The next day.
As the last orange-red glow of the sunset brushed over the mottled earthen walls of Dagug.
A deep engine roar gradually approached, breaking the evening silence.
A convoy consisting of five desert-camouflage-painted M939 heavy military trucks and several Hummers mounted with M2 heavy machine guns slowly drove into the checkpoint at the outskirts of Dagug, controlled by Song Heping's "Liberation Forces."
The tires crunched over the gravel road, making a piercing sound.
The soldiers at the checkpoint immediately became alert, slightly raising the barrels of their AK-74M assault rifles, but not pointing them at the vehicles.
They recognized the affiliation of this convoy—the Americans.
The door of the leading Hummer slammed open, and the first to jump out was Simon, his face as dim as the evening sky.
Next, from the passenger side, descended Colonel Kote.
