197: Chapter 197 War Plan

On the ground, the forces of the Lux Aliens had completely surrounded the Holy Mountain City.

After completing the encirclement, the troops immediately reported the news to Lux VI.

Naturally, this battle report presented to the prince had been whitewashed; it was filled throughout with praise for the prince's wise decisions, boasting that the objectives had been achieved, while completely omitting any mention of combat losses.

In reality, during the process of advancing the encirclement, they lost nearly several billion Lux Aliens, which also led to numerous gaps appearing throughout the perimeter.

The lower-ranking officers quickly realized that if they completed the encirclement and deployment according to the original plan, firepower gaps would appear in many sections, and once higher-ups sent people to inspect, it would immediately be exposed.

Therefore, they came up with a method: dismantling and patching up the fragmented legions one by one to fill into the gaps.

As a result, although many defense sectors looked fully staffed, they were actually pieced together from remnants, and those already depleted troops directly turned into hollow shell units.

These units were also stationed in the locations least likely to be attacked.

It wasn't that the officers hadn't considered the risks: if human forces launched an attack towards these weak points, they would inevitably tear open the gaps and trigger a chain-reaction collapse.

But the officers of the Lux quickly recognized reality.

Once the encirclement completely collapsed, the humans might even turn the tables and form a counter-encirclement, with unimaginable consequences.

But those were matters for the future; right now, if they didn't put on a good facade, under the crown prince's fury, all of them would die.

One was a potential problem in the future, and the other was certain death right now; everyone knew how to choose, and they tacitly kept this matter hidden.

Lux VI had not the slightest doubt about the battle report submitted by his subordinates, nor did he carry out any verification.

After listening to the report in the conference room, he immediately issued a new order to everyone.

"Launch a general offensive against the Holy Mountain City in three days. Within ten days, I want to fight my way into the interior of the Holy Mountain City."

Hearing this, the subordinate officers were dumbfounded.

The troops had been in high-intensity combat all along, and having finally accomplished the major goal of encirclement, they were now immediately required to push forward with the next one. This was simply a joke.

Yet no one dared to utter a single word of dissent; everyone immediately responded, indicating that there was no problem at all and the army could launch an attack at any time.

Just as Lux VI was preparing to refine the combat plan, Lux IV's communication request instantly connected to his psionic communication network.

Lux VI immediately suspended the combat meeting, walked quickly into a separate room, confirmed that there was no one around, and had the Golden Guards stand guard outside the door before connecting to his fourth brother's communication.

"What is it, Fourth Brother? What happened?"

The other end of the psionic communication fell silent for a moment, and then the fourth brother issued an unquestionable order to him.

"Within one month, I want you to capture the entire Holy Mountain City. A complete occupation, not just breaking in; you must take every inch of land within the city."

This near-impossible plan instantly pulled Lux VI, who had always been somewhat arrogant, back to reality by reason.

For the first time, Lux VI refuted his own elder brother.

"But Fourth Brother, relying solely on the forces currently in our hands, wanting to completely occupy the Holy Mountain City within a week is simply impossible."

Hearing Lux VI's refusal, Lux IV didn't say much, only making a guarantee to him.

"The forces in your hands will by no means be limited to just this much. You first launch an attack on the Holy Mountain City, and the space fleet will simultaneously launch a full-scale strike against the Holy Mountain City. We will do our utmost to hold the shipping lane gaps and continuously drop troops for you. Two days later, more than thirty billion troops will arrive on the ground."

Hearing this, Lux VI finally breathed a sigh of relief.

With nearly fifty billion troops, taking down the entire Holy Mountain City would be a breeze for him.

Lux VI set his mind at ease, and then promised his fourth brother,

"Rest assured, I will definitely take down the human Holy Mountain City within a week."

Having obtained a satisfactory reply, Lux IV hung up the communication.

Lux VI knew that he must immediately get his troops moving; only in this way could he accomplish his fourth brother's plan.

He immediately modified the combat plan.

The Holy Mountain City, which was originally expected to take several months to capture, was now required to end the battle within a month.

Time was of the essence.

Lux VI first set about forming a massive siege force.

In order to storm into the Holy Mountain City in one fell swoop, Lux VI prepared a massive amount of troops.

Under his deployment, a mixed ad-hoc force was quickly assembled, containing seven elite units of the Lux Aliens, the vast majority of whom were battle-hardened veterans.

Lux VI was also clear that those elite veterans previously brought over by Commander No. 24 were the truly capable fighting force.

They would form the main force for the first wave of attack.

Lux VI had no intention of treating them as cannon fodder; instead, he was going to truly entrust them with heavy responsibilities.

He knew very well in his heart that relying on those recruits could never break the city; only these veterans could do it.

Moreover, these veterans had to be concentrated on a single point for a fierce assault, and their forces must absolutely not be dispersed.

After discussions among everyone, it was finally decided to assemble three billion troops to launch an attack from the North Gate.

The reason for choosing this place was very simple: outside the North Gate was an open plain, which was most suitable for the Giant Beetle swarms and human-sea tactics to unfold.

When Lux VI reported this combat plan to the space command center,

Lux IV agreed to the plan while assuring that the space side would spare no effort to provide support for the ground.