CHAPTER 643: CHAPTER 309: [IRON MINE TRAP, A HUNDRED WAYS TO DIE DIFFERENTLY]

The artillery battalion on the Republic’s side had already begun loading shells, aiming those cannons at the forests over here.

Boom boom boom boom——!

A series of thunderous explosions came from afar, followed by the rapid whistling sounds.

The soldiers on the Vietnam Federation’s side instantly panicked.

Li Tao had already found a big pit and crawled into it.

The next second.

The ground shook with the deafening sound of explosions.

In an instant.

A large area of what was once dense forest had collapsed.

Boom boom boom boom——!

Another round.

Rows of trees fell.

They weren’t aiming at one spot, but rather covering these mountains.

The densely packed trees on the mountain were visibly collapsing.

Li Tao curled up in the pit.

His whole body felt numb.

Damn it.

Who would’ve thought the Republic side would be so extreme.

Using shells to level the forest.

The Vietnam Federation was only good at jungle warfare.

But if you cover the jungle with artillery fire.... then forget what I said.

That’s the situation right now.

Because the Republic’s side was using saturated coverage strikes, the fleeing Vietnam Federation soldiers were almost being chased by the Republic’s shells.

Fortunately, it was getting dark and the distance was too far to clearly see the situation here.

Otherwise, if they discovered a commando team of Vietnam Federation troops here, the Republic’s fire coverage speed would probably increase several times over. Fortunately, the target was only to destroy the forest cover.

So after several rounds of shells, the parts of these mountains with trees were completely blasted away.

The fallen trees were piled haphazardly together.

When Li Tao finally climbed out of the pit, he was completely dazed.

By now, the sky had fully darkened.

By the moonlight.

One could see that the once dense jungle no longer had any cover, the moonlight shining down unobstructed.

Li Tao shook his body, brushing off the dirt, and wobbly stood up.

He scanned the surroundings, unable to see if anyone was there, but could hear some painful groans, which made Li Tao feel a chill down his spine:

"This is a bit creepy, guys."

In the middle of the night, soaking wet, unable to tell if it’s mud or blood.

Painful groans everywhere.

This is just....

Li Tao stood in place for a while, pulled his feet out of the soft dirt blasted out, and avoided the fallen trees, heading towards the sound of the groans.

Seeing if he could rescue a few.

After just a few steps, he stepped on an arm, startling Li Tao:

"What the hell?!"

He slipped and fell, crashing right onto a corpse.

Li Tao frantically tried to get up:

"Damn it, I’m restarting the game."

"This is just too terrifying."

Before the words were fully out, there was a faint sound of something being pulled.

Soon after.....

Boom——!!!

The screen went dark, returning to the main menu.

....

....

Then.

Li Tao, not willing to give up, started over once more.

The boundary of the Vietnam Federation isn’t long.

But each start didn’t repeat the scene.

Li Tao spent an entire afternoon.

He experienced being crushed by a collapsed building, tripped by electrical wires on the ground, smashing his head on a rock, getting blown up by a landmine while walking on the road, getting blown up by a landmine for not sticking to the path.

Getting blown up by a landmine while clearing fallen trees on the road.

Blown up by hidden landmines while avoiding the fallen trees on the ground.

Burned to death by accident during a coal mine fire rescue.

Blown up by a landmine while clearing an iron mine.

In just one afternoon.

Li Tao felt like he had experienced decades, in reality.... it was about ten or twenty restarts.

Utterly ridiculous.

Every imaginable way to die.

The Blue Star viewers in the livestream were all shouting how ridiculous it was.

Initially, when listening to Yu Feng’s commentary or Wu Jie’s, they thought the Republic was being too lenient, thinking if it were them fighting.

They’d surely crush the Vietnam Federation.

But now....

Watching Li Tao endure the tactics left behind by the Republic all afternoon.

The Blue Star netizens in the live streaming room finally realized.

Although the Republic is generous, their tactics are truly ruthless.

And they are skilled in psychological warfare.

Each is more like Jia Xu than Jia Xu himself.

Burying mines in iron ore fields, this tactic stunned the Blue Star audience.

