157: The victorious teacher!

Under the rocket attacks from two armed helicopters and the pursuit of Ling Chao and the other four members of the Shadow Special Forces, the remaining one or two hundred people from the Black Hawk Special Forces Brigade had no choice but to flee from the small woods they had just run into.

Although they knew that running out meant being attacked by the armed helicopters, these special forces soldiers had nowhere else to go.

In the end, under the cannon fire, this special forces brigade, which should have succeeded in its decapitation strike, was completely wiped out.

"It's over... We have failed completely..."

Caston saw the footage transmitted back by the high-altitude reconnaissance drone and slumped onto the sofa.

"General, let's evacuate immediately. You have fought against two million alien troops single-handedly; having fought to this point, the Imperial Ministry of Defense will not blame you."

Caston looked at the grim-faced officers around him and sighed, "I never thought that after fighting wars my whole life, I would actually stumble here!"

"General, the aliens are cunning. Their infantry fighting vehicles must possess technology we are unaware of, causing our shells to be ineffective against them. The top priority now should be to preserve our strength and then find a way to figure out the special technology mastered by this Xiaoyao Squad!"

"Sigh! Very well... Notify the artillery brigade, the Army Aviation Regiment, and all surviving units to withdraw from Weixing City and retreat north to Jing City!"

"Yes!"

The news of the 129th Group Army's remnants retreating north was quickly passed on to Li Xiao by Chang Zhan.

The Xiaoyao Squad army entered the city center with peace of mind. Li Xiao rode in an Armored Personnel Carrier that Liu Nian had assigned to him, driven by Ling Chao, and arrived at the Weixing City Municipal Building.

Getting out of the vehicle, Li Xiao shielded his eyes and looked up at the sky. The weather today was excellent, with a bright sun shining and not a cloud in the sky.

In front of Li Xiao stood the Weixing City Municipal Building, which was also the headquarters of the Black Hawk 129th Group Army.

"As expected, big cities are different. The municipal compound has become a municipal building. I reckon I can see the entire Weixing City from here, right?"

The municipal building had sixty floors and was two hundred and twenty meters tall. It wasn't considered very tall in Weixing City, as there were many buildings in the central business district that were much taller.

When Li Xiao took his first step into the building, a system announcement rang in everyone's ears.

[World Announcement: The Xiaoyao Squad from within the Tianyu Republic has become the first squad to capture a second-tier city. They are hereby rewarded with high-altitude electronic reconnaissance drones: 2 Pterodactyls, and the group honorary title: Victorious Army!]

As soon as this message appeared, the Xiaoyao Squad's squad channel immediately exploded.

"Holy crap!~"

"F*ck!"

"Holy crap!"

"Did I hear that right! Pterodactyl high-altitude reconnaissance drones!"

"A group honorary title, what stats does this Victorious Army have!"

"That's so awesome!"

"Long live the Xiaoyao Squad!"

"Long live the Xiaoyao Squad!"

...

The members were all fired up and cheering endlessly, but Li Xiao remained calm.

It wasn't that he wasn't excited, but rather that there were too many things right in front of him.

The two Pterodactyl high-altitude reconnaissance drones went directly into his inventory, while the group honorary title required upgrading the squad into a brand new organization: an Army, before it could be activated.

Now, a brand new Army system panel had popped up in front of Li Xiao, waiting for him to complete the upgrade.

The upgrade required no conditions, only the reconfirmation of the Army's name.

Li Xiao reached out and entered the two characters "Xiaoyao" on the virtual panel again, then clicked confirm.

The next second, all members of the Xiaoyao Squad received a system message.

[The Xiaoyao Squad you belong to has successfully upgraded to the Xiao Yao Army! You have automatically obtained the group honorary title: Victorious Army, and conventional weapon damage is increased by 5%!]

This message immediately made the players of the Xiao Yao Army ecstatic! A five-point damage increase—based on this alone, the attraction of the Xiao Yao Army to ordinary players was terrifying!

Li Xiao also smiled after seeing the stats of the Victorious Army. Adding his personal King of War title and the Victorious Army title, he already had a 30% damage reduction bonus and a 5% attack bonus.

With these stat bonuses combined with ink crystal ammunition, the damage dealt would be quite explosive.

After completing the Army upgrade, the squad system disappeared from his menu panel. Li Xiao opened the Army system, and the new Army functional structure had completely changed.

He automatically became the Commander of the Xiao Yao Army. In addition to the Deputy Commander position, the command level added four new official posts.

They were Chief of Staff, Head of Intelligence, Head of Logistics, and Head of External Affairs. Among them, the Chief of Staff had five staff positions under him, and the original combat squad structure had also changed to a regimental structure.

Like the squad, the Army still had no membership limit and could be joined infinitely.

Within the Army, Li Xiao could view all the territories currently owned by the Army. The original squad headquarters in Xi City had been revoked, and the new Army headquarters was in this building.

Furthermore, the squad military factories in the three cities were renamed Army military factories, which could continue to manufacture Armored Personnel Carriers.

Another Army military factory could be built in Weixing City, but this military factory had two production lines and could additionally manufacture a new type of infantry fighting vehicle: Snowstorm!

The Snowstorm was an assault-type tracked infantry fighting vehicle equipped with a 105mm smoothbore gun. This infantry fighting vehicle had an ultra-high durability of 300,000, and 105mm depleted uranium armor-piercing discarding sabot rounds capable of 50,000 damage against light armor and 30,000 damage against heavy armor.

Although it was not equipped with anti-tank missiles, it had two sets of ten-tube smoke grenade launchers and a dual-purpose heavy machine gun for anti-aircraft and ground use.

The Snowstorm was likely the intermediate transition for players from infantry fighting vehicles to main battle tanks, and it could be considered the one with the strongest single firepower among current armored vehicles.

However, this thing took as long as two weeks to manufacture, so it would probably be some time before it could become a significant force.

Li Xiao and a group of high-level Commanders came to the large conference room on the top floor of the municipal building. Compared to the conference room in Xi City that could only hold one hundred people, this conference room could be called a conference hall.

With five hundred seats, a central holographic projection sand table, and a podium for fifteen people to sit, every feature gave Li Xiao and the others an indescribable sense of accomplishment.

"Good grief, this is like a small workshop suddenly becoming a listed company!"

Liu Nian couldn't wait to walk onto the podium and stroke the mahogany tables and chairs.

Li Xiao laughed and said, "We've barely started; our conditions will be even better in the future!"

Yun Dongliu walked to the electronic sand table and turned on the power. The light and shadows projected from various angles quickly converged on the sand table, and soon the entire Weixing City and the more than forty cities under its jurisdiction all appeared on the sand table.

However, except for Weixing City and the three small cities they controlled, the remaining small cities, multiple military bases, and mines were all displayed in red.