The plunder of the heavens begins with the Spirit Cage.

"General, how should we negotiate? Should we ask him to come over?" the forward company commander reported in a low voice. "The other side has requested to negotiate in person via public channel."

The commander stared intently at the motionless steel behemoth, his mind racing for a long time before finally gritting his teeth and raising his hand: "Let it pass!"

With the order given and communications relayed, the colossal Titan finally began its march, slowly approaching the positions of the five-city allied forces.

As the Titan drew ever closer, the varying degrees of awe and shock in the hearts of all the Allied officers rose with the heavy, labored footsteps of the mechs.

They fought for years, facing tank assaults, firing against the suppressive fire of armed helicopters, and advancing daringly under heavy artillery fire...

But faced with such dimensional war creations, they really find it hard to muster the courage to pick up a gun and fight back.

How do we fight this?

Tank gun barrels have limitations in rotation, and in urban warfare, even helicopters may not be able to withstand ground infantry.

But if they encountered such a steel monster that walks on two legs in urban warfare... they would absolutely have a nine-out-of-ten chance of dying!

Once the Titan stopped a hundred meters away from the position, the mech's hatch slowly opened.

A tall and upright young man landed calmly; the man was none other than Lu Qianwei.

He wasn't comfortable letting others negotiate; what if the commander here was an idiot who couldn't see the situation clearly and wanted to kidnap the mech and the pilot? Then there would be trouble rescuing them later.

Lu Qianwei stepped forward slowly, his gaze sweeping over the tense-looking Allied officers in front of him, and spoke first, "Everyone, there's no need to be nervous."

"I am Lu Qianwei, the person in charge of this operation."

"Allied Commander Bradelden!"

After the two introduced themselves, Lu Qianwei nodded and said directly, "Our army has sent troops this time to liberate the city of Sako."

This was also to eradicate the U-Terrorist group that had been entrenched in the area for many years, and to end the long-standing conflict and turmoil in this region.

Bradelden, upon hearing this, roughly understood the meaning: "Nasako City..."

“We conquered Sakor City!” Lu Qianwei knew what he was planning.

But that's impossible!

I'm not from the Eastern Continent, and there's no such thing as evacuating overseas Chinese.

Lu Qianwei pointed to the river valley battlefield behind him, which had been completely cleared.

Without a doubt, it was stated: "From this day forward, the entire territory of Saco City and the entire southern river valley defense line will be officially taken over and garrisoned by our Eastern Army."

"Of course, I can also make it clear to everyone that Dongbang has no intention of expansion or aggression, let alone being an enemy of your allied forces."

"We adhere to the principles of non-aggression and peaceful coexistence."

As long as you strictly adhere to the existing borders, do not cross them, do not instigate incidents, and do not harbor remaining terrorist forces… our army will absolutely not initiate any conflict.

"Once the situation has completely stabilized, we are willing to take the initiative to establish communication channels and formal diplomatic relations with the Five Cities Alliance."

Open border controls, facilitate the exchange of goods and trade, replace war with cooperation, and confrontation with peace.

His words were spoken frankly, but the allied forces felt as if they had eaten shit.

After all, Saco City is part of their country.

Moreover, it possesses an important coastal port, which was something that should have been given away willingly in the first place.

They wouldn't want to fight to the death with U-People Group.

Ultimately, it all comes down to interests!

The crisis brought about by the geological disaster left the country with only that port intact.

Now they're saying they're just going to hand it over to someone else for nothing... then what about all the wars they've fought over the years?

Not to mention their disagreement, the soldiers below would also disagree.

Bradelden expressed their dissatisfaction and tough stance.

Lu Qianwei smiled slightly and stated the conditions they could not refuse.

That's the arms and food trade!

The Dongbang Army intends to sell electromagnetic weapons, and food can even be purchased at pre-disaster prices.

Based on these two points alone, Bradelden nodded without hesitation and acquiesced to the East Confederation Army's deal!

With a weak nation and a strong military, the government had long been unable to command local armies after the geological disasters on the Eurasian continent.

Otherwise, the group opposing U-People Group wouldn't have been called the Five Cities Alliance.

Bradelden was, in fact, also a warlord.

The thought of having electromagnetic weapons and a large amount of food under his control makes it possible for him to become president again in his lifetime.

With this in mind, the city of Saco and the coastal port became less important.

"Hahaha, General Lu, on behalf of the entire garrison, I accept the statement of negotiation from your Dongbang Army."

"From this day forward, our two armies will not invade each other, and we will engage in peaceful trade!"

……

As thousands of people, including Barr, were publicly sentenced live on air, the city of Saco was swept up in their frenzy.

The reputation and vision of the East Coast Army have also entered the eyes of countries all over the world.

