Chapter 146: The Wrath of the Empire
Feeling a little guilty, Yang Ming quickly slipped back to the bottom floor of the Yilandu suburban prison, where he stayed obediently for a few days.
Things are evolving rapidly according to the law.
The civilization of the galaxy is caught in the shadow of war.
After the Sherman Empire discovered two insect burial sites, the New Federation immediately declared a level one alert throughout the territory, all fleets were ready for battle, the capital city of Minter issued an emergency evacuation order, and the confused president was sent to the frigate regiment.
Sherman Empire did not act rashly, but continued to search the entire territory.
The nobles of the empire did not control public opinion and allowed it to boil over. The people who were usually busy with their lives now poured almost all their life pressures onto the New Federation.
Although the public today does not have an intuitive understanding of the Zerg because of the inter-active period of the Zerg, after a simple popularization of science, everyone understands one fact:
Burying insect eggs on uninhabited planets near the major administrative stars is a vicious scheme to exterminate families and destroy nations!
The apparent calm of the Sherman Empire did not last long. As the military discovered insect eggs on sixteen consecutive barren planets, people's emotions were completely ignited.
Even a feudal imperial country could not ignore the surging public opinion.
What's more, the reaction of the aristocracy to this incident was a hundred times more intense than that of ordinary citizens!
A dreadnought appeared outside an uninhabited planet where a swarm of Zerg was buried. After repeated inspections, it was found that there were tens of millions of Zerg swarms underground on the planet, and the queen had evolved to the third stage.
No rehearsal, no hesitation, live broadcast across the entire network.
The dreadnought's main gun charged and fired, and the brilliant beam of light shot towards the desolate and lonely planet, melting the planet's crust and activating the star's core!
A violent reaction occurs inside the planet.
A few minutes later, the planet's core exploded, and the main body of the planet shattered into pieces. Clouds of surviving Zerg flew out of it, waiting for them to be fired upon by the outer warships.
The same situation occurred more than a dozen times.
All the planets where the eggs were found suffered devastating blows, and the events were broadcast live for the entire galaxy to watch.
Anti-war demonstrations broke out in parts of the New Federation, and the government was called upon to resign and apologize for the evil plan to cultivate insect eggs.
However, the "advantages" of the new federal regionalized network management came into play again, and as the political parties desperately covered up the incident, most voters only knew that the Sherman Empire had gone mad, and did not know about the Zerg incident.
The Sherman Empire continues its search for the Zerg.
This powerful empire began to send out strong signals of war.
His Majesty the great Emperor of the Sherman Empire appeared before the people again after many years.
He was already very old, but his eyes were sharp, and his scepter and crown were shining gently.
The owner of the imperial power.
The most powerful being in the galaxy.
He calmly described the New Federation's vicious insect-burying strategy.
"The Empire's concessions for the sake of galactic peace were met with their intensified aggression."
"The Empire prioritized the advancement of civilization and shared a large amount of civilian technology with many countries in the galaxy, but what it got in return was their evil behavior of ingratitude."
"Now, the New Federation has become intolerable to me. I don't want to affect the people of the New Federation, and I don't want the galaxy to fall into war, but the New Federation must pay the due price for their actions."
"In the name of the Emperor of the Sherman Empire, I issue a call for all armies to prepare for war in the New Federation."
After the Emperor's brief speech, the long-dormant Sherman Empire quickly awakened.
One after another, warships appeared above the major administrative planets, conducted a simple review ceremony, and immediately jumped to the same direction.
Tens of thousands of imperial ships began to assemble!
The nobles in the major border towns responded to the emperor's call, and a large number of organized private armies of the nobles went to the border for support.
Most of the 36 national defense fleets under the name of the imperial royal family were dispatched, and more than ten strategic heavy dreadnoughts were stationed to guard the border.
One general after another issued a proclamation to "fight to the death for the country".
The Sherman Empire's army was approaching, and one of its legions, with nearly a thousand warships, headed straight for Aurelio and took control of Ram with almost no effort.
The New Federation responded positively and issued a mobilization order with the name of "Imperial Invasion". The various fleets confronted the Sherman fleet from a distance, and a large number of warships surrounded the Imperial fleet that invaded the periphery of Aurelio Star.
Small-scale clashes continued, and both sides initially exercised restraint.
A total of fourteen new federal administrative planets saw ship confrontations on the outskirts.
The two sides tested and supported each other, and the nerves of the officers and soldiers became increasingly tense.
The Sherman Empire forcibly landed on Ram Planet, and the New Federation chose to retreat.
