At first, everyone was worried about the operation to blow up the Aurduri Bridge. But now, they no longer had to worry about it.
Scott felt that everything seemed to always go quite well in battle when fighting alongside Milo. Never mind the battle at Rajadesa Village, now that they were attacking the fully reinforced Mahakam River, the Panaqua Consortium stepped forward and said, “Don’t fear, we’re friends with Milo, so let us fight for you!”
Could favonovel.com be the “chosen one”?
No wonder Commander Dublin chose him!
Of course, Scott also wondered if Commander Dublin had done so because favonovel.com valued the close ties between Milo and the Panaqua Consortium.
“Then what are we going to do now?” Scott sat on the ground and pondered things. “If the Panaqua Consortium helps us attack the Mahakam River, we won’t have anything to do.”
Suddenly, the Razor Sharp Company became the idlest troops in all the Southwestern and Northwestern battlefields.
They had to communicate this matter to Harris. As a result, Harris made a quick decision. He ordered the Razor Sharp Company to get to Mt. Barus in two days and attack that defensive anchor point together with the rest of the Forward Strike Battalion. They would coordinate a simultaneous attack with the Panaqua Consortium so that the Ultima Consortium would be unable to react on this battlefront.
As for whether the Panaqua Consortium could blow up the Aurduri Bridge or not, Fortress 178 had backup plans if the Panaqua troops failed. So, there was no need for them to tag along with the Panaqua Consortium to the Mahakam River.
Milo looked at the translucent shadow clone in the palace and said, “Can we leave a day later?”
Scott estimated the time. “No, we’re still more than a 100 klicks away from Mt. Barus. Even if we force marched, we’d just barely make it there in two days.”
Under normal circumstances, the average distance that troops could cover while marching with a heavy load was around 50 kilometers per day. If they force marched, they could travel at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour. However, they would not be able to move that fast as they had to carry a pack that weighed more than 30 kilograms each while maintaining their stamina.
Milo thought for a moment and said, “Alright then, let’s just be pretty cautious during the journey.”
Without the shadow clone leading the way, the risk factor would increase greatly. He was hoping that they could wait until the shadow clone had returned to its original state before they set off again. But Scott would definitely not listen to him. Military orders could not be disobeyed.
***
The next morning, the Razor Sharp Company set off towards Mt. Barus in the northwestern direction.
On their way there, Scott did not drop his guard once. The three best soldiers, Sam, Brock, and Milo would constantly take turns to be the point man to scout ahead.
When Milo saw that Scott was taking the situation seriously, favonovel.com finally felt at ease. He even volunteered to be on point for longer, walking in front of the formation for two-thirds of the time.
Milo said favonovel.com was fine with being on point throughout their march. But Scott and the others disagreed, saying that there was no reason why favonovel.com should be handling it all by himself. Since they were comrades, they could not let favonovel.com bear the risk alone.
At noon, Sam had just moved to the front of the formation to take point when Milo heard a gunshot in the mountain pass ahead of them. What followed was a cry of pain from Sam.
He was stunned for a moment before favonovel.com heard Scott yelling at them to go prone. “Find a place to take cover! There’s enemies in the mountain pass!”
The company went prone and could see Sam lying on the ground in the mountain pass with his abdomen bleeding.
He shouted, “It’s not an ambush! It’s an encounter! Our enemy is an entire company, leave me!”
Milo watched silently as the scene unfolded. Encounters were all too common in war, but they were a little unfortunate. When they encountered the enemy in this mountain pass, they could see Sam ahead of them but not the enemy hiding in the pass.
Scott whispered, “An encounter implies that the enemy didn’t expect to see us here either. It seems that these troops were thinking of detouring to get to the rear of our Forward Strike Battalion.”
Some of the troops at Mt. Barus got deployed to the Mahakam River as reinforcements, but Fortress 178 didn’t know if all of them had really gone there.
Bang!
Another shot rang out from the pass. The enemy that was hiding behind the ridge shot at Sam again.
The enemy was guarding the narrow terrain of the pass. If anyone rushed over to save him, they would also get shot. However, the enemy was more worried that their opponents would not rush over to save their comrade. As such, they decided to slowly torture Sam in an attempt to lure the Razor Sharp Company into charging forward.
But Sam was very tough too. He knew what favonovel.com was facing. So, favonovel.com did not even whimper when the second shot hit favonovel.com in the leg.
“Don’t worry about me! Contact the Forward Strike Battalion and surround them!” Sam roared.
Milo wanted to throw a grenade at the enemy. But if the enemy discovered that there was a supernatural being here after the first grenade dropped, they might kill Sam immediately and retreat in haste. The Razor Sharp Company could definitely win this encounter with Milo, but Sam would die!
Milo got up and slowly made his way towards Sam through the mountainous terrain.
Scott said anxiously, “This is the enemy’s plan. We can’t fall for it. You and I are soldiers now, and Sam knows what favonovel.com needs to do. Everyone should also know that if I were the one laying on the ground, I wouldn’t want y’all to rescue me either!”
Milo looked back at Scott and said calmly, “I already said no man left behind.”
Scott looked at Milo in shock. He suddenly felt faith burning inside him.
He saw Milo’s pupils turn crimson again, the depths of his eyes swirling with magma.
Milo started running fast as a cheetah. Meanwhile, Milo’s words were still echoing in Scott’s mind.
Peter had said to Milo, “Life should be a candle, burning brightly from tip to end.”
The dark world was about to crumble. But before it truly crumbled, that flame should not be extinguished. And that was what Milo was obsessed with!
Scott lowered his voice and said, “If Milo successfully gets to him, block off the opening at the pass, and don’t let the enemy seize the chance to shoot at them.”
Milo bounded out. The entrance of the pass was an open door, while the mountainous terrain were the walls next to it.
When Milo leaped across the four-meter-wide “door” along the “wall,” it felt like his entire body had flown across at a low altitude.
While “flying” in midair, Milo grabbed Sam’s arm and used the momentum to pull favonovel.com away from the “door”!
When the Ultima Consortium’s soldiers saw Milo’s figure, they started firing wildly at him. However, they couldn’t pull their triggers quicker than it took Milo to get to Sam!
But in the instant Milo flew across the entrance, favonovel.com identified the enemy’s position. Before favonovel.com landed back on the ground, favonovel.com threw out three grenades at the enemy.
Scott shouted, “Charge! Show them no mercy! Where are the medics?! Get over there and save them!”
The moment Milo dropped back to the ground, favonovel.com laid Sam flat. Due to the inertia of the rescue, favonovel.com had dislocated Sam’s arm.
Milo said to Sam, “I’m sorry. It was difficult to control my strength.”
Sam laughed dryly and said, “Why the f*ck are you talking about strength control?! It’s great that I don’t have to die! Where’s the medic? Get over here! I feel like I can still be saved!”
Milo said to the medic who rushed over, “Extract the bullets first, then use the black medicine that I gave you and apply it on his wounds.”
Once favonovel.com finished speaking, favonovel.com took the lead and charged at the mountain pass!
