136: Retaliation against the Flathead Kingdom

After receiving clear instructions from Qin Yang, Fernando acted quickly.

First, Fernando directly invited journalists from various countries and held a press conference with a clear goal: to secure a favorable position for An Country in terms of public opinion. Otherwise, given the nature of Western countries, once An Country retaliated against Israel, there was a high probability they would label the current regime of An Country as a terrorist organization. Don't doubt it; there are too many such examples in reality. For instance, in the case of Bale Country, which Israel is currently invading, the banner Israel used was to wipe out the terrorist organization, the Hass Organization. The Hass Organization was originally founded only to liberate Bale Country, protect its borders, and ensure the peace of its people, not wanting their country to be swallowed by Israel.

Think about it: in a situation where all weapons and soldier quality were inferior, the Hass Organization could only resort to extreme measures to retaliate against Israel in order to resist. Just like that, the Hass Organization was judged to be a terrorist organization.

Of course, this isn't to say the Hass Organization was the 'good guy.' Their attacks targeting Israel did indeed harm many innocent people; that is an indisputable fact.

But for each side, they all believe they represent justice. This is because different roles lead to different perspectives when considering matters.

Another point is that when you're out in the world, you need background and strength. This is why when Israel and the Hass Organization went to war, the Hass Organization ended up as the terrorist organization while Israel did not. One must know that in terms of wrongdoing, Israel's crimes are too numerous to record.

The saying by the pioneers of the Great Eastern Country—'a weak country has no diplomacy'—is just as applicable in this era.

The spokesperson dispatched by Fernando was extremely fierce at the press conference, laying out all the Mossad agents they had captured along with the evidence of their confessions on the table. With both witnesses and physical evidence present, Israel had no way to deny the assassination attempt on Fernando.

Finally, the spokesperson said: "Xinan Country is a peace-loving nation, but the national dignity of Xinan Country cannot be provoked. As the first president of Xinan Country, Mr. Fernando suffered a wanton assassination attempt by Israel. This is a blatant trampling of Xinan Country's national dignity. I now represent Xinan Country in formally declaring war on Israel!"

When the four words "formally declaring war" were spoken by the spokesperson, the entire press conference scene immediately erupted into an uproar.

One must know that although people in many regions are currently fighting each other tooth and nail, they all claim externally that these are regional conflicts. As for declaring war, there hasn't been a single one. But Xinan Country's press conference today publicly issued a declaration of war against Israel. This news was undoubtedly the most explosive news globally during this period.

Soon, this declaration of war spread throughout the world through various channels.

However, after seeing this declaration, the high-level officials of many countries smiled disdainfully. No one really took this declaration seriously. From the perspective of strength, Xinan Country had only just stabilized its civil war. Although the essence of the state remained, it was still a poor and backward country that didn't even possess missiles in terms of weaponry. In contrast, Israel had entered the ranks of developed countries long ago, possessing a sound industrial system and world-class weaponry and equipment. The strength of the two sides on paper was simply incomparable.

Secondly, the two countries were located in Africa and the Middle East respectively, far apart. Given Xinan Country's strength, it simply didn't have the capability to launch a retaliatory strike against Israel. Israel, on the other hand, did have that capability, as it possessed a powerful air force.

But now Israel was also besieged on all sides in the Middle East. According to the analysis of strategic experts from various countries, it would likely ignore Xinan Country's declaration of war.

Therefore, after this declaration of war was issued, everyone thought Xinan Country was just venting its frustrations verbally—like a child in a fight who, unable to win, resorts to name-calling.

But in reality, the slap in the face came very quickly.

After the declaration of war, under Fernando's orders, the reorganization of the army began to accelerate across the country, and the intelligent Weapons Factory also began to operate at full capacity, actively preparing for war.

After An Country was pacified, the Xinan Country Defense Force captured a total of nearly 300,000 former An Country Government Army soldiers. They had been undergoing reorganization during this period. Now, Xinan Country's total military strength was around 500,000, consisting of conventional ground forces, armored units, missile units, and Army Aviation units. Of course, all of this was possible only with the help of the intelligent Army Weapons Factory.

The weapons used by the conventional ground forces were all American-style standard equipment, and all officers were served by Death Warriors to ensure the reliability of the troops.

