97: Sudden attack

“Very good, then our cooperation begins from today!”

In Li Xiao's view, the eighty thousand he asked for was not expensive, but rather quite a bargain. Tony didn't have to do anything, and these upgraded tanks and armored vehicles could be turned around and sold for double the price.

And eighty thousand Star Coins would at most account for thirty or forty percent of the extra profit. It would make his goods more profitable while increasing product competitiveness; what reason did Tony have to refuse?

“Then we will trade every half month, with special arrangements made in case of unusual circumstances.”

“Ryan, tell Ace to get ready; I want to have a drink with Mr. Li Xiao at noon!”

“Yes, boss.”

Returning to the hall, Zhao Feipeng and Li Le saw the radiant Li Xiao and knew that the matter had been settled.

“The matter is settled; we can return this afternoon.”

“Then where are we going to eat at noon?”

“At noon, of course, we're having a big meal!” Li Xiao walked out, feeling very pleased with himself.

At three in the afternoon, in Warehouse No. 3, Li Xiao finished upgrading a total of twenty infantry fighting vehicles and ten main battle tanks, exhausting all the Durability in his Life Pool.

“Mr. Li Xiao, this is your payment, please take a look.”

After finishing this, Ryan handed over a Star Coins card at the right moment. Li Xiao checked the card information, and it contained a full 2.4 million Star Coins.

Resisting the excitement of suddenly becoming wealthy, Li Xiao didn't forget an important matter. He said to Ryan, “May I ask, if I were to purchase military hardware from you, that shouldn't be a problem, right?”

Ryan shook his head: “Sorry, we have an agreement with the Black Hawk Empire, and we are not allowed to sell equipment to Outlanders.”

“Not allowed to sell to Outlanders?” Li Xiao had a plan in mind.

...

On the way back to Xi City, Li Xiao thought of a way that might allow him to get his hands on the big stuff from these natives.

With a large sum of funds, the production at the military factory naturally proceeded in an orderly manner.

However, the Level 10 base was still undergoing upgrades, and it would take some time for the military factory to expand production.

But just as everything was developing in an orderly fashion according to Li Xiao's plan, a crisis suddenly descended.

In the middle of the night, while Li Xiao was fast asleep, Xuan Yu suddenly called for help urgently on the squad channel.

“Captain! Quick! Hurry and organize reinforcements; we are under attack by a large number of enemy troops!”

“A large number of enemy troops?! Where are they from?”

“It's the Blue Ice Squad from Hengshui City to the east! Their forces number at least one hundred thousand!”

As she spoke, the squad channel had already turned into a chaotic mess, with people constantly reporting that their nearby teammates' bases were being destroyed.

“A midnight attack! This was premeditated! Liu Nian, mobilize all members immediately, dispatch two-thirds of our forces to assemble in Xi City! Be quick!!!”

“Understood!”

“Dong Liu! Send people immediately to scout the situation in the east of the city!”

“Two teams have already been dispatched!”

Li Xiao issued emergency orders on the squad command channel. After all, it concerned the lives of all squad players in Xi City, and the members reacted very quickly.

In just a few minutes, a large number of troops boarded vehicles and rushed toward Xi City.

At the same time, Li Xiao also dispatched Zhao Feipeng's reconnaissance platoon to head to the east first; he had a quadcopter drone that could grasp battlefield information faster.

Half an hour later, Xuan Yu sent another distress signal. The twenty thousand-plus troops urgently mobilized from the original Night God Squad could not stop the Blue Ice Squad's attack at all.

The enemy only left half of their forces to stall Xuan Yu, while the rest of their troops attacked the various bases in the east from both flanks. In just these thirty minutes, over a hundred bases had already been destroyed.

Zhao Feipeng and Yun Dongliu also promptly received new intelligence: this Blue Ice Squad had over 2,600 members in the neighboring Hengshui City and had captured Hengshui City more than a week earlier than Li Xiao and his group.

However, it was unknown why they had suddenly mobilized half of their forces to launch a surprise attack on Xi City.

“The main force of the Blue Ice Squad, numbering 130,000, passed through the Yuling Tunnel from the eastern secondary road and launched a direct assault on our eastern city area!

Now their main force is maneuvering to outflank our three hundred-plus bases in the east, attempting to control the east of the city in one fell swoop and provide a foothold for their subsequent reinforcements!”

In the Xi City squad command headquarters, Yun Dongliu marked the general situation of the attacking Blue Ice forces on the electronic sand table.

Li Xiao nodded and turned to ask Liu Nian: “How is the troop assembly going? Xuan Yu and the others can't hold on for much longer.”

“120,000 people have already assembled, and I have already sent 60,000 to rush to support Xuan Yu's flank.”

Li Xiao sighed. When it came down to it, without an absolute equipment advantage, they still had to rely on numbers.

Their current squad had over 1,700 members. Excluding Xuan Yu's unit, it was the limit for the remaining 1,200 to 1,300 people to each dispatch 100 soldiers.

But the 130,000 troops the Blue Ice Squad had deployed were only half of their total; the disparity was so great that it needed no words.

“The Blue Ice Squad controlled Hengshui City more than a week earlier than us; having recuperated for so long, their military strength must be formidable.”

Yun Dongliu said with some self-reproach: “I actually should have guarded against them earlier; if I had stationed troops at the Yuling Tunnel in advance, this wouldn't have happened.”

Within tens of kilometers to the south and west of Xi City, there were no longer any squads or cities that could threaten them, only some scattered resource points and players.

And since they had just occupied Xi City, everything still needed planning, so it was understandable that their external defenses were lacking.

“Now is not the time to talk about this. Since the Blue Ice Squad dares to attack, we must make them feel the pain! Let's head to the front line!”

The 60,000 people Liu Nian had urgently dispatched had successfully intercepted the Blue Ice forces on the main roads, and the two sides engaged in a fierce battle the moment they met.

Fighting now was all about using all-terrain motorcycles and military off-road vehicles to conduct rapid raids, but this also had its limitations; after all, the off-road capability of wheeled vehicles was limited.

If they didn't attack from the main roads, it would be very difficult to quickly achieve mobile encirclement.

This gave Li Xiao and the others a chance to intercept reinforcements.

Arriving at the battlefield, the usually mature and cool-headed Xuan Yu had slightly red eyes, and she sat slumped in the back seat of a van with a grim expression.

The Blue Ice Squad's surprise attack in these few dozen minutes directly resulted in the deaths of over a hundred members and the destruction of nearly a hundred bases, and she hadn't been able to stop it in time.

“Don't be too sad, Sister Xuan Yu, we will take revenge for this soon!”

Qin Luming was the first to arrive; if he hadn't blocked the enemy's attack route from the right flank in time, the eastern part of the city would likely be gone by now.

Seeing this situation, Li Xiao didn't say much and directly ordered on the command channel: “Now, all troops move up across the board, do everything to block the enemy invasion!”

Once this order was given, over two hundred thousand people immediately began a fierce battle on this land in the east of the city, with gunfire almost everywhere, just like the New Year.