Chapter 2423 Take Action
Since that night, Xiao Ran has not seen Cornelia for several Tiandus. It is not that Xiao Ran is hiding from Cornelia. For Xiao Ran For, this is not a big deal, nor is it something that he cannot accept and handle, but Cornelia is unilaterally and deliberately avoiding any contact with Xiao Ran, including meeting.
As for the reason, although Old Driver is not called Old Driver, Xiao Ran, who can at least go on the road alone, also knows very well what Cornelia is thinking now, that is, he does not know how to accept himself and Xiao Ran This special relationship between the two of E, firstly, was inexplicably instilled in Xiao Ran with an idea that requires loyalty, leaving behind a stalwart figure, and secondly, the indescribable story that happened between the two.
After these things happened, it is normal for Cornelia to be complicated in her heart. It is normal for her to choose to avoid meeting because she does not know how to deal with her relationship with Xiao Ran. However, it is also possible that Cornelia is too strong-willed and does not want to appear in front of the person who has completely conquered her both physically and mentally. It is also possible for her to show her vulnerable side.
Since Cornelia deliberately avoids meeting Xiao Ran, Xiao Ran naturally has no idea of shyly sticking up to her, or of having a heart-to-heart talk to comfort her. There is no such idea at all, and Cornelia doesn't need anyone to do this.
After that night, Charles personally conducted a Video Communication with this team. The representative attached great importance to Xiao Ran being able to achieve such good results by driving Soul Reaver. He also encouraged Xiao Ran with words, and then wrote down the reward.
One person destroyed part of the enemy's defense line and destroyed an important supply base for Resistance Organization, causing that area of defense to be seriously affected. It would relieve Area 19 of a lot of pressure and bring many opportunities. These can be the reasons why Charles can reward Xiao Ran, but does he know Xiao Ran didn't care at all that any of his rewards were unclear, but Xiao Ran knew it very well, and completely conquered the person with the greatest power, Area 19, which started the key second step in overthrowing Charles's plan. If Charles knew this, he might even be willing to eat Xiao Ran.
Subsequently, Xiao Ran did not continue to drive Soul Reaver to attack. For Area 19, in fact, the existence of Xiao Ran and the previously destroyed local supply base were a huge opportunity to solve the current predicament and gain more advantages, but Xiao Ran did not Without the slightest idea of moving, he just wandered around the base every day, walking here and there, either in his own room or in the hangar where Soul Reaver was parked. Until there was a new order, or waiting for the people of the investigation team to get the results they wanted, Xiao Ran could only stay in this place in its current state, bored.
There are many people who see Xiao Ran doing nothing every day. Even if they recognize Xiao Ran's strong strength, they feel in their hearts that Xiao Ran has such a huge fighting power and does not devote himself to the battlefield to lead them to victory. They think that Xiao Ran is not doing his job properly. However, the other two Knights of the Round Table, who obviously came with Xiao Ran to fight, were forcefully recruited by Cornelia and temporarily rushed into the war mission on the front line. Of the three Knights of the Round Table, only Xiao Ran remained in the base.
Xiao Ran doesn't want to drive Soul Reaver on combat missions, and no one can force him here. Not to mention that Cornelia, as the supreme commander, is afraid of meeting Xiao Ran, so who else is qualified to stand in front of Xiao Ran and let him attack? And even Cornelia himself, the supreme commander of Area 19, has nowhere expressed the hope that Xiao Ran can go to the front line to help Area 19 gain a greater advantage.
Xiao Ran has his own reasons for not wanting to go out, and Cornelia also has other reasons for not wanting Xiao Ran to go out. Most of the reasons for the two are exactly the same, but this reason is not understood by everyone in this base.
In Cornelia's view, the current situation is better than before anyway, and there are two Knights of the Round who have helped to get to the front line and have overcome the more difficult times. Now that the situation has begun to change, it is more necessary to slowly open up to the outside world step by step.
