Looking at the shocking numbers in the casualty report, Siligosa, who was standing solemnly in front of the command podium, clenched his fists involuntarily. He suddenly woke up when his sharp claws dug into the soft flesh of his palm and dark green blood flowed out.
Casually shaking off the blood in his hands, this royal advisor who had received orthodox military and aristocratic education finally realized that the enemy he was fighting was not his classmates, teachers or artificial intelligence in the past, but a living person. Humanity.
Judging from previous battles in border conflicts, these cunning and cruel humans will not miss any opportunity to cause losses to the Empire, especially when it comes to attitudes towards war, the Empire and the Human League are far different.
The former regards war as a means to obtain honor. Whether it is the army or navy, officers or soldiers, countless people are fighting for nothing more than to obtain a title or a higher official position that is impossible to obtain in peacetime. This also means that the empire The Legion takes war far less seriously than the People's League, which takes the fate of the country as a bet.
To give a simpler example, if there is a Legion of Honor that has long been famous within the empire and is surrounded by enemy forces, then the commander will most likely abandon a force several times that of the Legion of Honor to rescue it, allowing those who are surrounded by The army was saved from total annihilation.
But humans will never do this. They only care about the "battle loss ratio" when fighting, which means the ratio of losses between the enemy and ourselves in the battle. In order to increase this ratio, the opponent's commander will be willing to pay any price - such as this time Regarding the space station, Sirigosa believed that there was no need for the People's Federation to replace an army of several thousand people at the cost of a large spaceport, but the other party still did so.
After sensing the retreat intention of his own landing force, the opponent's commander detonated the proton bomb hidden in the space station without any hesitation. His decisiveness and determination made him ashamed.
In other words, the attitude of the empire and itself towards war is a bit too childish, and they do not realize that this is actually two first-class and quasi-first-class civilized empires crushing each other for their own interests - between two giants In the battle, no matter how hard we try, the aftermath will spread to countless people and forces.
Even if the empire's top officials don't want to start a war with the People's Alliance at this juncture of imperial power change and internal instability, this is probably one of the important reasons why the other side chose to launch a war at this time.
If Sazhar 22 is the kind of short-sighted and dim-witted king that the enemy wants most, I am afraid that the forward bases and military fortresses built by the empire on Krohoka will already be filled with human red-backed black eagle flags.
Fortunately, although His Majesty the Emperor is eager for quick success and has a bad temper, he can still be clear-headed and have his own opinions on major issues of right and wrong. Coupled with the efforts of himself and other royal advisors, this time Yang Yan reviewed the fleet and Many expeditions of the Central and Inner Ring Army Corps.
Just as Siligosa was thinking about how to arrange the remaining 7,000 Golden Claw Legion soldiers who had lost their commander, several officers in the command room who were standing in front of the projection and responsible for monitoring the fleet situation at all times turned their heads and looked over.
"The gravity probe discovered traces of the enemy. The track mapper showed that no less than three hundred enemy ships sailed into the asteroid belt after resupplying at the space port. However, due to the interference of nebulae and asteroids, the probe was temporarily blocked. The specific location of the enemy cannot be found by scanning."
A Qien officer with the highest military rank, wearing light gray standard light armor, saw his commander's eyes on him. He quickly stood at attention, put his hands on his chest and bowed deeply to Siligosa - the military salute of the Qien people. In fact, it is not far different from humans. They all raise their hands and place them on their forehead or the side of their head. The details will vary depending on the habits of each star field and planet, but they are generally the same.
However, it is obvious that the opponent's Imperial Viscount title is more eye-catching than the position of Fleet Commander, which is why the officer chose to bow instead of raising his hand.
In the Qien Empire, where there is a clear class gap, this kind of situation that makes people feel a little distorted is not uncommon. Sometimes there are even ridiculous scenes where commoner generals and noble officers under their command salute each other.
Of course, Siligosa, who has been exposed to the general environment for decades, does not think that this time-wasting and cumbersome etiquette will have an impact on the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Legion. In other words, even if everyone is well aware of this, as vested interests, it is naturally difficult for them to point out the problems.