The armored units were also reorganized according to the USA's 1st Cavalry Division. The overall combat organization was similar, with only slight differences in weaponry and equipment.

Due to production issues at the Weapons Factory, only two such armored divisions had been reorganized so far. The members were all Clone Soldiers, and the divisions were named the Satan First Division and the 2nd Satan Division.

The two divisions had a total of 40,000 soldiers.

Each division was equipped with 400 war god tanks. This tank was an original model from the intelligent Army Weapons Factory, possessing air-to-ground amphibious combat capabilities and characterized by high attack power and high defense.

The top of the tank was equipped with an anti-aircraft missile system, while the ground attack relied on twin-mounted 128mm howitzers. Both firepower and armor defense crushed the M1A2 main battle tanks currently in service in USA. Moreover, through material optimization by the intelligent Army Weapons Factory, its flexibility was greatly improved; it would not appear clumsy due to its massive size. It was a true King of Land Warfare!

In addition to the war god tanks, each division was also equipped with 160 multi-purpose infantry fighting vehicles, 90 M3 Bradley fighting vehicles, 130 M113 armored personnel carriers, 180 tracked command armored vehicles, 40 Apache attack helicopters, 30 AH-64 attack helicopters, 100 UH-60A Black Hawk multi-purpose helicopters, 12 OH-58D observation helicopters, 6 EH-60 electronic warfare helicopters, and 24 Chinook transport helicopters!

M109A6 Paladin self-propelled howitzers: 72 units, providing powerful fire support; 107mm mortars: 84 units, for close-range fire support; M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems: 9 units, providing large-scale, saturated fire strikes.

In addition to these heavy equipment, individual heavy firepower included 1,024 M203 grenade launchers for firing grenades, and over 400 TOW anti-tank missiles and Javelins for anti-tank operations.

The multi-purpose infantry fighting vehicle was also an original model from the Weapons Factory, primarily used for air defense. It was equipped with the Patriot air defense missile system, which could effectively defend the airspace of the armored units.

In summary, the so-called Satan armored units were essentially replicas of the USA's 1st Cavalry Division, but with the war god tanks and multi-purpose infantry fighting vehicles, the Satan units' firepower and defense were superior.

The missile units deployed the intelligent Army Weapons Factory's original land-based hypersonic Night Demon medium-range missile system. It had a range of 1,000 to 3,000 kilometers, used composite guidance, and had excellent accuracy and anti-interference capabilities. Furthermore, it could be used for air defense, with a defense range of 1,000 kilometers.

The Army Aviation units were mainly modeled after the USA's 101st Airborne Division, primarily equipped with 585 helicopters of various types. Among them, transport helicopters were the most numerous, mainly UH-60 utility transport helicopters and UH-47 heavy-lift transport helicopters, totaling about 380. The second most numerous were attack helicopters, including 160 AH-64 heavy attack helicopters and 120 OH-58 light reconnaissance attack helicopters. Additionally, there were 6 electronic warfare helicopters and around 100 large armed attack drones.

Except for the conventional ground forces, the remaining elite units were composed of Clone Soldiers. It could be said that in ground combat, the combat strength of the Xinan Country Army was definitely not inferior to the ground forces of any current country. In terms of individual soldier quality, they might even be much stronger.

It was just that without air force and naval equipment, Xinan Country was still far from being able to challenge established powers. Of course, in a defensive war on home soil, Xinan Country, with its Night Demon medium-range hypersonic missile system, had no need to fear any enemy.

However, this also exposed the weakness of Xinan Country's military power. Israel was in the Middle East, while Xinan Country was in East Africa. The distance between the two was about 5,000 kilometers, which the Night Demon missile's range couldn't reach. Meanwhile, Israel possessed long-range missiles and air power. In a war, Xinan Country could only adopt a passive defense strategy. Fortunately, to deal with Israel's retaliation, Qin Yang had prioritized setting up a hidden hand, and now was the time for it to be put to use.

The capital of Israel, Tela City.

Even Israel itself didn't take Xinan Country's declaration of war seriously. In the eyes of Israel's high-level officials, even if you wanted revenge, you'd have to be able to hit me first. Therefore, Israel was so arrogant that it didn't even respond to the declaration, clearly looking down on them.

