Xiao Ran's string of orders was swiftly relayed through everyone in the Command Center. In truth, there was nothing especially ingenious about his instructions and arrangements this time. He was simply exploiting the flaw of the enemy having pushed too deeply forward in isolation, then cutting off that outstretched arm—along with everyone who had ventured in with it.
The enemy's deep advance had also been highly deliberate. Their main purpose was to test whether Xiao Ran was still in Area 19; taking Britannia Army's Command Center was merely secondary. Generally speaking, the participants were people with extreme confidence in their own strength. If they confirmed Xiao Ran was absent, they would seize the Command Center without worrying that Britannia might have laid any traps for them. After all, once one's strength reached a certain level, traps could simply be ignored.
And if Xiao Ran appeared, even if they failed to surround and kill him, they could simply retreat. Even having their retreat route cut off would not prevent those participants from withdrawing. As for another possibility—that all of them would be killed by Xiao Ran—how could such confident participants believe that would happen? Besides, they were not without trump cards.
What Xiao Ran had seized upon was precisely the participants' arrogance. He intended to cut off that arm reaching into their territory entirely. Naturally, accomplishing that required overwhelming strength. He would face the enemy head-on, while the Crimson Knights would strike from the flank and completely sever the enemy's route of retreat.
This time, Xiao Ran would also sortie in Mazinger Kaiser. It was not yet time for that machine, which did not even have an official name, to make its formal debut. Once that machine appeared, it would signify that the Black Knights had entered this war, and the