“Report to Lord Jason, our troops have all arrived. Please provide the next instructions.” The messenger from the Sanctuary approached Jason and spoke quickly.
Jason replied, “Good, notify the entire army to prepare to counterattack the rebels. Vice General Blair, you will command this operation to intercept the rebels. The specific battle plan is to concentrate our main forces at the front of the rebel army to halt their advance, while the remaining forces will be distributed on both flanks of the rebels, then we will launch a full-scale attack on them.”
A burly middle-aged man beside Jason acknowledged and left to execute Jason's orders. After that, the sound of cannon fire in the northwest direction of the square became louder and more intense, with black smoke continuously rising in that direction, indicating that fierce fighting was occurring there. Although the battle had intensified, the sounds of cannon fire did not continue to approach the central square.
“Hmm, it seems the Sanctuary has started to counterattack the rebels. The rebels are being held back, and they might already be in a tough battle,” Rulu said thoughtfully, looking towards the northwest from the vehicle.
C.C. said, “So the rebels can’t reach here anymore? They can’t rescue those people?”
“It shouldn’t be that simple,” Rulu replied. “That old general Li doesn’t seem like someone who is all brawn and no brains. He shouldn’t be so easily defeated by the Sanctuary; he must have some backup plans.”
“What backup plans?”
“We’ll find out soon. We just need to keep waiting.”
Rulu and C.C. continued to patiently wait in the vehicle when they suddenly heard a loud explosion from the southern direction of the square. Rulu quickly turned to look southward and saw a red mech and about twenty gray mechs appearing from that direction, rapidly heading towards the center of the square. Behind these twenty mechs, there were also about five to six hundred armed ground troops following closely.
“So the rebels have deployed a small squad. It seems they plan to use this squad to carry out a rescue operation. This is indeed a good move,” Rulu said with a smile at the sight of the rebel forces suddenly appearing in the south.
Upon noticing the rebels’ appearance, Jason immediately dispatched dozens of mechs and nearly a thousand regular soldiers stationed in the square to confront the rebel forces. The two armies clashed in the southern part of the square, leading to intense combat.
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“Wow, they’re fighting! It’s so intense!” C.C. exclaimed, astonished as she watched the fierce battle unfolding in the southern part of the square.
“This rebel unit looks quite strong,” Rulu said while observing the battlefield through binoculars. “The pilot of that red mech should be Kallen. She can take on several of the Sanctuary’s mechs by herself; the Sanctuary’s mechs are no match for her. If this continues, the Sanctuary will soon be defeated.”
“Really? Let me take a look…” C.C. snatched the binoculars from Rulu to observe the battlefield. She noticed that the red mech was moving exceptionally agilely, easily dodging attacks from the Sanctuary’s mechs, and then retaliating against them.
The red mech had a peculiar five-fingered steel claw on its right forearm. Each time the red mech used this claw to grab a Sanctuary mech, the armor of the captured mech would immediately melt, creating a hole, and within a short time, it would be destroyed by the red mech.
In less than ten minutes of the red mech's powerful offensive, the Sanctuary had already lost more than ten mechs, while the rebels only lost two or three.
“Lord Jason, the situation is not good,” the chief of staff of the Sanctuary said anxiously. “In just ten minutes, we’ve lost nearly a third of our mechs, while the enemy seems to have lost less than a tenth. The situation is very unfavorable for us.”
“I see it too,” Jason said, staring at the red mech on the battlefield, his voice dark. “That red mech is very strong; our people are no match for it. If we continue fighting, we will undoubtedly lose.”
“Then… what should we do?” the chief of staff asked, panic in his expression. “Should we call for reinforcements from elsewhere? But it’s already too late to call for reinforcements now.”
“No need. I have a plan. Tell our people to retreat completely.”
“Yes, Lord Jason.” The chief of staff immediately ordered the entire army to retreat using the communicator. After receiving the order, the Sanctuary’s mechs and regular soldiers began to retreat towards the center of the square, while the rebels pursued relentlessly, launching even fiercer attacks against the Sanctuary’s forces.
Suddenly, a sharp whistling sound pierced the air, and a pink figure flew through the sky at high speed towards the red mech. With a flying kick, the pink figure struck the red mech's face, causing it to topple backward and crash to the ground with a loud bang.
“Everyone stop! Cease the pursuit!” a man in his thirties with curly hair and a red satin ribbon tied around his head shouted loudly into the communicator. The rebels immediately halted their pursuit and gathered around the fallen red mech.
“I’m fine, don’t worry,” the pilot of the red mech quickly got up, and a clear voice of a young woman came from the mech’s facial armor.
“Exactly, Kallen just accidentally fell. Captain Guan, you’re too nervous,” a bald, muscular man with a scar on his face said with a grin.
“That’s right! These Sanctuary guys are no match for us. They’ve already begun to flee; we’re about to defeat them!” A-Bing shouted, and the others in the rebel forces echoed in agreement, raising their weapons in excitement and cheering loudly.
“Hmph, you lowly scum think you can defeat our Sanctuary? It’s simply wishful thinking, a daydream,” a cold male voice came from above the rebels.
Hearing this voice, the rebels were startled, and they all looked up. They saw a slender middle-aged man dressed in pink floating in the air about seven to eight meters above the ground, looking down at them.
