Salute To The General (Nathan Cross) novel Chapter 1795

Over at the North Army's headquarters, Fang, Destroyer, Heptakill, and the other key figures in the North Army called for an emergency meeting.

Since Nathan, the commander-in-chief, was not around, Fang, who had recently been promoted, chaired the meeting.

With a grim expression, he said in a deep voice. “There are two things I need to discuss with you today.

“Firstly, we all knew a Xyperian sniper had killed Lieutenant Sutcliffe last night when he was patrolling around our frontline outpost.

“The sniper even used the Dumdum bullets, that had been banned under the international convention.”

“Lieutenant Sutcliffe suffered a miserable death!”

“We must not let him die in vain. The Xyperian government must hand over the sniper, and he must be punished for his action.”

Destroyer, Heptakill, Colin, and the rest all felt a jolt of anger.

The relationship between Xyperia and Eurasia had always been rife with tension. The former had held grudges against Eurasia ever since they were defeated in the war. This was why Xyperia constantly viewed Eurasia as their nemesis, and they hoped one day they could teach Eurasia a lesson.

Over the years, both countries had set up military bases along the borders.

Since the borders of both neighboring countries had always been a disputable topic, the troops over there often engaged in clashes.

Nevertheless, most of the conflicts were mild as both parties practiced self-control.

On and off, they would deploy a group of elite soldiers to the frontline outpost so that they could gauge each other's military strength.

In a way, such minor conflicts also served as a training ground for all the soldiers.

Most of the border conflicts took place at a lake.

While the Eurasians named it the Purgatory Lake, the Xyperians called it Abyss Lake.

This was how the lake turned into a battlefield for soldiers from both countries.

Of course, the Eurasian and Xyperian governments were aware of these conflicts. But none of them wanted to bring this up and turn this into an international issue unless any one of them felt threatened.

Though clashes still took place by the lake, they had neither crossed over to the other side nor ambushed their opponent.

Yet, last night, Xyperia violated the unspoken agreement by crossing over the Purgatory Lake, trespassed into the frontline outpost of Eurasia, and killed Lieutenant Sutcliffe.

To make things worse, the Xyperian sniper even used the Dumdum bullets, violating the international convention.

Victims who had been hit by the Dumdum bullets would suffer a miserable death.

Many countries had condemned the use of Dumdum bullets ever since it hit the market, and this was why these bullets were eventually banned.

Hence now, this incident had truly enraged the North Army.