Chapter 503: Take the initiative!
"Fight! People oppressed by the empire and the great powers!"
Emilia's powerful voice floated back and forth in the virtual space of the Sherman Empire Military's emergency meeting.
The two supreme commanders on the main seat and several elderly people who were listening nearby all had gloomy expressions.
The more than 30 senior generals who attended the meeting tried to remain calm as much as possible.
"No one is talking?"
An old man said in a deep voice:
“Let me tell you something. Just half an hour ago, the Luofeng Empire declared independence.
"This is a long-planned political persecution against our Sherman Empire. The Luofeng Empire must be supported by other powerful countries. The purpose of the Luofeng Alliance's existence is to target us!"
Admiral Thomas said in a deep voice: "Let's not rush to make a conclusion... Is it possible to win Luo Feng back? This is a country of heroes. They once dared to fire at the New Federation's long-distance fleet, thus severely thwarting the New Federation's conspiracy."
“Thomas, didn’t you watch those videos?”
"I'm at the front line," Admiral Thomas said solemnly, "Before I was called to the meeting, I was beating up those federal guys and maintaining armed conflicts with thousands of ships every week."
Someone said, "Just play it in its entirety, it's only a few minutes anyway."
So a three-dimensional projection screen appeared in the conference room.
The three videos, "The Death of Edwin", "The Succession of Queen Luofeng" and "The Declaration of Independence of Luofeng", were played one after another.
Admiral Thomas's expression immediately turned gloomy.
He leaned back in his seat, lowered his head and sighed: "How much trouble has this bastard Foreign Affairs Bureau caused us!"
"Now is not the time to complain. Our border guards near the Falling Wind Alliance have begun to gather. We expect to be able to gather in two galaxy hours."
Initial assembly means jumping to the designated airspace and entering the approximate attack direction.
If a forced march is to be carried out, it is generally necessary to disperse the jumps first, gather synchronously, and then form a regional command network, and then coordinate the battle formations.
"Are we going to go to war with Luo Feng directly?"
A general asked:
“The video of ‘The Death of Adwan’ has now spread all over the Internet, and people marching in the empire have begun holding up Adwan’s portraits!
"If we go directly to war with Luo Feng now, what will the impact be on public opinion? How big will the political impact be? Can our public opinion base still stand?
"Edwan was killed by the Foreign Affairs Bureau, including Princess Rona. A monarch who gave everything for his country died tragically at the hands of the Imperial Foreign Affairs Bureau. Shouldn't the Foreign Affairs Bureau step forward and die to apologize? Why are our soldiers being forced to bleed and sacrifice their lives?"
"Shut up!"
The supreme commander frowned and scolded, and the general who spoke clenched his fists.
"I suggest not to use force against Luo Feng for the time being... In fact, we don't even have the extra strength to use force against Luo Feng right now."
Several generals spoke in succession:
"I just ran a simulation on the supercomputing group. The number of ships known to the Falling Wind Alliance is 9,210, of which more than 3,600 are retired warships from the Empire. Although the ships are relatively old and have certain firepower restrictions before export, their combat effectiveness is equivalent to 70% to 80% of our current main battleships, which is quite reasonable.
"Among these more than 9,000 ships, there are more than 3,000 ships that are domestically produced by the member countries of the Falling Wind Alliance..."
"Let me add that according to the information from the Military Intelligence Bureau, the Imperial warships that were sold have all been upgraded to a certain extent.
"But there is one thing. The number of ships they produce does not match the medium and large military shipyards we can get in the Luofeng Alliance. The annual production limit of warships in the Luofeng Empire should be around 120 ships. This is the level after the Luofeng Empire annexed most of the warship production lines of the Nonar United Kingdom.
"How long has it been since the Luofeng Alliance developed to this scale? How did they complete the unified matching of their industrial chain? Is it too late in time?"
"So, behind this, the other three powerful countries are actually doing their best to support it?"
"If we refer to the diplomatic alliance agreement previously issued by Luofeng and the Guel Alliance, the answer is self-evident."
"This means that if we want to suppress the Falling Wind Alliance, we must deploy the Ten Thousand Fleet Cluster."
"Considering that the Free United States and the Guel Alliance, two of the three major powers, have clearly stated that they will support the Falling Wind Alliance, the total number of ships they may provide may be between 6,000 and 9,000."
"If we want to suppress them, we must deploy two large clusters of 10,000 ships? At least six dreadnoughts?"
The meeting fell silent instantly.
The empire had already consumed a huge amount of its military reserves when facing the great insect tide.
Moreover, the prerequisite for foreign wars is to maintain sufficient military strength on the homeland, and it is impossible to use up all the war potential of the empire.
Now the Empire is fighting on two fronts.
In the New Federation war, 60 percent of the Empire's conventional military forces were involved, including the reserve forces, and more than 40,000 capital ships could not be mobilized.
Otherwise, if the New Federation takes advantage of the situation to counterattack, it will be a big problem.
