Chapter 545 - 538: Depart Immediately
Front line.
The so-called front line is where opposing sides confront each other, but between the Sanitation Worker and the main forces of the Solar System, there’s at least a 50-kilometer gap, a distance beyond the maximum range of both sides’ artillery.
Scattered small forward observation posts or reconnaissance team locations are interspersed like interlocking teeth. Both sides not only need to determine the location of the other’s main forces but also prevent infiltration by the other’s reconnaissance teams. Without military camps or fixed outposts to rely on, the frequency of skirmishes has once again become extremely high.
The position Gao Yuan and his group reached was still over twenty kilometers from Malakal City, to the direct east of the city, while the Sanitation Worker’s main forces were roughly thirty kilometers to the south of Malakal, their exact position unknown.
When Gao Yuan followed Ram into the front-line command center, they could already hear the loud arguments coming from inside.
The Uranus Troops, commanded by Li Pengfei, still played the leading role, so the majority of the soldiers in the camp were Shenzhou People, and naturally, the sentries standing guard outside the command center were also Shenzhou People.
Upon entering the command center, they discovered that despite the well-ventilated tent, it was still shrouded in smoke, with a dozen people gathered around a cobbled-together long table, puffing away in clouds.
"We must retreat, otherwise the enemy wouldn’t dare to attack," someone said.
"Even if you retreat, the enemy wouldn’t dare to attack. Our base is too close, just a twelve-hour forced march away. If it were you, would you dare to attack? Now it’s not about luring the enemy at all. In my opinion, we must fight a real battle to make the enemy understand our determination, to make them believe we are determined to take Malakel. Only then will they dare to take a risk, they will have to take a risk. We set up a pocket formation here, so when the enemy plans to hit our rear, hey, we can give them a..."
"Your idea is good, but let me ask you, what price do we have to pay to launch a direct assault on Malakal? Can we afford such heavy casualties?"