It was another sunny morning on the Sunset Star in the disputed star belt. Major Joseph Magellan, oh no, he should be called Lieutenant Colonel Joseph now. The Lieutenant Colonel walked out of his personal colonial barracks, looked at the slowly rising orange sun on the horizon, and twisted his limbs to do morning exercises.
Because of his good performance last time in "fighting hard" with the Qien Empire in order to recover federal assets, the Army decided to encourage him by giving him an additional rank. As a result, the major became the current lieutenant colonel, and the number of colonial strongholds under his control has also changed from more than a dozen before to dozens now. All defense work within a radius of hundreds of thousands of square kilometers is handled by him.
But Joseph didn't do those things for promotion, so he was waiting for that day to come.
However, many days have passed since he cleared the border stronghold of the Qien Empire, and there is still no big news. The lieutenant colonel can only do exercises every day, drink tea, and go to the training ground from time to time to practice before he is armed and develops soon. People, as long as they keep themselves busy, they will not think about when the two countries will go to war.
"Sir, today is another rare good weather day."
Ernst Rachel, who was also promoted to major, came over with Joseph's breakfast and placed a plate with fried eggs, slices of bread and bacon and a cup of hot coffee on the outdoor table outside the barracks. Seeing that the commander seemed to be in a good mood, he hesitated for a moment and then slowly said: "Maybe the Federation and the Qien Empire will not go to war, and our efforts will be in vain."
"No, no, no, my dear adjutant, don't make a final decision on everything so early."
When Joseph heard what his new adjutant said, he stopped twisting his body, raised his hand and shook his index finger to reject the other party's statement.
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After lifting the coffee on the edge of the plate and blowing it gently, Joseph's eyes lit up as he took a small sip and asked, "Where did the coffee powder used to make this cup of coffee come from?"
"As always, it is still distributed uniformly by the Tianxi City Material Center. If you are asking about the coffee powder used to make this cup, it is probably from the warehouse that we just entered this morning. Do you need me to ask the chef in the cafeteria?"
"No need." Joseph waved his hand confidently, put down the coffee cup and said with a smile: "It's true that the coffee powder comes from Tianxi City, but where does the coffee powder in Tianxi City come from?"
"You mean, the federal territory?"
"That's right."
Joseph glanced at Ernst appreciatively, thinking that under his earnest instruction, this originally dull military cadet finally became smarter. But sensing that the other party was still a little confused, he dipped his index finger into the cup of coffee and put it into his mouth, his tone full of determination.
"The damn wet weather in Tianxixing has two advantages. One is that it can reduce the fighting will of our enemies, and the other is that it can help me judge the supply situation of the capital."
"Before this cup of coffee, all we drank were the overstock that had been stored for several months. But this cup is different. The taste of this cup is very fresh, and there is no dampness at all that is unique to Tianxixing."
Ernst was about to say why he didn't drink out, but he was blocked by the unpredictable Joseph.
"It's normal that you can't drink it, because my sense of taste is very sensitive. If I hadn't had a dream of joining the army since I was a child, I would definitely be a chef on the United Stars cooking for the generals now."
After smiling confidently, Joseph glanced at Ernst, who was frowning slightly, and reminded him pointedly: "As far as I know, the supplies that arrived with the first group of pioneers are enough for us to use for a whole year. It’s still too much, but new supplies have been put into storage in less than half a year, what do you think this means?”
"I understand what you mean, but a mere bag of coffee powder may not be enough to explain anything."
Although he already had a premonition in his heart, Ernst still shook his head, thinking that if it was just some food and daily necessities, it would not explain anything.
"This is easy to handle. With my authority as a colonial defense officer, I can check the list of most of the supplies that have recently arrived at Tianxi Star. We just need to see if there is anything we want in it."
Seeing that the adjutant nodded in agreement, Joseph sat down at the dining table and quickly swept away the breakfast on the plate. The look of him gobbling it up looked quite impressive, which was in contrast to his usually slow and gentle image in the eyes of others. completely different.
And Ernst was already used to this, because if they had participated in the raid on Qien's stronghold with him, they would know what kind of ferocious beast was hidden under the Lieutenant Colonel's seemingly gentle appearance.
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After Joseph finished his meal, the two quickly queried the list of the latest batch of supplies through the computer system in the stronghold that could be connected to all storage records. After a quick browse of the parts they were interested in, they found a lot of interesting things. Content.
"Look at this, as an orthodox military cadet, you must know what this is used for, right?"
