Chapter 188: Cutting Off the Grain Route

In the conference room of the Starfire Mercenary Group headquarters, Commander Zhang spread a map marked with resource points on the table,

surrounded by core members like Li Wei and Lin Chen. "The Iron Hand Group's weapon depot has been destroyed,

and they are insecure internally due to catching moles. This is our opportunity." Commander Zhang's finger slid across the map,

"The grain storage point in East City, the medicine warehouse in West City, and the fuel station in North City,

these three places are the Iron Hand Group's main sources of resources at present. We must take advantage of the situation to launch a comprehensive resource scramble and take all these points!"

Li Wei immediately replied: "I will take a team to the grain point in Chengdong. The guards there are relatively weak,

so it shouldn't be difficult to take it." Lin Chen looked at the map and pointed to the medicine warehouse in Chengxi: "The medicine warehouse in Chengxi is close to the Iron Hand Group stronghold,

so they will definitely focus on defending it. I will take the assault squad to cooperate with the perimeter members for a pincer attack."

Commander Zhang nodded: "Good, the fuel station in North City will be handed over to other squads. Act simultaneously early tomorrow morning,

be sure to make a quick decision and not give the Iron Hand Group time to react."

After the meeting,

Lin Chen returned to the temporary dormitory and made a call to Xia Nuan: "Tomorrow I'm going to rob the medicine warehouse of the Iron Hand Group,

you take good care of Tuan Tuan at the base, don't worry about me." Xia Nuan said on the other end of the communication: "I have already greeted Chen Yao,

I will go with you tomorrow. I can help treat the wounded and hand over supplies to you,

which is better than waiting at the base." Lin Chen hesitated for a moment, knowing Xia Nuan's temper, and finally agreed.

Early the next morning,

before dawn,

the Starfire Mercenary Group members were gathered and set off in three routes toward the target resource points.

Lin Chen's assault squad drove three off-road vehicles, with Xia Nuan sitting in the passenger seat,

holding a medical kit, her eyes firm. "When the battle starts in a while,

you stay in the car and don't come out. Wait until we clear the enemies before getting off." Lin Chen instructed. Xia Nuan nodded: "I know, you guys be careful too."

Outside the medicine warehouse in Chengxi, the Iron Hand Group guards were indeed more numerous than elsewhere,

with over a dozen people, manning two machine guns. "According to the plan, the perimeter members will attract fire first,

and we will bypass from the side." Lin Chen said to the squad members, then gave a signal to the perimeter members. Soon, the perimeter members began to open fire at the warehouse, and the guards immediately turned their guns to counterattack.

Lin Chen took the squad members and bypassed from the ruins on the side to the rear of the warehouse,

where there were only two guards. "Take them out!" Lin Chen waved his hand,

and Xiao Wang and Xiao Li immediately rushed up, knocking down the guards with silenced pistols.

Everyone pried open the rear door of the warehouse, where a large amount of medicine was stacked,

and several Iron Hand Group members were organizing supplies. Seeing them enter, they were scared into picking up weapons to resist immediately.

Lin Chen drew his ice blade and rushed up first, slashing at a member's arm,

causing the other party to scream and throw away their weapon. Xia Nuan opened the medical kit in the back,

ready to treat injured teammates at any time. Not long after, the guards in the warehouse were all subdued, and the squad members began to move the medicine onto the vehicles.

"Not good,

the Iron Hand Group's support is here!"

Xiao Liu, responsible for vigilance, shouted. Lin Chen ran to the door and saw over a dozen pickup trucks driving toward the warehouse in the distance,

loaded with Iron Hand Group members. "Speed up! Move two more boxes and then go!" Lin Chen shouted,

while mobilizing Absolute Zero to condense an ice wall at the warehouse entrance to block the supporting enemies.

After the medicine was moved, the squad members quickly got into the vehicles, and Lin Chen was the last to retreat,

throwing a grenade at the ice wall before leaving. With a "Boom," the ice wall collapsed,

temporarily blocking the enemy's path. The off-road vehicle drove away from the warehouse, and Xia Nuan looked at the full load of medicine in the vehicle,

saying with a smile: "That's great, this medicine is enough for the base to use for a long time." Lin Chen nodded,

and took out the communicator to ask about the situation of the other two routes—the grain point in East City and the fuel station in North City had both been successfully taken, with only a few members injured.

On the way back to headquarters, they met the squad led by Li Wei, and their vehicles were also full of grain.

"Lin Chen,

you guys also successfully took it?"

Li Wei said with a smile, "This is a great victory.

Once the Iron Hand Group loses these resource points, it will definitely be difficult for them to turn things around in the future." Lin Chen nodded: "Next, we must hold these resource points and prevent them from counterattacking."

Returning to headquarters, Commander Zhang was already waiting at the entrance. Seeing the fully loaded convoy,

he said happily: "Good! Well done! This comprehensive resource scramble is a great victory!

In the future, these resource points will be managed by us, not only supplying our own members but also sharing with surrounding safe zones, allowing more survivors to benefit."

Xia Nuan followed Lin Chen into headquarters, and Chen Yao immediately greeted them, taking the medical kit from her hand: "Thank you for your hard work, fortunately nothing happened." Xia Nuan said with a smile: "As long as everyone is fine, it's good that this medicine can help." Lin Chen looked at Xia Nuan beside him, then looked at the busy members in the distance, knowing in his heart—the success of this strategic shift not only struck the Iron Hand Group but also allowed the Starfire Mercenary Group to stand firm in this area, and the road ahead would only get better and better. ===== CHAPTER 189 =====