Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don't Call Me a Demon!-Chapter 535 - 342 Sleeping Dragon and Young Phoenix

Chapter 535: Chapter 342: Sleeping Dragon and Young Phoenix (Second Update)

Chapter 535: Chapter 342: Sleeping Dragon and Young Phoenix (Second Update)

If he really could annihilate Steel Camp, he would not only greatly undermine the morale of the Jieke Group, but also boost the national support rate that had slipped due to the war. Then, who would dare call him an unqualified king.

Barely having ascended to the throne before commencing war, he had not been spared from being denounced and cursed by the old conservative faction within Siam.

“Yes, Your Majesty, we will be victorious.”

Narong spoke with unwavering conviction, knowing that at this moment, he must firm his will, or else the opportunity for battle would slip away in vain.

“Your Majesty, please issue the order. We will expand your territory and severely weaken or even eradicate Steel Camp, strike at the arrogance of the Jieke Group. Victory shall belong to us, to you, the great Your Majesty. For this, I am willing to serve as Your Majesty’s eyes, to personally go down and command the battle, I humbly request Your Majesty to grant me this wish.”

Bhansong swung his arms and spoke with fervor, even planning to personally go to the front line to command the troops.

Protected by so many armored forces, he had no concerns about his safety.

His words made Pupeng’s heart surge with excitement. Pleased, he nodded his head and with clenched fist said, “I grant your request. I, as king, command you to mobilize the 1st Heavy Armored Division and the 2nd Cavalry Division and start the encirclement and annihilation of Steel Camp.”

After speaking, he even patted the shoulders of the two men, feeling gratified and remarked, “To have spotted such a great flaw in the enemy right at the start of the war, you both are indeed my sleeping dragon and young phoenix. Once we achieve the complete annihilation of Steel Camp, I will proclaim your achievements nationwide, no, worldwide. Then, you two will be universally recognized as great generals of our time.”

Bhansong’s breath hitched. If they could really wipe out Steel Camp, it would certainly cause a global sensation.

At that time, the amount of flowers and praise he would receive was beyond what he even dared to imagine.

With this thought in mind, Bhansong, who held a high position, felt an excitement he could hardly contain.

This opportunity for historical glory was once in a lifetime; he had to seize it and give the world a small shock from a great general.

……

December 27th.

On the third day of the war, the 1st Heavy Armored Division, stationed in Manchester, and the 2nd Cavalry Division (Light Armored Division), two forces joining streams, set out from Manchester towards Beibi Prefecture.

The former, modeled after the armored division of the Beautiful Country, had replaced a lot of old equipment over the last six months, acquiring equipment and training from instructors from the Beautiful Country.

Now, the entire division was equipped with 150 M1A2 main battle tanks, as well as 55 M60A3 tanks, 105 M8 light tanks, over thirty armed helicopters, 120 M113 armored personnel carriers, 45 Striker armored vehicles, 165 Commando wheeled armored vehicles, 140 M1283 armored troop carriers, 12 units of Hamas rocket artillery, among various other equipment.

Although the figures were considerably reduced compared to an armored division of the Beautiful Country, forced to use some old equipment to fill the gaps, it still constituted a powerful land combat force.

Especially the 150 M1A2 main battle tanks, among the most advanced tanks in the world, with a unit price around ten million US dollars each. Such tanks numbered a full 150 in the 1st Heavy Armored Division.

The latter, the 2nd Cavalry Division, was equipped with 105 M10 light tanks, as well as over two hundred various types of older armored vehicles.

Apart from the newly purchased M10 light tanks, M1A2 main battle tanks, and some armed helicopters from the Beautiful Country, the other vehicles of these two forces were basically produced during the Cold War era. Many had been discontinued, but were still operational in a country like Siam.

Before the rise of the Jieke Group, they had been sufficient to protect Siam.

However, after the rise of the Jieke Group, to deal with the threat, Siam’s 2nd Cavalry Division had been compelled to buy more powerful weaponry from the Beautiful Country, such as replacing the Scorpion Light Tanks developed and produced by the Great British Empire in the ’60s and ’70s with the 2nd Cavalry Division’s M10 light tanks.

Despite the mix of outdated equipment, the combined forces, with over four hundred tanks and seven to eight hundred various types of armored vehicles and artillery, plus the prepared logistics vehicles, formed a standard steel tide.

