The group left one after another.
Shen Heng glanced at the Stone-Armored Beast behind him, then turned his gaze to Wu Hao.
"What's the situation regarding your casualties this time?" Shen Heng asked.
Before he even reached the command center, he already knew from the transmitted audio that Wu Hao and his men had successfully laid an ambush, but he wasn't clear on the specifics, especially considering Wu Hao's hesitant demeanor just now...
" Captain Shen, I'm sorry, although we successfully set up the ambush this time, our casualties were higher than the other ambush sites. Fifty-two ordinary soldiers were killed or wounded, and eight inspectors were killed, including two Fourth Tier inspectors." Wu Hao lowered his head, somewhat ashamed.
Shen Heng nodded.
This data shows that, among the other ambush sites besides his, the casualties were indeed the highest.
But it's alright, it's not outside the normal range.
"What about the Calamity Beast that was killed?" Shen Heng asked.
" The Calamity Beast have killed 2,227 of them!" Wu Hao replied.
"Aren't there any Fifth Tier Calamity Beast?"
"There's one in the Early Fifth Tier!"
"That one ran away?"
"No, we killed them!"
Shen Heng was taken aback, and looked up at Wu Hao.
As far as I remember, with Wu Hao's team's equipment, killing Fifth Tier Calamity Beast wouldn't be so easy.
It's not that we can't kill them, but there are other beast tides nearby, making it difficult to spare enough manpower to kill the Fifth Tier Calamity Beast.
After all, Fifth Tier Calamity Beast can run away.
On Zhou Xuan's side, it was because after the Calamity Beast were attacked, the Fifth Tier Calamity Beast led the other Calamity Beast to take the initiative to attack, which caused them to become separated from the lower-tier Calamity Beast behind them, and they were eventually killed.
But Wu Hao and his group don't seem to have that capability, do they?
It's just a mountain; how much slower can a low-level Calamity Beast climb?
Seemingly noticing the confusion in Shen Heng's eyes, Wu Hao explained:
"When we saw so many Calamity Beast, we initially considered giving up. However, after discussion, we decided to dig out the explosives that were originally buried in the canyon and rebury them on the mountain. We would then detonate them after the Calamity Beast entered the canyon, burying them under the collapsed rocks."
"In this way, the first ones to emerge will definitely be the stronger Calamity Beast. After that, we just need to concentrate our firepower on dealing with these escaped Calamity Beast, and then deal with the Calamity Beast that escape later!"
At this point, Wu Hao paused for a moment, then continued:
"That's right. In the beginning, in order to eliminate the first batch of Calamity Beast that were dug out as quickly as possible, a large amount of ammunition was used, which led to a lot of casualties later on."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Hao looked at Shen Heng and bowed deeply.
"I'm so sorry, Captain Shen, if it weren't for me, there wouldn't have been so many casualties over there!"
"As the head of the Supervision Bureau over there, you have the authority to make your own decisions. Besides, there's a military commander there too. You can't fight alone." Shen Heng raised his hand and placed it on Wu Hao's shoulder, slowly lifting him up.
"But..." Wu Hao still hesitated.
"Alright, wasn't that a great fight?" Shen Heng lowered his hand, looked at Wu Hao and smiled, "Given the terrain and your personnel configuration, achieving this level of success is already very good. It's at least beyond my expectations, otherwise I wouldn't have told you beforehand that you could consider retreating once the beast tide exceeded two thousand!"
"I..." Wu Hao still hesitated.
"So, did you come up with this method, or was it the military commander there who came up with it?" Shen Heng asked. Purely from a battle perspective, this battle was indeed fought very well.
"No, it wasn't the two of us!" Wu Hao shook his head.
"Hmm? Who is that?" Shen Heng asked.
" Xu Yu, do you still remember her?" Wu Hao asked.
"He came up with that?" Shen Heng nodded.
"Yes, that's right!" Wu Hao replied. "When you left, he told me that given the situation, the Calamity Beast might not come; there were four possibilities!"
Four possibilities?... Shen Heng slightly raised his eyes, recalling the analysis he had given Xu Ruiyu. He didn't answer, but instead asked, "What four possibilities?"
"Besides conscripting Calamity Beast from the Anchor Point in an attempt to launch another attack on our Bedrock City in a short time, there's also the possibility that..."
Wu Hao began to speak.
Shen Heng listened silently from the side, his impression of Xu Yu becoming more and more complete.
He's quite capable, and while his problem-solving skills aren't comprehensive enough, he's still quite intelligent, but...
He recalled how, when the other party had accompanied him to clear the Anchor Point, they had asked why he hadn't continued pursuing the remaining Calamity Beast.
It's not exactly a problem, but is the style more focused on the immediate needs?
Shen Heng pondered silently.
After a short while, Wu Hao finished explaining the four possibilities.
"Okay, I understand. Go back and rest for a bit. You must be tired after all this time." Shen Heng looked up at Wu Hao.
Wu Hao nodded. He watched Shen Heng turn and leave, hesitated for a moment, and then called out again.
" Captain Shen!"
Shen Heng stopped, turned around, and asked, "What's wrong?"
After hesitating for a moment, Wu Hao said:
"If there are any more battles that require dividing the troops into multiple units, why don't you let Xu Yu lead the team again?"
Shen Heng looked at Wu Hao, paused for a moment, and then said:
"Do you know whose position you'd be replacing if you put him in charge?"
"I know, it's mine!" Wu Hao nodded.
Shen Heng paused for a moment, then asked again, "No regrets?"
"I..." Wu Hao hesitated for a moment, then said, " Captain Shen, if it were you, you would probably do the same, wouldn't you?"
Shen Heng looked at Wu Hao, and after a moment, chuckled softly.
"I'll probably do that too, but I'll probably feel a little melancholy inside!"
Wu Hao laughed along.
"Alright, go back and rest!" Shen Heng said again.
This time, Wu Hao didn't stop; he turned and walked away quickly.
After receiving the same answer from Captain Shen, he finally felt relieved.
Everyone knows the principle that the capable should rise to the top, but when it comes to themselves, very few people can actually step down and give way to the more capable.
Although it seems he doesn't have much power or benefit, he knows that the situation of being put in charge of a team is only likely to occur when multiple units of troops need to be deployed.
But they are different, and as the situation develops in the future, they may have more rights.
But his past experiences have made him realize that he doesn't actually have any special talents.
The only thing that might still be somewhat useful is fighting.
But the problem is, how many of those standing on this side are actually bad fighters?
Therefore, Wu Hao, who was keenly aware of his own limitations, finally made it clear to Captain Shen after much deliberation that he did not intend to continue in this position of responsibility.
But, so it turns out Captain Shen thinks that way too?
No, with Captain Shen's abilities, even in the entire Great Xia, there aren't many people who can surpass him, right?
Wu Hao continued forward, his mind wandering aimlessly.
With the reply he received and his thoughts finally expressed, he felt completely at ease.
Shen Heng stood there, watching Wu Hao's departing figure.
A moment later, he turned his gaze to the Stone-Armored Beast beside him.
"Why do you press the switch... (You've already eaten, right?)"
The Stone-Armored Beast looked at the human in front of it and opened its mouth.
"Crack..."