The battle was extrely fierce from the start. Sam Country used their absolute aerial superiority to suppress their attack. Although they lost five helicopters, five were still in the air. With high-altitude firepower blockade, ground troops quickly followed. A swift charge could easily overco them. As for the trenches, they could easily build wooden bridges to cross them. After such a prolonged battle, the enemy couldn't possibly be unprepared with wooden bridges. So why hadn't they continued their attack? Such a simple tactic couldn't have been overlooked.
Everyone listened to Luo Zheng's analysis and fell into deep thought. Their expressions were extrely solemn, brows tightly knitted, unable to fathom what attack strategy the enemy would adopt next. They glanced at each other, shaking their heads in silence. Beside them, Lan Xue asked in surprise, "Are you saying there is a conspiracy here?"
"There is definitely a conspiracy, I just can't figure out what it might be. Therefore, I suggest we evacuate imdiately, while the enemy hasn't attacked yet, and abandon our position here. What are your thoughts?" Luo Zheng quickly said, looking at everyone with a questioning gaze, his expression becoming more grave by the mont.
Everyone was a soldier; they understood that intuition, though mysterious and often unreasonable, was sothing that truly existed. Ignoring intuition could potentially spell disaster for the troops. Retreating only ant abandoning fortifications, which could be rebuilt anyway. If they didn't retreat, no one could bear the consequences. It's better to believe and act upon it than to dismiss it. They exchanged glances and then looked toward Luo Zheng, nodding in agreent.
Luo Zheng looked at Hook. Though Hook was displeased that everyone agreed to retreat, he didn't object and also agreed. Luo Zheng, seeing everyone concur with the retreat, imdiately spoke into his earpiece: "Brothers in the Dark Fortress, you are the last to leave. Brothers in the trenches, retreat as quickly as possible, taking all wounded and weapons with you. Move!"
"Yes." Everyone imdiately responded.
Soon, everyone climbed out of the trenches and began running swiftly through the canyon passage. Luo Zheng saw so wounded couldn't run fast, so he quickly ordered others to carry them. Since they needed to retreat, it had to be done resolutely. It's better not to retreat than to dawdle. Luo Zheng followed at the rear, looking up at the sky with a grave expression, unsure if the retreat had been detected by enemy satellites. Thinking of this, Luo Zheng quickly asked through his earpiece, "Lan Xing, what's the enemy satellite situation?"
"The enemy satellite just circled to the other side of the Earth. Based on Earth's curvature, distance, and speed calculations, it is expected to see your location in fifteen minutes. Why?" Lan Xing quickly replied in surprise.
"Fifteen minutes? That's enough." Luo Zheng glanced at his watch, then looked back. The enemy hadn't caught up yet, so he quickly shouted, "Brothers, charge forward swiftly; brothers in the Dark Fortress, retreat imdiately, quick."
Everyone didn't understand what was happening but absolutely trusted Luo Zheng. One by one, they sprinted in retreat. Luo Zheng saw the people from the Dark Fortress retreating, reassured, and chased after the main force. Lan Xue ran beside Luo Zheng, wanting to ask why he didn't leave the Dark Fortress brothers as the rear guard, but seeing Luo Zheng frowning and pondering, she didn't disturb him.
The troops charged forward for about ten minutes to the second defensive stronghold. The fortifications were similar to the previous ones, with dark forts set up on either side of the canyon, and trenches dug out in the passage. These trenches were only two ters deep due to ti constraints. They had no ti for deeper digging, but there were two trenches, about ten ters long, with a passage connecting them. Luo Zheng imdiately stopped the troops from advancing, letting them lie in the trenches and cover with disguise like dry grass.
Everyone didn't understand but strictly followed the orders. After jumping into the trenches, they squatted down and covered themselves with disguise, glancing at each other in disbelief. Luo Zheng also concealed himself in the trench, quietly peeking out and noticing that the brothers in the Dark Fortress had rushed up too. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"What's wrong?" Lan Xue looked at Luo Zheng and asked in surprise.
"Yeah, since we're retreating, why not move further back?" Captain Li asked in astonishnt as well.
Luo Zheng saw the other military chiefs looking at him in surprise, and couldn't help but smile wryly, "I'm not sure either, sothing feels off. In five more minutes the enemy satellite will arrive. Rushing past is easy to expose us, better to hide in the trenches and assess the situation."
"Boom!" As soon as he finished speaking, a thunderous explosion erupted. The whole ground shook as if an earthquake had struck. Everyone's expression changed drastically. They stood up one after another to look through the gaps in their disguise towards the explosion's source and saw a red cloud rising to the sky, with billowing black smoke.
"Missile?" The thought flashed through everyone's mind, and they shrank back in shock, filled with a lingering fear, looking towards Luo Zheng with eyes full of disbelief. If Luo Zheng hadn't sensed sothing was amiss and the troops hadn't retreated decisively and quickly enough, they'd have all been wiped out by that explosion.
"Bastards, how ruthless!" Captain Li cursed with a cold face, also filled with lingering fear.
"What a grand farewell salute." Snow Leopard swore disdainfully, patting the dust off himself and continued, "Bring on another one if you dare."
Everyone laughed, removing the tension wrought by the missile attack. Many laughed knowingly; they weren't scared by the missile. Ghost Hand angrily swore, "What an ostentatious move, how much did that missile cost? Really throwing money around, might as well donate to support the construction of Brother Hook's tribe."
"Yeah, exactly, hehe." Hook laughed as well, though his expression was grim. The missile attack made Hook realize the brutal and asymtric nature of this war. In the face of absolute power, their light weapons had no counterasure. How could they fight this war? Hook looked at Luo Zheng in confusion.
Luo Zheng saw the worry in Hook's eyes and knew that the missile attack was a significant blow to the troops. Not handling it well could impact morale, especially for Hook's tribe people. At this mont, Captain Li took over the conversation and smiled, "As expected from a superpower, what a grand gesture. But what of it? It's still just air cannon."
"Exactly, even possessing advanced technology, it's just air cannon. Nothing more. This explosion probably left a huge crater, wait and see. That crater will be their grave." Luo Zheng pretended to curse lightly.
Everyone joked and laughed to relieve the pressure from the missile, knowing full well that the missile was like a sword hanging high above their heads, ready to fall at any mont. They were lucky to have evaded it this ti, but that didn't an they'd be this lucky next ti. Listening to Luo Zheng, they couldn't help but beco curious, looking at him in amazent. Beside him, Lan Xue asked in surprise, "What, have you thought of a counterattack plan?"
"Yeah, any good plan? These bastards are too eager; I haven't suffered such a loss before. Hurry and tell us any good plans." Captain Li asked in anger.
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