The mineral reserves had no value to the pirates . This type of loot was too heavy and hard to sell . However, unfortunately, the trading of processed mineral products was very profitable . Moreover there was a batch of resources from the Ice Spear City right here . It was worth a lot .
Obviously for the Cronode Family, this wasn't significant at all . However since they were the pirates now, they would have to rob something .
The latest plan was to send a small portion of the army to attack the Ice Spear City . Following which, the Cronode Family would lead a group of brilliant and valiant warriors in and defeat the pirates while protecting the lives and property of the citizens in Ice Spear City . As to the mineral industry base being robbed, that was also inevitable . After all, the people were more important . In addition, Shien's and Redington's outstanding performance would also be remembered . Not only would the Elite Academy reward them, the Hail Cloud Alliance would too . Coincidentally, Shien and Redington were both from the Hail Cloud Alliance . Wouldn't this make them the idols of the new generation?
The plan couldn't keep up with the changes as the changes always triumphed over the plan .
Shien had also not expected things to turn out this way . As for the incident of Snow Li, it was even simpler . Snow Li had led a group of people to defend a place . All he had to do was to send people to capture Snow Li alive . There should always be some casualties in a cross fire .
Everything was within the control of Shien and Redington . The normal soldiers in the base did not have many objections . This was partly due to the influence of the Cronode Family . On the other hand, it was also because these students had come from strong backgrounds . There wouldn't be a problem for them to go up against 10 times their own number . In addition, the main person in charge was also missing . The typical soldiers wouldn't care about these . They were hoping that with Cronode being on Aisbotan, the reinforcement team would arrive quickly . After all, he was the young master of the family and there was no room for any errors . If the reinforcement team had arrived late, he might be killed .
Snow Li, Ai Xiaolu and the rest had arrived one after another at the mecha warehouse . The other students were all here too . What were stored here was the signature regular mecha of Hail Cloud Alliance, the Ice Wolf V . Beast type mecha was very suitable for battling on an ice field .
Just a while ago, they had received the news that Tank City had been raided . The actual scenario was still unclear . The Ice Spear City had already become a desolate city now with connections to the outside world being cut off . Based on the news from Tank City, the enemy's scale was a column of mecha . This would also mean that there were at least a thousand mobile warriors . They were highly discipline with tight formations and were definitely not some stray soldiers . They looked more like regular soldiers .
Everyone was shocked by the news . If it was only a hundred or two, the Elite Academy would definitely be able to take them down easily . However, if there was an entire troop with mecha, this would be a tough job .
"Are we going to defend the Ice Spear City tenaciously?" asked Cal Yingmeng weakly . Not all the students of Elite Academy weren't afraid of dying . It was especially so when the difference in strength was so distinct . It was clear that no matter if it was the interstellar pirates or any other things, they weren't here for them . There wasn't a need to clash with them head on .
Everyone looked at Shien Cronode . Shien was also a little surprised . These people had not followed the plan and this had caused him a headache . He knew beforehand that these desperate refugees wouldn't play by the rules . He also had to be careful or he might lose more if he tumbled . No matter how much wealth or authority they had, it wouldn't be more important than one's life .
"We should be defending the base tenaciously instead of the Ice Spear City . The Ice Spear City is too huge and doesn't have anything important . Our numbers aren't a lot with only about 100 including the remaining soldiers . We wouldn't have any chance of victory going against the enemy in battle . Moreover, they even have heavy weapons!"
The intention of Shien was clear . That was to give up the Ice Spear City and defend the base with their lives . After all, the military base at least had energy shields and they wouldn't be pulled down by the burdensome city . If they really could not hold on, they could even retreat .
"Shien, you seemed to have forgotten that we were students from the Elite Academy . We are reserve soldiers but we are still considered to be soldiers . Since when have you heard of soldiers giving up on their citizens so that they could escape?!" said Ai Xiaolu coldly . "Although the enemies' numbers are higher, we are elite warriors . If we are afraid of some disorderly crowd, what are we?"
After listening to Ai Xiaolu, the rest had their fighting spirit ignited . Although the enemies' numbers were greater, they were the elites from Academy X . What was there to be afraid of?
"Student Xiaolu, I can understand your thoughts and our responsibilities . However, we have understood from the intelligence sent by Tank City that the other party was a complete column of interstellar pirates . They had broken through the defenses of Tank City in less than 10 minutes . This would imply that they have heavy weapons . If we were to face them head on, only death would await us . As a member of the Elite Academy, we can't make sacrifices in vain and just have brute courage . " said Redington .
