Chapter 825 - Slipped by (1/2)
Translator: Legge
Ren Xiaosu instructed the Great Hoodwinker, “When y’all leave the stronghold, you must be careful to avoid the battle zone between the Pyro Company and the Kong Consortium. Right now, the Pyro Company has just destroyed the stronghold walls in the north, but I don’t think that that’s their only objective. So be very careful not to bump into them.”
“Mhm, I will take note of that.” The Great Hoodwinker said.
Wang Yun’s subordinates had already driven the buses out from the prison, and they even snatched walkie-talkies from the prison guards. This way, the five vehicles could communicate more closely while driving.
However, Wang Yun was a little puzzled. “Future Commander, you mean you’re not coming with us?”
Ren Xiaosu explained, “There’s still a medical team from the Wang Consortium in this stronghold. They’re very respectable people, so I can’t just leave them to die here in Stronghold 31.”
“Is it worth helping the Wang Consortium’s people?” Wang Yun asked doubtfully.
Ren Xiaosu said in a serious tone, “Those people have been working their entire lives trying to save the wounded and the dying. I can’t just watch them get implicated. I don’t know about the Wang Consortium’s people. All I know is that these people are all very respectable.”
The Great Hoodwinker looked like he wanted to say something. However, he did not try to dissuade him.
Meanwhile, Ji Zi’ang patted the Great Hoodwinker on the shoulder and got into the bus with a smile. “No matter how many times you might’ve tried to hoodwink me, it’s only now that I feel I made the right decision to go to the Northwest. Come on, let’s go. Future Commander, we’ll meet again in the Northwest!”
In the end, Ren Xiaosu ordered the Great Hoodwinker, “After the buses leave Stronghold 31, it’s best to head south first. Not only are the Pyro Company’s people coming from the north, but new enemies will also be appearing there as well. I suspect that those enemies are even more terrifying than we can imagine.”
“Mhm, I’ll be careful,” The Great Hoodwinker said as he got onto the bus.
Ren Xiaosu watched as the five buses drove off into the distance. He turned around and got into the off-road vehicle with Yang Xiaojin as they prepared to rescue Wang Jing and the others.
He wondered if Wang Run had followed his instructions to protect Wang Jing. Logically speaking, since Wang Jing was an esteemed medical figure of the Wang Consortium, Wang Run should be protecting him seriously, right?
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At the same time, the Pyro Company in the north had broken through the cordon of the Kong Consortium and headed south by blending in with the escaping stronghold residents.
It had to be said that the Pyro Company’s strategy was really wise. They had first destroyed the stronghold walls to make the stronghold residents panic. As a result, the large number of the fleeing residents became their cover.
This caused the Kong Consortium to always have some scruples when they opened fire to stop them. It was only after the Pyro Company had broken through two defensive lines that the Kong Consortium finally made up their mind to shoot down the civilians together with them. However, it was already too late.
When the battle turned into street-to-street fighting, the Kong Consortium’s garrison troops, who had lost the protection of a proper defensive line, were no longer able to pose any threat to the Pyro Company’s elite strike troops.
All of a sudden, the Pyro Company’s troops split up and continued advancing through the different streets. Someone on the communications channel asked, “Sir, what’s our target now?”
The T5 combatant said coldly, “It’ll still take some time before the main forces arrive. The Kong Consortium’s reinforcements stationed 40 kilometers away should be here soon. We must create more chaos in Stronghold 31 before dawn so they can’t form an effective resistance.”
“Then what should we do?” someone asked.
The T5 combatant thought for ten seconds and finally decided, “We’ll attack the Kong Consortium’s intelligence agency and blind them first. When two armies face off, the one with the better intelligence will have the upper hand. As long as we paralyze the Kong Consortium’s intel network first, the Kong Consortium will definitely lose this war!”