Munitions Empire

Chapter 1233: 1153 The First Night

Some people act clever. If you talk to them about resisting the Japanese, they’d start whining about how their guns and artillery were inferior, claiming they simply couldn’t win. But if you switch the topic to “stabilize the internal before expelling the external,” suddenly their drowsiness vanishes.

The commanders of Mirage Country are just about the same: suggest launching a counteroffensive against the Tang forces, and they might hesitate. But if you propose hitting the orcs instead, they honestly might dare to try it.

That night, before 11pm, Mirage troops hidden in trenches charged out under the cover of darkness, launching an attack on the orc forces who had set up camp before nightfall.

Illumination flares lit up the sky, and the Mirage artillery that had gone silent during the day roared back to life. The orc forces, caught off guard, were thrown into chaos.

For a moment, the battlefield was everywhere — Mirage troops everywhere, gunfire everywhere, shouting everywhere, explosions and flames everywhere.

Shan Lu was in a temporary command post planning the next day’s attack arrangements when he received the news of the Mirage counteroffensive.

He was stunned upon hearing it: he personally saw the Tang forces capture South Island, and then personally witnessed the Tang forces crush New Island… For crying out loud, in both campaigns, he’d never heard of a single successful Mirage counteroffensive!

Now they were treating his orc troops like soft targets! Shan Lu was infuriated at the thought and immediately ordered all orc forces to fight to the death.

The enraged orc troops finally exploded in retaliation. Under the ghastly white light of the flares, they clashed with the goblin divisions of Mirage Country, ratcheting up the slaughter to gory extremes.