As soon as Xiao Ran entered the office, he didn't leave all morning. Cornelia walked out of her office during the lunch break. Looking at the door of Xiao Ran's office that was still tightly closed, she couldn't help but stop and frowned slightly. The adjutant beside him asked: "Knight Lelouch is still in there?"
The adjutant reflexively looked in the direction of Xiao Ran's office, and then nodded and replied: "Yes, Knight Lelouch has been shutting himself in the office since he came here in the morning, and it seems he has never come out."
Cornelia nodded and asked, "Where is the secretary assigned to him?"
There was a little hesitation on the adjutant's face: "This should be more appropriate for Knight Lelouch to choose, right?"
Cornelia pondered for a while, waved her hands and took steps, not to go to Xiao Ran's office, but to leave directly. Without looking back, she said to the adjutant who was following her: "Go and make arrangements, ask Let me tell you what Knight Lelouch requires. It’s not enough to work like this all morning without a secretary waiting by your side to help. Do you know what exactly Knight Lelouch did today?”
"Knight Lelouch came here in the morning and asked for all the reports, videos, analysis data, and inside information from the front line in the recent period."
Cornelia nodded: "I understand. Let's inform the entire district that Knight Lelouch has become the deputy governor of the 19th district. We are in a special situation now, so there is no need to hold an inauguration ceremony."
The adjutant nodded to express his understanding, and then said: "There is a message from the hospital saying that Knight Monica has woken up. Does Your Highness need to go and take a look?"
Cornelia said: "Well, it's appropriate to pay a visit. Inform the hospital that I will go there after lunch, and also ask the hospital to take good care of Monica Knight."
At this moment, Xiao Ran's office door suddenly opened, and the sound made Cornelia stop her steps and turn her head to look in the direction of the sound. Then she saw Xiao Ran slowly wearing a mask. Stepped out.
Coming out of the office, Xiao Ran also saw Cornelia and her adjutant parked in the corridor. He nodded to them, then gently closed the door and walked over: "Governor Cornelia. "
"Deputy Governor Lelouch." Cornelia nodded steadily, raising her hand slightly to signal Xiao Ran to join her: "The Deputy Governor has been working since he came here in the morning?"
Xiao Ran smiled slightly: "Yes, now that I have become the deputy governor of the 19th District, I also need to have a more detailed and comprehensive understanding of the various situations in the 19th District, the divisions of the troops, the status of each stronghold, and the information of the officers. Wait, there are too many things to do, and I’m afraid it won’t be possible to grasp all the situation in District 19 within a few days. This is much more and more detailed than before I became the deputy governor.”
When outsiders were around, Cornelia's relationship with Xiao Ran was very normal. She was just like a real ordinary colleague. She was cold and polite. When she heard what Xiao Ran said, she also said: "If you need anything, Feel free to ask my adjutant, and all the confidential information in the 19th District will be completely open to you, the Lieutenant Governor. Just now I was saying that the Lieutenant Governor may also need an adjutant or secretary to help the Lieutenant Governor become familiar with the 19th District as quickly as possible. In the worst case, you can serve tea and water when the Lieutenant Governor is busy. Does the Lieutenant Governor have any requirements in this regard?"
"I really need a deputy who can help me." Xiao Ran was not polite and said without hesitation or thinking: "It is best to have someone who truly understands District 19, especially for the current military arrangements. If you have some understanding, you can’t just ask all the questions. If possible, it’s best to arrange for a woman. After all, women should be more attentive and take better care of others.”
Cornelia raised her head and glanced at Xiao Ran, then nodded calmly: "Adjutant, you will be responsible for this matter."
"clear."
After the adjutant answered, Cornelia added: "If everything is okay, can we have lunch together and then go to the hospital to see Monica?"
Xiao Ran nodded: "Okay, I have no objection."
As they walked along, Cornelia asked again: "I wonder if the Lieutenant Governor gained anything from his work this morning?"
Xiao Ran said: "We have gained a lot, but it is not of much help to the current 19th District, and we have not found a real solution to the current frontline situation in the 19th District. What arrangements and arrangements should be made, or even how to deal with it?" If the EU and the rebels launch a counterattack, they must wait until domestic military support arrives."
"Now we still lack the high-end power that can change the situation of the war, so even if we have some ideas, it is meaningless without implementers."
Cornelia also understood the current situation very well, and it was not that she had not discussed this issue with Xiao Ran. She was not surprised when Xiao Ran said these words, but she also had no surprise. She could only ask: "For Doesn’t the Lieutenant Governor have any other opinions on the current situation and how to proceed next?”
"No matter what you want to do, you have to wait until the support arrives." Xiao Ran glanced at Cornelia, raised his head slightly and said, "As for my ideas, there is nothing I can't say if His Highness wants to listen."
"Please say."
"After reading the information all morning, I can roughly see that EU has not invested much real high-end combat power in suppressing the empire. The high-end combat power of the enemy we face now is mostly invested by the resistance organization. , and the military force invested by the EU is mostly conventional military force, and the two sides should have reached some cooperation to some extent."
"European parties have also invested only a small part of high-end combat capabilities on the frontline battlefield, but the number of these high-end combat capabilities is also not large. However, we cannot think that the EU has not invested more high-end combat capabilities because they do not have them. We can’t know yet whether the higher-end power is hidden or invested elsewhere, or it could be both.”
