Chapter 101, Passive Response
Coady is dead.
He blew up the last two warlocks.
Thadius' eyes were bloodshot.
He felt that he had not done enough, which led to Coady and his team having to come up and clean up the mess even at the risk of all their members being killed.
They moved around and launched the attack according to the agreed situation. They successfully completed the task, but they were blocked. The five sorcerers were all dealt with by Cody's people...
What am I doing?
Objectively speaking, Thaddeus certainly played a role in distracting the enemy and creating opportunities, and he also killed many armed thugs who were guarding those sorcerers. It cannot be said that he had no effect at all, and in fact he played a big role.
However, if we look at Cody's side, there is a gap when compared.
He wanted to rush forward like Cody, even if he died, he would kill more enemies. Only in this way could he dispel the simmering anger in his heart.
But in the end, reason prevailed in his mind.
He waved his hand and led the team to retreat.
There were five soldiers around him, and together with himself, they could form two combat teams. When his comrades in the front launched an attack, his men would firmly block the enemy's retreat route.
Thadius stared at the enemies with hatred on his face.
I want you all to die here!
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Gu Hang heard about Cody's heroic deeds from Ossena.
At the beginning, I tried to imitate the military system in my memory in order to be able to reorganize the prisoners as quickly as possible.
In terms of military skill level, he has the [Soldier Card] function, and spending some gifts can quickly train him, but cultivating loyalty takes time.
Now, he was both relieved that his previous arrangements were useful and heartbroken at the loss of a loyal soldier.
But his sacrifice was worth it.
According to the information Gu Hang has obtained so far, of the six food transport routes that were attacked, four have been saved. There was some loss of food, but it was not a big loss.
As for the other two places where there was no news, the Phoenixes had already rushed over. After Ossena asked him for help, he turned around and found the Space Marines and asked them for help.
When it comes to fighting cult members, the Phoenix’s fanaticism is probably no less than that of the nuns of Holy Mercy Lily.
No matter how many enemies there are in those two places and how strong they are, if six Space Marines are divided into two teams and stand there, the problem will definitely be solved.
In terms of military strength, they are nothing.
Although the number of troops under Gu Hang's command is not large, they are elite enough and are more than enough to defeat those cultists.
The battle at Norris Factory had clearly demonstrated this.
Gu Hang guessed that the cultists could not mobilize that many forces. Their total investment in attacking the food transportation route was probably about 700 to 800 people, and the number of sorcerers among them was about 20.
This amount of power is much less than what they invested in the Norris factory.
On the one hand, the number and strength of this group of cultists are not infinite. In the past two days, they have lost about 60 to 70 core members. Those cultists who can release storm magic are definitely not easy to cultivate.
In addition to the core sorcerers, they instigated nearly 5,000 people in the factory and invested 700 to 800 people in attacking the grain transport team. They wanted to control so many people, whether through some evil brainwashing methods or through ordinary missionary work to attract so many fanatical believers, but they had to pay a price.
Obviously, they were about to use up all their stored energy.
Otherwise, if they could double the force they put in this time, at least four of the six grain transport teams would be destroyed. That would really be a big problem for Gu Hang.
The most annoying thing about those guys is that they are hiding in a city with a population of one million and extremely weak grassroots control, making it difficult to catch them in a short period of time.
The failure at the Norris factory may have clearly taught these cultists a lesson: direct confrontation is absolutely not advisable.
These guys are doing things secretly, and I can only respond passively.
That's not enough.
Gu Hang felt that the cultists must have a backup plan.
Moreover, the backup plan must be at those fifty food distribution points.
The enemy is in the dark while I am in the light. After experiencing the failure of attacking six transportation routes at the same time, those cultists should be able to wake up and realize that it is unrealistic to take advantage of everyone at once.
Although the two consecutive failures caused them heavy losses, it would be very troublesome if their remaining forces targeted a few food distribution points, launched attacks and incited the people while they were queuing up to get food.
Gu Hang decided to assign a company to each food distribution point in all the companies with political commissars in the prisoner-of-war camp!
Come on! I want to see if you can concentrate your strength and destroy an entire company before they even have time to provide support!
Of course, Gu Hang was also able to remain sober. He did not think that all companies with political commissars could reach the level of the Codi Company.
In fact, according to Yan Fangxu, who was in charge of the prisoner training, both Cody and Thadius performed the best among all the companies.
Yan Fangxu could only pick out seven teams of similar level.
Otherwise, if a group of prisoners who had just been disarmed and locked up were allowed to be divided into companies, how could they possibly win the kind of tough battle with heavy casualties that Coady and his men had encountered before?
It's already good enough if you can just show up for work without putting in any effort. If things go wrong, there's a high possibility that you'll just run away with your guns. It's nothing like it's like now, where you can fight to the death while enduring casualties.
But despite this, in the current situation where there is a real shortage of manpower, Gu Hang still decided to transfer them all out.
Even if they did not perform as bravely as the Coady Company, or even far worse, it would be enough as long as they could ensure that they could reliably execute orders during battle and not escape too easily.
They only need to hold on for a while, and reinforcements will arrive at the scene in a steady stream, even including patrolling Space Marines.
With such an arrangement, the safety of food distribution should be guaranteed to a considerable extent.
What remains is special crackdown.
Just responding is too passive. In addition to defending, you also need to strike hard and attack.
In this regard, the Sisters of Holy Lily of Mercy brought him good news.
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The content has been deleted. I give in. What's so sensitive about this?
(End of this chapter)
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