651: Chapter 644: Radical Policy 651: Chapter 644: Radical Policy The gunshot sent off a deafening noise, with the bullet instantly penetrating the rcenary’s skull, and exiting through his neck.
The rcenary’s body jerked violently before collapsing, and he lost all signs of life completely.
Luo’er turned around and, after disengaging the safety, shoved the gun back into its holster.
Cheng Ziang drew his dagger and wiped it on the lifeless body, then approached Luo’er and asked, “What’re you planning next?”
“Firstly, we escape from their pursuit, and then inform Headquarters.
They’ve already established an anti-air zone here, so we can’t have any more aircraft coming in.
Or else they’ll definitely be shot down.
To ensure safe airspace, we need to eliminate all the anti-air systems here.
We’re understaffed, so we’ll need reinforcents from Headquarters.” Luo’er explained.
“May I share my thoughts?” Cheng Ziang looked at him and asked.
“Go ahead.
Why do you need my permission?” Luo’er replied.
“Because I plan on disagreeing with you,” Cheng Ziang said, shaking his head slightly before continuing, “Your plan is too conservative.
It protects our n, yes, but it doesn’t accomplish much else.
Now that we’ve defeated their scout team, if they can’t locate us, they’ll likely alter their plans and may not continue to enforce the anti-air zone.
If we sit here waiting for reinforcents to arrive, chances are the enemy will be long gone.
“So, what’s your idea?” Luo’er asked without showing anger at Cheng Ziang’s disagreent, instead, he gazed at him earnestly.
“Since we’ve annihilated their vanguard, they might send out follow-up troops to hunt us down.
Why don’t we switch tactics, bypass them and directly attack their anti-air zone?” Cheng Ziang suggested.
“But isn’t that too risky?
We still don’t know how many of them there are.
Rashly attacking their territory might lead to failure.” Luo’er furrowed his brows, expressing his concern.
“We can make so general assumptions.
Their vanguard was about a dozen people strong.
After their defeat, if they wish to hunt us down again, their troop strength should be three to four tis that of the vanguard, so around thirty to forty people.
By then, their anti-air base will inevitably be sparse.” Cheng Ziang proposed.
“How do you know it’d be sparse?” Luo’er couldn’t help but interject.
“If you had to establish five anti-air positions here with five hundred n, how would you allocate the forces?” Cheng Ziang retorted.
“Obviously, each position would have a hundred n…wait,” Luo’er furrowed his brows, took a mont to ponder before carefully saying, “Fifty soldiers per position would be enough, leaving around fifty n as a mobility force after accounting for reserve forces and support troops…”
“If an enemy transport plane was shot down, how many would you send to examine the wreckage?” Cheng Ziang posed another question.
“I’d send the mobility force directly.
To be on the safe side, I’d dispatch half, so about twenty or so.” Luo’er mused.
“That settles it.
If we assu the enemy is just as cautious as you, their numbers would probably be about 2/3 of our estimate.
To dispatch such a force, they would inevitably draw soldiers from nearby positions.” Cheng Ziang confidently stated.
“But that’s all just conjecture.
We can’t risk our lives on such assumptions.” Luo’er argued, furrowing his brows.
“Don’t forget, we have an artificial intelligence reconnaissance system.” Cheng Ziang said with confidence.
“You an Fula?” Luo’er suddenly realized.
“Yes, we can have Fulajie’er take to the skies and locate the enemy’s anti-air positions, verifying the troop deploynt of the nearest position.
No matter how formidable they are, their anti-air guns are disposable spirit bodies.
Then we can have Feng maintain a lookout for us.
Her sensory range is around fifty ters, which can completely help us bypass the enemy’s reinforcents.” Cheng Ziang proposed.
“But,” Luo’er still hesitated, “If the enemy’s anti-air position has more troops than we estimated, we would still have to wait for reinforcents.”
“Don’t you think Feng is pretty strong?” Cheng Ziang glanced at Feng in the distance, then said to Luo’er.
“You’re not suggesting…” When he heard Cheng Ziang, Luo’er couldn’t help but hesitate.
“At first, we thought that Feng was just more effective in combat against opponents wielding lee weapons.
But as it turns out, she handles ard enemies just as well.
With her aid, I believe we can deal with enemies several tis our number without any issues.” Cheng Ziang boasted confidently.
“Let think…” Luo’er lowered his head, lost in thought.
“You’d better hurry, or the enemy’s reinforcents might be on their way,” Cheng Ziang took another look at Feng, then said to Luo’er, “Rember, Luo, the rightful place for a sword is the battlefield, not a museum.
Now that we have allies like Feng and Fulajie’er aiding us, we should fully harness their abilities instead of cowering in fear.
Our situation now is vastly different from two years ago.
We now have the power and confidence to overco any difficulty rather than running in fear from the enemy like we used to.”
“Alright, I agree with your plan.
If our two dwarf pilots are fine, we’ll bypass their reinforcent troops and head straight for the enemy’s position.” After taking a deep breath, Luo’er seed to have made up his mind.
They returned to the site of the pursuit, where the two dwarf pilots had awoken.
Their legs and arms were wrapped in bandages, but overall they seed in good spirits, not as dispirited as before.
“They’re ok, right?” Luo’er turned to Tangmo and asked.
“Yeah, apart from broken bones, their injuries are superficial.
They can all move on their own.” Tangmo replied.
“That’s good.
Get them so weapons.
We’re planning to directly attack the enemy’s anti-air position!” Luo’er declared.
“Isn’t that a bit reckless, considering they are injured?” Tangmo questioned, glancing at Cheng Ziang.
Luo’er, in his mory, wouldn’t propose such a risky plan.
Only Cheng Ziang would dare to do so.
“No worries, we have Fula and Feng helping us out, it should be quite easy.” Luo’er reassured him.
“Alright then, as you say so…” Tangmo murmured reluctantly.
The Advance Team mbers found two submachine guns from the wreckage, handing them to the two dwarf pilots.
As ntioned before, the submachine gun was a High-peak mainstream weapon designed after the 7.62 caliber 74U short assault rifle.
Luo’er originally intended to hand over the semi-automatic rifles they’d seized from the enemy to the pilots.
But the rifles were long and heavy, unsuitable for their build.
Moreover, Feng’s slashing spree had reduced the rcenaries and their rifles to pieces— intact rifles were hard to co by.
Due to the urgent need for retreat, the Advance Team couldn’t bring the body of the dead dwarf gunner along.
They quickly buried it in a nearby open space, leaving it for the follow-up teams to properly handle later.
After quickly finishing up, Luo’er sent a magical ssenger to the Headquarters detailing the situation and their future course of action.
Having done that, he then ordered Fulajie’er to fly up for reconnaissance while Cheng Ziang used Feng’s senses to bypass enemy forces and seek out their anti-air positions.
Although this area was a hilly plain, it wasn’t completely flat.
Towards the south, so two kiloters away, were two hills about a hundred ters high.
Unlike the other areas, though they were also covered in vegetation, their high elevation made them likely spots for anti-air positions.
Hence, it beca the key reconnaissance target for the Advance Team.
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