After favonovel.com limped up the hill, Milo hid behind the fortifications while panting. He said with a smile, “I killed the sniper. There were actually two of them out there. Oh, I also wiped out two guerrilla companies.”
Scott chuckled and said, “Stop bragging!”
But when favonovel.com saw over a 1,000 Ultima Consortium soldiers pursuing behind the hounds, favonovel.com immediately stopped laughing. “Did you really single-handedly kill two companies of guerrillas and two snipers as well?”
The members of the Razor Sharp Company were used to bragging all the time. So, when Milo told them this shocking news, everyone thought that Milo was just boasting.
Milo said, “There are many more pursuers. We should retreat immediately.”
“That won’t do.” Scott laughed. “Since you’re so fearsome, surely our Razor Sharp Company can’t hold you back, right? No matter how many enemies come today, we’ll wipe them all out!”
Milo realized that Scott and his men had prepared extensively here. It looked like they were fully ready to spring this ambush.
“Captain,” Ned suddenly said as favonovel.com looked out into the distance, “I think we better retreat…”
Scott gazed at the large number of Ultima Consortium soldiers in the distance. As they were still very far away, the soldiers looked just like ants.
Scott realized the Ultima Consortium would not have sent so many soldiers to eliminate their enemies in the mountains if Milo had just been talking big. It looked like they were extremely determined to annihilate the advance guard of Fortress 178!
Milo asked, “Why did y’all choose to set up the ambush here?”
Scott replied, “We were worried the situation would blow up and you would end up being pursued by the enemy, so we set up an ambush here with the intent of coming to your aid. But who would have thought the situation would get this serious!”
“That’s right.” Ned said, “We were thinking that it would be great if you could kill the sniper. Once you achieved that, the guerrilla companies would definitely come after you. At that time, we would’ve stopped the enemy here at Crow Pass and killed them all. But who would have expected that you’d already kill the guerrilla companies and even managed to attract part of the Ultima Consortium’s main forces after you? Haha, you’re too amazing!”
Scott asked with concern, “How’s your injury?”
“Don’t worry, I’ve already applied the black medicine on it.” Milo said, “Let’s make our escape now. There’s too many enemy troops out there.”
By this point, Sam and the others had taken care of all the hounds. The Razor Sharp Company definitely couldn’t handle so many Ultima Consortium soldiers. So, fleeing was their best option.
However, Scott changed his mind again and said, “Then what are we still hesitating for? Let’s go… But we can’t just run away like this. We have to pull off a big one against the Ultima Consortium soldiers before we leave. Ned, set your mortars up. Everyone, get ready and prepare for battle!”
Milo frowned. “But there’s too many enemies.”
Scott said in seriousness, “Do you think they’ll be carrying heavy weapons? They’re just guerrillas, while mechanized infantry can’t enter these mountains. So, we’re assured of victory since we’re fighting them from high ground.”
“They’ve already heard our machine guns. They won’t charge up just to die, right?” Milo asked.
“Can’t you see that the commanding officer of those troops has already allowed emotion to rule his head? You’ve frustrated him.” Scott said with a smile, “Do you think that everyone can become legendary generals? The Ultima Consortium has been holing up in the North all these years and never fought a decent battle. Their officers are still far from being able to deal with spontaneity on the battlefield. Don’t think that every officer is a calm and intelligent person. If that were the case, there wouldn’t have been so many stupid battles in history.”
Milo fell silent.
Scott said in amusement, “Do you think I’m belittling the heroes of the world? No, this is called knowing ourselves and knowing the enemy. If it were the Panaqua Consortium instead of the Ultima Consortium, Commander Dublin might not be so willing to send out troops to open up the trade routes. If these were the Panaqua Consortium’s veterans, I would turn around right now and flee. But there’s also the strong and the weak among the consortiums. There must be a reason why the Ultima Consortium was shoved aside by the Panaqua Consortium and the Radianz Consortium. It’s not that we look down on them, but that they’re incompetent.”
Realized dawned upon Milo that in the minds of these boorish men from Fortress 178, the Panaqua Consortium’s troops were several times more capable than the Ultima Consortium’s troops. To them, only the Panaqua Consortium was seen as a truly difficult opponent.
As though to confirm Scott’s assessment, the approaching Ultima Consortium soldiers continued to obey their orders and advanced forward using the cover of the valley. They did so even though they knew that their enemy possessed heavy machine guns.
They intended to wipe out the Razor Sharp Company with brute force!
Scott waited for the enemy to enter their range. Once they did, favonovel.com immediately issued the order to fire.
Together with Ned’s six mortar units, they mercilessly bombarded the Ultima Consortium troops.
Although it was only a single attack wave, they nearly wiped out one of the Ultima Consortium’s companies that came charging towards them. Only then was the enemy jolted awake.
The Ultima Consortium troops retreated like the tide!
At this moment, Scott got up and packed his belongings. “Let’s quickly leave this place. The Ultima Consortium’s f*cking mortars will be coming in soon. They should’ve adjusted the angle of their mortars by now. It’ll be too late if we don’t leave now.”
Milo was stunned by the sight. He had not said anything since Scott’s decision to stay and fight. But at this moment, Scott was actually running faster than a rabbit after “pulling off a big one”. There were no signs of that lofty spirit and soaring determination favonovel.com displayed earlier.
Right after they retreated from the hill, the Ultima Consortium’s artillery fire plowed into where they just were.
Scott breathed a sigh of relief. “Thank goodness we escaped fast enough. If not, we would’ve all died here. This time, we achieved great things. Including the companies Milo took out, we’ve defeated three companies of the Ultima Consortium. Haha, that’ll be worth another third-class unit citation after we return. Who knows, we might even be given a second-class unit citation this time!”
Milo asked, “Captain, weren’t you worried that they’d attack us with their mortars first?”
“No, they couldn’t determine our exact location at the start. Besides, they didn’t have enough time to adjust the angle of the mortars, so they couldn’t have hit us accurately.”
But Milo suddenly said in seriousness, “Captain, although I don’t know how well you know the Ultima Consortium’s troops, let’s try not to underestimate them again in the future. What if shells rained down before we could make our escape? Wouldn’t all of us have died? I really hope that we can all return alive.”
Everyone looked at Scott.
The Razor Sharp Company had always followed Scott’s orders as they braved the dangers on the battlefield. Even during their military exercises, favonovel.com would specifically do the missions in the most dangerous way as a challenge to themselves.
It was precisely such behavior that made outsiders refer to people from Fortress 178 as those “damn f*cks”.
Milo continued, “I’m not questioning the Captain’s combat methods, but I just hope that we can exercise a little more caution. After all, we might end up dying if we encounter a brilliant opponent. Even if that’s a one in a million chance, we still can’t afford to take the gamble.”
Scott remained silent for a moment before saying, “Alright, we’ll do as you say!”
The Razor Sharp Company’s soldiers around favonovel.com were shocked. Others had tried to persuade Scott, but favonovel.com never once heeded their advice.
“What are y’all looking at?” Scott said unhappily, “Why is everyone staring at me? Am I that handsome? Retreat already!”
Since the Ultima Consortium’s mechanized infantry could not enter the mountains, they would not have to be afraid of their continued pursuit. The Razor Sharp Company could run faster than the Ultima Consortium.
