Chapter 324: The Gunshots in Coro

Translator:

_Min_

Editor:

Rundi

To the Pannu Islands near the equator, the difference between winter and summer was negligible.

The sea breeze from the South Pacific Ocean carried the salty taste unique to the ocean; it swayed the green palm trees as well as the desolate smokes.

War.

No one had expected that the shadow of war would cover this isolated and small country.

As to who shot first, no one remembered.

The Liberal Party, with the support of “unknown force’s” funding as well as the firearms purchased from UA arms dealer, quickly equipped an anti-government force of five hundred.

Their original plan was to start the uprising at the end of March. With the force separated into two, one force attacking Johnny’s mansion while the other capture the presidential palace. They wanted to end president Edward’s corrupt reign and support the new regime.

But the truth stated that they were still too naïve.

The uprising experienced hardships from the beginning. While the Liberal party, with an ample amount of funding and the extreme disappointment of the people towards Pannu’s current regime, could quickly gather a force willing to fight. But because of the abundance of people as well as the dismay in management, Pannu’s current government seemed to have received information beforehand. The moment the uprising started, the military reacted.

The riot first started in Pannu Islands’ capital Coro. The anti-government soldiers, wearing masks printed with the new state and the city’s camouflage were equipped with M4A1s. They were quickly tossed into an intense fire with state forces who held the same equipment.

Then they were forced to retreat multiple times.

The result completely surprised the Liberal Party.

They originally thought that the moment the first shot was fired, the government military would join forces with them under the banner of justice.

But their plan failed.

The government military immediately started firing, and the soldiers wearing the new flag was quickly gunned down on the street. Then the armored vehicles headed onto the road as the 50 caliber heavy machine guns began to unleash its power on the rioters, concrete debris as well as broken limbs scattered everywhere.

Although the government force was made up of only100 people, they were all professional soldiers. Even if they used the same UA equipment, the combat ability of both sides was not on the same level. Especially since the government forces had armored vehicles and a tank on top of everything!

It was slaughter.

The new flag symbol didn’t bring courage to the coup but instead became the identification symbol for the government force to identify the enemy. The strategy of a direct fire was wrong. Although the Liberal Party’s cause was deeply instilled in every Pannu citizen’s heart, they still vastly overestimated their own influence and power. In modern warfare, numbers are not the decisive factor in winning a battle.

Blood flowed from the front of the presidential palace to the north bank of Coro Island. The rioters attacking the palace had to continuously retreat. Those who were intelligent ripped off their masks and fled, pretending to be citizens. However, the slow reacting rioters were pushed out of the rural area and forced to jump off the cliff at the north end of Coro island.

The vibrant blood made the passionate young men calm down. Although ideology was necessary, so was life. To the enemy they could not beat, they had no desire to fight for their life.

On the other side of the battle, the same group of people attacking Johnny’s mansion also suffered heavy defeat…

Sparks jumped everywhere as the bullet shells dropped onto the