Chapter 566 The Blood in One's Bones
Chinese military vehicles drove by one after another, and light tanks followed one after another into the streets. Infantrymen, carrying rifles, moved through the streets and alleys of Mandegan.
The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder.
Disturbing!
"Mom, what should we do?"
"Mandegan has fallen, we have no home!"
"Will we...will we end up like those people in Balai? Men, women, children, civilians, soldiers, all riddled with bullets, leaving no survivors?"
Helpless people stood trembling on the street.
My heart is filled with trepidation!
Every proud and upright warrior who passed by them was, to them, an unstoppable flood and a ferocious beast, and an unknown fear!
The impetuous little boy rushed out of the crowd, bumping into a walking soldier. The rabbit doll he was holding fell to the ground, covered in mud and dust.
The man in the helmet and camouflage lowered his head, looking down at the viewer.
"No! My son!"
"Please, please let him go! He's just a child!"
The hearts of all the people were gripped with anxiety.
The soldier squatted down, picked up the doll, brushed off the dirt, and with a faint smile on his face, handed the doll to the little boy. "I'm so sorry I got your precious doll dirty. Take it home and let your mother wash it for you."
"Thanks!"
The little boy hugged the rabbit doll tightly to his chest, then looked up and asked timidly, "Will you kill us? They said the Chinese army is coming and won't let us go because we are the enemy!"
"Have your parents ever killed anyone? Have they ever killed any Chinese people?"
"Of course not."
“Then I won’t kill them.” The soldier’s smile widened. He stood up, patted the girl’s head, looked around at the Burmese civilians on both sides, and said in a deep voice, “We are killing those who started this war, those who aided and abetted evil and attempted to invade our country! Our military regulations and the blood in our veins never allow us to point our knives at civilians, and the civilians I’m referring to here are not limited by nationality!”
"Don't worry, everyone. After entering the city, we won't take anything from you. Not only will we not take anything, but we will also provide you with daily necessities and food. However, we need your cooperation in verifying your identities. You absolutely cannot harbor any Burmese soldiers. That shouldn't be too difficult, right?"
The soldier's deep voice fell, causing the crowd of people to look around uncertainly.
"Rice distribution? Is there really such a good thing?"
"Everyone says the Chinese army is brutal and inhumane, but now it seems those rumors are false?"
They were skeptical, but at least they lowered their guard a little!
Wen Ni was sitting in a passing military vehicle when she heard and saw this scene.
Her gaze fell on the soldier's back and the rank insignia on his shoulders.
"Is he the brigade commander who led the team that broke through Mandegan this time?" He looked young, in his thirties, and his appearance was unfamiliar.
This army group should not be the one commanded by Commander Qin.
No wonder, the soldiers below all said they had never heard of the officers she had just mentioned!
"Shut up, don't say a word."
The soldier sat up straight and gave a cold rebuke.
Wen Ni nodded; how could she not know that military orders were absolute and military regulations were strict? She paused for a moment, then continued looking outside.
Outside the car window, the night sky was thickly shrouded in smog, with only layers of clouds obscuring the view and preventing them from dissipating, filling one with a sense of desolation and uncertainty about the future...
Hundreds of kilometers away, the capital of Myanmar
"General Dawa, Major General Li, we can now confirm that the Tongguang border has been completely breached and occupied by the 3rd Combined Arms Brigade of the 85th Group Army of the Chinese Army. Colonel Peng Kun, seeing that his side was no match for the enemy, immediately led his troops to retreat and is now heading towards the capital. An hour ago, news also came from Mandegan that the 5th Combined Arms Brigade of the 85th Group Army had broken through the defenses in the border area, the front line had fallen, and fierce fighting was still taking place in the rear!"
"What? How could they have arrived so quickly?" General Dawa's expression changed drastically after hearing his subordinate's report. He suddenly turned around and stared at the battle sand table. "Just a few days ago, the frontline reported that China hadn't made any moves yet, especially since we've caused so much damage in the two western provinces of Yunnan. They're barely able to defend themselves. How could they suddenly launch an attack and so easily breach two of our border cities? Are Peng Kun and his men just sitting around doing nothing?!"
“China’s previous offensives weren’t this fierce, and they were always on the southern side of Myanmar. This time, for some reason, they suddenly increased their forces and are all heading this way. This side was already weakly defended, and several officers withdrew when they saw the situation was not good.” Colonel Congran’s face was serious. “This tactic is what the Chinese are best at: feinting to the east while attacking in the west!”
"Even if they come with overwhelming force, the officers defending the city can't just give up these two border cities so easily!" General Dawa's eyes bulged with rage. "If Peng Kun hadn't withdrawn from Tongguang first, would the others have followed suit? That good-for-nothing! No, this bunch of good-for-nothings! Cowards! Immediately issue my order: the remaining men, even if they die in battle, are not allowed to retreat. They must hold their ground! Otherwise, they will all be punished according to military law!"
"Yes, General!" the sergeant in charge of reporting replied, glancing at the silent Li Shiyan, then exchanging a glance with Colonel Congran. After a few seconds, he turned back, hesitated for a moment, and stammered, "There's one more thing, General..."
"What are you stammering about!" General Dawa rolled his eyes and said in a cold voice, "What else do you want to report? Don't hide anything, tell us everything!"
"Here's the thing, the spy team that General Li sent to Mandegan a few days ago to search for Chinese hostages... just happened to run into this Chinese ambush, and all of them... were killed... Moreover, they don't seem to have found any Chinese hostages in Mandegan... and they didn't send back any useful information during that time."
"The entire Shadow Agents team is wiped out!?" Colonel Cong Ran's eyebrows shot up, and he stood up, his face full of grief. "That was an intelligence team that we painstakingly trained and built up. Just like that, it's gone? All gone?"
The more he spoke, the uglier General Dawa's face became.
The senior generals present also shook their heads and sighed.
"You actually sent the Shadow Agents to Mandegan just to find a woman? You dare to bypass me and use the agents on your own?" General Dawa's anger flared, and he unleashed his pent-up rage on Li Shiyan. "Li Shiyan, at this critical juncture, the enemy's army has already breached our border city! And you're still wasting your key troops just to find that woman? Do you deserve this uniform and your title of Young General?"
"Father, you've used the name Li Shiyan for so long, have you forgotten who I really am?" Faced with the accusation, Li Shiyan's expression turned grim. "I am Katore Stanway Lee, the only surviving member of the entire Italian Stanway family! You were the one who found me and told me you could help me take revenge. That's why I trusted you, relied on you, worked for you, and even used the entire Mafia to help you rise to your current position! Revenge is my only purpose and goal!"
"What? Are you trying to curry favor with me, or are you warning me that my current position is all thanks to you?!" Dawa stepped down from the platform, pointing his finger at Li Shiyan's nose. "Let me tell you! Without me, you wouldn't be where you are today! I'm the one who brought you out of the underground dueling arena, otherwise you would have been dismembered by now! What about the fearsome Italian Godfather Iprilis? Without me, could you, a mere illegitimate child, have convinced them? Could you have held onto that position?"
To put it bluntly
What kind of godfather and godson?
It's all driven by self-interest; it's just mutual exploitation!
Li Shiyan's eyes also became even fiercer.
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