Xiao Ran gave Luluxiu full authority to receive and arrange the Lion Roaring Legion. As the Lion Roaring Legion refused to participate in the war with the EU, Xiao Ran's original plan of using the Lion Roaring Legion as a third party outside of the EU to intervene and stop the war in the short term could no longer continue. To Xiao Ran, the Lion Roaring Legion was no longer useful in the 19th District, so it was better to leave it to Luluxiu. As for Luluxiu's other plans, Xiao Ran didn't ask further. Now that the Lion Roaring Legion had joined the war, although they couldn't be used in the 19th District, there were still many places for them to play.
Without the Lion Roaring Legion, the task of pressuring the EU still had to continue. Under the premise that they couldn't directly attack the EU territory, the war in the 19th District was the only place where they could divert the EU participants' attention. Exhausting the EU's combat strength and even eliminating the EU participants was a way to gradually accumulate advantages.
However, the EU suddenly withdrew their battle line and didn't leave any chance for the Britarians to launch a surprise attack. Unsurprisingly, Selleus of the Lion Roaring Legion must have informed the EU and caused them to make preparations in advance. This wasn't a good thing for the Britarians and more or less caused some unnecessary trouble for Xiao Ran.
If the one who defeated Selleus wasn't Xiao Ran, but Emperor Charles who could gather the forces of the Britarians, Selleus's actions would definitely incur the hatred of Charles. However, Xiao Ran was the one who accepted all of this. Although Xiao Ran was a little critical of this, he could completely accept Selleus's choice in his heart and wouldn't blame Selleus for this issue.
After leaving Selleus's base, Luluxiu didn't return to the 11th District. Instead, he stayed in the base controlled by the Bloody Knights so that it would be convenient for him to communicate and make arrangements with Selleus and assist the Lion Roaring Legion in gradually disappearing from this continent. He also reported the specific arrangements to Xiao Ran so that Xiao Ran could clearly know the next arrangements and whereabouts of the Lion Roaring Legion. However, it would take more than a few days for the Lion Roaring Legion to completely withdraw from this region.
As for the target, Luluxiu placed it in Southeast Asia, a place where the current situation was extremely chaotic. It was even more chaotic than the African continent where the 19th District was located. It was almost a continent from the southernmost part of the African continent. However, since he had decided on the target, he sent some people to scout for information and find a suitable place to set up a base before the entire Lion Roaring Legion could migrate.
As for Britannia, since they no longer had to worry about the Resistance Army, they could focus all their energy on the EU. In the beginning, they did send out a lot of troops to take over and reorganize the territories left behind by the Resistance Army, resulting in a shortage of troops. However, a few days later, a new batch of reinforcements arrived from the 19th District and completely solved the problem of insufficient troops caused by the expansion of the territory. After that, a large-scale military conflict broke out between the Resistance Army and the EU.
The large-scale military conflict between the two sides directly led to the sound of cannon fire at the frontlines from day to night, and from night to day, without stopping. Neither side gave in at all. From the wilderness to the desert, from the desert to the city, from the city to the ruins, there were battles everywhere. One side had nowhere to retreat, and if they continued to retreat, it was very likely that they would completely lose the right to speak on this continent. On the other hand, the other side pursued the victory, trying to take over the entire continent in one go.
As the main force of the war between the two sides, at this time, it wasn't the participants who didn't have a large number of people, but the ordinary soldiers of the two countries. The ordinary soldiers who sacrificed themselves in the war were also the ordinary soldiers of the two countries. Only these ordinary soldiers with the largest number could spread the outbreak of the war to every place.
As for the participants, whether they were from the EU or the Scarlet Knights, although they were strong, only a few of them had the ability to change the situation. Even if the ordinary participants were stronger than ordinary people, there was still a high chance that they would be overwhelmed by the huge number of enemies and be crushed to death.
Therefore, under such circumstances, the participants who really appeared in the war became even fewer. The participants on both sides unanimously chose to engage in harassment and special operations in such a war. They destroyed the supply line, and the other party destroyed the material warehouse. Many conflicts broke out because of the same choice.
The participants who really dared to appear on the battlefield were those who had great confidence in their own strength, such as Corgi. However, no matter which side these participants appeared on the battlefield, not only would they receive extraordinary treatment, but the other side would also appear on the battlefield at the same time.
Over and over again, the ordinary soldiers suffered greater losses. After all, the ordinary soldiers were really just targets for pilots of Corgi's level. However, if they attacked the ordinary soldiers of the enemy, the enemy would do the same thing. This was the reason why the participants appeared on the battlefield at the beginning, which led to more casualties.
Towards the end, perhaps both sides had learned their lesson. They no longer used ordinary soldiers to entangle the participants. It evolved into a direct confrontation between participants. As long as one side won, it would often mean that the battle had been won. However, victory would not always stay with one side. In such a war, both sides would suffer losses. However, the number of participants who truly died in the loss was extremely small. This was because once they fell into a disadvantage, they would not hesitate to choose to retreat.
In such a conflict, Xiao Ran did not join in. Although it only took two or three days for the Demon God Caesar, which he handed over to the Scarlet Knights, to be returned to Xiao Ran's hands, Xiao Ran did not personally go into battle like he did against the rebels. Instead, he stayed in the command center and personally commanded this huge war.
