Two Realms Shuttle Gate: Don't Call Me a Demon!-Chapter 588 - 366: Conquering Southeast Asia

In response to Jieke Group's exorbitant demands, An Nan ultimately refused to agree to the humiliating terms.

Among the five countries of Southeast Asia, if Siam is considered the strongest economically, then An Nan is the most abundant in martial virtue.

Before the emergence of the Jieke Group, An Nan, relying on its regular army of five hundred thousand and four million reservists, with a population of one hundred million, firmly held the military supremacy in Southeast Asia.

However, despite having a large number of soldiers, due to economic constraints and lagging research and development, the main combat equipment for air, sea, and land forces were basically outdated goods from the 1970s.

Yet, although impoverished, An Nan has always been known for the quality of its individual soldiers and their strong fighting will.

During World War II, facing the menacing Japan, Siam promptly became a subordinate, allying with Japan, while at that time, An Nan was still conducting guerrilla warfare against them.

After World War II, An Nan fought France, knocking them down, and fought the Beautiful Country, pushing them to a humiliating retreat with jungle warfare.

Rich in combat experience, An Nan troops were forged through trials of blood and fire; therefore, verbal threats from the Jieke Group did not deter them.

After the negotiation meetings ended, the An Nan representatives reported back to their country, while simultaneously attempting public relations with the Jieke Group and calling for international assistance, hoping to use international public opinion to pressure the Jieke Group.

Western countries, led by the Beautiful Country, naturally voiced strong support, condemning the overbearing tactics of the Jieke Group.

But when An Nan requested the Western countries send troops to help, they suddenly started making excuses, as if to say, "Brother, you hold off the Jieke Group's military pressure first, and we'll cheer you on from behind."

In the end, the Western countries agreed only to assist with some weapons and equipment, and did not send a single soldier.

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After the initial negotiations broke down, the Jieke Group also put words into action, using fists instead of speech.

The Jieke Group assembled one hundred and fifty thousand troops in Zhenla territory, including three Mechanical Combat Brigades all appearing on the front line.

At the same time, the Jieke Group also ordered Siam, Zhenla, and Lancang to deploy a total of four hundred thousand Servant Army soldiers, to coordinate with the Jieke Group in the battle.

On February 18th, the Jieke Group launched a surprise attack from within Zhenla territory. While commencing air raids, they sent the Servant Army to invade An Nan's Qinghua Province first.

An Nan, with its narrow and long territory, stretching long from north to south and narrow from east to west, saw its defense lines and positions torn apart by the numerical superiority of the hundreds of thousands of Servant Army soldiers. Quickly Qinghua Province was occupied, and they spread into Guangping Province and Yi'an Province.

These Servant Armies, ineffective against the Jieke Group, were suddenly invigorated once they entered An Nan territory.

Under the support of their big brother, the Jieke Group, each displayed remarkable combat effectiveness.

But soon, An Nan swiftly changed its strategic tactics, as the troops entered the jungle. Those proud and arrogant Servant Armies from the three countries, acting as if they owned the place, chased into the jungle and immediately found themselves being routed by An Nan, running out crying for their fathers and mothers.

The An Nan soldiers, relying on their familiarity with the terrain, scattered their forces into the jungle, forming small-scale guerrilla units, and conducting hit-and-run operations in the depths of the dense forest, preparing to engage in guerrilla warfare with the Jieke Group.

As An Nan is in a subtropical and tropical rainforest region, forests are dense, and rainfall is abundant.

Three-quarters of the country is covered with jungles, mountains, and plateaus, with the Changshan Mountain Range stretching over a thousand kilometers from north to south in the west. With over 50% forest coverage and abundant primal jungles, the terrain is naturally a sanctuary for jungle warfare.

In forest combat, ground fire support vehicles like armored cars and tanks have difficulty maneuvering and struggle to enter battle positions.

Attack helicopters and fighter jets are obstructed by the thick canopy and cannot lock on to their targets. Light infantry guerrilla squads can strike and then run, escaping into the forest when pursued.

In such conditions, An Nan naturally wanted to revert to its proven expertise in jungle warfare, having used this to drive away the Beautiful Country. Now they hoped to repeat the tactic, using the dense jungle as a barrier and harassing the Jieke Group's soldiers, showing solid performance when dealing with the Servant Armies from Siam, Zhenla, and Lancang.

However, An Nan was overly optimistic in thinking this approach would work against the Jieke Group.

Jungle combat is a strong suit of the Jieke Group, and they have never feared anyone in such warfare; it could even be said that jungle combat has always been a constant throughout the growth of the Jieke Group.

Facing the dense jungles of An Nan, the Jieke Group deployed their Super Soldiers and Genetic Warriors into the jungle areas to play a cat-and-mouse game with the An Nan soldiers.

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In the thick and humid rainforest, a squad of An Nan soldiers lay prone, looking at a dirt road not far away, which they had scouted to be a supply line used by the Zhenla Servant Army. They had an entire infantry battalion lying in ambush here, having received intelligence that a large logistics convoy would be passing through.

Pat!

An An Nan soldier tapped his cheek, flicking off a leech that was sucking his blood.

Unperturbed, he lay still on the ground, his head wrapped with weeds, his rifle camouflaged, blending into the foliage, making it difficult to spot him with the naked eye.

Deployed here was the 105th Infantry Battalion of the 288th Mountain Division from An Nan, with a strength of over three hundred soldiers.

Suddenly, the leech that had been flicked away seemed to be squashed by something, making a squishing sound.

The An Nan soldier, who had been focusing intently ahead, tilted his head slightly, sensing a burst of wind coming towards him, his pupils rapidly contracting.