The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 139 What the hell? Is this mission just sending people to their deaths?

"Hehe, thank goodness, I didn't expect that we would still be able to keep a portion of the production line, and even with only a portion of the production line, this function can still work normally!"

As he watched the convoy arrive to move various equipment and transport the workers away, Andrei exchanged words with the officers escorting them while discreetly glancing at his system interface.

He had previously worried that these guys would move some of the important production equipment away, which would prevent him from continuing to manufacture tanks.

However, it seems that only this factory has a heavy production line. Regardless of what the heavy production line is, the system seems to determine that this factory has production capacity.

Because of limited transportation capacity, the convoys that came to transport workers and a few of the most advanced production lines could only take them away.

As for the remaining few old production lines that had undergone countless modifications and were only good for making do, they decided to leave them there and let Andrei and the others destroy them when they evacuated.

Destroying them is a given; even if these things are just junk, they can't leave them to the Black Hawk Empire.

Although the Black Hawk Empire probably doesn't really care about such junk, they would never give it to the enemy in any way!
As for Andrei and his troops, they didn't know where they were going next. When he sent the battle report, the command headquarters told them to rest in place and be on standby at any time.

It's necessary to make some repairs.

After such a chaotic battle, Andrei felt that he really needed to let the army rest. After all, the ordinary soldiers in the army had marched all the way and participated in the final battle, so they were quite tired.

But as for the battle that follows...

Andrei really didn't know where they were going to fight next, and if he had a choice, he wouldn't want to leave the factory.

Because if he stays here, he can continuously manufacture armored vehicles, and before long, he will be able to build his troops into a fully mechanized armored force!

While it's not fair to say that armored forces are the only viable option in practical terms, given the choice, Andrei would naturally prefer to command an armored force over a ragtag infantry unit!

Just as Andrei was thinking this, the telegraph operator from his Independent Regiment ran over and handed him a telegram that read:
"Commander, a call from headquarters!"

Andrei took the telegram and glanced at it; his expression immediately twitched.

Good heavens, he really fell for it!

Good news! Their regiment will indeed not have to leave the factory and can continue to be stationed there. He will also have more time to leisurely produce tanks.

But the bad news was that their mission was to hold the factory and guard the northwest gateway to Luga City. They were not to let it fall, otherwise the entire Luga City force would be surrounded and wiped out by the enemy.

As for the enemy forces they needed to defend against...

"Are you kidding me? You want us to hold off an entire armored corps? This is ridiculous! What do they think my troops are?"

After reading the telegram, Andrei couldn't help but burst out laughing, and for a moment he felt like he didn't want to continue working.

He was truly speechless. What were these guys thinking? They actually let them hold off an entire armored corps of the enemy! An armored corps of the Black Hawk Empire had at least 30,000 men, all of whom were the Black Hawk Empire's most elite soldiers, equipped with the best weapons and equipment!

According to the information Andrei had gathered beforehand, their armored corps was not as formidable as the armored corps of Germany in World War II; it could only be considered a weakened version of an armored corps.

On the Black Hawk Empire's side, each of their armored corps consists of three divisions: one armored division and two motorized divisions, totaling approximately 30,000 to 40,000 men.

Even so, such an armored corps is not something a single independent regiment can easily provoke!

What a joke! Their independent regiment has less than 1000 men in total, and they only have 11 armored vehicles left.

Sending them to fight an armored corps with about 30,000 to 40,000 men and at least 300 armored vehicles is no different from sending them to their deaths!
However, after reading the telegram, Andrei discovered that in addition to his own troops, there seemed to be two infantry divisions and one artillery division assisting them in the defense.

After seeing this, Andrei breathed a slight sigh of relief.

It's alright. The command was so brainless as to send a regiment to hold off an entire enemy corps. The real main force that should have been resisting this time was actually the two infantry divisions and one artillery division.

Even so, Andrei knew that this battle would inevitably be an earth-shattering and fierce one!

So... they fought!
We can't avoid fighting; not fighting would be tantamount to disobeying orders and deserting the battlefield. Besides, we might not even lose this round.

Although the enemy's numbers are enormous, he can obtain a continuous supply of tanks by relying on the manufacturing plant. At worst, he can just fight an armored war with the enemy.

If the players operate properly and perform normally, his side will only get stronger as the battle progresses. With the addition of friendly forces around him, if everything is coordinated well, it might actually be possible to hold off the enemy's armored division.

Of course, if he really can't stop them, he can just use this time to build more armored vehicles and then take the rest of his men and escape in the armored vehicles.

He refused to believe that if he motorized his entire unit, even if they couldn't win, he wouldn't be unable to escape, would he?

With this in mind, Andrei quickly created a brand new mission for the players, setting this mission to hold the position for as long as possible.

He had no hope of annihilating the Black Hawk Empire's armored forces; he would be lucky to inflict heavy damage on them. Besides, their mission this time was simply to stall for time and defend.

Therefore, Andrei directly set the mission so that for every hour a player defends this position, all players can share 3000 merit points based on their contribution. If the defense time exceeds 24 hours, then the merit points per hour will be increased to 5000.

He knew that he had used up a lot of merit in this endeavor, but it didn't matter.

After all, this mission deserves such a high price, and by giving away more merit points, he can also get players to buy more tanks.

Andrei is now consciously starting to control himself and not to give away free equipment to players casually, otherwise it will be inconvenient for him to encourage players to spend money in the future.

At worst, he can set more tasks for players and give them more merit points so that players have more money in their pockets.

As long as this system can be maintained, players will be able to support themselves in the future, and Andrei may even become rich quickly by taking advantage of players spending money!
(End of this chapter)