Chapter 859 - Best opportunity for a sneak attack (1/2)

In the battle at the front lines, more than 2,000 barbarians were sent in an attempt to break through the defensive line. In the end, they were all killed.

But after the battle, the other Pyro Company officers realized this was only a strategy the barbarians had used to lure the main forces of the Pyro Company into the forest. It seemed that sacrificing those 2,000 barbarians was no big deal for them.

Those barbarians had gotten their hands on Stronghold 176’s heavy weapons, yet they deliberately chose not to use them. Instead, they made the Pyro Company get accustomed to their no guns combat style and waited for their main forces to give chase before springing a beautiful ambush on them.

Meanwhile, P5092 used the lives of several hundred Pyro Company soldiers in exchange for this important intelligence.

It was as though the two sides were competing on who could be more ruthless. Although the chess pieces in front of them were all human lives, the commanders did not get emotional about it.

Some people said that after the battle, P5092 had spent the night alone in his command tent and did not sleep, speak, or eat. It was like he was quietly thinking about something, but no one could verify that. Honestly, most people were not bothered by it either.

They only knew that P5092 was the superior tactician this time. He took out nearly 2,000 of the barbarians’ troops during the feint for almost nothing and even obtained an extremely important piece of intelligence.

Ren Xiaosu and the others at the medical center did not rush to the front lines on that day. They had to wait for the supplies in the forward operating base to be fully loaded onto the vehicles before heading north with them.

It was very time-consuming to load the supplies onto the trucks as the quantity required by more than a 100,000 soldiers was far greater than one could imagine. Several thousand people and countless vehicles were deployed during this period just to transport these supplies.

Only after war had begun did everyone realize there were not enough resources.

On the same night that everyone from the Qinghe Group had arrived at the forward operating base, the Qinghe University students started setting up a makeshift stage in the base. They even brought along some audio equipment in preparation for putting on a cultural performance for the frontline soldiers who were on their rotational breaks.

Come to think of it, it was not like these university students could go into battle anyway, so that was all they could do.

Interestingly, while the other organizations had their own cultural troupes made up of civil officer corps, the Pyro Company did not have any such entertainment “soldiers.”

The role of cultural troupes was not only to entertain the soldiers. Usually, their shows, sketches, and songs would be filled with political agendas too.

The performances were all stories of fearless leaders leading by example, and the songs they sang were in praise of heroes. The cultural troupes would motivate the troops before a battle, and this was also one of the necessary ways to improve political awareness.

But the Pyro Company did not bother with such things. Their troops’ political and ideological training was already complete when they first joined the military, and it had become deeply rooted in their subconscious.

This made the Pyro Company soldiers even more ruthless, and they would never become deserters in wars. This was an advantage the other consortiums did not have.

During the war between the Pyro Company and the Kong Consortium, although many deserters had fled south, none of them were from the Pyro Company.

However, after the stage was set up, the Pyro Company soldiers who were on their rotational breaks would also watch curiously like normal people. They would check out the performers who already had their makeup done, especially the women entertainers in their short skirts.

The show had not started yet. When an actress came out from backstage to look for an employee, the Pyro Company soldiers started wolf-whistling at her with their arms around each other.

If one were to only look at this scene, it would be really difficult for them to imagine how these Pyro Company soldiers would look when they headed into battle.

Ren Xiaosu asked, “Mr. Ji, are you the one leading the Qinghe Group this time?”

“Other than the garrison troops, I’m indeed the one leading the party. After all, I also hold a position at Qinghe University,” Ji Yi said with a smile.

“Oh, then please tell everyone to be careful.” Ren Xiaosu muttered, “The front lines are different from school. I also once studied at Qinghe University, so I know that the teachers have never taught the students how to face an enemy.”

Ji Yi was stunned. “But we’re at the rear, and it’s not like I’ll take them to the front lines. But before we set off, I already reminded everyone. There’s only one rule for everyone to observe on this field trip, and that’s that our party will not accommodate one person more or one person less.”