Chapter 309.3: Clearning Up the Battlefield, Ambush!

But just when he was about to step forward to protect the administrator, he saw that the administrator was one step ahead of him, reaching out to pick up the grenade.

Then with a firm grip, the grenade the size of a can was squeezed into a ball by the powerful steel palm like an opened plastic bottle.

The crumpled grenade was like a misfired cannon, making a muffled bang.

Seeing the cluster of sparks leaking from between his fingers, Chu Guang shook his hand lightly, and threw the slag and scrap iron aside.

The dungeon fell into dead silence.

All the guards, including Lu Bei, were stunned by what they just saw.

Except for a few people who had followed Chu Guang for a long time, most of the guards were seeing the ability of the administrator for the first time.

Although his equipment was a factor, to be able to calmly pick up the grenade and stub it out, the courage required was beyond the reach of ordinary people...

Chu Guang ignored the reverent gazes of other people, and ordered, "... This guy should be the dungeon guard. Later, you should pay attention to those who are not injured, and then let others identify them."

Want to escape by disguising as slaves?

Hehe. You think I am blind?

"Yes, sir!" Looking around at the slaves in the dungeon, Lu Bei's eyes were burning with anger. He unconsciously clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

"These bastards..."

The brutal scene in front of him reminded him of what happened in the Bloodhand Clan's dungeon.

Those memories were like nightmares...

Chu Guang glanced at the boy, but did not comfort him.

The war between the New Alliance and the Bonechewer Clan had just begun, and the maggots that lived on the corpses of the wastelanders were far from just the Bonechewer Clan.

The tragedy that happened on the surface was just the tip of the iceberg.

He would see far more cruel things in the future.

After a pause, Chu Guang continued slowly, "Apart from this, I need you to count the number of people rescued, write down their names, where they came from... If they still remember it. If they can't remember it, don't force them. Just use numbers instead."

"I will give you 50 trucks later. You will be responsible for sending these people to the north of Dawn City, and the rest will be handed by Luca, who will be in charge of resettling these poor people."

"After finishing these tasks, I need you to bring back 50 trucks of building materials from the warehouse. The detailed list will be sent to your VM later, and the staff of the logistics department will wait for you at the warehouse in the north of the city."

"The war has just begun and we need to re-establish our defenses in the north of Bluestone County in preparation for the Bonechewer Clan’s counterattack."

All they had wiped out was just 1 brigade.

There were tens of thousands of marauders stationed in West Continent City. They also had machine guns and cannons, and may even have other powerful weapons from the Army.

Only a solid line of defense and reliable logistics could help the New Alliance win the entire war. When it came to war of attrition and protracted war, no one was a match for the players.

With his right fist resting on his chest, Lu Bei responded in a deep voice, "Yes, sir!"

After handing over the matters here to the Guardian Corps, Chu Guang then contacted Hyrja, who was studying hive samples in the medical laboratory, through Little Seven. He asked her to quickly lead a medical team from the south of Dawn City to the Home of Refugees in the north of the city, where a simple temporary disease control center was established.

Although reluctant to leave the laboratory, Hyrja could still distinguish her priorities. She left the shelter rolling her eyes under the repeated urgings of Little Seven.

The sanitation of the dungeon was poor.

There were at least 500 people crammed into a space of 2,000 square meters.

Considering the health status of these slaves, if not handled properly, it was very likely to induce influenza or even a more serious plague.

Fortunately, Dawn City's drug reserves were still sufficient, and with Hyrja, a knowledgeable and talented biologist, disease prevention and control was no problem for her.

At noon.

The Second Corps, led by Liu Ding, arrived near Bluestone County No. 1 Middle School, along with 50 trucks loaded with ammunition, supplies and mining equipment.

Mining of copper ore would start within 2 days.

A Lifestyle Profession player with experience in geological exploration had already received a mission from the scientific expedition team and took two NPC soldiers to the nearby Federation Geopark for an investigation.

Since it was a half setup mine, and the geological park had preserved the old mining equipment from the federation era, it would not be difficult to confirm the exact location of the vein.

With the equipment and manpower in place one after another, the resumption of production would start soon.

With the help of 50 strength type rookies, the 120 soldiers of the Second Corps quickly completed unloading the supplies on the trucks.

After that, the trucks and drivers would be handed over to the Guardian Corps, and Lu Bei would take 20 guards and 671 rescued survivors to the north of Dawn City.

