Alien Arms Empire.

Chapter 238 Chapter 238

"Oh, everything here is really annoying, the bugs here are bigger than those in my hometown!" Cutting off a vine with the machete in his hand, a soldier of Tarun Kingdom walked forward, While complaining.

It is really not an easy task to drive in such an unlucky place. Everything here is still in an undeveloped state, and it is definitely very difficult to find a road.

Another soldier trampled to death a passing bug, and cursed with disgust on his face: "Damn it, we've been walking for a day and a night, and we haven't caught the bastard who shot it, and we haven't found a decent road... Is there really a town here?"

They have been walking in this forest for a day and a night, and before reaching their destination, dozens of them lost their way and disappeared in this big forest full of mystery.

The plan to sneak attack on that damned town whose name is unknown seems to be bankrupt, or can only be handed over to the Navy's warships.

What they have to do now is to get there as soon as possible so that they can replenish the rest of the troops and have some fun in the new town.

Presumably there should be many women in a small town, right?Or boys are also fine, in short they are not picky eaters.

Plus, there must be gold coins in town, some treasure, and maybe even a rich nobleman.

As long as you search, you can always find a way to make a fortune.Coupled with the rewards for opening up the land, then their trip this time was worthwhile.

Thinking of this, they moved forward a little faster.Standing in what was barely an open space, Howson watched as his troops snaked their way through the jungle.

This was completely inconsistent with his plan, because he was not prepared to fight a non-existent enemy on Dragon Island at all.

His troops carried only a small amount of provisions, not much ammunition, and because they had traveled across the ocean, they did not even carry cannons.

These soldiers who had already marched into battle didn't even carry their tents, so they rushed into the forest in a daze.

Then, the soldiers of the Kingdom of Tarun were taught a lesson by nature.They slept overnight in the jungle without any camping equipment.

This night they lost 3 soldiers, and seven or eight soldiers disappeared.In addition to those who were left behind and scattered along the way, they didn't even see the shadow of the enemy, and there were more than thirty people gone.

Combined with the 20 soldiers who stayed to see the landing point, Howson's offensive force had less than 450 soldiers left.

"Sir! Sir!" Just as the troops were struggling to advance slowly in the forest, Hao Sen's adjutant walked up behind his own officer, his face full of surprise and nervousness.

Seeing the expression of his subordinates, Howson also realized something, but he continued to ask, "What's wrong?"

The adjutant gave way to the road and led Howson to the bank of a small river along a temporary path.

The view here is relatively open, and the terrain is also high, and you can see the forest on the other side of the river.Pointing not far away, the adjutant said to Howson: "You, you'd better come over and take a look at this."

"Huh?" Howson looked at the adjutant's finger, and then saw a scene that surprised him.

He couldn't even believe his eyes, and couldn't believe that everything he saw was real: "This... what?"

When he saw the chimneys of the oil refinery on Long Island connected one by one, billowing black smoke at the end of the forest on the other side of the river, he was completely dumbfounded.

He didn't expect to see a factory here, a factory that didn't know what it was used for.

Naturally, there were factories in Tarun Kingdom, or in their hometown, such factories were called workshops.

And there are not many types of workshops that emit black smoke and produce non-stop day and night, most of them are Cyric's arsenal!
As an officer, he had never seen such a huge workshop, so he immediately reassessed the so-called small town on this island.

"Are you kidding me? There are at least a thousand workers in such a workshop..." The adjutant standing behind him muttered in a low voice, "If you count the small town, maybe they have 2000 or even 3000 people..."

"Maybe they have a lot of troops." For the first time, Howson doubted his own judgment. He doubted whether he had the strength to control the entire island immediately.

It is estimated that there are at least 300 troops defending so many chimneys. Against such a force, even if his troops win, it may be a miserable victory.

Now he had only one advantage, and that was the possibility that his troops had not yet been discovered, that no one knew of their arrival yet.

Moreover, the navy's battleship must have arrived here before them, so the other party must have already focused their attention on the sea.

Perhaps the small town has already succeeded, the warship has destroyed the enemy's port, the enemy's fleet has been destroyed, and all the troops on the shore have been transferred to the coastline.

There is a possibility that as long as he launches an attack, the opponent will collapse in an instant when he is attacked from both sides, and then he will be able to win the battle.

