And this is only the first half of all plans. As for the second half, Xiao Ran doesn't know if he has the time to continue, but he is not willing to be in this place Area 19 After staying for too long, quickly complete this tour and control the governors and military commanders of each border area, and quickly remove Charles, who has always had ill intentions towards him and Crimson Knights. Later, it will be much more appropriate to do it at that time than to do it well now, because solving these problems at that time can be regarded as truly solving it for yourself, and before the emperor changes, the empire's experience of some failures can also greatly weaken the authority of some people. Hopefully, once Lelouch or Nanalie, or Euphemia comes to power, we can regain these lost places, wouldn't it be a great opportunity to gain fame and reputation?
The second half of the plan is extremely simple to say, but it requires a strong enough combat team to do it, and it also requires very strong intelligence support. That is to stay in the rear to carry out sabotage behind enemy lines, and to move around to destroy local military facilities without any purpose. In this way, Area 19's combat power lies in the front line. It puts greater pressure on the EU side, which will naturally put the EU side into trouble, and will also make it difficult for the participants of the two legions to travel back and forth.
It just requires strong enough support, and that can only be achieved by letting Xiao Ran join this team, and it is best to let powerful participants like Corgi join in. Without Xiao Ran, even Corgi alone may not be enough to support such a team. This is a team that only the strong can formulate and Therefore, even if she told Cornelia, she did not have the strength to execute it. The most she could do was to change the plan and send special agents to carry out sabotage behind enemy lines. However, this kind of work should have been ongoing. Looking at Area 19's current situation, we know that this kind of action did not have much effect at all.
After leaving Command Center, Xiao Ran did not go back to where he lived but went to the warehouse where Soul Reaver was parked. No matter when, since he got Soul Reaver, wherever Soul Reaver is, there will always be a lot of people around. Even after leaving the country and coming to Area 19, there is still a group of people Soul Reaver's Technicians who have been carrying out various tasks on Soul Reaver. At the same time, there are also special guards responsible for Soul Reaver's security work when he is at the base.
Xiao Ran wandered around in the hangar where Soul Reaver was parked. At a height of nearly fifty meters, it was impossible to park the machine body in a standing position. It still used a carrier vehicle to enter and exit. When it was time to use it, it had to be dragged out by the carrier vehicle and climbed up by itself, which was quite troublesome.
After entering the warehouse, Xiao Ran greeted the person in charge of the logistics department and sat directly in the cockpit of the aircraft. Then he turned on the aircraft system and took off his mask, and linked the interface between the mask and the aircraft system. He logged into the aircraft the regional map and combat instruction map just obtained from Command Center. He sat in the cockpit of the aircraft and began to study it.
Although I did write down a lot of combat instruction maps in the short time just now, I didn't have much time for Xiao Ran to analyze the situation on this blueprint in detail. After recording it, I now have more time to analyze slowly, analyze the weaknesses of the three parties including Imperial Army, and select the weakest places in the defense line one by one.
In the end, it took nearly half an hour for Xiao Ran to mark several circles on the map based on his pure analysis. Whether it was the empire, the enemy UE or Resistance Organization, all the strongholds marked on the map were selected by Xiao Ran.
After looking back and forth at these points for a while, he slowly closed his eyes and radiated out his Mental Power and telekinesis. Starting from the cockpit, he scanned Soul Reaver carefully bit by bit, confirming that there was nothing there the day before. Someone has tampered with Soul Reaver, or installed something superfluous on this machine body, and this is what must be done every time Xiao Ran boards the cockpit of Soul Reaver.
Although he is now a Knights of the Round in name, and this machine also belongs to him in name, the person who actually maintains this machine is not him, let alone any one of his Burning Legion. How can Xiao Ran really not worry about these people sent by Charles? It is inevitable to check it.
After the inspection was completed, Xiao Ran opened external communication. After the logistics person Technology Department gave a reply that the communication was connected, Xiao Ran said directly, "Start preparations immediately, conduct final inspections on the body, message transmission, and communication, and start the actual combat test in an hour."
"Understood." Xiao Ran's voice was a little excited. He had been familiar with and tested Soul Reaver for a long time. After arriving at Area 19, he was silent for two days. Now that he was finally able to conduct the practical test that Technicians had always wanted to do, how could he not be excited.
After Xiao Ran ordered the arrangements, within ten minutes Soul Reaver was surrounded by more people, and Xiao Ran also jumped out of the cockpit and stood in front of the person in charge of logistics Technology Department While holding a document board in his hand, he was flipping through the contents and listening to the test requirements put forward by the technical director. As for where Xiao Ran was going to drive Soul Reaver, that was not Technicians's business.
After saying a lot of things to pay attention to, the technical leader closed his mouth and nodded with satisfaction, and then said to Xiao Ran, "These are the purpose and requirements of the test, but in the end it must be carried out based on the actual combat situation. The most important thing is to be able to come back safely, so be careful, Knight Lelouch."
Xiao Ran nodded and smiled slightly, "I will try my best to complete all these test projects."
After taking out the things in his hands, Xiao Ran returned to the cockpit again and slowly closed the cockpit cover, waiting for the huge carrier to take Soul Reaver out of the hangar.
And just when Xiao Ran started to prepare, Cornelia in Command Center received the news through his subordinate that Xiao Ran was going to conduct a practical test on Soul Reaver, which immediately made her frown, with a look of dissatisfaction on her face, but she did not stop Xiao Ran's "private" action. Instead, she walked to the middle of the steps and switched the big screen in front to a fixed-angle picture of Soul Reaver being gradually dragged out of the hangar.
