Chapter 280 The Battle Ends
Run, run away?
The top brass of the New Federation looked at the "tail lights" of the Empire's super-large fleet on the projection screen in the conference room, and for a moment they didn't know what to say.
Just half an hour ago, the Zerg appeared for the second time and destroyed a Class B administrative planet of the New Federation.
The so-called destruction here actually only means the destruction of humans on the surface. The swarm did not harm the planet itself, but only extinguished the fire of human civilization on the planet.
Open the full-scale map sandbox of the New Federation and connect the two administrative stars of the New Federation that were destroyed one after another into a straight line. The star system on the straight line...
That’s the star system where the city of Mint is located!
The new federal fleet, which had just experienced the baptism of imperial artillery fire, was now forced to enter the highest level of combat readiness again.
Now there is a problem facing the new federal government.
Should their fleet take the initiative to attack?
The Zerg is not an Imperial fleet. The latter did not disturb the New Federation's administrative planet along the way, but went straight to Mint City, indicating that it wanted to start a major battle with the New Federation. However, wherever the Zerg passes, if it finds a planet inhabited by human civilization, it will directly destroy it. Of course, the sooner the Zerg is eliminated, the lower their losses will be.
The new federal government also has its own difficulties.
The swarm is undetectable with conventional equipment.
The queen in the swarm made the New Federation, which was unable to own a mobile stellar cannon, tremble with fear.
To make matters worse, the New Federal Government has begun calling on the Empire to help them fight the insect plague from the perspective of all human civilization, but the Imperial authorities have not made a clear statement.
It is unrealistic to expect the Empire to compensate for the ships and people and help the New Federation fight the bugs.
But the New Federation did not expect that 'just before' they were about to resort to moral kidnapping and public opinion kidnapping to drag the Empire into the fight against the insect plague, the Empire's invincible fleet actually ignored the war compensation negotiations and ran away!
The retreat was extremely decisive, without any delay.
"Comfortable."
In the Stinger, Yang Ming sat on the sofa, shaking a bottle of juice in his hand, constantly teasing his taste buds with the sour and sweet taste .
He had been worried that the Empire would really send him, an insect killer, to the New Federation just to go through the motions.
In that case, he would probably face a double threat from the New Federation and the Queen.
But unexpectedly, after they returned to the Stinger, the Stinger soon received the order to set off and return. Even the Stinger and the transport ship where Gris was at the moment were the first batch of ships to jump.
——Creating humans also costs money, and they are the empire’s precious fighting force.
The communicator in Catherine's hand opened a small projection screen, and she was looking at the picture on the screen with worry.
"Hanton," she turned her head and asked, "Is this really okay?"
Yang Ming was a little confused: "What's wrong?"
"I'm talking about the insect plague in the New Federation," Catherine said, "It's also human civilization."
"Well," Yang Ming coughed, "Of course, we cannot deny the existence of such things as justice. Humans in the Milky Way are a community. The only difference is that everyone has a different political system. But dear, this matter itself was caused by the New Federation."
"Why?" Catherine was a little confused.
"It was the New Federation that was trying to control the insect plague to destroy the Empire, rather than the Empire controlling the insect plague to destroy the New Federation," Yang Ming said seriously, "The New Federation is now suffering from backlash because the Empire withstood the pressure from the Queen. If the Queen had rushed into the Imperial Star Circle last time, it would have been a disaster."
Catherine asked: "But if, I mean if, the fleets of the Empire and the New Federation join forces, wouldn't they be able to defeat this queen?"
Yang Ming asked in return: "Can you ensure that the New Federation will not sell Minter City and bury the Empire's invincible fleet with the Zerg?"
"this……"
"No matter from which angle you consider it, the Empire will not fight this war in the core area of the New Federation, unless the old men in the Imperial Military are kicked in the head by a donkey."
Catherine sighed softly and closed the communicator.
"Okay, come here."
Yang Ming stretched out his arms, and Catherine leaned over gently and lay in his arms.
Yang Ming gently stroked her back and said softly:
"It is normal for us to have different positions on this matter. There are also two different voices within the empire. Ultimately, it comes down to the different levels of our idealism.
“However, our duty is to follow orders from above.
"Since the Empire has decided to withdraw quickly, we just need to follow orders."
"Yeah," Catherine closed her eyes, her brows gradually became soft and lovely, and her breathing soon became even.
Yang Ming hugged her quietly, looking at the starry sky passing quickly outside the porthole. His thoughts seemed to float out of the current dimension of the universe, thinking about some empty, boundless but quite interesting things.
He also didn't expect that the Empire's expedition to the New Federation would come to a hasty end due to the interference of the Zerg.
The empire naturally won a great victory. Although it sacrificed millions of soldiers and lost nearly two thousand warships of various types, this did not cause any serious damage to the powerful empire.
