Chapter 1059: Failure

The other side's caliber is very high.

From the opponent's series of attacks, Hidden Dragon's personnel confirmed this.

The Black Umbrella mercenaries were still locked in a tug-of-war with Hidden Dragon.

This enemy force had already entered the tunnel and secured a foothold.

Hidden Dragon was also caught off guard.

Indeed, the gap in combat habits between this enemy force and the Black Umbrella mercenaries is too large.

Leng Feng's reaction was quick.

Draft five hundred people, drive them out for me; if they can be annihilated, great; if not, it doesn't matter.

Our main combat objective is not to lose; we can win, but we must not win by too much.

If we perform too weakly, we cannot hold our ground; if we perform too strongly, they will shift their combat objectives onto us.

This is not conducive to our long-term operations here.

Our ultimate goal remains unchanged: to showcase our equipment and weapons to the world.

In Shamen, secure a foothold and create a deterrent at the waterway's entrance and exit.

Guarantee the safety of our waterway.

Huang Jun immediately began making arrangements.

The Special Forces unit immediately felt a fierce attack.

Especially the leap-fire bombs launched by Hidden Dragon always accurately strike into the tunnel.

Each explosion takes away several of their people.

These people are elite among elites, yet they are being eliminated one by one.

Their firepower is also fierce, but effective attacks are few.

Grenades and rocket launchers are indeed impressive, but they cannot turn corners.

The lethal radius is limited.

Meanwhile, the tunnel designed by Hidden Dragon is highly professional, effectively reducing the damage from shockwaves and shrapnel.

Release the suicide dogs, rabbits, and rats for me.

We must quickly expand the battlefield, letting the Black Umbrella personnel come in to draw fire for us.

We have been bearing the brunt up front, suffering too great a loss.

Soon, the specially trained dogs, rabbits, and rats rushed forward along the tunnel.

Boom—boom—boom…

Hidden Dragon was caught off guard again.

Upon discovering the enemy's suicide animals, pay attention to setting up isolation zones, wire mesh, sandbags, fishing nets…

Do not let them get close.

As world-class mercenaries, Hidden Dragon's reaction speed is extremely fast; soon various obstacles were erected.

With these obstacles, the suicide animals' speed immediately dropped, providing convenience for Hidden Dragon's sniping.

With each explosion.

The Special Forces unit's means were gradually exhausted, but their results were not as great as imagined.

Thereafter, Hidden Dragon launched a fierce assault, hurling ammunition and shells as if they were free.

Hidden Dragon's usable unmanned equipment was also thrown into the fray.

Boom—boom—boom…

Rat-tat-tat…

The Special Forces unit's personnel again quickly dwindled.

The Special Forces battalion commander felt immense pressure; as the offensive failed and casualties rose, the unit's morale sank lower and lower.

When casualties exceeded half, the Special Forces battalion commander finally issued the retreat order.

Indeed, ammunition was nearly exhausted, and the troops had reached their limit.

The troops' fighting spirit was completely gone.

They had lost combat capability.

Withdraw, conduct an orderly blocking action, conduct an orderly retreat.

Upon hearing the commander's words, the remaining Special Forces personnel, as if granted a great pardon, began an orderly retreat.

As firepower waned, Hidden Dragon also realized they intended to flee.

Don't rush; take it slow, don't fall for their little tricks.

As the boss said, just drive them away.

The opposing force is very strong; pressing too hard easily brings heavy casualties upon ourselves.

Better to advance step by step, fighting while pursuing.

Leveraging our familiarity with the environment, we gradually eliminate the enemy's manpower.

Attacking is easy, retreating is hard—this is not just empty talk.

Retreating exposes our rear weakness to others, making it easy to be exploited and then destroyed.

In most wars throughout history, the cause of defeat is rout.

Unable to form an orderly cover, they are wantonly slaughtered.

As expected, the Special Forces unit laid land mines, trick mines, and remote-controlled explosives during their retreat.

If not for the dedicated tunnel-clearing vehicle clearing mines for them, this pursuit would easily have been ambushed.

This is still domestic combat; they hold the geographical advantage. If they met on unfamiliar terrain, this engagement might not only fail to benefit Hidden Dragon but could inflict heavy losses.

The advantage in this battle let them achieve excellent results.

Because they had obstacle-clearing vehicles serving as shields, Hidden Dragon's pursuit speed was not slow at all.

The special forces team tasked with covering the retreat suffered heavy casualties.

When the special forces team had fully retreated, they had only over three hundred left.

The battalion commander was furious, and the person in charge of the special forces team was also furious.

Bruce also suffered heavy losses this time, feeling heartbroken.

"I didn't expect Hidden Dragon to be so strong; starting tomorrow, they will become the world's top mercenaries."

"The refugee camp will also be unshakable."

"The Shamen, free of rear concerns, will be even harder to deal with."

"The prospects of the Shamen crisis are likely to be difficult."

The person in charge of the special forces team naturally hated Hidden Dragon for ruining their plans and inflicting heavy losses on them.

"We can't just leave it at that."

"We must use this opportunity to inflict heavy losses on the enemy."

"The reason of mercenaries seeking revenge can only be used once."

"So we must finish everything."

Bruce also thought that he was sending his black umbrella.

He immediately refused.

"We have already exhausted all our means; even if we consume all our people here, it would be hard to achieve too good a result."

"They have long been prepared, and their preparation is very thorough."

"Especially their new weapons, whose lethality against us is too strong."

"Continuing the attack is now meaningless."

"If we want to achieve results, it would be better to use aircraft carriers, planes, and missiles."

"That is our advantage."

The person in charge of the special forces team looked at the anti-air balloons in the sky.

"In this regard, they also have preparations."

"Anti-air balloons pose too great a threat to aircraft."

"Moreover, we don't know if they have other functions."

Bruce.

"Then let's shoot them down."

Person in charge.

"Some of the anti-air balloons are very high; it's hard to say whether missiles can shoot them down."

"Moreover, we cannot rule out that they have interceptors for missiles and guided missiles."

Bruce.

"You mean we can't even deal with a balloon?"

The other party nodded.

"This might be Hidden Dragon's intentional design; their height is at the limit of our reach."

Bruce.

"Do they dare to act against our fighter jets?"

"If ordinary ones won't work, then use stealth ones."

"If we had known earlier, we should have shot them down when they took off."

"What's the use of regret? Is there even medicine for regret sold in the world?"

Moreover, the place where the balloons are launched is also far from the battlefield, and it's also the refugee camp.

"You could call it collateral damage if you hit near the battlefield, but attacking such a distant target is outright slaughter."

"This will bring us before an international court."