Chapter 512: Falling Wind Miracle
Federal Democratic Daily News:
Because the Fallen Wind Empire announced its transformation into the Fallen Wind Democratic Republic and no longer recognized the "Suzerainty Treaty", the evil Sherman Empire gathered a large number of ships and brazenly launched an aggressive war against the Fallen Wind Alliance.
The Fallen Wind Alliance actively responded to the challenge, gathering all the military forces of the alliance's member countries to fight against the powerful invading army of the Sherman Empire in the airspace inside the Fallen Wind Alliance's border.
The brutal behavior of the Sherman Empire has already caused dissatisfaction among many political systems!
The Luofeng Alliance is doing its utmost to fight the war to defend the country. This is an absolutely just act and a just counterattack against the evil invaders!
The Sherman Empire's powerful military strength made everyone inside and outside the Luofeng Alliance feel a suffocating pressure.
Just when the outside world thought that the Luofeng Alliance was about to become the next Domingos, a battle report came from the front line that shocked all media.
The Falling Wind Alliance, with its courage and strength, directly attacked the invaders of the Sherman Empire and dealt a heavy blow to the Sherman Empire's expeditionary army! The Falling Wind Alliance army defeated the five major battle groups of the Sherman Empire at the cost of losing less than 4,000 warships, and completed the most intense battle in nearly a hundred years in a very short period of time!
In Xie Luo's first battle, the Sherman Empire was completely defeated!
The Sherman Empire was still unwilling to give up its evil intentions. After suffering a direct defeat, instead of reflecting on its own evil and brutal behavior, it became even more evil. It drew fleets from all over the place, formed an astonishing number of invading forces, and tried to invade Luofeng again.
With the momentum of a great victory in the first battle, the Fallen Wind Alliance, together with the two major battle groups of the Guell Alliance and a reinforced battle group of the Free United States that came to support them, launched the second battle with the Sherman Empire less than a galactic day later.
The battle lasted for sixteen galactic hours and ultimately cost the Sherman Empire the loss of more than six thousand warships. The Fallen Wind Alliance temporarily retreated to rest.
Currently, the Sherman Empire has withdrawn from the border of the Fallen Wind Alliance and continues to eye the Fallen Wind Alliance covetously.
The Free United States and the Guell Alliance held separate press conferences to praise the bravery and fighting skills of the Fallen Wind Alliance’s army, and emphasized the powerful force of the self-propelled planetary cannon developed independently by the Fallen Wind Alliance.
It is reported that this self-propelled planetary gun played a key role in two battles. In the second battle, it was because of the deterrence of the self-propelled planetary gun that the Empire's powerful dreadnoughts could only retreat to the rear and dared not move forward easily.
In view of this international situation, our new federal government officially declares:
We will immediately launch a comprehensive counterattack against the invaders who invaded our country.
The Fallen Wind Alliance rises in the Milky Way with an attitude of democracy and freedom.
The evil imperial camp will eventually be annihilated.
With the efforts of all parties, galactic democracy will usher in a new chapter!
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Bang!
The sound of heavy objects being smashed echoed in the virtual conference room.
This supreme military meeting of the Sherman Empire, with a large number of participants, can almost be regarded as a gathering of the core members of the Sherman family.
More than forty elderly people sat behind a round table, with soldiers, officials, and elders standing behind them.
General Akz had a gloomy face and stood in the corner with his head down. At this moment, a spotlight shone on him.
He had to give a reasonable explanation for his humiliating defeat, not just twice.
In fact, he didn't need to explain anything.
These people have seen the process of the two battles.
All he has to do now is stand here and bear the consequences and the infamy, and that's enough.
"Ax! We trust you so much! What about you?"
Ackers lowered his head and remained silent, while the old men of the Sherman family continued to roar.
"Shame! This is the greatest shame the empire has ever experienced since its founding!"
"It's a bit of an exaggeration to say that there has never been such a failure, but this is indeed the most serious failure we have not experienced in the past two thousand years."
