecture to retreat. Everyone on the government payroll, get the fuck up to the front!"
"It's time for us to set an example."
The old mayor snatched the saber from his bodyguard and raised it over his head. "Everyone drawing a government salary, listen up! Today, I, Li, will live or die with Min Prefecture!"
"Just fight. I'll stand right here. If I take a single step back... may I die a terrible death!"
"Mayor, they're coming ashore," the Police Bureau chief said, casting a resolute glance out to sea.
Another large wave of Federation soldiers began storming the beach.
"We aren't soldiers. We don't know how to fight a war. But no man in Min Prefecture fears death." The chief took a deep breath and resolutely saluted Mayor Li. "Teacher, I'm going."
"Don't be afraid. I'm right behind you. Go on ahead... I'll follow shortly."
The old man smiled in gratification. "You're all my students. Do you remember what I taught you?"
"Serve the country with utmost loyalty... All Min Prefecture Police Bureau personnel, assemble!"
The chief shouted the order.
Thousands of people in Police Bureau uniforms quickly assembled.
"We are Min Prefecture's first line of defense."
"The worst that can happen today is death. Don't be afraid." The chief led the Police Bureau's senior officers in one final rallying speech. "Min Prefecture hasn't fallen to foreign races in thousands of years. If the Federation enters the Dragon Kingdom through our territory, how will we face our ancestors in the afterlife?"
"Even if we have to throw our lives into the breach today, we have to hold out until reinforcements arrive!"
"Teacher." The chief took off his uniform and bowed deeply to the