Chapter 942: Great Defeat and the Opening of Chaos

When the first gunshot tore through the silence of the night, and the terrified soldiers crawled up from the sleeping mats laid on the ground, perceiving everything happening outside in terror, the collapse was uncontrollably generated.

Very intense gunfire.

The continuous shooting of five hundred bolt-action rifles made it impossible for people to distinguish how many enemies there were and in what direction they were.

The person responsible for this battle command was an army colonel.

Lapa also has a navy, but it is more like a "coast guard"; even if a small country possesses warships, it cannot afford to maintain them.

Sometimes reality is really like a heavy punch, continuously bombarding the most fragile parts of people until people cover their crotches and kneel down.

The colonel officer was also woken up by the gunfire; he fumbled on his body for a while, touched a lighter, and with trembling hands, lit the lighter. Relying on the faint light, he grabbed the pistol in his hand.

Outside the tent were screams and dense gunfire. As an officer, at this time when he was most needed, he actually trembled because of fear and dread, not daring to leave his tent.

I don't know how long it had passed; when his palms were already icy cold with sweat from nervousness, his adjutant found him from outside the tent, "Colonel?"

"I'm inside."

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, feeling slightly better.

The faint light of the lighter allowed him to barely see the panicked expressions of the two adjutants; they were also not dressed neatly, running over in their underwear just the same.

"What on earth happened outside?", he asked.

Actually, he already had the answer in his heart, it was just that he was unwilling to believe this point.

"It's Pedro, he brought people and attacked.", an adjutant shouted hurriedly.

There is no doubt that Pedro's action tonight will bring him a huge psychological shadow, which might last for a long time.

The gunfire outside was still ringing continuously, and one could vaguely hear some soldiers' crying, and the sounds they made when they advocated running away and when they were running away.

His other adjutant also couldn't help but shout loudly, "Let's leave here first, and make plans after dawn!"

"Now... it's too dark, we can't see anything!"

The colonel officer didn't hesitate for too long and immediately agreed.

But it was too dark; they could only instinctively run in the direction opposite to where the gunfire came from, and only stopped after running to a position where the gunfire was far away from them.

The entire battle actually didn't have much to describe; this was a one-sided "slaughter". Using this vocabulary to describe the battle between the anti-government armed forces and the government army was slightly... excessive!

After about thirty or forty minutes, the gunfire gradually subsided, and Pedro's people held torches high and entered the field.

In the darkness, their shooting indeed hit some Lapa government army soldiers; some died soon after being shot, but others were struggling on the ground at this time.

They were just seriously injured and didn't die immediately, but the arrival of Pedro and these people at this time announced their death sentence.

Pedro stood in front of the first Lapa soldier who hadn't died yet when they just entered the camp area; he had been shot in the abdomen and lost a lot of blood, but he looked relatively spirited, indicating that it hadn't hit a vital part.

He sat on the ground leaning against the tent with his head, one hand pressing on the position where he was shot, and blood was still slowly flowing. It looked scary, but it actually wasn't much.

Pedro stared at him for about ten seconds; the people holding torches around gathered more and more. He knew he had to do this thing.

He pulled the bolt and took a look, then aimed at that soldier.

The soldier was trembling all over because of fear, "No, please don't do this..."

But Pedro still pulled the trigger.

With a "bang", the bullet shot into the soldier's brain at a very close distance. His whole person was like being heavily punched; his head sank, and he fell to the ground, completely silent.

This was the first time Pedro watched someone die because of his own shooting in a situation where he could witness the person being killed.

It sounds a bit complicated; to put it bluntly, it was the first time he saw someone he shot to death.

A bit uncomfortable.

As a teacher, he still had some bottom line, but now he was destroying his bottom line bit by bit with his own hands, although he knew very well that doing so was necessary.

But that uncomfortable emotion and feeling were still constantly surging in his body.

He resisted the psychological discomfort, glanced at the corpse, and then looked at the others, "Solve all the soldiers who haven't died; we can't save them."

"Quickly clean up the battlefield, collect the things they left behind, take away everything that can be taken, and destroy on the spot what cannot be taken."

Those who looked at him were filled with worship in their eyes at this time!

Before this, the mood in Saige City was actually a bit depressed and pessimistic; many people thought they couldn't contend with Lapa's government army, and some people were still secretly fleeing Saige City.

I don't know who was spreading some fake news; they said that all ordinary people in Saige City might be implicated.

The best way was to leave Saige City.

It didn't matter that these people left; their departure also made those under Pedro feel uneasy.

