242 Triple identity, Ren Xiaosu! (1/2)
When the silvery strands appeared on the officer, the Iron Second Battalion's commander, Liu Taiyu, froze. He lowered his head and did not dare to refute him further. Because he knew this was the most elite unit of the Li Consortium. They were the nanosoldiers of the organization!
The Li Consortium's main battlefield was divided into two areas, with one at the front line at Mt. Fengyi facing the Qing Consortium, and the other at the front line at Mt. Ping facing the Yang Consortium. The distance between the two battlefields was several hundred kilometers.
Liu Taiyu received news earlier that those nanosoldiers were already heading towards Mt. Ping because the Yang Consortium was the Li Consortium's main opponent, while the Qing Consortium was just here to take advantage of the situation. However, Liu Taiyu was not expecting the nanosoldiers to appear here.
Did they intend to catch the Qing Consortium off guard? Was that why the organization had even withheld this information internally?
Liu Taiyu grew cold with fear when he realized the situation was worse than he had expected. The front line at Mt. Fengyi where he was being deployed to would definitely end up as ground zero for this war!
But how could the nanosoldiers not have their own vehicles? The nanosoldiers were always given the best equipment. They did not even need to take military transport trucks as they were all issued with off-road vehicles.
Liu Taiyu asked in a whisper, ”Sir, where are your vehicles?” While saying that, he took a look at the officer's shoulder patch that displayed the words ”Divine Arms Battalion.” There was also the white logo of a nanospider on it.
This was the legendary Divine Arms Battalion of the Li Consortium.
The Divine Arms officer looked at Liu Taiyu out of the corner of his eye and said, ”Our vehicles are parked right up ahead. I want your soldiers to get out of the trucks and take our off-road vehicles instead. On top of that, have all your private troops take off their uniforms.”
”We'll freeze to death if we take off our clothes in this cold weather,” Liu Taiyu said anxiously.
In response, the officer of the Divine Arms Battalion lunged over and punched Liu Taiyu in the abdomen. He left Liu Taiyu in such pain that he laid on the ground in the fetal position and could not even make a sound!
The Divine Arms officer said calmly, ”Why must you speak so much?”
The truck Ren Xiaosu's platoon was in was the closest to the Divine Arms officers, so he could hear their entire conversation. When the officer said they wanted the private troops to take off their uniforms, Ren Xiaosu realized these nanosoldiers might be planning to pose as private troops on the march.
The Li Consortium's nanotechnology had always been the subject of much attention. Now that it had been fully put into practical use on the battlefield, it would definitely be regarded as a great threat by the Qing Consortium and the Yang Consortium.
The Li Consortium knew there were spies in their military. Therefore, the Divine Arms Battalion would have to hide their whereabouts if they wanted to spring a surprise on the Qing Consortium.
As the soldiers of the Divine Arms Battalion walked over to the trucks, the lead soldier shouted to Ren Xiaosu and his platoon, ”Get out here and change out of your uniforms—” The person speaking froze when he realized Ren Xiaosu and his platoon were not in uniform.
Ren Xiaosu was amused. Wasn't this such a coincidence? They had not even been issued with uniforms.
The Divine Arms officer wondered, ”Where are your uniforms?”
Disgruntled, Ren Xiaosu explained, ”We were never issued with uniforms. Not only that, we weren't even equipped with guns.”
The Divine Arms officers were stunned for a while. Since they did not have much contact with the private troops before, this problem never once crossed their minds!
The officer who beat up Liu Taiyu got so angry he laughed. He looked at Liu Taiyu, who was lying on the ground, and said, ”Aren't you too rampant with your embezzlement of their pay and equipment?! Do you think our Li Consortium is raising you all as parasites?” He then angrily kicked Liu Taiyu's head so hard that Liu Taiyu fainted.
To be honest, this commander of the Divine Arms Battalion believed his plan was well thought out. They would first pretend to be private troops and get close to the battlefield while avoiding the spies' attention. Afterwards, they would head into the mountains and flank the Qing Consortium to deal them the fatal blow.