Chapter 333 Imperial New Calendar Year 732
The assimilation experiment was more complicated and slower than Law had expected.
Yang Ming originally thought that he only needed to take a few naps to get through it, but he didn't expect that... he was conscious most of the time.
Not only is he awake, Lu also thoughtfully designed a "small room" for him, where he can enter the virtual room with his consciousness to read books, enjoy music, and watch movies and TV shows.
What should have been an easy assimilation experiment turned out to be... solitary confinement.
However, Yang Ming felt the dual growth of his physical and mental strength, and subconsciously seemed to feel that Po Sa next door had become closer.
This shouldn't count, blood is thicker than water, right?
Only some of the genes in this body come from Posha, so this can't be considered an elder or a younger generation, right?
Yang Ming felt a little headache when he thought about the ethical issues involved.
There is actually another benefit to solitary confinement.
He can get timely reports from the law, pay close attention to what is happening outside, and respond effectively to various incidents.
Over the past year or so, Yang Ming had directly issued instructions on eight matters.
On the basis of this "busy" work, he used the small consciousness room to watch more than 30 TV series, hundreds of galactic movies, dozens of literary classics, and thoroughly studied the history of the war of the Sherman Empire.
——I’m definitely not idle.
Yang Ming was also curious about what the big guy next door was doing. He asked Lu to secretly detect Po Su's mental state and found out...
She fell into a deep sleep .
Boss Yang was extremely envious of the girl's ability.
However, fortunately, he was able to stay awake for a long time, as the speed at which the border issues of the Luofeng Empire worsened far exceeded the expectations of Yang Ming and Edwang.
Based on the scraps of information collected by Lu, Yang Ming could probably reconstruct what happened.
After returning to the Foreign Affairs Bureau, Mrs. Mag, who was fully responsible for the Luofeng Empire's affairs , immediately convened more than ten meetings. Half a month later, the Foreign Affairs Bureau convened a high-level closed-door meeting at the deputy director level and above.
That was a strong signal that the Sherman Empire's Foreign Affairs Bureau had begun targeting the Luofeng Empire.
As for Princess Rona...
Her daily routine is to attend various high-end aristocratic gatherings and occasionally go to some secret manors to have fun. She is not worthy of much attention.
After that, before Yang Ming's underground laboratory was completed, three accidents occurred on the border of the Luofeng Empire.
First, two merchant ships were attacked by "pirate groups" for no reason, and the crew and cargo became the burial objects of the ships.
The pirate group active in this star field was originally Yang Ming's subordinate, the official organization of the Molly Miss Group, the Mimili Gang.
After this incident, Mimili, who was helping with some assassination missions, was immediately transferred back to the Luofeng Empire by Yang Ming. She led her pirate group to temporarily stay away from the Luofeng border and secretly investigate the source of the ships that attacked.
The Sherman Empire should not attack Luo Feng directly.
They should have mobilized some affiliated forces outside the empire.
The attack on the merchant ship triggered a security crisis on the Luofeng trade route and had a certain impact on the Luofeng economy. However, neither Yang Ming nor Edwang paid much attention to this impact.
Just half a month after the merchant ship attack, a newly developed resource star on the outermost edge of Luofeng was besieged by a battle formation consisting of more than a dozen warships.
This resource star, numbered [T204] in Luofeng's country, is rich in dozens of industrial minerals. Luofeng has invested heavily in the past two years and has built a surface base and a primary refining plant. It was about to start generating revenue when it attracted this group of uninvited guests.
This fleet comes from the Nonar United Kingdom, which is relatively close to the Luofeng Empire.
The kingdom has more than 20 main administrative stars and a population of over 5 billion. Its military strength on paper is far superior to Luo Feng.
Coincidentally, although the United Kingdom is not a vassal state of the Sherman Empire, they were conquered by the Sherman Empire's expeditionary corps about 600 years ago, and still have the "custom" of paying tribute to the Sherman Empire, and have always stood on the same political stance as the Sherman Empire.
Pseudo-vassal state.
There are four small and medium-sized national governments and dozens of resource stars buffering the border between the two countries, so there should be no conflicts.