After assuming a lot of possibilities, he felt that the attack should be launched on time-this is also the reason why most commanders launched inexplicable suicide attacks in the era of poor information.

According to the agreement, several armies split up to attack together, but in the end only one army arrived on time, and the commander didn't know that the other troops would not arrive, so he launched an attack by himself, and was easily defeated by the superior enemy.

By the time other troops arrived on the battlefield, the troops that launched the attack in advance would have been annihilated by the enemy long ago.

The current situation is like this, Howson doesn't know what happened at all, and he doesn't dare to easily change the battle plan he made before, so he can only honestly implement the battle plan he made before.

Therefore, he issued an attack order to get all soldiers ready as soon as possible, ready to attack those seemingly advanced facilities.

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In front of Howson is indeed the oil refinery of the Datang Group. The gasoline and other products it produces every day supply the daily consumption of about 2000 vehicles in Longdao and Bunas.

In terms of scale alone, this may be the largest oil refining base in the world today, and its technology is also the most advanced.

Tang Mo even has a small plastic workshop here, which is used to produce some oil extension products to meet the needs of many aspects.

It is an important production base of Datang Group, so it is also a key defense target of Datang Group.There are two companies of troops stationed here on weekdays, and now they have all entered their defensive positions.

In fact, compared with the defensive bunker built in Bunas before, the fortifications here are very simple.

The defense force of the Datang Group only built a defense line on the surrounding high ground and arranged for people to garrison it, which is considered to have completed the defense.

After all, there are no foreign enemies here on weekdays, and what the defenders do most is to drive away some wild beasts that inadvertently break into the factory area.

Moreover, because you don't know when you will continue to expand the factory, building peripheral fortifications is also a complete waste of time.

Before the cement solidifies, the factory may occupy the land of these fortifications to expand its own factory buildings.

Therefore, Roger agreed to Tiger's most economical method of saving human resources and raw materials - repairing trenches and simply building some firepower points.

They felt that as long as they discovered the enemy's invasion, they could ensure the safety of Long Island by letting their fleet destroy the enemy's sea power. Building fortifications inside the island was a waste of time.

A soldier stationed on duty walked up to his companion who was about to change the guard, and leaned his rifle against the edge of the trench: "How is it? What's the matter?"

"I didn't see a fart..." Putting down the binoculars in his hand, rubbing his sore eyes, the soldier on duty complained.

He handed the latest binoculars to his companions who came to change shifts, and then said with a look of disdain: "Maybe they didn't come at all, maybe they got lost...or they went to another line of defense... Anyway, they were late gone."

Calculated according to the standard marching speed of the Datang Group, they should have seen the enemy more than five hours ago.But they obviously overestimated the enemy, and the opponent seemed to have no way to reach the speed of the Datang Group's security forces.

It's all right now, it's already noon, and the opponent hasn't appeared yet, and they don't even know whether the opponent has gone the wrong way.

"Hey! Look! Flying birds!" The new soldier who came to replace the post took over the binoculars and before he picked it up, he saw a flock of flying birds startled in the jungle.

He picked up the binoculars and looked at the edge of the woodland, which was still smoking in the distance and was burned only seven or eight days ago.The Datang Group has been constantly reclaiming wasteland. They are burning down forests one by one, and then turning them into factory land or farmland.

At the end of the black-gray land, out of the bushes, a soldier with a weapon stepped out.Then, behind this soldier, a second person, a third person... a fourth person...

These men stood at the edge of the woods, waiting for more people to come out of the woods, and then they lined up at the edge of the woodland, seeming to be preparing to attack.

The soldiers of the security forces of the Datang Group stationed in the trenches have entered the state of combat readiness at this moment. They lean in the hidden trenches and observe the unknown enemies in the distance through the gaps between the weeds.

"Just so few people?" Seeing that the enemy's follow-up troops could not be waited for, the leading company commander looked at his deputy with some embarrassment.

His deputy looked at the Maxim heavy machine gun beside him, and there were two shooters, plus and minus, and made a "I am also helpless" expression: "It is true in the telegram...there are less than 500 of them."
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Long Ling stayed up late at night and wrote very slowly, everyone should watch Chapter 2 tomorrow morning.

(End of this chapter)