Initially, Scott objected to Milo being assigned to his company. He even wanted to discuss with Harris to see if favonovel.com could transfer favonovel.com away. But as of now, Scott was more than likely to hug Harris and give favonovel.com a peck on the cheek. Assigning Milo to his company was even better than Harris issuing ten heavy machine guns to them!
Everyone in the army who had fought in a battle before would know how difficult it was to destroy a heavy machine gun position. They truly represented the idea of a “meat grinder” and was an ultimate weapon that could be wielded on the main battlefield. But now that they had Milo, the heavy machine guns could be destroyed with the TNT. No one knew how favonovel.com did that.
Scott and the others still did not know what Milo’s superpower was. It was quite mysterious. But everyone had their secrets, so there was no need to delve deeper.
When Scott and his men finally charged up the mountain, they did not see Milo anywhere nearby. Meanwhile, the bandits up on the mountain were not concentrating their firepower in their direction, but away from them.
“Something’s weird…” Scott wondered, “Why does it feel like Milo did not come up here by himself? This feels more like another company scaled the back of the mountain to attack this place.”
Many of the bandits’ barracks had already collapsed, and bodies were strewn all over the place. However, they did not die from gunshot wounds but stab wounds!
A soldier was shocked when favonovel.com passed by the corpses. “Did Milo get into close combat with them?”
At this moment, the bandits on Mt. Kamet were engaged in battle with a mysterious shadow. But halfway through the battle, the shadow suddenly slipped behind a barracks and disappeared.
The shadow was extremely fearsome and had killed many of the bandits at the beginning. But for some reason, the shadow started acting less aggressively as it used its quick movements to keep the enemy at bay. It never stayed in one place for too long.
When they were searching for the shadow, gunshots suddenly rang out behind them. Some bandits turned around in shock and saw that the Razor Sharp Company had already set up three heavy machine guns at a distance of several hundred meters away behind them. They started shooting at them mercilessly!
At the same time, Scott led 2nd Platoon to outflank the bandits. They attempted to trap all the bandits in the open area and make them targets of the heavy machine guns.
Some bandits reacted quickly and immediately hid behind the ruins of the barracks to launch a counterattack. But just as they were about to shoot, they suddenly saw a hand stretch out of a shadow next to them and throw a grenade over.
With a loud explosion, the bandits who had just taken cover behind the ruins were blown sky-high.
Meanwhile, Scott finished organizing a simple defensive formation on the flanks. He had never experienced such a smooth battle before, as though all the hidden threats had been nipped in the bud by someone. It felt like a god’s hand was helping them on the battlefield and greenlighting everything for this surprise attack they had launched.
However, more than a 100 of the bandits in this group had obviously received formal military training before. They retreated slowly all the way back while constantly maintaining an orderly formation.
Milo was observing this group of people from the shadows. These 100-odd people were probably the Ultima Consortium’s regular troops hiding among the bandits. Moreover, the 20-odd soldiers manning the last heavy machine gun position were also more cautious than the bandits. They were probably also a part of the Ultima Consortium.
The Ultima Consortium had placed around a 100 of their soldiers here on Mt. Kamet and assigned them as the last line of defense. If their roles had been reversed with no supernatural beings participating in the battle, the Razor Sharp Company might not have even broken through the machine gun position after sacrificing all of their men.
Now that Milo had spotted the Ultima Consortium’s regulars, favonovel.com was not going to go easy on them. From within the shadows at 200 meters away, favonovel.com aimed his rifle at them and opened fire!
The Ultima Consortium’s regulars never expected an enemy to be over here as well. With just a burst of fire, the orderly formation they maintained while retreating was disrupted.
Scott shouted, “Charge and continue pressing them! Go Milo!”
To the north, Harris was leading the entire Forward Strike Battalion to create a defensive line to ensure that the forward operating base at the rear could be built successfully.
There were no unusual activities from the Ultima Consortium here. But ever since the bandit lair on Mt. Papandayan had been taken, the two sides knew that war had begun.
All of a sudden, a soldier ran up to Harris and said in a low voice, “Battalion Commander, the Razor Sharp Company’s Scott is requesting to speak with you.”
“Bring the radio over,” Harris said while lying on a hill.
