God Three Group Chat: Three Kingdoms

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"Commander Cecissarian, a message has arrived from the Strait of Malacca: a large army of the Han Empire has been discovered stationed on land north of the strait." After collecting the information from the rear, Kapil's face darkened immediately. He then quickly found Cecissarian and relayed the intelligence to him.

"North of the Strait of Malacca, there are still Han Empire army troops?" Upon hearing this, Cecislian perked up and inquired further about the situation and progress.

"Yes, the initial estimate is over 50,000, with a large number of heavily armored soldiers. They are considered the elite of the Han Empire's army. The garrison in the Strait of Malacca sent a corps of marines to probe the enemy, but they were almost completely wiped out." Kapil almost gritted his teeth as he recounted the outcome of the war.

"What information can you glean from this battle report?" Cecilian glanced at the report dismissively after hearing that the remaining Marines had failed, and then asked the question.

"They are numerous and highly elite. Based on feedback from the soldiers, this army unit of the Han Empire is very likely skilled in mountain warfare," Kapil stated, citing some information from the battle report.

The battle report he was pointing to indicated that the Han Empire's army had an extremely fast marching speed in the mountains, and the entire army moved as if it were flat ground.

If the two sides hadn't been some distance apart, and if the Marine Corps commander hadn't been rather timid and immediately fled when he realized something was wrong, then only a portion of the troops would have been able to evacuate.

Otherwise, total annihilation would be the normal outcome.

"A force skilled in mountain warfare, huh? The Han Empire certainly has some methods, but for me, it's not enough." Cecissian smiled as he glanced at the follow-up letter that had arrived from the rear, then placed it on the table.

“The Han army is elite. Even if my army has cities to defend, with such a disparity in troop strength, it will be difficult to hold out for long. In fact, if necessary, we may have to disregard the cost and break through in an even shorter time.” Kapil directly stated the threat posed by the Han Empire’s army, a truly deadly threat.

The Strait of Malacca itself is not very wide. Even occupying just one side of it can pose a threat to the entire Strait of Malacca. With the support of a corresponding permanent fortress, it is enough to threaten ships passing through the strait.

If the Han Empire had truly conquered the north, their return to the Strait of Malacca would have been fraught with peril—a potentially fatal risk.

"How is the Han Empire's navy doing these days?" Faced with this question, Cecissian did not ask about the army, but instead inquired about the Han Empire's navy.

"As before, they are constantly attacking our forces with the ultra-long-range strike capabilities of their steel behemoths, depleting our cloud energy reserves, and sometimes even guiding our advance..." Kapil was already used to the forced shift in topic and quickly reported the results of the naval battles during this period.

The casualties weren't high, but they were incredibly infuriating.

Instead of engaging in large-scale naval battles, they continuously launched dispersed attacks, utilizing special vision to observe the enemy before conducting long-range strikes, striking and then retreating without hesitation.

"In that case, continue on the original route and head north!" Cecissian, who was not surprised by this outcome, calmly gave the order.

"Commander Cecissarian, if our army continues north, what about the rear?" Faced with Cecissarian's order, Kapil pondered for a moment before finally voicing his doubts. "The Han Empire's navy, employing this tactic of constantly attriting our forces and even luring them off course, is essentially a sign of their own insecurity, and also a way to buy time." Realizing this objective of the Han Empire, Cecissarian knew that his information had essentially been leaked.

Otherwise, the Han Empire's naval forces would never have resorted to such tactics to buy time.

The cost of steel behemoths is enormous. No matter how wealthy the Han Empire was, it was impossible for them to use steel behemoths for harassment and guerrilla warfare under uncertain circumstances.

The fact that they could use a giant steel ship to delay him already demonstrates the enemy's view and attitude.

The adaptive loop system is indeed a very powerful system, but this system has a requirement: not only must the user know how to use it, but the user must also be present and continuously output their will in order to master the entire adaptive loop system.

Currently, among the Kushan Navy, only Cecissarian is capable of implementing such an adaptive circulation system for so many military vessels; no one else can do it.

Faced with the long-range attacks of steel behemoths, ships without an adaptive circulation system are easily damaged, even with group defense. However, activating the adaptive circulation system can indeed compensate for this weakness, but Cecissian himself cannot withstand its prolonged operation.

“Therefore, we don’t need to care what the enemy does, we just need to know what the enemy is thinking, and then use that idea to see if there are any countermeasures. If not, then we need to find another way.” Cecissian calmly and gently taught Capil, emphasizing the application of some knowledge.

“Then our army will march north along the way, attacking where the enemy must defend, forcing the Han Empire’s navy to assemble and fight us in a decisive naval battle.” Having grasped this idea, Kapil directly solved the problem.

"Operational counterattack, once we confirm the troops are in good condition, we can execute this order." Cecissian nodded slightly, acknowledging this statement.

In addition, Cecilia was also well aware of the warships in the Strait of Malacca.

The purpose of this army is largely to instill fear in them and make them more cautious in their actions.

However, this only applies to general situations. The battlefield was deliberately chosen to be further north, not only to attack areas where the enemy would have to come to their aid, but also to increase the time for information transmission between the two sides of the Han Empire.

Do they want the land-based army to act as a pressure relief valve?

The generals of the Han Empire were indeed too young.

Even if the information were transmitted through a master of internal energy, it would still take one or two days to travel such a long distance. He only needs to capture the main fleet of the Han Empire and severely injure or annihilate them within a day to completely disable the pressure relief valve.

Moreover, choosing a more northern region for the battlefield would prevent the soldiers from sensing the changes in the Strait of Malacca, and would not affect the fleet commanded by Cecilielian. (End of Chapter)