With Cornelia's ability and personality, although she was capable enough to command a war, the scale of the war had far exceeded her ability. This time, the conflict with the EU had almost swept across more than half of the African continent. Although it was a little hurtful, Cornelia, who was used to being a warrior, did not have the ability to command a war of this scale.
The war broke out very suddenly. Originally, the EU side had already retreated. Xiao Ran only hoped to rely on part of the 19th District's strength and the Scarlet Knights to weaken the enemy's strength as much as possible. He wanted to kill them by harassing or destroying them. It was like boiling a frog in warm water. It could weaken the enemy's strength, but it could also force the enemy to send more participants when their ordinary forces were no longer enough to resist. The most important thing was that this slow method could also buy Xiao Ran enough time.
But without Cornelia's request, Charles took the initiative to assemble a force that was three times more than the total force of the 19th District. This new order directly broke Xiao Ran's original arrangement. With so many troops stationed here, it also showed the EU side that they would fight to the death, which infuriated the EU even more. All of a sudden, a full-scale conflict broke out.
Charles's order was to chase the EU forces out of the continent after defeating the rebels. At the very least, they had to reduce the EU's living conditions to the minimum. This was an order given in fact. Even though Xiao Ran was unwilling, he had to act according to Charles' wishes for the time being. Before he could do anything to Charles, he was tied up by the sudden arrival of reinforcements.
Fortunately, Charles's dispatch of so many troops did indeed give the EU a huge sense of threat and urgency, so they focused a lot of energy on the 19th District. The fact that there were many more participants in the war clearly showed this problem. At the very least, they had achieved their goal.
But this also caused Xiao Ran to have a lot of worries. First, with the current situation in the 19th District, he really didn't have much time to leave this place. The only reason he could command the entire war was because of him. He had a slight advantage in the war, but at the same time, he didn't force the EU side into a desperate situation. If someone else took command, the current balance could easily be broken, and the advantage might directly be turned into a disadvantage.
Second, Xiao Ran was also worried that a full-scale conflict might break out at any time. He didn't have the right forces to intervene in such a conflict, and he couldn't intervene in the name of the Black Knights. Once such a conflict broke out, although the EU side wouldn't benefit, the Scarlet Knights would also suffer a lot of losses. This was something that Xiao Ran didn't want to see. That was why he had been trying his best to maintain the balance of the war. Sometimes, he would even deliberately throw some bait for the EU side to eat, so that the EU side could always get a partial victory.
But the key to both of these was time. Xiao Ran needed time to get to the 11th District. As long as he could solve the problem of the Mech there, all the problems would be solved. But who knew that Charles would suddenly come and completely disrupted his plan, making it impossible for him to leave the 19th District.
A few days passed, and then a week passed. Every day, Xiao Ran was kept in the command center. He didn't even have much time to rest. He was directly arranged to live in his own office. Sometimes, when the EU side suddenly made a move, Xiao Ran had to immediately get up and send a suitable team to deal with the problem without affecting the overall situation. The overall situation looked good under Xiao Ran's command, but if one looked at the numbers, they could only use one word to describe the situation: tragic.
Whether it was the loss of personnel or sacrifices, countless soldiers were killed or maimed in battle. The consumption of supplies was also extremely terrifying. The soldiers on the frontline were bathed in danger every day, but even the soldiers in charge of supply and transportation had no idea when a few missiles would appear above their heads. Even the logistics personnel at the rear were constantly risking their lives to carry out their work.
Cornelia also didn't go to the frontline. Every day, she stayed in the command center like Xiao Ran, but her job was to assist Xiao Ran. Every day, when she saw the numbers on the damage report change again and again, the expression on Cornelia's face became worse and worse. At first, she still had some smiles, but in the next few days, all that was left was heaviness, exhaustion, and heartache.
Finally, Cornelia directly broke into Xiao Ran's office one night, slammed the door, looked at the half-naked Xiao Ran, and directly threw the report in her hand at Xiao Ran. She gnashed her teeth and said, "The losses in these few days have exceeded all the losses during the integration of the 19th District. We can't continue like this. We must find a way to change the current situation. The casualties of the frontline personnel are too high. Whether it is Britaria or the EU, they are investing more and more combat power. If this continues, Britaria is likely to have problems because of this."
"You … you … can't use the lives of these ordinary soldiers to deplete the enemy's combat power."
"I didn't." Xiao Ran slowly picked up the report scattered on the ground, stood up, and walked in front of Cornelia. "I didn't do that. I don't know why you look at me like this, but I never intended to use the lives of ordinary soldiers to deplete the enemy's strength. The real main force has always been the Scarlet Knights. This situation has only appeared because the scale of the war has become bigger and bigger. The current situation is also something I didn't expect at the beginning. It came too quickly and too quickly."
Cornelia gritted her teeth and said, "But this is the reality now. Even if you didn't think so and have been trying to avoid such a situation, the situation has developed into a complete war of attrition. No matter what, we must solve the current problem. You want to take over Britaria, but you don't want to take over a Britaria that is riddled with holes because of the chaos caused by the war."
Xiao Ran gently exhaled and muttered, "I understand. I have been looking for such an opportunity, but the enemy's defensive line has no weakness at all. Even if I can personally go into battle, the enemy can also gather all their forces and launch an attack here regardless of the cost. Now, the higher-ups of both sides are actually maintaining a tacit understanding to not send their strongest forces. I can break this tacit understanding, but I need time and what I lack."
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