Lord of the Sky City-Chapter 425 - 393: Secretly Making a Move

Andy stood there stunned as he watched a warship fly out of Thunderhawk City and, in the blink of an eye, multiply into more than three hundred warships.

Gaping at the massive fleet behind the War Steed, Andy felt his mind go blank!

What on earth was happening?

How could Rocky possibly have such an enormous force?

Something isn’t right!

No wonder he was so shocked, because he couldn’t fathom how Rocky could command such a vast number of warships—over three hundred!

Andy’s abilities might not have been exceptionally outstanding, but after all, he was a city lord, so he at least understood the basics.

For instance, if Rocky had so many fleets, why did he lead only a few dozen warships to attack?

If he had led this large force into the rear of the battle zone more than a half-month ago, without a doubt, the Rebel Army’s rear would have been completely destroyed, as Chenxiu City couldn’t have managed to muster an equivalent force to counteract. Then why did Rocky disappear after attacking two Chambers of Commerce? With this large force at his disposal, he could have annihilated all the trade convoys coming in and out of Chenxiu City!

Consequently, the escort warships sent by Chenxiu City wouldn’t have been able to replenish, turning the entirety of Sky City into a ghost town and completely paralyzing the entire supply line!

This was exactly why Andy found it unfathomable. If Rocky had such a large army, why hadn’t he used it in the previous attacks, but chose to deploy it now when attacking him?

Wasn’t this like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut?

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The answer to this question was simple—it wasn’t that Rocky had specifically targeted Andy, but rather that only a half-month ago, he didn’t possess such a gigantic army!

Now, looking back at Rocky’s entire plan, it was evident that he wasn’t acting alone. Wilton, stationed at the frontline, had always been coordinating with his plan.

First, right after Rocky started his operation, Wilton launched a major offensive against the Rebel Army, diverting their forces and preventing them from sending substantial reinforcements.

Secondarily, although Wilton suffered successive defeats during his aggressive counterattacks, it now appeared that this too was a calculated move, stretching the Rebel Army’s line of defense and thereby creating an opportunity for Rocky’s second strike.

Lastly, and most crucially, during his major offensive, Wilton secretly dispatched a large number of troops to Thunderhawk City, Rose City, and Lingyu City—three Sky Cities hidden within the warzone.

This final step was the most critical; it was the core of the entire plan. What Rocky and Wilton had done previously was all in preparation for this crucial move—a deceptive feint!

Warfare relies on sheer force.

What is called hard power in war? Of course, it’s military strength!

Rocky’s earlier plan, no matter how well-crafted and comprehensive, still faced an insurmountable problem, which was that even after he allied with Karina and Berg and the three of them formed the Allied Forces without any reservations, their combined military strength was still too feeble for the scale of this war.

The three Sky Cities had brought out all their coffins, and yet they only managed to scrape together a little more than eighty warships. Such a scale of troops could perhaps make some minor moves without the enemy’s notice, but once discovered, they could do nothing at all, let alone rely on these forces to launch a surprise attack on those small Sky Cities responsible for transporting supplies.

Wilton had long said that the Sky Cities responsible for transporting supplies, although small, were hiding large troops, so no matter how Rocky and the others tried to sneak attack or cheat, it was futile in the face of absolute hard power.

How to solve this problem was key to the entire plan.

If this matter were left to the three of them, they would never find a solution, as all of them were still too young and, although each was outstanding, they lacked sufficient experience and worldly wisdom to resolve such an issue.

Fortunately, they had Wilton by their side. His Excellency the Holy Knight had participated in the Second Counter-Offensive War when he was young and became a major general in the Sky Alliance, with a wealth of war experience. Thus, with his help, they came up with the current plan.

The focus of this plan was never really on the sneak attacks; it always had only two primary objectives: first, to hide the three Sky Cities within the war zone, and second, to secretly transport the Alliance Army troops on the frontline into the three Sky Cities!

To achieve these two points, Rocky and Wilton, through their respective distractions and diversions, had hidden the three cities in the war zone, staging a grand deception.

But during this process, another grand play was also secretly unfolding, a plan known as the "hidden march."

As Wilton led the Alliance Army in launching fierce offenses, he simultaneously used the momentum of the attack to secretly split the Alliance Army into small groups and gradually sneak them into the three Sky Cities!

As mentioned before, the Rebel Army was very puzzled by Wilton’s sudden onslaught, because his attacks were not only fierce but also crazy. It felt as if it was a final battle, dazing the Rebel Army and causing them to later deduce that Wilton must have had another plan.

In this respect, the Rebel Army was correct but not accurate.

The Rebel Army always thought that Wilton was coordinating with the rear harassment forces to create diversions, and even bolder thoughts suggested that the Sky Alliance had sent reinforcements to encircle the Rebel Army from both back and front, so the Rebel Army increased their search efforts and even expanded the war zone to prevent this.

But they never imagined that Wilton’s real intention was to secretly transfer troops to the three Sky Cities!

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This is why after the Rebel Army launched their counterattack, Wilton began to retreat. On one hand, Wilton was indeed allowing the Rebel Army to advance into the war zone, thereby stretching the entire battle line and creating a second operation opportunity for Rocky. On the other hand, it was also true that his forces at hand were significantly reduced.

This is not to say that Wilton had depleted his troops in relentless attacks. The truth was that, through continuous offenses, he had already sent over a thousand warships and twenty Void Magic Squads to Thunderhawk City, Rose City, and Lingyu City!

Suddenly having so many fewer troops, the forces under Wilton’s command were indeed not much, but that did not matter because although his own forces had decreased, the troops within Thunderhawk City, Rose City, and Lingyu City had increased. And with enough troops at hand, there was so much more Rocky and his allies could do within the war zone!