Warlords: Rise of the System

Under the cover of night, the battlefield was in chaos.

The bandits did not break through the position defended by Lu Tianhao, but continued to confront him from a distance.

The position defended by Lu Tianhao was located relatively eastward, not far from the defensive position of Commander Xu.

If you want to break out to the west, you basically have to cross most of the battlefield.

Before Lu Tianhao could make any move, a large number of retreating troops came running over from the easternmost line of defense.

They crossed the position defended by Lu Tianhao and continued to flee to the west.

Dunzi also ran over in a hurry, "Captain, the easternmost line of defense has completely collapsed, and the bandits are chasing the fleeing troops.

It won’t be long before it reaches us, what should we do?”

Lu Tianhao sighed, this was truly a crushing defeat!

It is definitely too late to retreat westward now. At this moment, the bandits may have already sealed the hole.

Instead of heading west all the way and engaging in constant firefights with the enemy, it would be better to break out to the north and then head west after breaking out.

The gunshots from the east were getting more and more rapid; it seemed like the bandits were chasing us.

"Jin Zhichao!"

"To!"

"You lead 1000 people to block the bandits in the east and buy time for our main force to retreat." Lu Tianhao gave the order.

"Yes!" Jin Zhichao took his men downstairs to make preparations.

Just then, another team of retreating troops came running over in panic.

Although the night was dim, with the full moon in the sky, one could still see who was who from a distance.

"Stop now and carry me to Captain Lu." A weak voice came.

Lu Tianhao turned his head and saw several soldiers carrying a person lying on a stretcher towards them.

Taking advantage of the moonlight to take a closer look, I found that it was Commander Xu whom I met this afternoon.

Lu Tianhao asked with concern, "Master Xu, how did you get so badly injured?"

Commander Xu said hurriedly, "Maybe this is my fate. I once thought about dying on the battlefield, but I never thought it would come true.

Captain Lu, I am almost dying. I want to ask you for a favor. Please agree to it."

Lu Tianhao nodded and said, "Master Xu, if you have anything to ask, just tell me. I will definitely agree to anything I can do."

Commander Xu showed a difficult smile on his face, "Thank you very much, Commander Lu, my troops only have about 1,000 to 2,000 people left.

They are now basically out of ammunition and food.

I want to hand them over to Captain Lu, make them your subordinates, and leave them a chance to survive.

I hope Captain Lu will not refuse. I will consider it as a favor I owe Captain Lu. If there is a next life, I will definitely repay it."

Commander Xu looked at Lu Tianhao with pleading eyes.

Lu Tianhao did not hesitate at all, "Don't worry, Commander Xu, I will get them out safely."

After receiving Lu Tianhao's affirmative answer, Commander Xu slowly closed his eyes, exhaled his last breath, and passed away peacefully.

Several officers following the stretcher had tears in their eyes, but they tried hard to hold them back.

An adjutant said, "Captain Lu, I am now the highest commander of this unit. What do you think we should do now? We will obey you in everything."

Lu Tianhao thought for a moment and said, "You guys carry Commander Xu and follow behind. We can talk about everything after we break out."

The 1000-strong remnant troops led by Jin Zhichao had already engaged in a firefight with the bandits.

Lu Tianhao equipped the rearguard troops with a large number of light and heavy machine guns, as well as dozens of 60mm mortars.

Under the intensive fire from light and heavy machine guns, and mortar bombardment.

The bandits' pursuit troops were quickly blocked and suffered heavy casualties.

Lu Tianhao went directly to the frontline position in the north.

Looking at the bandit troops still confronting him in the north.

Lu Tianhao decided to do something ruthless.

Lu Tianhao directly released 600 mortars.

The soldiers lined up the mortars and aimed at the bandit troops in front.

"Bombard hard, from near to far, until you reach the maximum range of the mortar, then stop. Do you understand?"

"We heard it!" the artillerymen answered in unison.

The sound was particularly loud in the quiet night.

The bandits on the opposite side were frightened and became nervous. They were ready and waiting for Lu Tianhao's troops to counterattack.

What the bandits were waiting for was not a counterattack from Lu Tianhao's ground forces, but a dense barrage of artillery shells.

Lu Tianhao did not ask the artillerymen to fire at a very fast speed. Instead, he fired about ten rounds a minute and bombarded the bandits' defense area.

Dense artillery shells fell on the bandits' defense zone, and the flames produced by the explosions illuminated half of the sky red.

The bombing started from several hundred meters away and extended to several miles away. The entire bombed area was filled with flames.

The bandits within the explosion range never dreamed that they would be subjected to such intensive bombing.

They were the attacking party, although they confronted Lu Tianhao's troops.

But they only dug some simple fortifications that could only block direct bullets.

Under the intensive artillery bombardment, these simple fortifications were of no use at all.

Many bandits were directly blown into a bloody mist, and the bodies of even more bandits were blown into pieces.

When the bombing was over, the entire bombed area was littered with corpses, and only a few injured but not dead bandits were still wailing there.

Lu Tianhao ordered the second echelon of soldiers to move forward quickly and advance straight ahead.

Lu Tianhao quickly stored all the mortars into the system space, and then chased after the soldiers in front.

When they reached the edge of the bombing zone, the advancing soldiers engaged in a firefight with the bandit troops in the rear.

Lu Tianhao arrived at the frontline area and without saying a word, released all 600 mortars.

Let the soldiers line up the mortars, set the target in front, and continue to bombard with all their strength from near to far.

The bandit troops in the rear had no idea that this breakout force would launch another bombing so soon.

Caught off guard, a bombing zone of nearly three kilometers was created.

The bandits in the bombing area were basically killed or wounded.

With the existence of the system space, Lu Tianhao launched a blitzkrieg, directly breaking through the entire thieves' camp from the front and carving out a bloody path.

It was not until Jin Zhichao, who was left behind, led all the soldiers to break out of the encirclement that Lu Tianhao led the large army back west and headed straight towards his hometown.

What Lu Tianhao didn't know was that the headquarters of two bandit divisions were within the range of this large-scale indiscriminate bombing.

Two division commanders and many generals and officers were blown to pieces by the indiscriminate bombing, and no trace of their bodies was left.

Lu Tianhao led the troops to retreat quickly and finally arrived at a safe area.

The system's voice also sounded in Lu Tianhao's mind.