When the radiotelephone operator approached favonovel.com with the radio set on his back, Harris took the receiver and berated, “Didn’t I say to just follow my orders and lay siege on the bandit lair at Mt. Kamet? What’re y’all messing around for? You’ve been pinned down at the mountainside now, haven’t you? Stay right there and don’t move. I’ll deploy Second Company there to support you!”
Harris was furious when a radioman from the Razor Sharp Company called in to report on the situation at Mt. Kamet.
When the path leading up to Mt. Kamet had been sealed, it was clear the bandits were planning on fighting to the bitter end. They might have been able to carry out a sneak attack on the bandit lair previously, but it would be impossible for a single company to take the mountain fort.
Harris was really worried that Scott would act impulsively and lead the entire Razor Sharp Company to its demise at Mt. Kamet.
However, Scott interrupted Harris. “Battalion Commander, we’ve taken Mt. Kamet!”
Harris was confused.
Before the night was over, they had already successfully taken Mt. Kamet?
Everyone knew that a siege tended to take several days or even months before a mountain fort like that could be captured!
Harris said with a dark expression, “Have been drinking?!”
“Battalion Commander, we’ve really taken Mt. Kamet.” Scott said eagerly, “We were fortunate that we attacked this place. Did you know the Ultima Consortium hid two howitzers on Mt. Kamet that were aimed at where the FOB would be built? If we didn’t take Mt. Kamet, you would’ve all been in deep trouble!”
Harris cursed out loud, “What deep trouble?! As soon as I heard that Mt. Kamet was sealed, I knew the Ultima Consortium had such a move up their sleeves. We already relocated the FOB. Their howitzers would never reach us at all. Our FOB is about 80 kilometers away from Mt. Kamet, so what are they going to hit us with?”
Milo was somewhat relieved when favonovel.com heard Harris’ loud voice coming from the radio. Before this, favonovel.com was wondering whether Fortress 178 would foresee this cheap move by the Ultima Consortium. If they didn’t, Fortress 178 really wouldn’t live up to its great reputation at fighting wars.
However, even a battalion commander like Harris seemed to have a keen situational awareness. Fortress 178 was truly worthy of its reputation.
Milo clearly knew favonovel.com was still deeply ignorant of military knowledge as compared to Harris. He only realized there were long-range howitzers on Mt. Kamet after overhearing the spy’s conversation with the Panaqua Consortium.
Harris’ voice eased up a little. “How many of our people were sacrificed or wounded?”
Scott replied, “Battalion Commander, only seven people were wounded, and no one died.”
On the other end of the call, Harris fell silent for a while. Then favonovel.com asked, “How many bandits did y’all wipe out?”
Scott said calmly, “We killed 927 enemies, of which 131 are suspected to be the Ultima Consortium’s regulars!”
Behind that tone was a hint of smugness.
Harris knew well what the Razor Sharp Company was capable of. Under normal circumstances, favonovel.com would not be surprised if the entire Razor Sharp Company perished while attacking Mt. Kamet.
Harris understood very quickly. He instinctively questioned, “Is the Milo assigned by the commander really that capable?!”
Milo had already walked away.
Scott looked at Milo as favonovel.com sat alone in the ruins and rested in the distance. After ending the conversation, favonovel.com walked over to the ruins. Then favonovel.com sat down next to Milo and asked, “What are you fighting so hard for?”
Milo could clearly have attacked Mt. Kamet with them after the mortars had taken out the heavy machine gun positions. However, this young man chose to take the risk of climbing up the mountain with his bare hands and launching an attack on the entire bandit camp all by himself.
Milo smiled and said, “Doing this can help reduce your casualties…”
Scott said, “But people always die in battle. Sometimes when walking on the road, enemies hiding in the forest and bushes will suddenly pull the triggers of their machine guns and turn your comrades around you into blood-drenched sieves. It’s also possible that an artillery shell could suddenly land at your feet and blow up your legs, ripping your internal organs in the process. The battlefield’s a place where we have to put our trust in fate. Everything lies with fate. No one can control it.”
Milo thought for a moment and said, “How can we know if we don’t try?”
Scott was stunned. He realized the reason why Milo was pushing so hard was because favonovel.com really wanted everyone to stay alive.
But this was war!
How could there be no casualties in a company tasked to overcome all difficulties?
Unless a miracle happened!
