Translator: Legge
Ren Xiaosu’s cooperation with P5092 was to have Ren Xiaosu voice his ideas for P5092 to follow.
This was what P5092 had suggested. In other words, the entire 3rd Division infantry brigade of the Pyro Company had become Ren Xiaosu’s reinforcements. These few thousand soldiers were only here to provide him with tactical support.
Since Ren Xiaosu ordered them to circle around from A17 to A21 to carry out an ambush and suppress the enemy, the infantry brigade would just have to follow their orders and provide tactical support.
For P5092, this was the best battle plan he had chosen after giving it rational consideration.
An absolutely outstanding commander definitely did not have to take the lead at all times. As long as he could win, he was allowed to achieve it through any method.
P5092 asked on the radio, “How quickly do you need us to reach alpha-two-one? I estimate that the infantry brigade can reach the designated zone in 15 minutes at their fastest.”
“Be there in 15 minutes then.” Ren Xiaosu said, “Set up a temporary machine gun position. When the time comes, some of the barbarian troops might pass through there to surround the other Pyro Company’s divisions. I’ll find a sniping spot in advance and help y’all with suppressing fire.”
P5092 replied, “Alright, we’ll proceed according to your plan.”
P5092’s deputy commander pursed his lips. “I know he’s very powerful, but the strength of two snipers won’t be too effective in a battle involving thousands of people. I’ve even specifically asked and found out they had only taken two anti-materiel sniper rifles with them. But the problem is that they only brought a total of 50 bullets with them. If they can only kill 50 people, that wouldn’t count as providing suppressive fire.”
The adjutant seemed to have developed a deep resentment towards Ren Xiaosu because he was so often slapped in the face by his actions. It was not that he hated Ren Xiaosu. On the contrary, he really admired him, but he just wanted to “win” for once.
P5092 looked at him in amusement. “Just wait and see.”
With that, the Pyro Company’s 3rd Division quickly set off towards A21. When they got there, the entire infantry brigade speedily set up their position in an orderly manner. It only took the soldiers five minutes to dig a simple trench with their entrenching tools and complete the setup of 12 machine gun nests.
In war, tactics alone were not enough. If the soldiers on the battlefield did not have strong operational ability, all tactics would be useless.
After waiting five minutes, everything went as Ren Xiaosu had expected. There really was a group of barbarians passing through not far from their position!
When the adjutant discovered the barbarians, he felt a little helpless. At the very least, he had to admit that Ren Xiaosu’s reconnaissance capability and judgment skills in this forest were like cheating.
P5092 quietly looked at the barbarians who were planning to quickly pass through A21. He glanced at the map and realized they were planning to take a detour to attack 6th Division.
“Open fire and take out these barbarian troops,” P5092 said.
“Should we inform 6th Division to get their rearguard to surround the barbarians together with us?” the adjutant asked. “There’s probably close to a 1,000 barbarians here. If they attack our position, they’ll likely charge us before we can finish killing them. Sir, look at them, they even have those leather shields with them.”
With the barbarians’ physical fitness, it would be very dangerous if a few of their warriors, who were comparable to the Pyro Company’s T4s, or even the T5s, were to charge into their defensive line.
P5092 thought for a couple seconds. “No need. Attack!”
As they spoke, the Pyro Company members hiding in the forest caught the barbarians off guard. Those barbarians did not seem to have expected there to be Pyro Company members lying in ambush here. They roared as they raised their shields and rushed towards the Pyro Company’s position.
P5092 frowned. He had thought the enemy would panic a little. That way, the infantry brigade could inflict more casualties on them.
However, the enemy reacted very quickly. With the shields protecting them, the Pyro Company’s machine gun positions were put in danger.
However, P5092 did not immediately make any tactical adjustments. Instead, he continued waiting.
A moment later, the sound of two sniper rifles going off came from the opposite side of the infantry brigade. Two barbarians who were holding up a shield together were shot, and bloody mist spurted out of them.
The shield was extremely heavy and required the combined efforts of five barbarians to lift it. After the two barbarians died, the three remaining barbarians immediately collapsed to the ground.
Once the shield was taken down, the barbarian soldiers being protected behind it were revealed. A gap immediately opened up in the formation of the barbarian troops who were charging in.
This time, it was not only the barbarians who had not expected the snipers to appear behind them. Even P5092’s troops did not expect that Ren Xiaosu and Yang Xiaojin would actually dare to hide behind the enemy. If the infantry brigade were any less capable, the barbarians could turn around and surround the both of them!
Seeing that the barbarians had already split off a small portion of their troops to retreat, it looked like they were going to look for the snipers.
P5092 quickly said to his adjutant, “Pin down those barbarians. Don’t let them have a chance to find the snipers!”
But just as he finished speaking, they saw that the small group of barbarians that had split off had already started falling down one by one. The snipers were hidden in the shadows, and since the barbarians did not have any effective long-range killing powers, they could only allow themselves to be slaughtered by the snipers.
In the blink of an eye, dozens of barbarians had already died to the snipers.
The barbarians had originally been charging in a direction with the snipers behind them. Now that they were being attacked from both front and back, they were caught in a dilemma.
As the barbarians fell one after another, the adjutant suddenly muttered, “Didn’t they only bring 50 bullets with them? But they must’ve already killed nearly a 100 of these barbarians, right?”
P5092 suddenly wondered if Ren Xiaosu had used him as bait to ambush the barbarians in A21.
Wasn’t the purpose of the infantry brigade right now to pin down the barbarians from the front so they would have no choice but to reveal their backs to the snipers?
Thinking that he had also acted as someone else’s bait, P5092 could not help but reveal a smile. This was way too interesting.
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu asked on the radio, “How does it feel to be bait?”
P5092 laughed and said, “It feels pretty good.”
Ren Xiaosu was stunned. He had wanted to take this opportunity to make P5092 the bait so he could tell him it did not feel good to be bait. Then when they got to the Northwest, he could tell P5092 not to casually use others as bait anymore.
But after P5092 was used as bait, he actually said it felt quite good? Ren Xiaosu was somewhat confused.
How should he try to persuade and change P5092?
At this moment, the hundreds of barbarians who remained were looking to retreat. They held up more than a dozen shields to protect their front and back and scuttled off in another direction.
But before they could get far, they heard gunshots coming from yet another direction.
This P5092 stunned. When they heard the rapid and continuous gunshots earlier, they thought this was the result of two snipers firing at the same time. After all, their Pyro Company’s anti-materiel sniper rifles were designed to be bolt action to ensure accuracy.
Therefore, it would be impossible for a sniper to shoot so quickly.
But now they realized there was actually only one sniper behind the barbarians during the encounter thus far. Meanwhile, the other sniper was waiting in the other direction the barbarians might escape towards.