The Sherman Empire went further and landed directly on the planet Aurelio. The New Federation sent troops to intercept them, and the small fleets of both sides engaged in a fierce confrontation in the atmosphere of the planet Aurelio.
Finally, the first shot was fired and a local war broke out!
Outside the planet Aurelio , a total of thousands of main battleships fired at each other from a distance, with the planet's synchronous orbit as a circular battlefield. The two sides launched mobile warfare, pursuit warfare, and encirclement and annihilation warfare, and continued to fight in the space outside the planet Aurelio.
The war video circulated on the Aoxing network quickly spread throughout the galaxy.
The New Federation suffered significantly heavier losses.
The brave and combat-ready imperial legions demonstrated their powerful combat capability.
More and more fleets from both sides were deployed into the Aoxing airspace.
If humans on the planet Ao looked up, they might be able to see dozens of suns lighting up at the same time.
This battle of Aurelio, which was destined to be marked in galactic history, lasted for three full galactic days and finally came to an end when the New Federation fleet withdrew and completely abandoned Aurelio.
The Empire began to publicize the great victory in the Battle of Onyx.
The Empire withdrew its troops and announced that it would demand up to one trillion dollars in compensation from the New Federation.
There was jubilation throughout the Sherman Empire. Memorial activities were held in various places to commemorate the soldiers who died for their country and to prepare for a grand celebration ceremony.
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"Lv, what is their actual casualty ratio?"
"It was probably 11 to 15. The losses of the New Confederacy were indeed much greater than those of Sherman."
"Are the warships of the New Federation so inferior in quality?"
Yang Ming was a little bit unbelievable.
He took the knife and fork and cut himself a small piece of steak, put it slowly into his mouth, and continued to look at the projection screen in front of him.
The scene of ships fighting each other is so thrilling.
Every time a large ship's protective energy exploded, thousands of soldiers and tens of billions of New Federation coins were reduced to ashes.
Just half a day's losses in the local battlefield of the Battle of Aoxing were enough to cause a medium-sized country like Luofeng to collapse directly.
That's the gap.
Yang Ming, who was hiding in the underground prison and watching the show, had a lot of feelings these days, as if the threat of the Valkyrie had become insignificant.
The empty 'luxury room' was filled with explosions.
What impressed Yang Ming the most was the straight-line charge of the Sherman Empire's reorganized fleet.
Dozens of warships, with protective shields, attacked the New Federation fleet head-on, as if they wanted to sink the enemy by ramming it.
Yang Ming initially saw no tactical value in this type of charge, but the New Federation fleet that was charged would often be thrown into disarray, lose its flagship, and be cut off and annihilated by the Sherman fleet.
"Lil, are the people of Fallen Wind still supporting Sherman?"
"Yes, boss."
"Delete all the posts that can be deleted," Yang Ming frowned and said, "The New Federation was only hurt, but not killed. They don't dare to seek revenge on Sherman, but they dare not take it out on Luo Feng? After deleting the posts, guide public opinion and say that the deletion of the posts was done by New Federation agents and spies."
"Okay boss."
Lu smiled again and said, "As you expected, the New Federal CIA has indeed begun large-scale operations. I have captured some valuable clues and am investigating based on them."
"Well, be careful to hide, don't bring trouble upon yourself at this time."
"You should have more confidence in your assistant," Lu couldn't help but mutter, "In cyberspace, although I am not a true god, I still have various advantages."
Yang Ming clicked his tongue and said, "You are timid in the New Federation network, but you strike hard in the Luofeng network. Not bad, goddess."
Lu's projection appeared behind Yang Ming, waved his fist at Yang Ming, and then quickly disappeared.
"I'm going to work, boss! You have an economic meeting soon, and we're going to do the first phase of testing for the booster shot later."
Yang Ming took a big bite of steak and chewed it slowly, staring at the war scene on the projection screen in front of him.
Sherman's strength was fully demonstrated on the front battlefield.
However, Sherman only found less than twenty insect hiding spots in the country, while Yang Ming vaguely sensed that there were hundreds of insect hiding spots at that time.
Naturally, the New Federation categorically denied the matter, saying only that the Sherman Empire had framed them and the White Ghost had put the blame on them, and that those insects were breeding and reproducing on those planets according to the laws of nature... and so on.
A head-on war would involve months or even years of negotiations and public opinion warfare.
Yang Ming will naturally continue to pay attention to these.
It is estimated that the New Federation hates White Ghost to the extreme, so if he wants to appear as White Ghost in the future, he will have to be doubly careful.
