"I'm all ears."
After Cornelia spoke those four words, she stepped aside and turned her gaze toward Xiao Ran. Xiao Ran did not answer immediately. Instead, he carefully studied every occupied area displayed on the table once more.
The current situation was far from favorable for Area 19. The entire defensive line was almost completely surrounded and opposed by the EU and the Military Strength of the local Resistance Organization. Geographically, there were hardly any natural defensive barriers. There were no towering mountains or steep cliffs along the line that could serve as defensive positions. They could only rely on rivers, forests, unusual terrain, or simply trenches dug by hand.
Such defensive measures might have worked against this world's armed forces, but they were of little use against Participants. It was not that defensive lines were meaningless against Participants, but with the Empire's current capabilities, any defensive line they built would be useless. If the Burning Legion were the ones establishing a defensive line... no, if it were the Burning Legion, there would be no need to establish one at all.
In other words, Area 19's current defensive line could only serve against this world's local forces. The attacks of those two Participant Legions still relied on the Participants of the Crimson Knights. Yet the Crimson Knights had managed to contend with two other legions using only the strength of a single region while ensuring Area 19 did not collapse quickly. That had already far exceeded Xiao Ran's understanding of the Crimson Knights.
Given the current situation, no matter how much Cornelia reinforced the defensive line, it would be meaningless. What she needed was a way to break the deadlock of being surrounded and on the verge of collapse at any moment. Xiao Ran possessed the strength to do that,