60: Decisive battle

Even if these Night God Squad players quit the squad, they couldn't detach immediately. As long as they shared their information panel, which squad they belonged to would be clear at a glance.

However, the actions of the Xiaoyao Squad sent Wu Chong's mentality into a tailspin.

The Night God Squad channel was filled with panic. The member count in the squad system jumped every so often, indicating that another base had been dismantled.

"Damn it! Are they trying to wipe us out completely?!"

Wu Chong cursed furiously in the command center, but only Xuan Yu could hear him.

"Chong Ge, there are only two paths before us now: either fight a decisive battle with the Xiaoyao Squad to buy some time, or disband the Night God Squad, go into hiding, and recuperate."

Xuan Yu looked at Wu Chong. She now realized this man was not as confident and brave as she had imagined.

"Disband the squad? This isn't a game where you can coexist peacefully just by exiting the competition. I have murderous intent toward Li Xiao, and he won't let me go."

"Then we can only fight!" Xuan Yu said slowly.

"Then fight we shall! Gather everyone, don't even leave the reserve team. I'm going to charge straight into his base!"

Wu Chong's expression was like a fierce tiger in a cage; once released, it would bite anyone it saw.

"Then let's have one last fight!"

Xuan Yu opened the squad command channel to order troops to assemble. However, just when all the surviving players of the Night God Squad thought their captain was finally going to make a move, they were ordered to attack an unfamiliar coordinate.

Are you kidding me? The enemy is here tearing down our base, and now they think about a counter-raid? Several team leaders immediately objected in the squad channel and began assembling their own forces to fight to the death.

Seeing this situation, Wu Chong, who desperately craved revenge, could only compromise. Thus, under Xuan Yu's efficient command, they gathered nearly five thousand troops and headed straight north.

The forces of the two squads confronted each other on either side of a Wheat Field. Both sides poured ammunition at the other, hoping to deplete the enemy's health as much as possible before the main clash.

Although they had a thousand fewer troops than the enemy, the Xiaoyao Squad held a massive advantage in heavy firepower. This was all thanks to Li Xiao wiping out the enemy's elite main force.

"Good grief! They can still organize a force of five thousand. It seems they pulled all the troops guarding their base."

Liu Nian looked at the enemy front line through binoculars. Judging by the terrain, the battlefield chosen by the Night God Squad was very advantageous for them, as they occupied the higher ground, giving them a diving attack advantage against the Xiaoyao Squad.

"This kind of positional warfare is a huge disadvantage for us." The left flank, commanded by Qin Luming, was on a mound that dropped off by more than ten meters. If they attacked, the enemy would have cover, while they would be exposed targets in the Wheat Field.

"It's fine." Yun Dongliu looked at his watch and said, "The Captain is bringing his troops over. We will launch our attack in about ten more minutes!"

Li Xiao had underestimated the power of the human heart. He had expected Wu Chong to gather forces to attack his base again, but the Night God Troops chose to confront the main force of the Xiaoyao Squad first.

In this respect, their previous efforts were not in vain. At least Wu Chong could no longer forcefully demand his squad members obey orders.

However, this arrangement meant they were destined for a bloody battle.

After careful consideration, Li Xiao still moved the first platoon over. Without him acting as a meat shield, the main force of the Xiaoyao Squad, already at a disadvantage in terrain and numbers, might suffer heavy losses.

Although he could wait another hour for his squad members to pull up their reserve forces, that was too risky. It was better for him to go himself.

"Liu Nian! The Night God Squad has about five hundred men from both the left and right wings sneaking toward us. They are trying a three-pronged attack!"

While everyone was waiting for Li Xiao's troops to arrive, Yun Dongliu, who was in charge of defending the right flank, suddenly shouted. Everyone looked left and right and indeed saw large groups of troops circling them to form an encirclement.

Upon seeing this, Li Xiao quickly ordered Yun Dongliu and Qin Luming to each take a thousand men to set up defensive lines on both flanks.

Unfortunately, the Wheat Field environment simply couldn't accommodate that many people hiding.

They hadn't even finished setting up their defenses before the Night God Troops opened fire. Barrages of bullets whizzed over, shredding the wheat stalks in the field, and one Xiaoyao Squad soldier after another bled out on the spot.

With both flanks engaged, the four thousand troops in the Night God's front line launched a full-scale attack. They climbed onto the mound, and thousands of rounds of ammunition poured down, causing Li Xiao's soldiers to fall one after another.

However, the players on Li Xiao's side were also fierce. They immediately ordered their troops to throw smoke grenades, creating a smokescreen, and they fired back frantically from the edge of the smoke.

The bullets fired by both sides per second were practically denser than raindrops. Within just two minutes of the battle, both sides had suffered hundreds of casualties.

But the Night God Troops, positioned on high ground, always had the advantage in ballistics. The lines of fire from three directions squeezed Liu Nian and the others, hinting at an imminent pincer movement.

A few minutes later, almost all the Night God Troops charged down from the mound into the wide Wheat Field. Three to four thousand men pressed in tighter and tighter on the less than two thousand remaining defenders.

"Holy crap! Lao Xiao, why haven't your troops arrived yet?!"

Bullets whizzed past Liu Nian. One wrong move and he would be hit. The only half-meter deep ditch formed by the field ridge in the Wheat Field was filled with Xiaoyao Squad players, with their respective troops positioned outside.

Wu Chong never expected the arrogant Xiaoyao Squad to be beaten into such a state. He shouted excitedly, "Push forward! Throw grenades and blow up everyone in the pit!"

By this point, Li Xiao realized that almost all the Night God Squad members were charging forward fearlessly. He immediately understood why his troops couldn't hold on. First, the morale of the Night God Squad, fighting with their backs against the wall, overwhelmed the Xiaoyao Squad.

Second were the troop numbers and terrain. Li Xiao had indeed been a bit too hasty, eager to engage the Night God forces.

"Morale really is important!" Li Xiao couldn't help but sigh.

"Important my foot! Where in the world are the reinforcements?!" Liu Nian couldn't help but curse. This was a matter of life and death.

"Don't panic, they're here now."

Li Xiao smiled and pointed toward the opposite side. As soon as he spoke, a string of dark shadows suddenly darted out from behind the mound. The crowd looked closely and saw ten meng hu off-road vehicles.

"Haha! When did they sneak around to the back?!" Liu Nian was overjoyed, instantly feeling as if he had been fully revived.

"Haha! When it comes to fighting, my specialty is stabbing people in the back!"

The ten meng hu off-road vehicles truly charged toward the enemy directly in front of Li Xiao's forces like tigers descending a mountain.

The Night God players, who were fully engaged in the fight, hadn't noticed the sharp knife unit suddenly appearing behind them.

It wasn't until four heavy machine guns and dozens of assault rifles opened fire that they turned their heads in terror.

Since the Night God Squad players were all supervising the battle not far behind their troops, and due to the terrain, they were watching the fight from below the hill to avoid bullets. Consequently, this wave of attack had already separated them from their main force.