The New Federation's combat casualties were six or seven times that of the Empire, and all major fleets suffered heavy losses. One of the three comprehensive firepower fortresses guarding the city of Minter was destroyed and two were bombed.
The New Federation's battleship technology, which had previously boasted of its advanced technology, was also exposed by this war.
More importantly, this battle directly destroyed the New Federation's previous unstoppable momentum, allowing the two or three hundred human countries in the Milky Way to once again intuitively feel the power of the Imperial Fleet.
The Empire's war machine was not fully activated. This was a "raid and revenge" spanning two months, not an ongoing war of annihilation.
Yang Ming actually knew about the outrageous operations being carried out by the imperial military.
Before the Imperial fleet began to retreat, Vice Admiral Thomas called to ask if Yang Ming could find some small swarms of Zerg. The number of swarms did not have to be too large, just a token of his appreciation would be enough.
Yang Ming is not a queen insect, so of course it is impossible for him to create a small swarm of insects temporarily.
But he immediately understood what the Empire meant. The Empire wanted to...
Ding ding!
A message popped up on Yang Ming and Catherine's communicators at the same time, indicating that the imperial authorities had issued an insect tide warning to the entire territory and the entire army.
The general content is:
[The Empire is about to be attacked by a swarm of insects, so all the ships on the expedition to the New Federation have to withdraw to the country at high speed for defense.
The Imperial Army had already achieved brilliant results in the New Federation, but now, they had to give up the war reparations that were about to be received, unconditionally return millions of prisoners and large fortresses to the New Federation, and wish the New Federation success in fighting the insect plague.
The human civilization in the Milky Way is closely related to each other. In order to fulfill their evil ambitions, the extreme right-wing party of the New Federation allowed the insect plague to come prematurely, which violated the laws of nature, and they were eventually retaliated by the plague.
The Empire will closely monitor the insect plague situation within the New Federation, and after resolving the domestic insect plague and ensuring that the environment in which the citizens of the Empire live is completely safe, it will carry out rescue operations of varying degrees in the New Federation. 】
This announcement can be said to be very "imperial".
Yang Ming turned off the communicator, looked down at Catherine who was already fast asleep, and carefully placed her on the sofa.
He went to the desk in the captain's lounge and opened his communication with Lu to chat by text.
The Valkyries have now withdrawn from the New Federation.
Because of the forced jump, they lost the main engine of a transport ship, but this loss was almost insignificant to the wealthy Boss Yang.
Lu: "Boss, shall we make a summary? This time the Empire won the New Federation, and we made a lot of money in many ways."
Yang Ming smiled and said, "I didn't feel anything. I just met the old emperor of the empire and got some benefits from the military and the Council of Elders."
Lu: "...Boss, what kind of benefit do you think is a big gain?"
Yang Ming thought about it carefully: "Give me a hereditary title of Grand Duke and a rank of General in the military, that would be barely enough."
"Pah! Boss, wake up. Space travel is not suitable for dreaming."
Law retracted a message.
"The boss has a very bright future. I am very lucky to be able to serve him!"
Yang Ming sent an eyes-rolling emoticon.
"By the way, Boss, did you really return the fortress?"
'Well, the New Federation will soon get good news and bad news.'
'What's the good news?'
'They will find that the fortress's weapons and defense systems are nearly intact and usable.'
'What's the bad news?'
"Lieutenant General Thomas and his men did some tricks inside, spraying a lot of metal softener. After one or two fierce battles, the fortress will lose its combat effectiveness and will either need a major renovation or be abandoned directly."
law:'……'
"The Empire is so cruel."
'How else can it exist for tens of thousands of years? Stop chatting, find a wealthy small country and send little Po Suo there to settle down. I will go there when I am free. In addition, the dark star must be completely physically isolated from the external network. You should also learn more from this senior and get yourself more supercomputer arrays.'
Lu sent a sighing emoticon: "Supercomputers are very expensive."
"We have to do it no matter how expensive it is. It would be best if Dark Star could have the technology itself."
'clear!'
Yang Ming closed the dialog box, turned his head to look at Catherine, then relaxed his body and leaned back in his chair, suddenly thinking of another question.
Catherine's total life span was only more than forty years.
…
Half a month later.
In the living room of a villa facing the lake and the mountains, near the super reformer training base on Yaha Star in the Imperial Star Circle.
Yang Ming was sitting on the sofa in his shorts. A robot maid beside him brought him some freshly squeezed juice. The big projection screen in front of him was playing all the big news that had accumulated recently.
After paying the price of losing six administrative stars and seven billion people, the Zerg that had been secretly sailing in the New Federation finally left the New Federation and returned to the edge of the Milky Way.
