Chapter 518: Stop pretending, let’s show our cards
"A tripartite military meeting is now underway."
In the virtual conference room, behind a triangular conference table, the three head coaches appeared.
The representative from Luo Feng's side was naturally Yang Ming, the representative from the Guel Alliance was Duoduo Modo, and the representative from the Free United States was their Minister of Defense.
Behind the three people, dozens of people were sitting or standing near and far. These people included heads of their respective governments and generals commanding on the front line. They were all integrated into the virtual conference room synchronously using Luofeng's advanced network technology.
A simulation sand table appeared on the conference table.
The sandbox is divided into two areas.
The area on Yang Ming's left represents the tripartite coalition. The Luofeng Alliance's more than 11,000 warships are in the middle of the defense line, the Free United States' more than 7,000 warships are on the left side of the defense line, and the Guell Alliance's 9,700 warships are on the right side of the defense line.
There were eleven blurry red dots behind Luo Feng, which were eleven self-propelled planetary cannons.
There were two large spaceships in the Free United States' battle formation, and there were three specially marked giant ships in the Guell Alliance's battle formation, which were their respective dreadnoughts.
Compared with the previous two Sherlo battles, the current military strength is comparable to the ships allocated to this airspace by the Sherman Empire, which can be said to be "never having fought such a rich war", but the three parties are still not optimistic.
First, they are not a unified system and have never conducted joint exercises before.
Fortunately, in space combat, the main focus is on ship-to-ship shooting and fire suppression. The three parties maintain a certain distance from each other, and after inputting identification marks into each ship in advance, there will be no accidental injuries. It's just that it would be difficult to concentrate superior firepower, let alone synchronized coordination.
It is impossible for any of the three to hand over control of their warships to the other.
Second, Sherman's empire was gathering a large army.
Although the New Federation is now launching a full-scale offensive against the Sherman Empire's expeditionary corps, the cunning Federalists are still making a lot of noise but not enough action. The Sherman Empire's military has already recalled most of the expeditionary force's reserves.
In the first two collisions, the joint forces of the Sherman Empire's nobles and private armies suffered heavy casualties, but the Sherman Empire still squeezed out a new batch of ships from the domestic nobles.
The Sherman Empire fleet that had previously invaded other vassal states has now been completely withdrawn and all gathered at the border of the Falling Wind Alliance.
Now, the imperial military has clenched its fists, obviously intending to fight a war to destroy the Fallen Wind Alliance and re-establish the military hegemony of the Sherman Empire.
Without its external military hegemony, the Sherman Empire would fall into a greater crisis. Although it was still a long way from national destruction, this was an important reason why the Sherman family would never compromise or retreat.
Now the number of main battleships (including firepower ships, supply ships, support ships, industrial ships, etc., generally referring to ships over 300 meters or 500 meters, and the standards of each political system are different) gathered in this line of the Sherman Empire has exceeded 24,000.
Almost all the forces that the Sherman Empire could mobilize were concentrated in the two directions of Luofeng and the New Federation.
Third, the Levi Fleet was activated.
The entire conference room is filled with gray tones.
Everyone is under tremendous pressure.
The Sherman Empire's invincible fleet, the Levi Fleet, which is capable of defeating the insect tide head-on, is about to appear in front of them.
Duoduomoduo coughed a few times and frowned:
"I'm sure you've all heard the relevant intelligence. The Levi Fleet has been dispatched. Almost all of the Levi Fleet distributed around the Imperial Star have set out.
"According to the intelligence we have, there are at least 36,200 semi-permanent warships of the Levi Fleet rushing towards us... This number has seriously exceeded the limit we can bear. This is the most powerful military strength of the empire.
"To destroy this Levi fleet, we need at least 50,000 of the most advanced warships from various countries..."
The Secretary of Defense of the Free United States sighed and whispered, "The intelligence we have is almost the same. The semi-permanent fleet is a reflection of the historical heritage of the Sherman Empire."
Yang Ming also had a heavy face and asked, "Do the two countries mean to just give up?"
Duoduo Moduo seemed to be hesitant to talk.
All his words at this moment represent the group of people behind him and all the citizens of the Guell Alliance.
Although they had already reached a certain decision internally, Duoduo Modo looked at Yang Ming and seemed to see the back of the man in gray-white exoskeleton armor slowly appearing behind Yang Ming.
White ghost.
The Secretary of Defense of the Free United States said, "Based on the current situation, even if the three of us join forces, we cannot defeat the Sherman Empire. Please do not ignore their conventional military strength, as well as their huge mecha and star-transfer cannon."
A deep female voice came from behind the defense minister : "The planetary artillery of the Falling Wind Alliance can indeed pose a huge threat to them, but facing the Levi Fleet, it may still be a little powerless."
Duoduo Moduo stepped forward to be the 'compromise' person.
He whispered, "At this stage, it is indeed the best time for the Freedom and Democracy Camp to launch a counterattack against the Empire Camp, but there is a problem... The current situation is already critical. I think we don't need to beat around the bush and just speak our minds directly."