Moreover, the previous incident of Xiao Ran driving Soul Reaver to attack the opponent's supply base should have caused a great reversal in the entire surrounding area, in the EU, and in the Rebel Army organization. Since Xiao Ran can attack their base with huge combat power, then the other party can also gather powerful combat power to attack their base.
But as long as Xiao Ran stays here, this base, which controls the entire Area 19 government affairs and war, will never be considered for attack by the other party. Even if other places are attacked, the consequences of the attack on the main base will not be serious, and the impact will not be so huge.
What's more, if the opponent does not send enough troops, based on Area 19's current strength, the two Knights of the Round plus Crimson Knights are not without the power to fight or even eat up the opponent's attack power. But if the opponent really sends top combat power, then Xiao Ran can also defeat the opponent when dispatched. In this base, he will not be entangled in troublesome wars and can provide reinforcements anywhere at any time. Therefore, the benefits of Xiao Ran staying are far greater than Xiao Ran actually stepping into the battlefield and appearing on the front line. It is also a calming needle that sits here and does not dare to let the opponent do anything rashly.
This is what Cornelia thinks, so she will not let Xiao Ran, Nuclear Weapon, who can completely threaten the opponent, leave. The reason why a threat is a threat is because if you don't take action, it will make the other party scrupulous. Once you do take action, it may become a fight to the death, and it may not necessarily bring positive changes to the current situation.
Xiao Ran also has the same idea, but compared to Cornelia, he is not so cautious. Apart from the previous thoughts, he does not think that EU or Resistance Organization can resist. Even if he fights the opponent in his hometown and goes to the other side, he can only swallow his anger, but he also simply doesn't want to take action against those who have no power to resist, and he also feels that he has to rely on him alone. Even if he can bring any change to Area 19, he will not. It is a long-term change. Only when the master of Britannia is replaced and the equipment body is upgraded, will the changes obtained at that time be the changes that can be truly maintained. What's more important is that there is no need to use Knight Lelouch yet. This identity can directly attract hatred to himself. After all, once the emperor of Britannia is replaced, his external attitude will also need to change. When that time comes, he will really need to lead the army forward without any hesitation.
But now that he has shown his strength on the battlefield, will Charles let him continue to stay in Area 19 until the situation faced by Area 19 is completely solved, or will he use the east wind of winning the Resistance Organization base to go to other areas? It is still unknown how he will go around, but what is somewhat certain is that with Charles's vision and overall view, he will always stay here temporarily to cope with the situation here, so as to prevent the EU and Rebel Army organizations from taking the opportunity to launch a large-scale counterattack after his departure, so there should be no chance to leave here in a short time.
Time flies so fast, and a week slips through my fingers. Xiao Ran also has the feeling that a week has passed inexplicably without doing anything. I am doing nothing every day, but the key is that there is nothing in the base that can make Xiao Ran waste time. A place like this, and even if there is such a place, it is not something that he can just go to with his current status in the empire. Even if he wants to bask in the sun, considering the environment of Area 19, the almost desert environment does not make Xiao Ran have the desire to stay outside for too long.
Cornelia still has not met Xiao Ran, and has used various methods to avoid meeting Xiao Ran. Of course, Xiao Ran has never actively looked for. Cornelia, even if they meet, there are not many topics to talk about, and Cornelia deliberately avoids it, Xiao Ran will not ask for trouble, and it is not rare to use Cornelia to relieve his boredom.
All he can really do every day is to pay attention to the situation on the front line, and pay attention to the movements and intelligence of the EU and Rebel Army organizations. He is a little boring, but the front line is very lively every Tiandu every day. He fights with the EU in the morning, with Resistance Organization in the afternoon, or fights with both sides. Even if there is no major military conflict every day, various things are happening basically all the time. It's a small conflict. You fire two shots and I fire two. If you take action, I stop it. If I have an idea, you stop it. It's a battle of wits and courage at various levels. But neither side dares to confirm that it has the advantage to completely gain the upper hand, let alone the ability to completely overwhelm the opponent. It looks more like a stalemate. Neither side dares to break this rare tacit understanding and balance, but they are always looking for an opportunity to decide the outcome in a battle.