Considering that as the war continued, more survivors would surely be liberated later.

After thinking for a while, Chu Guang decided to build a temporary settlement on the front line of Bluestone County under Luca's suggestion.

The location was tentatively set at the department store where Lion Fang was originally stationed.

The lobby of the department store was spacious enough, and the walls with a large number of steel bars had resisted the bombing of 100 kilograms aerial bombs, so safety shouldn't be a problem.

The space on the second and third floors could be transformed into a temporary save point, which would be convenient for Combat Profession players who were fighting on the front line to log off and save their gaming progress.

In the underground garage not far from the department store, there was equipment and supplies seized from the marauders.

After finishing counting the supplies, Liu Ding walked up to Chu Guang, gave a military salute, and reported in a loud voice, "The seized materials have been counted! Light weapons include 811 bolt-action rifles, 312 automatic rifles, 377 submachine guns, 27 light and heavy machine guns, 37 tons of bullets, grenades and mortar ammunition."

"In terms of vehicles, we have seized a total of 12 transportation trucks, 5 machine gun pickups, and 1,200 liters of fuel."

"In terms of food, nearly 1,000 tons of green wheat, shofar potatoes, 300 cubic meters of nutrient cream and a large amount of air-dried meat with unknown ingredients were seized."

"In addition, there are nearly 300 cubic meters of cement, 400 cubic meters of sand and a large number of steel bars. Judging from its appearance, it should have been produced not long ago."

Hearing the last, a hint of surprise appeared on Chu Guang's face.

My goodness. Are they trying to completely rebuild their fortifications?

But honestly speaking, with the construction level of those marauders, it was not bad to be able to build fortifications like this.

According to the information collected by Make Me, there were a large number of water tanks and wells distributed throughout Bluestone County, and the ammunition depots were connected by clear roads that were not affected by the fortifications and roadblocks that were used to block the attack.

Ordinary marauders wouldn't know much about building fortifications. At most, they knew how to build a wall.

But with just a few deserters from the Army, they were able to build fortifications like these. No wonder the Army could dominate in the west.

Chu Guang secretly noted down these in his heart, and then looked at Liu Ding who was standing at the side. "The construction of the front-line fortifications will be handed over to your second corps. I will give you another 200 men. You must complete the northern defense zone within 48 hours."

"Yes, sir!" Liu Ding responded and then immediately gathered his subordinates to carry out the work.

It was 1:00 in the afternoon. Chu Guang reckoned that even if the marauders of the Bonechewer Clan were stupid, they should've realized by now what had happened.

With marauders' organizational ability and discipline, it was almost impossible for an army of 10,000 people to assemble in just a single day.

Even for ready-made ammunition and weapons, it would take time to drag them out of the warehouse and distribute them to soldiers.

Attacking without any preparation in games would be called rush, but in reality, it would be called suicide.

Chu Guang could even boldly speculate that the Fang Clan stationed in West Continent City probably never expected that the New Alliance would choose early April, the season of spring plowing, to launch a large scale offensive, and it only took less than a morning to capture the south gate of West Continent City.

"We have at least 72 hours left..."

Staring at the holographic map displayed in the helmet, while thinking, Chu Guang fixed his sight on Pinewood Forest Valley, about 10 kilometers north of Bluestone County.

The marks of the 2 corps arrived at the coordinate point he set half an hour ago, and they should be digging trenches along the contour line at this moment.

That place was located in between Bluestone County and West Continent City. The mountains there were covered in dense vegetation and rose on both sides. The valley between the mountains on both sides was like the gate to hell.

If an artillery position was set up here, the range of the 100mm artillery could just enclose the southern part of West Continent City.

"... As long as we can hold the Bonechewer Clan in Pinewood Forest Valley for 3 days, we can secure the front in the northern part of Bluestone County."

"If we can hold out until the seventh day, we can push the artillery position all the way to the front door of the Fang Clan!"

At this moment, the icons of the 2 corps on the map flickered red light slightly, and an encounter icon popped up.

Immediately afterwards, an unknown force was marked on the map.

The Burning Corps, who were deploying their defenses on the front line, had already spotted the other party, but there was no exchange of fire. It seemed that the other party hadn't spotted them.

Chu Guang frowned slightly, with half-surprise floating in his eyes.

Fang Clan's reinforcements?

"Are they really so fast?”