A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 764 Post-War Reactions

As soon as two British-made Hawk fighter jets approached the tropical rainforest where the two sides were engaged in a firefight, the radar of a transport ship in the Java Sea directly locked onto the target.

Immediately afterwards, with Tang Zichen's order, ten surface-to-air missiles locked onto two targets and were launched simultaneously.

The pilots of the two Hawk fighters immediately discovered that they were locked by radar, and they quickly made evasive maneuvers and released jamming bombs.

But each fighter jet faces the lock of five missiles. Even if it dodges two or three missiles, it is difficult to dodge the fourth or fifth one.

Just a moment later, two loud explosions were heard in the sky and two fighter jets crashed on the spot.

The government forces responded quickly. After the two fighter jets were destroyed, they immediately launched anti-ship missiles and directly destroyed the transport ship.

After losing the air advantage, the long-range heavy firepower could not pose a fatal threat to the Tang Sect armed forces in the tropical rainforest, and the battle shifted directly to a confrontation between light infantry.

The Pichai family sent out more than 3,000 government troops, but they soon suffered a heavy loss after facing Tang Zichen's 2,000 mercenaries.

Like most warlord families in Indonesia, the Picha family spends most of its annual income on enjoying life and does not equip its troops with sophisticated weapons. The soldiers are all equipped with simple AK rifles.

In contrast, the mercenaries under Tang Zichen's command were raised at great expense by the wealthy businessmen in Southeast Asia. They were equipped with the most advanced light weapons, tactical helmets, and even bulletproof vests in the world today. They quickly suppressed the government forces.

As Lu Cheng led hundreds of elite troops to charge forward, the overwhelming advantage was further expanded. More than 3,000 government troops were quickly defeated and driven out of the jungle.

Immediately afterwards, Tang Zichen led his team to raid the Sishui garrison camp and blew up the arsenal of the garrison camp.

Afterwards, Tang Zichen decided to quit while he was ahead. Before the follow-up government troops arrived, he immediately withdrew to the jungle base and spread out his troops.

The next morning, the following news appeared in China's morning news: "Yesterday at Yanjing time... Two fighter jets of the Indonesian Air Force collided and crashed during an exercise over Surabaya, killing all four pilots. The cause of the crash is still unclear. According to reliable sources, these two Indonesian Air Force fighter jets, and even the British-made Hawk fighter jets..."

When ordinary people saw this news, they naturally had some discussions. Some people thought that the Indonesian Air Force was too weak to allow two planes to collide during an exercise.

Some people also believe that the British Empire would only sell broken and defective aircraft to Indonesia.

Only a few high-ranking officials know what exactly happened yesterday.

In a conference room, several generals with stars on their shoulders were watching a video, which showed the two Hawk fighters being destroyed.

"This Tang Sect is really good at this. They fired ten surface-to-air missiles worth over a million dollars at once, costing hundreds of millions of RMB. This Tang Zichen is no ordinary person."

"Not only that, according to reliable sources, the Indonesian Picha family was defeated head-on this time, and the losses were quite heavy. Nearly 800 people were killed or injured, and an important arsenal was also blown up."

"The people of Daxia in Nanyang are no longer lambs to be slaughtered. By the way, how is the connection with the Tang Sect?"

"At present, the leader of the Tang Sect is not willing to have too much contact with us. Speaking of which, this is also because the military's Lieutenant General Wu acted too extreme and wanted to capture and control Tang Zichen alive. This Tang Zichen has made such a big name in the international community, even making the CIA of the United States helpless. She is definitely not a weak woman who can be manipulated by others."

"Wu Wenhui is too arrogant and wants to control everything. We should take a softer approach to our compatriots. Send someone to continue to contact the Tang Sect and be more proactive. We can provide some help when necessary.

Tang Zichen is also from the Hongmen, and is very influential among Chinese people all over the world. If we can get her to join us sincerely, we will have more room for maneuver in the international arena in the future.”

At the same time, in the Qian family estate on the outskirts of Jakarta.

"This Tang Zichen is really good at tactics. He actually defeated the government army head-on. From now on, we Daxia merchants will no longer be lambs to be slaughtered."

"Tang Zichen is indeed a martial artist, he is decisive and fierce in killing. He is really willing to use all ten surface-to-air missiles directly."

"War is really a waste of money!"

An elderly Chinese man with gray hair sighed: "We are all old, and the world will be ruled by young people in the future. But young people are brave enough to confront the warlords head on."

Some people also began to pour cold water on the idea: "Humph! We just defeated a small warlord. All the soldiers of our Nanyang Chinese merchants only have a few thousand people. How many government troops are there? Hundreds of thousands! A few thousand mercenaries have no chance of winning against hundreds of thousands of government troops with complete land, sea and air forces. Although we won this time, what about the future? We will definitely face more severe retaliation from the government forces."

"Wu Dongcheng, what do you mean? Are we just going to passively take the beating? We have won the fight, but you are still pouring cold water on us? I think you want to surrender and beg for mercy, right?"

"They are short-sighted and ignorant. Here, the government army is stronger than us, but in farther places, there are stronger forces than the government army. We can definitely go and get support from them."

"You mean..."

"Yes, I am talking about the mainland. Our Wu family has already contacted General Wu Wenhui, and he has promised to provide us with weapons support and ocean protection..."

"I still think that we should rely on ourselves first. However, it is indeed not safe for our troops to be in the hands of a woman like Tang Zichen. We should get all our troops here as soon as possible and be prepared to protect ourselves!"

"Alright, alright, stop arguing..."

While the old foxes hiding in Jakarta were harboring their own ulterior motives, Tang Zichen was also in the underground base in Surabaya, listening to his subordinates reporting various losses.

"In this battle, we had a total of 2328 soldiers participating, with a total of 327 casualties. We lost one armed helicopter, 10 surface-to-air missiles, one transport ship, and three armored vehicles... 12 rounds of bullets and artillery shells were used... The total economic loss was about $2 million."

In less than an hour of fighting, $2 million was lost, not including casualties and compensation. One can imagine how quickly war burns money.

Of course, the government forces suffered greater losses.

Moreover, in this war, the government army's combat goal was to wipe out the Tangmen private armed forces near Si Shui.

The strategic goal of the Tang Clan's private armed forces is to launch certain counterattacks while protecting themselves.

From a strategic perspective, the Tang Clan can be said to have won a great victory. Not only did it cause heavy losses to the government forces, making them afraid to encircle and suppress them again, it also deterred some Chinese businessmen with ulterior motives and set an example for the people of Daxia all over the world.

Tang Zichen didn't show any expression after hearing the loss figures. In fact, the loss this time was much smaller than she expected, thanks to Lu Cheng who ended the battle in the shortest time and rushed over to support.

"Immediately arrange post-war compensation and provide the best medical conditions for the injured soldiers. Next, we will continue to expand the team to at least 5000 people. The candidates will be selected from the Minglun Halls in various places. We must select the best and not have too few. In addition, expand the "Dragon Snake Special Forces" to 120 people..."

The Dragon Snake Special Forces trained by Lu Cheng showed extremely strong combat effectiveness in this battle, which also proved Lu Cheng's ability.

Therefore, Tang Zichen planned to continue implementing the elite troops plan and give Lu Cheng more elite troops for him to train.