The First Order

Chapter 825: Slipped by

Translator: Legge

Ren Xiaosu instructed the Great Hoodwinker, "When y'all leave the stronghold, you must be careful to avoid the battle zone between the Pyro Company and the Kong Consortium. Right now, the Pyro Company has just destroyed the stronghold walls in the north, but I don't think that that's their only objective. So be very careful not to bump into them."

"Mhm, I will take note of that." The Great Hoodwinker said.

Wang Yun's subordinates had already driven the buses out from the prison, and they even snatched walkie-talkies from the prison guards. This way, the five vehicles could communicate more closely while driving.

However, Wang Yun was a little puzzled. "Future Commander, you mean you're not coming with us?"

Ren Xiaosu explained, "There's still a medical team from the Wang Consortium in this stronghold. They're very respectable people, so I can't just leave them to die here in Stronghold 31."

"Is it worth helping the Wang Consortium's people?" Wang Yun asked doubtfully.

Ren Xiaosu said in a serious tone, "Those people have been working their entire lives trying to save the wounded and the dying. I can't just watch them get implicated. I don't know about the Wang Consortium's people. All I know is that these people are all very respectable."

The Great Hoodwinker looked like he wanted to say something. However, he did not try to dissuade him.

Meanwhile, Ji Zi'ang patted the Great Hoodwinker on the shoulder and got into the bus with a smile. "No matter how many times you might've tried to hoodwink me, it's only now that I feel I made the right decision to go to the Northwest. Come on, let's go. Future Commander, we'll meet again in the Northwest!"

In the end, Ren Xiaosu ordered the Great Hoodwinker, "After the buses leave Stronghold 31, it's best to head south first. Not only are the Pyro Company's people coming from the north, but new enemies will also be appearing there as well. I suspect that those enemies are even more terrifying than we can imagine."

"Mhm, I'll be careful," The Great Hoodwinker said as he got onto the bus.

Ren Xiaosu watched as the five buses drove off into the distance. He turned around and got into the off-road vehicle with Yang Xiaojin as they prepared to rescue Wang Jing and the others.

He wondered if Wang Run had followed his instructions to protect Wang Jing. Logically speaking, since Wang Jing was an esteemed medical figure of the Wang Consortium, Wang Run should be protecting him seriously, right?

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At the same time, the Pyro Company in the north had broken through the cordon of the Kong Consortium and headed south by blending in with the escaping stronghold residents.

It had to be said that the Pyro Company's strategy was really wise. They had first destroyed the stronghold walls to make the stronghold residents panic. As a result, the large number of the fleeing residents became their cover.

This caused the Kong Consortium to always have some scruples when they opened fire to stop them. It was only after the Pyro Company had broken through two defensive lines that the Kong Consortium finally made up their mind to shoot down the civilians together with them. However, it was already too late.

When the battle turned into street-to-street fighting, the Kong Consortium's garrison troops, who had lost the protection of a proper defensive line, were no longer able to pose any threat to the Pyro Company's elite strike troops.

All of a sudden, the Pyro Company's troops split up and continued advancing through the different streets. Someone on the communications channel asked, "Sir, what's our target now?"

The T5 combatant said coldly, "It'll still take some time before the main forces arrive. The Kong Consortium's reinforcements stationed 40 kilometers away should be here soon. We must create more chaos in Stronghold 31 before dawn so they can't form an effective resistance."

"Then what should we do?" someone asked.

The T5 combatant thought for ten seconds and finally decided, "We'll attack the Kong Consortium's intelligence agency and blind them first. When two armies face off, the one with the better intelligence will have the upper hand. As long as we paralyze the Kong Consortium's intel network first, the Kong Consortium will definitely lose this war!"

Saying that, the T5 combatant immediately turned towards where the Kong Consortium's intelligence agency was located. During this time, they encountered two more attacks from the Kong Consortium. In the end, they still managed to penetrate past their attackers.

At this moment, the Kong Consortium realized they were simply no match for the highly mobile Pyro Company Special Forces in street battles.

Furthermore, when the Kong Consortium observed the direction in which the Pyro Company was going, they were surprised to discover they were heading for the intelligence agency.

After the Pyro Company finally made it to the intelligence agency, the T5 combatant saw corpses strewn around the street and abandoned vehicles that had exploded. The intelligence agency headquarters were also emptied out.

"What's going on?" The T5 combatant was clearly taken aback. They were the only Pyro Company team that had come to Stronghold 31 this time.

They had come to paralyze the intelligence agency, but someone actually beat them to it!

His subordinates checked the corpses to verify the identities of the deceased. Before they came here, they had already done their preparation work. One minute later, they said, "Sir, the Kong Consortium's intelligence director, Wang Ziyang, is dead."

"The newly appointed director of their 1st Military Intelligence Division has died."

"The newly appointed director of their 2nd Military Intelligence Division has died."

The T5 combatant raised his voice on the communications channel. "All units, take note that there might still be another elite fighting force in the stronghold. They've carried out a decapitation strike against the intelligence agency with extreme precision. I'm afraid that the Kong Consortium's intelligence agency has already fallen!"

"Who could have done this?" someone wondered.

"Probably the Wang Consortium's elite troops. Be careful. Avoid them if you bump into them. The most important thing now is to destroy the Kong Consortium," the T5 combatant said solemnly. In his opinion, the other group should also be very strong and have quite a few people. Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to wipe out an entire intelligence agency that was situated in the center of the stronghold!

This made the T5 combatant a little hesitant. That was because he did not hear about the Wang Consortium having a fighting force as strong as this in the vicinity.

"What do we do now?" a T4 combatant asked on the radio.

"Attack the secret prison." The T5 combatant pondered for a moment before answering, "Releasing the prisoners inside will be enough to give the Kong Consortium a headache."

But after running for nearly half an hour, they realized the secret prison had also been turned into ruins when they got there. Immediately, there was a chill in the T5 combatant's heart. Why were the Wang Consortium's elite troops always a step ahead of them?

Moreover, how many people from the Wang Consortium were here? After destroying the intelligence agency, they still had the strength to break into the secret prison? The secret prison had already been demolished beyond recognition, and several hundred prison guards had died tragically in there. Could the Wang Consortium have an entire independent regiment hidden in the stronghold?!

At this moment, only the stronghold walls in the north were damaged. The walls at the other parts of the stronghold were all intact. Therefore, the Wang Consortium must not have come in from the outside of the stronghold. They must have already been lying in ambush on the inside.

"Let's head to the other prison." T5081 did not hesitate any further. In any case, their mission was to pin down the Kong Consortium's garrison troops so they would not be able to organize their defenses. Here in Stronghold 31, the Wang Consortium was not their enemy.

However, when T5081 arrived and stood outside the normal prison, he was shocked. At some point, he even wondered if the Wang Consortium had really infiltrated Stronghold 31 with an entire independent regiment.

T5081 said in a daze, "Is the Kong Consortium's intelligence agency useless? They don't even know that their stronghold had been infiltrated by so many of the Wang Consortium's people?"

However, the aftermath of the destruction to these two prisons was starting to give the Kong Consortium a headache, especially the intelligence agents that were set free from the secret prison. These people could even make a bunch of bombs with a single trip to the hardware store. It seemed like everything was about to go down in Stronghold 31!