Chapter 878 - A Sense Of Familiarity (1/2)

Translator: Legge

In the command center, P5092 watched quietly as the images and sounds were transmitted back in real time on the screen. He asked his adjutant, “You were also looking at the screen the entire time. Did you notice any barbarians?”

His adjutant shook his head. “No, I didn’t. I wonder how the kid did that. Back when I was carrying out the carpet search in Mt. Dashi, I also fought against the barbarians. They were really tough opponents. But why do I get the feeling that these barbarians are suddenly being absolutely crushed by this kid?”

“Do you feel a sense of familiarity?” P5092 asked.

This feeling was similar to when they were in Mt. Dashi. Although the main forces of the Pyro Company had carried out a carpet search in the mountains, the barbarians were always able to surprise them by hiding in various terrain like they were cheetahs on a hunt.

But ever since Ren Xiaosu appeared, those hunting cheetahs had become the prey. It was as though a real hunter had arrived.

Regardless of how Ren Xiaosu did it, he was always one step ahead of the barbarians.

At this moment, several barbarians were sitting at the entrance of a tent in the depths of the forest. The tent was made of animal skin and looked extremely rugged.

Suddenly, a barbarian emerged from the forest and said to one of them, “Commander Valentin, the enemy’s on our right flank.”

The barbarian named Valentin looked at him. “How many of them?”

“We still haven’t confirmed the numbers yet. The other party encountered our hidden sentries at the front line and caused a huge explosion. But they’ve not made direct contact with our main forces yet,” said the reporting barbarian.

As he watched the flames flickering nonstop in the fire pit in front of him, Valentin said, “Those tricky Central Plains troops are trying to mislead us. The Pyro Company’s main forces are currently holding just outside our front. These enemies on the right flank are probably just a decoy. They’re trying to trick us into splitting up our troops before coming here to steal back the bodies of their Central Plains companions.”

In Valentin’s opinion, their opponent could probably not bear to see their compatriots’ corpses hanging on wooden stakes and had come to take them back.

The Pyro Company had been trying to quickly approach the bodies during their previous few attacks.

However, Valentin was not stupid either. He said to his subordinate next to him, “It’s best to send an elite squad to check on the situation on the right flank. If there aren’t many enemies, just take that decoy out. If there’s a lot of them, we can send an army to encircle them. The wilderness is our home field, after all!”

At this moment, Ren Xiaosu was lying in the bushes on a small hill with the recon company. As the terrain here was generally flat, even the hills were not that high.

Other than Ren Xiaosu, the others were wearing camouflage uniforms and had camouflage paint on their faces. When they lay motionlessly on the ground, it would be difficult for the enemy to detect anyone here from a distance.

T40219 wondered, “Sir, the barbarians have already occupied this forest. I don’t think it’s a good idea to ambush them in their territory. We might get into trouble.”

Ren Xiaosu glanced at him. “This is the ambush spot that I carefully selected. There’s no such rule in this war that only the barbarians can ambush us but we’re not allowed to ambush them. So what if it’s their territory? If we want to gain an upper hand in battle, we have to catch them by surprise and fight them in their territory.”

T40219 hesitated for a long time before finally saying, “But we’re not facing the right direction either. The main forces of the barbarians are behind us….”

The recon company had entered the battlefield from the west side of the forest while the Pyro Company’s main forces exchanged fire with the barbarians from the east where their defensive line was located.

So logically speaking, even if the barbarians were to send more people over, they should be coming from the east of the forest. However, Ren Xiaosu insisted on keeping a lookout on the west side.

Ren Xiaosu could not care to explain too much. “Just wait and see.”