But at any time, underestimating the enemy comes with a price.

Previously, Qin Yang had sent a total of 500 Death Warriors and 1,000 Clone Soldiers to Israel, with about 300 of them in Tela City. The first batch of Death Warriors had already established several strongholds here. The Fourth-level Death Warrior Qin Gang had used his space ring to transport weapons and equipment to the Death Warrior units in Israel twelve times.

On the day after the declaration of war, the Death Warriors at the strongholds in Israel received orders to launch attacks on various vital departments in Tela City.

Immediately, all 300 Death Warriors and Clone Soldiers in Tela City went into action.

During their time here, the Death Warriors had used their identities as tourists to clearly mark many high-value targets in Tela City, including power plants, the Parliament Building, gas stations, and so on.

That afternoon, under the command of Tarian, the chief of the Death Warriors in Tela City, fifty people were drawn for this retaliatory operation.

Of the fifty people, only ten were Death Warriors, and the remaining forty were all Clone Soldiers. These people were divided into ten groups, each led by a Death Warrior, to carry out the retaliation.

Tarian's method of retaliation was very simple and brutal. He assigned each group 200 kilograms of TNT explosives sent by Qin Yang, while other equipment was chosen by themselves. The mission order given was to destroy the designated targets at all costs. The Death Warrior captains acted as commanders and could sacrifice Clone Soldiers to preserve themselves if necessary.

Soon, the ten groups took their equipment and explosives and headed to their respective target areas.

At night, at a gas station in Tela City, an SUV observed from a distance for a while. Seeing that there were no more customers at the gas station, it slowly drove into the fueling area.

Seeing this, the gas station attendant hurried over from the breakroom. He walked to the car window and was about to ask how much fuel was needed, but before he could, as the window rolled down, a dagger was swiftly plunged into his neck. A stream of bright red blood immediately sprayed out. The attendant wanted to say something, but his throat had been cut; he could only fall into a pool of blood with a gurgling sound.

After dealing with the attendant, the burly man in the driver's seat said, "Action!"

Immediately, the passenger and rear doors were quickly opened, and four masked men jumped out of the car, each carrying a large backpack on his back.

The four men had clear targets. One quickly headed toward the breakroom, pulling out a specialized M1911 pistol with a silencer as he walked.

The remaining men ran toward the adjacent buildings and the oil and gas pipelines.

The man who entered the breakroom was spotted by the staff member on duty as soon as he walked in. The staff member stood up and was about to say something, but in the next second, a bullet silenced him forever. Then, the masked man searched once more, and after confirming no one else was there, he put down his backpack and left the breakroom.

After leaving the breakroom, the other three masked men outside also placed their backpacks in the predetermined positions. Immediately after, several people quickly returned to the car. The driver stepped on the gas, and the car sped away from the site.

After the car had traveled about 500 meters, the driver calmly pulled out a remote control device from his person and pressed it without hesitation.

Instantly, an earth-shattering sound came from the direction of the gas station. Then, a fireball shot into the sky, illuminating the area for several kilometers around.

Looking at their masterpiece, the eyes of the people in the car were as calm as still water. The driver turned the car around and left the area that was about to become ruins.

At the same time, following this massive explosion, the entire Tela City seemed to have a chain reaction. One after another, deafening explosions rang out. Those pillars of fire shooting into the sky indicated that tonight would be the darkest night for Tela City.

Inside a villa, Nenia, the Prime Minister and supreme leader of Israel, had just fallen asleep when he was awakened by the continuous explosions in the city.

Nenia quickly got up and shouted loudly, "What happened!!"

Soon, a bodyguard entered the bedroom and said, "Mr. Prime Minister, we just received unfortunate news. Tonight, Tela City came under attack. The explosions just now were caused by the attackers!"

“Where are the attackers? Have they been caught? Was it the Hass Organization again?!” Nenia asked with a deep frown.

“I'm sorry, Mr. Prime Minister, this was a premeditated attack. The attackers have not been caught. The police and the army are jointly investigating the traces of the attackers!” the bodyguard said apologetically.

“Useless!!”

And just as Nenia was cursing, another bodyguard rushed in and said, “Mr. Prime Minister, the attackers have been identified. Just now, someone claimed responsibility for this attack!”