The Empire has deployed more than 8,000 main battleships to conquer several vassal states that had previously declared independence.
Now, the military has only 22,000 reserve ships and main battleships that can be directly mobilized, but half of these 22,000 ships are responsible for the protection of the Imperial Star Circle.
Conquer the Falling Wind Alliance, face the possible support of the Free United States and the Guel Alliance, the Empire...
You may not win.
Admiral Thomas frowned and looked at the four military elders sitting next to him , and doubts arose in his heart.
Thomas asked: "The Imperial Guard system still can't be activated?"
"I can't find the reason, I keep trying."
"Alas, this is the problem. If the Imperial Guard system can be activated, not to mention activating the Levi Fleet, our own military strength can also exert a stronger combat effectiveness."
"So, it's best not to go to war with Luo Feng now."
An old general said in a deep voice:
"We can deal with Luo Feng at any time , the initiative is actually in our hands.
"Now it's not just one vassal state that has betrayed us. Suppressing Luo Feng is the same as suppressing other traitors. There is no order of precedence."
"Has the order been given?"
"Not yet. The higher-ups will make a decision based on our feedback. We cannot be sure whether or not we can fight this battle, and how we can fight it."
"I suggest," Admiral Thomas said solemnly, "temporarily use diplomatic and political means to appease the Falling Wind Alliance, and focus on the battlefields of other affiliated countries at this stage. We are generals, not politicians. We cannot act on impulse, but must seek truth from facts."
"I agree with Thomas that Sherman's empire was powerful enough without the need for one or two battles."
"Yes, going to war with Luo Feng now will put the empire in a very passive position. The people are obviously more sympathetic to Luo Feng."
"Kill a few bastards from the Foreign Affairs Bureau to appease Luo Feng."
"Well, something happened at the Foreign Affairs Bureau before. Almost all the senior officials, including Princess Rona, were caught in one fell swoop... We are currently lagging behind in information because there are different news all the time."
The nominal supreme commander of the empire on the main seat and Atro, the head of the Military Intelligence Bureau, who was sitting in the corner, both pretended to listen attentively.
It was obvious that someone was reporting to him.
The two men also had playful expressions. The old face of the Supreme Commander was obviously a little surprised, and his eyes, which were originally only a slit, tried to open wide;
Artero from the Military Intelligence Bureau froze in place, then looked away in disbelief.
“Is this true or false?”
According to the meeting room rules, the voice of the person reporting also entered the virtual meeting room:
"Really! The battle is still going on! Our main force was ambushed and suffered heavy losses. They are trying their best to leave the battlefield."
"What's going on?"
Atro's Adam's apple quivered.
He turned his head to look at the conference table and found that all the generals were looking at him. His lips trembled and he said directly:
"We entered the New Orui Empire to suppress the rebellion of the Sixth Expeditionary Fleet. We were suddenly attacked a few minutes ago. Without knowing it, the main fleet tried to approach a star supply point. As a result, the star suddenly exploded in an area very close to the star... There was a strong flare in the area. When they retreated in a hurry, countless enemy troops suddenly appeared nearby... The intelligence said that there were countless enemies.
“The Sixth Expeditionary Fleet has now lost more than 600 ships.
“They haven’t been able to break out of the encirclement yet.
"Wait... the latest intelligence... is it Luofeng? The fleet of the Luofeng Alliance! They sniped our expedition fleet!"
"What!"
The entire virtual conference room went haywire.
"Luofeng sniped us?"
"Are they looking for death?"
"These Luofeng people are simply crazy!"
"Do they still want to protect all their dependent states? Aren't they afraid of us?"
Admiral Thomas frowned tightly.
A possibility suddenly occurred to him.
Is Luo Feng so well prepared?
Are all the unrest within the empire related to Luo Feng?
"Everyone! Gather all the forces we can mobilize and issue a rally order to the nobles! Report this to His Majesty immediately!"
"Commander-in-Chief, His Majesty will give a national speech in two minutes."
"Damn it!"
The Supreme Commander cursed, then immediately changed his tone when he saw many people were looking at him:
"Damn Luo Feng!"
…
The airspace near the first star of the New Ori Empire.
The Dongfeng accumulated energy and opened fire. An elliptical ion beam with a diameter of several hundred meters illuminated half of the sky, and a series of explosions occurred in front.
In the direction where the Dongfeng fired, thousands of ships with Imperial-style markings were trapped near a dreadnought.
The dreadnought had already fired three times, but because the fleet attacking them was scattered over a sphere, the results of the three shots were very limited.
The surrounding fleets have already raised their flags.
Under the command of the law, each ship was equipped with almost perfect tactics.
Ships that have exhausted their energy and suffered heavy damage can always retreat from the line of fire in the most dangerous way possible, and there will always be ships in good condition in the rear to make up for them.
The fleet that appeared here with Luo Feng did not have any Dark Star ships, but was purely the conventional military force of the Luo Feng Alliance.
