Just as the crowd was slowly breaching the southwestern forest, the Qing Consortium's main forces started setting up a defensive line at the edge of the forest.
The front lines at Mt. Xuan'en, Mt. Laifeng, and Mt. Yongshun had already been constructed to resemble a monolithic structure.
At the rear of the front line, hundreds of forward operating bases were connected to form a huge logistical supply network.
After the unification of the Southwest, the Qing Consortium restructured all of its troops and reorganized them into three army corps, two Alpha Corps and a Bravo Corps, with a total strength of 230,000 troops.
The Alpha Corps were made up of fully manned units with sufficient ammunition to go into battle at any moment.
Meanwhile, units in the Bravo Corps were not fully manned and required reinforcements.
