Chapter 1007: Chapter 977:
Watching the fall of the outer city, Ye Chen was heartbroken and furious. He gritted his teeth and said, "Quick, contact all the troops and unify command. Anyone who shakes the morale, kill! Anyone who deserts, kill!"
"Yes!" This time, Jimmy didn’t play the hero; he quickly retreated with Feng Zhixiao and others back to Sunset City. After seeing the situation in Sunset City, everyone understood that the Church Court was definitely not that easy to deal with.
The return of the commanders undoubtedly gave this scattered force a strong shot of confidence. They quickly organized an effective counterattack. Da Xia led the guards of Leisure City, fighting bravely, routing all before them, and played an important role in the counterattack. Similarly, Jimmy’s over one hundred Seal Team members were also crucial as they harassed the enemy’s rear, from time to time eliminating small groups of enemies.
The enemy didn’t surrender, only fought to the death, which was the most troublesome thing for Ye Chen. The opponent was too fierce, not considering surrender at all, even half-dead, they would pull a grenade to take a few brothers with them at the end.
This battle was brutal and was definitely not as easy as portrayed on TV. This battle let the little brothers of the Heavenly Reversal Gang truly know what real combat was. Compared to that farce in Japan, this was a world of difference. Bullets could take one’s life at any moment, and bombs could take one’s soul away just as quickly.
The final fight, the final showdown, the opponent with just over a hundred Church Guards killed more than three hundred of their men. This was a painful lesson...
The next morning, the battle ended, wisps of black smoke rose from Sunset City, and the inner city, which was almost completed, was turned into ruins. Ye Chen sat on the tall city wall, looking at the ruins, comrades searched among the piles of bodies for surviving soldiers. If they were enemies, they added another bullet; if they were their own, they immediately took them away for rescue.
The land was strewn with corpses, dark smoke billowed.
"Brother Chen, there are only a few hundred of the brothers left!" Feng Zhixiao looked at the three-thousand-strong force, now reduced to just a few hundred.
"Big brother, there are still over eight hundred guards left in Leisure City!" Da Xia glanced at Ye Chen. This battle was indeed very tough, with over four hundred guards lost. This was a huge loss for Leisure City. Ye Chen nodded and said, "I didn’t expect the opponent’s thousand men could kill three thousand of ours!"
"My Seal Team didn’t suffer much loss!" Jimmy looked at Ye Chen.
"Of course, you were ambushing from the rear, playing guerrilla tactics!" Feng Zhixiao disdainfully looked at Jimmy and said, "You should know, my brothers fought hard battles that were relentless."
"Alright, I admit you suffered heavy losses!" Jimmy nodded helplessly.
Ye Chen sat on top of the high wall, without any movement, his eyes just looked at the endless sky. On the other side, someone felt the same heartache as Ye Chen. The Red Robed Sect Leader and others gathered at another base in Ottawa.
"Sister, all one thousand warriors are dead!" Brofei sighed helplessly.
"Yes, all dead!" The Red Robed Sect Leader nodded and said, "I didn’t expect the battle to be so fierce!"
"In fact, we should have foreseen this earlier!" Brofei gritted his teeth and said, "They have so many people, we only had a thousand people. What was Grandma thinking? Although our thousand Church Guards were brave, after all, they had four or five thousand men. How could we fight this battle?"
"We may have lost, but we are proud!" The red-clothed woman looked deeply at Brofei and said, "Our thousand men killed more than three thousand enemies. Is that not something to be proud of?"
"It’s worth being proud, but sister, you must understand, no matter what, we still lost a thousand warriors!" Brofei sighed and said, "You know, how many soldiers does the entire Church Court have that they are worth sending to die like this?"
"Keep these words for Grandma!" The red-clothed woman sighed and said, "You think I wanted this battle? But it was Grandma’s order to give Ye Chen a good lesson, lest they think the Church is easy to bully!"
"Do you think Ye Chen got his lesson?" Brofei asked doubtfully.
"Hard to say!" The Red Robed Sect Leader shook her head, frowning tightly, "Ye Chen is a loyal person, after losing so many soldiers, I’m sure he’s feeling terrible. When people are upset, it’s difficult to determine what decisions they’ll make in such emotional states. Perhaps he’ll march against the Church; maybe he’ll recuperate; maybe he’ll... sigh, it’s hard to tell!"