These people were not highly educated; they didn't understand any big principles; they only knew that things everyone felt were dangerous must be unsafe!

Some people questioned Pedro's decision to go to war with the government army in Saige City, doubting what his purpose was for doing so.

There were also people who supported his decision, but these people were not many.

More were still silent bystanders.

Until this moment!

Everyone who was prepared for the possibility of dying on this trip stood here, felt the joy of that victory, and there was deep worship in their eyes looking at Pedro!

Pedro felt this aura, he pursed his lips, "Do as I say, we don't have much time, we must withdraw from here before dawn."

Lapa now starts to have a faint light a little past five o'clock; actually, their time is not that tight, but Pedro is worried about any accidents.

Soon everyone started to take action; the sky above the camp was accompanied by the begging of some people, and gunfire kept ringing out.

Not long after, the entire camp fell into silence again.

They discovered a large amount of equipment in the camp.

Old-fashioned rifles and worn-out bolt-action rifles, as well as various supplies.

There were too many things; he wanted to take them all away, but he also knew that it was impossible to take all of them away.

"Weapons, ammunition, dried meat, take away as much as possible, burn on the spot what cannot be taken."

Accompanied by the implementation of Pedro's order, the camp was soon shrouded in fire, and they also left here in the firelight.

When they returned to the city, the sky had just brightened, and some people in the city didn't know what had happened yet.

But as the sky became brighter and brighter, some news also started to spread in the city.

When people heard that Pedro led "five hundred warriors" to defeat the federal government army and captured a large amount of supplies, they all ran to verify it in disbelief.

Pedro is a smart man; he piled up the captured supplies together and didn't stop people from watching.

When seeing those military equipment that were obviously Lapa government army's, everyone showed expressions of disbelief.

At the same time, they also started to believe this point.

Believe that Pedro might really be able to change this country as some said!

Some people who were still watching started to become active; they started to join Pedro's team.

Not yet seven o'clock, Diego suddenly opened his eyes.

The exquisite and luxurious ceiling didn't bring him any pleasure from here.

He turned his head and glanced at a faint light penetrating through the curtains, slowly supported his huge body to sit up, and then pressed the button on the bedside.

Two minutes later, the butler brought the maids here, "Master, do you want to get up now?"

Diego nodded, "What time is it now?"

The butler took out his pocket watch and glanced at it, "Three minutes to seven, Master."

Diego got off the bed with the help of the maids and asked, "They should be launching an attack in the morning, right?"

The butler nodded again, "The situation I learned, it is indeed like this."

Diego sighed and didn't say anything more, entering the washroom with the maids. His body needed cleaning every day; the grease that naturally secreted from the pores aggravated his terrible body odor. After more than ten minutes of cleaning, he changed into clean and tidy clothes and headed to the dining room.

Now he needed to eat something to comfort his somewhat terrible mood.

Perhaps realizing that he needed "comfort", the food the cook made this morning was very sweet.

They added a lot of extra sugar.

Sugar is a very terrible thing; it has addictiveness. The Federation's research in this aspect is very advanced, because sugar and its addictiveness can bring huge profits to capital.

As long as it can provide profit, and is a large profit, the Federation's capitalists will be keen to research.

They concealed many research reports on sugar, and in order to let people eat more sugar, they also added many flavors to solve the situation where pure sweetness is easy to get tired of.

Diego's cook didn't receive this knowledge, but he also knew that eating something sweet when in a bad mood would make the mood better.

He used some juice and pulp of sour and sweet tropical fruits to make a breakfast that looked very healthy, but in reality, the sugar had already exploded.

The intake of sugar soon played a role, and Diego's irritable mood was greatly relieved.

It's just... he hadn't fully enjoyed the breakfast yet, when a military officer walked over hurriedly.

After the butler communicated with him simply from a distance, he immediately realized that a terrible situation they least hoped to see had appeared.

He walked quickly to Diego's side, bending his waist.

Diego also noticed that military officer; he didn't know what had happened, so he wasn't nervous now.

"What happened?", he asked casually while enjoying the dishes made of tropical pulp and wild pheasant legs.

So early, he didn't think anything would happen.

The butler didn't answer immediately; for those three or four seconds, he stopped eating, looking at the butler with doubt and a trace of unbelievable gaze; he already had some premonitions.

The butler's voice was very low.

"Pedro led people to attack our army at four o'clock; at that time they were all sleeping and didn't realize that those people would do this, so..."