If there were heavy weapons, they might not be useful at all . The key thing here was that there wasn't anyone here that commanded the respect of everyone . Even those with some fame had conflicts between themselves . The others were even more unsure of what they should do .
"I had a thought . If the enemies were interstellar pirates, their aim should be raiding and robbing . Therefore they would definitely attack the Ice Spear City soon . I believe that the disruption of signals from Aisbotan must have been discovered by the Hail Cloud Alliance . They would definitely make their response and therefore the time left for the pirates would not be much . We could do a two pronged counterattack together with Ice Spear City!" said Snow Li . "The frontline of Ice Spear City could attract the attention of the heavy weapons as we flank from the back and the sides to attack their formation . "
Ai Xiaolu who was standing at the side immediately clapped and praised the idea . "With our skills and mobility, we don't deserve to be students of the Elite Academy if we can't even suppress a group of pirates . I'm from the Hail Cloud Alliance and will live or die together with Aisbotan . I will never bow down to the pirates!"
AI Xiaolu's words were decisive and she was able to cause similar feelings to resonate amongst quite a number of people around who were from Hail Cloud Alliance . If the other party had the absolute advantage, it would be inevitable to think about preserving oneself . However the other party did not have an overwhelming advantage in numbers .
If they were to cower at this moment, they might had to do so for the rest of their lives .
Shien frowned . He didn't expect Ai Xiaolu to be so instigative . Just when he was about to say something, the other students had already started roaring .
"That's right! This is the real practical experience . We have trained just for such a moment!"
In an instant, those who chose to fight overwhelmed those who wanted to hide . The plan was also simple . Those remaining soldiers in the base would be responsible for defending the Ice Spear City while the students of the Elite Academy would be split into 4 teams and moved out of the city's boundary to engage in guerrilla warfare with the enemies .
As long as it wasn't a head-on battle but small harassment, it was still hard to say who the prey really were .
Seeing that the main situation had been settled, Shien and Redington found that it wasn't a good time for them to say more . If they continued acting this way, suspicions would definitely be raised . If news of someone from the Cronode Family and an expert of the Xuan Grade Class 1 were afraid of pirates were to spread, they wouldn't be able to survive in the future .
Snow Li, Ai Xiaolu, Redington and Shien each led 9 people . The Ice Wolf V mecha was definitely not foreign to any Ability users with "Ice" attribute .
Snow Li had already entered the mecha and instantly made a connection with the G material . As the mech interface started up, she took a deep breadth . This wasn't time for her to think about Wang Zheng . All she hoped for now was for Wang Zheng to be safe . What she had to face now was war . There was a sentence from Ai Xiaolu that was right . As someone from the Hail Cloud Alliance, she definitely had to protect her homeland!
Rescue?
Shien Cronode had a headache . Under regular circumstances, it would take at most 5-6 hours for the Hail Cloud Alliance's space fleet to discover that something was wrong . However the issue was that the Cronode Family had already been devising about this plan for a long time . It would take at least a few days . The situation was a little beyond control now . He wouldn't want to die in his own plan .
The other party were true pirates . However… they weren't just any ordinary pirates but the DK pirate crew . This was an existence that would even rob the Arbiter Commerce group . There were indeed just a column of them . However their strength were even more brutal and violent than regular soldiers .
Shien Cronode did not care about what others would do . He didn't intend to seek his own death . Once they were in a crossfire, guns and bullets wouldn't recognize the targets .
Shien felt a little bottled up . He had originally thought that he had reached an agreement with the DK Pirate Crew and the other party would follow the rules a little . However based on the current situation, the other party were still pirates at their core .
He was being a little too naïve . Originally, Tank City wasn't part of the target of raids and robbery . The Cronode Family didn't want to completely destroy Aisbotan as they would have suffered a huge loss from it too . However, it would seem that these pirates didn't care about all these .
The DK Pirate Crew probably knew about it . The Cronode Family had also refrained from taking more actions in fear of the pirates . They might even defend the DK Pirate Crew vehemently to help them stopped the regular soldiers from discovering about them . Otherwise, if the pirate crew was captured, the Cronode Family wouldn't have a great outcome too .
Shien had analysed the situation calmly and made his decision . No matter what the DK Pirate Crew did, all he needed to do now was to wait and observe the changes .
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