Chapter 263 A Great Victory!
Battalion Commander Zhang Dabao was a bit bewildered. He had not expected Vikram to pull something like this, and he wondered what on earth this White Elephant was up to.
The soldiers were equally bewildered, glancing at each other, all feeling that something was very strange about this whole situation.
Even the White Elephant soldiers were confused and clueless, simply watching everything unfold in silence.
Except for Vikram, who was beaming with a smile, saying cheerfully:
"My dear friends from the Dragon Kingdom, do you believe us now!"
He looked as if they had truly come with sincere hearts to deliver supplies and foster friendship.
Battalion Commander Zhang Dabao suddenly asked, "Are these supplies all for us?"
Vikram, as if afraid Battalion Commander Zhang Dabao wouldn't believe him, nodded frantically and said eagerly:
"Of course!!!!!"
"I hope you can feel our deep friendship! We are friends!"
Battalion Commander Zhang Dabao smiled, but there was a meaningful look in his eyes as he said:
"Good friends! Truly good friends!"
As he spoke, he stepped forward enthusiastically and took the initiative to shake Vikram's hand. The grip seemed to tighten a bit, making Vikram feel a faint sense of dread.
Afterward, Battalion Commander Zhang Dabao shouted to the soldiers:
"Take the supplies off the trucks and bring them back! We can't let our friend's good intentions go to waste!"
Upon receiving the order, the soldiers immediately sprang into action, methodically pulling the truckloads of supplies toward the Dragon Kingdom side.
Watching the truckloads of supplies being taken away, Vikram felt a sharp pang of pain in his heart. After all, that was three full days of supplies for his entire battalion. Now, it was all going to the Dragon Kingdom.
However, he consoled himself, thinking that using these supplies to end this looming farce and avoid a larger conflict with the Dragon Kingdom was well worth it.
Seeing that the supplies had been successfully taken away by the Dragon Kingdom, Vikram asked tentatively:
"My friend, are you satisfied?"
Battalion Commander Zhang Dabao grinned and replied:
"Satisfied! Of course, I'm satisfied."
Upon hearing this, Vikram breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that as long as the Dragon Kingdom was satisfied, this crisis should be over.
"Then..."
He was just about to say something else, like asking if he and his men could be let go.
But he saw Battalion Commander Zhang Dabao say slowly:
"I didn't expect you to be so polite. As a nation of etiquette, we in the Dragon Kingdom believe that it is impolite not to reciprocate!"
"How can we not repay this kindness! How about this: please come to our command post to have some tea and snacks!"
When Vikram heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he silently cursed. He did not want to go to the Dragon Kingdom's command post; he had no idea what would happen if he went.
Therefore, he waved his hands repeatedly and said hurriedly:
"No, no, never mind."
Then, he saw Battalion Commander Zhang Dabao's eyes instantly widen in fury as he scolded:
"What? Are you not giving us face?"
"Or..."
There was an unquestionable authority in his gaze, as if something terrible would happen immediately if Vikram dared to refuse again.
Vikram realized that the other party had seen through his little scheme, knowing he just wanted to use the supplies to brush things off and didn't want any further deep contact with the Dragon Kingdom.
Sighing helplessly, he gritted his teeth and said:
"Fine, I'll go with you!"
Seeing this, Battalion Commander Zhang Dabao wiped the anger from his face, smiled again, and said:
"That's more like it!"
And so, with thousands of White Elephant soldiers watching, the Dragon Kingdom took away a large quantity of their supplies!
At the same time, they also captured their commander!
Watching their regimental commander being taken away, the White Elephant soldiers stared at each other in confusion!
At this moment, General Karan, worried about the border situation, suddenly called!
"Vikram, how is the situation at the border?"
"Have you handled it properly according to my orders?"
"Hmm? Who are you?"
The person answering the phone was a battalion commander.
"Greetings, respected General Karan. I am a battalion commander under Lieutenant Colonel Vikram!"
General Karan frowned, his tone inevitably becoming a bit angry:
"Where is Vikram!"
"Tell him to come and answer the phone!"
The battalion commander replied tremblingly:
"Report, General, our regimental commander..."
"He was... invited by the Dragon Kingdom for tea!"
General Karan:
"What did you say????"
"Was Vikram captured?"
"Did the Dragon Kingdom's army cross over???"
Facing General Karan's many questions, the battalion commander answered them one by one!
Upon learning that only Vikram had been captured and that they had only lost some supplies, General Karan breathed a sigh of relief!
In his view, as long as they didn't anger the Dragon Kingdom, these losses were nothing!
However, his reaction left his subordinates very surprised!
Was this still their invincible General Karan?
To be bullied by the Dragon Kingdom like this, not only was he not angry, but he was actually relieved?!!!
...
At the foot of the mountain, a child was staring with round eyes, nervously observing everything happening at the border.
Seeing that the Dragon Kingdom had withdrawn their troops.
He turned around hurriedly and bolted toward the village at the foot of the mountain!
His small figure appeared particularly urgent in the night.
Soon he returned to the village.
This was a somewhat impoverished village!
In the dead of winter, many people didn't have warm clothing and carried heaters wherever they went!
Hearing the commotion, the villagers poked their heads out. Seeing it was the child, they swarmed around him and asked nervously:
"Little Kam! How was it? Did the Dragon Kingdom attack?"
"Did our soldiers block them?"
"The conflict seemed quite large; I even heard the sound of tanks!"
"The Dragon Kingdom must be playing for real this time!"
Little Kam shrugged and said helplessly:
"I watched the Dragon Kingdom's troops cross the border. Their tanks came over, and they even had mechs; they were so impressive."
"But our troops seemed to have surrendered, and then, then the Dragon Kingdom soldiers just went back!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the White Elephant villagers were stunned!
Before long, the excited faces of the crowd suddenly changed!
One by one, they became dejected, sighing and groaning. They looked as if the sky had fallen, as if life had lost all meaning.
Someone, still unwilling to give up, shouted:
"Little Kam, did you see clearly?"
"The Dragon Kingdom soldiers went back???"
"Why did they go back? Such a good opportunity, why didn't they attack?"
"We were waiting for them to colonize us!"
"To wait for them to come, I even self-taught myself a hundred sentences of Chinese!!!"
Upon hearing this, Little Kam was about to cry, saying aggrievedly:
"They really all went back; I saw them go back with my own eyes!"
The crowd completely lost it. One person even started bellowing at the top of his lungs in the cold night: "Dragon Kingdom, hurry up and colonize us!"