Forty Millenniums of Cultivation - Chapter 2873

Chapter 2873: Contradictory Strategy

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After a day and a half of fierce battles, the defenders defending the vast sea of stars of the Jade Tripod Sector had been divided into two groups.

As the three star fortresses, which were the largest among the defenders, exploded and collapsed, turning them into rotten apples that had been bitten hard. The remaining defenders lost their will to fight or gave the signal to surrender. They turned off their spiritual shields and power units obediently
and opened the data ports to the attackers, who would hack and monitor their mainframe crystal processors, or abandon the burning arsenals and mother starships and flee to the atmosphere of the Jade Tripod Planet on shuttles and fast carriers, hoping to stall them with the facilities on the ground and
the underground fortresses.

It was not until the attackers separated Jade Tripod from its most important satellite, the Jade Tripod Shipyard, and the Jade Tripod Crystal Suit Center, and destroyed the last main warship that was loyal to the four major families that the burning stars gradually cooled down.
However, the war was far from over.

In the cockpit of ‘Alloy Virus’, the flagship of the coalition fleet of the arsonists, Boss Bai was observing the bright yellow atmosphere of the Jade Cauldron Planet.

For most habitable planets, in order to maintain the basic ecosystem, 60% to 70% of the surface area was ocean, which was often blue.

However, the Jade Cauldron Planet was the second-to-none resource planet in the entire imperium. A lot of mother lodes of crystals were exposed to the surface of the planet. There was also a special magnetic field that surrounded the planet and reflected the brightness of the stars, making it look like a
cake filled with candles.

Boss Bai’s stomach was growling.
He was so hungry that he could not wait to cut the ‘cake’ into pieces and swallow it.
On the left side of ‘Alloy Virus’, there was ‘Steel Mouse’, the super warship with the strongest firepower of the coalition fleet of the arsonists, as well as ‘Iron Fist’, which had been modified to be an extension of the brain of ‘Fist King’.

It was especially so for the latter. Manipulated by the Fist King, it was simply a terrifying black hole that could mess up the enemy’s Spiritual Nexus and tactical chains wherever it was sent to the battlefield, swallow all the information and data of the enemy, and seriously disrupt the frequency of the
enemy’s fire control system and spiritual shield. It was a great contribution to the glorious victory.

Right now, under the cover of the super firepower of ‘Solid Steel Mouse’, Iron Fist was in the lead, too. It chased after the defeated soldiers and lunged at the atmosphere of the Jade Cauldron Planet, trying to further disrupt the communication and defense network that the enemy had set up on the planet
so that the subsequent troops could launch a strike in low-Earth orbit.

Boss Bai seized the opportunity to gather his troops and form an unstoppable scalpel again, ready to cut the cake.
But right then, Lei Chenghu’s command came over from ‘Thunder God’, the brand-new flagship of the coalition army.

“What? Stop attacking?”

Boss Bai was dazed for a moment. His face was immediately filled with fury.

Very soon, the highest-level secret communication channel between ‘Alloy Virus’ and ‘Thunder God’ was established. The two best commanders of the fleet in the sea of stars glared at each other.
“What is the meaning of this? Why did they stop attacking?”

Boss Bai slapped the control panel and said furiously, “General Hu, can’t you see that we are in a good situation right now? The defenders have completely collapsed. There is no way that we can stop the effective defense and counterattack in a short period of time. Also, with so many remnants of the
space fleet fleeing into the atmosphere, the command of the defenders on the ground will be further disrupted. This is our best opportunity!

“As long as we are fast enough and occupy the command center on the ground of Jade Cauldron Planet within three days, the entire planet will be within our reach!
“General Hu, do you not know the importance of Jade Cauldron Planet?

“This is the Song family, no, the largest arsenal, magical equipment, and crystal warehouse of the four electors’ families. God knows how many abundant resources are buried below the ground. A lot of weapons and supplies are piled up in the warehouse, too. For us, who are all alone and short of
logistics, it is a great help!

“Seeing that our army has cleared all the enemies in space and that a lot of resources are right in front of us, and that all the warriors who have been fighting bloody battles are waiting to resupply and rest on Jade Tripod, wouldn’t we be letting the tiger return to the mountain if we stop attacking now?
‘When the defenders come back to themselves and assume a stance of defense on Jade Tripod, how are we going to deal with them?

“Commander Bai, this is the reason why I have to stop the attack, because we cannot take down such a tough guy!

