Xiao Ran furrowed his brows and asked, "The operations you mentioned, are they a joint operation between the EU and the resistance, or are they unilateral operations? Can you confirm this?"
Cornelia, who was lying on Xiao Ran's chest, raised her head and looked at Xiao Ran. She shook her head and said, "There's no way to confirm this. We can't tell which side the people who attacked us belong to."
Xiao Ran nodded and patted Cornelia's back. "Get up. Tidy up and head to the command center."
"Okay." Cornelia sat up without hiding anything. She walked into the bathroom and started tidying herself up. The two of them came out of the bathroom one after another. After tidying themselves up, they headed to the command center together.
Perhaps it was because of the continuous attacks, but the command center was busier than when Xiao Ran first arrived. All kinds of voices kept ringing in Xiao Ran's ears.
Without Cornelia leading the way, Xiao Ran walked to the electronic sand table at the bottom of the command center. He didn't care about the clamor around him and quietly looked at the information displayed on the sand table. Cornelia stood slightly behind Xiao Ran to his right. Her expression was calm and serious. It was impossible to tell that she had just gotten out of bed with Xiao Ran not long ago and had already returned to her brave appearance in front of outsiders.
When Cornelia appeared in the command center, the person in charge here naturally had to assist her. When he saw Xiao Ran here, he suddenly felt a surge of courage in his heart. The last time Xiao Ran appeared here, it didn't take long for him to eliminate an important supply base of the resistance. Now that he appeared here again, the person in charge, who was perhaps thirty-six or thirty-seven years old, began to look forward to Xiao Ran's next move. He also remained silent and watched Xiao Ran's back from behind.
After watching for a while, Xiao Ran turned around to look at Cornelia and the person in charge of the command center. His expression under the mask couldn't be discerned, but the words that came out of his mouth were rather calm. "Have you found any common points and patterns from the unstoppable attacks at the beginning? Have you found any important information?"
Cornelia didn't answer Xiao Ran's question. Even though she knew the contents of the sand table, she still turned to the person in charge beside her. He was also one of her most trusted subordinates and was responsible for coordinating the military affairs of the entire 19th District.
The assistant commander first glanced at Cornelia. After seeing Cornelia nod, he walked to the side of the electronic sand table, picked up a red indicator light, and started to explain the analysis to Xiao Ran.
"The counterattack launched by the EU and the resistance has been going on for some time, but the real counterattack that we can't resist has only started in the last few days. The previous counterattack was like a long mission. Although it brought us some trouble, the offensive was not fierce, and they didn't really break through any of our defensive strongholds."
"But since two days ago, the situation has started to change. The EU and the Resistance Army have sent more troops to the frontlines and started to attack us fiercely. It was as if they had suddenly become serious. With the help of the other two Knights of the Round Table and the Scarlet Knights, we were able to repel several waves of their attacks. But then, several elite forces with powerful combat strength appeared on both sides of the frontlines. They used new types of mecha to attack several of our strongholds one after another. After completely destroying the strongholds, they chose to retreat and did not continue to attack us. After these strongholds were destroyed, the EU and the Resistance Army did not go in deeper. Instead, they maintained a defensive posture."
"As for the common denominator, that is, the enemies who took down and destroyed our strongholds were led by the new fighter jets. Then, they chose to retreat after breaking through our strongholds. According to the analysis of the intelligence, we have lost a total of more than 36 defensive strongholds. The EU and the Resistance have invested more than 100 new fighter jets. Coupled with a certain number of KFs, we have to bear the pressure of the entire front at the same time, resulting in the dispersion of our forces. The situation when attacking our strongholds can be described as one-sided."
"In terms of patterns, we haven't been able to come up with any useful results. The enemy's attacks are very sudden, and there is no specific interval between attacks. There is also no linear target selection. All the attacks are completely random to us, and they are very secretive. We don't know when they will attack which target."
"So far, the enemy in fact has the ability to continue to attack after destroying our strongholds, but they chose to retreat after taking down our strongholds and return the destroyed strongholds to us. No matter how you look at it, this seems like a very targeted conspiracy. For us, even if the destroyed strongholds still have strategic significance, we can't really send more military forces to those strongholds to rebuild and defend. It's very likely that we will be attacked again when we are rebuilding, so we can only choose to retreat and give up a large area. Now, these strongholds have become a special buffer zone between the enemy and us."
Xiao Ran nodded and asked, "What do you think about it personally?"
The assistant commander hesitated for a moment. He glanced at Cornelia, then at Xiao Ran, who didn't understand at all, and said in a deep voice, "This is undoubtedly a joint revenge by the EU and the Resistance. It is also a planned conspiracy. The purpose is to target Sir Luluxiu. Their previous actions are to show us their strength, and at the same time, to target you, Sir Luluxiu."
"In a situation where we don't have a higher level of combat power for the time being, all the frontline defensive strongholds will become targets for the enemy. But as long as Sir Luluxiu goes to the frontline, you won't be able to take care of all the strongholds and the entire defensive line. You will even completely expose this base to the enemy. It can be said that this is an open conspiracy, and those strongholds and the entire frontline are bait."
"Either Sir Luluxiu continues to guard this base, and the enemy will attack again and again without restraint, or Sir Luluxiu goes to the frontline, and the enemy will very likely launch a surprise attack on this base."