"In fact, the failure of these two battles cannot be entirely blamed on Akzis."
An old man said in a deep voice:
"Everyone witnessed the battle. Akuz's command was impeccable, and the performance of Emperor Guard 2.0 was also remarkable.
“If it weren’t for their efforts, our losses would have been extremely heavy in the first battle.
"The self-propelled planetary gun that can jump is indeed a tactic that we have previously overlooked. I don't know since when we have become accustomed to relying on the dreadnoughts that have achieved a balance between mobility and firepower. The enemy seized on this weakness of ours and used the self-propelled planetary gun that sacrificed mobility and enhanced firepower to give us a blow.
"However, when it comes to changing the form of warfare, self-propelled planetary artillery alone is far from enough..."
Director Ino, with a gloomy face, raised his hand and said, "Let me add one more thing."
"You tell me."
"First of all, this self-propelled planetary cannon is not simple."
Director Ino fiddled with his fingers, and some battlefield data was displayed in front of everyone.
“Similar weapon systems have been developed in the history of the Empire, but these projects were eventually abandoned. The most important reason was that the materials were not up to standard.
“The material technology used in these self-propelled planetary cannons, as well as the related energy control technology, are far beyond what we have mastered.
"Especially in this regard, the firepower technology of the dreadnought is already the limit of what we can use on warships that can jump. Based on the existing firepower of the dreadnought, if we want to increase the energy by 10%, we need to increase the volume of the dreadnought by 30%.
“Not to mention, the problem of range is more difficult than energy improvement.
"These self-propelled planetary cannons can be considered Luofeng's trump card, and are a manifestation of their superb industrial standards... We are indeed lagging behind."
"Ino! Don't forget, we still have the Skywrath Fortress."
"You should all be aware of how much we paid for the Skywrath Fortress's warping technology."
Director Ino frowned and said:
“How much resources did our ancestors plunder and how much did they pay in order to build this mobile star artillery platform?
"We are no longer able to replicate this giant fortress that can be warped."
"Where is Emperor Star? How do you explain Emperor Star?"
"We have to admit this," Director Ino said, "The semi-permanent materials used by the Imperial Star and Levi Fleet... in some aspects, are not as good as these self-propelled planetary cannons."
Director Ino groaned for a few seconds:
“Human civilization’s control over science and technology can be roughly understood as the degree to which humans control controllable energy.
"Now, Luo Feng's control over energy is half a level higher than ours."
One stone can cause a thousand ripples.
This virtual conference room seemed like a vegetable market, with people whispering to each other everywhere.
They could admit that they had failed, but they could not admit that the Sherman Empire was lagging behind in military technology.
This makes the elderly people here feel tremendous pressure.
Director Ino sighed.
An old man said, "Just finish what you have to say."
"Yes, Grandfather."
Director Ino rubbed his brows and threw out another set of information.
Photos of combat drones appeared before everyone's eyes.
"Even more terrifying than the self-propelled planetary cannon is this thing... Luo Feng's combat drone."
Director Ino said quickly:
“These things give me a bad feeling, they are so powerful that they are a bit weird.
“This was particularly evident in the second battle.
"These combat drones are indeed advanced in structure, and are completely different from the drones we currently use... They are highly maneuverable and have sufficient firepower. There are two technologies in them that are incredible.
“The first technology is that the drone swarms form a strange simulated gravitational field.
"You can simply understand that each of these drones carries a small component, and these components are combined into a simulated gravitational field exclusively for these drones on a macro scale. Under the traction of this gravity, they can use less fuel to achieve higher acceleration, and can also have different degrees of impact on our ships.
“Please look at these images.”
An Imperial 300-meter-class gunboat appeared on the screen. This firepower replenishment ship had been surrounded by a swarm of drones, and the ship's hull could not maintain balance and was constantly flipping.
"That's what that gravitational field does."
