Xiao Ran left the matter of receiving and arranging the Roaring Lion Legion to Lelouch with full authority. When the Roaring Lion Legion refused to participate in the war with EU, Xiao Ran originally wanted to use the Roaring Lion Legion as an outsider of Butaria and EU. The plan of a third party to forcefully intervene and suspend the war in the short term can no longer continue. As far as Xiao Ran is concerned, the Roaring Lion Legion has no role in the area of District 19. It is better to just leave it to Lelouch's side to arrange it. As for Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran didn't ask if Lelouch had any other plans. Now that the Roaring Lion Legion has joined, although they can't be used in the 19th District, there are still many places where they can play.
Without the Roaring Lions, the task of continuing to put pressure on the EU must continue. Under the premise that actions cannot be taken directly against the EU homeland, the war in District 19 is the only place where the energy of the EU participants can be diverted. , and consuming the combat power here, or even eliminating the other party's participants, is also a way of gradually accumulating advantages.
However, the EU side suddenly shrank its front line, leaving no chance for the Butaria side to make a surprise attack. Unsurprisingly, Selleus of the Roaring Lion Legion must have informed the EU side, causing the other side to advance in advance. Making preparations was not a good thing worthy of praise for Butalia, and it also brought some unnecessary trouble to Xiao Ran.
If the person who defeated Seleus was not Xiao Ran, but Emperor Charles who could assemble the power of the entire Butaria, then Seleus would definitely be resented by Charles for his actions, but accepting this Everything became Xiao Ran. Although Xiao Ran would have some small complaints about this, he could fully accept Seleus's choice in his heart, and he would not blame Seleus for such a problem.
Lelouch did not return to Area 11 after leaving Selleus' base, but moved into the base controlled by the Scarlet Knights at this time to facilitate communication and arrangements with Selleus. , assisting the Roaring Lion Legion to gradually disappear in this continent. The specific arrangements will be reported back to Xiao Ran, which can also let Xiao Ran clearly know the next arrangements and whereabouts of the Roaring Lion Legion. However, if the Roaring Lion Legion is to be completely withdrawn Fighting in this area cannot be completed in a few days.
As for the target, it was placed by Lelouch in Southeast Asia, a place where the current situation is also extremely chaotic, even more chaotic than the African continent where District 19 is now located, almost spanning a block from the southernmost part of the African continent. Mainland China, but now that the target has been decided, while the Roaring Lion Legion cannot move as a whole, some people will be sent to collect information and find a suitable place to use as a base.
As for Butaria, without the worries of the rebels, it can focus all its energy on the EU. At the beginning, it did send a lot of troops to take over and rectify the territory left by the rebels, resulting in a change in military strength. There were some shortcomings, but a few days later a new batch of reinforcements arrived in the 19th District, completely solving the problem of insufficient troops due to the expansion of the territory, and then a larger-scale military force broke out with the EU. conflict.
The large-scale military conflict between the two sides directly led to the sound of artillery fire on the front line from day to night, and from night to day. No one on either side made the slightest concession, from the wilderness to the desert, from the desert to the desert. From cities to ruins, battles are breaking out everywhere. One side has no way to retreat. If it continues to retreat, it is very likely to completely lose the right to speak on this continent, while the other side is pursuing victory and trying to win the entire continent in one go. continent.
As the main force in the war between the two sides, at this time, it was not the small number of participants, but the ordinary soldiers belonging to the two countries. The same kind of ordinary soldiers sacrificed in the war, and only these ordinary soldiers with the largest number were sacrificed in the war. Talent can spread the outbreak of battle to every place on a large scale.
And those participants, whether they are EU participants or participants of the Scarlet Knights, although they have strength, there are still only a few who have the ability to really change the situation of the battle. Ordinary participants are even more powerful than ordinary people. power, but there is also a high possibility that the ship will capsize in front of a huge number and be piled alive and entangled to death.
Therefore, under such circumstances, fewer participants actually appeared in the frontal war. Participants on both sides unanimously chose harassment operations and special operations in such a war. I destroy your supply lines, and you destroy them. Many conflicts broke out in my supply warehouse under the same choice.
The participants who really have the courage to appear on the frontal battlefield are also people who have great confidence in their own strength, such as Corgi. However, no matter which side appears on the frontal battlefield, these participants will not only compete in the first battle. For a time, they received extraordinary treatment, and at the same time, participants from the other side also appeared on the battlefield.
After repeated conflicts, ordinary soldiers suffered greater losses. After all, ordinary soldiers can only be regarded as targets for pilots of Corgi's level, but if our own side takes action against ordinary enemy soldiers, , then the enemy will also do the same thing. This is why having participants appear on the frontal battlefield in the first place will lead to more casualties.
Later, the two sides may have learned their lesson and stopped using ordinary soldiers to entangle the participants. Instead, it turned into a direct collision between participants. As long as one participant wins, it often means that the battle will be successful. Victory, but victory will not stay with one side forever. Both sides suffered losses in such a war, but there are indeed very few participants who actually sacrificed in the losses, because once they are at a disadvantage, they will not hesitate to choose retreat.
In such a conflict, Xiao Ran did not join in. Although the demon Caesar whom he handed over to the Scarlet Knights was returned to Xiao Ran in just two or three days, Xiao Ran did not deal with the rebels like before. Instead of going into battle personally, he stayed in the headquarters and personally directed this massive war.
