Resurrection Empire-Chapter 902 - 346: Encirclement, Part 3

Before leaving, Ju Qingmeng turned to look at Chen Hanyu, suddenly smiled, and gently patted Chen Hanyu on the shoulder, "Remove your disguise, it's a rare opportunity, you should seize it."

Chen Hanyu was taken aback, her face first flushed, then she turned her face away, shook her head, and said, "He won't like it."

"Ah. That's true."

...

Meanwhile, in Chromium Carbon Town, the manager of Chromium Carbon Resources, Liang Qifa, was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

Intelligence from outside the city had already been relayed, and in less than seven hours, the first wave of the enemy's main forces would be at the city gates.

Additionally, in the rear of the enemy, the towns of the Seven Towns Alliance were gathering a considerable number of forcibly conscripted wilderness men.

Analysis indicated that the enemy could muster an additional 300,000 cannon fodder troops.

Liang Qifa had already sent a request for aid to Starfire Town, but Zheng Tian told him that he must hold on for at least a day and a night before reinforcements from Starfire Town could arrive.

The situation was so grim, and Liang Qifa was not a military commander, merely the general manager of a resource recovery company, with no experience in military command, causing him inevitable apprehension.

He then rushed to the municipal government of Chromium Carbon Town, seeking assistance, only to be met with closed doors.

Afterward, he went to the headquarters of Chromium Carbon Mining to engage in a round of negotiation.

Chromium Carbon Mining was willing to provide a security guard team of 3,000 personnel to participate in the defense.

This team's average comprehensive strength was at the First Level, equipped with modified gear purchased from Starfire Military Industry, having some combat capability, but seemed a drop in the bucket compared to the enemy's 200,000-strong army.

As for Chromium Carbon Resources' own armed forces, there were only ten Scavenger Teams, totaling 63 Fourth Level professionals.

Additionally, there were 1,200 semi-professional senior scavengers, with professional levels ranging from the Third Level to the Second Level.

The number of First Level professionals was large, reaching 80,000, but only 10,000 of them were original residents of Chromium Carbon Town, somewhat trustworthy.

As for the other 70,000, some came from wilderness tribes near Huaihai City, while others came from other towns.

Besides, there were as many as 2,000 professionals at Second Level or above among these new outsiders.

On the surface, the military strength within Chromium Carbon Town did not seem weak, but Liang Qifa dared not judge whether these people could be trusted.

He was even certain that there were spies from the Seven Towns Alliance among the outsiders.

However, the number of people was too large; he couldn't possibly delegate telekinesis masters to scrutinize each one, lest it lead to panic and internal chaos before rooting out any spies.

Considering some enthusiastic outsiders, the forces that Chromium Carbon Resources could muster within seven hours were at most 23,000, a tenfold disparity.

Even if possessing the advantages brought by Starfire Military Industry, with some edge in equipment, Liang Qifa found holding out for a day and a night exceedingly challenging.

Liang Qifa opened the city defense map of Chromium Carbon Town once more.

Seeing the city walls fitted with numerous modified defensive cannons, he felt slightly more at ease.

For a while, he mumbled to himself, "Damn it, let them come, let's do this!"

If Ren Zhong, still waking at this moment, could hear his soliloquy, he would surely commend him greatly.

In fact, among all the subordinates, Ren Zhong paid the least attention to Liang Qifa, Yang Bingzhong's old subordinate.

Their communication was scant, perhaps exchanging less than a few words each month.

Liang Qifa was still in this position today simply because he consistently completed his tasks well enough without doing anything that displeased Ren Zhong.

Meanwhile, the atmosphere within the Seven Towns Alliance Army was similarly tense.

Not only did they fail to kill Ren Zhong, allowing him to escape back, but they also lost their elite hundred, a case of attempting to steal a chicken only to lose the bait.

Undoubtedly, they would face Ren Zhong's retaliation.

They found themselves riding a tiger, unable to dismount.

In the command vehicle of the Seven Towns Alliance Army, the commander declared thus: "Everyone, we have only one chance. We must capture Chromium Carbon Town as quickly as possible and use the people there as hostages to negotiate with Ren Zhong."

"If negotiations succeed and we reach a consensus, we seek the Association to mediate, offer appropriate compensation, and demand Ren Zhong withdraw from Chromium Carbon Town, then all will be well. Understand?"

"So, regardless of how tough it gets, we mustn't retreat an inch, but press forward relentlessly!"

3:50 PM.

Just as everyone anticipated, a vast army appeared in the distance outside Chromium Carbon Town.

Liang Qifa stood atop the tall city wall, taking a deep breath, "Here they come. Everyone, take your positions, prepare to engage!"