Chapter 790 A Heavy Loss

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No one could have imagined that the drug dealers in Dark Town would be so vicious, At the very least, all of the Military Forces, including Hoventon, would not have thought that, especially in the aftermath of disasters, Rice Army instinctively relaxed, In their view, Maybe there's still a trap ahead, But now they're camping where they are, There will never be another catastrophe, Buried dozens of tanks at once, Killing four helicopters and causing thousands of people to be lost was already a huge feat. Even if there were traps, they would definitely not be able to catch up to this scale. Therefore, after the fire was extinguished, almost all of the soldiers relaxed. After confirming that the tanks were not destroyed, countless people spontaneously gathered towards dozens of craters. So what if the tanks were heavy? They had tens of thousands of troops here, and they only needed to send out a few thousand people to lift those tanks out of the pit.

The Mi army's speed was extremely fast and their mentality was relatively relaxed. However, what they never expected was that dozens of large craters were just the most basic traps. The real killing move was a large number of bombs at the bottom of the craters!

Real bombs.

Portable bombs, grenades, and dense gunpowder could be determined from the crater where the tank company commander was. There was absolutely no second kind of scenery beneath each crater.

Run!

Run!

Once a bomb of this scale exploded, no one who approached would have a good ending. Even if the enemy only detonated a pit of explosives, a violent explosion would be enough to detonate all the bombs nearby. Compared to the helicopter crash just now, this was the real disaster.

However, it was still too late for the Mi army to discover it.

The Rice Army, which was the closest to the pit, turned around and fled. However, the people in the back did not know what had happened. They only asked subconsciously. The bombs at the bottom of the pit exploded as the tanks collided heavily with the bottom of the pit!

Heaven-shaking!

It was absolutely earth-shattering.

Hundreds of meters of dense forest turned into ash in the explosion, The entire forest trembled in the explosion, Smoke and dust flew up along with the shattered corpses of trees. Countless shocking cracks appeared on the solid ground. A few seconds ago, the terrified screams belonging to the Mi army completely disappeared in the explosion. After the flames, countless Mi troops were directly wiped out, and dozens of main battle tanks were blasted into a pile of scrap metal.

There were no serious injuries in the explosion, only death.

The explosion formed a terrifying shockwave visible to the naked eye, engulfing all the nearby Rice Army. The originally vigorous warriors didn't even have time to scream before they turned into corpses one after another.

This was the cruelest destruction, vicious and sinister.

In the explosion, at least several thousand soldiers were killed, their bodies shattered, and many of them could not even find the remains of their corpses.

To their deaths, none of these soldiers were able to fire a single shot.

They hadn't even seen the enemy's face yet. Even at this moment, after the huge loss, they were still two kilometers away from the enemy.

Two kilometers, for the army, It was merely a charging distance. However, looking at the plain and the dense forest hundreds of meters away from the plain, every single one of the Military Personnel's eyes were filled with fear and panic. In their eyes, the last two kilometers of the road were practically a path of death filled with evil, waiting for everyone to die.

For a moment, the tens of thousands of meter troops were dumbfounded and didn't dare to take another step forward. The scene was terribly quiet.

The whistling of the rotors broke the silence.

Above the dense forest, Eight helicopters landed on the ground one after another, Hundreds of meters of dense forest were razed to the ground, Instead, it provided the helicopters with a landing site, Before the helicopter could stop, The cabin door of the helicopter in the center was suddenly pulled open. Governor Howenton roared as he rushed out of the cabin. He didn't know if his sturdy body was swaying because of the air flow brought by the rotor or because of the heavy blow. He barely stood on the ground and stared blankly at the surroundings. He couldn't regain his senses for a while.

"Mr. Governor..."

Brigadier General Solo came to Huo Wenton's side and carefully shouted.

"I'm fine. Go, hurry up and count the losses. Report to me as soon as possible."

Huo Wenton's entire body trembled and he suddenly regained his senses. He grabbed Brigadier General Solo's collar and roared angrily.

"Yes!"

The brigadier general's entire body went cold. He helplessly replied, There was no need for statistics. Just by looking at the scene, one could tell that the losses this time had reached a figure that no one could bear. These were all his direct troops, and they suffered such heavy losses. However, they couldn't attack in front of Huo Wenton. Under the gloominess in his heart, the brigadier general's face turned pale and he was so depressed that he almost vomited blood.

Huo Wenton asked Brigadier General Solo for help and took two steps forward. Then, he sat on the ground without any image and stared blankly at everything in front of him.

He couldn't even care less about anger now. All he had was regret, endless regret. If he had known that the war in Dark Town would turn out like this, he wouldn't have come here to kill him. However, regret was useless now. Taking Dark Town back was his only chance.

Huo Wenton didn't know how big the chance was, But judging from the vicious traps around Dark Town, The enemy was clearly prepared, A large pit on the ground, The explosion just now, It was constantly dampening his confidence, Now, Not only the Mi army, Even Hawington was a little frightened and numb, But as he said to Soro, He had no choice, Even if he died here, He had no other choice, If you can't get it back to Dark Town, He would lose all authority. Hawenton had been in power for so long. Once he lost power, he would face a situation worse than death. At the very least, those wealthy families that had firmly supported him and paid a lot of money would make his life worse than death. Therefore, even if he could not take back Dark Town, even if he died here, he would still have to wage war.

When war broke out, there was at least a chance of winning. If he retreated, then he would have nothing left.

Brigadier General Solo's movements were quick. He waved his hand and called over a few of his confidant officers. After passing on Huo Wenton's orders, he silently waited for news from his subordinates.