Yang Ming's expression became even more serious.
He said: "Our opinion is that we must resolutely fight this life-and-death battle even if we have to sacrifice the last ship. Our Luofeng Alliance is an alliance of dozens of small political entities. We unite together to survive with dignity, to enable our people to have a better life and a better future, to defend our rights, and to protect social and personal wealth."
The Secretary of Defense of the Free United States said solemnly:
“We fully respect all the interests of your country, which is also an important reason why we are here to support your country.
"But now, we must face reality, Commander Yang Ming. We must do two things now. First, change the form of the war. Second, give our people at home a more sufficient reason to protect the Luofeng Alliance."
Duoduo Moduo placed his hands on the table. Although he did not speak, he was still looking at Yang Ming.
Yang Ming frowned and said, "Change the form of war? I don't quite understand."
"We don't stand much chance of winning if we confront the Levi Fleet head-on. Even if we can reach a deeper level of cooperation, it will still be difficult to confront the Levi Fleet head-on."
The Secretary of Defense of the Free United States said quickly:
“I think you should also have information about the Levi Fleet. There are no soldiers on these ships. This is a terrible fact that no one dares to reveal.
"How can we defeat such a fleet?
“Even if we have old warships that have been sealed off, our soldiers need training. It is impossible to pull a group of ordinary people onto the ship and expect them to be able to control the ship.
"But based on the accurate intelligence we have obtained, I can state directly... the Levi Fleet can. The Levi Fleet will seize the Empire's regular fleet and assimilate it into them when necessary."
Yang Ming leaned back slightly.
Duoduomoduo said: "I can confirm this information. Now I actually want to ask one question... When the Falling Wind Alliance formulated the plan to counterattack the Empire, did they fully consider how to deal with the Levi Fleet?"
Yang Ming did not answer, but just lowered his head in thought.
The top leaders of the Luofeng Alliance behind him had extremely complicated expressions.
The Secretary of Defense of the Free United States said: "The so-called change in the form of war means that we need to use depth to exchange combat power, protect our current manpower, and ensure our courage for the final battle with the Sherman Empire."
Yang Ming still didn't speak.
But someone behind him couldn't help it anymore.
Emilia stood up from the sofa, walked behind Yang Ming, and appeared at the edge of the sand table.
She said coldly: "Your country's intention is to let us give up this war and let our fleet become an exile fleet?"
"This is just an idea," the Secretary of Defense of the Free United States said quickly, "If we can confront the Sherman Empire head-on, that would be great. And forgive me for being so blunt, if we send more reinforcements, the battlefield command should belong to both of us."
Duoduo Moduo suddenly said: "Battlefield command is actually not very important."
Emilia said expressionlessly:
“Then I can understand it this way.
"Your country is using strategic coercion on us. If we want to get more support from your country to fight against the Sherman Empire, we must obey your command and meet the conditions you put forward?"
"Your country is the disadvantaged party."
The Secretary of Defense of the Free United States no longer hides:
"We are not taking advantage of the situation, but we must have a sufficient and convincing reason to mobilize almost all of our combat power to protect the Falling Wind Alliance, which has no direct connection with our Free United States, and we must ensure that we have full and superior command authority."
Emilia asked: "Putting all that aside, what exactly is the reason your country wants? Our self-propelled planetary artillery and drone swarms?"
“That’s just part of it.”
"Excuse me, is there any difference between your country's actions and those of the Sherman Empire?"
"We are the camp of freedom and democracy," the Minister of Defense of the Free United States said solemnly, "Ms. Emilia, interstellar politics does not allow for any idealism. We must consider the interests of our own political system."
Emilia was not angry, she was just thinking.
She is the leader of the Luofeng Alliance. Emotional output has no effect. She must think of a way...
Yang Ming's voice suddenly sounded:
"If you don't want to fight, get out."
The expressions of the people around were somewhat dazed, and Emilia looked at Yang Ming in surprise.
At this juncture, even if the United States of Freedom did go too far, this combat power should be enough for the Falling Wind Alliance...
Yang Ming said calmly:
"In the first battle, your country was slow to support us. In the second battle, your country has been wandering on the edge. So, are you fighting guerrilla warfare on the front line? What's the use of your so-called support, except to make us look more scary? At least, the Guel Alliance is really participating in the war. What about you? Are you just making a political show?"
"Commander Yang Ming!"
"Shut up, I'm the one speaking now."
Yang Ming's expression looked like he wanted to eat someone:
"You think I insulted you?
“How did you behave yourself, and you blame me for insulting you?
“The only alliance that the Falling Wind Alliance has formed a deep alliance with is the Guel Alliance. This is my judgment after evaluating the overall strength of the Sherman Empire.
“Since you want to be the big brother of the freedom camp, then show some responsibility as a big brother.
"So far, none of your core elite fleets have moved, and the fleet coalition forces of dozens of political entities under your control have stayed far away. They have completed their assembly, right?
