"Bang! Bang!"
By the time Song Heguo, Han Lang, and the others returned to their base, the great battle had already begun.
In their haste, Song Heguo led Han Lang and the others directly to the command post.
"How is it? What's the situation now?"
Seeing Song Heguo, the military officers in the command post all stood up, as if they had found their backbone, and replied.
"It's not optimistic, Commander!"
"The battle has just begun, and the high-level ability users have barely made a move. Our soldiers have already been depleted by the endless stream of low-level ability users!"
"The most terrifying thing is that everyone has no time to recover. The second wave of attacks from the ability users will follow closely. If this continues, by the time their high-level ability users join the fray, our soldiers will no longer have the ability to fight!"
Song Heguo's brows furrowed completely upon hearing this.
This situation was indeed a great disadvantage to the entire special forces.
"Have the five major sects and ten great clans been notified to come and provide support?"
"Yes! And they are already on their way. However, their combined numbers are only tens of thousands. It's like a drop in the bucket!"
Faced with his subordinate's reply, Song Heguo's expression grew increasingly grim.
The five major sects and ten great clans were merely cultivators who had been hidden behind the special forces all along.
Originally, according to the country's plan, it was to appease those high-level cultivators and, on the other hand, to provide them with the best environment so that they could cultivate to higher levels as much as possible, thereby strengthening the country's defense capabilities.
But no one had expected that after so many years, not a single high-level cultivator had appeared from the five major sects and ten great clans.
Their overall strength was even inferior to that of the special forces.
"These damned parasites of the nation! They took the country's strongest resources, did nothing productive all day, and felt no pressure! Yet they always acted so high and mighty! It irritates me just looking at them!"
"With the situation so urgent, is this all they can muster?"
Seeing Song Heguo start to fly into a rage, his subordinates dared not say anything more.
Finally, Dan Nan persuaded him.
"Commander. Although the five major sects and ten great clans are not as capable, this strength should be all they can offer. At this time, we should not say anything that affects unity. After all, their tens of thousands of people are still slightly stronger than us!"
"Strong my foot!" Song Heguo became even more enraged.
"You have no idea. Among their tens of thousands, at least five-tenths are at the Foundation Establishment stage, and four-tenths are at the Golden Core stage. The number of Nascent Soul stage cultivators is definitely not as many as in our troops! Moreover, they basically have no combat experience. Once they hit the battlefield, you'll see, they're just a pile of cannon fodder!"
Song Heguo's words made everyone present look extremely solemn.
They truly did not know that the five major sects and ten great clans, who rarely appeared in the world, were so weak.
"Then what should we do now? Regardless, it will take at least another hour for them to arrive for support! But for the soldiers outside, if we don't find a way to solve their recovery issues quickly, the subsequent battles are terrifying to think about!"
Just as everyone was at a loss, Han Lang suddenly stepped forward.
His current rank in the army was that of a Corps Commander.
Even in such a command post, he had the right to speak.
"I have a plan!"
Song Heguo immediately seized it like a life-saving straw and asked eagerly.
"What plan? Speak quickly!"
Han Lang replied.
"Strengthen the intensity of the Spirit Gathering Array, greatly reducing the recovery time for the soldiers. At the same time, we need to adopt a strategy of attrition, to buy time for the soldiers to recover!"
The generals were confused.
"How do we delay? The enemy has too many people. If there's any gap anywhere, we'll be torn apart. There's no chance to delay!"
Han Lang quickly waved his hand.
"Not so!"
"This problem, I think, is like Tian Ji's horse racing."
"The ability users deploying a large number of low-level ability users is to deplete our combat strength, thereby weakening us, to provide opportunities for their high-level ability users to attack."
"At this time, we should do the opposite. Mobilize the entire army, the group of people with the highest cultivation, to use the few to block their many."
"As long as we can tie them down for about half an hour, the soldiers will be able to recover.
"Going back and forth like this, we might not be able to win!"
Upon hearing this, the generals became even more confused.
"Corps Commander Han, this plan is theoretically feasible. However, where do we have so many high-level cultivators? Even if we do, how long can each high-level cultivator hold on? What if all our high-level cultivators are depleted, and then the high-level ability users will advance unimpeded?"
"Exactly! In all the wars throughout history, why would the high-level cultivators charge into battle from the beginning?"
Song Heguo became even more indignant upon hearing this.
"What? Deputy Commander Wang, are you implying that because your position is higher, you should be protected by the soldiers and stay in the command post for safety?"
Deputy Commander Wang felt awkward.
He did indeed mean that.
If the high-level cultivators were to go out and fight according to Han Lang's plan, they might very well die on the battlefield.
After all his efforts, he had finally climbed to this position, and naturally, he did not want to lose it like this.
But Song Heguo gave him no chance and even directly asked Han Lang.
"Han Lang, does your plan also include those advanced recovery pills you gave us before?"
Han Lang nodded.
"But I need to know how many people in the army have reached the late stage of Golden Core or above!"
Song Heguo looked at the quartermaster beside him.
He quickly replied.
"Only about a hundred!"
Han Lang nodded.
"That's enough. We'll line up. I can provide everyone with two Spirit Preservation Pills each, which should be enough to support them for half an hour. Then, let the recovered soldiers take over. The problem will naturally be solved."
Song Heguo nodded upon hearing this.
"Then, how do we strengthen the Spirit Gathering Array you mentioned?"
Han Lang quickly explained again.
"It's very simple! Just strengthen the spiritual energy output of the array core. I will also provide a few thousand-year-old Evergreen trees and other thousand-year-old spiritual herbs. Let the Evergreen trees absorb all the spiritual energy from the thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, and then release it into the entire Spirit Gathering Array. This will temporarily strengthen the Spirit Gathering Array and speed up the soldiers' recovery."
After hearing Han Lang's overall explanation, Song Heguo immediately understood the entire plan.
He immediately made a decision.
"Deputy Officer Dan, pass down the order. Assemble all soldiers at the late stage of Golden Core or above. Regardless of their military rank or background, all of you will go to the front line! I want to see, when I, the Commander, am also charging forward, which generals are afraid of death!"