Different from the Empire's combat system that focuses on shield ships, dreadnoughts, and firepower replenishment ships, the Fallen Wind Alliance's fleet has handed over part of the firepower replenishment task to the drone combat cluster.
At this moment, millions of drones are conducting an all-round siege on the Imperial Fleet.
These drones themselves carry missiles equipped with super warheads. As long as they are allowed to get close to the ships, they can effectively damage the ships' shields.
The empire's long-distance fleet can no longer sustain itself.
In fact, Lu has begun to mobilize some ships to jump backwards in preparation for the next attack.
Bridge of the Dongfeng.
Yang Ming sat in a huge three-dimensional sand table, watching the firepower of his own fleet gradually eroding the Imperial Expeditionary Fleet, and his mood was inexplicably complicated.
Having been in the Sherman Empire for so long, Boss Yang didn't have much affection for other people, but he really liked the soldiers of the Sherman Empire.
In this battle, their goal was to capture the Sixth Expeditionary Fleet Battle Group, which consisted of 2,500 ships of the Sherman Empire;
Each main battleship requires 1,600 soldiers at full combat capacity (there are a considerable number of semi-automated and auxiliary intelligent machines on board). In this battle alone, 4 million imperial soldiers will die.
——Two thousand five hundred ships, this can be regarded as a fleet capable of destroying a small or medium-sized country.
But now, Yang Ming couldn't have any sympathy.
His current side is only Luo Feng - Dark Star.
"Law, is there any sign of activation?"
"Not yet," Lu said softly, "but it is very likely to be activated later. Our time window is very narrow."
Yang Ming dispersed the sand table in front of him, stood up and walked to the corner.
026, who has been busy at Dark Star and has not been seen for a long time, has already arranged the venue for the next live broadcast and is standing there, waiting for Boss Yang to arrive.
Not only 026, but also the realistic projections of Posa and Molly are here.
Luo Feng entered a state of war, and they all rushed to Yang Ming's side to assist.
"Boss!" 026 shouted excitedly, "The Emperor of the Sherman Empire has started a live broadcast across all channels of the empire."
Yang Ming nodded, put on the iconic helmet of White Ghost, and with the help of 026, put on the combat uniform, and connected the combat uniform to transparent cans.
Healing limited edition white ghost.
Yang Ming lay on the experimental table and said slowly: "Our task is to compete with him for traffic. I'll see your performance later."
"Okay! No problem!"
026The fabric on the chest is in danger of stretching.
For today's live broadcast, she dressed up specially and changed into a tight mecha suit. How can she be described as "eye-catching".
She asked quietly, "But Boss, if the barrage asks about His Majesty Edwan, how should we answer? What is our position?"
Yang Ming thought about it carefully.
White Ghost is still a hero of the Empire.
"You can just say that it is inconvenient to comment on this matter, so that you can help the imperial officials to divert the fire to the Foreign Affairs Bureau and let the Foreign Affairs Bureau take the blame.
"Now that we have started the war, there is no need to show mercy. Everything must be done with the goal of destroying the empire as the standard."
Yang Ming paused, and as he lay on the hospital bed, his eyes flickered slightly:
"If we can defeat the Levi Fleet head-on, then why should we worry about whether Levi Sherman will wake up? Of course, it's not possible now. Let's see how far we can go this time. We always have a way out."
"clear!"
026 nodded in a serious manner, then sat on the chair next to the bed and lowered the shield of his helmet.
Posa, wearing a pink princess dress, sat next to 026 and also looked at the screen.
"I'm ready!"
Several camera balls around flashed at the same time.
The live broadcast of White Ghost appeared simultaneously on the network throughout the empire, including the surface networks of the administrative stars in the Imperial Star Circle that had not yet restored their interstellar network connection.
at the same time;
Emperor Star Circle Yaha Star.
Several scientific research ships with exaggerated shapes stopped above the planet Yaha.
Inside the giant scientific research ship in the center, busy personnel were running back and forth, and one sophisticated instrument after another had been lit up.
Labdo's figure floated on the experimental table in the center of the research ship.
The person in charge of the plan already had sweat on his hands.
Labdo is now capable of assisting in the command of tens of thousands of ships, but the amount of information that a single ship needs to process is far from the same magnitude as the information on an entire crowded planet.
Admittedly, it is a very risky move to let the current Imperial Guard 2.0 Labdo try to take over the entire Imperial Star Circle network.
But the empire has reached a critical juncture at this moment.
There is no need to worry about anything else and you have to take the risk.
"I will bear all the consequences... Yes," the gray-haired old man took a breath, his eyes became extremely firm, "I will bear all the consequences and start to take over!"
The staff around looked at the director and pressed the button at hand at the same time.
In the middle of the bridge, Labdo opened his eyes, and then his shadow passed through the ship, like an angel descending from the sky, passing through the star rings outside Yaha and flying towards the planet.
Emperor Guard 2.0 is launched ahead of schedule!