Director Ino continued:
"There is also a second technology... I can assure you that after we suffered a loss in the first battle, we immediately adjusted our warship configuration. We mobilized all the super-modifiers to use advanced signal jammers, which are those spike-shaped ships, and activated 1,500 sealed drone destroyers.
“And then, you saw it.
"The enemy has increased the number of drone swarms, nearly 20 million different types of combat drones, which are surrounding our ships and launching surprise attacks.
"Luo Feng focused his firepower on destroying the drone destroyer first, and their drones were like... like they had pilots inside them. They were able to maintain their combat effectiveness even when their communications were interfered with. Our interference had no effect.
"Yes, Luo Feng clearly knows where their advantages lie.
"Of the more than 7,000 warships we lost in the second battle, 23% were attacked by drone swarms. Some of the drones even transformed into mechanical guards and massacred our soldiers.
"The enemy used this method to capture 832 of our large and medium-sized ships.
“If our dreadnought fleet also joins the battle, I can’t guarantee that they will use more drones to invade our dreadnoughts in a saturation manner after establishing a sufficient advantage.
“UAV swarm simulation of gravity fields, drone swarm super communication technology, ship shield blocking technology... etc., these are the things that will truly change the battlefield situation.
"This is simply a mechanical insect swarm."
Director Ino leaned back in his chair, looking tired.
He said in a deep voice:
“I am not afraid of offending anyone, but today I must remind you.
"The rapid development and rapid improvement of the Luofeng Alliance have long exceeded the normal level of development of a political system, and what they have brought out now has caused us to retreat several times head-on.
"Does the Falling Wind Alliance have other technologies hidden? Are these really the only planetary self-propelled artillery they have? Where did they get their technology from?
"I even... when I was thinking before the meeting, I thought of a more terrifying hypothesis. Those mysterious ships that attacked the Imperial Star Circle and abducted Hanton's parents, those mysterious fleets that appeared in the insect tide, do they have a connection with Luo Feng?
"I just reviewed all the intelligence about Luofeng. There are too many anomalies. The Luofeng Alliance is expanding too fast, and the member states are too cooperative.
“After two battles with the Luofeng Alliance in a short period of time, we were completely defeated in public opinion and suffered heavy losses in the military... Now, the New Federation, the Free United States, and the Guel Alliance are negotiating an alliance with Luofeng.
“The true crisis of the empire has arrived.
"We can still suppress the information about these two battles for the time being because Luofeng, the New Federation, the Free United States, and the Guel Alliance have not yet reached a complete consensus, and Labdo is also controlling public opinion. Otherwise...
“This is an absolutely critical moment and we must adjust our arrogant mentality.
“If we want to deal with Luo Feng, then we should withdraw our troops from the New Federation and focus on dealing with Luo Feng;
"Otherwise...we can only ask for peace with Luo Feng."
"Ask for peace?"
"Ino! Are you kidding me?"
"We lost the first battle because we were not prepared enough! In the second battle, both sides were evenly matched, and both Guel and the Free United suffered losses! Luo Feng's assets are these ships. They have already lost half of their main forces. How can they retreat now?"
"As long as Luo Feng's battleships are completely destroyed, what use will their drone swarms have? Should we send them with merchant ships?"
Director Ino nodded and said, "I humbly accept your criticism. Just continue. I'm going to do the experiment."
call out.
Director Ino turned off the communication, and voices expressing dissatisfaction with him were heard from all over the round table.
Many generals seemed to be thinking about something, with a hint of worry in their eyes.
…
Falling Wind Alliance, a military port outside the star Ilando.
The heavy battleship that Yang Ming was on was being resupplied, and the entire spaceport was immersed in a celebratory atmosphere.
Of course, mourning the fallen soldiers is the most important thing.
Similar to the Sherman Empire, Yang Ming is also in the virtual conference room at this moment.
This virtual conference room brought together the top government and military leaders of the Free United States, the Guell Confederation, and the Fallen Wind Alliance, with Yang Ming sitting in the main seat.
