145: Chapter 145 The Final Moments! The Hero's Curtain Falls?

General Gemu left a mark on the map and pointed at it, saying: "They are fleeing in a hurry. Since they are in a rush, they will definitely leave traces behind. We just need to pursue them in the general direction of their escape!"

Immediately after, he beckoned a few messengers over: "You few, go and pass orders to all units you can contact. Tell them to search while converging in this direction! Although this forest is large, there are only so many directions one can run. I refuse to believe that we, one hundred thousand strong, cannot catch such a person!"

Although the Black Earth Tribe's electromagnetic pulse bombs destroyed electronic equipment, forcing everyone to use primitive communication methods.

Li Mo was able to utilize Ant Man's advantages to transmit intelligence, but the Black Earth Tribe was not completely without options.

For example, General Gemu had many messengers stationed by his side to be at his beck and call.

Of course, the Black Earth Tribe's orders were certainly not as quickly disseminated as Li Mo's, but their advantage was their sheer numbers. Even if the orders traveled slowly, as long as they could slowly encircle Li Mo, it would suffice.

While Li Mo led his men to hide and dodge in the forest, he simultaneously launched attacks on the weaker units of the Black Earth Tribe, pushing the essence of guerrilla warfare to its absolute limit.

Their ten-man squad had actually managed to eliminate over two thousand people because of this.

This could be called an unprecedented military achievement, because the highest cultivation realm among Li Mo and his group was merely the Liangyi Realm.

In history, no one had ever achieved such a record while in the Liangyi Realm.

And yet, the enemy still could not catch them!

But gradually, Li Mo also sensed that something was wrong. As time passed, they discovered while hiding that they seemed to be encountering more and more enemies.

Previously, it might take dozens of minutes of movement before encountering a group of enemies, but now they could see traces of the enemy in just about ten minutes?

What did this mean?

It meant that the enemy had figured out their general direction and was closing the encirclement around them.

They were only ten people after all; being surrounded was likely just a matter of time.

Meanwhile, most of the brothers in the Vanguard Battalion had basically fought until the very last moment.

Li Mo did not yet know that the Vanguard Battalion, which had over five thousand men, was now reduced to just over two thousand.

Most of the captives rescued from the mining area had sacrificed their lives, and even half of the original brothers of the Vanguard Battalion had died.

Of course, their sacrifices were not in vain. The enemy's one hundred thousand-strong army encountered intense resistance, not only being held up for a full day and night but also losing a full ten thousand men!

Such a battle result was unprecedented and unlikely to be surpassed.

Everyone had almost exhausted their life force, and many even died from sheer exhaustion, truly fighting until the very last moment.

Even General Gemu was shocked by the people of the Vanguard Battalion.

He had originally thought that it would take no more than two hours to completely annihilate the enemy, but now a day and a night had passed, and the enemy was still putting up a desperate fight, while their own casualties were far higher than those of Daxia.

"This group of people is truly stubborn! The Daxia people are indeed terrifying! They are not fighting for survival like us, but for some kind of inexplicable belief. The power of this so-called belief is actually stronger than ours!"

General Gemu sighed, then looked at the map again. Now, this map had been marked with many red dots, and the red line connecting these red dots was Li Mo's general escape direction.

Under General Gemu's mobilization, the hundred-thousand-strong army, having broken into smaller units, had gradually encircled Li Mo. Li Mo was out of ammunition and food, about to reach the final step.

General Gemu marked the final point on the map, which was also the final location he had prepared for Li Mo.

Then General Gemu threw down the pen and said in a deep voice: "Let's go! I want to see with my own eyes what kind of person this greenhorn really is! And what we will have gained after paying such a heavy sacrifice!"

General Gemu ordered everyone to close in, intending to surround Li Mo's ten-man squad.

Looking at the dense lights surrounding them, Li Mo also understood that the enemy's encirclement had reached its final moment.

Due to the electromagnetic pulse bombs, Li Mo could not contact Zhao Zhenyuan at all, so it could be said that the ten of them had to prepare for their final sacrifice.

Li Mo sighed, then resolutely said to Ant Man: "Ant Man, give the order to all units. Tell them to retreat in the western direction. Try to avoid conflict with the enemy as much as possible. If there is a conflict, just use all your might to break through; the enemy shouldn't be fighting to the death!"

"Huh?"

Ant Man was a bit puzzled, then immediately said: "Battalion Commander, but our direction is to the east..."

Before he could finish speaking, Ant Man immediately understood the meaning behind Li Mo's order.

It was now the final moment; the enemy's main target was Li Mo, so they would only come towards Li Mo. As for the others, they wouldn't care too much at this time.

Li Mo had already prepared for the worst, but he only wanted to preserve some vital strength for the Vanguard Battalion.

Ant Man nodded calmly: "Battalion Commander, I understand!"

At this moment, Zheng Jiahao walked over and slowly said: "Li Mo, do you really want to do this? Once the brothers of the Vanguard Battalion go west, our pressure will be even greater. We could have originally stalled for some more time!"

Li Mo did not yet know the specific number of casualties in the Vanguard Battalion, but he knew that the number would definitely not be low. It was he who personally selected those people for the expedition, and it was he who personally rescued those captives from the mining area.

Li Mo did not want a single person to be unable to return!

"That's enough. As Daxia people, they have done enough! We must always leave some embers behind!"

After saying this, Li Mo decided not to run anymore and stayed where he was, quietly waiting for the enemy to come.

And this location was actually roughly the position General Gemu had drawn for Li Mo.

At this moment, Li Mo had nowhere left to retreat; the people of the Black Earth Tribe were everywhere.

Even if ten thousand had already died, they still had ninety thousand people left.

Yet Li Mo's squad still only had ten people.

The outcome could be imagined.

Xu Feng took out a cigarette and lit it, barely squeezing out a smile: "Boss, I've read some books from before the Spirit Awakening. Do you think we look like those anti-enemy heroes or something now?"

"Shut your crow's mouth! Aren't we still alive?" Zheng Jiahao scolded with a laugh.

But in reality, everyone knew that hope was slim at this moment; in a day and a night, Daxia's main force could simply not arrive that quickly.

But even at the final moment, Wu Yuqing had not forgotten the purpose for which she joined The Military.

She suddenly looked at Li Mo and said: "Li Mo, it's already this time, can't you have a fight with me? I want to see just how strong you are!"

Li Mo was speechless for a moment, but until the end, he felt he couldn't help but fulfill Wu Yuqing's wish.

However, just as Li Mo raised his spear, he suddenly thought of something and looked at the wushuang sword in Wu Yuqing's hand.

"Wu Yuqing, I know you want to win against me! But I have always wanted to understand, what exactly is swordsmanship? And what is sword intent? Don't misunderstand, I mean that I am also very interested in the sword as a weapon! Can you lend me your wushuang sword to use?"