Being a country with a GDP ranking in the top thirty globally, this armored tide was still quite formidable once deployed.

For fear that the Jieke Group would get wind of the operation and evacuate Steel Camp, this armored tide moved at full speed toward the target and went to great lengths to block all related news along the way.

Covering the short distance of two hundred kilometers, relying on the road network, with only a few armored vehicles breaking down, the main force smoothly entered Beibi Prefecture. Over four hours later, they appeared near the Durand Highway, where Steel Camp was active.

Inside an armored command vehicle, Bhansong was having a cheerful conversation with the commander of the 1st Heavy Armored Division, She Nimo.

“Fifteen minutes ago, a group of Steel Camp Genetic Soldiers appeared near Xiangyu City, and witnesses have continually spotted over twenty Genetic Soldier figures. According to Jieke Group’s organization, this is the equivalent of a platoon of their forces.”

And just two hours ago, witnesses also saw two squads of Steel Camp Genetic Soldiers appear near Xiangyu City, which is close to the Durand Highway. They’re certainly using this as a base to frequently harass our logistics.”

Moreover, Xiangyu City is an industrial city where many factories have now switched to producing military supplies—they might even want to attack Xiangyu City and destroy our factories.”

A map is spread out on the table, and She Nimo’s eyes are bright and focused.

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Now their steel tide is just a mere twenty kilometers away from Xiangyu City in a straight line. It won’t take half an hour for them to attack, and the self-propelled howitzers in the troops can already hit this position.

Previously, they hadn’t sent out warplanes to bomb so as not to scare away the Steel Camp.

Although the presence of the Steel Camp has been detected, they’re not marching in dense formations but rather scattered around—east side, west side—alerting one would alarm the others.”

If they ran away and hid in the mountains and cities, it would truly be like releasing a tiger back into the wild.”

Plus, the Steel Camp is Jieke Group’s prized asset; if we deploy warplanes, Jieke Group will definitely send their own immediately to protect and relocate personnel by helicopter.”

But for the 1st Heavy Armored Division and the 2nd Cavalry Division, such problems are not problems at all.”

Together, the two units make up twelve hundred combat vehicles, dozens of helicopters in the sky, with total personnel reaching over thirty-five thousand.”

When this force deploys its fan-shaped encirclement, they can completely capture the Steel Camp—there’s no way for them to escape.”

“Let the first big defeat that Jieke Group experiences be delivered by me,” Bhansong’s eyes are filled with uncontainable excitement, his heartbeat pounding like a drum, his blood raging as if in fierce flames, his entire being alight with fervor.

He wants to make big news, to annihilate Jieke Group’s ace unit, the Steel Camp, in its entirety in Xiangyu City.

“Report, the rear has informed us that TZ213, a large unmanned drone, has discovered the Steel Camp moving towards Red Maple Mountain.”

Inside the command vehicle, a staff officer receives the report from below.

The high-altitude large unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, purchased from Beautiful Country, has detected the new movements of the Steel Camp.”

“They’re trying to escape. Transmit the orders, the entire army moves at full speed to encircle and annihilate the Steel Camp.”

Bhansong immediately jumped up, such a massive steel tide advancing would be very difficult to conceal completely. It’s already too late for the enemy to notice now.”

Their two fully mechanized steel tides—how could the enemy’s two legs outrun wheels and tracks?

Even if they could burst out at a speed of hundreds of kilometers per hour, it would only be temporary and not sustainable over the long term.”

As orders cascade down the line, the thirty-five thousand strong steel tide moves southward, driving into the plains on the south side of the Durand Highway.”

Steel tracks crush large swathes of shrubs, knock down small trees, and kick up vast patches of damp soil, forming a massive front line over ten kilometers wide that sweeps forward relentlessly.

In space, countless countries’ satellites reorient to focus on this grand spectacle.”

Countries with strong intelligence processing capability, by aggregating intelligence, have come to understand the causes and progresses of the incident.”

“The Steel Camp is finished.”

Countries capable of satellite reconnaissance here have mostly arrived at the same conclusion.”

The flesh and blood of humans, even with the addition of Biological Armor, simply cannot contend with such an overwhelming number of steel tides.”