144: Steel Torrent

"Then issue the order. Let the media we control severely criticize the other side's provocative actions. We must attribute the main cause of this conflict to them. Even if we start a war, it must be justifiable," Qin Yang replied.

"Hehe, Boss, I understand!" Fernando said with a smile.

An hour later, Xinan Country National Television issued a communication statement.

"Xinan Country National News Agency, December 11th. The National News Agency, by order of the Xinan Country government, issues the following statement on December 11th: The King Kong Country authorities, disregarding the principles of peaceful coexistence between the two countries, dispatched regular national troops two hours ago to invade Xinan Country territory and attack our border guards, causing heavy casualties and severely threatening our country's peace and security. The Xinan Country Border Defense Force, having endured to its limit...

Was forced to retaliate in self-defense!"

As soon as this statement was released, it immediately attracted global attention.

During this period, Xinan Country had been continuously in the spotlight due to its declaration of war with Israel, occupying the front pages of world news. Its momentum even overshadowed the war in Europe. The reason for this was that in the conflict between Xinan Country and Israel, it was Israel that suffered losses. So far, Israel had only taken one retaliatory action, but it was blocked by Xinan Country, and Israel itself suffered losses.

Israel is known as the 'Little Overlord' in the Middle East, and that's not just for show. Although Israel is bad, they are not weak; their reputation was earned through real battles. Moreover, the public has some understanding of Israel; they are known to hold grudges. People were following Xinan Country to see Israel's next move. However, before Israel made a move, Xinan Country had another conflict with its neighbor, King Kong Country, which made things a bit subtle.

Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that 80-90% of Xinan Country's statement was true. King Kong Country's provocative actions against Xinan Country were likely orchestrated by a mastermind.

While public opinion was fermenting, the Xinan Country National Defense Force had already begun operations. The Army Armored First Division (Satan First Division) was immediately dispatched to the border between the two countries.

And, without any hesitation, upon reaching the border, they directly crossed into King Kong Country territory.

Streams of steel rushed straight towards Bamu Ji City, a border city in King Kong Country.

In the fields surrounding Bamu Ji City, Black Brothers were working when suddenly, a rumbling sound approached from afar. The Black Brothers stood up and curiously looked towards the high ground on the distant slope.

They saw a black dot suddenly appear on the distant slope, slowly approaching their location. Before the Black Brothers could react, the black dot on the slope multiplied into more than a dozen in the blink of an eye, followed by more and more. The black dots advanced rapidly in a straight line. When the Black Brothers clearly saw what the black dots were, they all froze in place.

They were steel behemoths they had never seen before—tanks of an unknown model!

The tank turrets were raised high, and two massive cannon barrels resembled two ferocious fangs, exuding terrifying deterrence.

While these Black Brothers were stunned, the tanks paid no attention to the civilians. The lead vehicle's loudspeaker repeatedly broadcast in King Kong Country's language: "Clear the road! We have no time to take you prisoner. Lay down all your weapons and surrender to the army behind me; only then can you live!"

Listening to these murderous words, the Black Brothers, being civilians, dared not move and obediently stood in place, awaiting their fate.

The so-called follow-up troops were the regular army of Xinan Country. The overall commander for this operation was Vice President and Minister of Defense Waldo, a Death Warrior. In addition to mobilizing the Satan First Division, Waldo also mobilized forty thousand regular army soldiers to follow behind the Satan First Division, responsible for support, accepting prisoners, and other dirty work.

How fast the armored forces advanced! In less than half a day, the Satan First Division had already reached the urban area of Bamu Ji City.

At this time, King Kong Country's high command had already received news of Xinan Country's entry and was rapidly mobilizing troops to support Bamu Ji City. The reason for such quick troop movement was largely thanks to USA. After USA and other nations decided to eliminate Fernando's regime, they had already secretly assembled troops at the border between the two countries. Yesterday, King Kong Country dispatched a small contingent to attack Xinan Country's border guards, which was also planned by USA's military advisors.

The objective was to find a justifiable excuse to invade Xinan Country. The specific plan was to kill all Xinan Country border guards, then drag their bodies into King Kong Country to create the illusion of Xinan Country soldiers crossing the border, and use Xinan Country's border provocation as an excuse to launch an expedition against Xinan Country.

However, USA's military advisors underestimated the combat effectiveness of Xinan Country's soldiers, which led to Xinan Country finding an excuse and being forced to retaliate. After this incident, that USA military advisor completely lost face; it was a classic case of 'stealing a chicken only to lose the rice'.

On the outskirts of Bamu Ji City, King Kong Country's first batch of support troops had arrived, numbering about one regiment. Upon arrival, this unit quickly began constructing simple defensive fortifications to impede the advance of Xinan Country's army, with subsequent reinforcements expected to arrive soon.

However, the King Kong Country commanders made the same old mistake, treating the newly formed Xinan Country National Defense Force as they would typical Africa armies of the past. As a result, a tragic event occurred.

While this King Kong Country support regiment was constructing fortifications, the armored units of the Satan First Division, with their superior mobility, had already arrived before them.

Seeing the King Kong Country troops building fortifications, the Death Warrior commander of the Satan First Division immediately issued an attack order. The dual cannons of over a hundred war god tanks began to roar, and instantly, hundreds of tank shells flew towards the enemy's makeshift positions.

As for this King Kong Country support regiment, all the soldiers were still in a state of confusion. Didn't they just cross the border a short while ago? How could they be right in front of them so quickly?!

But no one would give them an answer. Just two rounds of shelling wiped out more than half of this King Kong Country support regiment. On the battlefield, an army typically collapses after 40% casualties. Not every country's army possesses the iron will of the Eastern Great Army. Perhaps this is related to the character of the Eastern Great people; seeing comrades fall beside them, the Eastern Great people not only forget fear but are instead stirred by the ferocity in their bones. In the Eastern Great people's mindset, in such life-or-death crises, they only think of 'killing one is not a loss, killing two is a huge profit'.

Therefore, this support regiment collapsed, and the remaining soldiers desperately fled to the rear, wishing their parents had given them a few more limbs to use. However, human effort could not match machinery.

After the shelling, the armored units of the Satan First Division launched a charge, with the war god tanks in the front row and subsequent armored vehicles following closely behind. The performance of the war god tanks needs no elaboration; they simply rolled straight over the enemy's newly constructed makeshift fortifications without any hindrance.

Upon catching up with the fleeing soldiers, the loudspeaker on the tanks blared again.

"Immediately lay down your weapons and kneel in surrender, otherwise, death!"