418 A triumph (1/2)
After he limped up the hill, Ren Xiaosu hid behind the fortifications while panting. He said with a smile, ”I killed the sniper. There were actually two of them out there. Oh, I also wiped out two guerrilla companies.”
Zhang Xiaoman chuckled and said, ”Stop bragging!” But when he saw over a 1,000 Zong Consortium soldiers pursuing behind the hounds, he immediately stopped laughing. ”Did you really single-handedly kill two companies of guerrillas and two snipers as well?”
The members of the Razor Sharp Company were used to bragging all the time. So when Ren Xiaosu told them this shocking news, everyone thought that Ren Xiaosu was just boasting.
Ren Xiaosu said, ”There are many more pursuers. We should retreat immediately.”
”That won't do.” Zhang Xiaoman laughed. ”Since you're so fearsome, surely our Razor Sharp Company can't hold you back, right? No matter how many enemies come today, we'll wipe them all out!”
Ren Xiaosu realized that Zhang Xiaoman and his men had prepared extensively here. It looked like they were fully ready to spring this ambush.
”Captain,” Jiao Xiaochen suddenly said as he looked out into the distance, ”I think we better retreat…”
Zhang Xiaoman gazed at the large number of Zong Consortium soldiers in the distance. As they were still very far away, the soldiers looked just like ants.
Zhang Xiaoman realized the Zong Consortium would not have sent so many soldiers to eliminate their enemies in the mountains if Ren Xiaosu had just been talking big. It looked like they were extremely determined to annihilate the advance guard of Fortress 178!
Ren Xiaosu asked, ”Why did y'all choose to set up the ambush here?”
Zhang Xiaoman replied, ”We were worried the situation would blow up and you would end up being pursued by the enemy, so we set up an ambush here with the intent of coming to your aid. But who would have thought the situation would get this serious!”
”That's right.” Jiao Xiaochen said, ”We were thinking that it would be great if you could kill the sniper. Once you achieved that, the guerrilla companies would definitely come after you. At that time, we would've stopped the enemy here at Crow Pass and killed them all. But who would have expected that you'd already kill the guerrilla companies and even managed to attract part of the Zong Consortium's main forces after you? Haha, you're too amazing!”
Zhang Xiaoman asked with concern, ”How's your injury?”
”Don't worry, I've already applied the black medicine on it.” Ren Xiaosu said, ”Let's make our escape now. There's too many enemy troops out there.”
By this point, Fu Rao and the others had taken care of all the hounds. The Razor Sharp Company definitely couldn't handle so many Zong Consortium soldiers. So fleeing was their best option.
However, Zhang Xiaoman changed his mind again and said, ”Then what are we still hesitating for? Let's go… But we can't just run away like this. We have to pull off a big one against the Zong Consortium soldiers before we leave. Jiao Xiaochen, set your mortars up. Everyone, get ready and prepare for battle!”
Ren Xiaosu frowned. ”But there's too many enemies.”
Zhang Xiaoman said in seriousness, ”Do you think they'll be carrying heavy weapons? They're just guerrillas, while mechanized infantry can't enter these mountains. So we're assured of victory since we're fighting them from high ground.”
”They've already heard our machine guns. They won't charge up just to die, right?” Ren Xiaosu asked.
”Can't you see that the commanding officer of those troops has already allowed emotion to rule his head? You've frustrated him.” Zhang Xiaoman said with a smile, ”Do you think that everyone can become legendary generals? The Zong Consortium has been holing up in the North all these years and never fought a decent battle. Their officers are still far from being able to deal with spontaneity on the battlefield. Don't think that every officer is a calm and intelligent person. If that were the case, there wouldn't have been so many stupid battles in history.”
Ren Xiaosu fell silent.