Went back again.

Because of Jiang Hui's surprise attack, the L army, which had already cut down to the middle, had to turn back to block him.

The pressure on the other side eased instantly, but before they could truly breathe a sigh of relief, G's new instructions came into their minds, and the scattered and disordered Team A moved quickly according to the new arrangement on the central control terminal.

If someone were looking down at the scene right now, they would probably be surprised to find that both sides were changing at an extremely high speed. The scattered mechs and human formations were being rebuilt, and the movement lines and defensive lines were being reshaped. Soon, the battle zone would present a completely new picture.

"—Commander, they're now heading straight for the middle again. Although their formation is different from before, the trend is the same. The southwest is gradually being surrounded. Should we send the nearby center forward unit to intercept them?" This was an urgent report from the control room, submitted by R556, Jiang Hui's current deputy commander.

He had previously been Huan Xian's deputy, and before she left, she had no one else to transfer from Huan Xian's side. This deputy was a perfect fit for Huan Xian's personality; he was a solitary man with the ability to see through people's hearts and minds, making it difficult for ordinary people to work under him, or rather, difficult for ordinary subordinates to satisfy him.

But someone like R556 is just right. Compared to his immediate superior, 556 is a very easygoing person. Since joining Huan Xian's command, he has consistently demonstrated exceptional execution skills and a perfect understanding of the task. While he may not be able to perfectly replicate the assigned orders, he achieves a very high completion rate. What's even more remarkable is that he's not entirely without his own opinions; he can act independently, adapt flexibly, and analyze situations calmly until the goal is achieved.

In short, this is a very useful and worry-free "subordinate," which is exactly what Jiang Hui needs right now.

At this moment, he felt that he had discovered a major loophole that existed.

No need to rush—

Unexpectedly, this person disagreed: "Don't worry about that side. He's just making preparations for the future. He'll probably be paying close attention to all the front lines from the west."

How could G be so certain of the opponent's route? 556 was slightly confused; this contradicted his understanding. "But—" Currently, although L seems to be keeping a close eye on the southwest, his overall intention is still to take control of the middle lane, attempting to repeat the unfinished old path, but ultimately, he hasn't succeeded. Moreover, the battlefield is ever-changing, and the enemy can change at any time; their landing point can naturally be anywhere—southwest, northwest, southeast, northeast.

How could G make such a hasty conclusion?!

"This is also his best option at the moment." Previously, the enemy had to turn back and rearrange their formation after she broke through their rear. Due to the already chaotic and disorganized battle situation, they chose to change from a goose formation to an bow formation. This could indeed protect the human formation while engaging in mechanized combat, but the drawbacks were also obvious.

An arch shape naturally requires the existence of "bow arms" and "bowstring".

L used its rare heavy and fully armed mechs as leverage points, with the mech formation acting as a flexible bowstring to roughly form a bow-shaped array. The result was quite impressive; after losing the initiative, they quickly gained the upper hand and launched a strong offensive. However, this tactic also caused the team to quickly become internally exhausted and lose control.

Leaving aside the internal strife, a problem also existed on Jiang Hui's side, but within her expectations, L's approach was indeed somewhat "focused on the beginning but neglected the end," because Jiang Hui knew that the other party had always been rather immature in terms of handling details. Therefore, his choice of such a rapid attrition tactic was indeed tantamount to courting disaster.

This uncontrollability manifests in direction and control. It's not yet apparent, but the bow formation is extremely difficult to maintain long-term, placing immense pressure on both commanders and individual soldiers. It often ends up becoming uncontrollable, with attacks flying erratically and becoming difficult to manage. Therefore, the bow formation is usually used as a pre-emptive transition formation, transforming into other, more controllable formations after achieving a specific offensive objective. His first problem is accurately controlling the critical point at which the bow formation "falls apart." Transforming into a rear formation too early or too late easily creates openings for the enemy.

It's hard to say what would happen if it were anyone else, but the person he's fighting is Jiang Hui. If such a huge opening appears in the middle, the outcome is predictable. Clarence couldn't have been unaware of the potential problems with his choice of the bow formation, yet he still chose it when other options were available, clearly intending to launch a quick attack.

Therefore, he would inevitably choose a more conservative half-sided array as the rear array. He clearly wanted to speed up the process, and then force Jiang Hui's middle lane out, or rather, he was eager to face Jiang Hui head-on immediately.

Next, Jiang Hui could almost close her eyes and replicate his route by following the movements of his current military exercise. Even if there were some deviations, they wouldn't be too far off. She needed to make a choice immediately.

“G, this isn’t right—”

"I may not be able to take the lead now, so I'm handing over secondary control to you. Just arrange the modules according to the lines I've connected. Don't worry if there are any deviations; just find backup points to reconnect them. Just keep 70% of the modules online. Everything else is up to you. Don't worry about the details. I'll give immediate instructions if there are any major changes. That's the order!" The mental transmission from his side was fast and urgent, giving him no chance to interrupt. What followed was a series of numbers, all of which were the various codes for the current team layout, arranged perfectly.

556 had never seen anything like this before, and only after the assertive female voice abruptly stopped did he stammer, "...Yes."

"Then what do we do—" The dozen or so people gathered in the control room looked at each other in bewilderment. One of them said with surprise and uncertainty, "Isn't this reckless?"

"The connection dropped again. Hey, G, she's the one in charge. Now she's just dumped a huge mess on us. What are we supposed to do?"

"Does she think this is just another small skirmish like before? This L is completely uncontrollable, constantly changing its course. If we make a wrong judgment, our team will collapse immediately. L shows no mercy."

"No, we can't do it this way, the risk is too great."

"She abruptly disconnected, and I can't get in touch with her anymore. Where did she go?"

"556, say something! She's not here, so only you can take charge. Didn't she hand over the secondary authority to you? Don't tell us you want to do things this way!!" As soon as these words were spoken, all the commanders in the control room looked up at the person sitting above who had been silent ever since receiving G's instructions, their faces all urging him on.

After listening to this nonsense, 556 immediately connected with the battle lines and modules under his command, and reported the numbers in turn—which were arranged exactly in the order that G had just reported, without the slightest deviation.

"She said it; it's an order," said the person in the seat of honor.


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