Central China.
Under the Golden Council's blockade tactics, although it was slow, even snail-like, it was actually effective in gathering the Hell Castle's army bit by bit and gradually forcing them into a desperate situation.
However, the army of Hell Castle still has strong fighting power, and the coalition forces are worried that if they push them too hard, they will fight like trapped beasts.
The generals and commanders of the Allied Forces were well aware of how much damage a mad beast that would stop at nothing would bring to the Allied Forces.
Therefore, when the army of Hell Castle occupied a small fortress, the coalition forces did not press forward, but instead adopted a negotiation approach, hoping to end the war in a gentler way.
But the commander of Hell Fortress was very determined and refused all negotiations. However, they were still relatively restrained and just held on to the fortress, occasionally trying to break out, but had not taken any drastic actions so far.
In the fortress occupied by Hell Castle, powerful footsteps were heard. Hell Castle Commander Liu Yan, who was tall, had rough skin, very short hair that stood up, and his whole body was filled with the smell of gunpowder, strode into the command center.
Here, he saw General Chen Ge, who performed outstandingly in the war and rose like a comet, as well as the veteran generals of Hell Castle. Liu Yan was relieved to see no trace of fear on their faces with lines as hard as cast steel.
In the past eight months of fighting, many officers have died, and the number of officers still sitting here is only one-third of the original number. But after going through the test of iron and blood, everyone here has extremely strong nerves and is a well-deserved warrior and strong man.
Liu Yan strode to his seat but did not sit down. His muscular arms supported the table, causing the long alloy table to creak, as if it would deform and fall apart at any time.
"I have to tell you some bad news." Liu Yan said with a stern face without any expression.
None of the officers and generals below changed their color. In the past period of time, they heard several pieces of bad news almost every day.
To them, the three words "bad news" could not affect their mood in the slightest. Some of them were smoking, some were sipping their cigarettes, some had downcast eyes, and some still had fighting spirit in their eyes.
Liu Yan exhaled slowly: "This bad news is worse than any we have heard before. I hope you are all mentally prepared."
An officer wearing an eyepatch laughed. "Just tell me what the bad news is, Commander."
"We've lost contact with the fortress."
"To be exact, we have not had any contact with the Fortress in the past 13 days and 5 hours." Liu Yan added, "I have used a secret channel and an encryption module. That is a signal that the Golden Court United Army cannot block."
"So, Bastion, I'm afraid something's wrong."
The atmosphere in the command hall changed little by little. No one sitting here was worried about whether they could return home. But the changes in the fortress were enough to move them.
Except Chen Ge.
He was an orphan, helpless and without any ties.
There was no one in the fortress whom he had to go back to see.
But other officers are different. They either have parents, wives and children, or brothers and sisters in the fortress.
They all have concerns.
This gradually melted the lines on their faces, making them begin to feel uneasy. The officer wearing the eye patch stood up and said, "Why are you telling us now, sir?"
Liu Yan did not avoid his question. He looked directly at the officer and said, "First, in the first few days, I was worried that it was just a technical failure or a delay in receiving the fortress, so I couldn't communicate in time. So I didn't tell you, so as not to affect your mood."
"Secondly, we were preparing for a breakout. If we announced this news at that time, would you still be in the mood to fight?"
A white-haired old general threw down his hat and said, "Then what are we waiting for now, Commander? We should break out immediately!"
"No, we just fought a battle, and you know how many people were killed and injured. Now our soldiers' morale is low. Breaking out at this time will be pushing them out to die." Liu Yan immediately rejected the proposal.
Chen Ge said in a deep voice: "Then how long do we have to wait?"
Liu Yan looked at the window: "At least, one week later."
"Let the soldiers take a breath first. I will pretend to negotiate with the coalition forces and ask them to send us some food. On the day of the negotiation, I will be there to reassure them. Then, you will organize people to break out."
Chen Ge narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "Commander, do you know the consequences of doing that?"
Liu Yan laughed: "Of course, I will be caught and locked up for another 100 or 200 years. But it doesn't matter. I don't have anyone to worry about in the fortress anyway. If you can break through and get back, then my efforts will not be in vain."
The officers and generals stood up one after another, everyone was moved.
"Okay, okay, I know what you want to say, but you don't have to say anything, I have already made up my mind."
Liu Yan said in a deep voice: "Since I brought you out, I have the responsibility to bring you back, even if only some of you can go back."
"I called you all together today just to announce this matter. Okay, adjourn the meeting."
After saying that, Liu Yan was the first to leave the command center.
Two days later.
"stop!"
