Chapter 199

In the operations room of the Starfire Mercenary Group headquarters, Commander Zhang spread a map marked with red dots on the long table,

and core members like Lin Chen and Li Wei stood on both sides. The red dots on the map

were all resource points currently controlled by the Iron Hand Group—the freshwater purification station in the east of the city,

the canned food storage warehouse in the west of the city, the mechanical repair factory in the south of the city, and the temporary ammunition storage point in the north of the city.

"The interior of the Iron Hand Group is in a mess because of catching the mole, and they have even killed two innocent members,

and now everyone is in danger; it is a good time for us to take action." Commander Zhang's finger swept across the map,

"We must take advantage of the situation to launch a comprehensive resource battle, take all these points down, cut off their supplies, and make them completely lose the ability to resist."

Li Wei leaned over to look at the map, pointing at the freshwater purification station in the east of the city and saying: "This is the lifeline of the Iron Hand Group;

all the drinking water for their stronghold is supplied from here; I will take a team to attack this place,

and strive to take it down within an hour." Lin Chen focused his gaze on the canned food storage warehouse in the west of the city: "The west warehouse is closest to the Iron Hand Group stronghold,

so they will definitely send heavy troops to defend it; I will take the assault team to detour from the side and rear, and cooperate with the peripheral members to attack from both sides, avoiding a direct head-on fight."

Commander Zhang nodded, and pointed at the mechanical repair factory in the south of the city and the ammunition point in the north of the city: "These two points are handed over to other teams;

act simultaneously at four o'clock tomorrow morning, keep the communicators open, and support immediately if you encounter emergencies."

After the meeting, Lin Chen returned to the dormitory and synchronized the battle plan to Xia Nuan—she took the initiative to propose being responsible for battlefield medical support and wanted to follow Lin Chen's team to act.

"The risk of tomorrow's operation is high; you stay at the rear medical point and don't get close to the front line."

Lin Chen organized the ice blades, his tone carrying worry. Xia Nuan, however, handed over a bag of alcohol cotton pads,

putting them into his tactical backpack: "I will follow at the end of the team and only treat the wounded,

and won't add trouble to you. Besides, with me here, if you guys get injured, it can be treated in time, which can reduce casualties." Lin Chen looked at her firm eyes and finally nodded.

At 3:30 AM the next day, the members of the Starfire Mercenary Group gathered outside the headquarters,

and the three groups of people boarded off-road vehicles separately and drove toward the target resource points.

Lin Chen's assault team had eight people in total, and three off-road vehicles advanced in a "pin" shape; Xia Nuan sat in Lin Chen's passenger seat, holding the handle of the medical kit, her eyes vigilantly observing outside the window.

At 4:00 AM sharp, the action signal came through the communicator on time. Gunshots sounded first in the east of the city,

and Li Wei's team had already exchanged fire with the Iron Hand Group guards. Lin Chen's team took advantage of the night,

detouring to the rear of the canned food warehouse in the west of the city—there were only two guards dozing off here; Xiao Wang and Xiao Li quietly touched over, covered their mouths with cloth strips, and easily subdued the people.

"Act according to the plan; Xiao Zhang and Xiao Liu are responsible for blowing open the warehouse door, and the others are on alert."

Lin Chen ordered. Xiao Zhang took out explosives and stuck them on the lock of the warehouse back door; everyone retreated to a safe distance, and with a "Boom—", the door panel was blown open, revealing a large hole, and the canned food boxes stacked inside were vaguely visible.

Just as they were about to rush in, several Iron Hand Group members suddenly rushed out from both sides of the warehouse, raising their guns and shooting.

"There's an ambush!" Lin Chen immediately mobilized absolute zero, condensing an ice wall to block the bullets,

and shouted at the same time: "Detour to their side!" The team members dispersed, using the ruins as cover, and shot at the ambushing enemies. Xia Nuan squatted behind the ice wall, ready to treat injured team members at any time.

After ten minutes of fierce fighting, the ambushing enemies were all subdued. Lin Chen took the team members and rushed into the warehouse,

where a dozen or so Iron Hand Group members were busy transferring canned food; seeing them enter,

they immediately picked up weapons to resist. Lin Chen swung his blade and rushed to the front; the ice blade grazed a member's gun stock,

splitting the weapon into two halves; the opponent was so scared he turned and ran, and other members saw this and surrendered one after another.

"Hurry up and move the canned food to the car; move fast!" Lin Chen shouted. The team members acted immediately,

moving boxes of canned food to the off-road vehicles. Xia Nuan found several tied-up warehouse managers in the corner of the warehouse and untied their ropes: "Don't be afraid, we are from the Starfire Mercenary Group and won't hurt you."

Just at this moment,

the communicator received news: the freshwater purification station in the east of the city and the ammunition point in the north of the city had been taken down,

and only the mechanical repair factory in the south of the city encountered stubborn resistance and needed support.

Lin Chen left two team members to guard the warehouse and prisoners, and took the others to rush toward the south of the city. When they arrived at the repair factory, Starfire members were deadlocked with Iron Hand Group people at the entrance, and both sides had casualties.

"Go in from the ventilation duct behind the repair factory and strike directly at their defensive core!"

Lin Chen said after observing the terrain. Xiao Wang and Xiao Li immediately found tools, pried open the cover of the ventilation pipe,

and drilled in. A few minutes later, gunshots came from inside the repair factory, and the defense of the Iron Hand Group fell into chaos. Lin Chen took the opportunity to order an attack, and under the attack from inside and outside, the Iron Hand Group people soon collapsed and threw down their weapons and fled one after another.

When the sun rose, the comprehensive resource battle ended. The Starfire Mercenary Group successfully took down all the resource points of the Iron Hand Group,

and the captured freshwater, canned food, ammunition, and mechanical parts filled more than twenty trucks.

Lin Chen stood at the entrance of the repair factory, watching the convoy loaded with supplies drive back to the headquarters; Xia Nuan walked to his side and handed over a bottle of water: "The mission was completed very smoothly, and there were no seriously injured people." Lin Chen took the water, unscrewed the cap and took a sip, and said to the communicator: "Notify the headquarters, all teams gather and return, prepare to count the supplies, and strengthen the defense of the resource points."