Lord of the Sky City-Chapter 422 - 390: Deceive the Heavens to Cross the Sea!

The Tulip Battle Zone was suddenly attacked by an enemy’s Sky City, which shocked the entire Rebel Army in the zone.

Not only was Goth from Chenxiu City confused about the situation, but even the frontline units of the Rebel Army, including the War Alliance Leader, were dumbfounded upon hearing the news.

How did Thunderhawk City end up in the Tulip Battle Zone?

To understand this matter, it wasn’t only necessary to go back half a month, but even earlier than that.

Because long before Rocky led the Tri-City Allied Forces to attack the Jindafu Caravan, which was their first operation, three Sky Cities had actually already entered the battle zone!

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Although in the war a Sky City essentially acts as a mobile headquarters, the movement speed of this headquarters was too slow, whereas Rocky and his team needed to act quickly, shooting once and then changing locations—a strategy that obviously could not involve dragging along a Sky City.

So, as everyone commenced their operations, Thunderhawk City, Rose City, and Lingyu City merely transported Rocky and his team into the battle zone. After the group entered the zone from the north, Rocky led the Tri-City Allied Forces away from the Sky Cities and headed east to attack the Jindafu Caravan. As for Thunderhawk City and the other two Sky Cities, they continued westward, plunging deep into the Tulip Battle Zone!

That is to say, even before the Jindafu Caravan was attacked, the three Sky Cities had already entered the Tulip Battle Zone!

In fact, this had always been Rocky’s plan. Even before convincing Berg and Karina to join the operation, he had clearly stated that their target was not just to attack a few caravans but actually the small Sky Cities!

However, achieving this goal required extensive preparation, which led to the events that followed.

Why did Rocky target the Jindafu Caravan first?

Because the Jindafu Caravan entered the battle zone from the east. Once a disturbance was created in that direction, the enemy’s attention would be drawn to the east, thereby neglecting Thunderhawk City entering from the west.

The situation unfolded exactly as Rocky had anticipated. Since their attack on the Jindafu Caravan, the enemy’s focus had been entirely on the east of the battle zone. As the Azure Commerce Guild also came under attack, all attention and military forces in the entire rear of the battle zone concentrated on the east, with no one noticing that three Sky Cities had already concealed themselves in the Tulip Battle Zone.

Perhaps some might ask, did it really go that smoothly?

They were three Sky Cities, after all! Even though they were small, a Sky City is still a Sky City. Such enormous structures had entered the battle zone. Surely someone in the Rebel Army must have noticed?

Many people might think this way, including Rocky, Karina, and Berg, who were initially very worried about this. However, one person thought there would be no problem, and that person was Wilton!

Not only was Wilton fully aware of Rocky’s plan, but he also provided many suggestions. The idea of embedding the Sky Cities in the Tulip Battle Zone was proposed by Wilton himself!

According to his explanation, allowing Sky City to enter the battle zone for recovery seemed dangerous, but the actual battle zone was far less tense than imagined.

First of all, the area of the battle zone was much larger than most people thought because both the Rebel Army, playing the role of the attackers, and the Alliance Army, playing the defenders, required strategic space, similar to the strategic depth needed in land warfare.

Strategic depth refers to the space available for strategic movement of troops; the larger this space, the more time the troops have to redeploy and recuperate, which is advantageous for strategic and tactical deployment.

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Take the current war, for example; the Four Great War Zones were actually the Sky Alliance’s first line of defense. If this line were breached, the troops from these zones would retreat into the airspace governed by the Alliance to form a second line of defense. If the second line were also broken through, then the Alliance Army would rely on Nut God City for their last stand. This is strategic space.

It was the same for the Rebel Army. If those at the frontline were defeated, they would fall back to the battle zone for recovery and then attack again. If they were repelled again, they would withdraw to Chenxiu City to regroup, which also constituted strategic space.

Because of this, the Tulip Battle Zone was much larger than imagined. Not to mention, the small Sky Cities responsible for transportation needed a full five days to travel between Chenxiu City and the frontline.

This vast battle zone could entirely accommodate three small Sky Cities including Rocky and his company.

Furthermore, the main forces of the Rebel Army were concentrated on the frontline fighting the Alliance Army, with only Chenxiu City, a large Sky City, stationed in the rear. Perhaps there were some small Sky Cities in between, but these only managed supply transport, operating strictly between two fixed points.

This meant that not only was the Tulip Battle Zone large, but the Rebel Army’s forces within the zone were concentrated at only two points, one at the frontline and the other at Chenxiu City in the rear. The small Sky Cities tasked with transportation connected these two points. Thus, the three Sky Cities entering the battle zone could remain undetected as long as they did not interfere with this line.

Of course, even so, it was not a 100% guarantee of safety for the three Sky Cities. Throughout this process, Wilton at the frontline continuously launched attacks to engage the enemy’s forces, while Rocky and his two companions from the rear drew the enemy’s attention through repeated strikes. This way, the enemy had neither the spare forces nor the attention to spot the three Sky Cities.

Thus, from the first attack to the present, more than half a month later, the three Sky Cities led by Thunderhawk City remained hidden in the battle zone’s recovery area without being detected by the enemy.

This was why Rocky and his companions, once detected by the Reconnaissance Ship, managed to completely vanish, because they had not hidden anywhere specific but returned to their own Sky City!

After being spotted by the Reconnaissance Ship, Rocky immediately led his forces southward, seemingly preparing to leave the battle zone. However, as Sapoya had predicted, they soon turned and began moving west to re-enter the battle zone. Unlike what Sapoya had anticipated, however, Rocky proceeded deeper into the west, directly into the battle zone’s recovery area, and then smoothly returned to Sky City.

In the meantime, although Chenxiu City deployed a significant force for the search, these search teams advanced from the airspace of Chenxiu City toward the outer edge of the battle zone. They never ventured into the recovery area, as no one believed that Rocky’s lone force would dare to penetrate deeply into the battle zone.

However, the enemy never expected that Rocky and his team had done just that. They had remained hidden under the enemy’s nose for half a month, making the entire Rebel Army in the battle zone oblivious to their presence, carrying off a deceptive maneuver brilliantly.

Yet, this deceptive maneuver was merely the opening act of a larger scheme, with more unexpected developments yet to come!