Steel steam and flame

"The team is ready and ready to go at any time, Master." Lyle said respectfully, "Master Hai, you haven't seen Mr. Cassia for a long time. Maybe you can talk more this time."

Hai smiled, but the corners of his mouth did not curve, it was a normal smile. He thought of something from Lyle's words, so he turned his head and looked at Lyle's lowered head: "Lyle, you also hope that I won't pay attention to Li's things all the time."

Lyle had already been mentally prepared for this incoming inquiry. Maybe he had been waiting for Hao to ask him. He raised his head and answered "yes" firmly.

"Master Hai, if you focus your energy on other places, you will definitely achieve good results. There will be more and more incidents like this in the empire in the future. Many people have begun to enter the scene, like after decades of silence. , we finally have to warm up in the past few years and prepare for the war that will follow. In the future, there will only be more enemies. Because of different camps or interests, many of them need to be solved by us. I hope The Er family is famous for being assassins, and it lacks a lot of things for frontal combat..." He stopped speaking here, and Lyle took a deep breath, but still couldn't muster the courage to say the next words.

Hai sighed, turned his head and looked at the curtains: "I have also considered this matter myself, and I know what you want to say. But the things I care about Li are not necessarily what you think." Hai didn't. Continuing to explain, there are some things that do not need to be explained clearly to everyone. First, Hai has never been in such a mood. Second, it depends on who the target is. If it is Cassia, he must be very interested in explaining.

"Go back and prepare. If we want to catch up with Mr. Cassia, we need to be in a good state."

"I understand, Master Hai." Lyle nodded and retreated.

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Entering the mountains, Cassia and the others were still on their way, but their speed could not be increased, and they had reached the maximum limit at this moment. The trees block the moonlight, the complex terrain environment, the vegetation, and the exposed aerial roots of the trees entangled on the ground require you to concentrate on every step.

The communication was received at 2:30 in the morning. At that time, Isa and the others climbed up the tall trees and indeed saw the faintly red night sky to their left and right. Only then did they realize exactly how long the battlefield was stretched this time and how much manpower and material resources the enemy had invested in this strip of mountains.

Isa and Nighthawk can understand what Cassia said. The difference in the average level of surgeons between small countries and empires is like the economic and technological levels between the two. There will always be a few individuals who can be equal. But there was always something blocking them in their hearts, preventing them from making an immediate decision.

The four separate teams met for a while to discuss the contents of the communication. They carry a lot of high explosives and setting the trees on fire is not a problem. The key point is where to start. The spread of wildfire takes time, and after the enemy discovers it, it is extremely easy to create a firebreak with the operator's physique. Moreover, after the wildfire, without the cover of trees, that area was an absolute restricted area for Cassia and the others, and the automatic mimic combat uniforms on their bodies could not support them from walking through the burned areas without shelter.

The appearance of the flame will definitely reveal one's general position. Once the fire is not fully utilized, it will bring unnecessary harm to oneself.

The communication has stated that their area needs to be set on fire at around 4:30 in the morning, so as to obtain a layer of protection so that each team is not special. Time was not enough for Cassia and the others. The two hours between the mountains could not support them to move forward a long distance.

Keeping running in silence, Cassia walked in front of the team, helping Isha and the others behind them choose the most suitable path. Although the speed will be limited due to the other three teams, at least it will be more comfortable to move forward in the dark. The surroundings are full of insects, and occasionally you can encounter wild animals that come out to look for food at night. No creatures like wolves were seen, perhaps because of their keen sense of smell, they sensed the fire that would break out here soon and left early.

Cassia originally wanted to take some high-explosive fuel and run alone to the depths of the mountains to ignite a fire. Later, she considered that the consequences of doing so would only attract the enemy's attention, but would lead to Isha and the others meeting the enemy. The time was delayed again. The deeper they went into the mountains, the more Cassia became worried about Isa Nighthawk and the others. The longer the evacuation distance, the greater the chance of encountering enemies when they return. This is not what Cassia wants to see.

The distance traveled in two hours was only fifty or sixty kilometers, and the surroundings were surrounded by the shadows of mountains. The only thing that could be clearly seen was the white shadow of the mountain peaks in the moonlight.

After all, they went to the predetermined location, placed high explosives, and time-controlled fuses. As quietly as possible, more than 20 people found a pile of dead wood branches and leaves from the surroundings and covered them so that the fire could spread after it rose. If it is wider, it will definitely cause wildfires.

Look at the time, it's less than ten minutes before four-thirty.

Cassia and the others then walked on the way forward. The fire burned and they were noticed by the enemy. It only took time for the team to surround them. Cassia and the others need to seize this opportunity and go as deep into the mountains from the flanks as possible.

The time on the mechanical watch passed little by little and reached half past four. At the same moment, like a simple copy, under the woods in the dark night at different locations, in the slightly moist black, the "sizzling" sound of burning explosives was heard one after another, and then the "sizzling" sounds of leaves and dead branches being ignited. "Crack, crackle, crackle" sound. The dry air in summer became the best accelerant for combustion. After a few minutes, patches of fire lit up in the darkness and slowly expanded.

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"The third to sixth teams went to the south to create a fire break, and the seventh to tenth teams followed them and spread out to search the surrounding area..."

"According to the plan, let the team bring artillery directly to blast the fire. The logistics team will follow up to ensure ammunition, and the other teams will spread out on both wings to search for the enemy. All information will be summarized in real time and displayed on the map to find out the enemy's Only traces will do...”

"Let the airship set off. After a few rounds of aerial bomb tilting, there should be no more problems with these fires. It would be better if the enemy hides around, but they will not be so brainless. There will be no fire that spreads. It will reveal your position."

"Let's move out the battle armor. We've brought three of them. With the kinetic armor, it's easy to cut off the spread of flames. Neither of these two things are very afraid of these flames..."

Within the belt-like mountain range, the guards in each area observed the fires rising everywhere and responded as quickly as possible. At the same time, as if they had an incomparable tacit understanding, they all dispatched a corresponding number of teams at the same time and began to search the surrounding area where the fire was burning. Thanks to the flames, although their position was not completely exposed, they at least knew where the enemy had advanced and roughly how fast they were advancing.

When the time reached around 5:00, a team had arrived near the spreading flames. Soon after, the first team of the organization met members from the Empire's side.