In the southern coastal area of Donghu Prefecture, a large area of ruins caused by the war and the Baiyo mecha and Baiyo landing ships wandering around. The iconic building of the East Lake Dushi, inlaid with countless blue glass, stands abruptly in the smoke and ruins of the gunpowder. It's like a shiny harpoon stuck in a pile of rotting fish.

At the same time, another 30-story building echoed it from afar, and it also poked abruptly on the ruins of the war in Donghuzhou. But it doesn't look like a harpoon stuck in a rotten fish pile, but more like a monument to a traitor to the Federation.

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On the endless stretch of East Lake, fires ignited by the sinking of a pleasure boat and a leak in an oil well have been contained. In addition to a few small amphibious landing ships, all kinds of oil wells, docks, and docks were blackened, and they themselves were smoking. It's like inserting a column heater that can directly boil water with a thermos into a large fish basin in the old calendar period. On the first day of the landing of the Baiyue Organization, in addition to the federal citizens who were "mistakenly killed" by them under "unintentional" circumstances, it is not known how many fish and shrimp were affected, inexplicably grilled, and turned into boiled shrimp and crabs. It was not served on the table by the East Lake people with exquisite dishes, but the corpse was lying in the water of the East Lake in the homeland.

Donghu Mansion is the most important office of Donghu Dushi in Fenglin Prefecture, which is the so-called "façade". But the real core of Dushi is not here, but in the "Laoshan Lake District", which is still quite far from here.

Even in the year 191 of the new calendar, the Du people of the "Laoshanhu District" still maintained the corresponding traditions. Being away from the crowd is also somewhat temporarily away from the war.

The East Lake Dushi has suffered heavy losses, and this kind of loss is not the kind that can be measured in money.

The country is broken, and the family is ruined.

Since Donghu Prefecture has been destroyed, what if the Du family can leave some family business on this ruin? The various channels for buying, selling, purchasing and selling have been ruined, so what's the use of leaving an empty East Lake Building? Moreover, under such a half-slaughter and half-destruction battle filled with hundreds of years of ethnic hatred between the Federation and the Hundred Covenants, why did he leave only his own family's East Lake Building?

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"Hong Zhen, do you really want to go?" Du Hong, the head of the Du family, asked in a low, mellow voice that was very similar to his daughter Du Run. There was nothing in his tone that would have been timid or panicked in the face of war and death.

Nodding, Du Hongchuan just hummed softly. Nor did they show any panic, and the conversation between the two seemed to others to be discussing whether to participate in a certain game after dinner to relieve boredom and kill time.

Soon, the people of the Hengxing chaebol contacted the Donghu Du clan again, and issued an ultimatum to the Du clan on behalf of the Baiyue troops, asking the Du clan to give up resistance and take the initiative to go out for a "meeting". Otherwise, Baiyo's starships will aim all their naval guns at the Laoshan Lake area and carry out area-covering strikes.

Donghu Dushi had already obtained evidence that the Hengxing chaebol was secretly smuggling goods to the Baiyue Organization area, so it is not surprising that these things were passed on by the people of the Hengxing chaebol at this moment. Of course, the tone is still very polite. It is to invite the head of the Du family to discuss the major affairs of Donghu Prefecture and maintain the economy and stability of Donghu Prefecture. More importantly, it is to provide logistical supplies for the Baiyo troops.

Stargate technology, which was developed based on wormhole technology to achieve cross-star transportation, is not a panacea. Its internal channels are narrow and accompanied by many powerful magnetic fields and radiation rays, making it neither as reliable nor efficient enough to transport as one initially suspected.

Therefore, the supply of cross-star warfare depends on the "self-sufficiency" of the troops and soldiers in the war zone, that is, the so-called "requisition of food" and "levy", the essence of which is robbery. This is even consistent with the tactics in some military books of the old calendar, which started the war of aggression again in the autumn in order to facilitate the seizure of grain and grass. Even if the Federation sent to the Comia Domain, the same is true of the Federation forces involved in the Second Battle of Komia. If Qiu Xingyu, the star leader of the Kemia Star Domain at this moment, didn't provide them with "food and grass", they also had no choice. Either go and rob Baiyo, or turn around and "levy" from the Kemia government, or go home.

Donghu Prefecture has been destroyed, and Du Hongchuan, the head of the Du family, took his wife and several important elders of the Du family to hide in the Laoshanhu District.

Surrounded by mountains, the water of the lake is extremely secluded and turquoise.

If there were no spies, it would be impossible for the Baiyue people to guess that the last barrier to protect the Du clan would be the turquoise and quiet East Lake. Nearly 600 meters of deep water is the last regression of the East Lake Du clan, and this is really not the kind of turtle shell that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but can easily be trapped to death, but a pool of "living" water.

Du Shi has the strongest deep-water operation technology in almost the entire Federation, and if he relies on Du's unique deep-water submarines, Du Hongchuan can at least bring these leaders of the Du family out of Donghu Prefecture.

Six specially built deep-water submarines are all in place, and the only remaining 19 elite mechs in the instinctive and spontaneous anti-aggression battle, and two spaceships, one large and one small, carrying all kinds of important cargo that can be compared to "gold, silver, and softness", are also in place.

As long as Du Hong gave an order, these nineteen dead soldiers would inevitably drive nineteen mechs to meet the swarming enemies. Two starships and six specially built submarines will flee separately, scattering as birds and beasts, and making a final fight, or rather, a "gamble" against the Baiyue invaders.

But Du Hongzhen hesitated, because someone from Hengxing Chaebol sent him a photo.

It was a photo of his son Du Feng, whose face was covered in blood.

There is also a line of text attached to the photo.

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I just learned that the eldest lady is also in Binhu City, as long as the eldest lady is willing to appreciate the light, it will make my Hengxing chaebol's burrow shine, and we will wait for you at any time.

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At this moment, Du Hong's heart was full of remorse.

It was his own children's affection that made Du Feng, a waste-like unfilial son, involve too much of his energy. At the same time, the Du family soldiers and almost all other combat units were busy with Du Feng's kidnapping. Even Du Run, who had just returned from Kemia, put down everything and set up a special working group to deal with this matter at the secret base of Dongju Seafood Restaurant.

It can be said that Du Feng alone messed up the entire East Lake Du clan's position, so that there was no more thoughtful and proper arrangement in the face of the Baiyue invaders, which slowed down the evacuation of the clansmen to a considerable extent.

Can......

Can you blame Du Feng for this? He can only blame himself, blame himself for being too emotional.