100: Huangsha Factory blocking battle

"Let's stick to the deployment Dong Liu suggested. I don't see any issues with it. As for the pressure you mentioned, I have an ace up my sleeve! It will definitely catch the opponent off guard!"

"Are you talking about those twenty meng hu off-road vehicles with off-the-charts durability? Bro, you need to think this through. The opponent has military off-road vehicles too, and they have over two thousand of them!"

"Are you sure you can withstand that much firepower? Even if the road is narrow and they can't fully deploy their firepower, they could still wear you down with a war of attrition!"

"Your blade ifv takes two weeks to produce just one, and only a few days have passed since then!"

Liu Nian was very worried that this deployment would allow the opponent to break through in one go and then strike straight at their heart.

"Don't worry, I wouldn't joke around with the lives of the over one thousand brothers and sisters in our squad!"

At nine in the morning, Zhao Feipeng called via satellite phone. The vanguard of the Blue Ice Squad, numbering one hundred thousand, had completely passed through Yuling Tunnel and launched a fierce attack on Huangsha Factory, the first resource point within the territory of Xi City.

Liu Nian had deployed a garrison of fifty thousand troops there, and Xuan Yu was on-site personally overseeing the battle.

Huangsha Factory was right next to the highway, flanked by some low hills that could serve as defensive positions. Xuan Yu had pre-placed a large amount of C4 explosives and obstacles on both sides of the highway and on the road itself.

This caused the Blue Ice Squad to suffer significant losses in the first round of the offensive, costing them dozens of meng hu off-road vehicles and over a thousand soldiers.

However, as the main force of the Blue Ice Squad subsequently deployed to the flanks, the pressure on Xuan Yu's Third Battalion suddenly increased.

The meng hu off-road vehicles from both sides engaged in fierce combat on the two-way highway. They started firing rocket launchers at each other as if ammunition was free, and within ten minutes, the road was covered in piles of vehicle wreckage.

However, Liu Nian had only allocated two hundred meng hu off-road vehicles to Xuan Yu. They were far behind the Blue Ice Squad in terms of firepower, and within just half an hour, all of them were destroyed.

Still, Xuan Yu didn't let the Blue Ice Squad get off easy. The C4 explosives combined with pre-set bunkers caused the attacking side to lose over three hundred meng hu off-road vehicles.

Without the obstruction of the off-road vehicles, the Blue Ice Squad began a large-scale charge. Large numbers of infantry rushed to the front, pushing all the wrecked vehicles over the guardrails to clear a path for the following convoy.

Seeing this, Xuan Yu couldn't afford to hold back her strength anymore and hurriedly dispatched a large number of troops onto the highway to intercept them.

For a time, bullets fell like rain and grenades hailed down on the highway. Soldiers from both sides were firing thousands of rounds per second, and countless soldiers fell every second.

The blood flowing from the fallen corpses quickly pooled together and ran off the road, like a stream.

"Don't be afraid, everyone! As long as we can achieve a one-for-two trade, it's a win!"

Xuan Yu shouted to the three hundred-plus members in the Third Battalion's command channel. This young, sexy beauty had immense charisma.

The members of the Third Battalion cheered one after another, clearly prepared to be wiped out.

Li Xiao, watching the messages in the squad channel, quickly had Liu Nian issue a new order: all troops whose units had been wiped out were to immediately retreat to their own bases and await further orders.

In such a large-scale battle, attacking the base was no longer the primary objective; destroying the enemy's effective strength was what every Commander should do, so retreating to their own base was safe for the time being.

At the entrance of Yuling Tunnel, Blue Dragon jumped out from the back door of a silver-gray armored vehicle and immediately climbed to a high point to observe the battlefield two kilometers away with binoculars.

"What's the situation now?"

"Captain, the vanguard's attack has met with strong resistance. Currently, we have lost four hundred military off-road vehicles and twenty thousand troops. The enemy has suffered over ten thousand casualties and lost two hundred vehicles."

"Damn it! This isn't a positional war; why are you setting up like this to fight?! Order the First and Second Battalions to charge through Huangsha Factory regardless of losses, put pressure on the Xiaoyao Squad, and force them to commit all their reinforcements!"

"Understood!"

After Blue Dragon finished speaking, his subordinate immediately opened the squad channel to issue the order.

Seeing his own tens of thousands of troops rushing recklessly toward the enemy's position, Blue Dragon curled his lips. With a massive numerical advantage, once the defensive line was broken, the scales of victory would immediately tip in favor of the attacking side.

War is all about momentum! Only by cowering would they fail!

"Sister Yu! The enemy seems to have gone crazy; they are pushing forward desperately, and we can't hold them much longer!"

In the Third Battalion channel, multiple squad leaders reported emergencies, and Xuan Yu, who had been observing from behind the hills, also saw the situation.

The enemy wanted to lose a portion of their troops to end the battle quickly. After all, they had far too many troops and didn't care about these losses at all.

"Listen to me, all troops are to immediately retreat to Po Xia Town and rendezvous with the Second Battalion!"

"Yes!"

Xuan Yu acted decisively. Huangsha Factory could no longer be held. If they dragged it out any longer and waited for the enemy's follow-up troops to catch up, their remaining thirty thousand-plus people wouldn't be able to escape. It was better to retreat to Po Xia Town, which the enemy had to pass through, and organize a counterattack there.

Po Xia Town was a small town at a mountain pass. After the highway passed through this pass and went downhill, it would lead straight to the east of Xi City on flat terrain.

Therefore, the main battlefield that Li Xiao and the others had discussed was set here. At this moment, Qin Luming was there with all the brothers from the southern part of Xi City, a total of fifty thousand troops, waiting in battle formation.

However, what Yun Dongliu worried about was a shallow river not far in front of Po Xia Town. If the Blue Ice Squad wanted to, they could completely have a portion of their troops abandon their vehicles, detour on foot, and then cross from the north to put defensive pressure on Xi City.

Half an hour later, Xuan Yu retreated to one kilometer outside Po Xia Town and began deploying firepower behind pre-dug trenches and sandbags.

In just over ten minutes, the Blue Ice Squad arrived, a massive army of over a hundred thousand, swarming and charging over from the highway.

At the lead were over a thousand meng hu off-road vehicles. They floored the gas, completely ignoring the vehicle-mounted heavy machine gun fire spread out by the Xiaoyao Squad, crashing in like a flood.

Such a fierce attack truly caught Xuan Yu and Qin Luming by surprise; the opponent actually wanted to rely on their advantage in numbers and vehicles to forcibly trade with them.

The large number of vehicles charging instantly smashed the defensive fire points set up by the Xiaoyao Squad to pieces, and immediately afterward, a large number of civilian off-road vehicles from the Blue Ice Squad pressed forward.

For a time, the entire Po Xia Town was packed with troops from both sides. Bullets flew everywhere across the pass, which was less than a hundred meters wide, and the dozens of houses on both sides became fire points contested by both sides.

But how could this small village accommodate nearly two hundred thousand people? The streets were packed with vehicles, and even the smooth stone mountains on both sides of the pass were covered with people.

The bullets fired by both sides could even penetrate two or three people at once, and a single grenade explosion could result in a dozen deaths.

This place was like a meat grinder; every minute, thousands of players died.

Just at this moment, three Armored Personnel Carriers suddenly smashed through a large amount of off-road vehicle wreckage and pushed up, their heavy machine guns acting like harvesters, mowing down the Xiao Yao Unit soldiers on the highway in swathes.