After the battle ended, Ren Xiaosu got the infantry brigade to head to Zone A22.
P5092 said, "The soldiers need to rest and reorganize at this time."
"It's fine, Zone A22 is safe. Go over there and rest." Ren Xiaosu said, "Zone A21 is no longer safe."
With that, Ren Xiaosu ended the call.
After the infantry brigade left, Ren Xiaosu happily appeared on the battlefield and started picking up the axes.
Actually, Zone A21 was very safe. He had gotten the infantry brigade to leave purely to make it easier for him to pick up the axes. After all, he could not pick up the axes even if the infantry brigade was here, right?
However, Ren Xiaosu also had another purpose after picking up the axes. That was because he suddenly realized the barbarians he encountered today were all wearing helmets and visors.
The others did not think too much about it and thought this might be the standard equipment the barbarians wore when they entered an all-out war. After all, the barbarians' most vulnerable parts were their heads and eyes, so there was nothing wrong with protecting them.
But Ren Xiaosu had some misgivings. He kept feeling that something was amiss. Since they had such standard equipment, why didn't they wear it before?
After he picked up the axes, he pulled off a barbarian's helmet. However, he was stunned when he saw that the barbarian's hair had turned white, and his skin was covered in wrinkles under his beard.
Although the northerners looked different from the people of the Central Plains, it was still very easy to distinguish the young from the old.
The barbarian in front of him was clearly an old barbarian!
What was going on with the expeditionary army? Could it be that the front line had been stretched too far, so there were not enough soldiers and they had to send the veterans into the battlefield?
That shouldn't be the case, right?
Ren Xiaosu took off the helmets of more than a dozen barbarians in one go. Most of them were middle-aged, while a few of them were old. This puzzled him a lot.
It was no wonder the 3rd Division did not have a hard time fighting the barbarians earlier. It turned out they were fighting against a group of "veterans."
As the saying went, the young and the strong were the weakest. When a person reached a certain age, their bodily functions would definitely decline. Presumably, the barbarians were no exception.
They might still have their strength, but their stamina was definitely not as good as when they were young.
Ren Xiaosu did not know if this discovery was considered good news. He would have to discuss this with P5092 later.
Right at this moment, the voice from the palace suddenly said, "It has been discovered that a quest has not been completed for a long time. There are only three hours left in the quest's deadline. Host, please complete it as soon as possible. Otherwise, the Basic Skill Duplication Scroll in the host's possession will be deducted."
Ren Xiaosu was stunned for a moment. Only then did he remember that the palace had issued a mission the last time he had brought a Scout into the forest.
Moreover, at that time, he had never completed it!
This was the first time he had failed a mission. He did not expect the palace to punish him.
It seemed like he had to find a way to complete the mission.
…
Four hours after the Pyro Company's six main forces entered the forest, the battle report stunned everyone who saw it.
In the past three hours, the 3rd Division seemed to have become invisible on the battlefield. They did not kill any enemies, nor did they suffer any casualties.
When the other high-ranking generals saw this battle report, they thought P5092 had come here to slack off. However, it seemed like the 3rd Division's attitude was already clear enough since only an infantry brigade had come.
However, in the fourth hour, the enemy kill count suddenly jumped to more than 900 in the 3rd Division's battle report. But the strangest thing was that the 3rd Division did not suffer any casualties at all!
The various troops had also clashed with the barbarians. The barbarians had coarse skin and thick flesh, and they even had shields. Several of their makeshift positions were breached and caused a lot of damage.
What was even more shocking was that they actually ran into an expert among the barbarians in this forest. The barbarian was wearing heavy armor, a helmet, and a visor. He was able to withstand the heavy machine guns head-on and overturn three armored vehicles and two tanks with his bare hands!
The moment they witnessed such power with their own eyes, it was extremely shocking.
In the eyes of ordinary people, armored vehicles and tanks were symbols of power and destruction. Even the rumbling of their heavy treads on the ground felt as though their hearts were being crushed.
However, there was actually an expert among the barbarians who could overturn a tank with his bare hands. At this level, he could even crush a T5 combatant!
As a matter of fact, although they were not using heavy tanks this time, they still weighed 40 tons. In addition to the five people sitting inside, their weapons, equipment, and ammunition, that would add up to about 41 tons.
Of course, overturning the tank did not mean lifting it up, but flipping it upside down. That way, it would not have to bear the full weight of 41 tons. But that was still scary enough!
When some people saw this, they even felt that without the missile bombardment, it would probably be very difficult for any firearms or explosives to cause any damage to that barbarian!
This time, the Pyro Company's troops had to pay the price of sacrificing hundreds of their men to deal with the barbarian. They even had a special forces unit led by a T5 combatant besiege the barbarian at the last minute before they finally exhausted the barbarian and killed him.
Moreover, a T5 combatant had even knocked off the barbarian's helmet and visor during the battle. After that, a soldier with excellent marksmanship shot the barbarian in the eye.
In contrast, the 3rd Division had actually killed nearly 1,000 barbarians without suffering any casualties. This made all of the other high-ranking generals wonder what the 3rd Division was doing.
A high-ranking general said to the staff officer next to him, "I know you have a good relationship with one of the 3rd Division's staff officers and graduated from the same military academy. The next time we communicate about the situation, find an opportunity to ask them what they're up to."
"Understood," the staff officer said.
By the fifth hour, the 3rd Division's statistics remained unchanged. There was no increase in the number of enemies killed, nor were there any casualties.
The 7th Division's staff officer connected to the 3rd Division's communications device. When his classmate answered the call, he got straight to the point and asked, "What's your 3rd Division doing?"
The 3rd Division's staff officer on the other end of the line hesitated for a moment before saying, "We're not doing anything."
"What do you mean by not doing anything?" The 7th Division's staff officer was stunned. "The army is either marching or fighting, so there has to be something going on, right?"
"Nothing means nothing."
"Wait, why do I hear someone singing 'Duckling' over there?" The 7th Division's staff officer was stunned. He put the microphone close to his ear and even covered his other ear to hear more clearly.
But before he could hear it clearly, the other party hung up the call in a hurry.
The 7th Division's P5 commander looked at the staff officer and asked, "What on earth is the 3rd Division doing?"
The staff officer hesitated for a moment before replying, "I feel like they're singing a nursery rhyme?!"
The high-ranking general across from him was silent for a moment before asking, "Do you think I'm a little stupid?"
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