With two small mecha launching a surprise assault and drawing away the base guards' firepower, the mercenaries of Iron Horse seized the opportunity to attack.
A sniper wearing goggles took advantage of the burst of light from earlier. With skilled technique and a steady hand, he shot the base's snipers—whom he had spotted and marked beforehand—through the head one by one.
On the ground, the Iron Horse mercenaries split into two teams. Bypassing the frontal battlefield where the small mecha were charging, they flanked and surrounded the enemy from both sides.
Guan Peng unleashed his Primal Energy and followed behind the two small mecha. Using them as cover, he charged to the enemy's defensive line and swung his blade straight at the captain.
The captain was also at the Advanced level and possessed some combat experience, but compared with a mercenary like Guan Peng, who frequently ventured onto battlefields, his experience was somewhat lacking.
Although he managed to tie up Guan Peng, he was suppressed by his opponent and found himself unable to break away and support the others.
Just then, an old soldier named Wang Tian among the Iron Horse mercenaries shouldered a rocket launcher and fired a shell at the machine room.
An armored combat vehicle tried to intercept it, but one of Iron Horse's small mecha landed on the vehicle and dismantled its weapons in a few moves.
Thus, after a dull roar passed through the night, the entire machine room erupted in a woven-white radiance. The light then dimmed slightly, revealing orange-yellow flames rising into the air.
Inside the Command Hall, all communications suddenly went dead. No one could make contact, and the command system collapsed.
As a result, all of the base's units, including its mecha, lost command and could only fight on their own.