The economic meeting will begin soon.
The Second Prince Edwan and the Minister of Finance chaired the meeting, and dozens of Luofeng officials and hundreds of business representatives attended the meeting.
Yang Ming's holographic projection sat in the corner and continued to eat and drink.
The old man Kolev finally showed up and moved closer to Yang Ming's projection.
"My dear nephew, you are able to attend the meeting while serving your sentence!"
Yang Ming rolled his eyes at the old guy.
After returning from the New Federation, he met Kolev several times;
The result was either that when Yang Ming was on Yilando, Kolev was busy socializing with the old lady, or that Kolev was free and Yang Ming was not on the surface.
This is a rare meeting between the two.
Kolev looked very happy and his wrinkles became much fewer. His originally messy Einstein-style hairstyle was turned into an elegant pigtail. The dress he was wearing was obviously a high-end product that cost a lot of money.
"I didn't expect that you, Uncle Hatton, are so busy now."
Yang Ming complained calmly: "When did the top position of the New Industrial Federation appear under your buttocks?"
"Maybe another three to five years?"
Kolev smiled with narrowed eyes, looking at His Highness Adwant who was explaining the "Falling Wind Opportunity", and muttered quietly:
"Have you watched the video of the Battle of On Star? The New Federation and Sherman are too powerful. In this war, any two fleets can directly defeat Luofeng.
"Luofeng is still a medium-sized country... Oh, I can't even imagine it. Those small countries must be trembling in fear right now."
"This is the power ratio of the Milky Way."
Yang Ming shrugged: "Small countries can only be dominated by their fate, and the powerful countries have not been able to form a balance of power that can deter each other."
"You know, the White Ghost is worshipped as a hero by the people of the Sherman Empire," Kolev said, hinting, "but the nobles of Sherman don't seem to like him very much."
"This is normal," Yang Ming said calmly, "White Ghost is too rude. He insulted the entire Sherman aristocracy, which is tens of millions of noble lords."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Kolev laughed so loudly that he attracted attention from all directions.
The old man quickly covered his mouth, shrank his head, and looked at Yang Ming.
The clever old pirate is now certain of the White Ghost's identity.
"How is my cousin doing lately?" Yang Ming asked softly.
Kolev took out a bar-type Internet access terminal, put on headphones, and talked directly with Yang Ming by typing.
[She is still active nearby and already has three ships.]
[I never thought she could help us so much before... I asked Molly to choose some targets, some guys who were my business competitors but liked to use dirty tricks. Mimili greeted their cargo ships for me.]
This is a wonderful way to do business.
There were several black lines on Yang Ming's forehead.
Good man, let Mimili rob the competitor's merchant ship?
This was a path he had never imagined before.
"Ms Molly Group is mine," Yang Ming's voice came from Kolev's headphones, "You develop in the direction of chemical energy, and Ms Molly will develop in the direction of high-end manufacturing."
[I knew it a long time ago. Are you going to take full control of this country? Become the uncrowned king?]
"I'm not very interested in this," Yang Ming curled his lips slightly.
The scene of the Battle of Ao Star appeared before his eyes.
Thousands of warships were involved in the battle, and the grand scene of mobile warfare around the planet left a deep impression on Yang Ming's heart.
This was not the most intense full-scale war, and the dreadnoughts of both sides did not participate in the battle.
Yang Ming said: "Tell me what relevant technology you need. The New Federation is in chaos right now. I might go there and steal some blocked technology back."
Kolev was a little surprised: "Well, this sounds more interesting than doing business."
"I'll take you with me next time I have the chance."
[Goodbye, I don't want to continue fighting... But if you can let me go to the Feinan, I won't refuse a thrilling voyage. ]
Yang Ming turned his head, glanced at Kolev, and blinked gently.
Kolev stretched himself.
As if in sync, the two of them crossed their legs, leaned back in their chairs, and stared at the slender hostesses at the edge of the venue, absorbing the energy of youth through their vision.
Buzz. Buzz.
Yang Ming's watch vibrated a few times.
"It's urgent. I'm leaving now. I'll contact you before I leave."
Kolev made a gesture and Yang Ming's projection disappeared.
The bottom floor of the prison.
Yang Ming looked at the realistic projection of Lu beside her, and she seemed a little conflicted.
"What's wrong?"
Lu immediately reported back: "A few minutes ago, Princess Dana suddenly started to act, but there was a small problem with the action... Boss, please watch the video, it's hard for me to describe it."
Lu's figure disappeared, and in its place, there was a projection screen.
The picture on the screen is in fast forward state.
