441 Idiotic (1/2)

Hope was always such a beautiful thing, and the mindset of the Razor Sharp Company was very simple. Wasn't it just crippling the Zong Consortium's mechanized troops from the perspective of cutting off their fuel?

However, reality was cruel. They were in an unfamiliar place and did not even know where the oil refineries were located.

When they found some refugees to ask for directions, the refugees answered all their questions enthusiastically. Furthermore, the refugees promised to keep it a secret.

But when the Razor Sharp Company arrived at the oil refinery and discovered that it was only a factory producing canola oil for cooking with, they were shocked!

After attacking three factories in a single day, they did not even come across one proper crude oil refinery and were exhausted to death. In the end, Ren Xiaosu was forced to bring everyone back to the uninhabited wilderness to figure out their next steps.

And so, the plan to attack the crude oil refineries was abandoned. They had already attacked three oil refineries, after all, so the Zong Consortium would easily figure out what the Razor Sharp Company was up to. As such, the actual crude oil refineries would most likely be heavily guarded by now.

”Then what should we do?” Jiao Xiaochen asked while smearing some cooking oil they had stolen onto a fish for grilling.

Actually, what Ren Xiaosu and the others did not know was that if they had taken the steam locomotive and headed straight to Stronghold 144 before the 131st Brigade arrived, they might have been able to destroy the Zong Consortium's granary.

After all, half of the garrison infantry regiment's troops had already been wiped out in their previous skirmishes, and a further three of their regimental commanders were killed one after the other, including a deputy commander who fled from his position. The remaining troops had fallen into disarray without a leader.

If they really launched an attack on the stronghold, the enemy might not be able to organize an effective defense against them.

Unfortunately, their intel was outdated. They still did not know they had already killed three of the 1237th Regiment's commanders.

”Then let's just destroy some of their factories as and when we encounter them.” Zhang Xiaoman said, ”Didn't we say that we could learn from the Qing Consortium's tactics? They just destroyed whatever installations they came across and wiped out the entire Yang Consortium's industry as a result.”

Jiao Xiaochen said, rolling his eyes, ”Can we compare to the Qing Consortium? They had over a 1,000 troops to fight their enemy.”

Ren Xiaosu was not participating in the discussion with the Razor Sharp Company because he knew it would be very difficult for them to come to a conclusion. It was better for the Razor Sharp Company to not have any plans at all. By doing so, the enemy would not be able to sense a pattern in their attacks, and that would prevent them from being caught in a meticulously planned ambush.

On top of that, he was also wondering about the whereabouts of Zong Cheng at this moment. He had heard that Zong Cheng was in charge of the garrison troops at the Zong Consortium's main stronghold. Luo Lan even disdainfully said that the garrison troops were where the family members of the Zong Consortium got posted.

Ren Xiaosu looked at Zhang Xiaoman. ”Where's the Zong Consortium's HQ?”

”In Stronghold 146. It's about 400 kilometers away from here.” Zhang Xiaoman said in surprise, ”Xiaosu, don't tell me you're thinking of attacking their headquarters? We don't have enough people for that. There should be at least a brigade garrisoned at Stronghold 146 right now. It's their headquarters, after all, so it'll definitely be different there.”

”I'm not.” Ren Xiaosu shook his head. ”I was just asking.”

He kept pondering this. That was a whole brigade they were talking about. It seemed like he could only wait for Fortress 178 to join up with them here before they could attack the Zong Consortium's main stronghold together. Otherwise, he would be seeking an early death if he led the Razor Sharp Company in by himself.

But at this moment, the sound of armored vehicles could be heard out in the distance again. It sounded like the armored brigade that was chasing after them had caught up.

Ren Xiaosu frowned. ”How did they manage to find us?”

”I don't know.” Zhang Xiaoman was a little confused. By rights, they should not have left any tracks when they left their previous campsite today.

”Let's not worry about that for now. That armored brigade can't move as fast as us. We can discuss that after we get away from here.”

But just as they were about to leave, a young man suddenly walked over alone from afar with a knife in his hand. He looked at Ren Xiaosu and the others and, with a smile, said loudly, ”I've finally found you people—”

Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Xiaoman reacted in double-quick time and started firing at him.