Li Wujiang received the news of the Thunderbolt Squad's annihilation hours before Luo De uploaded the video and Su Ziyu saw it.
Upon reaching the Eastern Land, the news of the Thunderbolt Squad's complete destruction shocked the relevant personnel.
Many, including Li Wujiang, were immediately summoned for an emergency meeting.
After understanding what had happened, Li Wujiang and the others were stunned into silence.
The specific situation was as follows:
Back then,
When Qin Zhou and his team captured James and Jack alive and coerced them into revealing the list of 111 people,
Everyone thought that the Luo De Group, which was besieging and killing the Hu Zhan team, would soon lose morale and completely collapse.
After all, once that list was exposed, more "white-bellied birds" would appear, stirring up a storm of bloodshed across Europe and America.
The mercenaries led by Luo De, who fought for money, would have no fighting spirit left, only wanting to escape the Black Water Forest as quickly as possible, go home, and live a life of wandering with their families, avoiding being slaughtered by the white-bellied birds.
Therefore, the thirteen prominent families, led by the Shen family, decided to take this opportunity to openly send troops west to rescue the trapped Hu Zhan team.
In their view,
The Luo De Group besieging Black Water Forest was currently a mob.
Upon hearing of the Thunderbolt Squad's arrival, they would have no other choice but to flee.
Going there now was simply a formality, a clean-up operation.
However, they never expected!
As early as when James and Jack decided to escape, and Qin Zhou exposed the list of 111 people, Luo De had already confiscated all communication devices.
Except for Luo De and the deputy commander Lu Na, no one else knew that their basic information had been exposed.
They only believed that the Luo De family was currently dispatching a large number of experts to protect the safety of their families.
All they had to do was to abandon all selfish thoughts, rely on the timing, the terrain, and the support of the people, especially with the high-tech killing weapons in their hands, and continue to hold their posts.
Most importantly—
The Luo De Group had also dispatched over a dozen first-class experts to assist Luo De.
With the arrival of this group of absolute experts, and especially after successfully cutting off contact with the outside world, Luo De's confidence greatly increased.
He was a hundred percent sure of proceeding according to the original plan.
At this moment.
However, Luo De, who was in contact with the outside world, suddenly saw the news online about the Thunderbolt Squad's westward expedition.
The Thunderbolt Squad's grand and almost arrogant display made Luo De extremely nervous.
After all, since they had besieged Black Water Forest, all the saviors the Luo De Group had encountered were fierce and fearless warriors.
They had caused great casualties to the Luo De Group, reducing their numbers from the initial 162 to 111.
This was even though they held the advantage of timing, terrain, and popular support, and were armed with the most advanced killing weapons.
The superior combat power of the Eastern Landers once again made Westerners understand that the war seventy years ago, where multiple countries were defeated by the Eastern Land, was by no means accidental.
It was a testament to their strength!
But no matter how nervous they were, what was coming would eventually come.
The group, with Luo De and Lu Na at its core, immediately formulated an emergency operational plan.
They were always ready for battle, with their armor on and guns at the ready.
Patrolling drones flew around the clock, making full preparations for the engagement.
Finally—
They arrived!
They have arrived!!
They marched in vast numbers from the direction of Europe into the uninhabited snowfields!!!
There were nearly a hundred of them.
There were as many as seven or eight supply vehicles.
Luo De and the others quickly dispatched heavy troops to rush to the west of Black Water Forest, digging trenches overnight (by building walls of accumulated snow and then freezing them with water), and standing ready.
They also sent out their most elite scouts to quietly advance west to gather intelligence.
Soon.
A few scouts found the Thunderbolt Squad.
Soon—
Hiding in snowdrifts over a thousand meters deep, observing the Thunderbolt Squad with high-powered binoculars, the scouts were completely dumbfounded.
They doubted—
They could swear to God, what they saw was not enemies who were fearless of death.
But a tourist group from the Eastern Land of the Great Tang!!
There were a large number of young and beautiful women among this group.
The extremely low temperature in the ice and snow could not stop their pursuit of beauty.
They wore luxurious mink coats, colorful thermal stockings, and long boots, exposing their navies, holding guns expensively purchased from some European country, and striking various poses in front of off-road snow vehicles, constantly taking photos.
There were also many young people, all dressed in the most professional snow combat suits, looking imposing while wearing cheerful expressions.
Even.
There were a few young people who, dragging their beloved women, ran several hundred meters away from the camp and, regardless of the cold weather, had snowball fights in the snow.
The women's joyful laughter could travel three thousand miles against the wind.
"Are these people here to fight, or to check in?"
The completely dumbfounded scouts exchanged glances for a long time, still unsure.
They were even more worried that this was an enemy ploy, designed to lure them out or to lull them into a false sense of security.
The scouts, not daring to breathe, lay in the snowdrifts and reported the situation truthfully to Luo De (they were confidantes of the Luo De family and were equipped with communication devices when venturing out).
Luo De in the main camp heard this—
He was also utterly dumbfounded.
A ploy.
This was definitely an enemy ploy to lure us out there to fight!!
