After realizing that a ground battle was imminent, John gave the matter brief thought before immediately having Wendy use the Secret Message Worm again to contact Galil and issue a new order to the Imperial Beastfolk spy who had officially defected.
"Galil, I need you to use your existing intelligence to provide me with the exact locations and coordinates of the anti-magic facilities established by the Bloodhowl Legion and the Bloodwolf Tribe. This intelligence operation must be fast—no later than eight hours from now!"
That was right. John wanted Galil to investigate the specific locations of the Anti-Magic Devices because he intended to have the Ground Support Unit and the Assault Company work together to destroy them, then use the speed of the remaining Mage Soldiers and the power of Explosive Magic to launch a strategic strike against the enemy's undermanned rear bases, forcing them to split their forces or fall back to defend.
After dividing the battlefield with this kind of strategic strike, he could replicate the tactics he had used in Horseshoe Territory, wipe out the reinforcements sent to aid them, and further narrow the gap in combat strength between the two sides by weakening the enemy's overall forces.
But John also knew that even if the plan to besiege one point and ambush reinforcements succeeded, the enemy they would have to face on the ground battlefield was not something the current Imperial forces could withstand.
Whether it was the Bloodhowl Legion's Self-Healing Spell Formation, which was practically instant recovery, the Berserker Spell Formation that allowed them to devour flesh and blood to draw mana, or the Blood Curse Spell that could control an enemy's blood once a wound had been torn open by enchanted weapons from afar or wolf claws at close range, draining all their blood