From the picture, Cornelia can clearly see Soul Reaver's huge body being transported out of the hangar and moved to the open space in front of the base under the slow movement of a heavy-duty transport truck. Then Soul Reaver's eyes and many parts of his body flashed with light, and Soul Reaver's body slowly sat up, and then stretched out his feet to stand on the ground.
Monica and Luciano, who had never left Command Center, also stood next to Cornelia. They were also looking at the picture on the big screen, but compared to Cornelia, their expressions seemed much more relaxed.
At this time, a CIC near Cornelia turned to look in the direction of Cornelia and reported loudly, "Princess Cornelia, Lelouch Knights of the Round Soul Reaver applied for attack. Will Knight Lelouch be given permission to attack?"
Cornelia's brows were furrowed, and he glanced left and right at the two Knights of the Rounds beside him, and asked in a deep voice, "How much do you know about this Knight Lelouch and this Soul Reaver?"
Monica tilted his head slightly, while Luciano touched his nose and said, "It's very strong, both human and machine. Although I haven't seen Knight Lelouch in real combat, in the previous test battles, The strength and performance displayed by Knight Lelouch and Soul Reaver are beyond my reach. There is no suitable opportunity for Knight Lelouch to conduct a real actual combat test in the capital. I am afraid that Knight Lelouch can't wait to come to this place this time."
Cornelia seems to be saying to himself, "It's too far behind?"
"Yes, far behind." Luciano smiled helplessly and said, "Although as Knights of the Round, I am not willing to admit that I am inferior to him, but my strength does not allow it. Judging from the strength Knight Lelouch has shown before, I am not as good as him in many places. I really don't know how to give my best in a real battlefield. How terrifying is the Knight Lelouch? In that battle, the Lancelot driven by Knight Lelouch easily defeated the deputy leader of Crimson Knights with speed and maneuvers that I couldn't react to. I would only be deceiving myself if I didn't want to admit that I was inferior to him."
"Monica, what do you think." Cornelia looked at Monica who tilted his head slightly. After thinking for a while, Monica nodded firmly and said, "Knight Lelouch is really strong."
"I understand." Cornelia took a deep breath and looked at the CIC who just reported, "Did he say the goal of the actual combat test?"
CIC shook his head. "No, just applying for permission to attack."
"Forget it." Cornelia shook his head and waved his hands indifferently. "Since he wants to attack, let him attack, and as a Knights of the Round, I am not qualified to restrict the other party's activities."
"Understood."
Cornelia once again focused his attention on the big screen and added, "Now mobilize all available resources and keep an eye on this Soul Reaver. I want to know every move of this machine after it leaves the base."
"Understood."
Squinting his eyes, Cornelia thought in his heart, "Lelouch? Lelouch! Is such a name a coincidence or deliberate? You said that you are strong enough to win Resistance Organization's base camp without anyone's help. I want to see who you are. You don't really have such strength. If your strength is really that strong, then it doesn't matter if you carry out the operation according to your ideas. As long as it is certain that your strength can indeed bring a huge advantage to the empire on this battlefield, I will definitely keep you here even if I give up the position of Governor Area 19."
Xiao Ran doesn't know the one-man show in Cornelia's heart, let alone the conversation between Cornelia, Luciano, and Monica. After getting the answer from Command Center in the cockpit that he was allowed to attack, he flipped multiple switches in succession with his right hand in front of him, holding both hands on the operation The pole swayed slightly for a few times, and the foot began to slowly step down on the tower. As the left hand was raised, the auxiliary operating lever was pushed forward to the end. After stepping down lightly with both feet, the machine was controlled to slowly float up. Then all the thrusters exploded with huge heat energy and power, causing Soul Reaver to rush directly into the sky like a sharp arrow, and soon disappeared from the eyes of many people at the base who were paying attention to the machine.
Before setting off, Xiao Ran had already determined the target for the actual combat test. After ascending into the sky, it turned around without any cover and started heading towards the already selected target at full speed. It has the ability to fly and emphasizes flexibility. He naturally has certain attainments in terms of speed. Compared with the speed of fighter planes in this world, it is only faster. It did not take long to fly a long distance, but it was still a long way from the front line of Area 19.
Along the way, the flight path of Xiao Ran was also marked on the screens of the logistics Technology Department and the base Command Center. This completely straight-line flight without changing direction at all made it easy for the people behind to calculate the target of Xiao Ran.
At first, everyone thought that Xiao Ran's attack target was the defense position in the area controlled by Resistance Organization, but tens of seconds later, everyone saw Soul Reaver moving back and forth on the defense position for a short while, directly crossing the defense line and breaking through to a deeper place behind the defense line.
This situation immediately stunned the people in Command Center. They hurriedly began to calculate the real target of Xiao Ran. In less than thirty seconds, they calculated again and guessed the second takeover. This is a supply point behind the defense line. It is only more than fifty kilometers away from the frontline battleground. It can be said that it is not far from the frontline, but it is not too close.
Cornelia couldn't help but take a breath after his subordinate speculated and calculated Xiao Ran's target. He couldn't control his emotions and stared at the big screen in front of him in astonishment, muttering, "What on earth is he going to do?"
Of course Cornelia knows about that stronghold. He knows that the supply stronghold is Rebel Army's most important stronghold in that area. It is responsible for all military supply tasks in the surrounding area. It is heavily guarded and cannot be taken down by one person driving a single machine.