District 9

In Fengbei City, Sha Zhongxing, wearing a general uniform, was patrolling various camps.

The defeat outside the city and the embarrassment of the various regiments retreated, which made the defenders in the city feel uneasy. Looking back on the first defeat of the coalition forces a few days ago, the Shensha Corps was greatly encouraged and held a celebration banquet. All the joy and laughter, Pushing the cup and changing the cup, it was as if it had just happened, both real and seemingly illusory.

Shen Wanzhou did not go to the camp with Sha Zhongxing to boost morale. Instead, he hid in his magnificent commander-in-chief's office and was alone.

His son died tragically, but the murderer has not been found yet; the Shensha Corps was surrounded and suppressed by five forces, and the situation was already very critical.

Shen Wanzhou, who had been fighting for his whole life, realized at this moment that the commander-in-chief's exclusive chair sitting under his butt seemed to be likely to be overturned at any time. And at that moment, not only will he be unable to grasp what he is about to have in front of him, but he may also lose what he originally had.

Shen Wanzhou felt an inescapable feeling of exhaustion in his heart, but he had no right to admit defeat. Once the Chensha Corps is defeated, the Shen family members will be crushed alive by the iron hoofs of the coalition forces, and those who have been loyal to him and follow him will also be in danger. And he himself will be pushed to a public trial and labeled as a war criminal. After being spurned by others, he will leave this world in humiliation.

Shen Wanzhou thought about the various possibilities in the future and became more determined. The idea of ​​​​bringing the EU area into the customs and relying on external forces to break the situation should be established first.

…

Stayed up all night.

At around nine o'clock the next morning, Shen Wanzhou sat at the breakfast table and drank sticky rice porridge under the constant persuasion of the guards.

There was a sound of footsteps, and Qin Wenxu pushed the door open from outside and walked in: "Commander, according to your instructions, I called General Anthony again, but he didn't answer the phone himself... His adjutant's tone was also a bit evasive."

Shen Wanzhou frowned: "Have the Sixth District troops in Xibo's no-man's land moved forward?"

"No. After Wu Tianyin and Xiang Zehao returned to Beifengkou, they immediately sent troops into the outskirts of Xibo's no-man's land, but the troops of the Sixth District's Liberal Party seemed to have no intention of taking the initiative to attack." Qin Wenxu shook his head.

"What about southwest and northwest?" Shen Wanzhou asked again.

"The situation over there is better. The coalition forces from the Fifth District and the European Union First District are approaching the garrison of the Gu and Sichuan factions, with the intention of attacking." Qin Wenxu replied.

Shen Wanzhou put down the porridge bowl and started thinking with a frown on his face.

"Commander, I think you should not worry too much." Qin Wenxu saw that Shen Wanzhou was in a bad mood and immediately tried to persuade him: "We have a closer relationship with the EU Area 1, but the Sixth Area is because of the EU area's face. Only then did we agree to help put military pressure on the Wu faction in the no-man’s land of Xibo. Therefore, I think the Liberal Party’s troops did not move. It should be because they have not communicated well with the EU Zone 1, and they are not deliberately messing with us.”

Shen Wanzhou shook his head and immediately ordered: "Call General Anthony again. I want to talk to him personally."

"Okay." Qin Wenxu immediately walked to the desk and used a military wireless phone to call General Anthony, the Minister of Regional Security of EU Region 1.

Tens of seconds later, the call was connected. Qin Wenxu chatted briefly, turned to look at Shen Wanzhou and said, "Commander, General Anthony asks you to speak to me."

Shen Wanzhou stood up, walked to the desk, and answered the phone: "Hello, General Anthony."

"Hello, Commander Shen." Anthony replied in broken Chinese.

"Haha." Shen Wanzhou laughed and asked angrily: "How was your meeting over there? I just..."

"I'm sorry, my friend," Anthony interrupted and replied without even listening to Shen Wanzhou's foreshadowing: "...We may not have the means to provide military support to District 9 at the moment."

When Shen Wanzhou heard this, he was stunned for a moment.

"Our highest military council, the Federation, feels that the Shensha Corps has no political value," Anthony said very realistically and directly: "So the council decided not to give you any military support. Shen, as a friend , I sympathize with you, but you are also an outstanding politician, and you know very well that politics itself does not have emotion and temperature... I am really sorry, Shen."

Shen Wanzhou felt dizzy as he listened to the other party's words.

"Shen, I personally suggest that you give up your rule over District 9..."

"General Anthony, if our Shensha faction collapses, it will only be a matter of time before the three regions are unified. By then, your political interest groups in the European Union will no longer be able to contain the rise of the three regions... You in the Asian Union All political arrangements will be in vain." Shen Wanzhou shouted excitedly: "I hope you will make a careful decision...!"

"If you, the Shensha Corps, can maintain the status quo, we are willing to help you. But you can't even defend your own territory... then this war will be meaningless." Anthony is still very honest. Said: "I'm really sorry Shen, I can't help you anymore."

A few seconds later, Anthony hung up the phone, and Shen Wanzhou stood beside the desk dumbfounded, clenching his fists.

"Commander...!" Although Qin Wenxu didn't hear what Anthony said, he judged the other party's final decision from Shen Wanzhou's words.

Shen Wanzhou's brain was dizzy. He stretched out his hand to support his desk. After two or three minutes of calm, he steeled himself and ordered: "Inform all officers above the rank of colonel to hold a meeting in the large conference room in one hour."

"Yes!" Qin Wenxu nodded.

"Go." Shen Wanzhou waved his hand.

Qin Wenxu left quickly. Shen Wanzhou's eyes were red and he slapped the landline phone and other ornaments on the table.

"Crash!"

The things on the table were scattered on the ground. Shen Wanzhou shouted with empty eyes: "Damn it, the Sixth District's entry into the Xibo No Man's Land was an illusion from the very beginning! You bunch of bastards in the European Union District, please don't let me breathe. Come in this tone!"

…

after an hour.

Shen Wanzhou took the lead in convening an internal military and political meeting and declared truthfully that the EU zone would no longer provide any military assistance to the Shensha Corps.

Without external assistance, it is already unrealistic for the Shensha Corps to hold on to Fengbei.

How to do it?

In the end, Sha Zhongxing suggested giving up Fengbei, correctly facing the fact that the Shensha Corps had been defeated, and defecting to the allies in the Seventh District to preserve the current strength in the hope that one day they could make a comeback.

This is the only way out for Shensha Group now, so all the generals agree.

At the meeting, Shazhong Bank personally contacted Zhou Xingli of the Seventh District by phone, and the latter expressed his willingness to accept the entry of the Shensha Corps.

As a result, the top priority of the Shensha Corps is to use every possible means to withdraw from District 9.

…

As soon as the military and political conference here ended, Meng Xi received the news. He immediately spread out the military map, and after searching for a long time on it, he suddenly pointed to a small dot and said: "In my personal judgment, the Shensha Corps will not choose to retreat by land. The only way it can withdraw from District 9 is with relatively small losses. , is the port of travel.”

Li Zhan also took a look at the map and nodded slowly: "Yes, it should be here."