Chapter 485: Some Physical Confrontation
If diplomacy of a weak country is an art;
Then Yang Ming felt that he was now a great artist!
It was commonplace for them to confront the second most powerful country in the galaxy;
It is not a fantasy to confront the most powerful country in the Milky Way.
Now, their general Luofeng has been wronged, can the officers and soldiers of Luofeng tolerate it?
It must be intolerable.
Luofeng was originally a weak vassal state of the empire. If they did not adopt a tougher diplomacy approach, they would be bullied to death by the big country, wouldn't they?
Of course, being tough requires a certain method and a bit of confidence.
Just like now, Yang Ming is very confident.
Inside the medical cabin, Yang Ming was holding onto two gravity bars and doing squats continuously. Next to him, Emilia was wearing casual clothes of a shirt and jeans, and wearing glasses with assistive functions, constantly gathering information from all sides.
"Bounty hunters! Our fighters are already in position. Start delivering the intended message to them: 'Hand over Bly!'"
“Is the live broadcast on?”
"We can ensure that the twelve live broadcast channels will not be cut off by the Güell Union officials."
"Okay, don't worry about anything else. Have the soldiers surround the hatch of their ship and put up the banner!"
"clear."
Emilia pushed her glasses and couldn't help laughing. "That's too mean, bounty hunter. Where did you come up with these weird tricks?"
"How can this be considered a weird move?" Yang Ming said calmly, "Deep down, I have the confidence to face them head-on, so I can open up new ideas. If I didn't have this fist as a backing, I would definitely be restricted in everything I do."
“That’s right.”
Yang Ming threw the gravity bar aside and walked to the 'rehabilitation area' of the medical cabin, trying to increase his metabolic rate through exercise.
Emilia put her finger to her ear and whispered, "Bounty Hunter, what does the Guel Alliance want us to do?"
"Fight! What else are you doing!"
Yang Ming grinned: "Just respond that the Luofeng Alliance will never allow their generals to be bullied."
"Won't there be any problem with being so direct?"
"Of course not. We can just kill them. We have so many ships here, so what are we afraid of?"
Emilia thought about it carefully, and it seemed that this was indeed the truth.
…
Sherman is the supply ship carrying the Imperial Mission.
"These Luofeng people are simply crazy!"
The female deputy director of the Imperial Foreign Affairs Bureau cursed loudly.
Being forcefully driven out by the Guell Alliance had completely humiliated them and they were completely unable to explain themselves to their country.
They are communicating with the Empire, requesting to send an expeditionary fleet to oppress the Guel Alliance;
Before they had even started talking for a few words, an officer from the escort fleet suddenly came running over and yelled:
"Luo Feng is coming!"
To be honest, the female deputy director's heart skipped a beat and her facial expression showed signs of being out of control.
The Luofeng Mission just destroyed a ship of the New Federation by ramming it, and captured the New Federation's congressmen and diplomats. The New Federation is now actively seeking help.
Now these guys are going to crash into them again?
"Colonel!"
The female deputy director shouted in her shrill voice:
"Ask for help from the Guel Alliance! They are the host, and we can't just watch Luo Feng act lawless here! Open all the protective shields!"
"Uh, ma'am, they didn't come here by spaceship. Instead, they used transport ships to send a large number of soldiers to the space near us. These soldiers gathered outside our ship, held up banners, and... started a live broadcast, saying that the Empire should hand over the asexual angel Bligh and give Luo Feng an explanation."
The female deputy director was stunned for a moment, then walked to the porthole and took a look.
Outside, several Luofeng warriors wearing transparent space suits, carrying laser guns and holding solid flags, slowly passed by the window .
The flag clearly reads in both Imperial and Galactic Common:
【Hand over Bligh! 】
[The Empire cannot treat the country it promised to protect like this! Where is the Empire's credibility! ]
[The cooperative relationship between Luofeng and the Empire will be greatly impacted! ]
[The empire can bully the heroes of the empire, but it cannot bully our heroes of Luofeng! ]
[Duel! For the glory of the empire! If you have the guts, come out and duel with us! ]
'The Empire can humiliate the Empire's heroes.'
The female deputy director only felt that her eyes were a little dark, as if she had long-distance voyage syndrome, and her blood pressure soared.
"These damn bastards!"
She yelled, "Drive them away! Use sonic weapons to drive them away!"
"You can't use sonic weapons in space... any radiation weapons you can use will easily shatter their bodies... but this could have a huge negative impact."
The officer whispered:
“We should first find a way to cut off their live broadcast and cover up this matter. Then there won’t be any problem even if we kill these soldiers directly.
