Counterfeit Hero

Colonel Keren retorted, "The frontline situation is just the enemy throwing all their forces into the smoke of the Jialuo Mountain Battlefield. Russell, as a military commander with countless wartime experiences, is not likely to make such a mistake of harming eight hundred enemies while losing a thousand of his own. This is clearly a trap. Of the current few defense lines, only Jialuo Mountain can sustain such a large-scale offensive. If other defense lines draw away their forces, it would only take three armored divisions or just the Mythical Army to break through and achieve the same strategic objective!"

A Lieutenant Colonel staff officer from the 5th Research Room nodded in agreement: "Colonel Keren makes a valid point. The enemy isn’t likely to break through Jialuo Mountain at such a high cost, and their forces are insufficient to support such an offensive until the end of the Jialuo Mountain battle. The best strategy would be to divert forces from other Federation defense lines, especially given that the terrain limits the deployment of forces. If we treat Jialuo Mountain as a grinder to wear down our forces bit by bit, the Gazalin Empire would have the opportunity to seize one of those defense lines and directly penetrate to Kato. Most importantly, once our forces are depleted, Jialuo Mountain’s strategic advantage will be unable to respond to enemy forces that have infiltrated behind us!"

Keren nodded: "If we have to say the enemy’s forces have increased, whether or not the intelligence department has failed, these increased forces must have come from somewhere. The reports of the besieged cities do not indicate any decrease in enemy forces, and the blockade by the Space Fleet prevents the enemy from receiving reinforcements from other planets. Therefore, I am very certain that the enemy’s offensive won’t last beyond 4 PM!"

Azibolt pointed at the simulation map showing the Federation’s casualties and asked, "Then how do you explain our casualties? From the simulations, if the enemy did not receive reinforcements, they could not sustain such an offensive until 10 AM!"

A staff officer from the 7th Research Room also stood up: "Exactly, this is already the fact before us. If we continue to ignore it and wait until the enemy truly breaks through Jialuo Mountain, who will be responsible?"

The staff officer from the 3rd Research Room who supported Azibolt also seized on the point: "Right, if you can solve this doubt, we’ll acknowledge that the enemy is just bluffing!"

Clearly, this was something Keren had not thoroughly thought about. He exchanged a hesitant glance with the 5th Research Room staff officer.

At this moment, Colonel Wakeley from the 1st Research Room stood up and said, "The key issue here in the smoke is that the Mythical Army has participated in the direct attack on Jialuo Mountain. The combat prowess of this unit is well known. Their appearance has caused great casualties among our frontline soldiers. I think this may be the reason the enemy’s force data in the simulation increased. In reality, it’s not an increase in forces but an enhancement in combat power!"