12: Great gains

Li Xiao watched the lead vehicle get closer and closer to the anti-riot road spikes, and he also grew nervous.

Just as the lead vehicle was only sixty to seventy meters from the roadblock, the driver sharply noticed the anti-riot road spikes and swerved the steering wheel directly into the oncoming lane.

However, the vehicles behind reacted half a beat too late. Two consecutive vehicles drove directly over the spikes, and with two bangs, even the run-flat tires were punctured.

The vehicles further back, seeing the abnormality of the vehicles in front, all braked sharply, avoiding a chain collision.

The entire convoy stopped, and the drivers, along with the Imperial Soldiers in the vehicles, all picked up their guns, got out, and began to stand guard.

One of the officers, wearing a lieutenant's rank, checked the condition of the two damaged vehicles. Although the run-flat tires were punctured, they could still continue to drive with the help of the high-strength tire body, so he gave the order to continue driving.

After the transport convoy left, a shadow darted out from the road.

"How is it? Is it installed?"

Li Xiao looked at Ye Ming, who was sweating profusely, and the latter nodded, "Just as Zhao Feipeng predicted, the last two vehicles really were fuel. I’ve already set it up!"

"Alright then, let's hurry back and watch the show!"

By the time Li Xiao returned to the previous lurking spot on the southwest side, this small convoy had already begun unloading, and all the searchlights at the Transit Yard were turned on again.

Ye Ming kept staring at the two trucks unloading in the fuel area. It wasn't until the driver backed the last truck into the pile of oil drums and began to unload that he took a black remote control from his toolbox.

"Boss! Should I detonate it?"

Li Xiao nodded, and Ye Ming unhesitatingly pressed the button on the remote control.

Boom!!!!

An earth-shattering explosion rang out. A ball of fire suddenly erupted from the rear of the truck, followed by a huge shockwave that spread outwards, and then the entire fuel storage area exploded with a roar.

A massive mushroom cloud rose into the sky, and scorching fireballs splattered in all directions. In that instant, the entire Transit Yard was as bright as day, and a wave of heat rushed towards Li Xiao and his men. Everyone felt unable to breathe at that moment.

As the shockwave from the explosion dissipated, the plastic oil drums that had been blown into the sky by the fuel explosion fell one after another. One of them even landed in front of Li Xiao.

"Oh my goodness! We've hit the jackpot!"

Li Xiao looked at the rapidly increasing life pool in the corner of his vision, utterly stunned.

And all of this was caused by just a small piece of C4 explosives.

Two days ago, after Ye Ming killed that major and leveled up, a C4 explosives appeared in his toolbox, but there hadn't been an opportunity to use it since.

Tonight, when Li Xiao saw the transport vehicles entering the Transit Yard, he had the idea of sticking the C4 explosives to the bottom of a vehicle to get it inside.

He didn't expect it to succeed with one shot, and the results were simply explosively exaggerated.

New explosions continued to occur within the Transit Yard. The fuel ignited the wooden crates in the adjacent ammunition area, and countless bullets and shells detonated, filling the area with flying projectiles and thick smoke.

"Seventy-nine people! Nine thousand one hundred life points!"

Li Xiao counted the kill records that the system updated in the upper right corner of his vision, which included many Private First Class, and two or three Private First Class and corporals.

During the explosion, the garrison was unloading, so this explosion directly wiped out eighty percent of them. It was estimated that the remaining ones were not doing well either.

"Now it's time for us to clean up the battlefield!"

Li Xiao estimated that it wouldn't be long before reinforcements arrived, so he had very little time.

Considering that at least thirty people still remained in the Transit Yard, Li Xiao distributed all the life points he had just acquired.

Among them, Di Yun, the main combat force, directly received 3100 points, so this fierce man's health reached four thousand seven hundred points. He didn't know what military rank would have such a high amount of health.

Another two thousand points went to Zhao Feipeng; a scout's marksmanship still needed health assurance. Following that, Ye Ming, Yang Chao, Jiang Lang, and Zhang Shuang each received one thousand points.

Because he had killed seventy-nine enemies in one go, including some lower-ranking military personnel, Ye Ming was promoted again, becoming a corporal.

A corporal gained one hundred health points on top of a Private First Class, so Ye Ming's total life points now reached one thousand seven hundred, and Jiang Lang also had one thousand three hundred points.

After adding the health, Li Xiao thought, 'Good heavens, the soldiers under him are now all at the major's level. As long as their combat skills keep up, they'll be practically invincible against ordinary players in skirmishes.'

"Di Yun, Zhao Feipeng, Zhang Shuang, you go! The rest protect the left and right flanks!"

Although he hadn't actually fought in a war, he had watched a lot of movies, so he understood a little about how to search and advance on a battlefield.

Di Yun found a section of destroyed barbed wire and was the first to jump in. Before he could even steady his feet, a shadow suddenly leaped out of the darkness and opened fire at Di Yun's head, hitting him with four or five bullets consecutively.

Zhao Feipeng, who followed close behind, was quick-witted and, with a raise of his hand, finished off the infantryman with a burst of fire.

The gunfire immediately attracted the remaining Imperial Soldiers scattered around the Transit Yard. Di Yun fearlessly rushed straight to the ammunition area; Li Xiao's order was to get the ammunition as quickly as possible.

Passing through a desolate fuel storage area, they were attacked by more than a dozen Imperial Soldiers. Di Yun directly charged forward, enduring the barrage, to engage in close-quarters combat.

Zhao Feipeng, behind him, took advantage of the enemy's defense being disrupted by Di Yun to pick them off one by one. At this point, Zhang Shuang's squad machine gun also opened fire, specifically targeting those who were shooting at Di Yun's back.

Yang Chao and Ye Ming, who followed, continuously fired left and right, suppressing soldiers attempting to attack Zhao Feipeng and the others from the sides.

Facing Di Yun, who was still alive and kicking after being hit by thirty or forty bullets, the Imperial Soldiers all looked terrified and retreated one after another.

Di Yun fought with increasing ferocity. After exhausting the two hundred-plus rounds allocated to him, he directly drew his pistol to trade blows with the enemy.

With this reckless, close-quarters, face-to-face fighting style, Di Yun, without needing any marksmanship, wiped out nearly a squad of people and successfully secured the ammunition area.

However, Di Yun's health was also reduced to only about a thousand points. If it weren't for Zhang Shuang's assistance, that amount of health would not have been enough to face an reinforced squad head-on.

Seeing the ammunition area and the food area behind it occupied, the more than twenty Imperial Soldiers who had retreated around them simply launched a fearless charge, attempting to take down Li Xiao's unit in one wave.

But facing these abnormals, who used cover and whose health was more than ten times theirs, these Imperial Soldiers could only fall with hatred on their way to the charge.

When the gunfire in the Transit Yard completely ceased, all six people had little health left. It was at this moment that Li Xiao ran in through the main gate, openly.

A Commander, you see, relies on his brain. The big picture is paramount; sacrificing oneself is a task for subordinates.

"Boss! All enemies have been cleared. Please give instructions!"

Li Xiao thought for a moment, then had Ye Ming and the others collect all the weapons on the ground and the Star Coins from the fallen soldiers, while he went directly to the ammunition area.

Although the previous explosion caused a large number of ammunition to detonate, a considerable portion still survived.