"How dare they, Luo Feng, challenge us?
"There must be forces from other countries behind this!"
"Then cut it off quickly!"
The female deputy director took a few steps back, held her forehead and sat in the chair, cursing in a low voice:
"I must repay them a hundredfold for the insults I suffered here!"
An officer hurried over and whispered, "We have just detected several special ships appearing near our fleet. They are... the official media broadcast ships of the Guell Alliance. They are broadcasting our experience at this moment."
The secretary at the side had efficiently turned on the projection device and adjusted it to the official channel of the Guell Alliance.
A close-up shot from a distant perspective perfectly presents the supply ship where the Sherman Empire delegation is located.
The channel also has a striking title:
[The Falling Wind warriors besiege the Sherman Empire delegation live! ]
Below is scrolling text, explaining the cause and effect of this incident in multiple languages.
Two interview boats sped towards the imperial delegation.
The Empire's escort ships tried to stop the two boats, and then the live broadcast room immediately began to broadcast the "bullying behavior" of the Sherman Empire Fleet, and the news headline immediately changed to:
[The guilty empire tries to control public opinion in the Guel Alliance! ]
The official of the Guell Alliance took advantage of the situation and a fleet of more than 200 main battleships appeared near the live broadcast ship, using tactical squeezing to open up a path for the live broadcast boat.
After all this, the live broadcast immediately became a hot topic in the entire Guell League.
The people of the Güell Alliance said:
There are so many melons to eat in the diplomatic field these days. There is no end to them.
The media of the Guel Alliance also knows how to make a scene. When the live broadcast of the small boat arrived at the encirclement of the Sherman Empire supply ship by the Falling Wind Warriors, the host in the broadcast room cheered for victory and changed the title of the live broadcast to:
[Under the siege of the empire, the victory of freedom and democracy meets! ]
The head of the Sherman Empire Mission, the female deputy director, was said to have almost fainted from anger.
Various media outlets heard the news and praised it as "the Fallen Wind Alliance's resolute counterattack against the Empire", "the prelude to Fallen Wind's pursuit of freedom and independence", and "a great increase in the Güell Alliance's influence in the stars".
The senior members of the alliance who had just finished a meeting with Yang Ming were in a very good mood at this moment.
However, behind the apparent win-win situation lies a dangerous struggle.
Seeing that the incident of 'Luofeng warriors besieging the Imperial delegation' was gradually getting out of control, the Imperial Foreign Affairs Bureau responded quickly. The deputy director in charge of the affairs of Luofeng's vassal states contacted Edwang and directly suggested that Edwang restrain the actions of the Luofeng Alliance delegation.
The deputy director naturally knew who 'Edwang' was.
He originally thought that he was just a simple messenger, but he never expected that 'Edwang' gave him an answer that made him feel incredible:
"I'm sorry, I can't restrain them."
'Edwan' spread his hands, sighed, and continued:
'The Luofeng Alliance is a magical integrated joint organization. According to the laws and policies formulated by the Luofeng Alliance, what I can do now is to convene a meeting of the senior officials of the Luofeng Alliance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to make foreign policy recommendations to them.
“I am the emperor of the Luofeng Empire, but I am not the emperor of the Luofeng Alliance. I can make the final decision on the integration of economy and local politics, but on the military and diplomatic level, I can only give them some suggestions.
"This is the power restraint structure of the Luofeng Alliance. The executive power, judicial power, legislative power, and military power are independent of each other.
"This delegation is from the Luofeng Alliance, not the Luofeng Empire, so I can't give them orders directly. I can only give them some advice..."
"Edwan?"
The deputy director in charge of Luo Feng's affairs frowned as he looked at the three-dimensional projection in front of him:
"You know who you are, right?"
"Of course, I am the emperor of the Falling Wind Empire," 'Edwan' said with a smile, "and I am also the chairman of the Falling Wind Alliance."
"Get your men out of the vicinity of the Imperial ships."
"I'm sorry, according to the existing laws of the Falling Wind Alliance, I cannot give them direct orders."
"Edwang! You have to know your position!"
"Yes, I know it very well."
'Edwan' smiled slightly:
"I am the emperor of the Luofeng Empire and the chairman of the Luofeng Alliance, and you are just a deputy ministerial official of the Sherman Empire."
"What did you say?"
"I say," 'Edwang' stopped smiling, "You have no right to shout in front of me. The contribution made by the Fallen Wind Empire to the Sherman Empire far exceeds that of you corrupt officials. That's it."
call out!
The stereoscopic projection was instantly turned off.
