106: Decapitation

"The situation isn't very complicated. The Blue Ice Squad that attacked you likely agreed to a joint offensive against you with the Jiantu Squad of Zhaoming earlier.

However, during today's battle, while the Jiantu Squad was attacking you, the Blue Ice Squad took the opportunity to send another unit to raid the Jiantu Squad's base camp.

It seems they were playing a 'killing two birds with one stone' strategy, but they didn't expect you to be able to withstand attacks from two directions.

This threw the Blue Ice Squad's deployment into chaos. The Jiantu Squad rushed back to reinforce their home base after it was endangered, and now the two sides are fighting fiercely."

"Huh? There's a tactic like that?" Li Xiao was shocked. This Blue Dragon was playing too skillfully; he actually wanted to take out two cities at once. His appetite was simply huge.

"Since that's the case, I'm relieved. Thank you, Company Commander Chang. I'll treat you to a drink another day."

"Forget the drink. However, I'm short on a few vehicles lately. Do you think you could help me figure something out?"

"Vehicles are easy. I'll send five over to you in the next day or two," Li Xiao promised. He could easily scrounge up a few meng hu off-road vehicles by asking Liu Nian or Yun Dongliu.

"That would be greatly appreciated. I'll continue to keep an eye on the movements of both squads for you."

After hanging up, Li Xiao immediately notified the core members of the Xiaoyao Squad to gather at the command center.

"That's how things stand. Does anyone have any thoughts?"

Li Xiao stood by the electronic sand table and relayed the intelligence brought by Chang Zhan to everyone.

"This Blue Ice Squad is really cunning; their calculations are too sharp."

"Yeah, if it weren't for Brother Li's blade ifv arriving in time, we might have been finished today."

In the command center hall, everyone was discussing the situation. At this moment, Liu Nian couldn't help but ask curiously, "Lao Xiao, where on earth did your blade ifv come from? It was completely beyond my expectations. When that missile flew over, I was almost in tears."

Liu Nian seemed to have asked the biggest question on everyone's mind. Li Xiao looked at the expectant gazes of everyone, curled the corner of his mouth, and smiled, "Of course I bought it. You didn't think I built it, did you?"

"Bought it! Holy crap! How much was it? Where did you buy it? Isn't it said that the Black Hawk Empire bans the sale of weapons to Outlanders?"

Hearing that it was purchased, everyone got excited. This meant that as long as they had money, they wouldn't have to wait around slowly while guarding their own military factories.

"Not much, maybe 200,000 to 300,000 Star Coins each. As for where I bought them, I can't say for now. Just know that they weren't easy to come by."

Upon hearing this, Yun Dongliu hurriedly asked, "Can we buy more? If we can purchase them long-term, we could totally call on all our members to pool funds. I believe everyone wouldn't be stingy if it meant protecting our base."

For the Xiaoyao Squad, 200,000 Star Coins could be raised if everyone chipped in a few dozen or a hundred. If they used a week's worth of earnings to buy them, they could probably afford several.

"No more. That was a one-time thing. It took a lot of effort for me to get them. The Black Hawk Empire has very strict controls on this aspect."

Everyone looked disappointed. If they could rely on buying them, they would be able to turn things around very quickly.

Li Xiao comforted everyone, saying, "But it doesn't matter. The Xi City military factory will be completed soon, and we'll be able to produce Armored Personnel Carriers by then."

"Plus, my blade ifvs are also under construction. In terms of armored vehicle growth, we are definitely in the lead!"

Speaking of this, Li Xiao said to everyone, "But that's not the main point. The urgent task is to completely eliminate the threats posed by the Blue Ice Squad and the Jiantu Squad.

Next, the intelligence department headed by Yun Dongliu must hurry to collect their data, and Xuan Yu and Liu Nian must strengthen security at the key highway points in the north and east to ensure the Blue Ice Squad's sneak attack from two days ago doesn't happen again!"

"Understood!"

"Yes!"

"Understood!"

Li Xiao's personal strength was now revered by everyone in the Xiaoyao Squad. To say nothing else, those vehicles that wouldn't explode no matter how much they were hit could solo a small squad.

After the meeting broke up in the evening, Li Xiao returned to the base, where his troops were also returning one after another.

A day of fighting had left the troops exhausted. Du Ziteng made a pot of braised pork, and the soldiers scrambled for it happily.

Li Xiao watched them, but he was worried. The blade ifv's autocannon ammunition was almost depleted, and the missile stock was less than half.

If the enemy attacked again, his blade ifvs would have high durability, but it would be useless if they couldn't cause actual damage.

He checked the durability in the Life Pool. The durability used against the Blue Ice Squad had all been added to the off-road vehicles and blade ifvs.

Later, another three or four million was added during the fight with the Jiantu Squad, and now only a little over two million durability remained.

However, the health points were quite high. Even after subtracting the health he had been adding to Yang Chao's Second Company, there was still over 13 million left.

Lying on the bed, Li Xiao tossed and turned, unable to sleep. He kept feeling that the Blue Ice Squad had to be eliminated; otherwise, they would eventually come to attack Xi City again.

But while the Xiaoyao Squad's forces could recover, the enemy's forces were also recovering, and might even be greater.

"How can I solve this?"

Li Xiao's head was about to explode from thinking. He simply got up and walked to the balcony on the second floor of the command center to look out. At this moment, a brightly lit rectangular white building came into view.

That was the military academy that had been built long ago. To this day, only Long Ming was serving as an instructor. Inside, the four Shadow Special Operations Soldiers who had enlisted successively were currently undergoing training.

"Wait, that's it!"

A flash of inspiration suddenly struck Li Xiao. What were special forces for? Weren't they specifically for infiltration, reconnaissance, and decapitation strikes behind enemy lines?

If he took out Blue Dragon, the Blue Ice Squad would be leaderless for a while, giving him more time to develop.

Thinking of this, Li Xiao ran towards the military academy.

The refresh rate for Shadow Special Forces was very low. Besides the two recruited in the first batch, there were only two more in the following days.

The captain, Ling Chao, and the special operations soldier with combat medic specialization had gained a star during these few days of training, reaching D-rank 2-star combat capability.

The two who came later did not gain stars; one was a sniper specialist, and the other was a special driving specialist.

"Hmm, all good men!"

Li Xiao calculated that attempting to decapitate Blue Dragon would be very difficult.

First, he would have to go deep into Hengshui to investigate Blue Dragon's whereabouts and then formulate an ambush plan. This involved issues regarding both intelligence and combat.

Li Xiao planned to have Zhao Feipeng carefully select a squad of Scouts to go to Hengshui for investigation, while the four Shadow Special Forces members would wait outside the city.

Thinking it, he did it. Li Xiao found three civilian off-road vehicles and added 200,000 durability to each. After everyone was fully prepared, he personally led the team and set off overnight.

Even though a major battle had just broken out at the Huangsha Factory, there were still many civilian vehicles on the highway.

Civilians lived and worked normally, providing taxes and supplies to the rulers and earning wealth. For them, war was something very difficult to influence.