Warlords: Rise of the System

Lu Tianhao listened to the system's report while marching.

"Ding! Eliminate 573 bandit soldiers and get double the reward, total points."

There was a hint of smile on Lu Tianhao's face. It seemed that among the bandits eliminated this time, there must have been quite a few young officers among them.

Otherwise, if we calculate 20 points for each bandit soldier, there would only be points. The extra 1000 points must have been contributed by the bandit's junior officers.

When Lu Tianhao led his troops back to the base, it was already three or four o'clock in the morning.

This time, in the sneak attack on the bandits, in addition to more than 30 wounded, only five soldiers were sacrificed.

Although Lu Tianhao was in a heavy mood, casualties were inevitable in war. Only by turning grief into strength could he eliminate more bandits.

Upon learning that Lu Tianhao had returned with his troops, Ding Youkui and several generals hurried over.

After seeing that Lu Tianhao was safe and sound, Ding Youkui breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother Lu, I'm glad you came back safely. You can lead the soldiers to have a good rest.

I will continue to send troops to help you guard the defense line."

Lu Tianhao nodded, without saying any words of thanks, and led the soldiers to rest.

Lu Tianhao knew very well in his mind after his fierce bombardment of the bandits last night.

I guess this disrupted Zei Ji's plan. It's very likely that he was planning a sneak attack last night, but he didn't expect that I would strike first.

Lu Tianhao guessed that the bandits were most likely cleaning up his mess in the morning and might not come to attack.

At this time, a group of commanders gathered together at the bandits' southern headquarters.

Commander Sakawa Hideta asked, "Have you found out who attacked us?"

Chief of Staff Kazuo Ohshima said, "We haven't figured out which unit attacked us yet.

However, we knew that the troops that attacked us had a large number of mortars.

These are not the troops of an ordinary warlord. Even the troops of those big warlords cannot have so many mortars.

This sneak attack force alone fired tens of thousands of artillery shells at our military camp.

How much manpower is needed to transport such a huge quantity?

From this we can see that the number of troops that attacked us was definitely not small.

In the final head-on confrontation with us, our soldiers reported that the force that ambushed us had fierce firepower and was equipped with a large number of submachine guns.

All signs indicate that this unit is definitely an elite unit, a unit we have never seen before."

Sakawa Hideta said, "Didn't they capture a single prisoner from this unit?"

Kazuo Oshima shook his head. "Not to mention taking any prisoners, we didn't even find a single body."

Zuochuan Hideta was silent. Whose troops were these?

Suddenly, what did he think of?

Zuochuan Xiutian said, "Which warlord's troops were stationed at the defense line that caused us heavy losses when we launched a full-scale attack yesterday?"

Kazuo Oshima said slowly, "The line of defense that caused us heavy losses was the one next to the south gate of Kyoto Prefecture.

The troops on this line of defense destroyed a large number of our tanks and armored vehicles, and caused us to lose a lot of soldiers.

I also received information that this line of defense cost our Air Force a heavy price, with the loss of more than 70 aircraft.

We have sent out a lot of scouts and intelligence personnel to find out who the troops are stationed on this line of defense.

However, there has been no intelligence report yet, but it will probably be soon, and there may be intelligence reports after daybreak."

Zuochuan Xiutian thought for a moment, "I suspect that the enemy that attacked us last night was from this line of defense."

Oshima Kazuo nodded and said, "Sagawa-kun is right, I have the same guess.

Once our intelligence report comes in, we will be able to make a final determination."

Before he finished speaking, a signalman came in and said, "Report, an urgent intelligence has been sent back."

After reading the information, Hideta Sakawa showed a look of shock on his face.

Chief of Staff Kazuo Oshima and several adjutants also showed shocked expressions after seeing it.

Oshima Kazuo seemed to be muttering to himself, "How is this possible? There are only more than 1000 people who attacked us, but they were able to create such a big commotion.

If you want to fire tens of thousands of mortar shells in a short period of time, you will need hundreds of mortars.

Could it be that these more than 1000 people who came to attack us were all strong men? Each of them carried a mortar and dozens of shells.

This is impossible. One artillery shell weighs more than three kilograms. One person can only carry twenty or thirty shells at most, which is already the limit. How can he march then?

This is totally unreasonable, there must be many more troops hiding somewhere else that our scouts have not detected."

Zuochuan Hideta was also very confused. The intelligence obtained was completely unreasonable.

However, intelligence personnel have already obtained some information about this unit.

Zuo Chuan Xiutian said, “I didn’t even find out the background of this person named Lu Tianhao.

The troops he assembled consisted of only about 1000 people, but they had heavy firepower and anti-aircraft weapons that did not match their numbers.

If you were to say that such a force has no powerful support behind it, no one would believe it.

Now, regardless of whether he has the support of a powerful force behind him, he has become our powerful enemy.

If we don't eliminate him, it will be very difficult for us to break through the outer positions on the southern front and attack Kyoto Prefecture.

I decided that we could launch a feint attack on the other troops.

Transfer all our armored forces and heavy firepower to this line.

We must focus our attacks on Lu Tianhao's troops and make sure to destroy him.

As long as we eliminate Lu Tianhao's troops, we won't have to worry about the other troops."

Kazuo Oshima said, “After daybreak, we can notify the air force to come for support.

With our joint land and air operations, plus our large number of armored forces.

Even if he has the best weapons and equipment, he will not be able to resist Lu Tianhao's 1000 men."

Zuo Chuan Xiutian said coldly, "Lu Tianhao brought people to attack us last night.

They would certainly think that we would rest and replenish after daybreak and would not launch an attack on them.

We will do the opposite and launch the attack immediately after daybreak."

Zuochuan Hideta immediately issued a combat order, ordering all armored forces to concentrate on the line of defense defended by Lu Tianhao.

He also notified the flying brigade to take off at daybreak and launch an indiscriminate bombing on the position.