Joseph, who flipped through the list somewhere, patted the adjutant on the shoulder and motioned for him to focus on where his finger pointed.
"Focusing crystals are high-quality rare crystals with the best performance. This is an essential strategic resource that can elevate the power of ultraviolet laser weapons to a higher level."
"Yes, with the performance and value of these rare crystals, they cannot be used in the weapons of infantry like us, but there are no docks or spaceports in the orbit of Tianxi Star, so they cannot be used by the navy. .”
Joseph and Ernst looked at each other and said in unison: "Anti-orbital weapons!"
After receiving important information, the two men immediately returned to the temporary headquarters in the colonial stronghold and began to issue a series of orders to prepare for war. Although the army commander would most likely not let the colonial defense forces go to the front line by then, they must Be prepared to join the fight at any time.
Since this was also the first time that they faced a situation where such a large-scale war could break out at any time, Joseph could only infer what might happen on Tianxi Star in the near future based on past experience and the war cases that had broken out among the member states of the Star Sea Community. series of military conflicts.
"The first thing that is certain to happen is that the army landing troops from both sides will gradually enter the field, use the equatorial dividing line as the front line, and then engage in a tug-of-war for a period of time."
Major Joseph called up the planetary projection of Tianxixing, marked several places that were most suitable for large-scale landings by the army, then turned to look at Ernst, and asked with the idea of testing his adjutant: "Do you know why? Obviously the naval fleet can directly use naval guns to level the entire planet, but does the war still require the participation of our army?"
"I think this is because the Orbital Bombing Act unanimously passed by all member states of the Star Sea Community does not allow the naval fleet of any signatory country to conduct orbital bombing in any form against the civilian facilities and civilians of the remaining signatory countries during wartime. Countries that violate the bill will Being jointly sanctioned by the entire galaxy, unless it is an all-out war to the death, it will make them lose more than they gain. Therefore, this bill not only greatly enhances the status of our army, but also makes the functional division of the navy and army of each empire clearer."
"Yes, the Navy has its own battlefield, and the Army has its own battlefield. Most of the time, the two do not interfere with each other. Unless the Star Sea Community is disbanded, we don't have to worry about warships flying over our heads tomorrow to drop nuclear bombs or other things. what."
As for the materials used to build anti-orbital weapons that they found in the supply list, they were naturally not prepared for the Qian Empire's naval fleet. Because as long as a fixed-position anti-orbital weapon fires, it is equivalent to completely exposing its own coordinates to the enemy, and it will not be long before it will be completely wiped out by fixed-point strikes. Therefore, anti-orbital weapons will not fire easily unless a high-value target appears.
So Joseph thought that if his predictions were correct, these anti-orbital laser cannons and electromagnetic cannons were prepared for the Qian Empire’s army troops that were about to land on Tianxi Star. The Star Sea Community stipulated that the navy was not allowed to carry out orbital bombing, but it did not The armies of the contracting countries are not allowed to attack the enemy while they are still on the landing ship.
If the Qien Empire wanted to send its elite army to launch a sneak attack from the hinterland of the Human Federation's territory on Tianxi Star, the powerful anti-orbital cannon would definitely make the opponent suffer.
As for whether the enemy would send a large fleet to assist the army in landing, Joseph was not worried about this.
As the saying goes, ten years of army and one hundred years of navy. Although everyone has now escaped the era of low productivity hundreds of years ago, this principle also applies to all current civilized imperial armies.
Take the protagonists of fleet battles, those heavy warships that all military powers have, but have different capabilities.
The production process of each naval capital ship from drawing to dock, from start to completion can take at least a few months, or at most several years. Although Joseph himself is considered an army officer, he does not deny one point - the cost of replenishing the navy's losses is much greater than the cost of replenishing the army's losses.
From the Lieutenant Colonel's point of view, it doesn't matter how many of his own army soldiers die, because there is a huge population base for each empire to squander at will. For every one million soldiers killed in battle, two million people would be drafted to the front lines to continue fighting, but the navy's capital ships would sink one less during the war.
On the ever-changing interstellar battlefield, no one could predict whether the outcome of the war would be decisively changed due to the absence of this ship.
This causes the warring countries to be much more cautious than the army in the use of naval fleets. Unless the commanders-in-chief of both sides believe that the best time has arrived, large-scale attacks will occur before the balance of the ground battlefield in Tianxi Star is unbalanced. It is impossible for a fleet battle to break out.