But the United Kingdom of Nonnar insisted that this resource star had already been marked by them and they had reported it to all the major interstellar organizations long ago. Luo Feng was guilty of illegal mining and must compensate them for the economic losses and confiscate all equipment on the surface.
It can be said to be extremely shameless.
What’s interesting is that before the Luofeng Empire’s officials said anything and before the major official media acquired by the Molly Miss Group reported anything, related public opinion had already emerged within the Luofeng Empire.
As soon as the alliance was established, the citizens of the Luofeng Empire, with an overflowing sense of national honor, immediately launched a massive campaign of condemnation, protesting against the United Kingdom of Nonar in various ways.
This left Edwan with no way out.
This conflict is inevitable.
In the military, Luo Feng dispatched a mixed fleet of 32 warships of various types to forcefully expel the fleet of the United Kingdom of Nonar.
In diplomacy, Luo Feng urgently sent an envoy to the United Kingdom of Nonar to make a solemn representation to the kingdom.
Adwang made a public speech, saying that the people of the Luofeng Alliance all hope for peace and will never take the initiative to launch any war outside the Luofeng border. Moreover, the resource star was originally within the territory of Luofeng, and there was no such thing as pre-marking.
The fleets of both sides confronted each other outside the planet T204.
This confrontation lasted for more than twenty galactic days, attracting media from neighboring countries and becoming the most popular topic in the online worlds of Luofeng and the United Kingdom of Nonar.
The Luofeng Empire fleet, which had the advantage, did not take the initiative to attack, and the fleet of the Nonar United Kingdom did not dare to act rashly.
On the other hand, the envoys of the Luofeng Empire have met with the top leaders of the United Kingdom of Nonar , and the two sides seem to be able to hold peace talks. The United Kingdom of Nonar has put forward a series of harsh demands, including but not limited to the joint development of the T204 resource star.
The Luofeng delegation naturally refused to agree, but Edwang's order came from the country.
They can agree to other conditions besides joint development.
This was a choice that Edwan made out of helplessness. He had already seen the shadow of the empire behind the abnormal behavior of the United Kingdom of Nonar.
Adwang’s bottom line is that the country’s territory cannot be given up.
It would be the greatest insult to ask distant countries to jointly develop resource-rich planets within their own borders.
In the next half month, there was a border standoff, diplomatic dispute, and public opinion war. The patience of the people on both sides turned into impatience. Under the guidance of the officials of both sides, both sides felt that the other side was bullying them.
At this time, a very delicate event occurred - Foreign Minister Nonnar visited the New Federation.
A fierce air battle broke out on Planet T204, after a standoff that lasted for forty galactic days.
The objective fact is: The United Kingdom of Nonar suddenly dispatched a second combat formation, and the two formations formed a pincer attack and launched a surprise attack on the Luofeng Empire fleet. The Luofeng fleet decisively fought back and finally won a great victory.
But the news that appeared in the United Kingdom of Nonar was all about the raid by the Luofeng Fleet.
The T204 battle was a direct confrontation between two medium-sized countries in the region.
The United Kingdom of Nonar lost the lives of 120,000 soldiers and more than 20 ships; Luofeng, under Lu's secret command, also lost 40,000 soldiers and 7 ships.
Public opinion in both countries suddenly surged, and the flames of war grew higher and higher in this starry sky.
At this time, there were some differences in opinions between Yang Ming and Edwang.
Adwant meant to ask for peace, to take the initiative to send a signal of surrender to the Sherman Empire, and to actively bribe the officials of the Sherman Empire.
Yang Ming was determined to fight.
In the handwritten letter that he asked Lu to convey to Edwang, these words were clearly written.
[The national will of the Sherman Empire has arrived, and it cannot be reversed by a few corrupt officials.
[If the Luofeng Alliance wants to move forward, this battle is inevitable. The only difference is whether it is near or far.
[If you want to be reborn, you must first be tempered. Only by defeating the much stronger Nornar United Kingdom, Luo Feng can gain the qualifications to negotiate with the Sherman Empire. ]
Edwang thought about it for two days and two nights, and finally just sighed and gave Yang Ming a simple reply.
[Please make sure to reduce Luo Feng's casualties to the lowest level within your capabilities. 】
Yang Ming did not give a direct response.
War is cruel and no one can guarantee victory.