The meeting had lasted for half the galaxy, and almost everything that needed to be discussed had been discussed.
The Guel Alliance will send an additional battle group and three dreadnoughts;
The Free United States will send an additional battle group and two dreadnoughts;
The two countries will provide military support to Luofeng and each sell Luofeng one thousand and eight hundred medium and large semi-retired ships at a lower price. These ships will be delivered to the capital of a member country on the edge of the Luofeng Alliance in the shortest time possible, allowing Luofeng to pay in installments with zero interest.
Luo Feng’s current problem is that the number of available ships is indeed too small compared to a superpower like the Sherman Empire.
The two major powers, the Alliance and the United States, took out 1,800 ships as strategic reserve resources in one go, which was a huge investment, and the price was only 30% to 50% of the normal purchase price of second-hand warships.
Is this a discount for Luo Feng?
No, this is a blow to the Empire, and their overtures to Fallen Wind.
The Secretary of Defense of the Free United States, now giving his closing remarks:
“We estimate that the Sherman Empire’s third offensive will come within seven galactic days.
"This time, our three-party coalition should unite and cooperate to defeat the Sherman Empire's third fleet head-on.
“If we can gain a greater advantage in the next battle and annihilate enough of the Empire’s manpower, then we should strike while the iron is hot and launch a strike against the Sherman Empire’s homeland to destroy their military-industrial system outside the Imperial Star Circle.
“Although the Imperial Star Circle is advanced, it only has dozens of administrative stars. If we can eliminate the military potential outside the Imperial Star Circle, we can ensure that we have the possibility of winning the subsequent military competition with the Sherman Empire.
"Please do not slack off. The most terrifying thing about the Empire is, first of all, the Levi Fleet, and secondly, its industrial scale and shipbuilding speed."
"Let me say a few more words."
Chief of Staff Dodomodo of the Guell Alliance added:
“In these two battles, we achieved excellent results without the participation of the Levi Fleet… But if the Empire loses the third battle, they will be in an absolute dilemma of internal and external troubles.
“Historically, whenever the Sherman Empire was close to the red line of national destruction, the Levi Fleet and the Imperial Guard System would appear.
"We must be prepared to deal with this..."
Duoduo Moduo paused.
Because Yang Ming, who was sitting in the main seat, raised his hand, a large screen appeared behind him.
The big screen was filled with a starry sky. Nine triangular self-propelled planetary cannons, accompanied by their respective escort fleets, gathered at the edge of the star system where Ilando was located.
"We are ready for anything if we dare to declare war on the Empire ."
Yang Ming said calmly:
“The rise of Luo Feng is a trend that cannot be stopped by human civilization in the current dimension.
“And the rise of Luo Feng has positive significance for the current human civilization in the Milky Way.
"The Sherman Empire is too old, and there is a lot of confidential information in it. I cannot disclose it to you for the time being, but what I want to say is that Luo Feng was chosen as the main reason for this victory, and the Sherman Empire was abandoned, which was an important factor in this victory.
"In the upcoming war, I will have to rely more on you in terms of conventional combat power.
"The technologies you all want are nothing more than planetary self-propelled artillery and drone swarms. After the meeting, I will send the drone swarm's simulated gravitational field technology to your country as a token of my sincerity.
"The upcoming battle is crucial to the development of human civilization in the Milky Way. I implore you to temporarily put aside your prejudices and unite to fight against the Sherman Empire.
“At the same time, we can also promise that the Falling Wind Alliance only needs to hold out for one to three months, and great chaos will inevitably occur within the Sherman Empire.
“They are always watching you and me.”
A group of politicians looked at each other in bewilderment. Only a small number of elderly people who held core power had a more thoughtful look in their eyes.
They understood Yang Ming's meaning very clearly.
Behind the Luo Feng miracle, there is only this one possibility.
Faya, is interfering.