As a true bystander, and as a third party with higher vision and vision than Cornelia, Xiao Ran really feels that it is completely meaningless to waste the power of the empire in this place, but this is the fact, even if Cornelia used all its strength to crush the Military Strength and Rebel Army on the EU side and take back the areas that had been gradually occupied before, but there was really no way to ensure that it had the force to defend it, and it would waste and dilute more military power. Such a war really makes no sense.
If it were Xiao Ran facing the current situation, he would have ordered the entire army to evacuate long ago. He would not stupidly guard the defense line that might be breached at any time, wasting resources and wasting strength. In fact, now In the case of Area 19, you can completely withdraw to the edge, choose one or a few places that are easy to defend and difficult to attack, re-establish the front, wait until the new machine is developed and mass-produced, and then counterattack after gaining the advantage in strength, there is no need to crucify yourself here.
This is just Xiao Ran's personal opinion. After all, Xiao Ran's vision and opinions are definitely very different from others. He doesn't care about the gains and losses between places. But for Cornelia, this is not the case at all. Once he quits, it means that his honor will be damaged. Not only Cornelia, but the entire military will not allow such a thing to happen.
However, after a few more days passed, Area 19's situation finally changed, and many situations appeared ahead. During a battle between Monica and Luciano, Monica's body was seriously damaged and suffered a blow. Some minor injuries were then forcibly rescued by the people of Luciano and Crimson Knights. Finally, the counterattack on behalf of the EU and Rebel Army organizations has gradually begun. This is also the only real defeat that Area 19 Imperial Army has suffered in recent times.
When such a situation occurred, Cornelia didn't want to see Xiao Ran, but he took the initiative to find Xiao Ran after such a situation occurred, and walked into Xiao Ran's room alone.
The meeting between the two was very dull. At least Xiao Ran was quite calm on one side. However, after Cornelia saw Xiao Ran, his serious and frowning expression slowly began to relax. He even took the initiative to pull Xiao Ran's collar and kissed her hard.
When everything was calm, the shirtless Xiao Ran put one hand around Cornelia, who was supporting him, and smoothed the other person's messy hair with the other hand, and then gently asked, "Are you under a lot of pressure during this period? Do you use me as a tool to relieve stress? Or are you just unable to bear it because you haven't seen me for so long?"
Xiao Ran's words seemed to be a bit teasing and mocking to Cornelia. He raised his head and glared at Xiao Ran in shame and anger, but he could only lay his head weakly on Xiao Ran's chest, letting Xiao Ran stroke his hair like a puppy.
Feeling the warm hands sliding on his body, and holding back the sensitivity, Cornelia also said softly, "Yes, I am just under a lot of pressure, and I use you as a tool to relieve pressure. So what, do you still want to punish me?"
"I didn't say that." Xiao Ran smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "Tell me what happened."
Cornelia weakly whispered, "You know that Monica's body was damaged, right? That was because the EU and Rebel Army joined together to specifically deal with Luciano, Monica, the two Knights of the Round and Crimson Knights set up a conspiracy, perhaps to suppress our morale, or perhaps to take the opportunity to eliminate some of our main combat forces."
"The entire border defense line has been under attack in recent times. It was originally just a small conflict of a normal scale, but now the scale of the conflict is slowly starting to become larger and larger, and the frequency is getting higher and higher. Some new aircraft have even appeared, but every time they never go deep into the opposite side., once they reach the goal of consuming our combat power, they will voluntarily withdraw and exchange the destroyed strongholds with us again... I wonder if they are preparing Final Assault, or if they have already set their target on you."