"Don't go over there, come back quickly!"
There was a commotion on the fortress wall. Chen Ge heard the sound and moved to the side of several soldiers. "What happened?"
When the soldiers saw it was him, they were all startled and then stammered, "Sir... there's a deserter."
"Deserters? Where are they?" Chen Ge looked down at the city and soon saw several sneaky figures using various obstacles as cover and heading towards the direction of the Allied Forces.
Chen Ge immediately said: "Kill them!"
Several soldiers looked at each other and said, "Sir, they heard that they had lost contact with the fortress, so they wanted to escape. Can we just catch them back?"
Chen Ge snorted, grabbed the gun from a soldier, aimed, and shot himself.
Several beams of light broke through the air one after another and hit the deserters, forcing them to hide in a pool of blood.
Chen Ge then threw the gun back and said, "This precedent cannot be set. If a precedent is set, and everyone runs away, how can we get so many people to catch them back?"
"Before we set out, the city lord read out the military order that all deserters would be killed! Have you all forgotten?"
The soldiers looked at each other, speechless, when a convoy of vehicles slowly approached outside the fortress.
"Sir, look!"
Chen Ge had already noticed it without being reminded. He took a telescope and looked around, and found that there were not many vehicles in the convoy, and except for two escort vehicles, the rest were signal engineering vehicles.
"Again
To persuade them to surrender? But are so many signal engineering vehicles necessary?" Chen Ge put down the telescope and said, "Quick, go and notify Commander Liu."
Soon Liu Yan arrived at the city wall, followed by seven or eight officers. After meeting up with Chen Ge, Liu Yan looked at the coalition convoy, which had stopped outside the range of the city defense artillery.
The engineering vehicles were lined up in a row, with antennas raised and projectors ready, which made Liu Yan a little confused.
After a while, a voice sounded: "I am Chu Ze, the negotiating representative of the United Army, but this time, I am not here to negotiate with you. Next, we will play a video from the Western Continent. We can guarantee that this video has not been processed in any way."
Hearing the broadcast from the other side, Liu Yan and other officers were even more confused and had no idea what the joint forces were trying to do.
The officer wearing the eye patch chuckled, "Are they trying to show some beautiful women and delicious food to lure us into surrender?"
After that, laughter was heard on the city wall.
At this time Liu Yan raised his hand, and immediately, the officers quieted down.
Then a light screen rose up on the opposite side. On the huge projection screen, a desolate plain appeared without any plants.
Seeing that scene, Chen Ge couldn't help but look at Liu Yan. Without him saying anything, many officers nearby exclaimed, "Isn't that the plain in front of the Scarlet Rift, the ancient battlefield of the First Alien God War? How come the Golden Council has found the location of our fortress?"
All of a sudden, the officers became nervous, and Liu Yan was no exception: "Could it be that the reason why the fortress couldn't be contacted is because the Golden Council has discovered its location and launched an attack?"
Hearing this, many officers gnashed their teeth and said, "Commander, don't look at it anymore. Let's go and fight them now."
"Wait." Chen Ge said softly, "Look, that's... the convoy evacuating from the fortress?"
On the screen, a convoy appeared on the vast plain. The convoy had black and red Hellburg chariots that looked like shuttles, but more were large and small civilian vehicles. There was obviously a battle going on behind the convoy, with flames and smoke rising continuously from explosions.
Soon, the camera zoomed in, allowing the officers of Hell Castle to see that behind the convoy, there appeared black people with horns on their heads and spewing flames. Those humanoid monsters were chasing the convoy and overturned some chariots and blew them up.
"This... Isn't this the 'devil'? Isn't this the black people behind the Clave Gate? How did they get out?"
"Could it be that our Krav Gate is out of control?"
For a moment, there were cries of surprise from all over the city wall.
Then, the United Army's broadcast sounded again: "As you can see, this is the image sent from the Western Continent two days ago. We have found the location of your fortress, but your Clave Gate is out of control, and the black people inside the gate have rushed out."
"Right now, our council is mobilizing all the fortresses in the Western Continent, and we need them to dispatch troops to form a coalition to suppress them."
"Everyone, no matter what our positions are, the black people are our common enemy. Besides, your relatives and friends may have met with accidents or are waiting for you to go back and rescue them."
"So we hope that you can surrender unconditionally. As long as you surrender, we can arrange for you to return to the Westland as soon as possible, because now, we need more manpower and greater strength to prevent this disaster."
"Of course, after the black people are stopped, you must give an explanation and compensate for the damage you have caused to Central China and the losses you have caused to the people!"