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Chapter 337: Reverse Defense as Offense
As far as Li Jiu knew, on the frontal battlefield, the major armies of the alliance were basically on the defensive.

The main task of the various legion bases outside the alliance is not to compete with the defenders for the territory outside the alliance.

After all, there is no defense provided by the Xingtian system outside the alliance. Even if some areas are occupied, it is easy for defenders to gather an army to retake them back.

The main tasks of the major legions are to protect the engineers of the alliance and collect mineral deposits in a certain area.

Of course, in today's world, the resources on the earth's surface, even the shallow resources under the surface, have basically been exploited by both sides of the war.

Today, the resources that the two sides compete for are mainly various mineral deposits located deep underground.

In the past, the major legions of the alliance built legion bases in some places where mineral deposits were concentrated, preventing the defender empire from coming to destroy them, and buying some time for subsequent engineers to mine.

Once a certain amount of mineral deposits are mined, the legion base will immediately evacuate this area and move on to the next mining area.

As for the Defender Empire, it is going all out to attack the mining area temporarily occupied by the alliance.

However, in recent times, for some unknown reason, the alliance has been uncharacteristically. Instead of focusing on seizing mineral resources, it has started desperately attacking the mines occupied by defenders all over the world!

On the surface, it seems that the alliance has accumulated enough strength and started to turn from defense to offense, which sounds like good news.

However, the result of this is that not only can the major armies of the alliance no longer protect the engineers and mines, but also they have not achieved any significant results in the offensives in various places!
Even after the counterattack started, the casualties of the major legions immediately increased several times!
As for the defenders, there was almost no loss...

Changes in the situation on the frontal battlefield have always affected the movements of the various mercenary regiments in the alliance.

After the counterattack started, the number of missions in each mercenary regiment quickly increased dramatically.

However, just like the defeats of the major legions on the frontal battlefield, almost all the mercenary regiments in the alliance suffered heavy casualties...

During the recent period, countless mercenary squads died tragically outside the alliance's borders, and even the entire squad was wiped out at one time, not a few.

Among them, Li Jiu's last mission in Africa can be regarded as a tragedy in this big war situation.

The seventh team was almost wiped out, and the fifth team also lost three members, which can definitely be said to be a heavy loss.

Still, they were fine that time...

In any case, at least they successfully completed the task in the end, and nearly half of the team members came back alive.

But other combat teams were not so lucky.

According to incomplete statistics, in the past month or so, out of ten mercenary teams in the alliance, almost five were directly wiped out on the battlefield!

And the remaining five teams all suffered heavy casualties, and less than two teams returned after completing their missions...

It can be said that for more than a month, the mission completion rates of almost all mercenary regiments have shown a trend of plummeting all the way.

After seeing this situation, the heads of the various mercenary regiments had to be careful when choosing missions in order to preserve their own fortunes.

Almost all regiment leaders wanted to choose missions that were not too difficult for the combat teams of their respective mercenary regiments, so that their subordinates could successfully complete the missions and come back alive.

After all, the rate of mission completion directly affects the future development of the mercenary group.

Moreover, every mercenary in the mercenary group was cultivated by the head of the mercenary group, and they were counted on to make money for themselves. They absolutely did not want to see them die in large numbers.

Especially for those veterans, the mercenary group has invested a lot of manpower and material resources in training. Every time they die, to the head of the mercenary group, it is like cutting a piece of his own flesh...

However, as part of the alliance army, every mercenary group must unconditionally obey the orders of the alliance government!
Although, in most cases, the missions they accept are selected by themselves, and sometimes they even find ways to apply for them on their own initiative. However, in some special cases, the alliance will send some mandatory missions to the mercenary group, which must be completed. task!
In the past month or so, many missions received by the mercenary regiments were actually not chosen by their regiment leaders... but forced by the alliance government!
Especially, those missions with high difficulty level and high death rate...

Although the various mercenary regiments were very reluctant to accept those high-risk tasks, under the order of the alliance government, they could only bite the bullet...

After learning about these situations, Li Jiu had a vague premonition in his heart...

It's not that he's afraid of taking on high-risk tasks, though.

Although, the higher the risk of the mission, the greater the chance of team members dying in battle.

But you must know that every team member is ready to sacrifice at any time from the moment they become mercenaries.

Each of them also knows that mercenary is a dangerous profession, and each of them has their own purpose in participating in the battle. Since they have made their own choices, they must have corresponding awareness.

All Li Jiu could do was to do his best to protect them.

Especially Kaqi... Li Jiu will protect her at all costs, even if he is killed on the battlefield, he must protect her to live!
Because this is the responsibility a man should have. From the moment Kaqi agreed to be his girlfriend, protecting her became his unshirkable responsibility.

But having said that, Li Jiu asked himself, with his current ability, as long as the task difficulty is not too high, it should not be a problem to protect Kaqi's safety...

Of course, Li Jiu also knows that the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and he may encounter things beyond his control during the battle, just like the encounter with the enemy's elite fighters...

If it really doesn't work and encounters that kind of situation, even Li Jiu dare not promise anything.

He can only say that within the scope of his ability, he will definitely provide everyone with the greatest protection.

As for the final result, everyone can only settle for their own destiny...

What Li Jiu was worried about was that, judging from the current war situation, this kind of comfortable life in the alliance might not be able to last for much longer.

Perhaps, the world in the future will become even more turbulent...

Thinking of this, Li Jiu became more and more anxious to form his own power.

After all, no matter when, only when one's own strength is strong can one truly feel at ease.

(End of this chapter)