On a large banyan tree fifty meters away from the outside of the highway, Lin Xiaoxiao put away her sniper rifle. Before the special agent's bullets could hit her, she grabbed a vine, swung up, and disappeared into the dense forest in a few quick movements.

This shot served as effective as a signal flare.

On the other side, Qin Yushen shot and blew up the fuel tank of the jeep that was pulling it, detonating a mine buried on the road and sending nine members of the special agent team flying in blood.

Nguyen Xiong was escorted by his men as they retreated. The nearest Vietnamese troops could arrive in twenty minutes.

If you can hold out for twenty minutes, you'll be fine.

But since the commando team dared to ambush them in such a dangerous place, they must have made thorough preparations.

Lin Xiaoxiao and Chu Wuyan fought like guerrillas, firing shots from the east and west to distract the Vietnamese agents. The assault team members were incredibly brave and ended the battle in less than ten minutes.

In the end, only five or six people remained to protect Ruan Xiong, including Chen Wenxiao.

Qin Yu pulled back the bolt and aimed at Chen Wenxiao. Lin Xiaoxiao placed her hand on his and raised an eyebrow, "At least leave a few of them alive."

After saying that, he looked at Zhao Maomao and the others who were wearing camouflage uniforms and said, "Take the man surnamed Ruan away."

"Release the rest."

"Release them?" The crowd asked, puzzled.

Lin Xiaoxiao smiled brightly, "Let them go back and report."

The commando members thought to themselves: "Is this some kind of show of force?"

A smile flashed in Qin Yushen's eyes as he put the gun away. "Listen to your sister-in-law, let it go."

The team disarmed the few survivors and quickly retreated with Nguyen Hung, who had been shot and knocked unconscious. When the Vietnamese troops arrived to provide support, they found only corpses scattered on the ground and a few deliberately left alive.

"I...I need to see the commander." Chen Wenxiao clutched the thing Lin Xiaoxiao had given him yesterday. "I have important intelligence."

Upon hearing the words "important intelligence," the officer didn't have time to ask how they had survived.

He was quickly taken to the front-line command post.

At this moment, the commander of the Vietnamese army headquarters laughed heartily upon receiving news that the Chinese troops planned to launch a large-scale offensive from the eastern front in two days.

“I told you the Chinese wouldn’t dare attack Qingshan; they chickened out.”

The mountains were easy to defend but difficult to attack. The Vietnamese army occupied the high ground, and the range of their artillery fire made it impossible for the Chinese troops to hide. The strategic location of this place was very important, as it controlled the only way to the south of Vietnam.

If the Chinese troops capture Qingshan, taking the capital of Yue will not be a problem.

"Dongshan is also of great strategic importance. Since they want to attack Dongshan, we should transfer our main force there." The commander made a decisive decision.

The chief of staff frowned, looking at the map again and again. "If we move the main force away, the Qingshan position will be vulnerable. If..."

"Hey, Lao Zhang, you're being too paranoid." Although the commander also had this concern, the intelligence wouldn't be wrong. Since the Chinese planned to launch a major attack on Dongshan, they had to defend and fight them.

We cannot back down an inch; we must demonstrate the power and prestige of the Yue Kingdom.

The chief of staff sighed, "I'm just worried that if they take Qingshan, we'll be in a passive position."

The commander arrogantly declared, "If the Chinese can capture Qingshan, I will not be the commander."

"It's bad, Commander! Regiment Commander Ruan Xiong has been arrested!"

"What?"

The commander, who was laughing just a moment ago, suddenly changed his expression, as if a storm was brewing.

"Smack!" A hand slammed on the table. "The Chinese are going too far!"

The commander reassured him, "Ruan Xiong's arrest won't affect anything. As long as Mr. Luo's listening station doesn't malfunction, we can promote someone to hold off the special forces."

The messenger said, "Several people were left alive at the scene."

"Bring it in."

Chen Wenxiao came in with his face covered in blood, handed over the telegram he was clutching tightly in his hand, and said in a choked voice, "Commander, we can't transfer the main force to the eastern front. The real main attack direction for the Chinese is the western front."

The commander and the officer exchanged a glance.

They both saw a sharp edge in each other's eyes.

The survivors, the telegrams that were completely different from the intelligence given by Rove... it's hard to say whether they weren't false intelligence deliberately left behind by the enemy to mislead them.

Chen Wenxiao was a familiar face to everyone present; he was the adjutant who often accompanied Ruan Xiong.

Their identity is definitely not a problem; they are definitely not a JD planted by the enemy, but it's hard to say whether they have been turned.

"Where did you get this telegram?" The people at the command post were skeptical after reading the blood-stained telegram.

Chen Wenxiao truthfully stated, "This is a message relayed back by our comrades who were agents planted in the enemy's territory."

The group looked at each other in bewilderment.

"You can go out now."

After Chen Wenxiao left, the chief of staff said, "Send someone to keep a close eye on him."

"yes."

The commander glanced at the telegram and asked, "What do you think?"

The others chuckled, most of them disbelieving. "Mr. Rove personally sent us a telegram from the listening station."

Of course, we should believe Rove.

Compared to those who might have already been turned, the military advisors sent by Country E to help them are certainly more trustworthy.

With Luo Fu's help, they inflicted heavy losses on many Chinese soldiers, greatly boosting their morale.

Although the Wushan position was retaken by the enemy, that was not the main concern. What they needed to be most wary of was the full-scale offensive by the Chinese forces that was about to begin.

This battle is of paramount importance.

The chief of staff had a different opinion: "Let's investigate further."

What if Chen Wenxiao is telling the truth?

Luo Fu is from China; who knows what he's really thinking?

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