My Wife is Actually a top-tier Soldier King?!-Chapter 1187 - 1087: Phantom Strikes! Borrowing the Tiger’s Might!_2
But nothing was hit.
However, both of them felt that something was certainly approaching, and the sense of danger was getting stronger.
"Damn it! What the hell is that thing?"
"Could it be that we’re seeing ghosts?"
"The infrared night-vision equipment isn’t responding, could it be they’re wearing anti-infrared camouflage suits?"
Just when the two were somewhat puzzled...
Pop pop, two sounds!
The two instantly saw darkness before their eyes, losing consciousness and collapsing with a thud.
Removing the silencer from the silenced gun, the Aggregated State Combat Robot ’Phantom One’ fired into the sky with a bang bang of the trigger.
The crisp sound of gunfire echoed through the mountains and forests.
Phantom One quietly left, and before long, guards drawn by the sound of the gunshots, heavily armed, arrived at the scene to search the mountain.
Even without finding things like the satellite phone, professional camera, telescope, firearms and so on, just from their attire, it was obvious these were people hiding here, intending harm to Wu Jie and his companion.
This remote wilderness was the most convenient place in Genlong Village to hide and ambush.
Because the area spanned several square kilometers, which was not small, even if the guards frequently conducted searches, they couldn’t ensure a one hundred percent sweep without omissions.
No matter what identity these two people had, or who had knocked them out, since they were captured alive, naturally they would be taken back for a thorough interrogation overnight.
Excellent special agents would try their best to avoid falling into enemy hands to suffer inhumane torture and various coercive interrogations, choosing to end their own lives if they knew there was no chance of escape.
They typically carried lethal poison with them, which they could administer orally or by injection, dying painlessly within a few seconds.
The simplest method was to embed a button-like poison capsule in the collar, just a bite down and the poison would enter the mouth, leading quickly to death.
It certainly wasn’t about keeping the poison in the mouth in advance, biting down on it when necessary — what if there was an accident and it was accidentally bitten, wouldn’t that be like suicide?
To prevent the possibility of them waking up and trying to take their lives,
the guards gagged their mouths, tied their hands behind their backs, and bound their legs tightly.
Like carrying dead pigs, they were brought into the cellar in the back garden for overnight interrogation.
Although it was clear without guessing that they must be agents of the Star Federation,
if they could break through their psychological defenses and get them to disclose more information, it would be an unexpected gain.
Of course.
The vast expanse of remote wilderness also needed to be more strictly guarded.
It can’t be too easy for someone to penetrate, hiding and lurking within.
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Meanwhile.
In Nabigu Continent, tens of thousands of kilometers away.
It was already deep into the night back home, but here the sun had just set, and it was early evening.
Shayol had hoped to end the Battle of Baldet before dawn.
But plans cannot keep up with changes.
To clear the ruins of the mountaintop villa and find Abulaxi’s body was not easy.
Because there were always armed forces bombarding the mountaintop villa, with heavy machine gun fire sweeping the area. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
Not only was the excavator destroyed, but the soldiers were also forced to hide and return fire.
Sometimes, just as a hole was dug, it would be collapsed by a round of bombardment.
Busy till noon without resolving the issue, and several soldiers were killed or injured, Padding Shayol ordered a retreat.
For the sake of a body, losing more soldiers’ lives was not worth it.
But thinking of retreating?
It’s not so easy!
Evacuating by helicopter? Wouldn’t that be asking for trouble?
High-altitude anti-aircraft machine guns, portable shoulder-held anti-air missiles, could blast helicopters out of the sky within minutes, causing even more gruesome casualties.
And retreating by the highway...
Naturally, it would be like the various platoons of the Marine Corps trapped in Baldet city area, constantly besieged.
Retreating to Baldet airfield was no longer an option, as it was continuously under artillery fire, and the runways had been blasted apart, making it impossible for planes to take off or land.
Therefore, Padding Shayol kept reinforcing troops for support, also mobilizing a large number of warplanes to provide fire support.
After nearly ten hours of fierce fighting, having paid a heavy price in casualties, the great retreat was finally completed.
Of course.
Abulaxi’s corpse was not found.
The wreckage of downed fighter jets, tanks and armored vehicles stranded, and bodies unrecovered could only be left forever on this turbulent and chaotic land.
Pursue not the weary with undue haste!
The armed civilians of Baldet, of course, understood this principle well.
Leaving their familiar urban areas to fight in the open against the Star Federation, wouldn’t that be asking for trouble?
So, they let the Star Federation’s soldiers retreat while they bathed in the sunset, stepping on the wreckage of fighter jets and armored vehicles, raising their AK assault rifles, celebrating wildly and unrestrained.
Some soldiers’ corpses were hung on the fences of trucks, like animals brought to market, paraded around in celebration.
As for those prisoners of war who were stunned by the blast, knocked out, or injured and unable to move during the battle, they met with an even worse fate.
The injured were brought out for public humiliation, and those civilians who lost family and friends in the war naturally couldn’t hold back, and mobbed them en masse.
It wasn’t just fists and kicks, but whips soaked in saltwater, barbed wire lashes, whipped furiously, resulting in wails and sobs, tears streaming, with the footage uploaded online for the whole world to see the invaders’ grim fate.
As for the prisoners who were unharmed, they naturally were tied up, mouths gagged, beaten not nor insulted, letting them watch their comrades being cruelly tortured, scaring them.
The reason for not laying hands on them was because these armed mobs knew that even though the Star Federation had withdrawn, their drones were still patrolling and surveying from the skies, and their warplanes could still bomb at any time.
These prisoners were their amulets; with them present, the Star Federation wouldn’t ruthlessly bomb.
Of course.
Not all prisoners were paraded for show, the treatment for Xu Kuishan and his son was different.
When the Star Federation withdrew, they didn’t take the father and son with them, and there was no space for them in the few remaining infantry armored vehicles.
Besides.
Beforehand, they were guests of the leader Abulaxi, they were there to discuss collaboration, not as enemies.
Aboard the armored vehicle.
The father and son watched the celebratory Africans outside the windows and couldn’t help but snicker.
To these mob-like armed civilians, driving out the Star Federation and winning the Battle of Baldet felt as though they had conquered the entire world.
Little did they know, it was only a temporary triumph of the spirit.
The Star Federation had suffered a significant setback, and they would inevitably put pressure on other fronts.
In the front seat, Jasiwari’s expression was somber.
He was the head of Baldet city’s security forces, one of Abulaxi’s confidants.
Before the air raid, having learned that the leader had acquired nuclear warheads, he took his men on patrols and inspections, which is why he survived the bombing and became the highest-ranking officer after the war.
The authorities of Nabigu Continent had already appointed Jasiwari as the acting Commander for the Baldet war zone.
But the war had left the city in ruins, even more impoverished and chaotic, where to go from here?
Jasiwari was troubled to death by the prospect of getting a promotion without the opportunity to become wealthy.
"Leader, give us father and son one month, and we’ll make Baldet more prosperous than Xikelse!"
Xu Feng suddenly asserted confidently.
Jasiwari raised an eyebrow: "You two have such ability?"
Xu Feng chuckled: "Yes, don’t ask me why, because Wu Jie is my brother!"
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