Because they were having so much fun, but they hadn't uploaded anything online.
The online news related to the Thunderbolt Squad was still about their grand announcement of a westward expedition.
After an urgent consultation, Luo De and the others quickly gave the scouts precise orders: "Do not act rashly, lest you be captured alive and reveal the location of our army."
The few elite scouts received the message and agreed wholeheartedly.
So they buried themselves deep in the accumulated snow, and even though their entire bodies were frozen stiff, they dared not relax their vigilance in the slightest.
They constantly monitored the movements of the Thunderbolt Squad's encampment.
Thus.
The sky gradually darkened.
Just as the few scouts decided to retreat under the cover of darkness, suggesting that Luo De further retreat the blocking position, even retreating to the edge of the forest with the forest as their rear guard to avoid being attacked from the front and back, and to continue the fierce battle with the Thunderbolt Squad, an accident occurred.
A young man and woman came speeding on a snowmobile.
It's over.
We've been discovered.
There's no escaping now.
Only a fight to the death!!
The few elite scouts despaired, gritting their teeth and vowing to strike first when the snowmobile charged forward.
They burst out from the accumulated snow.
And then—
They remembered catching rabbits in the wild when they were children.
In fact, the process of capturing these two alive was even simpler than catching rabbits in the snow.
The couple who came charging on the snowmobile had no idea that enemies were hidden here.
When the enemies burst out and pounced on them from the snowmobile, the woman screamed in terror, while the man, after a "token" resistance, was knocked unconscious with a punch.
The few scouts, who were once again completely dumbfounded, still feared that this was a ploy by the Thunderbolt Squad and dared not delay, and quickly returned to their own blocking position with the captured couple.
Hearing that they had captured prisoners—
Luo De and Lu Na immediately interrogated them personally.
They interrogated the woman first!
An hour later.
Luo De and the others began to doubt their own lives—
Of the Thunderbolt Squad, a total of 88 people, 26 were core descendants from the thirteen prominent families of the Eastern Land.
Of the remaining 62 people, 27 were female travel enthusiasts who harbored the idea of "a journey on a whim."
In other words, these 27 women were all travel influencers.
Their alluring figures often appeared on major online video platforms.
They were mostly seen in remote border areas, wearing large sunglasses, standing in front of various explorers' vehicles, nodding their heads to the music, and taking photos to upload online, receiving endless praise like "This is what life should be like."
Their accompanying the Thunderbolt Squad on this westward expedition was not only to piggyback on the biggest hot topic to gain followers, but also because the remuneration was too generous!
As long as they dared to come and were willing to come, each person would receive a million!
Moreover, the descendants of the prominent families who invited them stated that this westward expedition was a clean-up operation.
Because in addition to their 26 people, there were 35 experts.
These 35 experts were also from the 13 prominent families and could be considered true hardened elites.
If they encountered danger, these were the ones who would charge forward.
The 26 descendants of the prominent families and the 27 internet celebrity beauties only needed to cheer them on and provide logistical support.
Once the Black Water Forest crisis was resolved and the surviving members of the Hu Zhan team were rescued, the descendants of the prominent families would stand before the cameras, speaking with great confidence and passion!
Of course.
After the 27 internet celebrities joined the team, they also had to provide some indescribable services for the sons of the prominent families.
Otherwise, why would they be offered such a good opportunity?
Upon hearing this, the 27 internet celebrities did not hesitate and readily signed the contract.
However, to avoid any unnecessary negative impact, these internet celebrities were not allowed to upload any information about the Thunderbolt Squad's actions online until the Hu Zhan team was successfully rescued.
This was why the internet celebrities, who had been dancing and partying all the way to Black Water Forest, had not uploaded anything online.
"Foolish Eastern Landers, do they really think we've lost morale and are here to clean up!"
Luo De was overjoyed, overjoyed, overjoyed after understanding what was going on!!
He immediately formulated a new plan, awaiting the arrival of the Thunderbolt Squad.
Even more laughable.
After two people went "missing" from the Thunderbolt Squad, no one even noticed.
After dawn, the jubilant Thunderbolt Squad, playing the hit song "This Guy Is Next Door," continued their march towards Black Water Forest.
They marched straight into the encirclement meticulously laid out by Luo De.
Half an hour.
To be precise, from the beginning of the battle to the end, it took a total of 23 minutes.
Luo De's side suffered six casualties.
Twenty-two members of the Thunderbolt Squad were killed on the spot.
These 22 people were all elites sent by the prominent families to help their core descendants gain merit.
They could still be considered iron-blooded men.
Unfortunately—
After suddenly encountering an ambush, especially when the descendants of the prominent families and the internet celebrities screamed, covered their heads with their hands, and fled like chickens and ducks out of a pen, it greatly affected their morale, causing them to instinctively turn and run.
Turning their backs to the enemy!
After suffering heavy casualties for 23 minutes, they all surrendered.
It took Li Wujiang a full ten minutes to explain all this to Yang Xiao.
Finally.
She whispered, "Those damn fools have completely put us in a passive position again. I estimate they will use the 66 captured people to demand the death of the white-bellied birds!"