At night, deep within the underground caves of the Gloom Corridor, inside the Empire's headquarters.
At this moment, under John's orders, all of their troops stationed along the Chokehold Peak front had entered the Gloom Corridor, while officers of every rank gradually gathered at headquarters as well.
After arranging for Samuel to lead the 1,500 soldiers and officers of the former 1st Division to the prepared kayaks and travel down the underground river to the Cocobia Rainforest, where they would carry out a surprise raid against the enemy cities in the rear.
John proceeded according to his original plan, deploying Roderick's Assault Force in the stone forest filled with stalactite traps, while Kambert's special operations unit was stationed in the Echo Zone, where the tunnels were numerous and complex and, after modification, could effectively disrupt the enemy's hearing, preparing for the coming ambush.
As for the other areas filled with mechanical traps and worm-type magical beasts, John intended to leave those blocking operations to the Independent 3rd Division.
After all, given their combat strength, that was about all they could do for now.
John had never expected those soldiers to inflict much effective damage on the Allied Forces anyway. The reason he assigned them this task was to deceive Roxy with sheer numbers, creating the illusion that he intended to settle the outcome here once and for all.
That was merely to provide cover for Samuel and the others heading off to raid the enemy's rear.
On the previous Chokehold Peak front, restrictions imposed by Magecraft Technology facilities meant that flying at low altitude would easily result in being shot down or even killed by Allied anti-aircraft fire. The battlefield was also too vast for Lunebo's reconnaissance company to cover with their vision alone. To ensure accurate intelligence, John had