"You really want to fight this war with the Empire, and you want to take advantage of the Empire's weakness to overthrow this huge mountain that is already pressing down on you, right?
"Each country has its own national conditions. Watching the Empire's three expeditions to the New Federation, you have experienced a very obvious panic in the Free United States. If you want to stabilize your economy and continue to develop, you must resist the pressure from the Empire.
"Eighty percent of the reason you are here is because you need the help of this battlefield, not because we beg you to come here to protect us.
"If the Luofeng Alliance had not won the first battle, would you be here? Your support ships must have run as fast as they could!
"I gave you the opportunity so that you could reduce your own damage and fight against the Sherman Empire. It was you who gave me the opportunity. Isn't it good for us to cooperate equally?"
"In that case!"
The Minister of Defense of the Free States stood up and stared at Yang Ming with a frown:
"I think we should each calm down for a few minutes!"
"Oh!" Duodu Moduo immediately wanted to play peacemaker, "The current situation is hard-won, we shouldn't lose our composure here!"
He turned around to leave, but after taking a few steps, he found that... he couldn't exit this virtual conference room.
Yang Ming smiled with his eyes narrowed. He leaned back in his chair, folded his long legs on the table, and whistled leisurely.
This is highly inconsistent with diplomatic etiquette;
But Boss Yang felt that this action could make him happy, so he did it.
"Don't panic, everyone," Yang Ming said calmly, "I just want to show you something so that you can fully understand the situation and put yourself in the right position during the next discussion."
After saying that, a remote control appeared next to Yang Ming. He pressed the button forward and the sand table immediately turned into a holographic image.
In the quiet starry sky, a row of dark ships had just completed their jump and were maneuvering quickly towards the next jump location.
These ships have a very obvious Sherman Empire warship style, with many edges and corners, and multiple up and down stepped structures, and all energy can serve as main gun firepower.
They sail silently, with almost no radiation to the outside world, and the ripples produced in space are very subtle.
Levi's Fleet!
There are only a few hundred ships here, but the oppressive feeling created by these ships is almost suffocating.
Many people in the conference room had stood up, and high-level officials from the three political systems were all watching this scene.
While most people were feeling the pressure from Levi's fleet, a few had already reacted.
"You photographed the Levi Fleet?"
"Aren't they often elusive? Their ship stealth technology is said to be several generations ahead of ours."
A beam of light suddenly bloomed in the picture.
Immediately afterwards, hundreds or thousands of light beams suddenly appeared in the dark starry sky. The beams converged from three directions and destroyed dozens of Levi fleets on the edge in a short time.
A row of silver-white, oval-shaped warships appeared at the edge of the screen.
They have a silver-gray paint job, naval guns that are as big as the main guns of the Levi Fleet, and synchronization and coordination that are almost on par with the Levi Fleet!
The ships of the Levi Fleet immediately began to counterattack;
The ships that appeared around began to maneuver in a roundabout way.
Soon, the two fleets entered the famous "spiral of fierce battle". The two fleets remained within the maximum range of their main guns and carried out continuous circular maneuvers. If viewed from directly above, the two fleets looked like a Tai Chi pattern.
The loss rate of ships on both sides was almost the same. The silver-gray battleships suffered slightly less losses than Levi's fleet because they had enhanced the energy supply of their own shields.
Yang Ming took out a coordinate, and the Guell Alliance and the Free United States immediately began to verify it.
More than ten minutes later, the remnants of the Levi Regiment in the picture began to retreat, and the mysterious fleet began to pursue them. Even though there were reinforcements from the Levi Regiment in front of them, they had no intention of retreating, but instead chased the Levi Regiment relentlessly, wanting to continue to expand their victory.
In fact, these ships will later rush directly into the enemy's encirclement, dragging more ships of Levi's fleet to death together.
"Have these ships appeared before?"
"White Ghost's parents were kidnapped!"
"Ships that were active during the Zerg Tide... they look very advanced."
"alright."
Yang Ming pressed the remote control, with a smile that looked like he deserved a beating:
"My boss asked me to tell you that the Levi Fleet has its own enemies. We only need to conduct conventional military operations and provide moderate support to the enemies of the Levi Fleet to establish their greater advantage. That's all.
"In this war against the empire, can we, Luo Feng, establish ourselves as the main force and the dominant force?
“Everyone, I think you didn’t fully understand what I said before. We were able to rise because the Fayya people chose us. Do you really think we dare to fight them head-on without even knowing the bottom of the Sherman Empire?
"If the Free United States wants to participate in this war, then show your sincerity. If you want to be known as an anti-imperialist hero, then show what benefits you can offer.
"I still say that we, Luofeng, and the Guel Alliance, are the ones that have deep cooperation. Because the New Federation is holding the Sherman Empire back, then our two groups are enough.
"Actually, it's okay for you to leave. I think there's a high probability that before you leave, there will be an extra small note in the empty drawer on the right side of your president's desk.
"The meeting will be adjourned temporarily and will resume in ten minutes. "
