Chapter 162 - The Viper King Reveals His Fangs (2/2)
Du Yu, who had barely spoken this conference, opened his mouth to ask, “Have those behind God’s Chosen Nation made a move already?”
“They haven’t.” Zuo Ben’s ten fingers of his two hands were clasped together. “It may be assumed that they are scared of evoking far too fierce of a response from us, now that we have noticed, right? I estimate that soon they will use secret methods to create a diversion. Looking at how the sole troops of God’s Chosen Nation are looking after the hostage, and the fact that God’s Chosen Nation has also sent an electronic message requesting ransom money, it is estimated that they are stalling for time and are paralyzing us as well.”
“Then we need to seize the chance.” Du Hen contemplated for quite a while before slowly speaking. “Find out the current location of the leader of the research and development group. Then, seize him back with a might as sudden as lightning.”
The young lieutenant general spread his hands in helplessness. “General, we should describe the methods in more detail.”
“One. Find the location, and ask Song Wendong to step in.”
Everyone sitting present revealed wry smiles when they heard this proposal. Song Wendong? Song Wendong the Qilin? The Earth Martial God? The person who might not make a move even if the president of the Federation asked him. The person who the Sacred Martial Hall needed to give some leeway.
He might be persuadable if asked to fight in a great cosmic war, but to save an expert? It would be a wonder for the messenger to deliver this request not to be sent to the hospital to live for a year.
Du Hen clearly knew that this option was not possible. He spoke indifferently. “The second method. Since the power behind God’s Chosen Nation doesn’t want to draw our focus, we can take the middle route. We don’t need to dispatch the strongest of the strongest lineups as our troops to engage in an attack. We just need to get troops that have some combat power but aren’t too amazing at the same time. We can have such troops engage in a frontal assault and snatch the expert back.”
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All the generals sitting present began to fall silent. Such forces weren’t that easy to find. God’s Chosen Nation was not your typical terrorist organization. Many of their soldiers had a combat essence that could contend with the seasoned special forces soldiers of the Federation.
“In addition, “Viper King spoke once more. “We find a small squad with very few people, and we think of a way to have them infiltrate in secret. They shall be the true troops to rescue our expert.”
“How about the recruits who are training at Happy Paradise Island right now?” Du Yu opened his mouth once more. “They have strength, and at the same time, their identities are that of recruits.”
“Not bad.”
“There’s reason behind this.”
“General Du’s child seems to be among them, right? This mission is very dangerous…”
“General Shen, there is only recruit Du Zhanpeng on Happy Paradise Island. I have no child there.” Du Yu’s tone had darkened a bit. “Those who are scared of death shouldn’t have become soldiers.”
General Shen, who looked to be fifty years old, gave a faint smile. He just so happen to see Lieutenant General Zuo Ben’s smile as well. Within each other’s eyes, they could see the implications behind their smiles.
Who would care about the life or death of another family’s child in this place? What everybody was truly worried about was meritorious service! This time the person who needed to be rescued was none other than the chief designer of the nano combat suit. It relates to many things regarding the Federation’s future combat strategies.
If they were truly able to rescue the expert successfully in such a mission, would Du Zhanpeng’s meritorious service be small? None other than two members of the Du Family sat at this table. Not many people hoped that there would be a young Du Zhanpeng appearing at this table in the near future as well.
“If you guys have better ideas, just pretend that this old man is just babbling nonsense.”
Du Hen crossed eight fingers of his two hands together. His two thumbs supported his chin. A cold glow flickered in his eyes, causing people to see the image of a viper once more.
“Hehe. The old general’s proposal is obviously the best one. I, myself, approve of it.” Zuo Ben smile looked to be that of extreme delight. He took the lead in casting his vote.
“I approve as well. Experiencing the baptism of the flames of war will prevent the recruits from causing us to lose face in the future tournament.”
“That’s right. I approved as well…”
Everyone was on the same side of the conference room table. The decision passed unanimously. Everyone’s smile was that of extreme delight. Whatever thoughts occurred within one’s mind, only the respective individuals would know of them.
With an atmosphere that seeped with tension, the closed conference room had its door slowly open.
The generals walked out in a single file. Du Hen’s expression was tranquil as he looked ahead of him. He used a whisper so low that only the person next room could hear him say, “Today, you have done excellently. Ignore the selfish opinions of the others, and don’t think too much about scrambling for power. As long as you display the strongest strength, it is yours. You absolutely won’t be given less.”
“Yes, father.” Du Yu followed closely behind and responded with a whisper. It was hard to tell that this cautious and solemn middle-aged man was actually a general of true power and authority in the military.
“Oh, right. How goes the preparation of Zhanpeng’s food?” Du Hen, who always had the title of Viper King, had quite the tenderness appear from the bottom of his eyes when he mentioned his own grandson. The love of a grandparent towards a grandchild wasn’t something that only happened in ordinary households. Such a thing also existed among the rich and powerful.