On the other side of the light beam, ‘God of War’ Lei Chenghu’s face was black. There was no telling whether it was because he was worried or because of the smoke of war. He said, “As you said, there are four arsenals and magical equipment warehouses that are the largest in the families of the four
electors. There are air defense bases on the ground that look like iron forests, underground fortresses that are as complicated as a maze, canned food that can’t be finished in decades, and endless weapons and ammunition!

“Our biggest disadvantage right now is our lack of soldiers and time.
“Ma fierce battle, it is one thing to destroy the enemy’s fleet, but it is another thing to deploy our meager troops to occupy the countless fortresses on and below the planet.

“There are too many cases where the ancient army attacked a solid city and failed to conquer it even after twenty years of siege, not to mention that we are faced with a planet, a planet that the enemy has been preparing for hundreds of years!
“Te told you since the very beginning that the priority of our battle is to take down the enemy’s forces and cut off their legs!

“Right now, we have destroyed the two deep-space fleets deployed by the enemy in the Jade Tripod Sector. They are one of the few fleets in the Song family that boast the ability to perform large-scale space jumps. They have essentially cut off one of the enemy’s legs and significantly undermined the
enemy’s mobility. We have achieved the purpose of the battle. If we are too greedy for the resources of the Jade Tripod Sector and sink into the quagmire of ground combat, how long will it take for us to occupy the entire planet? One month? Three months? A year and a half? How many elites and soldiers
will be sacrificed during the occupation? The assault that was supposed to be unstoppable will be reduced to a sloppy security battle?

“Therefore, as I said before, don’t care about the gains and losses of a city, a planet, or even a Sector. The most important thing about time is time! Only by crushing the enemy’s forces in the shortest amount of time and raising the most intense fear in the territory of the four families can we crush the
damn rebels in one fell swoop!

“Stop attacking the surface of the planet and focus your attack on the orbital bombardment. Blow up the main factories, weapon factories, crystal suit centers, and mining centers of the enemy so that, for at least three months to half a year, the enemy will not be able to produce another starship from Jade
Cauldron. No matter how many enemies are hiding on the planet, they will not be able to fly out or perform a space jump. Our purpose will be achieved.

“Then, we will pretend that our army is attacking the Jade Tripod Planet on a large scale and lure the remaining mobile forces of the Song family and even the four major families to reinforce the planet. Then, we will surround and attack the reinforcements two to three times to further weaken the
enemy’s mobile forces so that they will not dare to show up easily. After that, we will launch a thunderous attack and charge at—this place!”

Lei Chenghu clenched his iron-hammer-like fists and smashed them into the light beam, smashing the brilliant stars into smithereens.
It was ‘Yellow Dragon Sector’, the capital city of the Song family.

“This is our only chance of victory.

Lei Chenghu’s eyes bulged, and he declared, “Straight ahead!”

Boss Bais face was as gloomy as before. His sweat had almost turned into solid magma. He was not convinced by Lei Chenghu at all. “General Hu’s plan is good, but you must consider the current situation of our army. Our army is made of several different fleets and has been engaged in multiple fierce
battles. The battle right now has cost us a lot of soldiers. We are in dire need of supplies and rest.

“Right now, the resource-rich supply point is right in front of us, but we can’t do anything about it. We have to grit our teeth and attack the reinforcements!
“Has it ever occurred to you, General Hu, that the reinforcements to the Jade Tripod Sector at this moment are definitely the last elites of the four major families? As the saying goes, a cornered animal will do whatever it wants. When the elites go mad, it will not be easy to defeat them.

“According to General Hu, our army will march into the capital city of the Song family in less than half a day after we defeat the elites? How demanding are the ammunition, fuel, management, and leadership, as well as the fighting will of the soldiers at the grassroots level? It is like walking through a
spider’s web in the sky of the deepest level of hell. One moment of carelessness, and they will be doomed forever. Do you know the craziness and difficulty of the serial plan?”

“Tknow.”
Lei Chenghu said solemnly, “It is exactly because I’m very clear about the difficulty of the strategy that I’m certain that the enemy will never expect that we are bold enough to attack them directly!
“After the consecutive defeats in the ‘Battle of the Seven Seas’ and the ‘Battle of the Capital’, the four families have been disloyal and on the verge of collapse.

“At that time, a symbolic event would be enough to push the seemingly magnificent fortresses to collapse into debris.

“The news that the Song family, as the leader of the four major families, has conquered the capital city of the Song family is a signature event’. Once the news spreads, the army of the four major families will no longer have any will to fight, and the citizens and the low-level Immortal Cultivators in their
territory will stand up and resist, too. The governing order of the four major families will collapse like an avalanche. By then, even the impregnable fortresses such as the Jade Cauldron Planet will surrender without a fight!