Chapter 885: Total war

Ren Xiaosu did not know what was going on at the field hospital. As he walked through the military base, he realized the Pyro Company’s soldiers were packing up their equipment. The atmosphere seemed to have suddenly turned tense. He had already seen several soldiers sitting at the entrance of their tents and checking their firearms.

Moreover, the various fighting forces were also distributing enough rations and ammunition to last the troops for three days.

It looked like they were preparing to leave the Great Wall and head into battle.

After Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin ate lunch, they swaggered off to P5092’s command center. Along the way, Yang Xiaojin asked, “Is the information you gave them real?”

“Of course it’s real. It was discovered by Old Xu.” Ren Xiaosu said, “Initially, I wanted to supply them with false intel. That way, if P5092 lost the war, he could only turn to the Prosperous Northwest.”

This was also a ploy to sow discord. When the Pyro Company discovered the information provided by P5092 was wrong, P5092 would probably be court martialed like Wang Yun.

At that time, Ren Xiaosu would save him and bring him along to the Prosperous Northwest.

It had to be said that this thought process was exactly the same as when the Great Hoodwinker was messing with Wang Yun.

But the only problem was that the Kong Consortium was up against the Pyro Company at that time, not fighting against foreign enemies.

But now the Pyro Company was facing the barbarians on behalf of humans in the Central Plains, so Ren Xiaosu could not do it that way.

When Ren Xiaosu thought about how he would end up killing tens of thousands of Pyro Company members by deliberately feeding them the wrong intel, he felt it was better to forget it. He would just sow discord when another opportunity arose.

After all, such a scheme would still require them to be able to defeat the barbarians first.

When they arrived at the command center, P5092 was standing alone at the sand table. Ren Xiaosu wondered, “Why do I feel like you’re a little unhappy?”

P5092 looked up at him and said with a smile, “I’m not. It’s just that I’m thinking about our next battle plan.”

“I saw that y’all had a meeting this morning.” Ren Xiaosu said, “What’s the conclusion?”

“Hm, there’s no need to hide it from you.” P5092 said, “At 2 o’clock this afternoon, 28 missiles will be launched to bombard the seven emplacements of the barbarians. Then we send out six of our Pyro Company’s divisions to head beyond the walls and launch a counterattack against the enemy. In other words, half of the Pyro Company’s forces will be participating in this battle, totaling 72,000 people.”

“That’s quite a lot of people.” Ren Xiaosu sighed and said, “But aren’t you afraid that I might have given you the wrong intel?”

P5092 said seriously, “I trust you.”

“Alright then. First of all, I can guarantee that the intel I gave was not from guessing, so just bombard them without any worries.” Ren Xiaosu said, “Since victory is already in sight, why are you still frowning?”

“I don’t know. Maybe I’m just a little worried.” P5092 smiled and said, “By the way, you’ll still be in charge of leading the recon company this time.”

“No problem.” Ren Xiaosu said, “Yang Xiaojin will be working with me as well.”

“I can rest easy that way.” P5092 said, “If the two of you need anything, you can let me know directly. There’s only about an hour left before we set off. I hope you can get ready as soon as possible.”

“Alright, carry on with your analysis of the battle plan then.” Ren Xiaosu said, “By the way, are you going to participate in the battle this time?”

“The entire 3rd Division has been deployed, so I’ll definitely have to head to the front lines together. There’s no reason why I should get to stay behind the safety of the Great Wall like I’m some prince.” P5092 said, “After all, I’m also a T4-ranked combatant.”

Ren Xiaosu became very happy at the words. If he could recruit P5092 to join the Prosperous Northwest, not only would he have gained a military commander, he would have also gained a T4-ranked expert.

Although a T4 combatant was not really that great to Ren Xiaosu, their physical fitness was much better than most average superhumans.

Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin reported to the recon company together and put on a set of reconnaissance equipment.

This time, the soldiers from the recon company did not have any doubts. Rather, they were all in high spirits.

Although they were not afraid of death, wouldn’t it be better if they did not die?

At two o’clock in the afternoon, 28 missiles rose into the air from the rear of the Pyro Company’s front lines after the target coordinates were locked in. The missiles resembled the Holy Lance as they spat out long columns of fire in the sky and flew accurately towards the target locations.

Amid loud explosions, the Great Wall shook. A large amount of dust fell from the walls and covered the soldiers standing underneath it in a layer of dirt.

During this commotion, a gate in the Great Wall was slowly raised. Then tens of thousands of troops formed a long column and marched off towards the northern forest.

Military off-road vehicles drove out one after another, followed closely by the Pyro Company’s E-33 armored vehicles and E-34 tanks that were equipped with machine guns.

The Central Plains people’s competence in ground attacks was finally going on display in front of the barbarians.

This time, Ren Xiaosu and the recon company were sitting in a few of the armored vehicles as they set off for the north. It was only after they entered the northern forest that they split off from the main forces.

At this moment, the students at the field hospital were still waiting for Ren Xiaosu to get back so that they could ask for his autograph. But little did they expect that Ren Xiaosu would not return to the field hospital again after he departed this time.

…

At the front line of Mt. Daniu, south of Stronghold 176.

“All clear here.”

“All clear here as well.”

The messages were being transmitted with a unique frequency through the radio. A five-man team consisting of the Wang Consortium’s elite special forces was infiltrating the north of Mt. Daniu, and their mission was to investigate the troop movements of the northern barbarians.

After Stronghold 176 was destroyed, the Wang Consortium’s main forces retreated to the area around Mt. Daniu and waited for the troops that had occupied the Kong Consortium to arrive and join up with them.

In fact, over the past half a month, the Wang Consortium had experienced a few more battles than the Pyro Company did. After all, they were the first to bear the brunt of the barbarians’ attacks after they marched south.

The war situation was extremely tragic, and it only improved after the Wang Consortium’s main forces arrived at the defensive line at Mt. Daniu.

The good news was that the barbarians seemed to have suffered heavy losses as well. This northern tribe no longer attacked forcefully but turned to guerrilla warfare in the mountains instead.

The five-man team had quickly infiltrated the north of Mt. Daniu, with their destination this time being Wanggan Ridge. That place was one of the known forward operating bases operated by the barbarians.

The Wang Consortium had captured a few barbarians and interrogated them. In the end, they confessed that a general of the expeditionary army was stationed there.

“We’re still 21 klicks away from the target location and will be arriving in two hours,” the captain of the special forces team said on the radio.

Two hours later, the five-man team trekked over other mountain ridges exceptionally smoothly. This left them a little puzzled as they did not encounter a single barbarian along the way.

When they saw Wanggan Ridge from afar, the five-man team was stunned. The captain quickly reported to the rear on the radio, “Wanggan Ridge is no longer occupied by any enemies. I repeat, the expeditionary army at Wanggan Ridge has already disappeared!”

They could only see the messy garbage left behind on Wanggan Ridge through their binoculars. The campfires had been put out at some point in time, and it looked like the expeditionary army here had been gone for quite a while.