"So?", Diego's voice suddenly became loud; he reached out and grabbed the butler's collar, pulling him to his side with force, "So what?"

The butler was already accustomed to Diego's terrible and irritable temper; he appeared very stable, "So they failed."

Diego pushed the butler away fiercely; he sat back in his chair, his chest heaving violently, "So, failed?"

"Fuck!"

"Those military officers told me that Pedro was just a small bug, and they could crush him easily."

"But now this small bug that could be crushed by them easily defeated them?"

"Damn it!"

"Gather everyone, and also go find out if this is fake news!"

He glanced at the sumptuous breakfast on the table and didn't have any appetite at all.

Soon, the military officers arrived at his office; Diego's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and dust was falling off it.

His gaze kept flowing on these people's faces, "You told me before that Pedro, and the people under him, were all ordinary people, school teachers, and several local company executives."

"You said that to deal with these resistance groups who hadn't received military training and didn't understand any strategy or tactics, you didn't even need to send out many troops."

"But, he made me realize that you and them in your mouths actually don't have much difference; you motherfuckers also don't understand military and fighting!"

The military officers' faces were all very ugly; being defeated by a group of non-professional soldiers was simply a huge humiliation to them.

A lieutenant general couldn't help but say, "It's possible that someone helped them, which allowed them to attack first and achieve victory under the situation we didn't expect."

Diego looked at the lieutenant general who spoke, without blinking.

Don't look at the fact that Lapa's army is pitifully small in number, but there are definitely not few military officers and generals.

"So you mean, someone provided military aid."

"You want to say, it's the Federation people, right?"

The lieutenant general didn't speak, but his attitude had clearly told Diego that he thought so.

Diego's gloomy gaze stayed on him for a moment; now he actually wasn't sure if it was really like this.

Before, these people said Pedro was too useless, to the extent that he deeply believed this point—

A middle school teacher leading a group of people with similar status to rebel, how could it succeed?

So now his success was obviously not in line with the actual situation.

Diego's hostility toward the Federation people in his heart became deeper, but he also knew that now was not the time.

"How do you plan to solve this problem?"

The only general stood out, "We will mobilize the army again to eliminate them, and I apply to you to allocate some artillery."

"I don't know the detailed situation of this battle very well, but I can imagine that they might have captured some military supplies, so what we have to face next is a rebel army with more people holding weapons."

"This time, we will treat them seriously, rather than treating them as a joke."

Diego had a headache when he heard his words, because he mentioned the expansion of the rebel army; these three thousand people going over was equivalent to taking military supplies to "aid the enemy".

Thinking that because of these people's carelessness and stupidity, Pedro, this small bug, became much stronger, Diego's gaze looking at these people was unkind.

But he still agreed to the general's request, "Okay, give you six artillery pieces."

"You can mobilize all the troops you need, but you must guarantee to me that you must bring Pedro's corpse back!"

"And, you won't lose the artillery again!"

The general put his feet together, with a "bang", "I guarantee!"

Diego stared at him for a while, and then agreed.

He let people not spread this matter as much as possible; the government army being defeated by the anti-government armed forces, no matter what the reason, was a huge negative impact on the Lapa regime.

But the more he feared something, the more it would appear.

It wasn't just him paying attention to this battle; Lanse was also paying attention. The reason he came back early was to understand the situation of the battle more and faster, and to make a response.

Also past seven o'clock, Lanse received Pedro's call.

"Mr. Lanse, not long ago, we just experienced a great victory!"

"We defeated Lapa's government army and captured some military supplies."

"I think we have more things to talk about between us."

When Lanse heard his voice, he knew he had handled this battle; otherwise, he wouldn't have called actively at this time, "Can I ask how you did it?"

Pedro described the night raid simply; although the description was very simple, Lanse could still feel his determination!

"Smart choice, Diego should be very headache now, so what do you want to obtain from me?"

Pedro took a deep breath, "I want you to report this matter in the newspaper, and then we need more medical supplies, various supplies, as well as some military advice and help."

Lanse thought for a while, "I will arrange it for you, but similarly, it has an exchange condition."

"There are two more cities to the west from Saige; please let your flag flutter over their cities too..."

A little past ten in the morning, the new newspaper started to be sent out for free, but today's content was obviously much more explosive than before!

The Federation people's newspaper disclosed for the first time that the government army suffered a huge failure in Saige City, with hundreds of casualties and hundreds missing. For a time, the entire society was in an uproar.

After Luo Si, who was preparing to do a big job, knew about this, he immediately made the decision to seize the surrounding cities.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 943 =====