"Fishing." Xiao Ran turned to look at the electronic sand table again and said, "Your analysis is correct. The enemy is indeed fishing and flexing their muscles, but at the same time, they are also preparing for a big move. In my opinion, everything the enemy is doing now is the same as what you have analyzed. But if we get used to the enemy's way of doing things, the enemy will create more trouble for us. What the enemy wants is for us to get used to the dilemma and then suddenly launch a bigger attack."
"Alright, I have the general idea. Last question, have you calculated the average time it takes for our defensive strongholds to be attacked?"
"I have some understanding of this." Cornelia walked to Xiao Ran's side and said in a deep voice, "Ten to fifteen minutes. No matter whether they can take down the target or not, they will retreat during this time. They will not waste a single minute, and what they will leave behind will be a useless place that can no longer be used as a defensive stronghold. They will also destroy all our defensive means in the first place."
Xiao Ran chuckled and said, "Within fifteen minutes? In other words, this is to prevent me from sending reinforcements from this base. "
Cornelia replied without turning her head, "That's true, but it's precisely because of this that we're even more certain that this is a conspiracy against you and us."
Xiao Ran said, "The most important thing is that the corresponding top-level combat power is not comparable to the enemy, and the number of ordinary combat power is not enough to reach the level of qualitative change. But even if we have more of them, it is meaningless in front of those mechs."
"Let's ask for help." Xiao Ran waved his hand and put his hand on the edge of the electronic sand table. "In the current situation, we have no choice but to ask for help. Now that the Knights of the Round Table have been defeated and injured, it is conceivable that the quality of the enemy's combat power is far beyond ours. With the current situation in the 19th, even if we don't want to, we can only ask His Majesty Charles for more members of the Scarlet Knights to join. Only then can we reach a balance in terms of high-level combat power."
"Right now, this is only happening in the 19th District, but similar situations may occur in other places as well. If that's the case, the Knights of the Round Table alone, no matter how many troops they lead, they won't be able to resist those organizations with the new aircraft. The current situation may have to be maintained until our new aircraft begin to be mass-produced and configured. Only then can we find a way to change the situation."
"In my opinion, we should just evacuate from the 19th district and give up on this area for the time being. We should take everything we can and destroy everything we can and leave a mess for the EU and the Resistance Army. It doesn't matter if the two sides will clash because of our withdrawal, or if they will simply merge into one. Once our high-level combat power is replenished, we will be able to reclaim this territory."
Cornelia looked at Xiao Ran with cold eyes. "Withdrawing is absolutely impossible. Once we give up on the 19th, the stability of the entire Empire will be affected. It will make the other numbers think that the Empire is beginning to decline, and then there will be riots everywhere."
Xiao Ran said lightly, "Sometimes, the reason to withdraw one's fist is to make it easier to clench and punch. In this situation, if we don't withdraw this hand, it will be cut off sooner or later. When that happens, the loss will be greater, and it will be easier for the other districts to rebel according to the current situation."
"How many districts are there in the Empire now? How important are they to the Empire? Why do we have to hold on to these useless areas that will inevitably become a quagmire and drag down the Empire's development? What's more, even if some districts are separated, it will only be temporary. I'm afraid that by the time the new mechs are completed, the Empire will lose no more than three districts. This is to buy time. "
Cornelia's expression changed twice, and then she said firmly, "I won't consider doing this."
Xiao Ran smiled indifferently. "Then stay here. Ask for more Scarlet Knights to come to the 19th. Although they won't be able to completely suppress the enemy for the sake of safety, they can at least maintain the current situation for a certain period of time. It will also prevent the enemy from acting so recklessly. If I'm alone, there's not much I can do to deal with this situation. If I leave, this base is likely to be attacked by the enemy, and I'm completely tied to this base."
"Now, the enemy must have drawn a 15-minute danger zone with this base as the center, leaving us with two choices. But no matter what we choose, the enemy will have the corresponding countermeasures. From the moment the enemy set up this plan and started to act, the 19th has completely fallen into the enemy's plan."
After that, Xiao Ran ignored Cornelia and turned to the assistant commander. "Send out all available forces in this base. With this base as the center, thoroughly check the area within a radius of 300 kilometers. I estimate that the enemy may have already approached by now. Have someone trustworthy scatter the detectors everywhere."
"The detector I'm talking about is the kind of detector that can give direct feedback under normal circumstances, and can also give feedback under abnormal circumstances. It's arranged in an array, and as long as the enemy enters our detection range, it will definitely activate all kinds of interference or anti-detection devices. When the time comes, wherever the detection device is disconnected means that there is an enemy there. Of course, the simpler the device, the better. It doesn't need too many functions, just to be able to connect."
"This method may not necessarily work, but it's better than doing nothing."
Hearing Xiao Ran's words, the assistant commander's face suddenly showed an expression of realization. He glanced at Cornelia who didn't say anything at all, hesitated for a moment, nodded, turned around, and hurriedly ordered Xiao Ran to do the work.
After the assistant commander left, Xiao Ran turned to Cornelia and said softly, "There's no meaning in trying to use this opportunity to trap me here. It's not in your character to be caught in a dilemma. Besides, I won't give you any other choice other than to obey me."
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