"But for District 19 alone, EU only relies on conventional forces of an order of magnitude combined with a small number of high-end forces. In its attack on us, it mainly relies on scale to suppress it. On the contrary, there are not many conventional forces in the resistance organization. But more high-end forces have been invested as the main attack, so the threat from the resistance organization is greater than the threat posed to us by the EU."
"But as I just said, there will not be more high-end forces on the EU side, but their energy is involved in a direction we don't know. But once they can free up their hands, what will District 19 want?" The threats and difficulties we face will also become greater, and now, before they take action, is the weakest stage and our best opportunity."
"I plan to launch a large-scale combat operation after the support of the Scarlet Knights arrives. The strategic goal to be achieved is to completely defeat either of the two parties that are now threats to District 19, and then significantly weaken the other party. As for Of course, the best choice for annihilation targets is the rebel organization."
"After all, even if EU's current high-end combat power is wiped out now, they can still supplement the high-end combat power, and they will also be able to focus on the 19th District as soon as possible. But if the resistance organization is completely wiped out, , and if the EU's conventional forces are greatly weakened, even if the EU notices and sends more high-end combat forces, the enemies we have to face will change from two parties to one, and there will be no support from conventional forces. The pressure we have to face will be much less, and the possibility of large-scale battles will be reduced."
Cornelia nodded and slowed down. At the same time, the three of them entered the restaurant. When the two were arranged in a separate room, and when the adjutant left to prepare meals for the two officers, Cornelia Leah spoke again: "Is this your idea, to initiate a larger-scale war? To achieve this, not only does the Scarlet Knights need to be the main core, but the military power of the entire 19th District must also be mobilized. OK?"
Xiao Ran said leisurely: "There is nothing we can do about it. No matter how good the performance of the Scarlet Knights is, or whether I can exert more power on the battlefield, there will always be omissions and things that cannot be taken into account. We must What we won is not just a point, but a real war. Unless we are like the other side, only attacking, not occupying, and not encircling and suppressing, otherwise once we start taking action, it will be a full-scale war that must hit the enemy's core with one blow. .”
Cornelia's brows wrinkled slightly. She lowered her head and couldn't see how strong she still was. All she had was hesitation and hesitation. She couldn't be strong at all when she was alone in front of Xiao Ran, and Cornelia It was not that Leah was not determined to start a full-scale battle, she was just thinking about whether the current District 19 had the qualifications to start such a war after retreating step by step.
After a long while, Cornelia raised her head: "How long do we have to prepare? To conduct a full-scale battle, a lot of preparations are required, and I have to make arrangements for these in advance."
Xiao Ran glanced at Cornelia: "I'm afraid it won't be too much. You must complete all the preparations within a few days, and I will complete this strategic goal within half a month."
Cornelia looked at Xiao Ran who was wearing a mask, and sighed softly: "That means you will end this as quickly as possible and leave here, right? Are you so eager to leave here? Is it necessary to do this?”
"You are thinking too much." Xiao Ran shook his head and said: "This war can only be fought quickly and not slowly. We must achieve our goal before the EU can really react, because we don't know when the other side will. Put the real focus on this continent, and once the other party draws out their energy and even uses all the resources of the entire EU, then based on the current situation of Butalia, even if the Scarlet Knights can fully help In the end, Butalia still cannot escape the ending of being destroyed. This is also done to involve the energy of the high-end forces in EU. No matter what they want to do, they will not be able to devote all their energy there, and Part of the force must be sent to guard against us and be wary of us.”
"And not only does District 19 need to move faster, even Lelouch's moves must also speed up. Now the empire is in turmoil. Not only are the pressures faced by the border districts increasing, but after waiting for a while, the empire will now be The front line will also fall into a complete defeat, and even if the work on the new aircraft is completed, it will not be equipped in a short time."
"Once the vast majority of the territory is lost, even if there are new machines at that time, it will be impossible to regain the lost territory. We cannot delay time to allow our enemies to gain more growth, and the power we can rely on now is actually There is only the Scarlet Knights left, but I don’t need to say more about Charles’s attitude towards the Scarlet Knights. As long as they miss the best golden period of development now, no matter how much they value and trust the Scarlet Knights in the future and give them unlimited resources for development, they will Meaningless."
"If we want to solve the biggest problem in the empire now, it's not just the 19th District, not just the troubles encountered in each border area. The real problem lies only with Charles, at least in my opinion. Only by overthrowing Charles will I do my best. To help the empire, even if the Scarlet Knights now have more support from Charles, they will not fully help Charles. Only by uniting all the powerful forces in this country can the empire be maintained as strong as it is now."
"So it makes no sense for me to stay here. What's more, the problem today is no longer just about the empire. The entire world will also face a huge chaos. The entire world will also fall into a war that you don't understand at all. If you want to prevent a war that is imaginable and want to maintain the empire's current situation in this war that has affected the entire world, then you can only follow my method."
"I don't care if you refuse, and even if you can get rid of what I have imposed on you, it is useless to choose to betray me. The worst plan is for me to leave the empire and return to District 11 with the entire Scarlet Knights. I believe that just by relying on With the resources of District 11, my abilities, and the true power of the Scarlet Knights, I can still develop a country more powerful than the empire in the chaos that follows. Although it will be a bit more troublesome after losing the foundation of the empire, But no one can stop what I want to do, and without restrictions, we will only become stronger at a faster speed.”
"But without my help and without the Scarlet Knights, how long can the empire persist in the current situation? I think this question should not be difficult for you to answer."