9: Conflict

"The Transit Yard?!" Li Xiao pressed, "What kind of facility is that?"

"It's a temporary cargo yard the Black Hawk Empire uses for transferring supplies, and we found that a few kilometers south of this Transit Yard is Xi City."

Li Xiao opened the map and, sure enough, saw Zhao Feipeng's tracks extending more than ten kilometers south, with some terrain and urban buildings from the northern part of Xi City faintly visible.

The supply Transit Yard they spoke of was located in a newly cleared forest area beside the highway that led directly to Xi City.

"What kind of supplies are they transferring?"

"Food, ammunition, and fuel!"

Zhao Feipeng added, "They are currently encircling and suppressing the remaining Tianyu Republic forces in Xi City. These are supplies for the Empire's front-line troops."

"Wow, those are all the supplies I urgently need. How many people are guarding the Transit Yard?"

"A company!"

"A... Pfft!"

Li Xiao almost choked on his saliva. A company? What good would that do?

"Uh, hey, Feipeng, from now on, let's not even think about the meat we can't eat, alright?"

Zhao Feipeng shrugged, "Commander, I didn't mean for you to attack and capture the Transit Yard. Rather, the garrison at this Transit Yard is currently searching and deploying outwards. We are only four or five kilometers from them, and our base is very likely to be discovered."

"Is that so... It seems we need to plan this carefully!"

With a company of over a hundred enemies lurking nearby, Li Xiao felt he definitely wouldn't sleep well tonight. This issue absolutely needed a solution.

In the afternoon, Di Yun also returned. The three of them discussed it and decided to first observe the perimeter of the Transit Yard tonight to see if there was an opportunity to act.

But plans couldn't keep up with changes. In the evening, before they had even set out, bad news came from Wu Feng Town.

Liu Nian's Engineers were attacked while collecting resources. Fortunately, they received reinforcements from Ye Ming and Jiang Lang and managed to retreat in time.

Hearing this, Li Xiao quickly led his men to the location.

It was already eleven at night when he met up with Liu Nian. In a dilapidated coffee shop on the south side of Wu Feng Town, Li Xiao learned that the attackers were actually two Transcenders.

"Damn it! We're all compatriots, can't we just get along?"

Li Xiao was very angry. Although they had already transmigrated to this planet, it was like pioneering in a game; resources were first-come, first-served.

Couldn't they spend time finding other resource areas?

"Since they came looking for trouble, don't blame me for being impolite!"

Liu Nian said with a serious expression, "Each of their two groups has four people. Besides three Engineers, the other five are infantry. We are outnumbered, so it might be difficult to fight."

"They're just eight privates. I took down an Imperial patrol squad, can't I handle them?"

Li Xiao immediately called Zhao Feipeng and told him to conduct reconnaissance at once, trying to figure out the enemy's position.

In just half an hour, Zhao Feipeng returned. The two individuals and their subordinates were directly collecting rare mineral resources around the town square. Five infantrymen were each defending a direction, protecting the Engineers in the square.

"The east side of the square is a road, and the north side is open terrain. We can only attack from the west and south sides!"

Zhao Feipeng drew the square's terrain on the ground and marked the enemy's defensive positions with pebbles.

Li Xiao pointed to the west side and said to Liu Nian, "Brother Liu Nian, to protect Wu Feng Town, we need to cooperate fully. How about you take responsibility for those two people on the west side?"

Liu Nian smiled slightly, "Of course. Although I only have one infantryman, I won't back down."

"Alright then! The moment my gun fires, you act as you see fit!"

After finalizing the attack plan, Li Xiao led his men directly to the south side.

On the south side of the square were a dozen residential buildings, with various bushes providing cover below, which served as excellent concealment for Li Xiao and his team as they approached the square.

By the light of the moon and the scattered lights opposite, Li Xiao could see three Engineers working inside an electronics store at the junction of the square and the road.

It was a fifty-square-meter detached bungalow. Five soldiers were on alert around the bungalow, while the two "players" sat at the entrance, chatting idly.

"Quite leisurely! Your two teams are each responsible for the three people on the south and east sides. Make sure to kill them instantly the moment you open fire!"

"Understood!"

Li Xiao had Di Yun and the other four split into two groups and move forward from the left and right. They began to crawl when they were still over a hundred meters from the electronics store.

There were actually some abandoned cars in the square, with scattered piles of rocks and trash, which conveniently provided cover for his men to approach the target.

It was just that the moon was quite large tonight, and the reflection on the ground made it easy for them to be discovered.

Fortunately, the entire process was relatively smooth. When Zhao Feipeng was still over fifty meters from the enemy, he signaled Di Yun and the others behind him to stop advancing.

Then everyone began to find cover. Zhao Feipeng gently pulled the bolt to chamber a round, then lowered his head.

Li Xiao saw his men were in position and glanced to the west. That area was covered with flowerbeds, making Liu Nian's movements easier than his.

However, to be safe, Li Xiao still had Zhao Feipeng wait for twenty minutes after getting into position, giving Liu Nian enough time.

As a scout, Zhao Feipeng was clearly very strict with time management. The second hand on his wrist had just passed twenty minutes when he immediately squatted up from the ground, his right index finger pulling the trigger twice.

Bang! Bang!

In the darkness, muzzle flashes flickered twice, and bullets swiftly entered a soldier's head.

For a scout, two headshots at fifty meters in a surprise attack were normal. Thus, this soldier's life ended two seconds after the battle began.

Despite the forty percent damage reduction from the Kevlar helmet, two bullets dealing over one hundred and twenty points of damage could not save his life.

At the same time Zhao Feipeng fired, Di Yun, Ye Ming, and Jiang Lang also simultaneously opened fire on the other two targets. The sudden barrage from three assault rifles directly took down both men.

In a mere four or five seconds, the enemy's main firepower was nearly halved, but it wasn't over yet.

Although the remaining two infantrymen and the two players immediately rushed towards the shop, the firepower from Liu Nian's three men on the west side still killed one person on the spot and severely wounded another.

"Charge!"

Li Xiao shouted, ordering everyone to surround the electronics store, including Liu Nian's three men, who also followed their rhythm to blockade the west side.

While Di Yun was advancing, Zhao Feipeng had already outflanked to the east side. At this point, the east, west, and south exits of the electronics store were all under their gun barrels.

"Liu Nian, your two men should still have grenades, right? Let's throw them in together. Even if they don't kill them, they can at least cripple a few!"

After adding each other as friends, Li Xiao could communicate directly with Liu Nian. Both sides counted down and simultaneously threw three grenades.

The fragmentation grenades arced through forty to fifty meters of air to the entrance of the electronics store, exploding into hundreds of thousands of steel shrapnel. The counter of the electronics store was instantly shattered.

And the two Engineers hiding behind it died on the spot.