In terms of Cornelia's ability and character, although she has enough ability to command a war, the scale of the current war has far exceeded Cornelia's ability. This conflict with EU is almost It swept more than half of the African continent. To be honest, although it is a bit hurtful, Cornelia, who is used to treating herself as a warrior, does not have the qualifications to command a war of this scale.
This war actually broke out very suddenly. Originally, EU had already retreated. Xiao Ran only hoped to rely on the power of some of the 19th District and the Scarlet Knights to weaken the opponent's strength as much as possible, and use harassment or destruction to kill them. , just like boiling a frog in warm water slowly, it can weaken the opponent's strength, and allow the opponent to send more participants when ordinary strength is no longer enough to resist, thus involving the opponent's energy here. The most important thing is What's more, such a slow way can still buy Xiao Ran enough time.
However, without any request from Cornelia, Charles took the initiative to gather a force that was three times larger than all the forces in District 19. A new order directly broke Xiao Ran's mind. The original arrangement, and the stationing of so many troops also showed the EU's life-or-death attitude, which angered the EU, and a full-scale conflict suddenly broke out.
Charles's order is to pursue the victory after defeating the rebels and drive the EU's power completely out of the continent. At the worst, the EU's living environment on this continent must be squeezed to the minimum. This is clearly given. Even though Xiao Ran was unwilling to give the order, before taking action against Charles, and being forcibly tied onto the ship by the sudden arrival of reinforcements, Xiao Ran could only temporarily act according to Charles' wishes.
Fortunately, Charles sent so many troops, which indeed gave EU a huge threat and sense of urgency. He put a lot of energy here, and there were many more participants in the war. This clearly illustrates this problem. At least the purpose of this point has been achieved.
But it also made Xiao Ran worry a lot. The first is that with the current situation in District 19, he really can't spare much time to leave here. The command of the entire battle relies entirely on him to achieve the slight advantage now. To advance step by step, it will not let EU side jump over the wall and have to accept daily losses. If someone else comes to take charge, it will easily break the current balance, and maybe the advantage will be directly reversed and become a disadvantage.
Secondly, Xiao Ran is also worried that a full-scale conflict between the two parties may break out at some point. Now that he lacks the appropriate power, he has no way to intervene in such a conflict, let alone intervene in the name of the Black Knights. Go in, and once such a conflict breaks out, although the EU will not get a good result, the Scarlet Knights will probably suffer a lot of losses. This is something Xiao Ran doesn't want to see, so he will always try his best to maintain the entire situation. The balance of the battle situation, and sometimes even deliberately throwing out some bait for eu to eat so that the opponent can always touch the local victory.
But the key point of both of them is time. Xiao Ran needs time to go to District 11. As long as he goes to District 11 and solves the problem of the machine, all the problems will no longer be a problem. Who knows that Charles will suddenly come and completely disrupt it? His arrangement made it impossible for him to leave District 19 now.
A few days passed, and a week passed. Xiao Ran was dragged to the headquarters every day and didn't even have much time to rest. He simply arranged his living place in his office. Sometimes, the EU suddenly took action. Xiao Ran also had to get up immediately and send a suitable team to deal with the problem without affecting the overall situation. The overall situation looked good with Xiao Ran's command, but if you ignore the situation and only look at the numbers, you can only use Two words to describe it, tragic.
Regardless of the loss of personnel and sacrifices, there are countless soldiers killed and injured in various battles, and the consumption of supplies is also extremely terrifying. Soldiers on the front line are bathed in danger every day, but even the soldiers transporting supplies can't explain what is happening. Sometimes there will be several missiles overhead, and even the maintenance personnel slightly behind are still working at risk all the time.
Cornelia did not go to the front line. She was in the headquarters like Xiao Ran every day, but she was assisting Xiao Ran in her work. Watching the numbers on the damage report change again and again every day, the look on Cornelia's face His expression became worse and worse. At first there was some smile, but in the next few days, all that was left was heaviness, fatigue and heartache.
Finally, Cornelia broke into Xiao Ran's office one night, slammed the door, and looked at Xiao Ran, who was naked from the waist up. She directly threw the report in her hand at Xiao Ran, gritted her teeth and said: "Only for the losses in the past few days. It has exceeded all the losses during the previous integration of District 19. It cannot continue like this. We must find a way to change the current situation. The casualties of frontline personnel are too great, whether it is Butaria or EU investment. The combat power is also increasing, and Butaria is likely to have problems because of this if this continues."
"You... you... can't use the lives of these ordinary soldiers to consume the opponent's combat power."
"I didn't." Xiao Ran slowly picked up the report scattered on the ground, stood up and walked to Cornelia: "I didn't do that. I don't know what caused you to look at me like this, but I never did. It was planned to use the lives of ordinary soldiers to consume the opponent's power. The real main force to weaken the opponent has always been the Scarlet Knights. This situation has only occurred because the scale of the war has become larger and larger, and the current situation is also I never expected it at first, it came too quickly and too urgently.”
Cornelia gritted her teeth and said: "But this is the fact now. Even if you don't think so and have been avoiding such a situation, the fact has developed into a complete war of attrition. No matter what, the current problem must be solved. You guys We want to accept Butaria, but we are also unwilling to accept a Butaria that has caused more chaos and become riddled with holes because of a war.”
Xiao Ran breathed out softly and muttered: "I understand, I have been looking for such an opportunity, but the opponent's defense line has no weaknesses at all. Even if I can go into battle personally, the opponent can also gather all the strength to attack here regardless of the cost. To launch an attack, the top leaders of both sides are actually maintaining a tacit understanding not to invest the most powerful force into it. I can break this tacit understanding, but I need time and I also lack things."
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