The Fourth Calamity never believed in the steel torrent!

Chapter 157 We must annihilate the Cambrian Empire's elite forces!

"Sigh, this is really troublesome. Although the system has tried its best to distort cognition, there are still some things that are too abnormal and it seems that it still cannot completely distort cognition!"

On the way back, Andrei sat in the back of a truck and couldn't help but sigh, feeling a slight headache.

It's not fair to blame the officers who came to refute his order; from a normal perspective, his order was simply outrageous.

However, Andrei knew that when giving orders to players, they could not follow the normal military combat model, because players and normal soldiers were two completely different kinds of beings.

A battle like this would absolutely put an ordinary soldier in a life-or-death situation.

Even if Andrei said that they were only to stay here as guerrillas and harass the enemy's logistics when the opportunity arose, the mission was still quite dangerous and seemed unnecessary.

However, for players, such tasks are exactly what allows them to unleash their full potential.

Although they ultimately could not stop the relentless enemy onslaught, it was unimaginable how many enemies they could kill and how long they could hold them off before they could not.

Sometimes, when players are isolated, their combat power can be stronger than when they are in the main force.

Thinking about it this way, Andrei realized that he would have to organize a special operations team composed entirely of players in the future.

At that time, no matter whether this unit disguises itself as a guerrilla force or some other unit, it will not be able to be classified as part of the regular army under its command.

Otherwise, it would be too conspicuous for me to always be ordering them to do some unreasonable tasks.

I wouldn't say these people could see that something was wrong with the players, but back then, Andrei would either be labeled a brain-dead commander or a cold-blooded beast.

Nobody wants their superior to be a ruthless scoundrel who disregards human life. If Andrei had such a reputation, his troops would easily lose morale.

However, the correct way to use players is to treat human life as worthless, otherwise how can we make good use of the player resurrection feature?
"Forget it, when I get back to the point, I'll set up a special company and give them a different name."

After figuring this out, Andrei's mood improved considerably. Sure enough, players still need to be released independently to maximize their advantages.

Although some players had pursued the routed enemy forces, the sheer number of fleeing enemies, coupled with the limited range of the pursuit, meant that quite a few managed to escape.

Those who escaped immediately reported what their two battalions had experienced, and as expected, they were severely reprimanded on the spot.

"What? What are you saying? Say it again!"

"What a joke! You've really disgraced me!"

A colonel from the Black Hawk Empire looked at the guys who had escaped back, his face contorted with rage, wishing he could pull out his pistol and shoot them all dead!

The two battalions he sent to scout, totaling at least 1000 men, ended up inexplicably engaging the enemy in a skirmish and were utterly routed. A full 1000 men—less than 200 escaped, along with only a handful of mechs. They were practically wiped out!

After realizing this, he was a little confused for a moment.

What kind of enemy forces did these guys encounter up ahead that they were beaten so badly?

Through the deserters' mixed reports, he quickly figured out that these guys must have encountered an armored regiment of the Cambrian Empire ahead.

It has to be said, they were very unlucky.

How many armored units the Cambrian Empire still has left since the start of the war remains a mystery.

However, everyone knows that the Cambrian Empire's armored forces have basically collapsed.

The Cambrian Empire was never a country that valued advanced military equipment. In addition, the problems with horse administration among the traditional nobles in the country led them to suppress any kind of creature that did not eat grass but fuel.

Therefore, although the Cambrian Empire was large, its armored forces were only a fraction of those of the Black Hawk Empire, not to mention the staggering losses they suffered at the beginning of the war.

Thinking about it this way, it doesn't seem like such a bad thing that they encountered an enemy armored regiment ahead.

Judging from this, haven't they inadvertently caught a big fish in the enemy's hands?
Otherwise, ordinary troops wouldn't have an armored regiment like this, so this colonel seriously suspected that there was very likely an elite mixed division of the Cambrian Empire in front of them!
The news was quickly reported to the rear by the colonel. Although the appearance of an elite enemy force was unexpected, it also made the rear command take it very seriously.

General Ron personally issued an order requiring his armored corps to completely annihilate the enemy's elite forces and not let them escape!
From the start of the war until now, new-generation generals like General Ron have always believed that, compared to the gains and losses of positions, annihilating enemy personnel and technical units is the most important thing.

In order to eliminate this force, General Ron even stated that he would contact the Air Force and request a wave of air support.

Of course, General Ron, who had just hung up the communication, had no idea that when he went to request air support, he would inadvertently get a cold shoulder.

After all, the air force here had inexplicably lost a battalion of elite paratroopers, and the general in charge of the air force in this area, in order to avoid taking responsibility, naturally shifted the blame to General Ron.

When General Ron heard that the reason they had lost an elite armored airborne battalion was because his own troops had not arrived in time, he was so angry that his nose almost twisted.

What a joke! His troops have already pushed their speed to the limit all the way. How much faster do they want to go?

On the contrary, those idiots in the Air Force didn't even do proper reconnaissance beforehand, and actually dropped an airborne unit right in front of the enemy's armored regiment!

It would be a miracle if they weren't annihilated by the enemy!
The frontline officer was unaware of the heated argument between General Ron and the Air Force, as he was now focused entirely on breaking through the enemy's lines of defense.

(End of this chapter)