Chapter 1174: Chapter 686: The Most Important Mission

Return countdown 96:39:01.

Midnight.

To the north of City No. 10, the Li Federal Group Army’s base lay in darkness, with dark green straw placed on all tents as camouflage.

In modern warfare, sometimes remote firepower units can calculate the coordinates of a command post through satellite photos and then launch a precise bombardment.

Therefore, to win, one must be extraordinarily cautious.

Further to the north, the sounds of artillery fire occasionally roared.

The Federation’s full-scale civil war had already begun, and this was the frontline.

This Li unit was stationed in a small valley, and inside a certain cave, Li Yanmu, the Li frontline commander, was engaged in a battle meeting with Li Changqing.

“The battle on the frontlines is tense, and our remaining two field divisions are still on the march. The opponent’s chosen strategic location is quite tricky, and the forward base must advance 130 kilometers further north to secure logistics…”

A colonel said, “According to analyses, the Jindai intends to use that city to create biological contamination. Now the satellite images show that only three districts in City No. 10 have not fallen, and it’s only a matter of time before they do. If the Taboo ACE-022 is truly in Jindai’s hands, then a massive tide of rats might encircle us from behind.”

Currently, the troops of the Li Clan and Qing Clan were gathering north of City No. 10, with a small force in the south guarding against a sudden attack by the Chen Clan.

The Jindai was attacking from an even more northern position on an all-out assault.

If at this time, someone controlled hundreds of thousands or even millions of rats to depart from City No. 10, then the joint forces of the Qing and the Li might be caught between the rat tide and Jindai’s troops.

At that point, the Li and Qing forces would be in a desperate situation.

The colonel said to Li Changqing, “Sir, now is not the time to hesitate. I know what I’m saying is cruel, but the most reliable method is to destroy the entire city with cruise missiles. Even if it becomes a Taboo Land, we can’t risk being surrounded by the rat tide.”

Li Yanmu mused, “According to the information Qing Chen conveyed to the Family Head and Secret Department, the person controlling this event is likely Jindai Chika, who succeeded in body possession. Regardless of his current identity, he is surely inside City No. 10. Destroying City No. 10 not only eliminates the rat tide but would also kill him. It’s simple: six cruise missiles will suffice to destroy it, with no anti-aircraft firepower to intercept, eliminating our threat.”

Li Changqing fell silent.

At this moment, the Group Army Chief of Staff Li Yunwei said, “But after firing the missiles, all the civilians there will perish too. Can we wait until the defenses of the last three districts collapse before launching?”

Li Yanmu shook his head, “They can no longer survive. A demigod-level biological contamination and Jindai’s secret manipulation mean no one will leave alive. Now you think Jindai Chika will attack the final three districts after controlling the rat tide, but what if he doesn’t and instead releases the entire rat tide immediately? Would it still be in time? Changqing, do you believe he will create miracles? Are you willing to gamble the lives of 220,000 frontline soldiers on him creating a miracle? The rat tide is still in the city now and easy to kill. If they disperse into the wilderness, they can’t be killed.”

From a military strategy perspective, Li Yanmu wasn’t wrong.

Without a miracle, the rat tide would inevitably become a major threat to the entire Federation. In such a situation, even sending a field brigade for urban battle might not solve the problem with the rats.

Bombarding was their optimal solution.

As a frontline commander, his most important task was to eliminate future threats and not gamble with 220,000 soldiers’ lives.

Even if Qing Chen was there, even if he was an independent director of the Li Clan.

This was akin to Qing Chen directing Kunlun and the Parents’ Meeting to execute plans, Qing Chen could be ruthless, and so could Li Yanmu, neither was wrong. Li Yanmu would also feel guilty every time he thought about giving the order to bomb City No. 10, and this guilt would accompany them for life.

But as a commander, such awareness was necessary.

Li Changqing bit his lip and remained silent for five minutes, clenching his fists until his palms bled, finally saying, “I second.”

This was the cruelty of the times.

Just then, an operations staff officer ran in and said, “The Qing Clan requests communication.”

Li Yanmu and the others looked over, and Li Changqing said, “Patch through to the encrypted channel.”

In the next moment, a holographic projection activated in the dark command post, displaying the pale blue figure of the newly appointed Qing Federal Army Commander Qing Yu. He got straight to the point: “Are you preparing to launch missiles at City No. 10?”

Li Yanmu was slightly taken aback: “We saw through satellite that only the last three districts of City No. 10 have not fallen.”

Qing Yu’s expression remained unchanging as he continued: “The boss said you might do something like that, so he asked me to inform you to wait another four days, as that is the return day of the Time Traveler. Qing Chen will definitely deliver new information through the Time Traveler, and by then, we’ll know whether he has the capability to resolve this issue. Rest assured, Jindai Chika won’t have enough time to complete control of the rat tide in such a short span. So if, after the next return and crossing, Qing Chen still has no way to stop the rat tide, our Qing Clan will level City No. 10 ourselves, letting Jindai Chika accompany all the deceased.”

The Li command post fell silent, and the boss Qing Yu mentioned was likely the Qing Clan House Master.

Following Qing Yu’s post-corporate deployment, he became the frontline commander of the Federal Group Army, likely an arrangement by the Family Head.

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