Chapter 430: Arrival on Domingos Planet
"Sir!"
"General!"
Yang Ming was walking in the corridor of a command flagship, and officers and soldiers passing by were saluting in a skillful manner.
There are burning eyes everywhere.
Yang Ming felt a strong atmosphere of personal worship.
"Vice Admiral Hanton has arrived at the bridge!"
With this powerful shout, Yang Ming stepped into the heart cabin of the command ship. Soldiers in various parts of the cabin saluted at the same time, while the operators selectively ignored it in accordance with standard operating regulations.
"Hanton," Admiral Thomas came forward, "It's great to see you alive and kicking again."
Yang Ming saluted and said with a smile, "Congratulations, General."
Thomas had some emotion in his eyes, and did not mention much about the promotion of military rank.
After all, he was promoted to Imperial General ahead of schedule because of his great merits in fighting against the Zerg swarm, which caused astronomical casualties among the Imperial people, and it was not something a soldier should brag about.
"Hanton, sit here."
Yang Ming followed General Thomas with his hands behind his back, and the two of them sat down together by the porthole.
Outside the porthole is the entire huge deep space port.
This kind of port does not need to be able to move. It only needs to have a weak power to maintain the relative distance from several nearby stars. It does not need a too complex structure of its own.
From a distance, it looks like a metal cancer cell appearing in outer space, growing disorderly in all directions.
"Hanton," General Thomas went straight to the point, "I called you here suddenly this time because I have a more formal military mission."
"Official military service?"
"Yes," Thomas curled his lips slightly, with a thoughtful look in his eyes, "I don't actually recommend giving this mission to you, but this is the request of the Supreme Commander, and above that, it's the order of His Majesty."
Yang Ming asked: "What mission? General, you don't have to keep me in suspense, just tell me directly."
"We are attacking a few planets," Thomas said. "We are not attacking the planets themselves, nor are we trying to overthrow the regimes. It is just a relatively conventional military action. In simple terms, it is anti-terrorism."
Several question marks popped up in Yang Ming's head.
"Counter-terrorism?"
"Yes, I am confused too," General Thomas said with a sigh. "The order came very suddenly, and I don't know why the higher-ups suddenly wanted to attack the terrorist organizations on these planets, and specifically asked you to lead the team to cooperate."
The general slid his fingers continuously and placed a stack of virtual files in front of Yang Ming.
Yang Ming didn't say much and began to look through the materials.
Domingos star.
This mission is aimed at the Domingos who have become increasingly active both inside and outside the empire's borders in recent years.
Yang Ming immediately thought of several key words - the Domingos massacre, the three shaped bombs that bombarded the surface cities, and the Sakaar poison gas bomb incident.
"Do I have to do this kind of work?"
Yang Ming was a little confused and asked directly:
"If we are just going to screen terrorists, can't we just randomly ask a major general to lead the team?
"Is there something complicated here? Or am I too superficial to understand the good intentions above?"
" There is no good intention," Thomas said with a wry smile, "They just want you to fight terrorism, and they have equipped you with a fleet of more than 800 main battleships to ensure that you will not be killed by terrorists."
Yang Ming and Thomas stared at each other.
However, what Thomas said later made Yang Ming find a little "logic".
"You have another task this time, which is to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the Diwei 2.0 system. Of course, this will be handled by the evaluation team. You only need to sign some documents."
Thomas continued:
“I think you must have heard about the Domingos tragedy, which had a huge political impact.
"The battle plan is also very simple. You only need to send a fleet to surround these three or four planets and cut off their external routes. Then send a fleet of drones to scan the surface and underground to find the new bases they have built in recent years."
"What if there is no new base?" Yang Ming asked.
"Then find an uninhabited area and drop a few bunker busters," Thomas said seriously, "and then tell us that you destroyed a small base, sabotaged the new weapons they were developing, and prevented their terrorist actions against the Empire."
Yang Ming: …
Thomas smiled bitterly:
“Don’t worry, everyone does this because these planets are not the Domingos’ terror bases at all.
“The people living here are all old, weak, sick and young. The only ones in danger are the children. When they are sixteen or seventeen years old, they will be taken away by the nineteen terrorist organizations of the Domingos and trained by the new federal agents, starting their miserable lives.
"Don't try to solve this problem, Hamton, it's one you can't solve.
"The Domingos deeply hate the Empire, and this hatred is passed down through their blood and through their family education.
“It is impossible for the proud empire to apologize and compensate the Domingos, otherwise… dozens or even hundreds of political entities will stand up and demand an apology and compensation from the empire.
“This stalemate can only continue like this.”
Yang Ming sighed slowly: "I really don't want to take this job."
General Thomas laughed and said, "Your Majesty named me."
"Is there no way to refuse?" Yang Ming said, "I might as well spend more time with my girlfriend."
"Daphne?"