Is this something a human can come up with?

This trick of laying mines is low-cost but highly effective.

And the mines can stay buried for years, ready to be triggered. Only a small amount of resources and time are needed to complete the setup.

Considering the iron mines, buildings, and railways of the Vietnam Federation.

In the past 28 years, most of these were aided by the Republic, so as the Republic retrieves these things, there are some large pieces of equipment that cannot be taken away.

So.

To prevent those large pieces of equipment from being used by the Vietnam Federation.

Mines were buried under the equipment that couldn’t be taken away.

After all, even though these pieces of equipment can’t be taken, they also can’t be used by you ingrates. As soon as those ingrates enter the iron mines wanting to use the equipment.

The densely packed mines will teach them a lesson.

Will show them what it means to know kindness and repay it.

And if you don’t know to repay kindness, the same fate will befall you as those equipment.

Destroyed by the mines.

Since the mine clearance equipment mainly detects metals, it’s also useless for the Vietnam Federation to use detection devices because iron ore is everywhere, and the detection equipment will immediately respond upon use.

And even the soldiers of the Republic using military strategy.

Bury mines under the first piece of equipment, but possibly not under the second, and may even place them inside the equipment, so when the equipment is activated....

Bang——!!!

Reaching this level also represents the Republic’s complete abandonment of the past 28 years of aid.

After all, wolf cubs remain ungrateful.

So many mines have been laid, the rest of the iron mines can be left for you to develop yourself, the Republic will not help you anymore.

Although not all of the 20 billion was recovered.

A considerable amount was regained.

Li Tao personally saw the Republic’s trains heading back from the Vietnam Federation, and every segment of the tracks they traveled back on was recovered..... these tracks were also a part of Republic’s aid.

No fault in taking them back.

But watching this scene made people’s mouths twitch.

Too ruthless.

Who would have thought that costs could be recuperated this way.

Actually dismounting the tracks directly.

Watching the Republic’s railway soldiers disassemble the tracks so swiftly and efficiently, who would have thought they’d ever carry out such a mission, everyone had smiles as they dismantled the tracks.

And Li Tao here unknowingly experienced until deep into the night.

After half a day’s storyline.

There was not a single repeated way of dying.

Li Tao rubbed his face, glanced at the time:

"Guys."

"Need to take a break."

"Let me go grab a nutrient shot."

Speaking of.

Li Tao grabbed a nutrient shot, placed it into the Virtual Body Sensing Pod, and with the infusion of nutrient liquid, Li Tao felt much more refreshed.

Looking at the bullet screens in the live stream, he couldn’t help but smile wryly:

"Guys."

"Want to go again?"

"I...."

"Honestly, the deaths have shadowed me."

"All afternoon."

"I’ve been blown to death more than 10 times by different mine setups, too harsh the Republic."

"Guys, never choose the Vietnam Federation."

"The Vietnam Federation is just there to get beaten."

"It’s really ridiculous."

"In ancient times, it got pummeled by every dynasty of Huaxia, and nowadays it’s pummeled by the United States, after which the Republic pummels it. The Vietnam Federation feels like it’s on the same level as the Afghanistan Federation."

"Hey!"

"You know what!"

"The Afghanistan Federation war dragged down the Soviet Union."

"But the Vietnam Federation here."

"If the United States hadn’t pulled back after fighting for a few years realizing it was untenable, they might’ve been dragged down too."

At these words.

The netizens in the live streaming room thought about it.

Indeed.

The Vietnam Federation has suffered beatings for over a thousand years, one dynasty after another in Huaxia land, only Vietnam Federation continues to take hits.

Moreover, the reason the United States experienced a decline for years, the war against the Vietnam Federation, getting stuck in this quagmire was one of the main reasons.

Luckily they withdrew early, otherwise it could have really brought them down.

Looking at it this way....

The Vietnam Federation is simply the Empire’s graveyard of Asia.

After all, not mentioning Huaxia’s successive dynasties, most recently there was French Federation, then the United States withdrew from Vietnam Federation.... it seemed like they finally would rise, but ended up provoking the Republic and got straightened out.