NFBE Chapter 297 Communication Interruption
Chapter 297 Communication Interruption
"We are currently reporting live from outside Tanlt!"
"Through the camera footage, we can see and hear the sounds of gunfire and explosions coming from the eastern part of Tanlt City from time to time."
"The Wukan ethnic armed forces within the city have already responded to this."
"It is said that one of the hostages seized the guards' weapons and resisted."
"We can see that the fighting in the city is still going on, and it looks like it's going to escalate."
"However, in order to ensure the safety of more hostages, the 16th Rapid Reaction Division of the Daqian Zhenguo Army, which had already withdrawn from Tanert City, did not make any rash moves."
"Li Weijian, commander of the 16th Rapid Reaction Division, who is in charge of on-site command, has been communicating with the Wukan ethnic armed forces in the city."
"We will continue to monitor the situation on the ground regarding the crisis in Tantel City..............................."
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"Something's wrong!"
Watching his men fall one after another, Jerome Tobias organized his men to try to encircle the enemy in a flanking formation while changing the magazine in his hand.
"damn it!"
"These guys are definitely not the Wukan militia we trained!"
Seeing that his organization's new offensive had been repelled by the enemy once again, Jerome Tobias finally realized that something was wrong.
"Sir! The entire street is controlled by snipers on the other side; we can't get through!"
"Their firepower is too strong! The moment we peek out, we'll become sitting ducks..."
"Quick! Bring a group of hostages over and use them to clear the way!" Jerome Tobias immediately came up with a wicked plan.
"These people are not traitors within our ranks!"
"This must be the work of the Qian Kingdom!" Jerome Tobias roared, his face contorted with rage. "Bring more hostages over and use them as human shields!"
"Pass down the order—one hundred gold bars for every enemy killed!!!"
"No! Two hundred!"
Jerome Tobias immediately raised the bounty to two hundred gold bars: "They don't have many people, let's see if we can capture them alive."
"A reward of 500 gold bars will be given for capturing one alive!"
Under the reward, there must be a brave man.
The Wukan militants, who had been too scared to advance after being beaten, immediately turned red with greed upon hearing Jerome Tobias's offer of such a high bounty!
The previously low morale immediately improved.
Under Jerome Tobias's command, several hundred unarmed Tannen hostages were gathered together.
The cunning Jerome Tobias even arranged for armed men to disguise themselves as hostages and mingle among them to find an opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
According to Jerome Tobias's assessment, if the armed group they encountered was indeed the work of the Qian Kingdom, then they should have taken the safety of the hostages into consideration.
Therefore, Jerome Tobias attempted to break the deadlock by using hostages as a shield.
However, before Jerome Tobias could even celebrate his improvisational idea, reality taught him a lesson.
After the hostages were brought in, the ceasefire that Jerome Tobias had anticipated did not occur.
On the contrary—the enemy's firepower has become even stronger!
Several man-portable rockets flew straight over, while heavy machine gun bullets rained down like wheat, reaping swathes of the crowd...
In less than five minutes, Jerome Tobias's hostage shield tactic failed.
More than a hundred Tani hostages and the Wukan militia hiding among them were wiped out.
The Wukan militia, recently spurred on by a hefty reward, was once again driven down under increasingly fierce firepower...
"These lunatics!"
"Who the hell are they?"
Jerome Tobias stared in disbelief at what he was seeing, his shock evident in his eyes.
Could my analysis be wrong?
These people were not sent by the Great Qian Dynasty.
Otherwise, how could they be so indifferent to the lives of the hostages?
They were even more ruthless than the hostages when they opened fire!
"Move all the heavy firepower over here and destroy the entire block across the street!"
While issuing new orders, Jerome Tobias quickly reorganized his forces to retaliate.
Jerome Tobias quickly devised a new plan—to stall the enemy forces here until his side could deploy enough heavy weapons to unleash a devastating attack and eliminate these enemies who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere...
However, the enemy on the other side did not give Jerome Tobias that opportunity at all.
Seeing that Jerome Tobias's men were being beaten so badly they dared not advance, the enemy on the other side also began to move and fight.
"Block them!"
"There aren't many of them!"
"600 gold bars for each kill!" Seeing this situation, Jerome Tobias completely lost his temper and immediately raised the single-kill bounty to an exorbitant 600 gold bars...
Jerome Tobias knew that, given the current situation, he could only resort to heavy financial incentives to encourage and motivate the Wukan militia, whose fighting capabilities were questionable.
Jerome Tobias had barely finished speaking when a bullet grazed his ear.
The searing pain only fueled Jerome Tobias's ferocity.
Enraged, Jerome Tobias personally killed two of his retreating men, roaring, "Don't retreat!"
Anyone who retreats will be shot on the spot!
Jerome Tobias grabbed one of his men and shoved him forward: "Charge! Hold them off!"
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On the other side, in Zone 5 of the eastern district of Tanlt City.
Eligu, who had arrived in Area 5 with nearly 300 men to quell the "rebellion," was immediately met with a devastating counterattack that left him questioning his very existence!
The so-called "rebels" were like wolves among sheep, defeating Eligu's men so thoroughly that they were almost powerless to fight back.
The Wukan militia, trained by the Xiluo people, were utterly helpless against this group of enemies.
The difference between the two is like that between military special forces and Boy Scouts.
Eligu and his men were playing the role of "Boy Scouts".
