Chapter 54 Morale Boost

Five hours later, under the cover of a 10,000-strong force, Wang Dingyuan led the remaining 30,000 troops, speeding along the mountain road towards the Heavenly God Mountain.

Even at full speed, they couldn't catch up with the Weishui Army and the Red Cap Army's latest encirclement of the Heavenly God Mountain positions.

In the command vehicle, Wang Dingyuan urgently asked an officer beside him, "How much further?"

The officer immediately replied, "Reporting, we are already at full speed, but there are still eighty kilometers. The mountain road is difficult, and it will take at least two hours to reach Heavenly God Mountain."

Hearing this, Wang Dingyuan quickly asked, "How long has the battle been going on over there?"

His chief of staff glanced at his watch and replied, "About an hour."

Wang Dingyuan frowned and said, "They've already fought three defensive battles. I've estimated their equipment carried by Chief of General Staff Fei and the battlefield feedback data. They will have a hard time holding out against this wave of attacks."

A general couldn't help but sigh, "We're already fast enough, going non-stop. The water tanks of the armored vehicles in the back have cracked several times due to overheating. On this mountain road, we've really reached the limit."

Wang Dingyuan thought for a moment and immediately said, "This won't work. We have to find a way to give them a boost, or they'll definitely collapse."

The chief of staff asked, "Should I call Chief of General Staff Fei?"

Wang Dingyuan waved his hand and said, "It's not a matter of communication… Do this, try to contact them, don't say eighty kilometers, say we're only fifty kilometers away. At the same time, order the artillery battalion ahead to ignore the main force and speed up to the front."

"Yes!"

…

An hour later, on Heavenly God Mountain.

In a dark, natural cave, Fei Pingsheng, Xing Yao, and others were quietly lying behind the rocks, motionless.

They were all wounded, and their ammunition was running low, almost empty.

"Pa pa pa…"

A burst of rapid footsteps came from outside, followed by several flashlight beams shining into the cave, sweeping across the gray stone walls.

Fei Pingsheng and the others lay still on the ground, holding their breath, gripping their weapons.

Several Weishui soldiers walked into the cave, cautiously probing, their feet making a creaking sound on the sandy ground.

Two of them were already in front, shining their flashlights inside.

"walkout!isawyou!!"

One of them shouted loudly in English.

The cave was silent, with no response. The squad of a dozen men, holding their guns, continued to advance.

Soon, the light was shining nearby, less than half a meter from where Fei Pingsheng and the others were hiding.

Xing Yao, lying beside him, watched the flashing light, calculated the position of the enemy, gritted his teeth, and whispered, "Screw it, let's do it!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the twenty or thirty soldiers hidden around suddenly jumped up, raised their weapons, and opened fire on the Weishui soldiers at close range.

"Da da da!"

A burst of bullets swept past, and several Weishui soldiers burst into a bloody mist and fell into the pool of blood.

Seeing this, the remaining Weishui soldiers retreated out of the cave while shooting.

"Damn you all, no one will survive!"

Xing Yao's eyes were bloodshot. He led the other soldiers, whose guns were already empty, broke open their bayonets, and charged directly into the crowd, engaging in close combat.

But at this moment, on the ground, a Weishui soldier with two shots in his abdomen was carrying a flamethrower specially designed to deal with complex fortifications. He used all his strength to pull the bolt, pressurizing the flamethrower. Then, with a whooshing sound, a wave of fire rolled out, sweeping towards Xing Yao.

Xing Yao, holding his bayonet, had just pierced the chest of a Weishui soldier and didn't have time to react.

"Brigade commander!"

A guard soldier, without thinking, jumped over and knocked Xing Yao aside.

"Whoosh!"

"Ah ah~!"

The wave of fire immediately engulfed the guard soldier, setting his upper body on fire. Screaming, he fell to the ground, writhing in pain.

The next moment, two comrades rushed towards the guard soldier, while the Weishui soldiers were still shooting, pressed him down with their bodies, and pulled off their clothes, constantly patting the flames on him.

