Now, P5092 would have to start a race against time.
If all his speculations were true, he would have to complete the construction of the defensive line in the forest before the Pyro Company's troops were defeated.
However, this was also equivalent to putting himself in a dangerous situation. When the barbarians chased after the Pyro Company's troops, the 3rd Division would have to bring up the rear for the defeated Pyro Company troops.
If it were not for the sake of preserving more strength for the Pyro Company, P5092 could have retreated to the Great Wall where it would have been much safer.
It was also because of P5092's actions that Ren Xiaosu was certain his ideal of preserving a spark of hope for humanity in the Central Plains was definitely not just for show.
There were too many people in this world who shouted about their ideals but were defeated in the face of reality.
There were also too many people in this world who shouted about benevolence, righteousness, and morality, but lived like maggots behind the scenes.
Ren Xiaosu admired those who had ideals and were willing to pay the price for their ideals.
Therefore, this was also the reason he was willing to help Jiang Xu, Wang Jing, and P5092.
But when Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin went north to investigate, even the soldiers of the 3rd Division who had been following him around did not think the two of them could play much of a role in a battle involving tens of thousands of people.
Before Ren Xiaosu left, P5092 gave Ren Xiaosu a serious warning, "I know you're very powerful, even more powerful than most of the supernatural beings I've met. You'll definitely have a place in the history of the supernatural world in the future. But in a battle involving tens of thousands of people, there's actually very little room for an individual to make a difference. So don't try to be brave. Surviving is the most important thing. "
Ren Xiaosu nodded and replied, "Don't worry, I won't try to be brave. I'm just going there to investigate, so there won't be any danger."
"Mhm, I wish you a safe return." P5092 said, "From the most rational point of view, you're one of the most deserving embers of humanity in the Central Plains. Your priority is definitely higher than that of normal people. I hope you understand this."
With that, Ren Xiaosu headed north. On the way back, he lamented to Yang Xiaojin that everyone was equal. But in the eyes of the Pyro Company, they might have already divided the Pyro Company into different classes of humans who were worth surviving.
Perhaps superhumans, scientists, and so on were all high priorities for the other party to protect.
This kind of obsession felt strange, as if it was contrary to the concept of human rights. However, after interacting with it for a long time, Ren Xiaosu did not know how to refute it.
It could only be said that every ambitious person in the wasteland adhered to their own principles and walked on their own path.
At this moment, if one looked down from the sky, they would see the other five Pyro Company main forces marching quickly in the wilderness.
The E-33 armored vehicles and E-34 tanks of the mechanized troops provided cover at the front. They were like moving fortresses, constantly pushing the battle line forward.
The infantrymen followed closely behind the mechanized troops.
This was the most common cover method for mechanized troops and infantry troops. Once the enemy was discovered, the armored vehicles and tanks would quickly become the best line of defense for suppressing fire.
The tracks of the tanks rolled up the soil, leaving long tracks on the road, and the ground started becoming full of potholes.
To the north of the Pyro Company's troops were the barbarians who were fleeing for their lives. Amid the loud explosions, the ground around them was bombarded by the tanks. From time to time, the heavy machine guns on the armored vehicles would send rocks and soil flying.
The two sides were locked in a fierce battle, and the barbarians could not shake off the Pyro Company's troops with their physical fitness.
When some of the Pyro Company's senior commanders saw this, they were overjoyed from the bottom of their hearts. That was because as long as this situation continued, it would only be a matter of time before they wiped out all the barbarians.
Today's battle was much smoother than expected.
However, not all the senior commanders of the five divisions were blinded by the victory that was within reach. The 1st and 4th Divisions had already started to slow down their marching pace and gradually fell behind diagonally.
In order to avoid stirring up the rebellious mentality of these commanders, P5092 did not directly call them to order them not to advance, because that would be useless.
But he could make other efforts. For example, he could get the 3rd Division to quickly contact their acquaintances in the other divisions and start spreading rumors about the trap.
As a matter of fact, the Pyro Company's officers were all graduates of the military academy. Sometimes, an officer's classmates could be found throughout the entire Pyro Company. Furthermore, there were no communications restrictions in place, and even the company troops had their own communications equipment, so it was not difficult to find someone.
So when the rumor that it was a trap ahead gradually spread, some of the P5 commanders started reevaluating this pursuit battle. Most importantly, they also felt that tonight had gone too smoothly.
But at this moment, a group of the expeditionary army's troops were already waiting in the north. Beside them were dozens of huge cages made of a special metal.
In the cages, there were brown bears that were as tall as mountains that had just woken up.
These were not domesticated brown bears. After they woke up in the huge cages, they started roaring angrily at the barbarians outside the cages.
The expeditionary army's troops had also placed a pile of black spherical objects behind the cages. The surfaces of the spherical objects were extremely rough, and they looked like dung balls that had been rolled out by dung beetles.
Several dozen barbarians lit up the black spheres at the same time with torches in their hands. In just an instant, the black spheres started burning and released a large amount of white smoke that carried a pungent smell.
As the wind blew from the north to the south, the barbarians stood upwind of the black spheres, and the white smoke was blown into the cages.
When the brown bears in the cages smelled the white smoke, they rammed against the cages in a frenzy, and the cages started deforming!
Before The Cataclysm, brown bears were one of the largest and heaviest animals on land. They could grow up to 2.8 meters in length and weigh up to 800 kilograms. Their sense of smell was seven times that of a hound's.
At that time, brown bears were the dominant beasts on land.
After the northern cities were bombarded with nuclear weapons, the brown bears in the wilderness had mutated to a frightening degree. Very few people knew that the land where the expeditionary army lived was the place that suffered the most from the cataclysm. It was a scene of devastation.
The Pyro Company's higher-ups once speculated that this was probably the reason why the barbarians' technological civilization had regressed and their physical fitness had evolved collectively.
All of a sudden, a brown bear finally broke through the metal cage that bound it. A barbarian who was slightly closer to it was caught off guard and was crushed by the brown bear's paw.
However, the brown bear's sense of smell was too sensitive. The white smoke contained a scent that it could not resist.
At this moment, the sounds of fighting came from the south, and the brown bear was attracted by the noise.
In the end, the brown bears that had broken through the metal cages were driven south by the white smoke. They looked like tanks that had gone berserk.
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