Chapter 496: 495, Battle of Busan Operational Plan _1
 

At present, the total gold reserves of the joint government, including some collected from civilians, amount to approximately 83,000 tons, which can be exchanged for about 8300 tier-five troops.

However, Chairman Hu Jing certainly can’t exchange it all at once as gold has important uses in many fields, and it can also be used for trading with the Skuru, so it must be used sparingly.

Therefore, he decided to spend 20,000 tons of gold to exchange for 2000 Tier-five soldiers to participate in this battle as consumables, and save the rest for later.

Then, Chairman Hu Jing turned to Elder Tao: “Elder, how much help can the cultivators of Yunlu Mountain provide in this battle?”

Elder Tao glanced at him, calmly stroking his beard.

Among the group, Elder Tao could be said to be the most composed. After all, he had lived for almost 2000 years, experienced countless trials and tribulations, and was unfazed, just like Mount Tai stands unmoved at the collapse of the earth around it.

He calmly replied: “At present, Yunlu Mountain has 21 senior cultivators who can restore to the Dividing Spirit Stage at any time, all of whom can participate in the battle.”

In fact, at least 10 of these 21 senior cultivators from Yunlu Mountain could have restored to the Dividing Spirit Stage many days ago. After all, they were “restoring” rather than “breaking through”, so there was no bottleneck to speak of.

But these 21 senior cultivators were not in a hurry to restore, because they were waiting for more cultivators of the same stage to restore together, to achieve a “resonance effect”.

In the process of restoring to the Dividing Spirit Stage, senior cultivators release a lot of spiritual energy, which is intertwined with insights into their cultivation paths and understandings of their cultivation methods. This is the so-called “resonance effect”.

When multiple senior cultivators restore their realms simultaneously, the resulting “resonance effect” is incredibly powerful, giving everyone involved significant benefits, far more so than restoring alone.

Some senior cultivators might even leverage the “resonance effect” to skip levels and directly restore to the middle phase of the Dividing Spirit Stage!

That’s why the senior cultivators did not immediately restore their realms but waited for others to break theirs at the same time.

If possible, they would like to wait for half a month to gather 30 people, but with the Skuru monster army pressing in, the senior cultivators have no choice but to break through their realms.

With these 21 senior cultivators participating in the battle, the front line will definitely improve a lot.

Chairman Hu Jing, of course, understood this, and said solemnly: “Okay, I will inform the elders to break through as soon as possible.”

At this moment, Su Yu interjected: “Comrade Chairman, Elder Tao, don’t forget that Yunlu Mountain also has nearly a hundred other senior cultivators, and there are nearly 100,000 third-tier players in the country!”

Today is the 10th day of the third expansion’s opening, and the number of players who have successfully materialized their strength has reached the order of 100,000, which is not a small number.

Elder Tao slightly frowned: “But Su Yu, the usefulness of fifth-stage Nascent Soul cultivators and third-tier players may not be too great, right?”

The ordinary monsters on the opposite side all have the power of fifth-stage peak, and letting fifth-stage cultivators participate in the battle would simply make these cultivators disposable.

For those with the potential to restore to the Dividing Spirit Stage or even higher, they shouldn’t be treated as disposable!

To say nothing of the players, they wouldn’t even count as disposable.

“No, no, Elder Tao, you misunderstand,” said Su Yu, shaking his head. “These fifth-stage Nascent Soul cultivators and third-tier players aren’t meant to go on the battlefield, they serve another purpose.”

“Another purpose?”

“Yes, these cultivators and players can help build fortifications. A single third-tier player is more useful than three heavy excavators.”

“Besides, there are a lot of Druids and Priests among the players. Priests can provide sufficient sunlight for plant growth, and Druids can accelerate the cultivation of golden seeds, allowing more seeds to reach maturity within a limited time.”

“In summary, I suggest transporting a large number of players and senior cultivators over here, and I can help manage these players.”

“Alright then!” Chairman Hu Jing immediately decided: “Now, time is precious, and we need to make decisions quickly. I will send transport helicopters to bring a large number of players over immediately, Su Yu, you will command these players!”

“Don’t worry!” Su Yu smiled.

Chairman Hu Jing looked at Su Yu appreciatively. Indeed, a very outstanding young man!

If Su Yu had not repeatedly shown disinterest in power, he might have been tempted to delegate some of his authority to Su Yu, to alleviate some of his own pressure.

Chairman Hu Jing turned to Commissioner Zhang: “Zhang Ling, finally, it’s your turn. What resources can we mobilize from the army?”

Commissioner Zhang pondered for a moment, and replied: “Chairman, actually, conventional troops are completely useless against the monster swarm.”

“The warplanes’ conventional missiles carry a yield of no more than 1 ton, which can work against tanks, but it is just a tickle for the monsters created by the Sitr; ”

“The yield of ground-based conventional missiles does not exceed 1,000 tons, which is completely useless against the monster swarm. To put it bluntly, a whole aircraft carrier fleet can’t beat a single monster in the swarm.”

“The only role of ordinary troops is reconnaissance, and that is a task filled with great risk to life.”

“So except for nuclear weapons, all conventional troops are virtually useless.”

“Ah…” Chairman Hu Jing sighed. He knew too well that what Commissioner Zhang said was the truth.

“Let’s do it like this,” Chairman Hu Jing decided: “The joint army will be under your command, and you don’t need to bear too much responsibility. Just do your job in reconnaissance, and cooperate with Su Yu, Zhong Feng, and the senior cultivators.”

“Understood.”

“Then let’s settle it like this.” Chairman Hu Jing turned to look at everyone, and loudly declared: “We have a very clear battle plan for this campaign.”

His gaze moved to Zhong Feng: “Zhong Feng, you will lead the 2000 Tier-five troops and 18 senior cultivators as the main force in this campaign. But remember, the 2000 Tier-five troops can be sacrificed, but the lives of the senior cultivators are paramount. They shall not be assigned any overly dangerous tasks!”

“Understood!” Zhong Feng replied solemnly.

Chairman Hu Jing turned to Xue Wenli and Su Yu: “Wen Li, Su Yu, you will lead the players in planting crops and building fortifications as support. I will set up a dedicated team to report the monster swarm’s movements in real-time, to help you accurately control the maturation time of the plants.”

“Okay!” Su Yu and Xue Wenli responded simultaneously.

“Lastly, it’s my turn.” Chairman Hu Jing swept his gaze over everyone present, and announced solemnly: “I will order all nuclear missile silos to get ready.”

“If the monster swarm breaches the first line of defense and enter the East Sea afterwards, we will use nuclear missiles at the end to wipe out all the monsters. Does everybody understand?”

“Understood.” Su Yu and the others responded in unison.

“Very well. Everyone, get going!” Chairman Hu Jing concluded, and his 3D projection instantly disappeared from the locator.