"Sister, Grandma called to check on our situation, she wants you to call her back!" Brofei looked at the red-clothed woman.
"Hmm!" The red-clothed woman nodded.
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This war was concealed from the world, with no media coverage or journalist follow-ups. Canada tried its best to conceal it, the United States also concealed, Japan concealed, China did the same...
Something of this magnitude was actually covertly managed. It made everyone feel incredulous.
In Zhongnanhai, Chairman Liu gathered with Elder Pang and others for an in-depth discussion on this matter.
"Didn’t expect the Church Court’s power to be so strong?" Elder Pang frowned and said, "Although I’m not familiar with the strength of Leisure City’s guards, I’m very familiar with Ye Chen’s little brothers. They were trained by Li Tieniu and Liu the Tyrant, seasoned veterans who have accomplished many major feats. Yet, they seemed like clay figures before the Church Guards. If not for the guards of Leisure City and the Seal Team, Ye Chen’s little brothers would have struggled to win this battle!"
"Yeah!" Mr. Liu nodded, "The Church Court cannot be underestimated. I believe the United States is also on alert now!"
At this moment, in the White House, Washington.
Obama and the Minister of Defense, along with others, were discussing this battle, clearly understanding the strength of this troop. The power of the Church Guards was indeed not to be underestimated. Obama sighed and said, "I didn’t expect the Church Court to be so formidable, we truly underestimated them!"
"Mr. President, according to intelligence, the Church Court has tens of thousands of Church Guards. Such a strong and courageous force will be our formidable enemy in the future!" The Minister of Defense wiped the sweat from his forehead. Shit, if a thousand are this formidable, what about ten thousand? Wouldn’t they engulf the whole world?
This realization stunned the core members of the US. If the Church Court truly decided to deal with the United States, regardless of where they launched their attack from, it would inevitably deliver a heavy blow to the US, a blow far more terrifying than the threat from China. Thus, US officials quickly developed a ’Church Court Threat Theory,’ which soon spread globally.
Whenever the US wants to deal with an enemy, they first establish a threatening image, a terrorist image, and then, as the world police, they strike against that organization. Afghanistan is like this, Yugoslavia is like this, Iraq the same... Too many countries are threatened by this US practice.
"Mr. President, if this is truly the case, I think it’s very necessary for us to win over Ye Chen!" The Minister of Defense said solemnly, "Ye Chen wholeheartedly stands against the Church, and we also see the Church as a great threat. If one day the Church decides to wage war against us..."
"Hmm!" Obama nodded and said, "So, we must build a friendly relationship with Ye Chen."
"Yes!" Everyone nodded in agreement.
The US decided to maintain a good relationship with Ye Chen, specifically instructing Colonel Jimmy to follow Ye Chen’s orders, with the one hundred-plus Seal Team temporarily staying in Sunset City, staying by Ye Chen’s side for protection.
Ye Chen had not yet recovered from the shock of such a brutal battle. This fight was truly horrifying. When the bodies of thousands piled up, Ye Chen looked at that mountain of corpses, and he kneeled heavily, saying, "Brothers, I, Ye Chen, have failed you!"
"Brother Chen!" Feng Zhixiao and others also knelt down, and behind them, those little brothers also kneeled. Jimmy led the over one hundred Seal Team members on alert nearby. Ye Chen, with tears in his eyes, said, "Money can only console them mentally, but life is their own. Following me, Ye Chen, they haven’t had a good life and instead lost their lives. Would you say I, Ye Chen, deserve to die?"
"Brother Chen, it’s all because the brothers were willing!" Feng Zhixiao gritted his teeth and said, "Since choosing this path, they were prepared psychologically. Following Brother Chen, we have no regrets!"
"No regrets, no regrets!" Hundreds of little brothers shouted, the scene was imposing.
"I, Ye Chen, swear to the heavens, today’s revenge must be exacted!" Ye Chen gritted his teeth and said, "No matter how strong, no matter how cunning the enemy, even if I, Ye Chen, have to sacrifice my life!"
"Me too, I want to avenge the brothers!" Feng Zhixiao waved his arm.
Other brothers also stood up and vowed. Ye Chen looked at the mountain of corpses and then bowed, saying, "Brothers, then we shall meet again in the next life!"
"Light the fire!" Feng Zhixiao immediately waved his hand.