Xing Yao's eyes were blood red. Holding the bayonet, he plunged it into the neck of the flamethrower soldier.

At the same time, the fighting was also extremely fierce on Fei Pingsheng's side. He shot and killed two Weishui soldiers in a row, and the ammunition in his automatic rifle was completely exhausted. Then, he charged into the crowd and fought the enemy with his bayonet.

Soon, Old Fei was exhausted. An enemy who had knocked his gun away with a gun was forcing him into a corner with a dagger.

Looking at the bright dagger, at this moment, he didn't know if he was thinking of his wife or the hot soup noodles he had been thinking about day and night in recent days. A force rose in his body, and he directly swung his gun.

"Pa!"

The opponent's dagger was immediately knocked away. Taking advantage of the opponent's dazed moment, he stabbed the opponent's stomach twice.

Blood spurted out like tap water, splashing all over Fei Pingsheng, and then the enemy's body fell softly to the ground.

In just a few tens of seconds, an extremely bloody close combat battle took place in this cave.

When the last enemy fell into the pool of blood, the dozen or so soldiers remaining in the cave leaned against the walls, sat weakly on the ground, panting heavily, replenishing their strength.

When the enemy launched this attack, not only had the artillery of Fei Pingsheng's two brigades run out of shells, but even the ordinary soldiers had very little ammunition left.

Many fixed defense lines had also been broken through, and the enemy's main force had all climbed Heavenly God Mountain, launching an encirclement against Fei Pingsheng's troops.

The cave was full of corpses and blood, and the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.

Fei Pingsheng calmed his breathing and said in a hoarse voice, "Clear the ammunition, prepare to retreat…"

Xing Yao leaned against the stone wall, pressing his left hand, which was trembling due to exhaustion. He paused, gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it, every time I call, they say they'll be here soon, soon, soon, when is soon? If we keep fighting like this, our soldiers will have to fight the enemy's machine guns with knives!"

"Bang bang bang!"

Just as he finished speaking, a burst of intense artillery fire suddenly came from the distant earth.

The artillery fire was deafening, and the earth seemed to be trembling constantly. Everyone present suddenly stood up from the ground and looked out of the cave.

They saw rows of artillery fire shooting into the sky forty or fifty miles away.

Xing Yao was instantly stunned.

At the same time, all the Renmin Army soldiers fighting hard on Heavenly God Mountain, after seeing these shells rise into the sky and explode like fireworks, felt as if they had been injected with a shot of adrenaline, regaining hope. The original low morale was burning again.

Fei Pingsheng quickly ran to the entrance of the cave, looked at the illuminated sky, and knelt down on the ground with a thud, shedding tears, "Damn it, they're finally here!"

"Our main force is here!"

"Look, they're very close to us!"

On the mountain peaks, soldiers were constantly shouting.

"Didi didi—"

Someone, accompanied by bursts of artillery fire, blew a loud charge.

Following that, the Renmin Army soldiers, who had been hiding in the dark, were ignited with fighting spirit again, turned into a torrent, and launched a counterattack against the shocked enemy.

…

At the same time, in the command vehicle.

Wang Dingyuan looked out the window at the artillery fire shooting into the sky on the distant mountain, gritted his teeth and said, "Faster! Faster!"

An officer from the Blackwater Corps couldn't help but ask, "Isn't it a bit wasteful to use these shells only for empty shots?"

Wang Dingyuan looked at him and said very firmly, "When people are in despair, what they want most is to see a little light. We have to give them hope to live."

…

District One, Washington D.C., the newly assigned office building for the Weian Council.

In the dim interrogation room, a burly middle-aged man with a slicked-back hairstyle stood there, his hands behind his back, and asked the person next to him, "He still hasn't talked?"

This man is called Liu Qi, one of Kong Zheng Hui's most dedicated subordinates, and also a defector from Dragon City.

The subordinate shook his head, and Liu Qi grinned, "Okay, then I'll talk to him personally."