Zong Jing was one of the best among the younger generation of the Soong Clan's fourth branch. It was only because Zong Cheng was a supernatural being and he was just a normal person that he was overshadowed.
Of course, he was only outstanding in comparison to the Soong Clan's internal affairs. If he counted the external affairs, Qing Zhen was about the same age as them, yet he was already the leader of the Kyung Clan.
However, it seemed that because of Qing Zhen, the Soong Clan's Board was a little wary of the troops under their control. They were afraid that what happened to the Kyung Clan would repeat itself in the Soong Clan.
The fourth branch of the Soong Clan knew that Zong Jing would definitely not be able to compete with Zong Cheng and Zong Xiang in terms of competition. But the problem was that they could not afford to die!
Furthermore, Zong Jing had brought two of the Soong Clan's most elite snipers with him. As a matter of fact, the cost of training such snipers was comparable to training a fighter jet pilot before The Cataclysm!
"Deploy the recon battalion to Stronghold 144." A general said with a dark expression, "I want to make sure that Fortress 178's troops won't be able to return alive!"
"Seconded. It's better to leave this kind of pursuit in the wilderness to the recon battalion. Besides, we don't need the recon battalion on the main battlefield at Mt. Wuchuan. Most importantly, we can't let Fortress 178 find out about our follow-up plans," the general sitting at the head of the conference table said in a deep voice.
When he said that, everyone's expressions turned solemn. It was as though this follow-up plan was very important.
Furthermore, Stronghold 144 was the Soong Clan's granary, and the military rations at the front lines could only last for about 15 days. If this matter was not resolved quickly, the battle at the front lines would probably be affected.
"It's decided then. Inform the recon battalion to set off immediately. Also, I recommend Zong Han to take over as the infantry regiment's commander. The defeat at the Beiwan River has proven that Zong Han is not suitable to be the brigade commander of the combat brigade. Demote him and report to Stronghold 144. "
"Seconded. But don't make the same stupid mistake as last time. Have the 1237th Regiment send troops to meet him."
The Soong Clan's generals were very unhappy. Actually, this matter did not affect the Soong Clan much as a whole. However, this of the troops roaming the rear was like a thorn in their flesh. It would hurt if they pulled it out, but it would also hurt if they did not.
It was clear that the decisive battle was about to begin at Wu Chuan Mountain, but they still had to transfer troops to the rear.
However, it was as though the Razor Sharp Company had vanished into thin air. They did not appear at Stronghold 144 for the next seven days.
After the Soong Clan's reconnaissance battalion arrived, they began tracking the area where Zong Jing was attacked. These people were all good hunters in the wilderness, so it was too easy for them to find traces of a company.
For example, broken branches, feces, and other signs of life.
But when they reached a creek, the tracks stopped abruptly. The Soong Clan soldiers from the reconnaissance battalion realized that the Razor Sharp Company had used this creek to escape. However, they did not know where they had gone.
This made the Soong Clan very uncomfortable.
For example, the most disgusting thing was not seeing a palm-sized hairy spider in the house, but that it disappeared in the blink of an eye …
Three days later, three military factories near Stronghold 145 were attacked. These three factories were not technologically advanced and were just factories that produced the most common bullets, grenades, and mortar shells.
The defense of the military factories was relatively tight. However, the mysterious troops of Fortress 178 seemed to have come prepared as they blew up all three factories in a single day.
Of course, the Razor Sharp Company was only able to achieve this so quickly because of the refugees' help. Otherwise, how could they have gotten such detailed intelligence?
After the bombing, the Razor Sharp Company used the creek to escape again and hid somewhere in the wilderness.
Some of the Soong Clan's generals were so angry that they were about to go crazy. "It looks like Fortress 178 has made ample preparations. How could they have crossed the river by accident? They're clearly trying to emulate the Kyung Clan by targeting our military factories! Tell the garrison troops in the strongholds that if anything happens to their military factories again, I'll execute them! "
All of a sudden, martial law was imposed on all the military factories in the north. Everyone looked like they were facing a formidable enemy, and half of the troops stationed in the strongholds were assigned to guard the military factories.
At this moment, the Soong Clan's reconnaissance battalion finally lived up to expectations and followed the Razor Sharp Company. They even saw the retreating silhouettes of the Razor Sharp Company from the top of a hill.
The Soong Clan's reconnaissance battalion wanted to curse out loud. Why did the troops of Fortress 178 not have a planned route at all? They just went wherever they wanted to go!
At the beginning, when the Soong Clan's reconnaissance battalion gave chase, they thought the Razor Sharp Company was deliberately misleading them when they saw some messy traces and clues. But after nearly catching up to them several times, they suddenly felt that based on the way the Razor Sharp Company usually did not hide their tracks, they were not deliberately leaving behind false information to mislead them. It was purely them taking the wrong path and turning back!
But the more it was like this, the more disgusted the Soong Clan's reconnaissance battalion felt. After the Razor Sharp Company attacked the military factories, they felt they had more or less figured out the Razor Sharp Company's train of thought.
As such, the Soong Clan's reconnaissance battalion took a shortcut and wanted to set up an ambush ahead of time. However, the Razor Sharp Company did not show up even after a long time. It was only later that they realized the Razor Sharp Company had actually turned back.
What were they doing? Weren't they afraid of being pursued? How dare they turn back?!
Actually, the Razor Sharp Company did not turn back for anything else. It was because Fu Rao's medal from the battle at Shichuan Village had been lost along the way. They wanted to see if they could find it on their way back. After all, it was worth 10,000 yuan.
Of course, the Razor Sharp Company would not play around like that. When Fu Rao wanted to go back to look for the medal, he had asked Ren Xiaosu about it. Ren Xiaosu said it just so happened that he wanted to turn back.
The Razor Sharp Company had another layer of insurance, and that was the shadow clone that was roaming in the wilderness.
In fact, as long as you were a small enough target, it was not difficult to hide in the wilderness. If the Razor Sharp Company had more people, they would probably not be able to engage in guerrilla warfare anymore.
"Where are we going now?" Zhang Xiaoman asked.
"That group of soldiers behind us is a little tricky. I keep getting the feeling that their overall quality is much stronger than the Soong Clan soldiers we defeated earlier," Ren Xiaosu said with a frown.
If it were a normal unit, they would have shaken them off a long time ago. However, this group of soldiers was very difficult to deal with.
Ren Xiaosu had also dropped a few Brambles in an attempt to trick the enemy. However, the enemy did not fall for it at all. When they saw the strange red vines in the grass, they would just circle around them.
Even if someone got caught by the vines, the others would do their best to rescue them. Therefore, it was very difficult for the Brambles to cause any casualties to them.
"It's not a good idea to keep letting them chase after us. We've almost engaged them at close range a few times." Zhang Xiaoman thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we take them out?"
"No." Ren Xiaosu shook his head. "I suspect they also have snipers. How can such an elite battalion not have snipers? So it's better to avoid them. "
"Then what should we do?"
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