The New Federation announced that the Zerg tide had retreated, requested support from the entire galaxy, and encouraged the public to carry out post-disaster reconstruction work.
Peace has returned to the Empire, but because the New Federation has been fighting the Zerg, the Empire has not held any grand events.
So, after reading the news that the New Federation announced the retreat of the insect tide, Yang Ming flipped down and found the news released by the official channel of Emperor Star.
To celebrate the Empire's great victory in fighting the insect plague and counterattacking the New Federation, a week-long celebration will be launched throughout the Empire. Workers and students from all walks of life will have a one-week holiday, and local governments will receive varying amounts of activity expenses allocated by the Imperial Star.
Although it has been half a month, the celebratory atmosphere cannot be lost.
Yang Ming scrolled down a few news reports, all of which were pictures of grand parades celebrating victory in various parts of the empire.
Of course, while the country is celebrating, there will also be some harsh noises.
Arguments such as "the cold-blooded empire watched people in danger without helping", "the empire's anti-human rights nature", and "there is no difference between the empire and the new federation" frequently appear on the Internet.
According to the inside information Yang Ming got, the Military Intelligence Bureau is now arresting people like crazy.
After all this turmoil, the empire's rule seemed to be further consolidated.
Ding ding!
A call invitation popped up on the communicator in the robot maid's hand.
It was Lieutenant Colonel Atlo of the Military Intelligence Bureau. Since Yang Ming returned to Yaha Star, the lieutenant colonel had called him every now and then. While greeting Yang Ming, he would also bring some interesting news that was not made public.
Yang Ming signaled the maid to answer the call, and a bust of Atro appeared in front of Yang Ming, wearing a military uniform.
"Lieutenant Colonel Hanton! Congratulations!"
Atro said excitedly:
"I just got the news that the military has signed the official document. They have resisted the pressure from the Council of Elders and promoted your rank to Lieutenant Colonel!
“The youngest lieutenant colonel in the empire!
"And this time it's a precedent. In the future, you only need to make contributions to the Empire, fight against the Zerg, and attack the New Federation, and your military rank will continue to rise. You will have the hope of becoming a general of the Empire! Oh! This is simply the best reward for a hero."
Yang Ming nodded with a smile and almost laughed out loud.
Just an hour ago, Director Riva also sent him a call and said similar things.
"The Council of Elders has signed an executive order. We have resisted the pressure from the military and upgraded your title to Imperial Viscount."
Yang Ming: 6.
"Thank you," Yang Ming said warmly, "Please take care of me in the future."
"You are being too polite," Atro said with a smile, "You are on Yaha Star, right? I will be going there for official business next. I happen to have several invitations to banquets. If you don't mind, you can choose one of them and we can meet. I have prepared some local specialties for you."
Yang Ming cleared his throat: "No need for specialties, I am very loyal when I am in love."
Atro asked with a smile: "So you agreed to come?"
"I'll try to find the time. If I'm free, I'll definitely go over," Yang Ming said with a smile. "I also want to get in touch with the aristocratic circles of the empire. If I want to gain a foothold in this circle, I have to be sociable."
"That's great! I'll send you the banquet list right away. Today is a lucky day for the nobles and officials of Yaha Star."
Yang Ming smiled and shook his head.
At the stairs, Catherine, who was wearing a silk nightgown, peeked out. She had just washed and dressed up, and then put on Yang Ming's favorite exquisite makeup.
Every time this happened, Yang Ming knew that he had to show off his masculinity.
He said a few perfunctory words to Arturo, then jumped in front of Catherine. Amid the latter's soft cry, he picked her up and went to the indoor swimming pool with laughter.
They had taken leave specifically to go out and enjoy their own time in this villa.
at the same time.
Outside the Yaha planet, a satellite adjusted the focus of its instrument and transmitted the blurry image of the villa to the core location of the empire's territory.
Deep inside the Imperial Star, in the core area of the Empire's national defense system module, the black box has been closed again, and the girl is curled up quietly in the black box.
This body between virtual and real did not seem to be completely asleep, and its eyelashes were blinking slightly.
'Human love.'
She murmured, seeming to be in some kind of confusion, which turned into a sigh after a long time, and the sigh disappeared into the almost infinite darkness outside the black box.
Galaxy's Edge.
The huge figure of the queen slowly disintegrated, and the insects, under the control of dozens of pseudo-queen insects, flew in groups towards dozens of star systems in this airspace.
The queen's true form was revealed. She turned her head and looked in the direction of the Milky Way, her eyes filled with thought.
If one were to use language that humans can understand to describe the information that her nervous system is processing at this moment, it would probably cause humanity's most powerful mainframe supercomputer to crash.
A light grey shadow appeared around the queen, and her huge body gradually disappeared.
Natural enemy.
Quantity two.
The threat has not been eliminated.
