Warhammer: Starting with Industrial Revolution

The teams advanced in a stair-step formation, with each team member spreading out and moving slowly, maintaining a five-meter distance between each person so they could keep an eye on their teammates at all times.

The distance between these twenty squads is no more than 100 meters, and Luo Ning requires each squad leader to keep track of the situation of their team members at all times and report to him every five minutes.

If no one responds within five minutes, it will be assumed that the squad has been attacked, and the two squads on the left, right, and rear will immediately go to the squad's location to check.

At Luo Ning's request, the entire expedition team was united into an excellent whole, and no matter where a problem occurred, other teams could provide support immediately.

This not only minimizes potential casualties but also maximizes the search area for the entire team.

As the convoy moved forward, the forest became noticeably quieter, with only the loud roar of the armored vehicle engines echoing through the air.

Luo Ning stared intently at the data panel in his hand, while reports from various squad leaders kept coming through his earpiece. At least for the time being, everything was still calm.

Unbeknownst to them, they had already entered the depths of the dense forest.

In this deadly forest, you must be extremely vigilant, as anything that seems ordinary could be deadly.

Whether it's fog in the forest or puddles on the ground, they can all be extremely poisonous. If a person comes into direct contact with them, ulceration and mutation will occur in less than half an hour.

Not to mention the monsters and poisonous insects lurking everywhere, which are even more difficult to guard against.

After half an hour of marching, nothing seemed out of the ordinary, but Luo Ning's nerves were on edge. Although his team was at the very back of the entire expeditionary force, he couldn't relax for even a second.

In this dense forest where danger is known to lurk, the absence of anything unusual is the biggest anomaly.

If possible, Ronin would prefer to use the servo skull for direct, large-scale deployment to conduct reconnaissance of this dense forest.

Unfortunately, according to Victor, they currently possess very few servo skulls, which is far from meeting Ronin's requirements.

However, it didn't disappoint Luo Ning too much. At least in this operation, each team was assigned a servo skull to scan and mark the surrounding area, allowing Luo Ning to keep track of the situation at any time.

Luo Ning couldn't help but think that when he got back, he would definitely force Viktor, that old geezer, to make more servo skulls. Using manpower for monitoring and surveillance was simply too outdated.

But at that moment, the scan information transmitted back by a squad on the data board suddenly stopped.

"Squad 6 replied to me immediately, asking what happened, saying that their data connection had disappeared."

He immediately contacted the other party via radio, and the other party did reply, but the voice was intermittent and he couldn't understand what was being said at all.

"Squad 6 halt. Teams 5 and 7 report the situation."

Clearly, the metallic toxins in the forest were causing severe interference with the communication system.

"Report: Everything is normal on the 5th."

But there was no news from the 7th side for a long time, and the next second, their server skull scan data was also lost.

A sense of foreboding washed over him, and he immediately broadcast the message to all the squads.

「5号、8号、16号、17号，立刻向中心6号7号位置靠拢，其他队伍收缩阵型原地警戒。」

"Received on the 5th, on its way."

"Received on the 8th!"

"Received on the 16th!"

"Received on the 17th!"

"Received on number 2, currently on standby."

"Received on the 19th, currently on standby."

Reports came through Luo Ning's headset, and looking at the data panel, he saw that all the other teams had confirmed the information.

He immediately ordered his squad to move closer to position number 7.

Just then, an explosion came from the location of Squad 7, breaking the tranquility of the dense forest.

The servo skull exploded!

In that instant, Luo Ning understood what had happened.

Clearly, Squad Seven has encountered the enemy, and the Servo Skull is equipped with an anti-capture program. Once it loses its controller, it will self-destruct to prevent it from being captured and used by the enemy.

With the explosion of the servo skull, everything was settled.

He immediately ordered all eight squads in the vicinity to move towards the explosion site, while the other squads remained on alert and joined him, ready to engage in combat at any time.

However, just as he finished giving the order, he heard a shout from Squad 5 through his headset.

"Report! Enemy detected! Requesting instructions!"

"Enemy numbers! Location! What's their situation?" Ronin shouted. The training level of this group of defense troops was clearly insufficient; they must be trained properly when they get back.

In combat, the first thing to say should always be the most important thing.

As for those useless requests and other nonsense, others might care a lot in the Warhammer 40 world, but Rhonin didn't care at all; all he wanted was efficiency.

"There are about two hundred enemies, and they're mutants! They're right where Squad 6 was just now. Squads 6 and 7 are all wiped out, and they're currently looting the spoils. Sir, what should we do?"

The captain of Squad 5's voice was clearly impatient. He obviously wanted to rush forward to avenge his comrades, but the enemy's large numbers made him hesitant.

"Maintain tracking, allow the servo skull to perform silent scanning, and keep the troops as concealed as possible until other units are in position."

Luo Ning remained unusually calm. Although his troops were few in number, he had carefully selected each squad to have a full fifty men for this expedition.

Once the troops are in position, they can use their overwhelming superiority to encircle the enemy.

The only thing we need to be wary of now is whether these mutants are their entire force or just the vanguard.

Luo Ning was not an optimistic person. In a two-hundred-to-two-hundred situation, if his troops could launch an ambush first, there was a high probability that he would win.

But he always felt something was amiss. How could a team of fifty men be wiped out without even being able to put up a fight, and how could this happen twice in a row?

This is clearly not normal.

At that moment, reports came through the headset from teams 8, 16, and 17; they were in position and ready to attack at any time.

According to the information on the data board, other teams are already very close, and now is the perfect time to begin encircling them.

Just then, a cry of alarm came through the earpiece, "Sir! The mutants are starting to emit a gas!" The person who relayed the message was the captain of the fifth squad.

"We've been discovered?" Luo Ning asked immediately, but the captain of the fifth squad clearly stated that they had not.

In an instant, Luo Ning realized that the other side was planning to retreat!