Powell ordered his troops off the main road.
Of course, this is not just a matter of avoiding the enemy a little bit. The troops are heading into the wilderness as much as possible.
They drove at least a thousand meters away from the road and hid behind the hills.
Even at this distance, Powell felt it was not enough. If the ground behind was not so difficult to walk on, he would have wanted to order the troops to move a distance further.
After finding a suitable place to stay, the mechas of the mecha squadron were on guard at the periphery.
The other motorized troops gathered together and formed small circles.
The outer circle is composed of armored units, while the inner circle is composed of troop transport trucks.
No one wanted to continue talking. They lowered their heads, used clothes or masks to block out the dust, and breathed with difficulty.
All onboard equipment is stopped from use.
In a sandstorm environment, the electromagnetic environment is abnormal. Even if these convoys are driving with onboard equipment, they may not be detected.
But it's better to be safe than sorry.
On the other side, Li Xin led the mecha troops and continued to charge along the road. The mechas gathered together and there was no worry about the possibility of getting lost.
Despite the heavy weight of the mecha, it was able to move forward with ease in the sandstorm, but its speed was slightly slower due to the wind resistance of the strong wind.
Chase along the road without having to worry about going off course.
In less than an hour, Li Xin led his troops to the location where Powell had just led his troops to move.
Here, Li Xin saw trucks overturned on the side of the road, which were blown down by strong winds. Obviously, in such a harsh environment, the soldiers of the Bexia Foundation directly gave up the idea of righting these vehicles.
Li Xin estimated the distance and analyzed, "It seems that the enemy commander is a smart man. He figured out that we would chase them in the sandstorm!"
The captain of the mecha squadron, Wan Wenbing, asked, "Director, can we still catch up?!"
Li Xin said calmly: "We will definitely catch up!"
"In this harsh environment, our mechas have even slowed down, not to mention that the enemy Besha Foundation's army is composed of motorized troops!"
"Keep charging! I believe we'll be able to catch up with the enemy soon!"
"The enemy has motorized troops, they definitely can't run fast enough!"
"Yes! Supervisor!" The mecha technicians below responded one after another.
Li Xin set out again with the mecha troops. They rushed forward, ignoring Powell and his army who were hiding hundreds of meters away on the side of the road.
In the Bexia Foundation's command vehicle, everyone was so frightened that they dared not even breathe.
The sound of the sandstorm was very loud, but the sound of hundreds of mechas running in a cluster was even more like thunder, and it could directly penetrate the sound of the sandstorm and reach their ears.
Everyone knew at this time that the enemy's mecha troop cluster had caught up with them. If they were discovered now, they would be dead.
Fortunately, these mecha troops did not stay in place for too long, and the mechas started moving again.
Only after everyone could no longer hear the sound did someone gasp for breath, as if he would have suffocated to death if the mecha had moved a little later.
In the command vehicle, the chief of staff and a group of staff officers breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.
But the experienced commander Powell showed no sign of relaxing, his face remained serious.
The chief of staff saw him like this and hurried over to ask, "Sir, the enemy is gone. We should be able to breathe a sigh of relief."
Powell shook his head and said, "They're gone now, but whether they'll come back is anyone's guess."
"Can the troops move a little further?"
Upon hearing this, the Chief of Staff could only smile bitterly and shake his head: "Sir, the mecha unit and the two armored battalions can continue to move forward, but... the motorized troops really can't move forward."
"The wind is even stronger than it was just now on the road. If we leave the shelter of these hills, we might end up flipping over while driving."
Powell could only sigh upon hearing this. "If that's the case, then we can only hope this sandstorm gets even bigger and completely covers our tracks."
When the troops retreated, there were definitely no traces left behind. Even if there were any traces, they would have been buried by such a sandstorm.
Otherwise, Li Xin might have discovered their traces directly just now.
Now Li Xin led his troops to continue charging forward, but after at least half an hour, Li Xin suddenly came to his senses and ordered, "Stop!"
All the mecha troops obeyed the order and stopped in unison.
Li Xin used the chip to calculate and said, "Logically speaking, under this kind of weather conditions, we should have caught up with the enemy long ago!"
"But now we haven't caught up!"
“Something’s wrong!”
Squadron Leader Wan Wenbing's words reminded Li Xin. He said, "Director, we just saw the overturned troop transport truck. Why didn't we see anything during this chase?"
"The wind is stronger now than before."
Wan Wenbing's words were like a wake-up call.
Li Xin murmured, "Yeah! Why aren't there any overturned vehicles?"
He turned around and looked back at the road they had come from, and said slowly, "With this kind of wind, if we move forward, there will definitely be losses."
"There are no traces now, there is only one possibility!"
"They stopped somewhere to hide from the sandstorm and the strong wind!"
Li Xin's analysis is getting closer and closer to the truth.
He calculated the time and found that it would take six or seven hours for Valen to come to support him.
Now, due to the sandstorm, it may take longer for Valen to provide support.
Thinking of this, Li Xin calmly gave the order: "Entire army, turn back!"
"Start searching in teams from the location where we just discovered the overturned vehicle. I don't believe we can find the enemy!"
"Yes! Supervisor!"
It doesn’t matter if you made the wrong choice in pursuit. What matters is that you repent in time after discovering it.
The troops turned around again and began to move towards the location where the troop transport truck was found to have overturned.
Along the way, Li Xin kept reviewing, calculating, and thinking, putting himself into Powell's perspective.
Thinking this way, he felt that his analysis must be close to the truth.
The enemy's mecha troops may not be there, but the motorized troops must have stopped.
With such strong winds, the motorized troops are completely unable to advance. They must be hiding somewhere.
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