1047 Counting Down to the Country War (2/2)

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The moment the notification sounded out, everyone was naturally delighted.

The China region players had yearned to defeat Japan for a long time, and they were just waiting for this moment.

At the same time, Japan region country war leader Keisuke Honda also received the notification. The top Japanese players obtained the news and started to make their final preparations.

A seismic battle was about to arrive!

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Apart from the country war target, more importantly, they needed to select where to gather, troops movement paths as well as how to split up missions.

The truth was placed in front of them. It was impossible for Di Chen to listen to Ouyang Shuo command him. The hatred between the two sides meant that they would not be able to trust one another.

Rome was not built in a day.

The best way would be to let both camps choose an attack path each and attack on their own.

Japan was an island state and was made up of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu; these four main islands as well as seven thousand small islands formed a long and narrow shaped land.

Imperial City Edo had a million guards and was located in the central region.

After the discussion, they decided that Di Chen would lead the Handan City camp troops and disembark at Kyushu and go up north, wiping out Shikoku, and then going into Honshu to fight.

Ouyang Shuo would lead the Shanhai Alliance troops to start from Hokkaido in the north, and then they would go down south to attack Honshu.

Both troops would meet up in Edo and complete the final blow.

Since Japan was an island country, their attacks needed many ships to carry over their troops. Considering this problem, Great Xia set up four gathering points along the river, Beihai Bay, South Mountain Bay in Yashan City, Jiaozhou Bay in Zhenhai City, and Binhai Bay in Fengtian Prefecture.

Apart from that, Ouyang Shuo was planning to discuss with Great Sui about opening up Quanzhou Bay.

On the side of Handan City, they opened up three ports, Hailu Port in Jingdu Province, Shencheng Port in Donghai Province, and Zhoushan Port in Jiangnan Province.

Any ambitious Chinese adventure gamemode player could proceed toward any of these gathering points from the 25th onward.

During this period of time, Great Xia and Handan City would be in charge of dealing with the ocean transportation problem.

As they were splitting into two groups, whoever could gather up more players would find it much easier. Hence, Di Chen and Ouyang Shuo both chose to void all teleportation costs.

Just this alone was an enormous expenditure for the territory.

Based on Ouyang Shuo's prediction, the country war month would be greatly different from normal country wars due to the leadership structure on the battlefield. To prevent the command system from failing, the best way would be to use the territory army to face up against territory armies and adventure gamemode players fight against adventure gamemode players and not let them mix. If not, things would become really inefficient.

Japan had ten million adventure gamemode players; it was a power that could not be underestimated.

After discussing everything that night, Ouyang Shuo planned out the entire country war month plan and posted it on the forums for the Chinese players to read and prepare in advance.

Ouyang Shuo did not think about hiding it from Japan. First, it was impossible, and secondly, there was no need to.

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5th month, 26th day, Xia Palace.

Dealing with the big picture, Ouyang Shuo summoned the members of the Grand Council for a discussion.

Without a doubt, the Great Xia Army would be the main pillar of this country war. They needed to plan well and choose the most suitable forces to send.

First, the navy.

Emperor Squadron, Yashan Squadron, Pacific Squadron; and Binhai Squadron; they were all listed.

It was easy to see that the hardest step in the country war would be disembarking. The country war troops had to set up a stable site before they could transport troops up the shore.

If not, everything was useless.

The Japanese players could probably understand this point and would stop at nothing to prevent the Chinese from disembarking.

The battle between the two sides would start with the navy.

Hence, Ouyang Shuo decided to send out the strongest Chinese fleet in history. This fleet would be two times larger than the one for the Battle of Annan, making history.

Next, it would be the army troops.

Guards Legion Corps, City Protection Legion Corps, Dragon Legion Corps, Tiger Legion Corps...

Every one of them flashed across his eyes, but how to make the choice was a difficult decision.

At this very moment, a System Notification sounded out in his ear.

Ouyang Shuo was stunned on the spot.

The sudden change totally broke his arrangements. An unforeseen storm was sweeping right at Great Xia, catching Ouyang Shuo off guard.

Ouyang Shuo took in a deep breath, staring at the maps around the Grand Council as his eyes turned cold.

Du Ruhui and the other officials, seeing the king suddenly fall silent and stare solemnly at the maps, realized that a huge change might have happened. All of them exchanged glances and did not dare to break the king's train of thought.