Starting from the Planetary Governor

Chapter 1384: Chapter 787

According to Russell’s guess about the mechanism of the Gray Mist Task, as long as something related to the battle group appears, which is also something he needs to do, it might form a Gray Mist Task.

Although the previous triggers were all about the development of the battle group, he also noticed that the tasks triggered earlier all started with the code ’F’, meaning it was the ’Battle Group Revival Series’. Since there is a so-called revival series, then there should be other series as well.

As expected, just like he guessed, he indeed triggered a new task, and it’s a new task type.

The so-called ’Chaos War Series’ should be specially for warfare against chaos-type enemies. Such enemies include heretics who worship the Evil God and real abyss demons.

As of now, his mission list already contains four missions. As his thoughts move, these incomplete tasks will appear before him in the form of gray mist.

F series 3 and 4, CW series 1 and 2. And the points he currently has are 50 points.

These 50 points are temporarily useless, he needs to wait until he finishes the next task and refreshes new exchange items before he can use them.

As for the sequence of upcoming tasks, he already has an idea in his mind.

Start with CW.1, take down ten thousand cultists.

This task should not be about him or his group of new recruits personally eliminating ten thousand cult traitors, but rather forming a small-scale counterattack annihilation battle with the cooperation of the Planetary Defense Force.

In this war, which has swept across half the planet, the total military forces invested by both sides have exceeded tens of millions. From the South Continent to the Western Continent, the stretching front exceeds 2000 kilometers. In such a battlefield, fighting a battle on the scale of ten thousand people is indeed not large.

The land environment of Rage Owl Star can be roughly divided into three main continents: North Continent, South Continent, and Western Continent. The area of these three continents is approximately 6:3:1 respectively.

North Continent is the largest and also the location of the capital Angyang City, the core of the Planetary Government’s rule.

The South Continent is relatively poor, the origin of this cult rebellion and the current main battlefield. Over ten million warriors of the Planetary Defense Force fight on a front more than fifteen hundred kilometers long, curbing the cult rebellion from further advancing north.

And across the sea from the Northern and Southern Continents, the Western Continent initially was relatively peaceful. But from last year, sporadic rebellions broke out within the Western Continent, followed by a defeat of the Planetary Defense Force in a naval battle, resulting in a large number of cult armies crossing the sea to the Western Continent, fully bringing the eastern part of the Western Continent into the flames of war.

Against the backdrop of a stabilized front line in the South Continent, the situation in the Western Continent is rapidly deteriorating.

Russell’s chosen first target is in the Western Continent.

After a week of preparations, Russell led eleven warriors and boarded a military aircraft to Rage Owl Star’s Western Continent.

This time, Russell and his team were much more low-key. The military aircraft landed in the evening in the city of Zifno on the Western Continent, where the headquarters of the Western Continent warzone is located. There, Admiral Terke personally welcomed the arrival of the Interstellar Warriors.

Although he was an admiral and the overall commander of an entire continental warzone, Admiral Terke remained humble in front of Russell. The military ranks within the Planetary Defense Force can be self-determined by the local planet itself. His rank of admiral is not on par with the Empire’s direct power, the Star Realm Army, and he didn’t dare show any arrogance in front of a battle group leader.

Moreover, he was overwhelmed and counting on the Interstellar Warriors to save the day.

About a week ago, the cult rebels launched a pincer offensive, breaking through the Planetary Defense Force’s front at several points along the southwestern coast and forming a salient over sixty kilometers long in the north.

More than two hundred thousand rebel troops shattered the local troops before them, driving these routed soldiers to the seaside Sirion Region, encircling them and planning to devour this defeated army in one bite.

The routed troops could only hold onto the Sirion Region, fighting a tough battle under a lack of supplies. Admiral Terke had organized two counter-attacks last week, hoping to break through to the Sirion Region and at least send in supplies.

Twelve thousand warriors were besieged, leaving Admiral Terke with severely limited forces in the southwest. Stabilizing the front line against further breakthroughs by the cult rebels was already the limit. Attempts by a handful of troops to break the surrounding circle all ended in failure.

The radio from the besieged troops called repeatedly, stating their extreme difficulties, and at most able to hold out for three to five days. But Terke was helpless; he wanted to rescue them, tens of thousands of soldiers. But he was also prepared for this unit to be wiped out or even surrender completely, and retreat his own front line by 100 kilometers.

But the Interstellar Warriors came, and his hope arrived.

Late at night in the operation command center, he almost pleaded, hoping Russell could lead the remaining forces on the southwestern front to strike the advancing rebels along the coastline head-on and open a life channel to the Sirion Region to let the troops there withdraw.

But after studying the map carefully, Russell proposed another idea:

“Rescuing the troops besieged in Sirion is certainly something we need to do; but these cult rebels advancing tens of kilometers on a single front, so boldly, why don’t we seize this opportunity to cut off this salient and in turn, surround and eliminate them?”

“Ah? Uh…”

Russell’s retort caught Admiral Terke off guard.

Yes, why indeed?

Could it be that I didn’t think of it… How could that be!

If I could devour the opposing force’s over two hundred thousand troops in one go, wouldn’t I want to do it?

Not doing it surely means it’s impossible to do!

Terke frantically complained in his heart, but his face couldn’t show a single sign of disrespect.

He composed his words, explaining some practical difficulties.

For instance, the sudden difficulty of rallying enough armored forces for a breakthrough attack; facing attacks from the north and south after breaking through, unable to hold, and unable to carry out encircling operations…

Russell listened intently, and after Terke finished explaining all sorts of difficulties, he finally said, “I understand your considerations. In summary, there are two main challenges: how to break through and cut off the salient; how to complete the encirclement. The second problem I think is manageable; if we can liberate the twelve thousand troops in Sirion and restore their combat capabilities, it should be sufficient. Then, the first challenge, which is how to break through, leave it to me.”

“Uh… you?” Terke’s heart skipped a beat, “But… uh… forgive my bluntness, but let me speak plainly: attacking along the coastline, I can prepare at least four divisions for you to deploy, and all you need to do is break the encirclement and connect with the troops in Sirion.”

“But if you act according to your plan, at most I can rally one division for you, and it’s difficult to ensure the quality and firepower of the armored forces. After breaking through, you’ll inevitably face multidirectional attacks, needing to hold out for at least a week to achieve the goal of counter-encirclement.”

“Are you sure this plan has no issues?”

Russell chuckled and responded, “It’s not a big problem, we can give it a try.”