38: Fighting at the transfer station again (please collect)

Li Xiao immediately ordered Long Ming to enter the Military Academy and begin soldier training at once.

Currently, the Military Academy could train five soldiers at a time, with a single training session lasting a full week.

The training cost for a G-rank one-star Private was one hundred Star Coins per person, and the training results were usually five stars or above.

The effects were very significant; for instance, Di Yun, who was currently a Corporal, had reached G-rank eight-star, and Ye Ming, who had participated in multiple demolitions, was as high as nine-star. Their professional abilities already far exceeded those of ordinary soldiers.

["Respected Commander, the Spark Event has begun. Duration: twenty-four hours. Would you like to participate?"]

Before he could finish digesting the information from his upgrade, that cold female voice rang out in Li Xiao's mind again—the second Spark Event had started.

Calculating by time, today happened to be the last day of his first month in this so-called Inverse Fire World. Based on that, it seemed the Spark Event occurred twice a month.

Li Xiao remembered that during the last Spark Event, he had nearly died under the fire of an attack helicopter. This time, he didn't dare be too reckless.

"Where should I go to deal with the Black Hawk Empire this time?"

Li Xiao thought for a moment. He actually had a ready-made spot right next to him—the Transit Yard!

Ever since Xi City fell, the Black Hawk Empire's transport convoys to this location had decreased sharply, making the Transit Yard much less important. The two armored vehicles originally assigned to them had already moved into Xi City.

The Transit Yard currently only had one battalion of three hundred soldiers left, plus four heavy machine gun positions, two tower sniper points, and an unknown number of mortars and rocket launchers.

"The lethality of a rocket launcher against vehicles is five thousand points. The all-terrain vehicles can't take it, and there's no time to build the fierce tiger h9. It'll be hard to break through."

In the spacious operations hall of the Level 7 Base Headquarters, Li Xiao projected a 3D map onto the electronic sand table. Everyone gathered around to observe the terrain of the Transit Yard.

"How about the old method? Find a chance to stuff C4 explosives inside?"

Li Xiao recalled the first time they hit the Transit Yard. Now, there were plenty of C4 explosives in the Trading Center; you could buy a ton of them if you wanted.

"Boss, that trick won't work anymore. Now, not a single vehicle enters or leaves the Transit Yard for two or three days at a time. We don't have the time to wait."

Li Xiao frowned. The event only lasted twenty-four hours; they had to formulate an operational plan as quickly as possible.

"How about this! I think we should use guerrilla tactics?"

Yan Yizhou, who had been standing on the periphery without speaking, suddenly said, "Xiao He and I will move forward to snipe and harass the Imperial troops at the Transit Yard, baiting them into sending troops out to clear the area. Then, we'll pick them off one by one!"

"That's an idea!" Li Xiao's eyes lit up, but he immediately asked, "What if the enemy holds their position and refuses to come out?"

"Then I'll just pick them off one by one. Twenty-four hours is enough for Xiao He and me to snipe half their unit."

Zhao Feipeng shook his head. "I'm afraid it won't be that easy to hit them. The Imperial troops aren't fools; they won't just stand there and let you take shots at them."

Li Xiao thought for a moment and made the final decision. "Yan Yizhou and Xiao He, proceed with your plan first. We'll provide support from the periphery!"

"Yes!"

Yan Yizhou stood at attention, gave a military salute, and turned to leave the hall.

Xiao He was the second sniper under Li Xiao. He currently followed Yan Yizhou on daily guard duty around the base's perimeter. Since they rarely had the chance to take action, both of them naturally cherished this mission.

In fact, if they called upon Yun Dongliu and the other two, organizing the forces from all four sides, taking down the Transit Yard would be much easier.

But there were only about three hundred people at the Transit Yard. Wiping them all out would only net four hundred points at most. If they split it four ways, each would get a hundred, which wasn't as much as they could earn by hunting Black Hawk Patrols in Xi City or elsewhere.

Actually, Li Xiao didn't really need to take this risk, except that he was currently facing a bit of a food crisis. The five hundred bags of rice and one thousand bags of flour he had previously taken from the Transit Yard could have lasted his own growing army for over half a year.

However, he had learned that Liu Nian and Yun Dongliu were finding it difficult to maintain the meals for their forty to fifty troops. A significant portion of the resources and Star Coins they earned daily had to be used to purchase food at the Trading Center.

This resulted in them being unable to gather the resources for a Level 6 base, even though they had already reached Level 5.

Knowing he had plenty of food, Li Xiao agreed to supply them with food first, allowing them to save their resources to upgrade their bases.

After all, once the average strength of the squad increased, it would be easier to coordinate battles in the future.

However, after supplying them for over ten days, Du Ziteng calculated that the remaining food would only last their four bases for one to two months.

According to Zhao Feipeng's estimates, while the ammunition in the Transit Yard might be low, there should still be several hundred to over a thousand bags of rice, flour, and canned goods.

If they could get those supplies, the Xiaoyao Squad wouldn't have to worry about food replenishment for at least three months.

Since the order had been given, Li Xiao did not hesitate. He led a force of forty men and followed closely behind Yan Yizhou to the outskirts of the Transit Yard.

After Xi City was taken, the lives of the Transit Yard's garrison had become lax. They sat on a large stockpile of supplies with no worries about food or drink; very upbeat music could even be heard coming from the barracks within the site.

However, there were still meticulous Imperial Soldiers on duty at the four heavy machine gun positions and the guard towers, with several searchlights sweeping back and forth across the walls in all four directions.

Yan Yizhou checked his sniper rifle and centered his scope on a ten-meter-high watchtower.

For him, the greatest threat was the enemy snipers, so taking them out before the battle started was the top priority.

But the Black Hawk Empire's snipers were no pushovers either; they hid their bodies completely behind the steel plates of the watchtower platforms, observing the outside world only through narrow observation slits built into the plates.

"How is it? Is there a chance?"

Li Xiao's voice came through Yan Yizhou's headset.

"The enemy's defense is very tight, and the field of vision and firing angles are restricted, but I can give it a try!"

Yan Yizhou turned to Xiao He, his fellow sniper, and said, "The observation slit on the twelve o'clock watchtower platform. We'll fire one after the other and try to get a shot in."

"And if we can't get a shot in?"

"If we can't get a shot in, we'll just bail."

Yan Yizhou said indifferently, "It's not like they'd dare to chase us out here anyway."

As he spoke, Yan Yizhou held his breath. The crosshairs in his scope barely wavered. After giving Xiao He enough time to aim, he pulled the trigger.

Bang!

A crisp gunshot rang out in the forest filled with the sounds of insects and birds. A bullet whistled through the layered branches and flew straight into the observation slit, which was only seven or eight centimeters wide.

Thwack!

Blood splattered. The sniper lying on the watchtower platform was hit in the neck, instantly curling into a ball from the pain. However, another bullet followed immediately after, leaving the sniper with no chance of survival.

As the shot rang out, urgent whistles sounded throughout the Transit Yard. Two heavy machine guns almost immediately began spraying bullets toward the direction Yan Yizhou had fired from, and then a large number of troops rushed out.