112: Raid on Zhaoming City

The moment the system prompt sounded, the Xiaoyao Squad's membership immediately exceeded 4,000, and the Hengshui City Squad Command Center and the squad's military factory transformed, becoming the spoils of the Xiaoyao Squad.

Li Xiao led Liu Nian, Yun Dongliu, Xuan Yu, and others into the Hengshui City Squad Command Center conference room, where more than twenty players were already waiting.

As soon as he entered, enthusiastic applause erupted in the conference room. Xuan Yu stood up first, walked in front of Tang Wu, and said to Li Xiao, "Captain, this is the Captain Tang Wu I told you about."

"We met back in Xi City. He was originally the captain of the Tangfeng Squad, which had hundreds of members, but later, due to Blue Dragon's coercion, he had no choice but to join the Blue Ice Squad."

"But now, he has finally gotten his revenge."

Li Xiao looked at Tang Wu, whose appearance, reminiscent of an ancient martial artist's hairstyle, left a deep impression on him.

"Hello, Captain Tang, I am Li Xiao!"

Li Xiao reached out his hand, and Tang Wu gave it a light shake, saying seriously, "You are too kind, Captain Li Xiao. My name is Tang Wu. I had long heard that the King of War was powerful, and that battle at Po Xia Town was truly terrifying."

"How about that? Did you participate in the battle that day?"

"No, no, no. On that day, I was responsible for the raid on Zhaoming City, but because the Xiaoyao Squad stubbornly blocked the two-pronged attack, we didn't succeed."

"Now that I am leading my old subordinates to join the Xiaoyao Squad, I will be counting on Captain Li Xiao to lead us to success in the future."

Judging solely by his speech, Tang Wu was already a rare command-type talent. As long as he was sincere, it wouldn't be a bad idea to leave the management of Hengshui City to him.

"As a captain, my first priority is to do my best to ensure the members survive in this war-torn world. If you are willing to trust me, I will not let you down!"

Tang Wu nodded, pointed to the people beside him, and said, "These are all high-level commanders of the Blue Ice Squad, and among them are several old members of the Tangfeng Squad."

After acknowledging them one by one, Li Xiao said, "My new teammates, according to our previous agreement, Hengshui City will remain under your control. However, the output of the squad's military factory needs to be centrally coordinated by the squad, so Tang Wu will serve as the commander of Hengshui City!"

"Great! It's finally settled!"

"Support Tang Wu!"

"Our strength is going to skyrocket this time!"

Currently, there were no official positions within the squad other than the captain, vice-captain, and squad leader, but Li Xiao estimated that there would be higher-level organizations in the future.

Therefore, for the time being, they could only be assigned as squad leaders, and then personnel would be manually divided into teams.

"Now, let's take this opportunity to hold a battle meeting regarding Zhaoming!" Li Xiao walked to the front of the conference room's podium.

Now that they had merged with the Blue Ice Squad, the total strength of the Xiaoyao Squad had reached 700,000, which was completely sufficient to launch a full-scale assault on Zhaoming.

When Tang Wu heard that Li Xiao was already preparing to attack Zhaoming, he stated directly, "Captain, because of the previous battle at Po Xia Town, we lost the vast majority of our Tiger Assault Vehicles, which means our main force's defensive capabilities and firepower are currently very insufficient. I'm afraid..."

Li Xiao smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry. For this attack on Zhaoming, my Armored Company will serve as the assault force, and your role will primarily be flanking and providing cover."

Thinking of the bug-like infantry fighting vehicles of Li Xiao described by Blue Dragon and other players, Tang Wu nodded and said, "In that case, we will proceed according to the plan."

"Very well. Hengshui City will dispatch 400,000 troops, and Xi City will dispatch 150,000 troops. We will attack from two directions simultaneously at 9 PM tomorrow night!"

Liu Nian sent the pre-determined attack plan to each squad leader, repeatedly warning them not to reveal the attack target until the time was right.

Returning to the base, Li Xiao breathed a sigh of relief. Being able to resolve the issue with the Blue Ice Squad without bloodshed had undoubtedly saved him a great deal of manpower and material resources.

Now, as long as he took down Zhaoming City, there would be no more threats within a 50-kilometer radius to the northeast of Xi City.

To the west were steep mountains, and to the south was mountainous terrain with poor transportation; he could almost safely and boldly expand to the north.

After resting for a day and a night, Li Xiao felt fully refreshed. He took an infantry fighting vehicle from the Armored Company to Xi City to rendezvous with the main force.

According to the predetermined attack plan, their 150,000 troops would attack from the south of Zhaoming City after Tang Wu launched a feint, destroy the Jiantu Squad's command center and military factory, seize control of the city, and hold the position while waiting for reinforcements.

After Zhaoming was breached, Tang Wu's troops would begin clearing the surrounding bases, forcing the Jiantu Squad to surrender.

However, there are no airtight walls in the world. When Tang Wu led his 400,000 troops to a large steel plant in the east of Zhaoming, the 300,000 troops of the Jiantu Squad, having long since received the information, had already been waiting for a long time.

Upon contact, both sides immediately engaged in a back-and-forth positional war, with the front line stretching over ten kilometers. Relying on the advantageous defensive positions they had occupied in advance, the Jiantu Squad firmly suppressed the offensive of Tang Wu's troops.

On Li Xiao's side, as soon as they entered the territory of Zhaoming City, they were intercepted by a large number of enemy troops.

To stop the advance of Li Xiao's Armored Company, they frantically placed thousands of C4 explosives on the highway, using a large number of stolen civilian vehicles to block the two-way lanes for over ten kilometers along the route.

This tactic had now become a secret weapon for players worldwide to counter large-scale city sieges; it could not only delay the enemy's attack rhythm but also trade a small cost for a large amount of the enemy's effective strength.

However, placed before Li Xiao at this moment, he was not only not panicked at all, but even felt a little like laughing.

"Di Yun, divide the ten infantry fighting vehicles into two groups of five, and push them straight up!"

If the Jiantu Squad had laid all the C4 explosives out in front, Li Xiao really wouldn't have had a way to deal with it; a single C4 explosive dealt 1,500 points of damage to light armor.

Even with the infantry fighting vehicles' 3 million durability, they could only withstand one or two thousand explosion hits.

But he never expected that this bunch from the Jiantu Squad would actually use civilian vehicles to cover the C4 explosives. Wasn't this just scratching him while healing him at the same time?

Consequently, the Jian Tu players witnessed a very sci-fi scene: the infantry fighting vehicles, arranged in two columns, drove directly into the roadblock area, firing desperately at the vehicles with their twin-barreled autocannons and coaxial heavy machine guns.

Those fragile civilian vehicles exploded one after another, and the C4 explosives on the ground were also detonated by the Jiantu Squad, continuously causing high damage to the infantry fighting vehicles.

But at the same time, the durability values provided by those civilian vehicles were continuously flowing into the Life Pool.

In just a short distance of one hundred meters, the two leading infantry fighting vehicles had each lost over 200,000 durability, but because Li Xiao destroyed the civilian vehicles in all four lanes, not only did he not lose durability, he actually gained quite a bit.

Relying on the powerful horsepower of the infantry fighting vehicles and the shockwaves generated by the C4 explosions, the Armored Company rammed through these destroyed vehicles all the way, forcefully clearing a path.