Chapter 886 - Waiting For Ren Xiaosu (1/2)

Translator: Legge

When the six divisions of the Pyro Company advanced towards the northern forest, the massive formation of infantry troops moving behind the cover of the E-33 armored vehicles and E-34 tanks looked extremely magnificent.

The Pyro Company was taking a layered approach as they advanced forward in the wilderness. The tens of thousands of troops who were densely packed together on the ground awed those watching from the top of the Great Wall. This was the power of the Central Plains people.

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Due to the missile barrage, a wildfire had started burning in the forest. But at this moment, the first spring rain started falling from the sky. Before the wildfire could burn uncontrollably, it was extinguished.

The 3rd Division did not launch an all-out attack yet like the other divisions. Instead, they only dispatched a recon company and an infantry brigade exactly like they had done yesterday.

Curious, Ren Xiaosu asked P5092 about this arrangement. P5092’s answer was that the main force of the 3rd Division had always been the artillery, and the artillery were best at fighting positional battles. In a battle where they were required to advance quickly, the artillery would only become a burden.

So instead of bringing a burden with them, it would be better to leave the artillery on the Great Wall and let them play their optimal role.

P5092 was still a little uneasy about this battle. If any problem cropped up in the north, they would still have the artillery as their trump card on the Great Wall to provide cover for the rest of the troops to retreat.

When they were about to enter the forest, P5092 suddenly ordered Ren Xiaosu’s armored vehicle to stop. He came over to the side of the vehicle and said to Ren Xiaosu, “I need you to maintain full communications at all times.”

Ren Xiaosu wondered, “Why?”

“Because I need to use your understanding of the barbarians and the wilderness to fight this battle.” P5092 explained, “During the battle at Mt. Dashi and yesterday’s battle, I realized your anticipation of where the barbarians would appear has fully exceeded my expectations. So I need your help in this battle.”

Ren Xiaosu thought for a moment and said, “But you’re the commander.”

P5092 shook his head. “What the commander needs to do is not to indulge in arbitrary decisions but to use whatever useful resources, intelligence, and manpower to win the war.”

Being the commander did not mean one was omnipotent. A commander was inferior to the recon troops when it came to gathering intelligence, and he was inferior to the T5 combatants when it came to open battle. However, the reason why P5092 was able to become one of the top commanders in the Pyro Company was because he was good at leveraging others’ strength.

In Mt. Dashi, it was the same when he felt he could not resolve the problem of the barbarians’ sneak attack on the military base. As such, he applied for a special forces unit from outside the 3rd Division to take on that mission.

Ren Xiaosu felt that this humility was actually very good. War was very pragmatic. Even if you insisted you could handle everything, the outcome would not just play along with what you expected.

P5092 then said, “Furthermore, we need two snipers to provide suppressing fire on the front. So after seriously contemplating things just now, I felt that the recon company would only become a burden to you two if you had to lead them. In that case, why don’t we have the two of you act alone instead?”

The recon company’s commander, T40219, was also seated in the armored vehicle. When he heard his commander say the recon company was a burden, he was a little speechless. Although he knew this was the truth, the commander could have been a little more subtle.

The recon company was definitely not a burden to the Pyro Company, but the soldiers knew that if Ren Xiaosu were to be attached to them, he would indeed be a little restrained.

Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin jumped out of the armored vehicle, and he said, “Alright then, the two of us will act alone. I also think it’s better that way.”

Only by doing so could he and Yang Xiaojin roam freely in the forest without becoming obvious targets on the battlefield.