On the other end of the phone, Song Heping seed unsurprised by this answer, and he said flatly, "Allegiance is unnecessary. I don't like the word 'allegiance,' but cooperation is fine. Welco to the Persian Plateau. Now, let's help you reclaim your camp. Naxin will coordinate with you."
Hanging up the phone, Abu You returned the satellite phone to Naxin, his gaze now incredibly firm and fierce: "Captain Naxin, my camp must be in chaos right now. Bashir's n are probably trying to seize control of my troops. We need to go back imdiately!"
Naxin nodded: "The Sand Fox Squad is at your command."
Abu You's eyes flashed coldly: "Go, return with to clean house!"
...
Everything was just as Abu You expected; the camp was indeed in disorder.
After Zagros took Abu You away, the investigation team officers who stayed behind and so soldiers tried to forcibly take over command, leading to a serious standoff with Casim and other officers loyal to Abu You. The soldiers on both sides were on the brink of a clash.
At the mont when conflict was about to erupt, faint gunshots suddenly ca from outside the camp.
Everyone froze.
An officer from the investigation team heard the gunshots and was overjoyed, thinking Zagros had succeeded, so he announced loudly, "The traitor Abu You tried to escape and has been summarily executed! Now the camp is fully taken over by the Military Committee! Everyone lay down your weapons and submit for reorganization! Anyone defying orders will be treated as accomplices!"
This news was like a bolt from the blue, leaving Casim and other loyalist officers instantly shocked and in despair.
"No! Impossible!"
Casim's eyes turned red, and he roared, reaching for his gun.
"Bang!" An investigation team officer fired a warning shot and shouted harshly, "Casim! Are you trying to rebel? Drop your weapon!"
Both sides imdiately stood off with guns drawn, aiming at each other.
At this critical juncture!
"Buzz—Boom!"
A violent explosion suddenly ca from the camp entrance!
The pickup truck used as a barricade at the entrance was blasted into the air by a rocket!
Imdiately, a dense and precise rain of bullets poured in from the darkness outside the camp!
Several investigation team soldiers at the camp entrance trying to control the situation were instantly downed!
"Enemy attack! It's an enemy attack!"
The remaining soldiers in the camp shouted in panic, scrambling for cover.
Amidst the chaos, an off-road vehicle burst through the explosion's smoke and rising dust like a runaway wild horse, wildly speeding into the camp, screeching to a halt on the open ground between the confronting sides.
"It's , Abu You! Don't panic! Stay calm!"
The car door swung open, and amidst all the incredulous gazes, Abu You, holding an assault rifle, jumped out, raising his hand to empty an entire magazine into the sky!
"Ratatatatata—"
The sharp gunfire drowned out all the clamor and chaos.
The entire camp fell silent in an instant, with all eyes focused on the figure who was supposed to be "dead."
Abu You stood in the glow of the car headlights, tossing aside the emptied rifle, drawing a pistol from his waist, and pointing it at the investigation team officer who was already dumbfounded:
"Soldiers! I am Abu You! I am not dead! Those treacherous dogs from the KPG Committee and Bashir tried to murder and take over our troops! They are the real traitors, the termites of the Kurd cause!"
His gaze was sharp as he surveyed faces that turned from shock and doubt to ecstatic joy and fury: "Whoever is willing to continue following , Abu You, pick up your weapons! Let's clear out these bastards who tread over us! From today, we will no longer endure the KPG Committee's tyranny! We will fight for ourselves!"
"Commander!"
Casim was the first to react, tears of excitent welling up, raising his rifle and shouting wildly.
"Follow the commander with all our might!"
"Follow the commander with all our might!"
"Eliminate these dogs!"
The pent-up anger erupted completely at this mont!
The vast majority of soldiers turned their guns without hesitation, charging at the investigation team mbers and Bashir's soldiers who were already scared out of their wits.
The battle was almost a one-sided slaughter.
The investigation team, having lost the elent of surprise and vastly outnumbered, were quickly pinned down by the angry soldiers like lambs, tied up like pigs.
Minutes later, all thirty-plus mbers of the investigation team and soldiers sent by Bashir were captured and roughly dragged to the open ground in the center of the camp, kneeling in a row.
Each one of them was ashen-faced, trembling all over.
Abu You walked up to them, his eyes as cold as knives.
He picked up a gaphone and shouted with all his might at the soldiers who had gathered:
"Everyone take a look! This is the fate of those who betray their brothers and beco traitorous dogs! The KPG Military Committee has been unjust and intent on killing ! From today, I, Abu You, and my four thousand soldiers, formally announce our separation from the corrupt and incompetent KPG! We will no longer serve them!"
He swung his hand forcefully.
The firing squad raised their rifles.
"We will turn to a truly worthy strongman! We will follow Mr. Song Heping!"
Gunshots roared and pierced the night sky.
The prisoners kneeling crumpled to the ground like wheat being cut down.
The pool of blood quickly spread under the stark white light.
Standing amidst the blood and corpses, Abu You's voice echoed far and wide through the gaphone, also heralding an impending dramatic upheaval in Northern Illigo:
"Announce to all forces! Abu You's ard faction no longer pledges allegiance to the KPG Military Committee, and from now on, we will chart our own course!"
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