"Hmm," Yang Ming curled his lips slightly, and Thomas immediately understood.
"Go ahead and do it," Thomas slapped a military order in front of Yang Ming, "Don't let His Majesty and the commander-in-chief lose face because of such a small matter. You can go on vacation for a few months. I have arranged a few capable staff officers for you to do the dirty work."
"No... to deal with three small planets that have no ability to resist, do we need 800 ships?"
"These 800 ships are also tasked with testing the command capabilities of the Imperial Guard 2.0. Moreover, the Empire has just experienced a great Zerg tide, during which a number of promising generals emerged, and a large number of generals also died on the front line against the Zerg tide. This time we can also comprehensively examine them and prepare for their promotion later."
From this perspective, the key to this operation is the Emperor Guard 2.0.
Yang Ming thought about it and pressed his thumbprint on the military order.
The old emperor wants him to fight terrorism?
I'm afraid it won't be that simple.
After coming out of the command ship, Yang Ming set off with two staff officers and rushed to the long-distance fleet that had been prepared.
This fleet is well-equipped, has three-dimensional combat capabilities, is equipped with various types of ground-attack weapons, and has as many as thirty-six large space carriers.
This type of space carrier is usually used as a weapon for ground attacks.
After Yang Ming sat on the command platform of the flagship bridge, six staff officers sent by the military took seats beside him, and sixty projection screens popped up in front of him.
The generals on these projection screens are the commanders of each formation.
At this moment, this group of lieutenant colonels, major generals, and brigadier generals were all looking at Yang Ming with burning eyes.
It seemed that as long as Yang Ming gave the order, they would be able to tear down the first star of the New Federation.
"General," the staff officer beside him reminded, "According to convention, before the fleet sets sail, the commander needs to encourage all levels of command and all crew members."
Yang Ming nodded.
He is good at speaking.
A staff officer took the initiative to step forward and handed over a speech manuscript from below.
Boss Yang waved his hand calmly and said with a smile: "Just chatting with you guys, no need to be too formal."
"yes!"
"Ahem," Yang Ming cleared his throat. He sat in the soft floating chair with his eyes a little vacant. "This time the mission is to fight terrorism. Well, fighting terrorism is... everyone thinks that this may not be a big deal, nor a difficult task, but this matter is related to all aspects. It can be said to be very important. We must also improve our concentration and awareness, and respond to various emergencies in a timely and efficient manner... Okay, that's all I have to say. Everyone should do what they should do. The meeting is adjourned, and we set sail!"
Several staff officers had black lines on their foreheads.
Many officers almost laughed out loud.
If there were media around and they recorded Yang Ming's speech, it would probably give rise to a wave of nonsense literature in the empire.
Yang Ming leaned back in the chair, adjusted the floating chair to the leisure massage mode, took out an eye mask from his military uniform pocket, and lay down calmly.
The law has begun a comprehensive investigation of Domingos Star.
By the way, Lu will also analyze the impact of this incident on Yang Ming's reputation, and will remind Boss Yang in time before any incident occurs that may affect Yang Ming's reputation.
What Yang Ming is most worried about now is that he will get stained with mud in the big quagmire of Domingos Star.
…
[The boss is about to go to Domingos Star to conduct anti-terrorism activities. ]
[Captain Catherine, please send a message to the four organizations under your control, asking them not to take any actions against the Imperial Fleet for the time being.]
【The boss's reputation cannot be damaged.】
In the office lobby of an underground base on an abandoned resource star on the border of the empire.
Catherine, who was sitting in the corner of the hall, was slightly stunned when she saw several messages appearing on the projection screen in front of her.
Domingos Star?
Catherine was naturally familiar with this planet. She had been dealing with the Domingos recently and had obtained a lot of weapons and equipment and more than ten medium-sized warships.
Catherine subconsciously glanced at her surroundings.
【Why was he sent to fight terrorism? 】
[The old emperor probably wants him to bind to the Imperial Guard 2.0 system, but the Imperial Guard 2.0 system has not yet been connected to the warship network, so related matters are not easy to determine.]
Catherine thought carefully for a moment and continued to reply to this 'mysterious assistant'.
[Domingos is not a good place.
[The environment there is harsh, and the population without household registration is huge. Although most Domingos organizations have moved their bases away from there, it is still one of the important sources of troops for the rebels.
[If the Empire sends a fleet there again, the New Federation will inevitably take the opportunity to criticize it, and it will also touch the nerves of many resistance organizations.
[If someone wants to discredit the White Ghost, they will probably arrange a farce on Domingos, which will have a wide range of negative effects.]
In the thinking space, Lu couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
In terms of how much she cares about her boss, Captain Catherine is definitely in the top three of the human race!
[Don't worry, I have considered all these matters. The problem at this stage is to prevent the boss from getting involved in negative news and to control the situation on Domingos Star to prevent armed conflict.]