Luo Feng began to actively prepare for war. The United Kingdom of Nonar announced the mobilization of all its fleets and began to pile up warships on the border. The number of warships soon exceeded 500.
What Yang Ming found most ridiculous was that this war was portrayed in interstellar space as an agent war manipulated by the New Federation.
…
In January 732 of the Imperial Calendar, the second military conflict between the Luofeng Empire and the United Kingdom of Nonar officially broke out.
The paper strength of the two warring parties is not equal.
The elite fleet of the United Kingdom of Nonar was fully assembled, with an astonishing number of main battleships including 62 medium and light battleships, 173 cruisers, and more than 200 gunboats and fire supply ships, showing a crushing momentum against the Luofeng Empire.
The Luofeng Empire only dispatched the first and third defense fleet regiments, a total of two small space carriers, forty-eight medium and light battleships, one hundred and twenty-five cruisers, as well as seventeen medium and large shield ships and one hundred and thirty-nine comprehensive supply ships.
When the two armies confronted each other, it became an exhibition of retired warships of the Sherman Empire.
However, this is only strength on paper.
Yang Ming has been running the Luofeng Empire for many years. The four major defense fleet regiments of Luofeng are all his direct forces. After Luofeng purchased the production line of medium-sized ships, Yang Ming ordered Lu to carry out a comprehensive upgrade of Luofeng's main battleships.
Luo Feng's ship looks the same on the surface, but its hardware and software have been updated internally.
They have longer detection range, more powerful fire control systems, and better attack intervals.
Of course, more importantly, the apparent commander of Luo Feng's side is General Lyon (Dabic), and the real commander is the Mechanical Thinking Body Law.
Yang Ming originally planned to participate in this war, which was a crucial battle for the rise of the Luofeng Empire.
But Lu insisted that Yang Ming continue the assimilation experiment on Saka.
She was confident that she could break the legs of the United Kingdom of Nonar.
Yang Ming hesitated for a moment, but still chose to trust his own lawyer.
In the past, he just shouted a few times to fire. In this large-scale battle, what matters is the national defense strength and the response of the command system.
The battle broke out in full swing in early February.
Most of the galaxy's eyes are looking here, and the names of the Luofeng Empire and the Nonar United Kingdom have already resounded throughout the galaxy.
However, several galactic hours later, the reputations of the two took very different turns.
The commander of the victorious side of this battle was called "a famous general that appears once in the Milky Way in five thousand years."
Luo Feng wins big!
This result was beyond everyone's expectations.
They thought that the outcome of the fight would be a pyrrhic one, or even just a slight friction, and the fight would end because they were reluctant to see the warships damaged.
The initiator of the battle was still the United Kingdom of Nonar, and the Luofeng Empire responded passively.
Commander Nonar's idea was very clear, which was to use their firepower advantage to focus on destroying Luofeng's main output ships. This was also the conventional idea of medium-sized national fleet operations.
Luo Feng's side reacted very quickly, and the seventeen medium and large shield ships firmly protected the main battleship.
The main warships quickly moved towards the rear of the shield ship and formed a fence-like warship array in space.
The war began with the first salvo from the Nonar warship.
Luo Feng actively defended, fighting and retreating, using shield ships and comprehensive supply ships to consume the energy reserves of enemy ships. The two small space carriers quickly spread deep-mine drones.
After a strong start and then a weak second, the firepower of the Nonar Regiment was swallowed up by two waves of shield ships. They quickly changed their formation and wanted to use the left and right wings as the main targets of attack.
At this time, there was a small-scale chaos among the fleets on Nonar's side.
This confusion was caused by minor deviations in the fleet command, and some formations failed to respond to orders in a timely manner.
Luo Feng's side suddenly launched a counterattack!
Behind each shield ship, there are three main battleships arranged in a triangular shape. This plus three combination starts the millisecond-level attack and defense coordination. - When the friendly ship is behind the shield ship, the shield ship's shield must be retracted immediately when the friendly ship attacks, and must be deployed again before the enemy's attack arrives.
This kind of cooperation can usually only occur in the military of a powerful country that has mastered the core technology of fleet supercomputing.
And Luo Feng’s fleet did it easily.
