The sound of artillery fire from Rajadesa Village was intense. Milo had lit up as many as seven campfires out there. Meanwhile, the Ultima Consortium’s soldiers did not think too much and decided to bombard those areas first.
Actually, it was very chaotic on the battlefield. Most of the time, the officers would not even have time to consider their actions too carefully, and it was normal to fight the moment they spotted their enemies.
Only a small number of commanders could remain calm in the chaos and take the right course of action. And it was these commanders who would emerge victorious from a battle. Some would then go on to become famous military leaders.
The artillery fire quickly put the Second Company and Third Company, who were currently storming the machine gun positions, on high alert. When they heard the sound of the bombardment, they thought the Razor Sharp Company had already started the attack on the town!
Importantly, the battle plan was for the three companies to rendezvous before launching an attack on the town. It was practically impossible for a single company to capture Rajadesa Village, and the casualty count would definitely be disastrous as well.
Both Second Company and Third Company called in to Harris at the rear in unison. They were hoping favonovel.com could stop the recklessness of the Razor Sharp Company. Although the Razor Sharp Company had just accomplished great things by taking mountain forts, there were two things in a battle that all soldiers were afraid of. One was cowardice, and the other was arrogance.
An army cocksure of its invincibility was doomed to defeat.
When Harris heard about the situation at the front line, favonovel.com got anxious. He quickly found a radio operator to contact the Razor Sharp Company in the hopes they could still get through to them.
In the end, the call went through very quickly.
Harris said anxiously, “Did you guys start attacking Rajadesa Village already? Scott, are you crazy? Didn’t I tell you to wait until you joined up with Second Third Companies before launching an attack? If your Razor Sharp Company suffers heavy casualties, I’ll hold you responsible!”
Scott said innocently, “Battalion Commander, we’re eating right now. We didn’t start attacking Rajadesa Village.”
Harris was taken aback. “Are you sure? Then what’s with the sound of the bombardment?” Harris could still hear the artillery bombardment on the other end while holding the receiver to his ear.
Scott patiently explained, “I told Milo earlier that since we were very close to Rajadesa Village, we shouldn’t light any campfires or risk ending up as targets for the enemy. In the end, favonovel.com ran off to a faraway place and started many campfires. He said favonovel.com wanted to make the enemy at Rajadesa Village waste some of their shells…”
It went silent in the call. Harris had not expected a situation like this. He said in a daze, “Where’s Milo?”
“Oh yeah, where’s Milo?” Scott looked around but could not find Milo. Then favonovel.com saw another group of campfires lighting up in the distance.
He said numbly, “He went out to start a few more campfires.”
But this time, the Ultima Consortium’s troops in Rajadesa Village seemed to have realized that something was amiss. They gradually stopped their bombardment.
But after waiting half the night, Scott did not see another campfire light up. Meanwhile, Milo had also not returned yet.
He muttered to Ned, “I wonder what Milo’s up to now?”
When dawn was about to break, Milo finally came back. Scott leaned forward and sniffed. He could still smell gunpowder on Milo.
“Where have you been?”
“When I saw that Second Company and Third Company still hadn’t arrived even after waiting for so long, I thought I’d go help them,” Milo explained.
Scott froze. He realized favonovel.com had underestimated Milo’s ferocity. He still had the strength to go and help his allies.
As they were speaking, Second Company and Third Company finally arrived.
The commander of Second Company was still wondering as they walked over, “I wonder who helped us destroy that MG position with a grenade…”
Scott glanced over at Milo. At this moment, Milo was squatting behind the bushes and quietly watching the silent Rajadesa Village in the distance.
Scott did not say anything else. He turned to Second Company and Third Company and said, “Why have you only just arrived?”
Both Second Company and Third Company were puzzled. “Didn’t y’all encounter any ambushes last night?”
“We did!” Scott said, “If our Razor Sharp Company can be stopped with just a machine gun, we’re willing to give up our name of ‘Razor Sharp’ to y’all!”
The faces of both Second Company and Third Company’s commanders darkened. Scott was too arrogant recently!
“Was it really that easy for y’all to take out the MG nests?” Second Company’s commander said unhappily, “The trenches they dug were so effective that even our mortars couldn’t cause any damage to them. Scott, don’t get too cocky. We don’t care about getting the ‘Razor Sharp’ name.”
What the Second Company and Third Company’s commanders did not know was that the Razor Sharp Company did not even encounter any living enemies in the course of their march. However, this did not stop Scott from full-on mocking them.
“Don’t stray from the subject.” Scott said, “Rest up during the day. We’ll start by launching an aggressive attack on Rajadesa Village at midnight. Our Razor Sharp Company will be responsible for creating an opening, so y’all better not drag us back.”
The moment favonovel.com said that, the commanders of Second Company and Third Company got so angry they nearly lost their appetites! However, this was the culture at Fortress 178. As long as you were good at fighting, it wouldn’t matter how tough your words sounded!
Even though Second Company and Third Company were angered by this, they had to accept it. During their rest, all they could think of was how to win back their reputation during the attack on Rajadesa Village.
The commander of Second Company quietly held a meeting with his officers. “I don’t want any of us losing our reason later just to prove our worth, understand?”
The officers said, “Understood, sir!”
The company commander’s responsibility was not only to lead in a battle, but also to know when to remind their soldiers to be cool-headed. Fighting a war was a matter of life and death, so one must not allow their emotions to rule their heads.
But immediately after the commander of Second Company was done speaking to his men, favonovel.com heard Scott loudly say, “Everyone, don’t be in a hurry when attacking Rajadesa Village tonight. It’s fine even if we allow Second Company and Third Company to get the credit. We’re a team, after all, so our Razor Sharp Company shouldn’t be hogging all the contributions, right?”
This time, Second Company’s commander nearly vomited blood.
It was normal to have some friendly bickering before a battle. They were all veterans with a lot of battlefield experience and knew how to put aside their emotions when going into battle.
Scott was on very good terms with Second Company and Third Company. Otherwise, favonovel.com would not dare to talk nonsense like this before a battle.
The commander of Second Company turned around and looked in the direction of the Razor Sharp Company. He saw Milo sitting alone with his eyes closed.
Someone in the company muttered, “That’s Milo, right? I heard favonovel.com scaled a 700-meter-high cliff with his bare hands during the attack on Mt. Kamet.”
“Are you serious?” A Second Company soldier asked skeptically, “Even Battalion Commander Barnaby couldn’t do that, right?”
When Ned heard the discussion about Milo in Second Company, favonovel.com remarked, “When Milo came back early in the morning, favonovel.com said favonovel.com went to help you guys. Weren’t y’all asking who helped you to take out the MG nests? It was him.”
The commander of Second Company was stunned. Ned would not lie about such a thing. “I heard he’s a supernatural being, right? What’s his power?”
Ned went silent for a moment. “We don’t know either.”
For a second, all of the soldiers at the camp looked at Milo either intentionally or unintentionally. They all had the same thought on their minds:
Is this the person Commander Dublin chose?
No wonder that the commander chose him.