Damn, mechanical exoskeletons, Titan armor, electromagnetic weapons, energy shields, and a whole host of other high-tech gadgets that would make anyone envious!

Therefore, after a highly respected figure from the Dongbang Chamber of Commerce became the first mayor of Saco City.

A huge number of diplomatic missions from various countries poured in!

On the surface, they came to establish diplomatic relations, but in reality, most of them were coveting the military technology of the Dongbang Army.

The delegation from the long-established power of the Eurasian continent and the superpower of North America was the most eager, and its attitude was quite arrogant.

Having long been accustomed to controlling global trade, they looked down on these lucky individuals who seemed to have stumbled upon alien technology.

Representatives from the great powers came one after another, immediately launching into a strong pressure campaign.

First, they pretended to discuss cooperation, but their words were full of hidden threats. They demanded that Sako City disclose the technical parameters of the mechs and electromagnetic weapons, and allow them to purchase them in bulk and introduce production lines.

Furthermore, a North American envoy made harsh statements, bordering on coercion.

"Geological disasters have seriously affected the economic balance of countries around the world."

Your advanced military equipment could very well trigger another arms race in which countries exhaust their manpower and resources.

Therefore, it is best to share Saco's military technology globally!

If you insist on technological monopoly, you will be hindering the global military balance and disrupting regional order.

At that time, we will not rule out using any necessary means, including maritime blockade and trade sanctions!

Faced with this group of arrogant and coercive foreign delegations, the official attitude of Saco City was extremely straightforward—to handle the whole thing with a cold shoulder and ignore them completely.

They showed no respect whatsoever to the foreign powers.

This has thoroughly enraged a number of European and American countries.

In their view, a newly established city that dared to openly defy the world's great powers was simply courting death.

Soon, several countries jointly issued a notice.

Using "regulating arms proliferation and maintaining maritime security" as a pretext.

They deployed their ocean-going fleet to blockade the ports outside Saco City layer by layer, cutting off all foreign merchant ships from navigation, attempting to force Saco City to bow down and compromise through economic blockade and maritime encirclement.

The continent of Eurasia has abundant underground oil reserves, but little land suitable for growing crops, and most of the country relies on imported food for survival.

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The great powers were convinced that they would lose international trade and overseas supplies.

The city of Sako, nestled against barren, war-torn land, would inevitably run out of ammunition and food within half a month and would have to come to Sako to sue for peace.

Unfortunately, the great powers did not realize that their blockade was meaningless from the very beginning.

While they were making a big show of blocking the sea and creating difficulties, the officials of Saco City had already started talks with Shenzhou, which was genuinely interested in cooperating.

Cooperation agreements on grain trade, transportation of basic materials, infrastructure construction assistance, livelihood cooperation, energy exchange, and private trade were quickly finalized and implemented.

As for blockade, it doesn't exist for major powers that also possess aircraft carriers!

No matter how much the great powers condemned the country located in the East, they ignored it and continued doing what they were doing.

The arrogant blockade was slapped in the face, and several major powers, unable to save face, ultimately chose to resort to old traditions.

They continue to support a faction on the continent of Eurasia in order to seek their own interests.

Of course, more than anything, they wanted to see the actual combat data of Saco's military equipment.

If they're really strong... they'll get them no matter what!

If they are weak, that's when they'll divide up the spoils.

In short, it's all robber logic.

Their operation was swift; several agents flew to Linton City in northern Oonia and located the three warlords who had been crippled by the U-Real Group.

They also gathered more than 1,200 remnants of the Uyghur group who had escaped from the Sako Valley and put together a so-called "Eonian National Liberation Front Army".

Hmm, it's still a liberation declaration with discriminatory undertones.

They simply couldn't stand the Dongbang people establishing a regime on their territory, or rather, they didn't want them to ride roughshod over them.

Seeing their leader's mood, the agents exchanged smiles and then took out 300 million in military funds.

They were equipped with 312 old T-72 tanks, 150 armored vehicles, 72 F-5 fighter jets, and AH-1 attack helicopters.

They also sent eighteen retired special forces officers as military advisors, trained them for two months, and developed a detailed three-pronged attack plan.

Compared to the actual aid provided by North America, the aid offered by Europe was rather vague, consisting mostly of empty promises.

Once we capture Sako, the taxes levied on exports from their port to the domestic market will be halved.

The advanced weapons left behind by the Eastern Army can be freely distributed, and they will openly support their unification of the entire southern Oonia and recognize them as the only legitimate government.

Upon hearing that it was all a huge trap, the leader, who wasn't very educated, actually believed it!

After setting a sufficiently cunning trap for Saco, and having its agents raise the banner of "reclaiming territory," war broke out as expected three months later.