The overall intensity of the counterattack was not too strong, but the six main battleships of the Nonar Regiment were targeted with concentrated fire, their respective protective shields were broken at the limit, and hot fireballs erupted from the hulls.
The Nonnar Regiment had a wider range of scheduling problems.
The aging of the ships has greatly reduced the power of the main guns and protective shields of more than a dozen main battleships.
All the ships of the Luofeng Fleet suddenly began to move forward synchronously.
The suicide deep-mine drones that were originally laid out began to bombard the Nonar fleet crazily.
Most of the tens of thousands of drones were swallowed up by the enemy's close-in defense guns, and a small number appeared outside the protective shields of various levels of warships of Nonar, exploding into energy-gathering balls with full light effects.
The main battleships maintained a low-frequency firing, and each round of shooting focused on three to four main battleships of the Nonar Regiment, ensuring that the enemy was reduced in number each time.
Hundreds of warships moved forward synchronously without any confusion. Each ship received new instructions in seconds, and the operators only needed to calmly complete each instruction.
The defeat of the Nonar Fleet occurred when an ambush consisting of six Luofeng warships appeared.
Among the six warships, two of them have extremely exaggerated styles. They are shaped like ships and are equipped with densely packed high-power antennas.
This is an electromagnetic interference ship that the Empire had long since eliminated, but the Luofeng military had obviously modified the ship and installed various new electromagnetic interference equipment.
The old-fashioned ship command system of the Nonar Fleet was immediately paralyzed.
The main battleships were equipped with optical communication, quantum communication, and gravitational wave communicators, and were able to maintain contact, but the large number of gunboats and old supply ships soon lost contact.
This is a common problem among medium-sized national fleets - too much emphasis is placed on firepower and auxiliary systems are often lacking.
The Nonar Fleet mobilized only six shield ships, and they were deployed near the flagship.
The comprehensive system demonstrated by Luo Feng became the basis for their victory.
Luo Feng even had two jump jammers disguised as comprehensive supply ships. After the jammers' polarimeter was turned on, both sides lost the possibility of jump, and the Luo Feng fleet began to harvest in an orderly manner.
Lu understood human nature, so she did not force the Nonar fleet into a desperate situation immediately, giving them a chance to escape.
When Lu shot down and captured those ships with slower maneuverability, hundreds of Luofeng light cruisers suddenly burst out with powerful power output.
This battle has been discussed for a long time by military enthusiasts from various countries, and the victory of the Luofeng Empire was called a victory of the system.
The Luofeng Empire also appropriately displayed many technology companies on the planet Ilando and found suitable "reasons" for the sources of their equipment.
At the end of the battle, only more than 100 ships of the Nonar Fleet escaped back to the country, more than 200 ships were destroyed, and more than 180 ships of various types were captured.
The Nonar United Kingdom delegation urgently applied to enter the Luofeng Empire and began a difficult journey to seek peace.
At this time, Yang Ming also hesitated.
Go after Nonar? Or accept their request for peace?
The military force of the United Kingdom of Nonar has been destroyed, but the Luofeng Empire does not have the conditions to occupy the territory of that country. The small population of Luofeng's own nation is always a problem.
In this case, the only option is to accept their request for peace and get a huge compensation.
After this, the Luofeng Border was quiet for eleven months.
The Sherman Empire did not expect that Luo Feng's army would be so powerful and did not look like a mob that just copied other people's ideas.
But the strategy they set did not change, and the poor Nonar United Kingdom began to actively "expand its troops".
The whole nation is mobilized for war, new warships are added from unknown sources, and the remaining forces are integrated...
When Yang Ming heard the news, he felt a little helpless.
The Sherman Empire was really ruthless. Not only did it want to bring down Luofeng, it also wanted to suck the blood of the United Kingdom of Nonar dry.
But, it doesn’t matter, he will take action.
At the end of the 732nd year of the Imperial Calendar, the assimilation experiment was completed.
…
Drop, drop, drop.
Genetic assimilation laboratory underground on Sakaar.
Rhythmic mechanical sounds echoed in the silver-gray circular hall.
Two nutrient capsules filled with transparent nutrient solution were placed side by side, with wisps of light green light flowing inside. Tentacle-like tubes were connected to the backs of the man and woman on the left and right.
Yang Ming and Po Su opened their eyes at the same time.
