Chapter 452.

Deep in the Gobi, Zong’s troops were moving forward at full speed, they had long ago mapped out the roads and knew that there was an oasis that could even be used for mechanized troops to pass through.

If there wasn’t this one road, it would have been an infantry raid with greatly reduced effectiveness.

This road seemed to have been a forest before the calamity, and it was unknown who had planted trees here, creating an oasis that eventually consolidated a lifeline out.

It’s just that no one has taken care of it for years, and it’s gone back to being deserted again.

In fact, not many people cared if this place would turn back into a desert, but the problem was that this oasis that was about to disappear provided the Zong Clan with one last chance.

The Zong Clan’s top management called this road a heavenly opportunity, a chance given to them by the heavens to seize Fortress 178.

The Zong Clan hadn’t prepared for nothing all these years, if they didn’t have this aftermath, they wouldn’t have dared to provoke Fortress 178 frequently in recent years.

“We’re about to reach South Lake ahead, after we cross South Lake we’ll make two hours of repairs and then we can head straight for Fortress 178!” Zong’s general said joyfully to the adjutant beside him, “You and I should take the first credit for this war, without our years of hard work and now crossing the Gobi to deliver a fatal blow to Fortress 178, I’m afraid it would be really hard to win.”

“Still, sir is wise,” the adjutant smiled imploringly.

This smile then ate a mouthful of sand, for several days of marching through the Gobi, even with the cover of the soon-to-be-disappearing oasis, they had marched with exceptional difficulty.

But any more suffering this moment was worth it, they would be remembered in the annals of history!

The Zong general said with vigor, “This battle is the right time for us to make a name for ourselves!”

The mechanized troops in the rear continued to pass through the hard road surface, the whole desert raised huge smoke and dust, the Zong general listened to the sound of the tracks crushing the stones, the Zong general felt very crisp and pleasant to the ears.

He asked his adjutant, “Have you found any accidents, the more you and I get to the most critical time at this point, the more careful we have to be.”

“You don’t worry,” said the adjutant, “We have long since familiarized ourselves with this place over the years,178 the fortress doesn’t have any military facilities at all in the Gobi, where would that group of killing billets think that we would …… ”

However, in the next moment, they suddenly heard a sharp sound coming out of nowhere, this combat unit was the Zong’s most elite combat sequence, even the soldiers were extremely high in military literacy.

So when this sharp ear-piercing sound came, almost everyone’s face changed drastically, it was the sound of missiles racing through the air towards them, “Enemy attack! Enemy attack!”

With a few booms, several missiles had already landed in their marching line, blowing up yellow sand in all directions, and actually shrouding all of the Zong’s troops in a smoky haze.

The Zong’s general had already fallen to the ground, he couldn’t figure out why there was a 178th Fortress unit here to ambush them?

He was lying on the ground and rapidly surveyed the surrounding area. When the smoke haze slightly dispersed, he saw black dots appearing on the horizon surrounded by three sides, the other party, Fortress 178, had come prepared!

Zong’s general’s heart was alarmed, they had actually walked into the ambush circle of the 178th Fortress, which wrapped around them like a sack!

The 178th Fortress mechanized unit coming from the front raised huge smoke and dust on the road, the Zong’s general immediately asked his troops to launch a counterattack, just one shell blasted towards the front, but a black pot suddenly appeared in front of the unit, even the shell was blocked.

But the black pot did not stop, only to see that the large black pot in the air fluttering, actually resisted five or six shells one after another, to know that the shells are very difficult to capture the naked eye, but by the other side one by one blocked!

After the shells hit the black pot, the inside exploded, the gray smoke haze was blown by the wind and instantly dissipated.

Many of Zong’s soldiers were baffled, what the hell is this?

“Xu Xian Chu?!” Zong’s general was shocked: “How could Xu Xianchu be here, isn’t he in our rear? Didn’t someone say they’ve seen his shadow in the rear?!”

Previously, someone else from the Zong command had mentioned this, someone had said that Xu Xianchu had disappeared, and it seemed that Zhang Jinglin had made other arrangements for him, and it was likely that Zhang Jinglin had already recognized their intentions and blocked the way to their Gobi advance.

Only later did someone suddenly send back information that Xu Xianchu had been seen in the rear of that company revealing his extraordinary abilities, and only then did everyone feel relieved.

But the Gobi Zong’s generals did not realize how Xu Xianchu had suddenly appeared in front of them again, just like magic.

Could it be that this Xu Xianchu could fly?

At the same time, Xu Xianchu, who had just blocked five or six artillery shells, wailed at the rear of the troops, “Give me a hard hit on them! Surround three and release one, this Zong’s generals can all let him go, but the opposing side’s living forces must remain in the Gobi! Charge!”

The soldiers of the 178th Fortress had watched with their own eyes as their own officer was able to block even cannonballs, and their morale was boosted for a while, except that Xu Xianchu was also fighting a battle right now, and it was clear that the backlash from the Black Cauldron was now causing pain all over his body, and that he couldn’t even maintain the Black Cauldron a little bit anymore, but he was still struggling to hold it together.

Simply because he knew very well that whether or not 178 Fortress could win all depended on whether or not his side could pull off a nice big victory!

Xu Xianchu had been hibernating here for almost a month, and all the men of 178 Fortress were about to reach their limits.

However, the reason why the 178th Fortress is able to stand in the Northwest is because of how well-equipped they are? No. Was it because they could fight one for one? Neither.

Rather, they were able to endure hardship, more so than any troop under the heavens.

It’s because they took suffering for food in that harsh environment of the Northwest Frontier!

This was going to be a vicious battle, and the final strategy of both sides was finally charted.

At this time, Zhang Jinglin had already received news from Xu Xianchu’s side, they had already exchanged frontal fire with the enemy, because of the ambush, the ambush force of the 178th fortress had already gained the upper hand!

At this time, Wang Fengyuan, who was next to him, looked at Zhang Jinglin: “Will Ren Xiaosu blame us?”

Wang Feng Yuan’s meaning was obvious, in fact, with this backhand in place, as long as the enemy entered the ambush circle, then Zong’s last card would have been met with a welcome relief, and Fortress 178 wouldn’t have been as dangerous as imagined.

Therefore, Ren Xiaosu actually did not need to go to 146 Barrier.

When Zhang Xiaoman called that day, Ren Xiaosu took the initiative to say that he wanted to go to 146 Barrier, and Zhang Jinglin wanted to stop him, but he couldn’t tell his plan.

Zhang Jinglin and Wang Fengyuan had already been thoroughly investigating the matter of spies at that time, only that they knew that there were spies amongst the generals but had never caught them, so in order to ensure that their plans were not detected by Zong, so Zhang Jinglin was unable to tell the Company of the Sharp Daggers at all at that time.

At that time, but the slightest detail could be caught by the other side, Zhang Jinglin could not possibly take the risk with all the generals of the 178th Fortress.