In an office at the headquarters of the Sherman Empire Foreign Affairs Bureau, the gray-haired old man opened his mouth, turned his head to look at the empty seat beside him, and was unable to come back to his senses for a long time.
Inside the Yilanduoxingluofeng Palace, 'Edwang' breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at the beautiful 'secretary' beside him.
'Edwan' asked quietly: "How did I perform just now?"
"Not tactful enough," the secretary shook his head. "A simple, low-level, primitive mind like yours cannot even get out of Dark City in our base. We have to clean up your mess."
"Okay," 'Edwan' suddenly looked helpless, "I will continue to work hard."
"Well, just keep a positive attitude, and you will definitely become one of us in the future."
Two galactic hours after this call, the Sherman Empire mobilized more than two thousand warships and announced that it would conduct military exercises near the border of the Fallen Wind Alliance.
This is naturally the most direct pressure on the Luofeng Alliance.
There was no response from the Luofeng Alliance, who simply gathered their forces silently.
After fermenting for several galactic hours, the "encirclement and suppression" incident in the Guel Alliance has completely broken the circle.
The Sherman Empire seemed destined to become a laughing stock.
The Luofeng Alliance also successfully established the image label of "fighting against adversity".
…
Inside the medical bay of a battleship of the Fallen Wind Alliance Mission.
Yang Ming, Lu's simulated projection, and Emilia were sitting in a corner, eating the "charcoal barbecue" that Yang Ming insisted on, and discussing the next plan.
Lu used images to simulate the skewers of meat to enhance his sense of participation.
Yang Ming is also in trouble now.
"Why is the Empire so soft?"
Yang Ming wondered:
"Are these the same soldiers I led? Why are they all so cowardly? Our soldiers have been rotated twice, but they still don't come out to fight."
Lu ruthlessly exposed him: "Boss, the soldiers you led only account for one thousandth of the total empire's strength. These soldiers are all from the Imperial Star Circle. They are also very eager to fight now, but the decision-makers of the Imperial Mission are too weak."
Emilia asked: "Is the Empire's military exercise really okay?"
"Don't worry about it for now," Yang Ming said calmly. "Even if the Empire's military exercises really begin, it will take more than a dozen galactic hours. The Empire's army is currently unstable. The soldiers are concerned about the unrest within the Empire and their own rights. The Empire does not have the ability to launch a large-scale war in the near future."
Lu: "It's only 2,000 warships. Don't worry at all. I will directly control public opinion within the alliance to prevent panic from affecting economic indicators."
Emilia thought about it carefully: "Aren't we going to avoid a direct confrontation with the Empire for the time being?"
"Yes," Yang Ming said with a smile, "We can just send someone to the empire to admit their mistakes later. Anyway, there are still a group of disloyal officials in the Luofeng Empire that have not been dealt with. Letting these lackeys lick their masters will definitely make their masters happy."
Lu said softly, "Then, if public opinion in the alliance denounces these officials, we will take advantage of the situation to sanction them, and at a suitable time later, announce that these officials were bribed to betray the alliance. We can directly remove them and confiscate their property to generate some financial revenue."
Emilia: ...
"Learn from this, Emilia," Yang Ming said, "Necessary scheming is an effective way to manipulate power."
"Well," Emilia smiled, "I still have a lot to learn."
Her watch suddenly vibrated and several messages popped up on it.
Lu has already spoken: "Boss! The Empire has sent people out! They have sent more than 8,000 soldiers from all their ships, wearing space suits, towards our team to drive us out. They are not equipped with guns, and it is obvious that they do not want to make a big deal."
"Then let's fight!"
Yang Ming was instantly excited:
"Inform everyone, no one should fire the first shot, fight them physically and with mechas!
"Quick, get me a mecha, I'll go to the front to provide support!"
"Hey! Bounty Hunter!"
Emilia quickly grabbed Yang Ming's arm and shouted, "Don't forget that you are pretending to be injured! Your serious injury is the source of the justice of our action!"
"Yes, boss. Please bear with it for a while."
Lu smiled and said:
"Don't worry. Our space suit technology has gone through hundreds of iterations and now has protection capabilities comparable to light armor. Our flight backpacks are more powerful, and the soldiers' fighting spirit is no weaker than that of the Empire.
"The problem now is that I'm worried that the Empire's space suit technology is too backward and that someone might die in the confrontation."
"Don't be afraid, make things bigger!"
Yang Ming gritted his teeth, sat down, and shook his head with regret.
He couldn't actually join in such a lively fight, which was really... the biggest regret of his life.
"Lü, inform the front line, if anyone is afraid of a fight, I will give him a devilish training when I get back!"
"Okay, boss."
