152: Regain Goryeo’s dignity!
Choi Tae-won and Park Jung-young glanced at the map.
There was indeed only one flat road between Darkhan and Ulaanbaatar.
Both sides of the road were flanked by mountains, interspersed with various rivers and waterways.
If one were to set up strategic points, it would indeed be very convenient.
At first listen, Lee Tae-yong's strategy did seem more reliable than Kim Geun-seok's previous trench warfare.
This rugged path meant that even the Mao Xiong Country's T14 Armata Main Battle Tank would not gain an advantage, effectively narrowing the gap between enemy and friendly tanks.
Moreover, fighting while retreating, combined with the advantage of the terrain, even if it didn't completely annihilate Mao Xiong as Lee Tae-yong boasted, it could at least neutralize most of the enemy's combat power.
"Chief Cui, Park Jung-young, please think carefully."
"Our Strong Clan Plan invested a large number of points to purchase land combat armaments from other Settlements, all for the sake of increasing the global prestige of our Korean people, wasn't it?"
"At this very moment, Ma Country has gathered the most elite land combat forces of our Settlement. If we don't even have the courage to clash with Mao Xiong, even if the instance is victorious, wouldn't we still be a joke?"
"Rather than that, it's better to fight and show the true strength of Goryeo!"
Lee Tae-yong stood up, his eyes burning with fervor.
"The previous failure was partly because Lin Ye was indeed very strong, but also partly because Kim Geun-seok's command was too poor!"
"It simply cannot represent the true strength level of our Korean people!"
"This time, we should let everyone on Azure Star see the peak of our Goryeo!"
Perhaps influenced by Lee Tae-yong's passion, or perhaps they already thought so, Choi Tae-won and Park Jung-young now found Lee Tae-yong's strategy to be very reasonable.
"Good!"
"Chief Li is now the Commander, so we'll do as he says."
"If we can truly cripple the Mao Xiong Country's land forces, our Goryeo Settlement can indeed wipe away past shame."
With a consensus reached, the three Goryeo family heads immediately began to act!
Park Jung-young was responsible for using his family's excavators to quickly dig various small trenches on both sides of the road to ambush their tanks and heavy artillery.
Lee Tae-yong was responsible for deploying and allocating armament resources according to different terrains, ensuring that Kim 7V Tanks, Goryeo Heavy Artillery, Cui Family Anti-Tank Guns, and their own howitzer vehicles were all ambushed.
One thousand strategic points were to be set up along the route from Ulaanbaatar to Darkhan!
Choi Tae-won's task was to lead the motorcycle legion to harass Mao Xiong, then use the motorcycles' speed to flee, luring the Mao Xiong forces.
This time, Ma Country had a Challenger force of 500,000, so the deployment speed was much faster than last time.
Moreover, they could fully mobilize these nomads from Ma Country to do work.
While they couldn't fight, they could certainly dig holes and carry bricks.
Three hours later, Lee Tae-yong's one thousand strategic points were all set up.
All the armaments were ambushed on both sides, and various landmines and bombs were all buried.
Learning from the previous lesson where landmines couldn't penetrate Armata Tanks, this time all dosages were increased.
Everything was ready, just waiting for Mao Xiong to take the bait!
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Further north from Darkhan, one quickly reached the border of Mao Xiong, very close to Lake Baikal.
Choi Tae-won, leading a team of motorcycle cavalry, had already stopped at the border line.
He did not bring all 100,000 motorcycle cavalry, but only less than two thousand men.
By scattering all the cavalry, appearing in groups of one or two from time to time, they could continuously lure the Mao Xiong Country's army.
These two thousand vanguard troops were not meant for fighting anyway, but rather to act as a nuisance.
Choi Tae-won now stood at the border, clearly feeling how great the weather difference was between the two countries across that single line.
On Ma Country's side, there was only a little snow, while on Mao Xiong's side, heavy snow was already falling everywhere.
Choi Tae-won rubbed his hands, then directly accelerated and crossed the border.
At this time, on Mao Xiong Country's side, many civilians were still digging potatoes in the snow.
Despite the bone-chilling cold, he had no intention of continuing forward and directly ordered his subordinates to shoot at those Mao Xiong civilians.
Amidst the crackling gunfire, many innocent Mao Xiong civilians were directly shot down.
Choi Tae-won laughed and shouted to the sky.
"Mao Xiong Country, come and fight me if you dare!"
"Today, either you destroy my Ma Country, or I will kill all the civilians on the border."
What he thought was actually very simple: the more arrogant he was, the more he could provoke Mao Xiong Country, which would make Mao Xiong Country send troops to attack Ma Country faster.
Choi Tae-won's blatant provocation naturally led to a direct prompt from the Sky Curtain.
The Sky Curtain prompted: Detected that you have invaded Mao Xiong Country's territory!
Ma Country's forces, without formally declaring war on Mao Xiong, have wantonly massacred Mao Xiong civilians, inciting strong anger from Mao Xiong Country. It is detected that a large number of Challengers in the Ma Country faction have the Mao Xiongs Fury buff, and all Challengers' Mao Xiongs Fury buff will be upgraded by one tier!
Choi Tae-won gasped. His provocation actually doubled the buff...
However, for him, it was irrelevant. This was only his and his Cui Family's second time entering Winter is Coming. An upgrade of another tier would simply mean a deduction of 3200 points.
For him, it was a trifle.
The ones who would suffer were merely Kim Geun-seok and his Kim Family.
After this upgrade, those from the Kim Family who initially cleared Winter is Coming would have 12800 points directly deducted upon failure.
A deduction of over ten thousand points might lead to some LV2 individuals being eliminated.
However, this was no longer important. If this instance was lost, the Settlement might cease to exist, so whether some people lived or not was actually irrelevant.
Choi Tae-won retreated beyond the border line at the fastest speed, returning to Ma Country's territory, while the alarm sounded.
The Sky Curtain prompted: Your actions have completely enraged Mao Xiong Country! Mao Xiong Country will launch a large-scale, full-scale attack on Ma Country!
Mao Xiong Eastern Military Region will send troops to attack Ma Country!
Mao Xiong Western Military Region will send troops to attack Ma Country!
Mao Xiong Southern Military Region will send troops to attack Ma Country!
Mao Xiong Central Military Region will send troops to attack Ma Country!
Mao Xiong First Tank Division will arrive on the battlefield in five minutes and will attack the Darkhan area of Ma Country!
Mao Xiong Second Tank Division will arrive on the battlefield in five minutes and attack the Ulaangom area of Ma Country!
Mao Xiong Fifth Mechanized Artillery Division will attack the Murun area of Ma Country!
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Mao Xiong Aerospace Force will arrive on the battlefield in one hour and will bomb Ma Country's capital, Ulaanbaatar!
Mao Xiong Pacific Ocean Fleet will dock in two hours and launch long-range strikes against Ma Country!
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Looking at the overwhelming warnings, Choi Tae-won vaguely sensed that something seemed amiss.