The tens of thousands of troops had received the news of the renovation on the spot, and their hearts had calmed down. To them, war might still be inevitable, but at least for now, as long as they were not allowed to continue forward, even if they delayed for a little longer, it would still be good.

Solo looked at the relieved faces of most of the soldiers. He secretly smiled bitterly. The second-line troops were not the true elites. He was certain that if all of this happened to the Third Field Army, even if it could still affect them, it would definitely not make them lose their desire to fight like the current Rice Army.

That was the true elite. Even though the commander had issued countless orders to kill, and even though their morale was completely gone, the Third Field Corps had caused more than half of the drug dealers' casualties in the war in Dark Town. If it was a war like this, the casualties of the drug dealers would not even exceed 10,000 if it was a second-line force.

Time passed bit by bit.

It was already morning in the dense forest of Dark Town.

The sunlight became more and more dazzling.

When Brigadier General Solo was about to fall asleep, his subordinates finally counted all the casualties.

Several colonels stood near Brigadier General Solo, pulling and pulling. Their eyes flickered as if they were arguing about something. Their eyes looked at Brigadier General Solo's direction from time to time, hesitating but refusing to come over.

The confused Brigadier General Solo's heart burned with rage as he shook his head to wake himself up. He roared, "What the hell are you guys doing? Get over here right now! Everyone, get over here!"

The brigadier general's roar was loud until he roared out. He realized that Governor Howington was nearby. He was shocked. He subconsciously turned to look at Howington, only to find that the Governor was still sitting there in a daze. He did not even raise his head.

Brigadier General Solo's heart sank again. He didn't expect the trap in Dark Town to cause such a serious blow to Governor Howington. But now was clearly not the time to comfort him. Brigadier General took a deep breath and looked at the few colonels who were walking beside him. He asked in a low voice, "Are the casualties counted?"

The few colonels' expressions were gloomy as they looked at each other. None of them dared to speak first.

Brigadier General Solo was furious again. His temper was already hot, If it was any other time, His subordinates dared to do this in front of him. He had already started slapping his face. But now that the war was imminent, his every word and deed could affect the tens of thousands of soldiers below. Therefore, he could only suppress his anger and slowly said, "Tell me, I know that the losses this time are serious, but the enemy is too cunning. I won't blame you."

Even though he said that, the muscles at the corner of his mouth were still twitching uncontrollably.

He did know that the loss was extremely serious, but when he saw the expression on his extremely subordinate's face, he understood that the loss this time was likely to be even more serious than he had expected.

The colonels looked at each other again. At a time when Brigadier General Solo's eyes were clearly filled with irritability, One of the oldest colonels finally said, "General, we have suffered a great loss this time. Four helicopters, dozens of main battle tanks and armored vehicles have been completely annihilated. This is something everyone can see. Besides, the greatest loss is the sacrifice of soldiers. We have just counted it, roughly … roughly …"

The more the colonel spoke, the paler his expression became, "From the helicopter crash to the tank explosion, our army lost a total of 6,312 soldiers, 3,000 of whom belonged to the remnants of the field corps. More than 3,000 people were injured, 1,500 of whom were seriously injured and have lost their ability to fight."

Six thousand meters was sacrificed.

Including the three thousand elites of the strongest field corps.

One thousand five hundred American soldiers were seriously wounded...

Soro's eyes darkened and he almost fainted.

This was equivalent to losing nearly eight thousand men before the war started.

This number might not seem to be many, but if nearly 8,000 people stood in a row, then the length could be said to be boundless. This was equivalent to the strength of an elite division!

This counterattack, their total number was only over 30,000. Adding on an infantry division that would arrive here in a few hours, they were only in their early 40,000. Now, before the battle, they had lost one fifth of their manpower. To the Mi army, this was definitely a serious injury.

Solo was sweating profusely. Before he could regain his senses, a voice sounded from behind him, scaring him to the point that his soul almost collapsed. "Have you counted the casualties?"

Soro jumped up from the ground and hurriedly turned around. Looking at Huo Wenton who suddenly appeared behind him, he opened his mouth and stammered, "Ah, Mr. Governor, we …"

"How's the loss? Soro, I want to hear the truth. You can't lie to me, and it's not good for you to lie to me at a time like this!"

Huo Wenton's tone was low, but his eyes were extremely sharp.

"We... this... Mr. Governor..."

Soro opened his mouth and finally smiled bitterly. "Unfortunately, our losses this time were unexpectedly heavy. Nearly eight thousand soldiers have lost their combat ability, only a thousand of them were injured."

"Did you lose eight thousand meters?"

Huo Wenton interrupted Brigadier General Soro and asked.

"This... Yes."

Solo was sweating profusely as he waited for Huo Wenton to vent his anger on him.

'"Alright, I understand. Brigadier General Solo, you go and do the ideological work for the soldiers. The war is about to start. No matter what, they can't go to the battlefield with a burden on their minds. You must appease them. Do you understand?" Huo Wenton nodded his head and said calmly, "Alright, I understand, Brigadier General Solo."

"Yes, I understand. I will go immediately!"

Brigadier General Solo nodded and turned around to head straight for the Rice Barracks.

However, just as he took a few steps forward, a strange sound sounded from behind him.

"Pu!"

The soft voice caused Brigadier General Solo to suddenly turn around.

In his line of sight, the calm Governor of Howington spat out a large mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.

"Mr. Governor!!!"

Alsophila spinulosa's expression changed drastically as it rushed out and hugged Huo Wenton in its arms.

Now, it seems, the governor in power is even more in need of comfort than an ordinary soldier.

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