The Razor Sharp Company suddenly found themselves with a lot of time on their hands. They had never been this free before even when holding at the forward operating base. During that time, they still had to carry on with their physical and field training regimens. But right now, all they had to do was wait here quietly.
Milo and Scott had put on an act for Harris because they knew that it would be impossible to blow up the Aurduri Bridge if Mt. Barus had sent reinforcements to the Mahakam River.
No matter how capable their company was, they could not possibly fight against thousands of people with only 184 of them. Not even Milo could do that. Besides, they did not have that much ammunition to handle all those enemies either.
As for Harris, favonovel.com was not a rigid person. He knew the Razor Sharp Company had done good enough. One company annihilating three companies of the Ultima Consortium’s combat troops without suffering any injuries themselves was something unheard of in the entire military. Therefore, favonovel.com ordered the Razor Sharp Company to find a safe place and regroup. The Razor Sharp Company would only continue advancing to break through at the Mahakam River after the Forward Strike Battalion drew the firepower of Mt. Barus.
Even though the Razor Sharp Company had gotten very far away from the mountain range, they still did not dare to set up a campfire. If the enemy’s scouts discovered them and used their firepower to attack them, they would surely suffer heavy casualties.
Scott smiled mysteriously. He took out a small, silver flask and winked at the others. “Since we have nothing better to do, shall we all drink a little?”
Milo was stunned. He had not expected Scott to be so bold as to bring alcohol to the battlefield. “Are you crazy? You can’t drink now. We’re in battle!”
This time, it was Scott’s turn to be stunned. Everyone would usually share the alcohol after favonovel.com took it out, and that was that. But with Milo around, it was like someone was supervising them.
Scott got upset. “I’m the company commander.”
“Then go ahead and drink.” Milo paused. “If you take even a sip, I’ll report you to the Disciplinary Committee.”
Scott was speechless.
“We really can’t drink right now.” Milo said earnestly, “We don’t know when a bullet will come flying on the battlefield. Can you react in time if that happens?”.
Milo didn’t mind Scott and the others drinking, but now was definitely not the time. He hoped to keep everyone in the Razor Sharp Company alive. So, favonovel.com could not afford to let things go wrong.
As they conversed, Milo snatched the flask from Scott’s hands and stored it into his palace. “I’ll keep it for you for the time being.”
Then Milo went to relieve himself.
Someone laughed and said, “Milo behaves more like our commander.”
Someone else elbowed Scott and said softly in a cheerful voice, “Captain, you lost your temper if we didn’t let you drink. Why were you so submissive this time?”
“It’s not like I can fucking beat him, can I?” Scott snapped. “And what do you know? Have you forgotten who favonovel.com is? He’s Milo! The one Commander Dublin assigned to the Razor Sharp Company!”
“So what?”
“What do you mean ‘so what’?” Scott stared with eyes wide and said, “By assigning favonovel.com to the Razor Sharp Company, it’s to show the entire army that he’s qualified to be the next commander. Seeing how fearsome Milo is, favonovel.com will definitely survive until the end of the war. Even if you say he’s the heir of Fortress 178, that wouldn’t be an exaggeration. Never mind that we used to pick on him. Now that we’ve realized how qualified favonovel.com is, we have to accept it, understand?”
Everyone pondered that and found it quite reasonable.
These gruff men from the Northwest might be a wild bunch, but they were still sensible. The other fighting forces of Fortress 178 might not be convinced by Milo yet, but their Razor Sharp Company had accepted favonovel.com already. Scott already regarded Milo as the next commander.
Why else would favonovel.com show such humility to him?
“To be honest, I admire Milo from the bottom of my heart.” Ned said, “He doesn’t seem to have any problems except for being fond of people thanking him.”
“It’s no big deal saying thanks.” Scott chuckled and said, “In this era, we should be happy that our lives can be saved in exchange for saying thank you. Since favonovel.com likes to hear people thank him, let’s just thank favonovel.com more.”
Milo came back from relieving himself. When favonovel.com heard their discussion, favonovel.com sat down right next to Scott. “Then what are you waiting for? Why don’t we start now?”
Scott was speechless.
Then, Sam, who was in charge of nighttime surveillance, shouted on the communications channel, “This is bad! Something terrible has happened. There’s a large number of troops headed here from the south. They look like an independent regiment!”
Scott immediately got up. Fortress 178 had not stationed any troops to the south. If these troops were coming from the south, they would definitely be enemies.
He immediately asked, “How far are they from our camp?”
The voice on the comms channel said. “At most three kilometers away.”
“What kind of troops are they? Are they from the Ultima Consortium?” Scott asked with a frown.
“No… their logo is that of a white ginkgo leaf.” Sam said, “It’s the Panaqua Consortium’s mechanized infantry.”
“The Panaqua Consortium?!” Everyone was confused.
Shouldn’t the Panaqua Consortium and the Radianz Consortium be fighting to the death in the South?
Why would they suddenly have the strength to come and join the northern battlefield?
Could it be that the Panaqua Consortium and the Ultima Consortium had joined forces?
The war between the Panaqua Consortium and the Radianz Consortium was full scale. All of Julius’ plans had been carried out as more than half of the Radianz Consortium’s industries were destroyed.
At the beginning, the Radianz Consortium could rely on their ammunition reserves to fight the war. But after just two months, the entire Radianz Consortium ended up passive.
There was a shortage of ammunition at the front lines, while the strongholds that had not suffered from the war directly were also faced with a shortage of supplies.
Julius was truly brilliant. By supporting the bandits in the North, favonovel.com had shaken the Radianz Consortium to its core at the lowest possible cost. He had really caught them by surprise.
Scott had said to Milo that if it were the Panaqua Consortium’s troops they had encountered in the mountain range, favonovel.com would have already fled.
It would be difficult to say who would win when an entire regiment of infantry faced another regiment. But there was no doubt that a company would lose against a regiment even if both sides had similar capabilities. Therefore, an independent regiment from the Panaqua Consortium suddenly coming north didn’t sound like good news.
Only Milo was still sitting quietly next to the campfire.
Scott said, “Let’s retreat towards Mt. Barus and join up with Battalion Commander Barnaby. We can’t fight against this independent regiment from the Panaqua Consortium on our own!”
But Milo piped up, “They might not be here to fight us.”
“Are you crazy?” Scott said in shock. “How can the Panaqua troops not be here to attack us when they suddenly appeared at a place so close to us?”
But Sam suddenly said on the comms channel, “Wait a minute, Captain… Their mechanized infantry has stopped advancing. They’ve sent someone out to hoof it over to us!”
Milo sighed and stood up. “They’re probably here to look for me…”
Everyone from the Razor Sharp Company was stunned.
You’re saying that the Panaqua Consortium traveled all the way north in the middle of the night with such a massive turnout of mechanized infantry just because they’re looking for you?
Milo looked south and waited quietly.
In reality, favonovel.com was also unsure of the Panaqua Consortium’s intentions until favonovel.com saw Edgar.
