"Wait a minute!" Tom Bruno stopped Wu Li'an in time, then turned to Liu Qingshan and said, "Commander Liu, let me say it again, we Americans really have no intention of provoking a war. We just hope that Vietnam can maintain the status quo. I would like to ask you to consider my suggestion carefully. If you refuse, we will have no choice but to take tough measures."
"Tough measures?" Liu Qingshan sneered. "Fine, I'd like to see what tough measures you have!"
“Commander Liu, you will see.” Tom Bruno smiled slightly.
"Enough with the nonsense, let's go."
Liu Qingshan waved his hand, stood up, and looked at his pocket watch. "It's 6:55 now. You have less than an hour to escape. This time, we didn't bring many weapons and equipment. Just over 800 tanks, over 1,000 artillery pieces, plus a few fighter squadrons and bomber squadrons. That's just a drop in the bucket."
After saying that, Liu Qingshan turned and left with his head held high and chest out.
Tom Bruno and Wu Liguang were dumbfounded.
What does that mean? What did he say? Over 800 tanks? Over 1,000 artillery pieces, and he's just throwing water around?
No wonder this guy dared to spout such arrogant words; he was clearly very confident.
Tom Bruno's face immediately fell.
"Mr. Tom! Help us! Help us!" Wu Liguang cried out in desperation and immediately knelt down on the ground with a thud.
Tom Bruno's expression returned to normal. "Committee Member Wu, please get up. We will help you."
"Thank you, thank you, Mr. Tom." Wu Liguang breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this, quickly got up, and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
After Wu Liguang stood up, Tom Bruno immediately led the American men into the Willys Jeep outside.
The Willys Jeep sped away, going quite fast.
Wu Liguang was a little confused.
Chief of Staff Li Guoxing whispered, "Commissioner Wu, Mr. Tom wouldn't have run away, would he?"
“Probably not. I don’t think Mr. Tom is the type to desert his post.” Wu Liguang shook his head. “It must be for other reasons, such as… they need to investigate the situation.”
"Maybe." Li Guoxing nodded.
……………………
Liu Qingshan returned to the Southern Army Corps Command Post in Sanqi and angrily smashed an ashtray against the corner of the wall. "Damn it! Arrogant! You dare to be arrogant! I'm going to kill you all today!"
Shen Chunhua stepped forward to comfort him, "Commander, calm down."
"How can I possibly let this go?" Liu Qingshan roared. "The Americans are going too far! And that bastard Wu Liguang, how dare he threaten me? It's outrageous! I will never forgive them!"
"Correspondent!!!"
As Liu Qingshan roared, the radio communications soldier quickly pushed open the door and saluted, "Commander!"
Liu Qingshan said in a deep voice: "Order! Artillery division, artillery regiment, open fire immediately!! Raze their positions to the ground!!!"
"Commander, it's not 8 o'clock yet for the general offensive!" Shen Chunhua reminded him.
"What kind of bullshit 'general offensive' time is this! Open fire immediately!"
"commander……"
"Shut up!" Liu Qingshan roared, then turned to the communications soldier and said sternly, "Did you hear me? I order you to immediately do as I just said, or you will be court-martialed!"
"Yes, sir!" the communications soldier replied and dashed off.
Soon, the artillery positions of the National League Army, located opposite Yiling, Guangyi, Bade, Kunsong, and Shatai, received combat orders from the Southern Corps.
Commander: "Attention all personnel, prepare for battle!"
Soldier: "Yes, sir!"
Commander: "Observer, report target location!"
Observer: "Target, enemy position, coordinates XXX-YYY!"
Commander: "Attention, gunner, adjust the azimuth of the gun to 10 degrees and the elevation to 200 meters."
Gunner: "Understood, adjustment complete!"
Commander: "Loader, load the ammunition."
Loader: "Ammunition loaded!"
Commander: "First wave, three, two, one—fire!"
"Boom, boom..."
With deafening explosions, countless shells ripped through the air, trailing long plumes of flame, and fell toward the enemy's position.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang -!"
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang-!!"
"Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang-!!!"
On the front lines of the Southern National Liberation Front, the battlefield was instantly engulfed by a violent explosion. Blazing flames soared into the sky, turning the night sky red. Countless severed limbs and blood, mixed with dust and mud, flew everywhere, instantly staining the sturdy trenches red.
One shell after another tore through the air and struck the enemy positions with pinpoint accuracy.
After the shells exploded on the position, they turned into a sky full of steel fragments, sweeping everything away and destroying any obstacles. Any area hit by the shells was instantly shattered, and large numbers of enemy soldiers were blown away on the spot or directly blown into pieces.
More mutilated corpses were thrown into the air with screams, eventually crashing down and landing on their kind around them.
In just a few dozen seconds, the enemy's position was transformed into a hellish inferno.
The casualties on the Southern National Liberation Front increased exponentially in an instant.
Commander: "Second wave, three, two, one—fire!"
Commander: "Third wave, three, two, one—fire!"
Commander: "Fourth wave, three, two, one—fire!"
Commander: "Unlimited waves, bombard until eight o'clock! Three, two, one—fire!"
"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom..."
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