300: Chapter 300: Thirty Thousand More

“Speaker Baili, our Southwest Military Region has no crystalss left. These robots were acquired through a loan,” Yan Zhengping said, startled, and quickly refused.

“The Huatong Chamber of Commerce just delivered a batch of crystalss. We’ll allocate them to you first,” Baili Ji said.

Chen Guanxuan felt a pang of pain when he heard this, but he didn't say anything.

After all, the war with Ulan Country was the top priority.

“This… alright, I’ll try to figure something out,” Yan Zhengping said, immediately relenting upon hearing about the crystalss.

“It’s not about trying to figure something out; you must get them. We need at least 30,000 more, and quickly,” Baili Ji said directly, watching Yan Zhengping’s miserly performance.

“How many crystalss did the Huatong Chamber of Commerce deliver this time?” Yan Zhengping asked.

“Over 800,000,” Chen Guanxuan replied.

“How can such a small amount of crystalss get us 30,000 robots?” Yan Zhengping said, feigning surprise.

Over 800,000 crystalss were enough for him to get nearly 50,000 robots with installment payments.

“You figure it out. This is the situation, and this is all I can do. We’ll compensate you later when we have more crystalss!” Baili Ji replied.

“Alright!” Yan Zhengping sighed theatrically, but he was secretly overjoyed.

…

Over the next few days, the Commanders of several Military Regions held intensive meetings in the Council Building, discussing only one issue: military action against Ulan Country.

The Foreign Affairs Ministry had made multiple unsuccessful attempts to open dialogue with Ulan Country.

Everyone speculated that the Ulan Country government might already be in a state of paralysis.

Given that, there was nothing left to discuss; it was time to act.

On August 22, 2055, in the morning.

12 divisions, totaling over 3,600 tanks, allocated by the Northwest Military Region, successfully arrived in the Bayansumu region as the first combat formation.

Suo Tonghua had also wanted to apply to participate in the war, hoping to launch a simultaneous attack from the eastern region of Ulan Country.

However, this proposal was rejected by Baili Ji.

The biggest uncertain factor here was the scale of the mutated Rat Rabbits. The insufficient number of Simulation Spider Robots made it unsuitable to divide forces. If they fought on two fronts, Suo Tonghua’s side would not have the cooperation of the robots.

And without the cooperation of Simulation Spider Robots, armored divisions fighting Rat Rabbits would be like using anti-aircraft guns to swat mosquitoes; their combat effectiveness would be greatly reduced, even leading to a passive defensive situation.

This battle could not afford any mistakes; it had to be a great victory, and it had to be an overwhelming victory with no suspense.

Additionally, 150 transport trucks carrying 60,000 Simulation Spider Robots and 5,000 flying robots had also arrived.

The reason these robots were not allowed to march on their own was, of course, to save energy and reduce crystals consumption.

On the open sandy ground, tanks and armored vehicles were arranged in neat formations.

In front of the formations, Soldiers stood in lines.

“Commander, the troops are assembled and awaiting your orders!” an officer shouted.

“At ease,” Shen Tu Zheng Hao shouted.

Behind Shen Tu Zheng Hao stood Baili Ji and the Commanders of several other Military Regions.

They were there to attend the mobilization rally.

“Soldiers! Behind you is Ulan Country. Not long ago, a group of scoundrels from Ulan Country invaded our Chinese territory, killing and capturing our Chinese Citizens. Tell me, what should we do?” Shen Tu Zheng Hao shouted loudly.

“Kill! Kill! Kill!” the Soldiers roared in unison.

“Today, we will use our actions to tell those with malicious intentions that Chinese territory is not to be violated!” Shen Tu Zheng Hao continued to shout.

“Kill! Kill! Kill!” The Soldiers roared in unison once more.

“Now I order, everyone! Get in the vehicles! Depart!” Shen Tu Zheng Hao commanded.

After the command was given, the Soldiers lined up and orderly boarded the vehicles.

Then, tanks led the way, with trucks following behind, quickly driving towards the border.

Due to the current lack of communication, the Communication Department, a subordinate unit of the Military Political Department, had not found any possible detention locations for the captured Chinese Citizens.

Therefore, the first operational plan was to lure the snake out of its hole. Since they couldn't find the enemy, they would force them to come out.

The first combat objective was to attack the small city to the northwest: Kabula.

Kabula was about 50 kilometers in a straight line from the border. At 8:15 AM, the entire army arrived at the city.

Shen Tu Zheng Hao stood on a tank, observing with binoculars.

There were no decent buildings in this small city, only fences enclosing grids, with several yurts built within each grid.

It was early morning, but there was no sign of life.

“Arrange for drones to scout ahead,” Shen Tu Zheng Hao commanded.

“Yes!”

The messenger relayed the command via walkie-talkie.

For convenient mobile command, the main brains of the Simulation Spider Robots and drones were deployed in several box trucks. The huge box bodies were modified into mobile command centers, filled with screens, allowing 6 people to operate inside.