Chapter 924, Defeat of the Spark

For the soldiers of the 6th Combat Brigade, there was nothing more uplifting than this scene.

They hadn’t even suffered any casualties before the barbarians died by the thousands in the mountains, those fears of the barbarians were swept away, while some of them had even thought of what speech they would give when they went back to be decorated.

Morale is a mysterious thing in war, but all commanders can’t afford to ignore it.

If morale is low, I’m afraid that if you have a hundred percent of strength, you can only exert thirty percent.

If morale is high, it is possible that with one hundred points of strength, one can exert one thousand points.

If a commander only valued tactics but disregarded the thing called morale, it meant that the commander’s realm was not enough.

At least not to the level of a famous general.

The retreating horn of the Expeditionary Corps blew, and those barbarians who were attacking the defense position quickly withdrew, but even at this time, those barbarians holding shields did not relax, always covering the retreat of their comrades in the last position.

P5092 looked at this scene, his heart finally sighed with relief, at least now everything seems to be going in the right direction, now it is considered to be a good start for the next fierce (ao) battle.

There is an old saying about the art of war, it’s called the upper military strategy, without fighting to subdue the enemy’s troops, followed by the second to cut down the traffic, followed by the second to cut down the troops, followed by the next to attack the city, and the method of attacking the city as a last resort.

In this tactical choice, P5092 firstly put the expeditionary corps into the situation of having to attack the city, without attacking Zuo Yunshan their rear can not be down to earth, it can be said that from the beginning P5092 has the upper hand in terms of strategy, forcing the expeditionary corps to use their lives to exchange for Zuo Yunshan.

However, this didn’t mean that the war would be won, because they were just a small part of the entire battlefield, and if Fireblood lost the war, then they would still be in great danger.

This war would definitely drag everyone into the abyss, and those who were alive were exhausted.

P5092 suddenly turned his head to Mo Fei and said, “Thanks this time.”

Mo Fei smiled, “Commander, you’re welcome.”

On the side, Ren Xiaosu silently sized up Mo Fei, while the other party also met his eyes before averting his gaze.

P5092 walked towards the command tent, “Staff Sergeant Li, call the regiment commanders over for a meeting, although the barbarians have retreated now, as long as we’re still in Zuoyun Mountain, they’re bound to come back again and will have new countermeasures. Therefore, before they make a comeback, we must formulate a follow-up battle plan.”

But just as all of them were sitting down in the command tent and preparing to discuss the battle plan, Wang Run, who was listening to the meeting on the side, suddenly received a satellite phone call, he went out and answered this phone call, and then returned to the command headquarters with a grim expression on his face, “The Fire Seed has collapsed, the Great Wall defense line has been knocked out of the way, and only the first division and the third and fourth divisions are remaining and are retreating to the south. ”

P5092 was stunned, “How was it defeated, even if the Spark was no longer good, it should have lasted another week, how could it be routed so quickly?”

In fact, Fire Seed still retained some strength, and could follow up with some more battles, but for the entire battlefield, it was not wrong to say that they were defeated, after all, the Great Wall had been lost, and in this way, Da Niu Mountain would be a bit difficult to support alone.

“We haven’t determined that yet either,” Wang Run said, “We can’t dwell on how the Spark lost the battle right now, instead we need to think about what we’re going to do. The Expeditionary Corps didn’t continue their pursuit to the south after taking the Great Wall, and I suspect that they’ll immediately turn their direction and head towards the Da Niu Mountain line, and when that happens, we’ll have to deal with the entire Expeditionary Corps’ force.”

P5092 asked, “Where did they break through first? You guys should have seen this, right?”

What he said was an allusion to the fact that Wang had gotten hold of the satellite, and Wang must have been following the battle over the Fire Seed the entire time.

Wang Run hesitated for a moment and replied, “They first feinted an attack on the Wu Ling section of the Great Wall, but then they suddenly concentrated their forces to attack from the area where the 7th Division was originally stationed, and then they broke through.”

P5092 sighed, “The defenses have just been changed there and there’s still a lack of ammunition.”

