Chapter 41: The Last Stand at Hukou (Part 1)
Word Number：244
Author：丹枫书生
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Release Time：2025-08-11
Zhou Tong spun sharply and marched out. In the courtyard’s dust, she found Dong Yaoting speaking urgently to Dong Sanshao. Relief flashed across her face. “Sanshao. With me. General Guo demands to see you.” Dong Yaoting’s eyes widened instantly. He gripped Sanshao’s arm, his voice a low, urgent hiss. “Listen! Mind your bearing before the General. Stand straight. Speak with respect. No casual talk!” Dong Sanshao merely gave a low, dismissive grunt. He fell into step behind Zhou Tong, following her back into the command post of Division Commander Liu Yuqing’s headquarters. Inside, tension hung thick. Lieutenant General Guo Rudong stood before a large battle map, his bald scalp gleaming coldly under the electric lights. Division Commander Liu Yuqing stood beside him, detailing the imminent Japanese assault on Hukou. Zhou Tong snapped to rigid attention, her voice cutting cleanly through the briefing. “Reporting, General Guo! Dong Sanshao, expert military sniper, reporting as ordered!” Guo Rudong turned. His bare head shone like polished jade. To Dong Sanshao, raised in a poor village, it recalled unsettling images of men with diseased, patchy scalps. But the resemblance ended there. This man wore the twin gold stars of a Lieutenant General. His eyes were dark pits – sharp, calculating, radiating a cold scrutiny that made Sanshao’s skin crawl. You felt exposed. Vulnerable. Afraid. General Guo’s gaze locked onto Sanshao. Slowly, deliberately, he circled him once. A full, slow orbit. It felt precisely like
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