Challenge: The Red Headed Strategy: Elephant and Cannon Clash on the Path, Who Dares to Charge the Black General? - Can you solve it?

This is a highly secretive formation where the Red side initiates the battle while the Black side remains seated and waiting. The Red's chariot on file 5 is advancing as if it wants to crash into the Black's chariot on file 1, but the cannon on file 8 stands still like a spectator with no intention of interfering. But let me decode each detail—because beneath it all could be a much larger plot.