[Well, if you have any questions, please contact me as soon as possible. I can influence some Domingos organizations.]
[Okay, Captain! ]
…
To be honest, this commander's hover chair is really comfortable.
Yang Ming originally just wanted to pretend that he didn't want to care about these trivial matters, so he put on a blindfold.
But unexpectedly, he fell asleep quickly.
I slept soundly.
The staff officers moved to another area to continue drinking coffee and chatting.
Apparently, no one took this action too seriously.
In the eyes of these officers, this was just an action to gild their reputation and enhance their achievements. With more than 800 imperial warships pressing forward together, not to mention the current Domingos Star, even Domingos in its heyday could be directly wiped out.
They will not enter the atmosphere to fight next. If they need to bomb some areas, they only need to send out a saturated number of drone swarms.
This military operation is essentially a gilded tour.
drop.
The reminder sound beside his ear woke Yang Ming from his deep sleep.
He was stunned for two seconds, then immediately took off his blindfold and sat up in the hover chair.
The bridge was quiet, with operators sitting at their respective posts, concentrating meticulously on their work.
"General!"
The staff officer on duty trotted over and saluted Yang Ming.
"Where are we?"
"We just crossed the border," the staff officer said with a smile, "We were just thinking about whether to wake you up... According to the action plan, we are now going to start connecting to the Imperial Guard 2.0 system and begin a comprehensive evaluation of the system in terms of fleet command."
"Okay," Boss Yang responded, "You guys follow the plan, I'll just watch from here."
"yes."
The staff officer nodded with a smile, and then shouted to the communication station below the command desk:
"The commander-in-chief has issued an order to begin accessing the Empire's entire defense 2.0 system."
"Repeat, start access."
The order was quickly transmitted throughout the fleet.
One by one, the operators pressed the pre-loaded virtual buttons, and a "fancy" loading interface appeared synchronously on the main screen of the bridge of all ships.
Amid the shining stars, a sharp lightsaber pierced the dark background of the universe. The figure holding the sword stood in the boundless darkness. The sword began to enlarge rapidly, revealing its delicate texture structure.
Then the lightsaber shattered into starlight and gathered into a line of large characters .
"Empire Defense System: Enhanced Edition".
When these large characters disappeared, Labdo's figure appeared on the main screen. He saluted everyone, then shrank to the corner of the main screen and shouted in a gentle male voice:
"Dear sirs, Imperial Guard Labdo reports to you."
Yang Ming couldn't help but raise his hand and rub his nose.
This guy, why is he so... greasy?
Yang Ming's watch vibrated slightly, and Lu's reminder appeared on it.
[Boss, this guy's core data is unusually active, and he seems to be very excited. I suspect he wants to do something to prove his usefulness.]
[You'd better hit him, otherwise it's the innocent people who will suffer. Domingos has suffered enough. ]
Yang Ming nodded with a smile, a gleam in his eyes.
He called out, "Labdo?"
"Oh, great ghost!"
Labdo suddenly appeared beside Yang Ming and saluted Yang Ming with a touch of his chest: "It is my honor to fight alongside you."
Yang Ming squinted and smiled.
Look, at least when it comes to politeness, Labdo is much better than Li Ke.
"It's my honor to work with you," Yang Ming said softly, adjusting the floating chair to a normal sitting position. "What do you plan to do?"
Labdo asked, "Are you asking about the next battle plan?"
"Yes," Yang Ming looked at the guy with a smile.
Labdo immediately said, "You should set the tactical goals. I will be responsible for providing you with reference opinions and overall command during the battle. I will follow your orders."
Yang Ming nodded: "Well, you have passed this test."
Labdo immediately smiled and had a smug look in his eyes, as if to say, 'He knew it was like this.'
Yang Ming asked slowly, "What kind of operational advice can you provide me now? Our goal is to find the terrorists hiding on Domingos."
Labdo hummed softly a few times.
His realistic projection was almost indistinguishable from the real thing, as if a living person was standing next to Yang Ming, humming in deep thought.
Soon, a yellowish-brown planet appeared on the main screen, and a staff officer reported:
"General, we have arrived at the first target area. The second and third mixed fleets will arrive at the other two planets simultaneously in five and forty-five minutes!"
"Okay, our troops will be reorganized temporarily, and then the three planets will advance simultaneously."
The staff officer shouted with full energy: "Yes!"
Labdo had already thought about it and said, "I have prepared three battle plans for you. Do you want to choose radical, moderate, or balanced?"
Yang Ming raised his eyebrows.
This guy is quite interesting.
at the same time.
In Lu's mind space, a certain Lu changed into a dress, crossed her legs, drank happy water, and was watching this scene with a frown on her face.
In the black box space of the law, the twin-tailed girl curled up there, slowly opened her eyes a crack, and in that crack, there was light and shadow that was not much different from what Lu saw.
