Could the current ruling family do a “slash and burn” style retreat similar to what the Soviets did during WWII, in order to deny resources to the enemy?

They could do this, but it would likely not be for reasons of avoiding the family as a divisional consequence of establishing warring factions. The pressure is coming from outside the family that is spoken of in these channelings, not infighting, so the scenario you describe would not be likely on those grounds. The concern remains the impending taking over of the reins by Enlil who is the most hard-nosed of the three offspring who have rotating leadership power determining the Earth’s status and humanity. There is a possibility more of delay than of a change of heart, but the latter is what you are working towards with your Protocol efforts to bring healing to bear. In some ways, it would appear that healing would be more difficult with a ramping up of tensions and an outbreak of conflict within Anunnaki society, but it is actually more the opposite—it constitutes a chink in the armor and brings the possible vulnerability to bear for the first time in quite a while and the Anunnaki, for all their power and ruthlessness, are cowardly, and that vulnerability can be an opening to create an entrée for divine outreach. This will happen as a consequence of your requests, so the more people using the Lightworker Healing Protocol, the greater the divine energy that can be brought to bear and enlisted to make the most of things to change the agenda here. This is the goal we have and will do our part to support if humans do theirs.