Su Dongming laughed coldly: “That’s right! We should retreat immediately! As for the assault from the zombies, we can let one of the teams stay behind, and cover our retreat! Since Yue Zhong’s forces are the strongest, and they had suffered the least losses, I suggest to let Yue Zhong and his men stay behind, to cover our retreat!”
After Su Dongming’s words, the rest of the 4 heads all shifted their gaze towards Yue Zhong. Yue Zhong’s crafty yet brilliant move in defending Tiger Mouth’s Gorge, in addition to the preparation and construction they had done, had indeed wore down the zombies’ fighting capabilities, and thus they had suffered almost no casualties.
Luo Tianyi looked towards Yue Zhong apologetically and said: “I too feel that Vice-Division Commander Su’s words are right. Yue Zhong’s forces are indeed the strongest. Letting him stay behind and cover our retreat, is the best option available. Yue Zhong, as long as you are willing to do so, you will become a huge hero in SY County’s eyes. All the citizens will definitely remember this.”
Yue Zhong flatly refused: “I disagree!! Covering the retreat is definitely a good idea, which I feel that the responsibility should fall on Su Dongming Commander Su and Luo Tianyi Commander Luo. The chance to be a hero, I’ll leave it to you guys.”
Su Dongming let out a cold laugh, and raised up his right hand: “Let’s vote! Then it’ll be fair. Those who are in favour of letting Yue Zhong stay behind please raise your hand!”
Luo Tianyi also raised his right hand.
Qian Weimin and Liu Huifeng seemed to hesitate a while, and raised their hands as well. Yue Zhong was an outsider after all, letting him stay behind, even if there was loss, it would be borne by Yue Zhong. It was not their problem.
Shen Hongyang pondered a while before offering some conditions: “Yue Zhong, as long as you stay behind and cover our retreat, once you’re back at SY, as long as you have the power, how many survivors you want to take you may take. Since you like women, we’ll try and find 300 pretty virgins for you as well!!”
Yue Zhong had an icy expression as he directly refused: “Not interested!! If you insist on my staying back, I’ll pull my troops back immediately!”
If Yue Zhong covered their retreat and suffered losses, without power, the military would pounce on him the first chance they got.
Luo Tianyi frowned and spoke loudly, “Yue Zhong! Why are you like that, can’t you see the big picture!! Our army is now facing a crisis, only you have your fighting power intact. Just to protect your own power, you’re not willing to stay behind. Do you really want to force all of us to our deaths?”
Yue Zhong gazed at Luo Tianyi contemptuously, and said cooly, “Since Commander Luo can see the bigger picture, why can’t you stay behind and cover the retreat?”
Luo Tianyi was naturally unwilling to stay behind, it was job that was tantamount to suicide. If one was not careful, he might lose everything. Without troops nor the equipment, Luo Tianyi would not be worth much. He was not willing to bring his troops to their deaths.
Liu Huifeng thought quietly for awhile, before suggesting an offer that made Yue Zhong’s heart itchy: “Yue Zhong, if you’re willing to stay behind! We can give you 3 assault helicopters and their pilots, as well as their maintenance crew!”
3 assault helicopters were potent weapons, with just 3, Yue Zhong could be considered to possess an aerial unit, facing any small powers would just require a single assault helicopter. It could easily cause the enemy to lose the will to fight and surrender immediately. Furthermore, he could use the assault helicopter to directly fly over any places that were surrounded by zombies.
Hearing Liu Huifeng’s offers, Yue Zhong was slightly tempted, but he still shook his head and refused, “I’m not interested!! If you guys insist on my staying behind, I will immediately pull my troops back!!”
It was still the same logic, if Yue Zhong lost his strength, he would have no way of protecting himself against the army, much less demand for what was promised.
Regardless of their pleading and offers, Yue Zhong rejected them all.
None of the 5 heads were willing to stick his neck out for the rest as well, and pretty soon the talks came to a deadlock.
After a long while, Shen Hongyang had no choice but to dismiss the meeting, letting the various leaders to take a rest and have some food.
Su Dongming immediately found Luo Tianyi and asked, “Old Luo, what do you think about the battle?”
Luo Tianyi and Su Dongming were from the same regiment, and their relationship was decent. Furthermore, Su Dongming was the one who always held the lead position, only after clashing with Yue Zhong did he suffered heavy losses, and thus their relationship had undergone a little change. However, it was still closer compared to the rest of the 3 heads.
Luo Tianyi furrowed his brows, and came to a precise conclusion: “It’s gonna be