Author note: Warning. Graphic and gory details ahead! Slightly depressing chapter depicting the pain of war. Skip if you don't want to feel the pain. If not… enjoy.
As usual, reality was completely different from the neatly prepared plans that the Chinese Government had made.
They were supposed to end the war with the European Empire in one month, prepare the army for war within two months even as Grand Marshal Li Qingshan sought to delay the invasion by killing the Lion King.
Never in their wildest dreams did they imagine that they would be fighting the beasts within such a short period of time. On top of it, they had to fight with 70% of their defensive capabilities destroyed.
The beasts came like avalanches. No pause. No rhythm. Just endless hunger, crashing down from every direction with a soundless certainty that drowned sirens and swallowed prayers.