In just an instant P5092 understood that this was where the Expeditionary Corps had found the falsehoods, and now there was a hole in the Fire Seed’s defenses. If he was still in the Fire Seed, he must avoid being found by the Expeditionary Corps to find these loopholes, and he must also intentionally show weakness in the area with sufficient ammunition, attracting the Expeditionary Corps to come and harden the most solid defense line along the Great Wall.

But it seemed that Fireseed didn’t do that, or rather they did and the acting didn’t succeed in fooling the Expeditionary Corps.

P5092 asked, “What do you judge the total number of the Expeditionary Corps to be?”

“There are still 140,000,” Wang Run said in a deep voice, “All of Wang’s main forces will be heading to the front line of Da Niu Mountain, including those that are now occupying Kong, and we will be going all out to face the Expeditionary Corps that will be coming.”

P5092 silently walked out of the command tent and stood at the edge of the defense position, looking out at the Zuoyun Mountain outside all by himself, looking somewhat lonely.

Ren Xiaosu looked at his back and suddenly realized that although P5092 was able to maintain his sanity throughout the war, the other party was still a person with feelings inside.

The defeat of the Fire Seed was bad news for P5092, just like the other party said earlier when he was choosing between the names ‘P5092’ and ‘Ling Han’, P5092 represented his past, so he chose to continue to be called P5092.

This was probably P5092’s own way of honoring his past.

Ren Xiaosu walked over to P5092, “Sad?”

P5092 nodded and admitted, “Sad.”

“I thought before that your feelings for the Fire Seed were fading,” Ren Xiaosu said.

P5092 said calmly, “In fact, I’ve never really liked the atmosphere of that place, the Fire Seed, where as long as you make a mistake, there’s no point of redemption, no chance of redeeming yourself, not even the argument that merits and demerits are worthwhile. Everyone had to work their asses off so they could be treated as useful. They tell recruits day in and day out that you don’t need to have a mind, you just need to be a good part of this machinery, and that’s how we’ve been taught since we were kids.”

“Yet, when I left the Spark, I would often dream of the fervor of my youthful oath,” said P5092, “and of the scene of those soldiers rushing into battle, shouting slogans for the survival of the Spark. Then I realized that it was an unbreakable part of my life force.”

Ren Xiaosu patted his shoulder, the defeat of the Fire Seed was so sudden that P5092 was a bit unable to accept it.

At this time P5092 turned his head to Ren Xiaosu and said, “I am greatly prospering in the Northwest because Fortress 178 has the same purpose as the Fireseed, the purpose is to guard mankind, but if there comes a day when you want to fight for this world and start a war for fame and fortune, I will leave.”

Ren Xiaosu smiled, “Don’t worry, there won’t be that day, if there’s no more war in the future, I’ll take you guys to the northwest to plant the land.”

“A promise.”

……

At this moment, on the front line of the Great Wall, there was a tall barbarian slowly passing through the gates of the Great Wall, and all the warriors of the Expeditionary Corps bowed and saluted when they saw him, calling out for generals.

There were many generals in the Expeditionary Corps, there were tooth generals and partial generals, but this was the only general who could truly command all the Expeditionary Corps troops.

The general stood south of the Great Wall, looking around at the smoke and fire, and the Chinese prisoners kneeling on the ground, he suddenly asked, “Where’s Valenking, tell him to come see me.”

Valenkyo, the highest officer of the expeditionary corps’ vanguard unit, the expeditionary corps unit that tangled with the fire in the forest before was under his command.

At this moment, a black robe came out from the side and respectfully said to the general, “General, Valengin, he fell into an enemy ambush because he was in a hurry to chase after the Fireseed troops, and has already been killed in action at this time.”

“Like this?” The general frowned, “What are the identities of these captives?”

“General, they are all civilians responsible for the construction of the Wall,” the black robe said.

“I will allow you to pick 300 people from it to become your evil ghosts,” the general said calmly, “This time, it is up to you to drive these captives to Zuoyun Mountain, let me know the result after half a month, and if you win, I will allow you to pick another 300 people.”

The black robe rejoiced, “Thank you general!”

However, the general suddenly looked straight into the shadows under the black robe’s hood, “But you have to understand that this is the power I’m giving you.”

At this moment the black robe felt a great sense of oppression, it gritted its teeth and said, “Understood.”