The majesty of the nobles must be guaranteed on every occasion, otherwise the cornerstone that the empire has relied on since its founding will be greatly affected and may even risk falling apart.
Especially when the United Nations of Earth, another civilized empire established by mankind, has an increasing voice in the intergalactic community, the secret police must carefully screen out rumors and behaviors that pose a threat to the aristocratic system to ensure these "false" freedoms and rights would not take root in the hearts of common people and slaves.
"The Human Federation, where all the people are soldiers, the Earth United Nations, which is known as the beacon of freedom, and the World Group, where money is paramount, human beings are really a contradictory race."
Siligosa glanced at the position of the human fleet predicted by the combat computer on the projection. The black hawk flags flashing with red light seemed so dazzling at this time, which made him have smooth sailing since he became the royal advisor. For the first time, I experienced what it means to be "like a stuck in one's throat".
It is not that the empire has not intended to resolve the matter of the Outer Rim Patrol Fleet's inadvertent destruction of the Alliance of Humanity colony ship decades ago through diplomatic channels over the years. Considering that the Human Federation at that time had not only used force to annex several relatively backward indigenous planets, There has been no contact with any civilization from the interstellar era, so the first contact with an advanced civilization like the Qien Empire will inevitably cause some friction.
According to the accident investigation report later provided by the Xinghai Community, the outer ring patrol fleet issued a warning as soon as it encountered the People's Alliance colonial ship. However, due to the language barrier between the two parties and the decision-making errors of the command, the People's Alliance colony ship did not Heeding the warning of the patrol fleet, he instead accelerated towards the imperial territory, but was mistaken by the imperial fleet for a space bandit and shot down.
From the perspective of Sazhar XXI, who was beginning to decline in health at that time, that is, the late emperor, a colonial ship plus a mere 100,000 civilians was simply too much for an interstellar empire the size of the Human Federation. It is an insignificant chess piece. As long as the empire appeases the other side diplomatically and provides some compensation by the way, the misunderstanding can be easily solved.
For this reason, they also deliberately found the United Nations of Earth, which was vigorously promoting freedom and democracy in the Star Ocean Community at that time, hoping that the other party would put pressure on the Human Federation because the empire had opened a trading planet to it, and convey to their kindred people the power that the empire rarely released. bona fide.
Unfortunately, the then Generalissimo Sidney Beauclair had just suppressed the rebellion and instability in the country. The Federation, which lacked various talents and resources, was at its most unstable moment, and the news that the colonial ship was destroyed by alien aliens was undoubtedly It is a good medicine that can unite the entire federation.
Therefore, unless the Empire is willing to pay a huge price, the People's Federation will not accept the Empire's request for reconciliation no matter what.
The final result was naturally as expected by people paying attention to this matter across the galaxy. The Empire was unwilling to pay the price that might severely damage the vitality of the Outer Rim Star Territory, and the People's Federation also withstood the pressure from all over the Galaxy. With a cohesion that is unimaginable to ordinary people, we survived the most difficult period and achieved great achievements that can be said to be reborn from the ashes.
Including the opponent's first assault fleet called "Phoenix", this powerful fleet named after the mythical creature in human legend was also a trump card created when the People's Federation suffered a trade blockade. It has the first-class strength in the entire galaxy. Naval crew and ship configuration.
But now, it's the turn of the inner ring fleet led by him to test the quality of this so-called "ace".
Siligosa tapped his fingertips on the enemy intelligence collected and compiled by the intelligence department on the screen, and stuck out his tongue quite confidently.
Sun Yan examines the duel with the phoenix, the unparalleled flames and the mythical beast that can rely on flames to be reborn. This battle that is destined to be recorded in history has already made the tall body of the royal advisor tremble slightly before it even begins.
"Inform the 'Great Drought' and 'Never Peace' to attack with all their forces! Pull these cunning humans out of the asteroid belt!"
