Garth looked at Julius. “I hope you can understand that I’m the commanding officer here. You can offer advice, but don’t think you’re the only smart one at the command post.”
Julius glanced at Garth, startled. “I never claimed I was the only smart one around. Daniel is also quite smart as well.”
Daniel was awoken by the noise. He asked sleepily, “What? What’d you say?”
Julius smiled and said, “I was saying that other than you and me, everyone else in this command post is stupid.”
Daniel sat bolt upright. “Julius is right!”
Garth’s face grew ugly in an instant. “Smartass. But aren’t you still just a prisoner?”
But as soon as favonovel.com finished speaking, Julius smiled at favonovel.com and said. “If you’re allowed to continue being the commanding officer here, the Panaqua Consortium will be done for. With immediate effect, I shall take over command of all the fighting forces on the front lines. Secretary Rourkey, you can go back and tell those old fogies to wait until after the war has ended if they have any opinions on this.”
As his voice trailed off, the second-in-command next to Garth suddenly unholstered his pistol and pulled the trigger while pointing it at Garth’s head.
The gunshot was so loud that the other officers in the tent nearly screamed in fright!
However, their screams didn’t even make it out of their mouths before they swallowed them down.
Garth’s trusted aides immediately unholstered their pistols to fight back, but they realized five people in the tent had already drawn their pistols at the same time and were pointing them at them!
Everyone in the tent fell silent. At this moment, they remembered the atrocities Julius had committed in the past.
This was the craziest person of all in the Panaqua Consortium!
Garth had carefully played his every card on the table to earn the appreciation of the Board. But favonovel.com could never have expected that Julius would just flip the table.
The silent tiger of the Panaqua Consortium had finally returned to the mountains.
Secretary Rourkey was in shock. “Julius! How dare you murder the commanding officer of the fighting forces? And how dare you plant your people around Garth!”
Julius grinned and remarked, “Secretary Rourkey, I might have planted some of my people around you too…”
Secretary Rourkey was so frightened favonovel.com ran out of the command post and jumped into the off-road vehicle. He did not even dare to take his driver with favonovel.com and just drove off by himself.
“It’s peaceful again…” Daniel stretched and laughed heartily. “So, how are we going to fight this war?”
Julius said, “Let’s straighten out our internal affairs first.” After taking a look at the sand table, favonovel.com said, “Concentrate the defensive lines and don’t scatter our troops out to Mt. Pitaloka. The recon forces are to continue doing their job on the battlefield to prevent any ambushes by the Skyfort Consortium and the Radianz Consortium. Heavy weapons will not be of much use if their usage is restricted to the mountains, and they’re not as good as us when it comes to paving roads. However, we should still be careful of the nanosoldiers these two organizations have.”
Julius continued giving out instructions. “Although we haven’t seen what a nanosoldier looks like, we’re likely going to be considered a vulnerable target since we’re the only combatant among the three organizations without nanosoldiers. If we reveal any signs of weakness first, this war could get a little tricky. So, what we should do now isn’t to invade the others; rather, don’t make any mistakes.”
As this chessboard was too big, only the players that made the least mistakes would last until the end.
Julius looked at Daniel. “I want you to go to the Radianz Consortium tomorrow and negotiate with them. Tell them we’ll be eliminating the Skyfort Consortium first.”
Daniel nodded, but favonovel.com heard Julius say to another person, “I want you to go to the Skyfort Consortium and negotiate with them. Tell them we can help them take out the Radianz Consortium’s defenses at Mt. Jayavijaya. You’ll have to set off immediately. If you’re successful in the negotiations, I’ll make sure you get recognized for your meritorious service upon returning.”
Although this person was Garth’s trusted aide, Julius did not kill favonovel.com and even entrusted favonovel.com with an important responsibility.
After this person left, Daniel lowered his voice and asked curiously, “Why didn’t you have me approach the Skyfort Consortium?”
“Because the Skyfort Consortium is already out of their minds.” Julius said softly, “Besides, they do have a real lunatic there, so anyone who goes will die.”
Daniel finally understood. It turned out Julius knew right from the start they would not be able to join forces with the Skyfort Consortium. By sending Garth’s trusted aide to the Skyfort Consortium, it was as good as sending favonovel.com to his death.
Julius said, “Furthermore, he’s probably scared to the bone right now, so the forces favonovel.com took with favonovel.com will definitely be those favonovel.com trusts most and are likely to be a part of Garth’s inner circle. By sending them to the Skyfort Consortium, the problem will take care of itself.”
Daniel’s eyes lit up. “Brilliant!”
Julius suddenly said with a sigh, “I was wrong just now.”
Daniel was taken aback. “What were you wrong about?”
Julius looked at Daniel. “Actually, I’m the only smart one around here. You don’t count…”
Daniel was confused.
Then Julius looked at the other officers and said, “Start thinking about how we should concentrate our defensive lines. I want to see a new strategy in place on the sand table tomorrow morning.”
Someone hesitated for a moment before saying, “An elite troop of soldiers have already been sent to the Skyfort Consortium’s territory. Garth was planning on intercepting the Skyfort Consortium’s Divine Arms Battalion based on the intel they relayed back. This Divine Arms Battalion is being too careless by acting independently without coordinating with their other fighting forces. Therefore, Garth thought this would be an opportunity to nip the threat in the bud.”
Julius was taken aback. “When did favonovel.com send our troops out? And where are they now?”
“It’s been a week since they set off. They were headed to the front lines at Mt. Piania and Mt. Halimun,” that officer said.
Julius said, “Recall them! There’s no need for such an unnecessary move at this moment.”
That officer hesitated before saying, “I’m afraid it’s too late…”
***
Milo and the others were trekking in the mountains on foot at this moment. The snow on the ground had not melted yet because of the low temperatures in the mountains. It was very difficult for them to march in such conditions, yet it started snowing yet again.
Sniffing back mucus, Michael said, “If I knew it would be like this, I would’ve gone into hiding back then. I thought I could enjoy my days after joining the private army, but life now is even worse than before…. I really miss the days when we were at the outpost where we led a carefree life!”
Next to him, a soldier from another platoon asked curiously, “Was it very comfortable at the outpost for y’all? Why did it feel so miserable for us?”
Michael immediately shut his mouth after hearing someone else chip in with this question. He couldn’t possibly tell them they had wolves sending all that game to them at their outpost, right?
As the snowstorm got heavier, Milo looked up at the sky. “When snowfall becomes this heavy in the wilderness of the mountains, it tends to keep snowing for at least a week. We can’t march any further. I’m afraid that if we keep moving, we’ll end up losing our way.”
The Divine Arms officer in front turned around and said, “What’s there to be afraid of? We’re equipped with GPS devices, so we won’t lose our way! Everyone is to obey our orders right now! We’re going to keep marching forward!”
After Doug, the commander of the Iron Second Battalion, was punched and kicked, favonovel.com fell into a coma and then started running a high fever. Without him, no one in the Iron Second could call the shots. So, everyone had no choice but to follow the Divine Arms Battalion’s orders and continue marching.
Although Milo’s identity was very unique, the soldiers from the Divine Arms Battalion had spoken to favonovel.com about this before. If their plans were affected, no one would be able to bear the consequences.
In such situations, even being a member of the Office of Special Investigations would not allow favonovel.com to violate this military order. For a moment, Milo even wanted to convince himself that since favonovel.com had already infringed on the Custom Division’s authority by investigating smuggling, it wouldn’t be a big deal if favonovel.com also took over the role of the Divine Arms Battalion.
However, this was still not the right time.