Eligu did not possess Jerome Tobias's calm and collected approach to handling affairs, nor his ability to adapt to changing circumstances and command.
Seeing his men dwindling in number, Eligu was the first to give in.
Realizing that the enemy and their own forces were not evenly matched, Eligu decisively chose to "avoid direct confrontation."
However, Eligu's luck was really not good.
Eligu, leading a group of defeated soldiers in a desperate retreat, had just climbed into the jeep.
The next second, the jeep that Eligu was in was hit accurately by a rocket.
The entire jeep instantly turned into a giant fireball.....................
Witnessing their general being killed by an enemy cannon blast, the already routed Wukan militia was thrown into complete chaos.
Some even shouted that the Great Qian Zhenguo Army had already invaded...
Jerome Tobias learned from the radio that Eligu had been killed, and the entire Wukan armed force had been turned upside down by enemies appearing from all sides.
He knew that the chances of stabilizing the situation under these circumstances were extremely slim.
In an instant, flames erupted throughout the eastern district of Tanlt City, and the sounds of gunfire filled the air. Many hostages also took advantage of the chaos to escape.
Faced with the Tani hostages who tried to escape in the chaos, these Wukan militia members, who had been beaten into a rout, proved to be quite "combat-ready".
While fleeing in all directions, large numbers of Wukan militia members continued to fire wildly into the fleeing hostages...
Realizing something was terribly wrong, Jerome Tobias grabbed one of his men and said, "Take your men and come with me!"
At this point, Jerome Tobias had no time to spare and immediately led a group of his men to meet up with Morse Yarlin's location....................
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"I'm certain—all this chaos outside must have been caused by those despicable people from the Qian Kingdom!"
"Those suddenly appearing armed groups are not 'rebels' at all!"
"These people are all elite special forces personnel who have undergone special training!"
"They must have been sent by the Qian Kingdom!"
"We've fallen for the Qian people's trick after all!" Jerome Tobias roared angrily. "Everything they did before was to deceive us!"
"I knew I couldn't have any illusions about the despicable Qian people!"
"They have never kept their promises..."
“My hunch was right after all…” Morse Yarlin looked helplessly at the furious Jerome Tobias.
Morse Yarlin pointed to the television screen, which had turned into static: "Just before you came in, all of our external communications were cut off."
In other words—we have now completely lost contact with the outside world!
Morse Yarlin glanced at the utterly shocked Jerome Tobias and said with a wry smile, "Now I finally understand what the Qian people are really up to..."
"What idea?" Jerome Tobias immediately asked.
"Isn't it obvious enough now?"
Morse Yarlin scoffed, "In the end—we underestimated the methods and despicable nature of the Qian people..."
"Looking back now—from the moment that Li, the division commander of the Daqian Zhenguo Army, held a press conference to convey the latest instructions from the capital to us."
"The Qian Kingdom has already made the final decision to preserve the dignity and face of the imperial court, regardless of the safety of the hostages in Tanert City!"
"The reason why the 16th Rapid Reaction Division voluntarily withdrew from Tanlt City was not, as they claimed, to express some so-called sincerity!"
"The reason why the Daqian Zhenguo Army took the initiative to retreat was entirely to avoid being affected by the explosion and causing unnecessary casualties."
"You mean..................." After hearing Morse Yarlin's words, Jerome Tobias immediately understood the crux of the matter: "The people of Qian are preparing to stage a 'framing' act in front of the whole world?"
"They first made us think that the capital had no other choice and was prepared to compromise and make concessions to us."
"Then, on the grounds of ensuring the safety of the hostages to the greatest extent possible and their sincerity in resolving the problem, the 16th Rapid Reaction Division on site was withdrawn from Tanlt City."
"Next, they sent a special forces commando team from the sandbar to secretly infiltrate Tanert City and create the illusion of an internal rebellion and infighting within the Wukan tribe..........................."
Jerome Tobias followed Morse Yarlin's train of thought more and more smoothly: "Then, they completely disrupted and cut off all external communications of Tanlt City."
"It's like we're suffering in silence, unable to express our bitterness!"
Even knowing the despicable methods of the Qian people, we still cannot expose their ugly faces to the outside world!
"What's even more ingenious is that—in this way, the eventual destruction of Tanert City in the explosion became an 'accident' caused by internal strife within the Wukan tribe."
In the end, we'll have to bear all the blame!
"The people of Qian Kingdom, on the other hand, completely distanced themselves from the matter, and shirked all responsibility!"
"Moreover, they will severely condemn us afterward and put all the blame on us."
"At that time, the people of Qian Kingdom will only need to feign regret and heartache for failing to save the remaining Tani hostages in Tanlt City."
"The seemingly unsolvable dilemma we meticulously planned in Tanlt City, which seemed like a sure win, ended up benefiting the people of Qian Kingdom!"
"The people of Qian Kingdom can use the painful lessons of the Tanlt City crisis to launch a new wave of extermination operations around the world!"
"They will take more severe measures against anti-government forces around the world."
"Moreover, their move will receive support from the majority of people around the world!"
"Because, in everyone's eyes—the reason why the remaining hostages in Tanlt City died was because of our ruthless killings....................."
Jerome Tobias slammed his fist on the table: "It's ironic, really..."
"Our meticulously planned scheme not only failed to embarrass the Qian people, but in some ways it actually helped them a great deal!"