190: Chapter 190: Another Attempt to Win Him Over

Commander No. 24 had been demoted to the rear, but that did not mean he was idle.

After all, he was once the supreme Commander of the entire ground army; naturally, his current work involved coordinating logistics and supplies for the troops.

Commander No. 24 soon noticed something was wrong. Recently, resources had been mobilized frantically, and large quantities of supplies and ammunition started to fluctuate violently, even reaching wartime peaks at one point.

Commander No. 24 quickly realized something was off. That's not right, he thought. The war is already over, so why are there such frequent fluctuations in supplies?

Looking at the map, Commander No. 24 cross-referenced the locations of the supply allocations and eventually reached a conclusion.

The current situation was that they intended to complete the encirclement of Saint Mountain City within half a month.

Was this a joke? Half a month?

One had to know that the main force of the Imperium of Man had not suffered much destruction at all.

They still possessed powerful troops, and after long periods of fighting, a large number of new recruits had been tempered by war into veterans.

Commander No. 24 clearly understood that inside Saint Mountain City now were individuals whose willpower, combat experience, and equipment had all reached their peak.

Even for the most ordinary human soldiers temporarily thrown onto the battlefield, the Lux Aliens would need to spend several times their number to encircle and kill them, let alone those elite veterans.

Commander No. 24 knew the command headquarters' true intentions and wanted to stop them, but as soon as he stepped out, he suddenly remembered that he was no longer the Commander; the entire army now listened to the orders of Prince Lux VI.

"Sigh, what am I thinking?"

Commander No. 24 said with a self-deprecating laugh.

"I should just do a good job with the army's logistics."

Just as Commander No. 24 sat back down to continue reviewing the supply allocation reports, a voice slowly drifted over, and the person walked up to him.

"Hello there, respected Commander."

Upon hearing this familiar voice, Commander No. 24 didn't even lift his head.

"10773, you've come."

Commander No. 24 seemed to have anticipated this; he knew very well that the King would definitely send someone to find him at this time.

"I can't understand why you are all so interested in me. As you can see, I no longer have any military power, nor can I offer any value to your King."

Commander No. 24 said to the 10773 standing before him, hoping that 10773 would stop pestering him.

"I believe in you."

Commander No. 24 did not understand what 10773 meant by this.

"What does that mean?"

10773 looked at the Commander's puzzled expression and then said with a smile:

"Commander, I believe that as long as the princes are gone, you will certainly be able to become the most excellent Commander of the entire army."

Commander No. 24 instantly understood the other party's meaning: they wanted the prince to meet with an accident, and then rely on his prestige to control the entire army.

"You're overthinking it. Even if the prince were to die, the ruler of the Lux Civilization should be the Queen, not the King."

Commander No. 24 saw things very clearly; no matter how much these loyal subordinates of the King stirred up trouble, the core and foundation of the entire Lux Civilization were loyal to the Queen. They wouldn't be able to stir up any real waves.

Therefore, Commander No. 24 had no desire to get involved with the Lux King. After all, he could clearly foresee his own fate: either die in the chaos of war or be beheaded as a traitor.

"You should leave. I am loyal to the Queen and will not betray her."

Commander No. 24 immediately told him to leave.

Upon seeing this, 10773 did not get angry, but said again:

"Are you really resigned to this? If you ever want to give it a try, then come find me. I think you already know where I am."

Commander No. 24 looked at 10773 in silence.

Commander No. 24 leaned back in his chair, took a few deep breaths, and then closed his eyes again to rest. Or perhaps, he was weighing the pros and cons.

Just as the entire army was experiencing an undercurrent of unrest, on the front lines, the Lux Aliens launched their largest operation of this period.

A large number of troops were mobilized and were advancing continuously toward Saint Mountain City.

Their situation was that they were advancing while preparing for battle.

The Lux Aliens did not first scout the situation on the front lines clearly; many troops were basically just charging ahead blindly, and the direct consequence of this was that everyone was exposed to the Imperium of Man's air force.

The Lux Aliens had never obtained air superiority, and neither had the humans. The air superiority of both sides was basically limited to the areas controlled by their own forces. In areas where neither side had control, it came down to who had stronger strength and more troops.

But it was clear that the closer they got to Saint Mountain City, the weaker the Lux Aliens' control over those areas became.

The direct manifestation of this was that every time they arrived at a key node, they would encounter shelling and bombing.

Even if the Lux Aliens organized large numbers of Corrosive Wyvern to provide escort, it was of no use.

In order to deal with the Corrosive Wyvern, Xia Xingchen's troops urgently developed a weapon capable of countering them: airburst munitions.

The soldiers privately called them "sky fireballs." When an airburst munition was fired, it would form an area covered in flames in the surrounding space.

The flames would turn all the Corrosive Wyvern into burning corpses in the sky, but the steel fighter jets of the Imperium of Man could easily withstand it.

The aliens were pushing forward continuously, despite enduring such tremendous pressure.

Of course, all the loss reports were suppressed by the Lux officers on the front lines.

They did not want Prince Lux VI to know the true situation of the losses on the front lines; after all, the Prince only wanted victory and good news.

Sitting in the command room, Lux VI looked at the reports coming from the front lines; in less than a week, they had already completed one-third of the encirclement of Saint Mountain City.

Lux VI was perfectly immersed in his own "invincible" art of command; he firmly believed that he was absolutely the most excellent Commander.

And when the moment of the complete encirclement arrived, he would explain all of this to his brothers and personally lead the entire army.