It had to be said that the recon company was completely convinced by him.
They had gone from being skeptical at the beginning to being skeptical later on to no longer having any doubts now. Ren Xiaosu had only used a few hours to help them complete a huge change in their outlook on life, the world, and values.
"Sir, where do we go now?" T 40219 asked sincerely.
"The barbarians who came this time are only in charge of reconnaissance." Ren Xiaosu said, "But I'm afraid we'll have to face some of the barbarians' main forces from now on."
T 40219 was stunned. "Then should we retreat?"
"Retreat?" Ren Xiaosu thought for a moment and said, "This is such a good opportunity, so of course we should let them bleed a little more."
In the command center, P5092 fell silent. Next to him, his deputy commander said, "Has he forgotten about your mission?"
The mission P5092 had given Ren Xiaosu was to investigate the barbarians' deployment of firepower in the forest and find the weapons transported from Stronghold 176. However, there was no need for them to fight them head-on.
However, what Ren Xiaosu was doing now did not seem to have anything to do with this mission at all. After entering the forest, this guy had been fighting guerrilla warfare with the barbarians. He did not even go out to investigate, much less the deployment of firepower.
If this went on, this reconnaissance trip would have been for nothing.
Although Ren Xiaosu's side had already killed a lot of barbarians, roughly more than 300 of them, it should be considered a great victory for the 100-odd people in the recon company to be able to fight like this without suffering any losses.
But for the entire war, the information on the barbarians' deployment of firepower in the forest was more important.
After all, no matter how elite the recon company was, they couldn't possibly defeat the main force of the barbarians, right? When the time came, they might be facing a battalion or even a regimental force.
The deputy commander continued, "When the main force of the barbarian expeditionary army arrives, they'll be forced to retreat. In that case, our feint attack to cover up our reconnaissance mission will have failed. In the end, we'll just lose a few hundred barbarian lives."
What the deputy commander meant was, "It's not that killing the enemy is not advisable, but that there are more important things to do."
P5092 shook his head. "Let's wait and see. Maybe he has a plan."
At this moment, T 40219's voice came over the radio. "Sir, do you have a plan?"
Ren Xiaosu replied, "A plan? I have no plans. "
The command center fell into a strange silence for a moment. P5092 suddenly felt his face hurt a little.
If it weren't for the lack of ammunition, he might have ordered for the forest to be plowed …
Ren Xiaosu said as he walked, "I've been using guerrilla warfare just now. Now, I'll bring you guys to fight a tough battle."
"A tough battle?" T 40219 was puzzled. "Sir, you're not thinking of bringing us to fight the barbarians' main forces, are you?"
"What's wrong with that?" Ren Xiaosu replied calmly, "The other party is already at our doorstep. Retreating at the sight of some barbarians is the behavior of a coward!"
In the command center, the staff officers looked at the adjutant again. At one point, the adjutant wondered if this guy could hear them. But the command center did not press the communication button!
Right after, Ren Xiaosu led the troops back into the forest. However, T 40219 discovered that Ren Xiaosu's so-called tough battle was actually taking them for a stroll in the forest. No one knew what he was looking for.
The recon company's area of activity was very wide. As they did not know what Ren Xiaosu was up to, they could only wander around aimlessly. It wasn't until two hours later that Ren Xiaosu suddenly stopped by a river. "Did you bring the TNT?"
"Yes, four stacks!" T 40219 perked up. It was finally time to get to work.
Portable heavy firepower like remote-controlled TNT was standard equipment for the recon company. It was used to destroy the enemy's defensive facilities and cause great and effective damage.
Ren Xiaosu pointed to the river and said, "Bury one stack here. We have to be quick."
With that, someone from the recon company removed the retractable shovels from their backs and skillfully buried the TNT under a pile of weeds. Then they cleaned up all traces of digging.
"Come on, let's go to the next location," Ren Xiaosu said.
T 40219 understood. So the reason Ren Xiaosu had been wandering around for an hour just now was to find the location to bury the TNT?
Following that, Ren Xiaosu led them in a big circle again. It wasn't until they had buried all the TNT that they retreated out of the range of the explosions.
T 40219 took out the remote control and said, "No. 1 is by the river, No. 2 is by the west side of the forest, and No. 3 and No. 4 are by the north side of the forest."
Ren Xiaosu nodded and took the remote control. "Alright, we just have to wait here."
"Wait, shouldn't we be guarding next to the TNT?" T 40219 was stunned. He thought Ren Xiaosu was going to detonate the TNT when the barbarians passed by. But they were so far away from the bombs that they could not even see them, so how would they know if the barbarians had passed by?
However, Ren Xiaosu said in a serious tone, "There will be a lot of them coming. It's too dangerous for us to be too close."
"Then when do we detonate it?" T 40219 asked.
"Now," Ren Xiaosu said matter-of-factly. Then he detonated No. 1 bomb.
There was a loud explosion in the distance. T 40219 thought to himself, 'Isn't this too rash?!'
"Don't talk." Ren Xiaosu leaned against a tree and closed his eyes. He seemed to be mumbling something as if he was reciting a spell.
Ten minutes later, Ren Xiaosu pressed No. 2, and there was another loud explosion.
Another five minutes later, Ren Xiaosu pressed No. 3 and No. 4 at the same time. Then he said to T 40219, "Let's go and reap the harvest."
T 40219: "???"
What the hell is going on? What the hell is going on? Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
But when he bit the bullet and followed Ren Xiaosu back to the site of the explosion, he was shocked to find the barbarians lying on the ground wailing in pain!
There were even more barbarians who had been blown to pieces.
Ren Xiaosu felt a little regretful. How many axes were there? It was a pity he could not store them in his storage space in front of the Pyro Company.
At this moment, everyone present and in the command center looked at one another. T 40219 even forgot to finish off the barbarians. Almost everyone was thinking about the same thing. How did Ren Xiaosu know the barbarians' trajectory?
A battalion of barbarians was annihilated just like that?
A sense of absurdity suddenly burst forth from the bottom of everyone's hearts. They had never fought such a bizarre battle before!
All along, everyone's impression of the barbarians was that they were the best at hunting in complex terrain. They were cunning and powerful, giving the Pyro Company and the Wang Clan a headache.
But now, everything had changed.
On the other side, 20 minutes later.
Valentin was still sitting next to the fire pit. A barbarian ran back to pass on the military intelligence to him.
Valentin asked calmly, "Did Alexei and the others take the bait from the right flank?"
The barbarian who came back to pass on the information said with difficulty, "Alexei and the others were taken by the bait …."
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